Killing for Treasure: "Precious Moon Garment"!

The reason Gu Qingfeng, Zhao San, Wang Wu, Shen Yun, and Qi Lingguang had ended up in this secret chamber was because they had been targeted by their senior sister—and master's wife—Zhang Yao.

Gu Qingfeng had been targeted for his "glib tongue," while Qi Lingguang had been targeted for being handsome and kind to others. Shen Yun and the others had been targeted for much the same reasons.

In short, none of the five people being targeted looked like fools.

They had vaguely guessed at the situation—that their end was drawing near and they were about to be harvested and eaten. So when Gu Qingfeng asked whether they should escape together, they agreed without the slightest hesitation.

They had already been thinking about how to flee, but had had no idea where to start. After all, their second senior brother, Zhang Lei, was a lesson written in blood.

They could not possibly be stronger than their second senior brother.

But now, things were completely different.

Gu Qingfeng was still blazing all over with golden light, and they had personally witnessed how he had counter-killed their senior sister Zhang Yao.

That golden radiance was clearly so divine. Paired with Gu Qingfeng's refined appearance, he truly looked like an immortal who had descended to the mortal world to save them.

Yet the methods he had just used carried a trace of wickedness.

The sight of senior sister Zhang Yao being pierced through by the golden light covering his body was horrifying no matter how one looked at it.

But compared with their master, the Golden Core Celestial Venerable, who wanted to eat them, Senior Brother Gu seemed utterly righteous.

Perhaps he was some prodigy from an illustrious orthodox sect, infiltrating the Golden Core Immortal Sect precisely to slay demons, eliminate evil, and save them at this moment.

What was more, if Senior Brother Gu had not counter-killed her just now, they would likely have been in grave danger.

It could be said that Senior Brother Gu was their lifesaving benefactor.

The kind of man they ought to repay with their very lives!

Now that such a person had saved them and wanted to lead them away, even if he were a demon with three heads, six arms, and eighteen rods between his legs, he would still be a good man!

Not to mention that Senior Brother Gu was so handsome.

Following Gu Qingfeng's instructions, the group began searching the corpses. Naturally, Gu Qingfeng searched master's wife Zhang Yao.

The woman had a petite figure. Now that she had lost her head, she could no longer be sharp-tongued and mean-spirited, and instead looked a little cuter.

Well, he meant her body.

Since it was his first time searching a corpse, Gu Qingfeng had no experience or technique. He could only grope around wildly.

The headless corpse was still warm, carrying a strange and terrifying sensation.

Gold bracelets hung from her ankles and wrists, and Gu Qingfeng took them all.

Then he reached into the corpse's collar.

The moment he did, a familiar stirring sensation arose.

It seemed to be a close-fitting garment, clinging to Zhang Yao's body. He quickly stripped it off.

[Record Name: Precious Moon Garment]

[Record Type: Anomalous Object]

[Record Description: It was said that upon Precious Moon Flesh-Tree Mountain lay a Moon Pool corresponding to the Jade Pool in the heavens. Moonlight poured into it like jade nectar.

Within the ancient Moon Pool, a moon-white robe could be clearly seen submerged in the water. It was said that this was the intimate garment left behind when a fairy maiden of the Moon Palace descended to the mortal realm and bathed here while nurturing the ultimate yin moonlight. It contained the power of moonlight glass, and the True Person of the flesh-tree called it the "Precious Moon Garment."

Later, the Moon Pool was stolen by a tomb raider. Seven parts out of ten of the Precious Moon Garment were lost, scattering into the mortal world.

Note: When worn close to the body, this soft garment can grow large or small and feels as though it does not exist. The power of moonlight covers the body, dispelling summer heat and resisting the wounds of ordinary blades. Poisonous insects, snakes, and ants cannot approach.]

[Cost: Moonlight belongs to yin and flows endlessly. While wearing this garment, one cannot bear descendants. Worn year-round, it will eventually result in complete infertility.]

[Status: Cost can be reversed.

Note: After reversing the cost, abundant yang fire enters the wearer's body, with obvious aphrodisiac effects. Men will often stand erect toward the heavens; women's yin waters will gradually warm, until they are blessed with many children and much fortune.]

Gu Qingfeng stared at the description, stunned for a moment.

He could accept the original cost, but the cost after reversal was something he would probably have to keep a close eye on.

If it stayed standing all the time, who could stand that?

He hurriedly searched her again and discovered that, over the entirety of senior sister's body, only this garment stirred that feeling in him. Everything else was merely mundane items such as gold and silver jewelry.

Clearly, the Precious Moon Garment was the only treasure on her.

It could block blades, ward off insects, dispel heat, and even prevent pregnancy. Gu Qingfeng was exceedingly pleased with it, and joy surged through him.

Aside from the Chivalrous Spirit Incense Burner, this should have been the second treasure he had acquired.

This hag should have died long ago!

Not only had she viciously kicked him before, but she had also wanted to eat his pill just now. Worse still, she had worn this treasure—rightfully belonging to a great hero like him, one who eliminated demons and defended the righteous path—next to her skin. She was simply perverted and guilty of monstrous crimes.

Fortunately, chivalrous spirit endured, and the treasure returned to its rightful place!

Before long, the corpses had mostly been searched. The peach-blossom-eyed junior sister and the others voluntarily handed their spoils over to him, but Gu Qingfeng immediately refused. "Keep whatever you searched for yourselves. We need to hurry and escape."

Very quickly, Gu Qingfeng asked the crucial question—"Who knows the way?"

Shen Yun's face was pale as she said, "Senior Sister Lin once went outside with Second Senior Brother to procure supplies. She told me that starting from the opening by the Furnace Workshop, we need to go right eleven times, then left three times, and we can get out. But there should be dangers along the way. She always felt that there was something inside. Every time, Second Senior Brother had to lead her out."

The Senior Sister Lin she mentioned was one of the women hanging from the Thousand-Armed Guanyin statue that day.

Gu Qingfeng said decisively, "That old thief is currently in seclusion, and the old thief's wife has already been executed. This is the best chance for us to escape. Opportunity vanishes in the blink of an eye. Since we know the route, let's take this chance and flee directly."

"Even if there is danger, we can only force our way through."

"We'll listen to Senior Brother Gu."

Qi Lingguang and the others raised no objections.

From the moment those corpses had appeared in the secret chamber, they had already had no path of retreat.

Or rather, from the moment they had come to the Golden Core Immortal Sect, there had never been a way back.

Either they would be eaten, or they would truly escape.

The group emerged from the secret chamber. The Garan Bodhisattva in the hall was still staring at them with a flushed face.

The Golden Core Immortal Sect's caves connected to more caves. Unless one encountered a skylight open to the heavens, it was difficult to tell day from night.

Taking advantage of the darkness, they secretly headed toward the Furnace Workshop.

Everyone lowered their heads and walked forward without looking back.

Behind them lay the back-mountain, where their master, the Golden Core Celestial Venerable, was in seclusion.

It was said that there was an enormous bronze door there. No one knew what lay behind it.

That was the Golden Core Celestial Venerable's forbidden seclusion ground. Even senior sister and master's wife Zhang Yao, whom they had just killed—the second most important person in the Golden Core Immortal Sect—could not casually enter and disturb him.

This place was clearly a considerable distance from there, and the Golden Core Celestial Venerable in seclusion behind that door should not have been able to hear the commotion they had just caused. Yet the group could constantly feel that immense pressure.

Their master, the Golden Core Celestial Venerable, had always been their nightmare. They feared that this nightmare would suddenly appear behind them and make them repeat the fate of their second senior brother and the others.

Gu Qingfeng felt much the same.

Because even now, he still could not see through the Golden Core Celestial Venerable, nor did he know how many abilities and bizarre methods the man still concealed.

He was like a massive monster lurking in the shadows, sinister and terrifying, filled with countless unknown secrets.

The unknown inspired fear.

Just like the dark road ahead of them, they did not know what dangers they would encounter during their escape, nor whether they could escape alive.