Corpse Burier: I Can Nourish Corpse

Chapter 324: Chapter 178: Tempting Feng Jue, Challenge Begins

Little Demon Realm.

South, Lengxi Mountain.

Lengxi Mountain is not high, merely a hundred zhang, and its range extends only ten li. Within the mountain flows a cold stream, icy cold throughout the year, hence the name Lengxi Mountain. The Chen Family couple cultivate within this mountain.

Chen Li.

Not yet a hundred years old.

His appearance is that of a middle-aged man, ordinary in looks, with a kind countenance, somewhat unlike a Heterodox Evil Cultivator.

His wife, named Wang Xin, is slightly older, having lived over a hundred years. Due to consuming Youthful Appearance Pill, her appearance looks to be around thirty. However, her skin reveals ferocious purple-black fine lines, running along her veins, seemingly spreading throughout her body.

The two were once future leaders of a Cultivation Clan in the central Shen Yun Mountain Range. Although they practiced a Heterodox Dao, they were not senselessly murderous, and their reputation in the Shen Yun Mountain Range was decent.

After their clan’s destruction and the death of Chen Li’s father, the couple hid in the Little Demon Realm to escape enemies’ pursuit.

When Gui Yanqiu sent word of a challenge, Chen Li summoned his wife, putting aside their current tasks.

”If it’s a blessing, it won’t be a disaster; if it’s a disaster, it can’t be avoided.” Chen Li held his wife Wang Xin’s hand, standing outside their cave dwelling.

Wang Xin stood silently, a trace of anger in her expression, ”Husband, I think we should kill a few to establish our might and instill fear. Those two must have known we don’t kill challengers; that’s why they dared to come.”

Honestly, she didn’t have much opinion on her husband’s decision earlier, even agreeing wholeheartedly once.

Because their foundation was unstable in the early years, with enemies watching like tigers, naturally having one more friend than a dead enemy was better. But now, both have improved in strength; her husband is already a Tier Two Middle-grade Yin Alchemist, and she reached the Peak of Tier Two Lower Grade Poison Master. As long as the challengers are not in the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, there’s nothing to fear.

Why not kill two to establish might, and stop challengers from harboring lucky thoughts in the future.

Others might only face a challenge once in thirty years.

But they have faced it three times already.

No.

This time makes it the fourth.

Chen Li shook his head, ”I haven’t been a Tier Two Middle-grade Yin Alchemist for long. Even though I can refine Yin Pills to temporarily boost power, it’s all superficial, the same as before, we should just go through the motions.

And our time to cultivate in this Little Demon Realm is not long; after another ten or eight years, even the Elixir Pills may not withstand the Demonic Qi erosion. Once we leave Little Demon Realm, they might become our aid.

Even if we can’t make them work for us, their favor alone could help us rise again. Killing is the lower path; sparing is the better path. You’ll understand in the future.”

Hearing this, although Wang Xin’s face was still displeased, she ultimately said no more.

”But I fear, although we intend to just go through the motions, the challenger comes with a killing intent.”

Moments later.

The challenger’s information was delivered before their cave dwelling. When seeing the name Feng Jue, Wang Xin’s expression changed, ”Husband, look, this Feng Jue has even killed a cultivator from the Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks. How could he not challenge us mere Loose Cultivators?

He must be here to escape the pursuit of Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks. If we don’t let him, he’ll definitely fight to the death.”

Chen Li studied the name Feng Jue, not speaking for a long time, but a hint of killing intent eventually flashed in his eyes, ”If that Feng Jue comes with a killing intent, then we certainly cannot hold back.”

This place.

The couple needs it greatly.

If Feng Jue harbors a killing intent, then Chen Li must defend it even if it means risking his life, for the cost of failure is immense.

It may leave the couple with no way out. If this challenge were a few years later, it would be fine; once he breaks through to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, losing this cultivation land in Little Demon Realm wouldn’t be a deadly matter.

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On the other side.

Wen Jiu and Feng Jue followed behind Gui Yanqiu, crossing one obscured Second-stage Yin Spirit after another. Some Yin Arrays had fierce ghosts flying around; approach, and you’ll be annihilated by a multitude of fierce ghosts.

Some were entirely jet black, with nothing clear inside, yet probing with Divine Sense you’d feel an extremely sinister aura, like being in the middle of winter.

There were also Yin Spirits, with hundreds of living people bound on the array, crawling with maggots, constantly wailing, black breath continually flowing into an ancient well, from which came a sound like a pounding heart.

Just as Wen Jiu was looking down, he suddenly felt a strong malice coming his way, the malice filled with intense killing intent, ready to erupt like a volcano.

However, the malice passed over Gui Yanqiu and gradually dissipated, finally allowing Feng Jue to feel relieved.

Gui Yanqiu smiled, then reminded, ”Fellow Daoists, try not to look around on normal days, and do not use Divine Sense to probe. With me here today, these fellows give a bit of face, but if I’m not around another day, these actions might provoke a deadly Foundation Establishment battle, and even we of Wind and Cloud Immortal City would find it hard to intervene.”

Hearing this, Feng Jue quickly withdrew his gaze.

Before coming, he had heard of the Left-handed Evil Cultivators in the Little Demon Realm being very evil, but he didn’t expect that even a look was forbidden. Wen Jiu also withdrew his gaze, not daring to sneak a look at the cultivators below.

Gui Yanqiu smiled again, adding, ”But the two of you needn’t worry too much, there is a silent rule here that those of higher cultivation won’t easily belittle themselves by striking those of a lower level.”

”What if they don’t follow it?” Feng Jue hurriedly asked.

Gui Yanqiu smiled once more, happily, yet sending chills down one’s spine, ”Then you could get rich.”