Chapter 56: I’m Really Not a Demonic Cultivator

The night was deep and silent.

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In Snow Moon City, Lin Jing came to the outside of the closed Lotus Pavilion.

Lotus Pavilion, Pavilion Master Hua, was an Acquired Fire Spirit Body, a Cultivator with a Fire-attribute spirit body!

This person had come to Snow Moon City many years ago; thinking about it now, it was indeed strange.

A Cultivator practicing a Fire-attribute Cultivation Technique coming to this city of ice and snow to do business must have some ulterior motive.

Furthermore, Senior Brother Ouyang had purchased Medicinal Pills to nourish Yang Qi from him and had contact with him, which increased the suspicion.

Although he didn’t know how the other party, with a Foundation Establishment cultivation, obtained information about the Strange Gu and the method to refine the Ice Soul Sub-Gu, everyone has their own Opportunity, and currently, he was the most suspicious.

“Senior—any harvest?”

Divine Pine’s Divine Sense swept through but did not find any trace of Pavilion Master Hua.

Not finding Pavilion Master Hua’s trace was one thing, but what left Lin Jing speechless was that he saw a young man wandering around on a white horse in the snow.

“Why are you here?” The other party stepped forward and asked Lin Jing.

“I also want to ask, why are you here?” Lin Jing asked back.

“I still feel that there’s something wrong with the Lotus Pavilion,” Gao Sheng said, frowning.

“My father is a Nascent Soul, my maternal grandfather is a Soul Transformation, and my whole family are Golden Lotus-level customers of the Lotus Pavilion. Although I don’t care much myself, every time I go to a city, the local Lotus Pavilion Master comes to check on me, but this Pavilion Master Hua actually didn’t come. What is he busy with? Strange, too strange.”

“Even the Golden Core Stage City Lord isn’t as busy as him!”

Gao Sheng stated the suspicious points of Pavilion Master Hua through a series of reasoning.

“This time—it makes sense—” Lin Jing nodded. “You also think it makes sense this time?” Gao Sheng was surprised.

“Your maternal grandfather is a Soul Transformation; everything you say is right.” Lin Jing didn’t expect the other party’s background to be so significant.

“The main thing is, I also suspect Pavilion Master Hua is the culprit behind the scenes now,” Lin Jing said.

“We’ve finally reached a consensus this time.” Gao Sheng was very happy and said, “And I investigated just now; Pavilion Master Hua is nowhere to be found tonight. I reasonably suspect that he saw the matter was about to be exposed and knew that this investigation Genius, this Young Master, had arrived, so he planned to flee to avoid punishment.”

“Fleeing to avoid punishment might not be it. Most likely—his plan has reached its final stage.”

Lin Jing looked up at the moon. Accompanied by heavy snow, at some point, countless spider-silk-like lines began to shoot from the clouds toward the earth.

Densely packed, it looked like a giant spider web was being woven in mid-air.

Gao Sheng looked up and saw this scene, his mouth hanging open slightly.

“Spiders, so many spiders!” he shouted.

On the white spider web covering the entire Snow Moon City, fist-sized spiders hatched one after another, each possessing no weak demonic power.

These fist-sized white spiders fell from high above, pouncing on anyone they saw. A few of them attacked Lin Jing and Gao Sheng without warning.

“What on earth are these things?”

Seeing this, Gao Sheng took out a fan and swung it hard. A terrifying hurricane obliterated all the incoming white spiders.

“These are—Companion Gu.”

On Lin Jing’s side, he pulled out his Mechanical Bamboo Gun and fired. With a boom, the white spiders attacking him were also blown to pieces.

“Whoa, Brother Lin, what kind of treasure is that?”

Lin Jing’s Mechanical Bamboo Gun caught Gao Sheng’s attention, making his eyes light up as he found it very interesting.

“Shouldn’t you be more concerned about what these things are right now?”

Lin Jing said. There were too many. In a very short time, the streets were already filled with white spiders—thousands, tens of thousands—and that was just from a casual glance. There were definitely more throughout the city!

“You just said—Companion Gu?” Gao Sheng’s expression changed.

Companion Gu were a level weaker than Sub-Gu. If Sub-Gu were generals, then Companion Gu were soldiers.

Usually, they appeared in large numbers only when a Gu King was born. They would plunder as much nourishment as possible to feed back to the newborn Gu King.

“There really is a Gu!”

At this moment, a rainbow light streaked across the sky. The white-haired City Lord Tang landed beside Gao Sheng and asked, “Young Master Gao, are you alright?”

He looked solemn, arriving immediately to protect Gao Sheng, as if his safety was more important than anything else.

“I’m fine! City Lord Tang, a Gu King is about to be born in Snow Moon City!” Because of the previous attack, these spiders seemed to have some awareness; knowing Gao Sheng and Lin Jing were not to be trifled with, they turned and crawled into the distance.

Gao Sheng hurriedly shouted, “There are likely Demonic Cultivators from the Gu God Sect hidden in Snow Moon City! Their goal must be to refine the Gu King.”

After saying that, his expression became strange. He thought of his previous reasoning; the person in the city most likely to be a Gu God Sect Cultivator was this City Lord.

He couldn’t help but retreat behind the Dragon-horned White Horse.

“Young Master Gao, don’t be afraid! This City Lord will protect you.” City Lord Tang’s scalp tingled, feeling that his career was over. However, compared to the situation in the city, he chose to stay by Gao Sheng’s side first, only ordering the other Cultivators in the City Lord’s Mansion to move out and suppress the Gu insects.

Protecting the common people in the city wouldn’t necessarily save his position, but protecting Gao Sheng would give him a chance to keep his Official Hat.

“A Strange Gu is about to be born,” Divine Pine communicated mentally with Lin Jing.

“That Pavilion Master Hua should be hiding somewhere, waiting for the Strange Gu to be born near him, then he’ll absorb the Strange Gu and immediately flee.”

“Does Senior Divine Pine have a way to find him?” Lin Jing asked. “He’s only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if he absorbs the Strange Gu, he shouldn’t be a match for Senior, right?”

“With you here, he won’t be able to absorb it,” Divine Pine said.

Lin Jing’s expression became strange as he thought of a bad possibility.

The next moment, another change occurred in the sky. Along with brilliant blue light permeating the spider web, above Lin Jing…

A tiny spider the size of a fingernail, composed entirely of ice crystals, slowly took shape.

Although it was small, the extreme cold it emitted nearly froze the blizzard, making time itself seem to slow down in the vicinity.

“This is—”

Seeing this Strange Gu, Gao Sheng’s pupils shrank, and he said, “Could it be the Ice Soul Gu, one of the Ten Unique Gu of the Gu God Sect? It’s said to have disappeared for a thousand years. How could it be Reborn here!”

“Ice Soul Gu?” City Lord Tang was also shocked. Each of the Gu God Sect’s Ten Unique Gu was an Innate Gu King.

If it fell into the hands of a Demonic Cultivator, after growing a little, it would definitely become a great threat.

“Where is the Gu God Sect Demonic Cultivator!” City Lord Tang became extremely alert upon seeing the Gu King appear.

But unexpectedly, the next moment, the Ice Soul Gu turned into a streak of icy light with a “whoosh,” entering Lin Jing’s body at a speed that even a Core Formation Cultivator couldn’t react to.

“Damn, I’m going to become a Demonic Cultivator.”

Lin Jing cried out in his heart.

“Even if a Fire Spirit Body or a Primal Yang Body is more suitable for the Ice Soul Gu to parasitize and become a comfortable cradle for its growth, they ultimately cannot compare to the Longevity Physique. In terms of the nourishment it can provide, it’s crushed by the Longevity Physique. In terms of the host’s vitality, it’s also crushed by the Longevity Physique. With you here, after the Ice Soul Gu is born, it won’t choose a Fire Spirit Body as its primary host, even if the other party made very thorough preparations,” Divine Pine laughed.

“Let the Ice Soul Gu enter your body; it’s the key to removing the poison of the Ice Soul Sub-Gu. Don’t worry about it affecting you; I will use a Seal Technique to Seal it within your body so it cannot absorb your power. For you…”

…this is also an Opportunity. Didn’t you say that even Demonic Techniques are just a kind of tool? Once your cultivation is successful, you can refine it. As for the Demon Subduing Division’s side, I will handle it for you.”

“I was just saying that!” Lin Jing’s body erupted with terrifying cold air, comparable to the Ice-attribute True Qi of the Foundation Establishment Stage! Surrounded by this cold air, his hair turned snow-white and his eyes became icy blue. Seeing this, Gao Sheng retreated repeatedly:

“So you are the Gu God Sect Demonic Cultivator! The Gu King has actually merged into your body.”

“I’m going to take you back to the Demon Subduing Division!”

“Demonic Cultivator my white dragon horse.” Lin Jing endured the cold in his body. The next moment, a Seal pattern like a Pine Cone slowly appeared on the back of his hand. With the appearance of this Seal, the changes in Lin Jing’s body gradually disappeared, and his hair and eye colors returned to their original state.

Meanwhile…

In a hidden cave within the city.

“I’m about to succeed.” A Cultivator in a Red Daoist Robe went from joyfully watching the Ice Soul Gu’s Rebirth to blankly watching as it didn’t choose to parasitize him. His face gradually turned red, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and fainted directly.

“My Gu! The Gu I’ve waited ten years for! The records in the Gu Books are fake! Why didn’t it choose the Fire Spirit Body! Why didn’t it come for the Sub-Gu!”