Chapter 270: Golden Peng City
In Golden Peng City
Wu Tianxing’s eyes narrowed slightly, with more than ten servants kneeling before him, covered in wounds and bloodstains all over their bodies. Beneath their skin, bulging objects continuously wriggled, sending chills down the spine of anyone who saw them.
“Sacred Insect Merchant Guild…”
Wu Tianxing sneered coldly, his finger lightly flicking, and instantly one True Intent Realm Martial Artist among them was pulled before him.
At first glance, it seemed like his body was floating in the air, but upon closer inspection, there were thousands of nearly imperceptible threads binding his hands, feet, and body, suspending him up.
The threads cut through his clothes and dug into his flesh, drops of bright red blood dripping to the ground with a ticking sound, the bloody smell spreading in this small space.
“What a Bloodworm Pill, with Gu Pill Manual attainment reaching the level of a third-grade Pill Master. So, the person behind you is from my Silkworm Cave lineage?”
Wu Tianxing’s smile was filled with icy killing intent: “Speak, where is that person? I can spare your life.”
“Let, let me go, and I’ll…”
The True Intent Realm Martial Artist hanging in mid-air had long been tortured into losing all will to resist.
Wu Tianxing was simply a madman. After capturing all of the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild’s people, without saying a word, he directly released Gu Worms to torment them.
At this moment, as the steward, he could no longer hold back. Even though there was still a restriction in his body, how could it compare to the current crisis.
Wu Tianxing waved his hand, and most of the nearly invisible threads disappeared, as if drawn away by something out of thin air, leaving only one that wrapped around this Sacred Insect Merchant Guild steward’s neck.
The thread drew blood threads, but did not cut his neck, instead pulling him like a dog, the contempt evident.
“Speak”
Wu Tianxing lightly spat out one word from his mouth, and the steward didn’t dare to react at all, immediately saying: “It’s Red Moon Pill Workshop, now called Sacred Insect Pill Workshop. The initial Bloodworm Pills were all refined by Nangong Hong Yue of Red Moon Pill Workshop. We were just…”
Before he finished speaking, suddenly his veins bulged, his face turned flushed red, and it extremely distorted.
He wailed in agony, rolling on the ground, his spine already twisted.
Wu Tianxing’s expression changed, and suddenly a pitch-black Golden-Eyed Black Silkworm appeared instantly, pouncing onto the steward and biting through his spine.
From the wound on the spine flew out a ferocious flesh worm, covered in bloodstains, with qi and blood like smoke all over its body.
The Blood Marrow Worm saw the Golden-Eyed Black Silkworm and without any hesitation, burst with a bang into a sky full of blood mist, not even a bit of flesh residue left.
At this moment, the remaining martial artists one after another let out pained wails. After the Blood Bees in their bodies hatched, they bit through their hearts and livers, causing their guts to spill and bellies to rot as they died.
“Bang”
Wu Tianxing slammed his palm onto a chair beside him, instantly shattering it to pieces.
He gnashed his teeth, his eyes gloomy like a Fierce Wolf, and the floor tiles under his feet cracked one after another due to the oppression of his aura.
“Very good, as expected of Nangong Ying’s daughter. With such methods, the Five Poisons Heart Casting Gu must have been nurtured very well.”
Wu Tianxing revealed a cold laugh. This time attacking the Lingnan Prefecture sects, besides the orders from Hundred Caves Witch Sect, was more to find the enemy Nangong Hong Yue.
Since Nangong Ying was dead, her daughter with even greater talent must not be left alive.
Moreover, although the Five Poisons Heart Casting Gu varied in poisons, they all took the heart as foundation. Those cultivating the Five Poisons Heart Casting Gu were each other’s Gu Worms.
He was now just one step away from All Stars Heaven. If he had Nangong Hong Yue as the trigger, the breakthrough would surely not be too difficult.
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City Lord’s Mansion
Yan Xi, Blood Banner Ancestor, Shu Xi, Wu Laoyan, and Black Stone Fortress’s Ge Tianlu sat in the hall, each with different expressions, harboring their own schemes.
Yan Xi wore a dark red long robe, with red hair and pale face, high cheekbones, high nose bridge, and an extremely ugly appearance.
He looked at Wu Laoyan opposite him and let out a hoarse voice: “Fellow Daoist Wu, it seems your brother places great importance on the Silkworm Cave remnants. He hasn’t come over even for such matters.”
Wu Laoyan had a short and fat figure, dressed in floral clothes with tattered strips, fiddling with a string of black prayer beads in his hand, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.
He coldly retorted: “What’s this, Fellow Daoist Yan Xi, are you dissatisfied?”
“How dare I.”
Yan Xi showed a smile, but this smile was frightening enough to stop a child’s crying.
Blood Banner Ancestor and Shu Xi’s dark eyes turned, and a voice like scraping broken iron pieces said: “Under Golden Peng City, do we continue the attack, or defend the city without advancing? Or as those people invited, forcibly open Poison Dragon Valley? We need to decide on a plan.”
During sect attacks, there was a general direction of offense, but after entering the current stalemate, Dan Qiao Realm Martial Artists had too many options.
In fact, this was just the beginning of their plundering resources for sustenance.
Tap tap tap
While speaking, Wu Tianxing strode in, pushing open the hall doors with both hands.
Seeing him, the others’ pupils slightly contracted, but they said nothing, except Yan Xi who slightly dodged.
Wu Tianxing sat in the central position. With Silkworm Cave’s forces being the strongest, and his strength openly one of the highest present, this position belonged to him.
After sitting down boldly, his sinister gaze first swept over everyone present.
He was in a very bad mood. The methods and development of the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild made him feel uneasy.
Nangong Hong Yue was already exceptionally talented, and now with a wealth-gathering force like the Sacred Insect Merchant Guild, if she continued to grow, she might truly break through to Dan Qiao Realm and one day seek revenge on him.
So this person must be dealt with.
He slowly spoke: “Golden Peng City has three second-order mine veins, two third-order Medicine Mountains. Blazing Flame Cave took the Blazing Gold Ore mine, my Silkworm Cave took the Silver Scale Stone mine, and Fellow Daoists Shu Xi and Ge Tianlu each took medicinal herbs from the Medicine Mountains. Now what’s left are the accumulated resources from the various forces in the city, but they must be divided among subordinates and turned over to the sect. What do you all think will be left in Origin Stones after division?”
Attacks were for more resources, and the currently plundered resources were mostly used on tribes or backing forces.
Wu Tianxing hit the nail on the head. Even if all interests under Golden Peng City were plundered, what the few Dan Qiao Realm Martial Artists could divide among themselves would probably be just one or two hundred Ten Thousand Origin Stones.
Indeed, this one or two hundred Ten Thousand Origin Stones would be of great benefit to their cultivation.
But no one would be satisfied with just this much benefit.
They wanted resources sufficient for breakthrough.
Ge Tianlu deeply glanced at Wu Tianxing: “So Fellow Daoist Wu wants to launch another attack? That Hundred Peaks Barrier is not easy to deal with. Many Dan Qiao Realm Martial Artists died.”
“Not going to Hundred Peaks Barrier,” Wu Tianxing decisively said: “Pass through Cold Spring Peak City, enter Nantian Prefecture, head straight to Poison Dragon Valley. That’s Poison Dragon Daoist’s true transmission site, with fourth-order inheritance and a fourth-order middle-grade Spirit Tool, sure to help us break through Dan Qiao Realm.”
His voice paused slightly, and he said: “I don’t need to say more about Poison Dragon Daoist’s abilities, right?”
The matter of Poison Dragon Daoist had been widely known back then. They were all at Dan Qiao Realm, with long lifespans, almost all firsthand witnesses to the events.
With initial minor dharma aspect formed, single-handedly fighting three Head Seats without falling behind—this ability was truly terrifying.
“Poison Dragon Valley is located deep inside Lingnan Prefecture. Even though we’ve already breached into Lingnan Prefecture, contending for inheritance in Poison Dragon Valley will face no few Dan Qiao Realm cultivators.”
Yan Xi frowned tightly. He still didn’t want to take risks. Even if Dharma Aspect True Persons mutually restrained and wouldn’t easily interfere, what if?
“Hmph,” Wu Tianxing snorted: “Aren’t there the Qing Family’s three traitors? Since those three dare to promise early opening of Poison Dragon Valley, they naturally have their methods.”
“Qing Family”
Everyone’s expressions varied. All knew that in this Hundred Peaks Barrier, Cold Spring Peak being breached was largely due to the Qing Family, the spies hidden in Beast King Sect.
No one knew if the Qing Family were nails planted from the start or gradually pulled in by Three Flames Divine Palace later.
In any case, the Qing Family’s reputation wasn’t good among all Demonic Sects.
It wasn’t that Demonic Sects upheld loyalty and righteousness, but that they saw the Qing Family as robbers stealing food.
How long had they just joined the camp? Now daring to link up various Dan Qiao Realm True Persons to rob Poison Dragon Valley’s inheritance—truly greedy like pi xiu.
“The Qing Family may not be trustworthy. They are far more familiar with Lingnan Prefecture than us. Don’t let others benefit at our expense.”
Shu Xi spoke to remind, a sharp glint flashing in the deep black pupils.
Nearby, Ge Tianlu’s eyes narrowed slightly, his mustache corner twitching up: “Who doesn’t have schemes? It’s just a matter of whose methods are superior. If too few go, they might be blocked by Nine Peaks Sect and Beast King Sect. Everyone knows what kind of place Poison Dragon Valley is.”
The group was now tempted. Even if they failed to seize opportunities in Poison Dragon Valley, traveling together into Lingnan Prefecture might still yield good things.
Not dealing with Lingnan Prefecture’s major sects, couldn’t they still plunder a few commanderies?
Clang
The door was suddenly rammed opened, and Silkworm Cave’s chief disciple Wu Fan rushed in.
“The sil, Silver Scale Stone mine was attacked and broken by controlled Blood Bees. Our tribe’s guards were slaughtered clean, with the message left ‘Wu Tianxing falls in Golden Peng City’…”
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Inside and outside Golden Peng City was completely chaotic. Silkworm Cave, Blazing Flame Cave, Blood Banner Sect, and Black Stone Fortress mobilized their martial artists, conducting blanket searches around Golden Peng City for the daring intruder.
Among them, Silkworm Cave was the most furious. Wu Tianxing’s four chief disciples—Wu Fan, Yun Bo, Miao Yan, and Ba Rui, all at half-step Dan Qiao—directly led five hundred Heavenly Silkworm Soldiers in a frenzied search.
The three hundred Heavenly Silkworm Soldiers stationed at the entire Silver Scale Stone mine, along with eight hundred tribesmen and servant soldiers, were all gone without exception, turned into white bones. Such ruthless methods were beyond even Blood Banner Ancestor refining people with banners.
Moreover, Wu Tianxing was humiliated, and the entire Silver Scale Stone mine was emptied of sixty percent. The rest were mine vein branches and ends, extremely hard to mine, not something that could be dug out in three to five years.
Such heavy losses—not just rage, life-and-death struggle was possible.
“Wu Tianxing is hot-tempered and holds grudges. Knowing I acted, he’ll probably turn Golden Peng City upside down to find me.”
Nangong Hong Yue stood on a desolate mountain peak outside Golden Peng City, wearing a gauze black skirt, standing beside Su Yan. Her bright eyes flowed with light, lips curved in a smile, like a blooming black rose.
Su Yan looked into the distance. Every move within a hundred li radius was actually under his divine sense perception, clearer the closer it was. The Insect Consciousness Seed-enhanced spiritual power was increasingly powerful.
Although Golden Peng City’s forces were constantly mobilizing, they were only minor points. The bulk of martial artists remained in Golden Peng City.
Even Wu Tianxing, Yan Xi, Shu Xi, and Ge Tianlu, the four Dan Qiao Realm True Persons, showed no movement, showing these four’s caution.
Su Yan said indifferently: “A few more places, force them out.”
Nangong Hong Yue revealed a smile: “If Lord comes personally, Wu Tianxing certainly won’t come out easily. But knowing it’s me, he’ll surely take risky moves, because he fears death the most.”
The two used large numbers of released Blood Bees as eyes, quietly avoiding all searching martial artists, moving through the forest and wilderness without leaving traces.
They didn’t rush to attack another place. First, even if Nangong Hong Yue alone broke through to Dan Qiao Realm and cultivated Five Poisons Heart Casting Gu, she couldn’t become this powerful. Continuously exterminating stationed martial artists at multiple sites in short time was impossible.
True Essence consumption, spiritual consumption—these were enormous.
Dan Qiao Realm Martial Artists were powerful, but couldn’t withstand continuous combat.
Thus, in their actions, they had to show traces of only Nangong Hong Yue, one Dan Qiao True Person.
The other unhurried reason was that Troop Devouring Ghost Moth and Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower were digesting the large amount of Silver Scale Stone mine.
Silver Scale Stone mine was a third-order mine vein, excellent supplement for Troop Devouring Ghost Moth.
If ordinary martial artists or variant beasts mined it, it would probably take years or even over a decade to slowly extract the entire Silver Scale Stone mine.
But Troop Devouring Ghost Moth wouldn’t. It originated from Gold-Eating Demon Insect metamorphosis. Though bloodline metamorphosed, its devouring ability for metals hadn’t weakened at all.
It directly burrowed into the mine vein depths, activating its Nether Domain, continuously devouring Silver Scale Stone mine.
Plus Su Yan’s Myriad Insect Prison Suppressing Tower constantly bombarding the mine vein, directly taking the ore into the tower, refining it into tower body materials.
Thus, in just one day and night, over half the entire Silver Scale Stone mine was dug out.
Now still digesting, no need to be too hasty.
But though Su Yan and the other weren’t anxious, they continued hunting around outside Golden Peng City.
Su Yan didn’t act, but that didn’t mean Nangong Hong Yue wouldn’t.
She was the Silkworm Cave Holy Maiden from Hundred Caves Witch Sect origin, ruthless and decisive by nature.
With enmity against Wu Tianxing, how could she let him stay peacefully in Golden Peng City?
Whenever they encountered Silkworm Cave disciples, Nangong Hong Yue directly transformed into Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust Insect Armor state, and with a wave, thousands upon thousands of Blood Bees flew from the Beast Taming Bag.
Teams of a dozen or so would be drained of flesh and blood in an instant, turning into skeletons.
After each kill, she left traces, warning of Wu Tianxing’s fate.
Over several days like this, those killed numbered no less than two hundred.
But she controlled Blood Bees to kill from afar, making it hard to trace her.
The more so, the more anxious Golden Peng City became. Silkworm Cave’s martial artists had gradually decreased. Once mobilized, they were in teams of over thirty, dispersed yet linked, to prevent total annihilation.
Not only that, Wu Tianxing invested heavily, releasing many Gu Worms in the surrounding desolate mountains and forests.
Some Blood Bees released by Su Yan were discovered by them. Under Gu Worm attacks, there were some losses.
On the fourth day of wandering, Nangong Hong Yue controlled Blood Bees to strike another small team.
At this time, malevolent energy and blood qi swirled around her, the Five Poisons Heart Casting Gu in her heart continuously condensing true essence and qi and blood, her aura gradually rising, showing signs of First Heaven great accomplishment.
Su Yan slightly raised his eyes. After she finished the slaughter, he said: “Wu Tianxing’s four disciples are all hiding in the Blazing Gold Ore mine. Blood Banner Sect and Black Stone Fortress’s several true disciples are also hiding near those Medicine Mountains. They dare to think big.”
He revealed a faint smile. Nangong Hong Yue smiled slightly and said: “Wait at ease for the prey. Those guys can’t sit still.”
Su Yan said: “Since they want it so much, lure him out. First go to Green Mountain Range, wipe out Blood Banner Sect’s people, then to Blazing Gold Ore mine, let them ‘succeed’.”
