CHAPTER 57: CHAPTER 56: I’M REALLY NOT A DEMON CULTIVATOR

The night is deep and silent.

In Snow Moon City, Lin Jing arrived outside the already closed Lotus Pavilion.

The Pavilion Master Hua of the Lotus Pavilion is an acquired Fire Spirit Body, a cultivator of the fire attribute spirit body!

This person came to Snow Moon City many years ago. Now thinking back, it’s indeed strange.

A cultivator who practices fire attribute cultivation techniques yet comes to this city of ice and snow for business must have a motive.

Moreover, Senior Brother Ouyang once bought yang-nourishing pills from him and had interactions with him, which raises even more suspicion.

Although it’s unclear how someone at the Foundation Establishment received strange Gu intelligence and the method to refine strange Gu larvae, everyone has their opportunities, and currently, he is the most suspicious.

"Elder... any discoveries?"

Divine Sense of Shen Song swept over but did not find the trace of the Pavilion Master Hua.

Not finding the trace of Pavilion Master Hua was one thing, but what left Lin Jing speechless was that he saw a young man wandering in the snow riding a white horse.

"What are you doing here?" The person walked forward and asked Lin Jing.

"I also want to ask, why are you here?" Lin Jing retorted.

"I still think there’s something wrong with the Lotus Pavilion," Gao Sheng said, frowning.

"My father is a Nascent Soul, my maternal grandfather is a Divinity Transformation, the whole family are golden lotus-grade customers of the Lotus Pavilion. Although I am not very attentive, whenever I visit a city, the local Pavilion Master always comes to greet me warmly, but this Pavilion Master Hua hasn’t. What is he busy with? Strange, very strange."

"Even the Golden Core Stage City Lord isn’t as busy as him!"

Gao Sheng reasoned and pointed out the suspicious aspects of Pavilion Master Hua.

"This time... it makes sense..." Lin Jing nodded.

"This time you also think it makes sense?" Gao Sheng was surprised.

"Your maternal grandfather is a Divinity Transformation, whatever you say is right." Lin Jing didn’t expect the other party’s background to be so substantial.

"The most important thing is, I’m now also suspecting Pavilion Master Hua as the mastermind." Lin Jing said.

"We’ve finally reached a consensus this time." Gao Sheng was very pleased and said, "Furthermore, my recent investigation shows there’s no trace of Pavilion Master Hua tonight. I reasonably suspect he’s planning to flee, aware that this genius is about to solve the case."

"Fleeing to avoid guilt might not be the case; it’s more likely... that his scheme has reached the final stage."

Lin Jing looked up at the moon; accompanied by heavy snow, countless web-like lines began shooting from the clouds to the earth at some unknown time in the sky.

Thickly packed, as if weaving a gigantic spider web in mid-air.

Gao Sheng looked up and saw this scene, couldn’t help but slightly open his mouth.

"Spiders, so many spiders!" he shouted.

On the white spider web covering the entire Snow Moon City, one by one, fist-sized spiders hatched, each possessing not weak demon power.

These fist-sized white spiders fell from the high sky, pouncing at anyone they saw, a few suddenly attacked Lin Jing and Gao Sheng.

"What the hell are these things."

Seeing this, Gao Sheng took out a fan and vigorously waved it, a terrifying gust of wind obliterating all the attacking white spiders.

"These are... Companion Gu."

Lin Jing, in turn, pulled out the Mechanical Bamboo Spear, striking down, with a loud bang, all the white spiders attacking him were blasted to pieces.

"Hey Brother Lin, what kind of treasure is that?"

Lin Jing’s Mechanical Bamboo Spear caught Gao Sheng’s attention, making his eyes light up, finding it very interesting.

"Aren’t you more concerned about what these things are right now?"

Lin Jing said, there were too many, in a very short time, the streets were already filled with white spiders, thousands, tens of thousands, and this was just a casual glance, throughout the city, there were definitely more!

"Did you just say... Companion Gu?" Gao Sheng’s expression changed.

Companion Gu is one level weaker than larvae Gu; if larvae Gu are generals, then Companion Gu are soldiers, generally appearing in large numbers when a Gu King is about to be born, trying their best to plunder nutrients to feed back to the newborn Gu King.

"There really is a Gu!"

At this moment, a rainbow light swept in, and a snowy City Lord Tang descended beside Gao Sheng, "Young Master Gao, are you alright?"

His expression was grave, coming to protect Gao Sheng at the first moment, seeming that his safety outweighed everything.

"I’m fine! City Lord Tang, there’s a Gu King about to be born in Snow Moon City!" Because of the previous attack, these spiders seemed to have some awareness, knowing Gao Sheng and Lin Jing were not to mess with, turned and crawled towards afar.

Gao Sheng hurriedly shouted, "In Snow Moon City, there might be a Gu God Sect demon cultivator in hiding! Their aim must be the refining of a Gu King."

After speaking, his face turned strange, thinking about his earlier deduction, the person within the city most likely affiliated with the Gu God Sect is this City Lord.

He couldn’t help but retreat behind the White Dragon Horse.

"Don’t be afraid Young Master Gao! This City Lord will protect you." City Lord Tang felt a chill on his scalp, feeling his career would end here. However, considering the city’s situation, he still chose to stay by Gao Sheng’s side, only deploying other cultivators from the City Lord’s Mansion to subdue the Gu insects.

Protecting the city’s citizens not necessarily ensures Gao Sheng’s safety, but ensuring Gao Sheng’s safety offers a chance to preserve his official hat.

"It’s the strange Gu about to be born." Shen Song spiritually communicated with Lin Jing.

"That Pavilion Master Hua should be hiding somewhere, waiting for the strange Gu to be born beside him, then absorb the strange Gu and immediately escape."

"Does Elder Shen Song have a way to find him?" Lin Jing asked, "He is just a Foundation Establishment. Even after absorbing the strange Gu, he shouldn’t be a match for Elder, right?"

"With you around, he can’t absorb it." Shen Song said.

Lin Jing’s expression turned odd, thinking of a bad possibility.

In the next instant, the sky again underwent changes, accompanied by dazzling blue light permeating the web, above Lin Jing, a tiny spider entirely composed of ice crystals slowly took shape.

Though small, it emitted an extreme coldness, nearly freezing the blizzard itself, causing the time around to seem to slow down.

"This is..."

Seeing this strange Gu, Gao Sheng’s pupils contracted, saying, "Could it be, it’s one of the Gu God Sect’s top ten strange Gu, the Ice Soul Gu, said to have disappeared for a thousand years, how is it being reborn here!"

"Ice Soul Gu?" City Lord Tang was also greatly shocked, each of the Gu God Sect’s top ten strange Gu is an innate Gu King. If it falls into the hands of a demon cultivator, with a bit of growth, it would certainly become a major threat.

"Where is the Gu God Sect demon cultivator?" City Lord Tang, seeing the Gu King appear, became highly alert.

But unexpectedly, in the next moment, the Ice Soul Gu transformed into a streak of ice light, entering Lin Jing’s body faster than a Core Formation cultivator could react.

"Damn, becoming a demon cultivator." Lin Jing exclaimed internally.

"Even if a Fire Spirit Body or Essence Yang Body suits Ice Soul Gu as hosts, serving as comfortable growth beds, they ultimately cannot compare to a Longevity Body. Concerning nutritional provision, they are crushed by the Longevity Body, regarding life force of the host, also crushed by the Longevity Body. With you here, once Ice Soul Gu is born, it will not choose a Fire Spirit Body as the initial parasitic host, regardless of how well the other preparation is made," Shen Song laughed.

"Allow the Ice Soul Gu to enter your body; it is the key to releasing the poison of the Ice Soul larvae Gu. Don’t worry about it affecting you, I’ll seal it within you with a sealing technique, preventing it from absorbing your strength, which, for you, is also an opportunity. Didn’t you say, even demonic techniques are just a kind of tool? When your cultivation is accomplished, you can refine it. Over there at the Demon Extermination Bureau, I’ll answer for you."

"I was just casually speaking!" Lin Jing’s body burst into a terrifying cold, akin to a Foundation Establishment Stage ice attribute True Qi! In the engulfing cold, his hair turned snow white, and his pupils changed to an icy blue color. Seeing this scene, Gao Sheng retreated continuously:

"Turns out you are the Gu God Sect demon cultivator, the Gu King actually merged into you."

"I must take you back to the Demon Extermination Bureau!"

"Demon cultivator, my White Dragon Horse." Lin Jing endured the cold in his body, the next moment, a pinecone-like seal pattern gradually appeared on the back of his hand. With the appearance of this seal, changes on Lin Jing’s body gradually vanished, and the color of his hair and pupils returned to their original form.

At the same time.

In a hidden cave within the city.

"I’ve succeeded." A cultivator in red robes initially delightedly watching the Ice Soul Gu rebirth, then blankly seeing that the Ice Soul Gu did not choose to parasitize him, gradually turned red in the face, spat a mouthful of blood, and directly fainted.

"Damn my Gu! Ten years of waiting for the Gu! The records in the Gu Book are fake! Why didn’t it choose the Fire Spirit Body! Why not seek larvae Gu!"