Gu Ling: Would I finally get Yao Chen back?

Central Plains, Ice River Valley.

"Ugh!"

Although Bing Xuan had removed the rotten flesh around his arm, some of the toxins still spread throughout his body along with the blood. Before he could even stand firmly in front of the Ice River Valley, his body swayed, and he almost knelt down, spitting out a mouthful of purplish-black, foul-smelling blood.

Elders Bing Xuan!? You, you're not...? Two disciples from Ice River Valley approached in utter terror.

"Where is the Valley Master?"

Bing Xuan's teeth were loose, and he spoke with difficulty, supported by his disciple, spitting out a mouthful of teeth as he spoke.

His current appearance is just one step away from being completely unrecognizable.

"We must survive, we must find a way to survive." The Valley Master is in the valley, but why are you the only one who returned? What about the others...?

"Never mind those things! Take me to the Valley Master, quick!"

Despite the excruciating pain emanating from his body, Bing Xuan spoke loudly.

Seeing Bing Xuan's miserable state, the two disciples dared not delay and quickly led Bing Xuan into the Ice River Valley.

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What on earth is going on!?

In the vast hall, Ice River Valley Master Bing He looked at Bing Xuan's miserable appearance and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.

"Who on earth dares to treat my Ice River Valley Elders like this?!"

He roared in fury, while quickly checking Bing Xuan's condition.

"Yes, poison...!"

Bing Xuan's condition was extremely bad, and he forced himself to speak to Bing He.

"Poison... Let me see!"

Bing He placed his hand on Bing Xuan's chest, sensing the condition within Bing Xuan's body.

Upon sensing the condition within Bing Xuan's body, his body trembled involuntarily.

The Bing Xuan have rotted.

His internal organs were riddled with holes, and even his blood vessels were tattered. He was only able to survive until now thanks to his powerful Dou Qi and the physique of Dou Zong.

"Who on earth would poison you...!"

Bing He tightened his grip slightly, piercing Bing Xuan's skin, and asked seriously as he absorbed the toxins from Bing Xuan's body.

He also possessed a Woeful Poison Body, although not a fully developed version of the Acquired Calamity Poison Body, but he could still cultivate by absorbing toxins.

But..

Who on earth could use such a strange poison?

Bing Xuan isn't combined with Bing Fu and Bing Yuan...

"Yes, it's the innate Woeful Poison Body, the Woeful Poison Body!"

Bing Xuan grabbed Bing He's arm with one hand and forcefully uttered those words.

"You mean you found it there with Bing Fu and Bing Yuan!?"

The anger in his eyes vanished, replaced by immense joy and elation.

The idea that the cold Elders had transformed into a warm, Woeful Poison Body was roughly what Bing He was thinking.

"But what about Bing Fu and Bing Yuan? And the other disciples, didn't they go to Fallen God Ravine with you?"

But in an instant, his expression returned to its previous serious and unpleasant look, and he earnestly asked Bing Xuan.

"They're dead... killed by that Woeful Poison Body!"

"That Woeful Poison Body's name Sun Buxiao!"

"Sun Buxiao of the Heavenly Poison Gate!"

After Bing Xuan managed to utter the name, her hands went limp, and her consciousness faded.

Thankfully, he didn't die, but he was on the verge of death.

Hmm.

Bing He wiped the blood from his nose.

I've actually... been poisoned?

He stared blankly at the blood on his hands.

Although his Acquired Calamity Poison Body couldn't compare to the innate Woeful Poison Body, it still granted him immunity to most toxins. But now... he was poisoned?

"Uh, a slight pain came from inside my body, and I tasted a metallic taste in my mouth."

"Ha, ha, so this is the power of the Innate Calamity Poison Body? It's truly fascinating! Hahahahahaha!"

Looking at the blood he had spat out, Bing He felt no fear; instead, he burst into laughter.

"Sun Buxiao of the Heavenly Poison Gate, right? You're mine! You'll always be mine!"

"You will become my ultimate tool on the path to the Woeful Poison Body!!!"

Standing before the unconscious Bing Xuan, Bing He burst into wild laughter, as if he had already completely dominated Sun Buxiao.

"Sun Lang, what is this?"

Gu Ling has returned to the Starfall Pavilion.

The Four Pavilions's grand meeting will be held in a year. No matter how much he tries to be a hands-off manager, he still needs to return to the Sect to arrange these matters.

But before he could even enter the Starfall Pavilion, which resembled a city, he was stopped by two Elders and forced to...

A Jade Slip?

"Pavilion Master, this was left by a guest who visited our Starfall Pavilion about a month ago."

Sun Lang cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Gu Ling, his face bearing a serious expression.

"Guest?"

Gu Ling turned the Jade Slip over and looked at it. On the surface, it seemed to have nothing special about it.

"What kind of guest would visit the Starfall Pavilion? The Starfall Grand Array couldn't stop them?"

"No... There were three guests, one man and two women. They called themselves the Heavenly Poison Gate. The man in charge was named Sun Buxiao. He was very powerful, probably close to the Dou Zun level, so he easily saw through the Starfall Grand Array. After inquiring about you, he heard you weren't here, so he handed this over to me and left."

The Heavenly Poison Gate, Sun Buxiao, one man and two women...

I've never heard of the Sect or its members.

The distance between Central Plains and the Northwest is simply too great. The Heavenly Poison Gate is now considered a behemoth in the Northwest, but while it's not that there's no activity in Central Plains, there's absolutely no news.

The only ones who might know about the Heavenly Poison Gate are the Hall of Souls, given its extensive reach.

So what exactly is this?

Gu Ling frowned and asked, "Sun Lang has been talking for a long time but hasn't gotten to the point."

"According to Sun Buxiao, this thing is related to what you've been looking for."

"They also said this thing is very important and insisted that I deliver it to you personally."

Sun Lang scratched his head, finally getting to the point.

What I've been looking for?

That's...

Yao Chen!?

Gu Ling's eyes widened immediately.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately focused his senses into the Jade Slip.

Then he called for flames, and it ignited.

The flames were a ghastly white, chillingly cold.

"Bone Spirit Cold Flame!?"

"Yao Chen, Yao Chen... Is it really you?"

"Yao Chen."

Gazing at the familiar flame and feeling the familiar soul fluctuations, Gu Ling froze on the spot, muttering to himself.

He even reached out to touch the flame, only realizing what was happening when he was nearly burned.

"Pavilion Master, could this be...?"

Sun Lang also realized something and asked with a frown.

"The Bone Spirit Cold Flame, ranked eleventh on the Heavenly Flame Ranking, possessed by only one person in the world."

Gu Ling took a deep breath, calming her excited yet slightly tearful emotions, and her expression turned serious.

"Our true Pavilion Master the Starfall Pavilion Venerable Yao, Yao Chen."

"It really is the Medicine Pavilion Master, then this person..."

Sun Lang's expression instantly lit up with delight.

Did Sun Buxiao say anything else when he left?

Gu Ling carefully protected the flame of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, afraid that it would go out. This was the only thing Gu Ling had encountered related to Yao Chen in all these years of searching, although it wasn't something he found, but rather something that came to him on its own.

While watching the flames of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, he asked Sun Lang.

He left his soul's essence in the Jade Slip, saying, "You only need to use this Jade Slip to find his location."

Gu Ling paused for a moment, then quickly focused her soul perception even deeper, and within a few seconds she did indeed sense a soul aura.

This is a kind of... traction.

After establishing a connection with this wisp of soul energy, he could indeed faintly sense that the owner of this energy seemed to be located in the north, slightly to the east, and appeared to be moving...

"Sun Lang, this is my plan for the Four Pavilions Assembly a year from now. Please make the arrangements for me!"

I have to go now!

With great care, Gu Ling stored the Bone Spirit Cold Flame into her Storage Ring. Holding the Jade Slip in her hand, Gu Ling's face was filled with barely suppressed excitement. After tossing a scroll to Sun Lang, she immediately took to the air and chased after the direction of the soul aura.

"Respectfully seeing off the Pavilion Master."

Although Sun Lang felt it would be better for the Four Pavilions Assembly a year later to be presided over by the Pavilion Master, compared to the Four Pavilions Assembly which was held every few years, the Medicine Pavilion Master's matter was indeed more important.

After all, Venerable Yao is one of the strongest Alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent. He wouldn't be afraid of even those old Venerable Yao in the Pill Tower.

As long as Venerable Yao can return to the Starfall Pavilion, how can we not crush the other three pavilions?

Let's get him!

Sun Buxiao had already brought the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast named Ya Ren out of the Fallen God Ravine.

"So, can you open the Ghost Back? What about the Ghost Brain?"

As Sun Buxiao walked, he asked Ya Ren with a serious expression.

Ya Ren was almost brought to tears by Sun Buxiao.

What is a ghost back? What is a ghost brain?

He really didn't know...

He felt incredibly unlucky. He had been living a peaceful life in Fallen God Ravine, his most intense activity being fighting with the other beast kings Fallen God Ravine, which was quite enjoyable.

Suddenly, this group of people showed up at his door and beat him so badly he didn't even recognize his own mother. They then threatened to kill him if he didn't lead them to the Scorpion Dragon Tribe's habitat.

What kind of people are they? They're not even human... I even came out with them, and they still torture me with these bizarre questions.

"But you're a humanoid Magic Beast, and you didn't even try to hide your features, yet nobody seems to pay you any special attention?"

The group is currently in a city called Lin City, which is undoubtedly within the territory of the Ice River Valley and is very close to the Ice River Valley's Sect headquarters.

They were now in the middle of a bustling city. Although Ya Ren maintained his human form, he casually swung his Dragon Horns and signature Scorpion Tail.

"After all, there are many Magic Beast families in Central Plains... so you're not from Central Plains?"

Ya Ren paused halfway through his sentence, then gave Sun Buxiao a strange look.

While Magic Beast families aren't ubiquitous in the Central Plains, they are quite common. Many Sect even accept Magic Beast as disciples in addition to humans. These magical beasts, having learned human techniques and Dou Technique, can become just as powerful, albeit with different Magic Beast.

It will be due to the bloodline card level later.

However, most Magic Beast can reach the sixth or seventh tier, so it's not a big problem.

"No, is there a problem?"

Sun Buxiao glanced at him casually.

A chill ran through him, and Ya Ren's expression immediately became ingratiating.

"No problem, no problem... So, gentlemen, what brings you to my Scorpion Dragon Tribe...?"

This is the point that Ya Ren is most curious about.

If he remembered correctly, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had lost contact with the Scorpion Dragon Tribe a long time ago. Why would they come knocking on their door now?

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask. You'll find out when you get to the Scorpion Dragon Tribe."

"But before that..."

Sun Buxiao glanced at the Ya Ren and narrowed his eyes.

"W-what's wrong, sir?"

"Fine, to prevent you from running away, I'd better take some precautions."

Behind Galala Sun Buxiao, a Scorpion Tail appeared, its design exactly matching that of Ya Ren.

The only difference is the color; Sun Buxiao's is entirely dark green, while the Ya Ren is pure red.

You!?"

A chill ran through me.

But before Ya Ren could react, the Scorpion Tail pierced through his chest.

"Ugh-uh--Ahhh!"

Ya Ren let out a shrill scream, trying to break free from the Scorpion Tail's tail, but found it was simply impossible.

Sun Buxiao's power was simply too great.

What's the situation over there?

Is it an elder in the family disciplining the child?

... It's Magic Beast from the scorpion clan. You have to admit, it's quite handsome, especially that tail."

The pedestrians in the distance all seemed unfazed by the sight.

"Don't worry, I'll poison you a little so you don't escape... After all, I might have to fight before heading to the Scorpion Dragon Tribe."

Sun Buxiao covered the other person's mouth and waved his hand with a smile.

Feeling a chilling power enter his body, Ya Ren dared not speak out in anger.

Sun Buxiao always liked to use this method to control people, and it always worked.

After all, he couldn't tell who was reliable and who wasn't, so he might as well treat them all the same.

He wouldn't do that to people who appeared in the original work and whose temperament he could roughly figure out.

Pfft

He pulled out the Scorpion Tail, its Ya Ren fell to the ground, and he knelt down, clutching his chest.

Wow, that's some really powerful force!

This poison is even more terrifying than his own Origin Poison. It is only in its incubation period now, but once it erupts, he will probably die instantly without a burial place.

"What should I do to get an antidote?"

Ya Ren he had no way to resist Sun Buxiao, Ya Ren could only look at Sun Buxiao...

"I will untie you once you reach the Scorpion Dragon Tribe."

Sun Buxiao shrugged.

... good."

Ya Ren gritted his teeth and nodded, accepting his defeat.

"Let's go, let's look around and see if there's anywhere we can dispose of the stolen goods."

"It's just a bit of a pity that the corpses of those two Dou Zong were not left behind, otherwise I would have had two more Earth Demon Puppet."

Sun Buxiao nodded with a grin.

Besides Ya Ren, Sun Buxiao Sun Buxiao the other three Seventh-Rank Magical Beasts, successfully obtaining three Limb-Grafting Dou Techniques and Three Seventh-Rank Magic Cores.

As for the soul... the soul strength of Magic Beast is generally quite low. It's only because Zi Yan encountered him that hers was weak.

However, the Ancient Void Dragon Clan of the Void has a strong growth potential. Even if Zi Yan hadn't met him, her soul realm would have naturally become stronger after she reached the Dou Zun realm, in terms of racial talent.

Hmm... speaking of which, why does the Ancient Void Dragon become stronger by allowing its Physical Body to drive its soul forward?

I always felt that the shape of Triangle wasn't particularly stable... Oh well.

Let's not worry about that now.

Ice River Valley didn't come knocking immediately. After all, Bing He knew very well that since the other party was able to wipe out his entire Dou Zong team, it must mean that the other party was strong enough.

Bing Xuan is not dead yet, but he is only hanging on by a thread. It is unknown when he will die. The toxins in his body have been extracted by Bing He.

The potency of this toxin is unprecedented in the Bing He; such a toxin simply does not exist in the world under normal circumstances.

Upon reaching the Dou Zun realm, the strength of Dou Qi protecting the body is already extremely high, and generally speaking, one will not be poisoned at all. After reaching the Dou Sheng, the physique becomes so strong that one will not be poisoned at all, but this kind of poison...

"Who exactly is this Sun Buxiao? I've never heard of him before. Could he be from the border?"

Bing He had been carefully investigating the backgrounds of Heavenly Poison Gate and Sun Buxiao these past few days, but there was no force called Heavenly Poison Gate in Central Plains at all.

"Hmm, that's it, that's it, they must be barbarians from the border... Hmph."

"If you can help me become a true Woeful Poison Body, then Bing Xuan and the other two won't have died in vain."

A hopeful smile graced his face.

The Soul Tablet of Bing Yuan and Bing Fu were broken, which clearly indicated that the other party was dead. The only survivor, Bing Xuan, was now on his deathbed, and Bing He no longer expected Bing Xuan to survive.

But as long as one can become a true Woeful Poison Body, these sacrifices will undoubtedly be worthwhile!

"Has Tian Shuangzi not returned yet?"

While imagining his future as the Woeful Poison Body, leading Ice River Valley to wipe out Burning Flame Valley and make Ice River Valley great again, Bing He impatiently questioned the Tian She.

Tian She is the Second Elders of Ice River Valley, with Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong level. He has been unable to reach the Dou Zun realm for many years. Tian Shuangzi, on the other hand, is the Great Elder of Ice River Valley, and has already reached the first star Dou Zun cultivation level.

As one of the Three Valleys, Ice River Valley is stronger overall than Four Pavilions.

"Valley Master, the Great Elder is already on his way and should be back in the valley in about a month."

The Tian She bowed slightly and spoke to the Bing He.

"January... tsk, have our men keep a close eye on that Sun Buxiao, make sure he doesn't get away!"