Chapter 429: Chapter 245: Bringing the Fight Home
How could he obtain a Death Domain?
First, he had to condense a Death Divine Seed!
Condensing a Divine Seed required the Nine Breaths Nine Insect Divine Skill, an Exotic Insect, and Yang Reaches Yin.
If there was a Demon Technique like "Yin Reaches Yang," then naturally there had to be one for "Yang Reaches Yin."
Finding an Exotic Insect required luck, but the "Yang Reaches Yin" Demon Technique—also known as Death Manipulation—could be obtained simply by finding the right type of Demon Fiend and slaughtering it in large numbers.
Gu Zheng had plenty of experience with this, having acquired so many Demon Techniques already.
Yin Reaches Yang gathered Death Qi and converted it into Vitality.
Conversely, Yang Reaches Yin undoubtedly plundered Vitality and converted it into Death Qi!
What kind of Demon Fiends possessed this ability?
Gu Zheng didn’t know many, but Gorons definitely would!
And so, Gu Zheng stopped his cultivation and reached out to Gorons via Telepathy.
WHOOSH!
Black mist surged as the Undead Race Great Monarch flew over from a nearby mountain peak, landing ten paces before Gu Zheng and revealing his true form.
"Greetings, Master!"
"Mm," Gu Zheng replied indifferently. "Tell me, which Demon Fiends can plunder Vitality and convert it into Death Qi? I’m especially interested in those that are numerous."
"Plunder Vitality and convert it into Death Qi? And in large numbers?"
Gorons pondered this for a moment before answering, "Replying to Master, the Demon Fiends with this ability include the Thousand Spirit Tree Demon, the Nine Prisons Evil God, the Devouring Insect Race... and others. The Devouring Insect Race is by far the most numerous, with populations in the tens of millions, or even over a hundred million."
"The Devouring Insect Race?" Gu Zheng mused. "Alright, them it is!"
???
Gorons was confused, not understanding what Gu Zheng meant, but he was smart enough not to ask.
At that moment, however, Gu Zheng had already used Telepathy to command all his Seal Slaves to gather information on the locations of the Devouring Insect Race.
This included Zhang Tao and Fu Changying over in Kang Country, who both began their search.
The Devouring Insect Race was a type of Insect Demon. They tended to move in swarms, always appearing in large numbers.
By locating them, slaughtering them, and killing enough of them, he would obtain the "Yang Reaches Yin" Demon Technique!
...
The Seal Slaves began to move.
Gu Zheng paused his cultivation and returned to the county seat to check on things.
"Ping’an, you’re back."
At the Marquis Mansion, Gu Sihai greeted Gu Zheng and quickly gestured for him to follow.
"Father, what is it?" Gu Zheng asked in confusion as he followed. "Did something happen to the family?"
"The family’s fine, but someone has been targeting us."
Gu Sihai lowered his voice and said grimly, "About half a month ago, members of the ’Medicine God’ organization suddenly appeared in the city. Their target was our family. But before they could make a move, one of your followers found them and rooted them out. Right, the young man’s name is Bo Zhen."
Members of the "Medicine God" organization?
Gu Zheng’s brow furrowed. "Are they all dead?"
"They resisted during their capture, so we had to kill five of them. We took four alive. Those four are in the basement now," Gu Sihai replied. "Clan Leader Ji Taihao can search memories, but the side effects are severe. While searching the memories of the four we caught, three of them died. Only one is still alive."
"Right, we only learned they were from the ’Medicine God’ organization through the memory search. But we couldn’t dig out any more information."
"..." Gu Zheng fell silent, hurrying along behind Gu Sihai.
After entering the secret underground chamber, but before they even reached the cell, Sen Taibai, Bo Taixing, and Ji Taihao immediately bowed.
"We pay our respects, Master!"
"Mm," Gu Zheng acknowledged before stepping into the cell. He saw a gaunt middle-aged man hanging from a rack. The man’s body was covered in whip marks and other signs of torture. All his joints had been dislocated, and his Divine Wondrous aura had faded to almost nothing.
"This bastard refuses to name who’s behind this."
Gu Sihai’s face was cold as he spoke in a low voice.
Since they were targeting the Gu family, Gu Sihai was in no mood to be pleasant.
If it hadn’t been for Bo Zhen this time, some of the Gu family might have already met a terrible fate.
Gu Sihai had already figured out the "Medicine God" organization’s background.
A bunch of beasts who murdered people for Alchemy!
’Did they target the Gu family because they wanted to devour our flesh and blood?’
CRACK!
Gu Sihai couldn’t resist grabbing a nearby barbed whip and lashing it viciously across the gaunt man’s body.
"Are you going to talk? Are you!?"
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The whip danced, flaying skin and drawing blood with every strike.
Sen Taibai, Bo Taixing, and Ji Taihao stood silently to the side.
"Father, let Taihao handle it."
Gu Zheng watched for a moment before speaking. "Ji Taihao, go ahead and search his memories. It doesn’t matter if he dies. If he won’t talk, someone else in the ’Medicine God’ organization will. I’ll hunt them down one by one. Not a single member of the ’Medicine God’ organization will escape."
Especially since he had a member of the "Medicine God" organization, Chen Beihan, among his own subordinates!
Chen Beihan’s cultivation realm wasn’t high, but he had lived long enough to know the organization’s structure.
With him to act as a lure and guide, it was only a matter of time before Gu Zheng uprooted every single stronghold and headquarters of the "Medicine God" organization.
"Heh heh... Haha..."
As Gu Zheng finished speaking, the gaunt man rasped out a strange laugh. "I was wondering... wondering who it was. So Grand General Gu has returned. Good... Good!"
"You want to know who’s behind me, right? I’ll tell you. The ones who partnered with me, who told me to capture the Gu family and use your blood for Alchemy... it’s the Han Family!"
"The Han Family? The Nine-Life Ice Demon’s Han Family?" Gu Zheng mused.
"Yes... Yes, that’s them," the gaunt man gasped. "There are many, many Noble Families who want a piece of you, Grand General Gu. But you rose too quickly, reaching the King’s Body Realm in a flash. No one dared to make an enemy of you then. But you disappeared for over half a year, and some of those Noble Families couldn’t resist the temptation. They thought you were dead, that you died in the Demon Realm!"
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