Chapter 665 - 391: Multiple Births?
At this moment, Su Qingyu was more certain than ever. Zou Feng didn’t just have the potential to be a True Inheritor; he was undoubtedly destined to be a personal disciple, one of the future leaders of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.
The two of them forced themselves to keep running frantically.
Whenever they became too exhausted, they would take an Elixir to keep going.
After fleeing for a full half-hour, Zou Feng finally finished refining the External Pill made from Zi Caiyi.
The entire External Pill shimmered with a seven-colored light. It was exceptionally beautiful and emitted a strange, alluring fragrance.
As for Zi Caiyi herself, she had been reduced to a shriveled husk, and her name was subsequently removed from the List of Gods.
However, even though her Storage Pouch was high-grade, Zou Feng and Su Qingyu were currently powerless to do anything with it.
Besides, as was common knowledge, every Cultivator’s Storage Pouch had security measures. Forcing one open would only trigger an explosion, making the entire effort pointless.
But since they were fleeing back to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect anyway, they might as well take the Storage Pouch with them.
There were bound to be experts in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect who could open it.
At worst, they could sell it directly for some Immortal Fate.
Su Qingyu stared at the successfully refined External Pill in Zou Feng’s hand, stunned for a long moment. Then, she suddenly shook her head. "I can’t eat this thing. Even a tiny bite could cause a huge disaster!"
Zou Feng agreed. "That’s right. Without having practiced the Outer Alchemy Dao, this Elixir is no different from poison..."
’There was something else Zou Feng left unsaid. If Su Qingyu were to forcibly consume this Pill, Zi Caiyi might be able to seize the opportunity to possess her and revive herself.’
This wasn’t some far-fetched idea. After all, this External Pill contained nearly all of Zi Caiyi’s Life Essence.
As a Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivator, her level of existence was naturally far above the Dao Foundation Realm.
Therefore, even for a Cultivator like Zou Feng who practiced the Outer Alchemy Dao, consuming this Pill rashly could also lead to problems.
However, as long as he had the List of Gods, all such problems could be completely ignored.
Next, seeing no pursuers on their tail and that their current location seemed relatively hidden, Zou Feng prepared to consume the Pill and convert it into his own strength as quickly as possible.
His eagerness to absorb it wasn’t due to impatience. Rather, until they returned to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, they weren’t truly out of danger.
Every bit of strength he could gain was another bit of assurance he’d survive.
He might have managed to kill an Immortal Official, but that was the result of his meticulous scheming, plus a bit of Luck.
And what he might encounter next were even more Judges and Immortal Officials.
This was especially true for Tang Ze and Qi Siyun, the two Judges who had suffered at his hands in the Illusion Realm. The brightness of their names on the List of Gods had already returned to normal.
Clearly, those two had recovered from the side effect Critical Strike.
They were probably already on their way to hunt him down.
In short, he couldn’t let his guard down. He had to use every available moment to increase his strength.
Without further thought, Zou Feng swallowed the Golden Core Realm External Pill in one gulp.
"Palace Master, please act as my Guardian!"
Su Qingyu nodded, immediately leaping to a high vantage point to stand guard.
After taking the External Pill, Zou Feng switched the top spot on his list to Tang Ze, the Judge from the Yama Underworld.
He actually wanted to add Qi Siyun as well, but unfortunately, even the upgraded List of Gods couldn’t place two Golden Core Realm cultivators in the top spot simultaneously.
It could, however, handle two from the Dao Foundation Realm at once.
Just as he began the Refinement, the faint sound of Zi Caiyi’s maniacal laughter echoed in Zou Feng’s sea of consciousness. It was as if she had deliberately attached her spirit to the External Pill, and now her true, malicious intentions were being revealed as she attempted to possess him.
Unfortunately for her, all of this could be categorized as a side effect of Cultivation, which meant it could all be transferred to Brother Tang.
Meanwhile, just as Zou Feng had predicted, Tang Ze and Qi Siyun, the Judges from the Yama Underworld, were indeed following a "marker" to track him down.
In fact, at their speed, they should have caught up to him long ago.
But the two Judges just had to try a long-range Skill first, attempting to pull Zou Feng into an Illusion Realm to deal with him more easily.
The result was that they not only failed but suffered a loss, taking a Critical Strike of side effects and sustaining serious injuries.
They had only just recovered a short while ago and had furiously resumed the chase.
And this time, they had even more motivation to kill Zou Feng.
After all, Tang Ze and Qi Siyun attributed the bizarre attack they’d suffered in the Illusion Realm to Zou Feng. They were certain he possessed a life-saving Magical Treasure bestowed by the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect specifically for its talented prodigies.
The value of such an item clearly exceeded that of Zou Feng himself, making it completely worth their while to hunt him down personally.
And so, the two of them flew side-by-side, filled with anger and greed, as they sped after him.
Somewhere in the sky, dark clouds rolled and churned—a phenomenon caused by the two of them unleashing their respective Divine Skills.
Within the clouds, Qi Siyun stood on the back of a giant goshawk, his face filled with cold-blooded killing intent.
Not far away, Tang Ze rode a Blackwater Mystic Snake, a smile playing on his lips as he was already considering how he would torment the boy after catching him.
Hmmm...
But a moment later, the smile on Tang Ze’s face visibly stiffened.
He suddenly felt the image of a woman appear in his mind.
At first glance, the woman seemed ordinary, but a second look was quite pleasing. Gradually, she began to look stunningly beautiful.
In all his years of Cultivation, Tang Ze had never deliberately pursued carnal pleasures, and his interest in such things had long since faded.
Yet now, completely out of nowhere, he felt an extremely strong attraction to the woman in his sea of consciousness.
He was even itching to find this woman immediately and use the eighteen tortures of the Underworld to mold her into a shape that suited him perfectly...
Wait, this woman looked familiar. Wasn’t this Zi Caiyi, the Immortal Official from the Ninefold Celestial Court?!
As the woman’s face in his sea of consciousness grew clearer, Tang Ze immediately recognized her.
The Yama Underworld and the Ninefold Celestial Court were, after all, currently allies. Tang Ze had even seen Zi Caiyi before during the major assault on the Celestial Hearing Tower.
The problem was, although he recognized her, he had never had any real interaction with her in the past.
And even though they had met face-to-face a few times, he had never felt the slightest ripple of emotion.
So why was her image suddenly appearing in his sea of consciousness now, and why was he so inexplicably captivated?!
As he puzzled over this, the Zi Caiyi in his sea of consciousness gave a bewitching smile, her charm utterly captivating.
Tang Ze was instantly stunned, his eyes glazing over with infatuation. He felt as if his very bones were melting.
’Fucking hell, why is this bitch trying to bewitch me!?’
Tang Ze knew that Zi Caiyi practiced the Dual Cultivation Dao and that her seductive powers were maxed out.
Now that he showed signs of falling for her trick, could it be that she was personally casting a spell, intending to betray their sects’ alliance and harm him?
HISSS—!
The Blackwater Mystic Snake beneath Tang Ze suddenly let out a pained cry.
The beast hadn’t suddenly gone mad. Rather, its neck was in agony from being jabbed by Tang Ze.
The enchantment in his sea of consciousness was reflected in reality, naturally causing Tang Ze’s "weapon" to spring forth.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Noticing something was off with Tang Ze and the Blackwater Mystic Snake, Qi Siyun drew closer to ask.
Tang Ze shook his head hard, a bizarre expression on his face. "Brother Qi... I... I saw Zi Caiyi from the Ninefold Celestial Court..."
"Zi Caiyi?" Qi Siyun frowned and glanced around before saying, "What nonsense are you talking about? Where is Zi Caiyi?"
Tang Ze shook his head, looking dazed. "She’s not here. That woman... it seems she’s casting a spell to harm me!"
"..."
These words left Qi Siyun even more baffled.
"What are you even trying to say... Ah!?"
Just as he was about to press further, Qi Siyun witnessed an utterly indecent scene.
Tang Ze must have truly been hit by some kind of treacherous Skill. His expression, already strange, was now accompanied by violent shivers that suddenly racked his body.
The Blackwater Mystic Snake beneath him once again let out an even more piercing shriek. It was clearly badly injured, as black blood spurted out.
As for Tang Ze, amidst his violent shivers, he wore an expression of transcendent satisfaction.
"Ooh... ooh... ooh..."
The next moment, Tang Ze let out a hoarse, bizarre roar and then collapsed completely onto the back of the Blackwater Mystic Snake.