Chapter 124: The Disgusting Meat Gu
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Gu Refinement Cave was where the Tri-Gu Sect raised the Meat Gu.
Compared to the small town that surrounded Mount Gu, the Gu Refinement Cave mainly relied on capturing people to replenish its manpower.
The Tri-Gu Sect continuously captured vagrant villagers and slaves outside, sent them to the Gu Refinement Cave, and planted Gu in them.
Zhou Feng had experienced it himself.
If one was lucky, they could become an inner disciple.
If they were not lucky enough, they could only become the Meat Gu's food.
A few Qi Condensation inner disciples were guarding around the Gu Refinement Cave to prevent accidents from happening.
'The first one!'
Zhou Feng relied on his passive Nature Affinity to blend in with the surrounding environment.
Then, his Demonic Qi surged, and the inner disciple guarding outside the Gu Refinement Cave suddenly blacked out, losing his life force.
Given his Grade-4 Soul Altar cultivation, dealing with a mere Qi Condensation inner disciple was overkill. That disciple did not even have the chance to react.
'It did not trigger?'
Zhou Feng frowned because the passive Soul Harvesting was not triggered.
It did not matter, however. Although there were not many people in the Gu Refinement Cave, the inner sect had way more people.
He planned to get rid of all the inner disciples guarding outside the Gu Refinement Cave and then sneak into the Gu Refinement Cave.
Zhou Feng relied on his Nature Affinity to travel through the forest.
The second one!
The third one!
The fourth one!
The four inner disciples guarding the place were all killed.
Using his Grade-4 Soul Altar cultivation to sneak attack these Qi Condensation inner disciples was indeed a little overkill.
These four people had only triggered the passive Soul Harvesting once.
Zhou Feng's spiritual power had only increased by a strand, and he was still a little far from breaking through to Grade-3 of the Soul Altar realm.
'Is it because of the cultivation difference?'
Previously, when he killed people in the Soul Altar realm, he could trigger the passive Soul Harvesting almost every time.
However, when he killed these people with Qi Condensation cultivation, the chances of triggering the passive state decreased by a lot.
After Zhou Feng cleaned up the corpses in front of him, he set up a simple formation at the intersection.
It was still set up directly with the formation flag.
This was a warning formation. Once someone passed by here, Zhou Feng would be able to know.
…
Mo Qianjiang was an inner disciple with average aptitude. He had been in the Tri-Gu Sect for more than ten years and had exhausted his potential.
In the end, he had barely broken through to the Qi Condensation realm. The new disciples who had entered later had even surpassed him
In addition to the intense internal conflict, this caused Mo Qianjiang to take the initiative to become a manager in the Tri-Gu Sect.
Compared to the intense internal conflict, he was the person with the highest cultivation in Gu Refinement Cave.
He was the emperor in this place, and one gaze of his decided how the peasants had to live. It was much better to retire here than in the inner sect.
The people under him would offer many good things from time to time to curry favor with him. That was especially the case for the twins that were offered yesterday. They seemed to be under the age of 20.
It was a pity that their bodies had been too weak, and they died in the process. Later on, he would call some people to send them to the Meat Gu. Otherwise, Mo Qianjiang would have wanted to keep the twins to serve him!
"What a pity!"
Mo Qianjiang hummed a little tune as usual and prepared to inspect the caves.
As soon as he arrived at the cave entrance, Mo Qianjiang smelled a thick smell of blood.
'What happened!?'
The thick smell of blood made Mo Qianjiang shudder, and the Spiritual Qi in his body started to circulate.
'Someone invaded the sect? That's impossible! Even if someone invaded the sect, they shouldn't have done it here!'
Mo Qianjiang's first thought was that someone had invaded the sect.
Then he thought about it and felt that it was unlikely. After all, the Gu Refinement Cave was a garbage dump. Even if someone did invade the sect, they wouldn't target this place.
'Could it be that the news of the twins' death has spread? Are their families here to cause trouble?
'They are simply courting death!'
Mo Qianjiang quickly thought of a possibility, and a trace of anger immediately appeared on his face.
"Die!"
A large hand stretched out from behind Mo Qianjiang, and a crisp bone-breaking sound echoed.
The hand had grabbed Mo Qianjiang's neck and twisted it slightly.
The entire process took less than a second, and Mo Qianjiang died instantly!
Even now, Mo Qianjiang's face still wore the same expression as before.
'This is the last one!'
Zhou Feng swung his right hand and threw Mo Qianjiang's corpse to the side.
Although he knew that there were many heartless people in the Gu Refinement Cave and countless tragedies had happened, he still underestimated the people here.
Just this cave alone had countless white bones buried underground.
Zhou Feng had just discovered a small prison where many people were locked up. Most of them were women and a small number of children.
And these people's eyes were basically numb like a corpse's while their bodies were covered in wounds. No one knew what humiliation they had suffered.
What angered Zhou Feng the most was the place where the Meat Gu's feed was made.
In that place, the dismembered human corpses were steamed together with other things.
That was definitely the most disgusting scene that Zhou Feng had ever seen.
When Zhou Feng killed others with his own hands, he did not throw up. However, he almost did so when he saw that unnerving scene just now.
'What a disgusting place!'
Zhou Feng used his super-strong perception to investigate the surroundings.
There should be no living people around here, which meant that this Meat Gu hole had been completely cleaned up.
After killing so many people, the passive Soul Harvesting had only been triggered three times.
Three more stands of soul power were added.
"Now, only that Meat Gu is left!"
Zhou Feng looked at the hole, planning to enter and directly finish off that Meat Gu.
Such a disgusting thing should not exist in this world.
Moreover, back when he would feed the Meat Gu, he had been in danger many times. It was time to take revenge!
He walked into the hole and passed through a long passage.
Soon, a Meat Gu appeared in front of him.
A fat worm was squirming on the ground, its back was covered in warts, and its mouth was still covered in disgusting mucus.
It was still as disgusting as before.
This Meat Gu sensed Zhou Feng's arrival and started to howl as if it was stimulated. At the same time, it started to struggle crazily, large amounts of pus flowing out of its body.
"Purple Jade Bell!"
Zhou Feng directly used the Purple Jade Bell against such a disgusting thing.
The Purple Jade Bell shook slightly, and the Meat Gu exploded into countless small pieces of meat.
Even so, these small pieces of meat were still squirming on the spot. Their tenacious vitality was truly out of his expectations.
In order to prevent the revival of the dead, Zhou Feng used the Purple Jade Bell again.
At this time, the meat turned into minced meat, and the Meat Gu had no chance of survival..
Chapter 125: Slaughter: Commence!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Hunt successful!"
When Zhou Feng killed the Meat Gu, a message popped up.
It turned out that the passive Master Hunter had been triggered. This Meat Gu was also a new species, so his perception increased a little.
'This thing's vitality is really tenacious!'
Zhou Feng used his super-strong perception to scan his surroundings again.
After confirming that there were no fish that had escaped the net, he prepared to head to another cave.
There were countless caves in the Gu Refinement Cave.
He had to hurry because he had a feeling that there was not much time left. His eyebrows kept jumping as if he was about to face great danger.
'Next!'
Next, Zhou Feng began to sweep through the Gu Refinement Cave.
There weren't even Soul Altar cultivators here, so no one could stop him.
In addition, the Gu Refinement Cave itself was isolated, not communicating with the outside world.
Therefore, the Tri-Gu higher-ups were in the dark that the Gu Refinement Cave was about to be completely annihilated.
In the blessed land…
Gong Jiu began to showcase his influence, and now Zhou Feng's betrayal had been confirmed.
Next, they only needed to wait for the Elders to confirm the matter, and then they could capture Zhou Feng.
After all, disciples who could enter the blessed land had potential.
Such a talented person could not be killed at will. They needed the Elders' permission at the very least. Only then could they directly take action.
Gong Jiu wanted to kill Zhou Feng, so he had to follow all the formal procedures to do so.
"Did you hear? Zhou Feng, who was brought back by Eldest Senior Sister, has betrayed the sect!"
"Betrayed the sect? No way! is anyone that stupid?"
"Yeah! Isn't betraying the sect courting death?"
"Of course it's not voluntary! It's Gong Jiu's revenge. After all, Zhou Feng killed Gong Qu!"
"…"
Many people were discussing Zhou Feng in the blessed land.
The crime of betraying the sect was too big; it was equivalent to sending someone to their death.
One had to know that the Tri-Gu Sect had always had zero tolerance for traitors.
Sometimes, the traitors had to be dealt with no matter how high the price was.
There had once been a genius in the sect who wanted to betray the sect for some unknown reason.
At that time, the Tri-Gu Sect had paid the price to eliminate this person, with a few Elders being injured.
The Tri-Gu higher-ups were very clear that the sect's management style was too rough. If there was no high pressure, the hearts of the people in the sect would easily fall apart.
This could also be considered as protecting the sect's foundation!
"It seems that Gong Jiu's connections are still as powerful as ever!"
"The most popular candidates for the Sect Leader position should be Ye Zai and Gong Jiu!"
"That's right! It's these two people. Although Ye Zai's cultivation is higher, Gong Jiu still has the advantage in terms of connections!"
"I wonder who will take the Sect Leader position in the end!"
As they chatted, the people in the blessed land also talked about the Sect Leader position.
There was no other way!
The Sect Leader's position should be the most important matter within the Tri-Gu Sect at the moment.
The old Sect Leader seemed to be unable to hold on any longer, so everyone wanted to become the Sect Leader.
The Ice Spirit faction was also unwilling to hand over the Sect Leader's position.
They planned to push Leng Maner to become the new Sect Leader, but the other two factions would not allow the Ice Spirit faction to have another Sect Leader.
…
Zhou Feng was not unaware of what was happening in the blessed land.
At that moment, he killed another Meat Gu.
'The probability of triggering this is too low!'
Feeling the slow increase in his soul power, Zhou Feng thought that he should change his target.
The probability of triggering the Soul Harvesting after killing the people in the Gu Refinement Cave was too low.
After destroying so many nests, the increase in soul power was too little.
Zhou Feng planned to target the inner sect. Compared to this place, there were more experts in the inner sect.
The only thing that made him a little doubtful was whether there were any hidden experts in the inner sect.
As long as they were at the Soul Altar realm, he could deal with them.
But those above the Soul Altar realm would be difficult to deal with.
'According to the information I received before, most of the Elders have left the sect!'
Zhou Feng had previously collected information in the sect's blessed land.
The sect was fighting against the Voodoo Cult, so there were practically no internal defenses.
Most of the Elders had already left the sect. Only a few important areas of the sect, such as the blessed land, were guarded by experts.
As for the inner sect, only a few Soul Altar cultivators were probably defending it. Even some of the older Soul Altar cultivators were not present, only a few ordinary Soul Altar cultivators.
In other words, if this information was not wrong, the inner sect was now allowing him to roam freely.
'How about I try my hand on a random mountain?'
Zhou Feng instantly made up his mind.
The Gu Refinement Cave was almost destroyed anyway.
'Inner sect! Let's Go!'
…
The first mountain that Zhou Feng chose was Penta-Poison Peak.
He was immune to poison, while everyone on Penta-Poison Peak used poison.
This persimmon was naturally a soft one.
Thus, Zhou Feng chose Penta-Poison Peak as his target.
"Stop! You don't seem to be a Penta-Poison disciple!"
"What's the matter? If you're not a Penta-Poison disciple, you can't go up the mountain!"
Not long after, Zhou Feng arrived at the foot of the Penta-Poison Peak and was stopped by two Penta-Poison disciples.
'The strongest is only a Grade-5 Soul Altar pipsqueak?'
Zhou Feng didn't say a word. He used his extremely strong senses to detect if there were any experts on Penta-Poison Peak.
As expected, it was the same as the information he had gathered previously.
Currently, the strongest person on Penta-Poison Peak was only a Grade-5 Soul Altar cultivator. Zhou Feng could directly crush them if that was all they had.
'The only thing I need to pay attention to is… I can't cause too much of a commotion!'
At that moment, Zhou Feng's heartbeat slightly sped up, and Demonic Qi slowly lingered around his body.
Hey! I'm talking to you! What are you trying to do?"
The Penta-Poison disciple on guard duty looked at Zhou Feng, who did not say a word, and his face immediately revealed his impatience.
Unfortunately, he didn't realize what was about to happen.
But thinking about it, it made sense. A person was acting rebelliously in the inner sect?
Who would believe this? This was simply courting death!
Once they were discovered, even if the Elders didn't make a move, they would still be besieged and killed.
It was too difficult for a person to fight against a sect, let alone fight in the sect's home ground.
'Demon Devouring Battle Art!'
The Demonic Qi in Zhou Feng's body suddenly exploded, and a demonic avatar appeared behind him.
Two tentacles condensed from Demonic Qi suddenly pierced through the chests of the two Penta-Poison disciples.
The speed was so fast that the two didn't even have time to react.
"Are you… crazy?"
"You…"
The two Penta-Poison disciples' eyes widened. They couldn't believe that a fool would actually attack them.
This was the Penta-Poison Peak's foot! Wasn't attacking them a slap to the Penta-Poison Peak's face!?
At that time, the seniors on the mountain would definitely not let the person in front of them off.
No matter where Zhou Feng hid, it would be useless. In the end, he would only end up dead..