CHAPTER 707: 583 FIVE POISON GU

Shi Feiyang, although he had the tiger-head monk bring Bai Guanhong and the "Blood God Scripture" to Master Zun Sheng, did not come to Central Earth himself, but went to Divine Dragon Island instead.

He needed to have a serious talk with Dongxuan Immortal. Although she was an Independent Immortal, her mana was extremely high, and she had many lifebound and substitute Gu, making her very difficult to kill. Thus, negotiation seemed the best solution.

Dongxuan Immortal had not managed to become an Earth Immortal Longevity, and the only reason she had lived to such an advanced age was by borrowing life from others. Now, she appeared as a withered old woman, her head full of silver threads, leaning on a walking stick.

At first glance, she bore some resemblance to Cui Wugu, except that Cui had always looked like a young girl. Heartbroken over the kidnapping of her daughter, Cui’s hair turned white overnight, yet her appearance and body remained youthful.

Dongxuan Immortal, however, was truly aged, frail and teetering on the brink of death, leaning on a Gu God Staff, as if unable to walk far. She met Shi Feiyang, tremblingly.

The two met in a pavilion on a hill. Seeing her approach, Shi Feiyang did not stand, but remained seated and said, "I have long heard of Friend Dongxuan’s great fame, and today I finally meet you in person. However, I did not expect it to be not in the Southern Border, but here on this overseas Snake Island."

Dongxuan Immortal’s face wore a kind smile, resembling a grandma looking at a child: "Please forgive this old woman who has been in seclusion in deep mountains and caves for many years, ignorant of the outside world. I truly do not know which friend you are. Please introduce yourself, so this old woman can broaden her knowledge. Let me see what talented young people have emerged in the world during my absence over the past hundred years."

Shi Feiyang introduced himself. Dongxuan Immortal nodded, and with a flick of her robe sleeve, five dishes and a pot of wine appeared on the stone table.

The dishes were deep-fried scorpions, boiled centipedes, steamed spiders, grilled poisonous snake, and wine-brewed toads, all of which were Primordial Species, colorful and hair-raising to behold.

The wine was turbid. With a gesture from Dongxuan Immortal, the wine pot flew up and began pouring. The liquid that spilled out was a greenish color with various insects inside, including maggot-like ones, both black and white, iron thread worms, and crickets, floating and sinking in the wine cup.

"Please," Dongxuan Immortal took a cup of wine herself and drank it all.

Shi Feiyang reached for a cup of wine, pretending to drink, when suddenly flames of purple and blue emerged on the surface of the wine, evaporating a great amount.

The various insects soaked in the wine revived, wriggling and churning in the fire, attempting to leap out of the flames and pounce on Shi Feiyang.

However, the Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire was incredibly fierce. Although these Gu were also formidable, they quickly turned to ashes in the Purple and Blue Divine Flames.

Shi Feiyang withdrew his hand and smiled at Dongxuan Immortal: "It seems this wine is undrinkable."

Dongxuan Immortal sighed: "Friend Shi, you are too cautious. My Myriad Gu Wine may look terrifying, but it is actually very nourishing. It even contains soul-chasing bee honey... What a pity."

Shi Feiyang did not want to exchange pleasantries with the old lady and cut straight to the point: "I am here for my adopted son, Stone Silkworm Bai Guanhong."

"Oh? That little silkworm is your sworn son? He once harmed my disciple, deserving thousands of slices of death. I merely invited him over and matched him with my junior disciple to marry and have children, doing my duty benevolently and righteously. You should not have been an uninvited guest, taking him away secretly and trying to break my Gu curse, almost costing him his life."

Shi Feiyang spoke sternly: "The Celestial Silkworm Fairy cultivated the Five Poison Sect, bringing calamity upon the Human World. As the Great Ming State Preceptor, I naturally had to eliminate it! Even if little Bai did not take action, I myself would have, and if that were the case, your disciple would not be alive now; he would have been utterly destroyed, dissipated into smoke."

Dongxuan Immortal chuckled dryly twice without responding.

The wine-brewed toads in the dish also started laughing. There were five large toads sitting in the dish, partially submerged in the liquid, their bodies covered in slime.

All five toads laughed together: "Hehehe...gurgle...hehehe...gurgle...hehehe..."

If someone else were sitting here, just seeing these five toads laughing could disturb their mind and clarity. One misstep could result in the poison toad sucking up their primordial spirit into their bellies.

The glow of purple and blue in Shi Feiyang’s eyes flickered, and the five toads seemed to have swallowed something indigestible, coughing non-stop.

As they coughed, fiery sparks, purple and blue in color, started shooting out not only from their mouths but also from their eyes and nostrils.

Dongxuan Immortal’s voice turned angry: "Friend, why would you harm my beloved pets?"

As her voice fell, the other dishes—the deeply fried golden scorpions, the boiled centipedes, the steamed spiders, and the charred snakes—revived and, together with the five toads, started spewing poisonous mist. This set of Five Poison Gu was extraordinary, painstakingly gathered by Dongxuan Immortal, cultivated for a thousand years. They spewed red, green, yellow, white, and black poisonous mists, directly aiming at Shi Feiyang in over a hundred streams.

Shi Feiyang grabbed the previous wine bowl, and facing the Five Poison Gu, emitted Purple and Blue Divine Light from the mouth of the bowl, enveloping all the poisonous mist and forcibly trapping it inside.

He then scooped up with an empty hand, and all the snakes, scorpions, centipedes, together with the five large toads, were all contained within a small wine bowl.

He gently swayed the wine bowl; the Five Poison Gu crawled around inside, attempting to fly out. Above them was a mass of five-colored poison mist, and above that, a layer of faint Purple and Blue Divine Light.

Shi Feiyang placed the wine bowl on the table and pushed it towards Dongxuan Immortal, "As the State Preceptor of Great Ming, I naturally must handle the chaos created by cults. I hope you can understand."

Dongxuan Immortal looked at the poison fog in the wine bowl, and her heart surged with shock.

Her Five Poison Gu could not only emit poison smoke but also transform flight, snatch away Primordial Spirits, confuse minds, provoke desires, and possess many other divine skills and secrets.

This wine cup was provided by him; not only was it coated with potent poison, but it also contained invisible Gu eggs, along with a curse she had placed that was undetectable.

However, none of her tricks worked on Shi Feiyang; he instead twisted the space inside instantly, creating a space as big as a washbasin, and collected all the Five Poison Gu into it.

The smile on her face no longer seemed kind, "Fellow Daoist is here to give me a warning, but if I can’t understand, what then will you do?"

Shi Feiyang looked towards the distant blue sky and ocean and sighed, "Then I can only send you on the road. You are advanced in age, not knowing the Mysterious Sect’s rejuvenation arts, just a pile of old bones causing trouble. ’Old but not dead is the nature of a thief,’ and that very saying is about people like you. As the State Preceptor of Great Ming, it is only right for me to eliminate such threats."

Dongxuan Immortal burst into laughter upon hearing this, "That will depend on whether you possess the ability to do so!"

As she spoke, she suddenly spat a breath of blood essence into the bowl, intending to break Shi Feiyang’s spell, pierce through the Purple and Blue Divine Light, and release the Five Elements Gu to attack Shi Feiyang.

However, Shi Feiyang was quicker; the Purple and Blue Divine Light in the bowl transformed into Purple and Blue Divine Flames first, a thin layer of divine fire blocking within the bowl.

The blood essence she spat struck the true fire, immediately turning into thick, pungently foul white smoke with a "whoosh."

The bowl also contained Purple and Blue True Fire wildly burning; all Five Poison Gu screamed within the divine fire, scurrying around at the bottom of the bowl.

Simultaneously, the Invisible Gu, unseen and undetected, approached Shi Feiyang—this creature attacks human’s back of the head, and upon contact, makes one’s hair stand up. Before one can act, this evil Gu would already have drilled through human skull’s foramen into the cranial cavity, taking hold of the Primordial Spirit and controlling the spine. In a mere moment, it turns its target into a puppet ready for manipulation.

When the Invisible Gu penetrated toward Shi Feiyang, Purple and Blue Divine Flames surged on him, emanating light spontaneously; as the Invisible Gu crashed into the fire, despite its prowess, it couldn’t withstand burning and dissipated into smoke, all twelve Invisible Gu from various directions being refined by the Purple and Blue True Fire.

"Bang!" Dongxuan Immortal slammed the wine bowl down onto the stone table, shattering it; the Invisible Gu within also turned into ashes.

Dongxuan Immortal still refused to admit defeat.

Indeed, she knew that those who genuinely practiced cultivation did not look highly upon her path of refining Gu.

Even those who cultivated demons did not respect it.

Some from the side paths and evil cults were willing to practice Gu Techniques, but only as a secondary practice.

Green Robe Ancestor’s renowned Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm was famous worldwide, and he created the "Hundred Poison Scripture," but he primarily modified and practiced his own Mysterious Yin Great Technique.

Golden Silkworm Gu, as the king of Gu and the pinnacle of Gu Techniques, had always been a profoundly secret art through the ages.

Dongxuan Immortal originally exchanged for the incomplete Mysterious Yin Great Technique with Green Robe Ancestor, using top-quality Gu eggs and rearing methods of Golden Silkworm Gu.

Over the years, practicing the Mysterious Yin Divine Skill, she still couldn’t join the rank of Mysterious Sect’s Righteous Path or achieve the longevity and immortality of cultivating successfully. Only by extensively modifying and improving all possible methods had she achieved her present power.

She utterly despised those Mysterious Sect Taoists who looked down on her, and before her Divine Skill matured, she didn’t wish to make unnecessary enemies and remained hidden in Southern Border, silently cultivating.

Today, the words Shi Feiyang said were unbearable to her, and with a cold snort, she declared, "You underestimate my old age and weakness, but you miscalculated. Today, this Divine Dragon Island shall be the altar for refining your Gu."

After saying this, a mass of colored smoke surged from her body and then disappeared into thin air.

Shi Feiyang stood up and looked around, observing the old lady’s tricks.

On the Divine Dragon Island, there were five peaks, all moved here by Bai Guanhong’s spell.

Atop these peaks, Snake God Temples were constructed; at this moment, all five temples emitted light simultaneously, and as this happened, a five-colored toxic mist emerged in the air, initially a thin layer enveloping the entire island before beginning to billow and spread, growing thicker and eventually obscuring the peaks and engulfing forests, grass, and trees.