Chapter 951: Chapter 458: The Corpse Fiend Cries for Father
The old site of Peach Lands, at the moment of darkness and new moon.
Following the ancient technique taught by Kui Ba, Xu Qing used corpse blood as a lure, delving into the forbidden land alone, attempting to bait Ying Gou’s residual will into noticing, hoping to find traces of that blue-gold source.
The ancient tree dragons in the thousand-mile Peach Lands are withered, in every crevice of rocky cliffs, various bird and beast skeletons can be seen.
Occasionally, human bones who stumbled into the forbidden land also appear.
Along his route, Xu Qing recited the Sutra of Salvation, spotting traces of Ying Gou’s quest to extract life essence from the victims and reconstruct its own body.
The Ying Gou was formless and invisible, essentially an eternity of gathered corpse evil.
When the corpse evil landed on vegetation, they would transform into venomous beasts, sucking blood marrow from humans; touching stones would turn them into fire spirit phantoms, devouring human essences.
Xu Qing ventured deeper, encountering cultivators, deluded by Ying Gou, crawling out of the graveyards in search of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures at the Peach Lands.
Most of these people were buried at the base of withered trees, resembling the burial formations from ancient tribes, circling around the central big tomb over and over.
Some showed half-rotten faces, others showed half their bodies, surrounded by the gnarled roots of ancient trees. These roots connected beneath their skin, like nurturing umbilical cords, vaguely visible in a blood-soaked black-red hue.
If a common person encountered this scene, even if not swayed by the whispers around, they would likely be scared half to death.
But Xu Qing felt as relaxed as visiting a neighbor’s house!
"Kind sir passing by, please show some mercy, lend me a hand!"
A Martial Master with half his body emerging from grave soil, using his hands to prop himself up, seemingly struggling to climb out.
"How should I save you?"
Xu Qing took a step forward, curiously asking.
"Grant me lifespan, grant me a year of life!"
"Only a year, and you can live?"
"Two years will do! The more, the better. Kind sir, if you’re willing to rescue me, you’ll be reborn as my parent."
Xu Qing raised an eyebrow, chuckling as he said, "Talk is cheap, prove it! Call me dad first, let me hear it."
The Martial Master hesitated, then excitedly replied, "If I call you once, will you give me a year of life?"
Xu Qing reflected for a moment, nodding in agreement, "Alright! But a year is too little, don’t make me seem like a neglectful parent... How about this, call me once, and I’ll give you ten years of life, how’s that?"
The corpse ghosts buried under the tree roots showed immense envy, each wishing they could be Xu Qing’s son at that moment.
"Dad! Dad! Dad!"
The Martial Master was thrilled, shouting the first three calls extremely loud, but as time passed, his voice grew softer.
By the tenth call, the Martial Master had fallen completely silent.
Xu Qing discontentedly remarked, "Why did you stop calling? Does your dad neglect you?"
The corpse ghosts within the tree roots, unaware of the reasons, each shamelessly chimed in, "If he doesn’t call, then let me call, as much life span will do, a son does not find fault!"
Xu Qing turned his head, gazing at the surrounding corpse ghosts openly, "Then call together, and the lifespan you earn depends entirely on your own capabilities."
A single remark stirred thousand waves.
Instantly, in the silent Ying Gou tomb, sounds of calling ’dad’ and ’grandpa’ echoed.
Ying Gou’s remaining consciousness finally stirred, the omnipresent black corpse evil seemed like a shadowy tide, sweeping through the cemetery’s ancient forest, directly spying upon the mutated area.
Listening to the cries resonating back and forth, Xu Qing felt greatly satisfied.
During his time as Sect Leader of Daluo Sect, he never received such respect from Ying Gou!
Yet, moments later, as the scattered calls of ’dad’ and ’grandpa’ faded, all the corpse ghosts turned gloomy again, ignoring Xu Qing altogether.
Seeing no benefit to gain and unable to seize life, the opportunistic corpse ghosts naturally refused to let Xu Qing take advantage any further.
Now it was Xu Qing who became displeased.
When sons don’t call their dad, isn’t that defying filial piety?
This cannot be!
Xu Qing pulled out his grand axe, immediately preparing to enforce family law!
Seeing no lifespan to gain and now facing Xu Qing’s wrath, the corpse ghosts collapsed in defense.
"I haven’t lived enough, how dare you wish me dead?"
With howls of despair, the corpse ghosts altered their pleas, "Dad, I’m your real son! Even a vengeful beast does not eat its cubs, how can you bear to harm me?"
"You, you, you stay away! I hate this..."
With just a few swings of his axe, Xu Qing transformed the entire forest of withered trees into flatland, exterminating any trace of grave mound wanderers.
Without external cover, the dense corpse evil emerging from the grand tomb stood exposed before Xu Qing.
Yet the corpse evil, unpredictable in its transformations, didn’t flee but instead showed extreme excitement and greed towards Xu Qing.
"This body... is mine."
Ancient ramblings echoed from all directions, as Xu Qing ignored the pervasive corpse evil, relentlessly searching.
At a certain moment, amid endless encroaching corpse evil trapping him, a thread of blue-gold aura suddenly emerged from the depths of the natural tomb, that blue-gold fire like a candle in the night, unleashed unmatched sharp golden energy.
Seeing the sharp golden energy that sought to extinguish his consciousness and seize his body, Xu Qing instantly realized!
True defense has always been the path of aggression.
Others only mention Ying Gou’s indestructible physicality, yet none know that behind that indestructibility is a ferocity that tears through all!
Xu Qing held his grand axe, ready for battle.
The ancient force, though no longer under Ying Gou’s control, once separated from the corporeal shell, the blue-gold aura possessed the power to break through Kui Ba’s defenses.
This force may not match the axe that split the heavens, but it already reached the extent of sacred intervention.
