Blessings Bring Calamity

"Honghua, Hongyuan!"

Daojun watched the giant wolf rolling on the grassland, Zhang Xuezhou trying his best to climb away, and Hongku, who was constantly intimidating and pressuring others with the Snake Head Incantation.

Taking advantage of the situation, Master Honghua attempted to launch a leapfrog challenge while Hongku was vomiting.

Meanwhile, Master Hongyuan was manipulating things from behind the scenes, attempting to defeat Hongku by using the Nine Winds Demon King's long-range attacks and close-quarters combat.

The deaths of these two individuals after their failures are not worth regretting.

To Daojun's surprise, Zhang Xuezhou and Hongku's partnership remained as strong as ever after Zhang Xuezhou was expelled from the sect, and Hongku's spellcasting was now going on for more than sixty breaths.

This has clearly eliminated the drawbacks in terms of cultivation level.

"I don't want to die, I refuse to accept this, I was forced into it, it's..."

"Go to hell, Hongyuan! You dare curse me? I'll kill your ancestors for eight generations!"

Within the giant wolf's body, Master Hongyuan's voice grew weaker and weaker, until the true voice of the Nine Winds Demon King resounded once more.

"This matter isn't over. Regardless of whether you're the one behind you or the powerful figure behind you, I'm going to invite my elder brother to the Nine Spirits Holy Land to demand justice!"

Despite his threats, he didn't dare to send the Nine Winds Demon King to the Yedie River Holy Land to seek justice. He could only enlist the help of the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint.

He had discussed many things with Zhang Xuezhou beforehand and believed he was confident of victory and could control his opponent. Little did he know that his opponent had already controlled him.

In his battle of wits with humans, he was clearly utterly defeated.

"It's a golden insect. These insects are not afraid of cultivators' auras. They are small and can fly, making them extremely difficult to guard against. You can easily get them on your body without even realizing it!"

The giant python that had been coiling around the Nine Winds Demon King loosened its grip, and a golden flying insect was already curled up on its forked tongue.

This is the medium through which the Incantation Technique controls the Nine Winds Demon King.

Just as the Nine Winds Demon King stretched out his wolf claws to crush the Body Control insect, Hongku had already been controlling the Snake Head Incantation, wandering several feet away.

"I still have some use for this item, so please don't damage it!"

The giant blue python emitted a series of warning sounds, which made the Nine Winds Demon King reluctantly stop its wolf claws.

"If you're so capable, you can run away by yourself. Why drag me into this?" Nine Winds Demon King said with a headache, "Could you please give me that letter sooner? It would be easier for me to seek medical help. I still need to find that damned Hongyuan!"

"Letter?"

Hongku was slightly surprised.

He knows a lot, but he doesn't keep an eye on Zhang Xuezhou all the time, so he can't be omniscient.

In fact, Hongku sensed that the distance of his Snake Head Incantation was getting farther and farther away, so he quickly found a place to set up an altar and perform the ritual, thus contacting Zhang Xuezhou.

As for how Zhang Xuezhou managed to appease the Nine Winds Demon King and how this 'letter' came about, he truly knew nothing.

In the eyes of the Nine Winds Demon King, this clearly meant that he and Zhang Xuezhou were still considered the same person.

"He did a pretty good job on that!"

Zhang Xuezhou is still deceiving the Nine Winds Demon King, and he is clearly still deceiving many people in the Sacred Land.

It was precisely because of this difficulty in distinguishing between truth and falsehood that Hongku was able to avoid taking the first wave of malicious attacks and instead had the confidence to launch a counterattack.

In this operation, they achieved a near-total victory, which gave Hongku a general idea of what was going on.

Is it completely dead?

As the snake slithered closer to Zhang Xuezhou, Hongku couldn't help but whisper a question in his ear.

"If you keep messing with me like this, I'll die a horrible death!" Zhang Xuezhou cried out in anguish. "I beg you to have some mercy and find someone else to harm!"

"You know my foundation is weak; I really have no one behind me!"

Hongku muttered something, and the giant python's body quickly transformed into a long, gray-white hair wrapped around a golden insect.

"Your skills are meager; you haven't learned anything besides the Drowsiness Technique. This bug is quite suitable to be a sleep bug, so consider it my compensation!"

You really know how to do favors easily!

Do you want it?

"Want!"

Zhang Xuezhou dejectedly agreed.

Hongku, aside from his eagerness for revenge, was not entirely heartless or ruthless.

Perhaps out of guilt, or perhaps because Zhang Xuezhou still had some use and there was a possibility of future cooperation, or perhaps as compensation for his earlier tough attitude, Hongku gave this spoils of war to Zhang Xuezhou.

A cultivator may have many spoils of war, but finding treasures that suit their needs and avoid trouble is not so common.

The golden insect before them was small yet unafraid of cultivators' auras. It also had wings and flew extremely fast. After being refined by Master Hongyuan for many years, this golden insect was practically impervious to swords and blades, making it an excellent consumable for casting spells.

Hongku had previously killed Master Honghua without giving Zhang Xuezhou any spoils of war, but now he was giving him a very suitable reward.

Ordinary sleep bugs can only confuse cultivators at a low cultivation level, while advanced sleep bugs can deal with cultivators of the same level, and top-level sleep bugs may even be able to deal with advanced cultivators.

Even though the Drowsiness Technique is still a Incantation Technique, as long as the materials used for casting it are good enough, it can be used to fight opponents of higher levels.

Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation level wasn't particularly high, but it wasn't low either.

For Zhang Xuezhou, this gift was just right.

"Hongyuan was able to use this to control Jiufeng, which means he used his cultivation at the Divine Ability Realm to fight against someone at the Sole Self Realm," Hongku comforted him. "If you can successfully refine this insect, casting spells across a realm shouldn't be a problem for you. Moreover, this golden insect has a very high ceiling; it can at least be used up to the Sole Self Realm, to target some weaklings at that realm, like Jiufeng..."

"What do you mean? You're talking to yourself, fine, but you're calling me a weakling? Open your eyes and look! I'm a wolf!"

The Nine Wind Demon King, who was anxiously waiting for the 'letter', muttered. The other party's hearing was obviously extremely sensitive, which made Hongku give up the idea of continuing to speak in a low voice. Instead, he put the golden insect in Zhang Xuezhou's palm and did not say another word.

"Are you a wolf, and a good wolf at that!"

Zhang Xuezhou gave a pained but perfunctory reply.

He trembled for a while before he calmed his breathing. When he was fully confident in releasing the Supreme Purity True Technique, a Technique Method descended upon him.

The fifth realm brought the opportunity to learn the Supreme Purity True Technique, and also made it possible to heal internal and external injuries.

As the spell was cast, Zhang Xuezhou felt the pain in his body greatly subside, and his body quickly recovered from the illness.

"Give me a ginseng root, I need to chew it a couple of times to save my life!"

Zhang Xuezhou rarely treated himself. He pondered the drawbacks of the Supreme Purity True Technique and then asked for the old ginseng that had been given away.

This made the Nine Wind Demon King mutter for a while before he took out the old ginseng from the storage pouch.

"I've never seen anything given away and then taken back!"

"Now you see, my body was injured by you!"

Zhang Xuezhou replied irritably, chewed the old ginseng a few times, then took a piece of bamboo and made a few strokes on it.

"You can't blame me. That version of me was controlled; it wasn't the real me who injured you. If you want to, then go and cause trouble for Master Hongyuan!"

The Nine Wind Demon King muttered words that were difficult to explain and understand, and then excitedly took the bamboo slip.

He let out a howl towards the night sky, and with a burst of speed from his four claws, he quickly ran away along the opposite road.

Clearly, many things happened that night, and everyone, whether human or demon, had something they were eager to do.

Zhang Xuezhou groaned and cursed a few times. After chewing on the old ginseng and receiving treatment twice, he took out his black horse and quickly galloped towards Yanmen Pass.

"His luck was indeed bad; taking benefits easily led to misfortune. This is a case of good fortune turning into bad. But fortune tellers seem to be born with the ability to intercept and change fate. It seems that Hongku changed his life this time!"

Zhang Xuezhou was merely a cultivator at the Consciousness Creation Realm, but the items he obtained while impersonating Hongku came from various Venerable Ones, many of which were of great value.

The more valuable the item, the more severe the misfortune that good fortune may bring.

Even though Zhang Xuezhou threw out items like the Dingyang Stone, the other party still held a heavy burden of "fortune".

For someone of Zhang Xuezhou's stature, the misfortunes brought about by such good fortune are enough to bring about their downfall.

Daojun watched for a long time, and finally saw the moment when Zhang Xuezhou changed his fate.

A fortune teller? Can he change one's fate?

He muttered something and drifted forward, following Zhang Xuezhou for over two hundred miles.

After confirming that Zhang Xuezhou was indeed not in danger, and that his Dharma body was being pulled by a tremendous force and could not keep up, the Daoist Lord stopped the Dharma body from flying.

He watched a play and also measured the farthest distance that his Dharma body could stretch at that moment.

This was quite far from his ideal, which made Daojun feel that he should gather opinions from all sides and explain the Daoist technique of Yang Soul Transformation in the Sacred Land.