Longevity Chronicles
Chapter 428 - 296: The Zhu Royal Family Carries the Exotic Treasure, 100,000 Gao Ren Also Feed on Demons

Gao Wan, being of the Gao Family, had witnessed and experienced an unimaginable number of strange and eerie things since he was young.

He was no longer part of the normal Human Clan; it was fair to say he had become a pervert, and calling him a madman was equally fitting.

Yet at this moment, Gao Wan still felt he did not understand.

This did not prevent him from falling into a furious rage, a sensation he could fully perceive.

This Demon was humiliating him.

"I granted you the victory to defile my wife and daughters!"

"And yet, you murdered them first. In Gao Wan's mind, there was nothing more humiliating in the world.

"Thief, you've got guts."

"How dare you bully the people of my Gao Family within the bounds of Tiannan Province."

"Thief, you're as good as dead. I, Gao Wan, guarantee it—no matter who you are or where you come from, you will endure every torture and punishment that exists in this world."

"Ah ah... I'm going to kill you!"

Amidst his furious roars, Gao Wan finally entered a state of mad frenzy.

His pair of Mountain Demon eyes turned utterly blood red.

Visible to the naked eye, mutated Demonic Qi roiled and steamed.

His body, which was already like a small hill, began to swell frantically; with a roll, his fist sent Tao Qian flying, and his mouth, full of sharp tusks, opened wide to spew a cloud of dull gray fog at Tao Qian, tinged with a grievously potent plague.

But that was not all. Accompanying the "bang bang bang" sounds, lumps of flesh bulged from under Gao Wan's ribs and back and then instantly burst open, releasing at least a dozen stout arms that wildly pummeled the ground where Tao Qian had landed.

The Vajra Pestle was raised high, and intense black Buddha Light illuminated thousands of miles, then exploded.

In the next moment!

Half of Gao Ren City was reduced to ruins.

All life within that region suffered the impact, with heavy casualties.

Fortunately, Yunrong had earlier taken the "Holy Embryo Bag" and collected all 200,000 disaster victims.

Now, within Gao Ren City, aside from the thousands of Demon slaves of the Gao family and some colluding members of the Human Clan, there were no others.

These Demons had intended to come and help, but before they got close, many were mistakenly slain by Gao Wan.

He was certainly perverse and absurd, but at the same time a skilled killer.

His terrifying physical strength, obtained through the cultivation of the "Physical Body Bodhisattva Method," could level mountains; and the origins of that plague were no minor matter—using the Gao Family's resources, he collected one hundred types of plague from various plague-ridden areas within the Longevity Heavenly Dynasty. Even High-level cultivators, if carelessly exposed, would have their cultivation destroyed and become entangled by the illness.

Afterward, he cast "Twenty-Armed Great Strength Demon Fist" and "Dharma Cakra Earth Demolition Mallet Technique."

A set of Divine Powers unleashed, Gao Wan was convinced that even if his opponent were at the Cavernous Mystery Realm, they too would perish.

Indeed, it was so!

If Tao Qian had been a typical Cavernous Mystery Realm Demon Cultivator.

Caught off-guard by Gao Wan's combination of moves, he would certainly have died without question.

Unfortunately for Gao Wan, Tao Qian was not such a Demon Cultivator.

He was brandishing the Evil Sect's sword, and although he pretended to be from the Secret Demon Sect, he was actually always maintaining the Golden Light Divine Spell. Plus, his post-Transcend Mortality Spirit Treasure Sublime Body had an effect of being "Immune to All Techniques," which combined with the rest ensured that Gao Wan's attack did not breach even a hair of Tao Qian's defenses.

In the midst of Gao Ren City, Gao Wan had transformed into a colossal Mountain Demon, standing with a Vajra Pestle.

Surrounded by dust and corpses, one third was pulverized by his pounding, one third vanished in Buddha Light, and the remainder were infected by the plague, their bodies twisted and howling in agony.

Among these were his own wives and daughters.

But he didn't care at all, his mutated and fallen Divine Soul sweeping the entire city, seeking to find that Demon Cultivator, even if only a corpse remained.

Unfortunately, after searching time and again, he found nothing.

Just when he furrowed his brow in confusion,

Suddenly, he discovered his quarry.

The Demon Cultivator somehow had come to stand atop his head.

And he had been completely unaware of it until that moment.

"Nice moves; you've actually saved me some trouble."

"Now, all I need to do is to flay you alive, and this endeavor will be perfectly complete."

The moment these two sentences reached his ears, Gao Wan's Spirit trembled with fear and panic.

It was at this moment he realized, despite his stupidity, that this mysterious cultivator, possessing both Evil Sect and Secret Demon Means, with Mana and Divine Power far surpassing his own,

Plus the "swordsmanship" that extremely countered him, he had no chance of winning.

Once his own life was in danger, Gao Wan immediately came back to his senses.

Transforming from the brutal and mad City Lord of Gao Ren, into a sniveling creature begging to survive.

He made no further moves, but instead relaxed his hands, astonishingly dropping the terrifyingly powerful Dharma Cakra Vajra Pestle.

Like toppling a Golden Mountain or a jade column, amidst the thunderous noise, his servile voice came through:

"Daoist, hold on!"

"I, Gao Wan, have been reckless, ignorant of your prowess, and foolish enough to think of contending with you."

"I see that you hold the Evil Sect's Magic Sword and practice Secret Demon Sword Skill. Truly, your Divine Power is astounding, and your means are exceptional. I, Gao Wan, admit defeat."

"I come from the Tiannan Gao Family, and though I might not be worth much, I do have numerous powerful ancestors, including a grandfather in Ultimate Happiness Realm and an ancestor in Daoist Transformation Realm, surely qualifying to offer apologies and redemption on my behalf."

"You seem to appreciate beauty, so I offer a hundred great beauties to redeem my life. How about it?"

In this speech, there was both threat and flattery.

And indeed, his background was extraordinary.

But Gao Wan also knew in his heart:

"The Evil Sect and Secret Demon Sect are lawless, heretical sects of Demons. This scourge, belonging to either, is likely not to care about my background. Once he's in the mood, he'll kill me and have done, alas."

While lamenting in his heart, Gao Wan, still maintaining his Mountain Demon form, suddenly raised a pair of giant palms.

On the palms, fifty beauties were presented.

There were ravishing mortal women and stunning female cultivators,

As well as Banana Spirits, Wedding Dress Ghosts, Chicken Spirits, Fox Spirits, Tree Devils... and many other heavyweight Mountain Spirits and Ghosts, one could say they covered all bases.

This scene strangely reminded Tao Qian of his good friend Xiao Hua Daoist whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

If he were here, seeing this scene, he would surely feel joy.

But when Master Tao heard and saw this, he scoffed in his heart:

"If I truly wish to enjoy the Yin Yang Dao, aren't Sister Yunrong and Aunt Bai Yin far better than these?"

No sooner had his snide remark finished when suddenly, a commotion arose within Tao Qian's body.

First was a Record triggered by touching the Mountain Demon's body.

Second was the immensely majestic Human Dao Destiny within him that abruptly provided a hazy directive at this moment.

Record matched with directive, clear and obvious.

"There are treasures!"

Tao Qian had previously thought that the Female Bodhisattva, formed by the incense offerings, had spied all of Gao Wan's secrets during their divine soul interchange.

Clearly, he guessed wrong.

It was still his unique soul that was truly useful.

As the abruptly triggered Record emerged, combined with the surge of Human Dao Destiny, Tao Qian immediately understood something.

Why did the Heavenly Venerate cast him to this place?

It was not small-minded revenge; the real meaning was still to let him reap benefits.

Moreover, it was a benefit that had been lost and was about to be regained.

[Name: Gao Wan.]

[Record Type: Cultivator.]

[Record: This person is a descendant of the Gao Family, and a direct-blood relative of the short-lived Gao dynasty in the history of Longevity Heavenly Dynasty, traceable back to an Alchemist leader of the Daoist Transformation Realm, who cultivated the "Little Reincarnation Body Bodhisattva Secret Dharma," with a brutal temperament, fond of debauchery and murder. Due to an illicit affair with his father's favored concubine, he was despised by his father, but also because he looks and character are similar to his ancestor, possessing Ultimate Happiness Realm cultivation and having been an Emperor named Gao Zhan, not only was he not put to death but was instead exiled, an opportunity that led to a very important task.]

[Note One: Not long ago, the representatives of the Seventy-two provinces spread the news of the Demon City battle and the Ancestor God's Forbidden Technique Fragment turning into scattered exotic treasures, causing a treasure-hunting frenzy. However, divine treasures are elusive, and unless they choose a master willingly, even deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to dig three feet into the ground would not uncover a single one.]

[Note Two: The Alchemist Organization, due to some connections with the Ancestor God Forbidden Technique, thus had an advantage in treasure hunting. The Gao Family's Ancestor deduced that a complete set of Ancestor God Treasures had been split into parts, taken by the surviving members of the Zhu Royal Family as they fled the Imperial City, one of which had entered Tiannan Province... To avoid alerting other powers, and with Gao Wan being exiled, Gao Zhan assigned him the task of capturing the Zhu Royal Family and seizing the treasures.]

[Note Three: Gao Wan was privy to the escape route of the Zhu Royal Family in advance, ambushed and slaughtered them in Gao Ren City. To his surprise, this branch of the Zhu Royal Family was unaware of the circumstances and thought they were merely fleeing disaster, oblivious to the treasures they carried. Gao Wan, having heard of the power of the Ancestor God Treasures, was greedy and did not inform his ancestor immediately. Instead, he privately tortured the Zhu Royal Family day and night, trying to find the treasures.]

[Note Four: With life at stake, Gao Wan dared not delay any longer and was in the process of using the Bloodline Secret Method to contact his ancestor...]

...

As the fourth Record came to light, Gao Wan was still energetically hawking those hundreds of beauties of various shapes and sizes.

At this moment, Tao Qian suddenly spoke out.

"Stop using the Bloodline Secret Method!"

"Wait, how do you know...?"

Hearing this, Gao Wan's mountain demon eyes immediately bulged in shock.

What terrified him even more was that he truly heeded the other's words and stopped casting.

Mouth Containing Heavenly Constitution!

Saying and Following!

How is this possible?

I am a High-level cultivator of the Cavernous Mystery Realm; even if it were a word spirit spell, unless this scourge is a Demon from the Ultimate Happiness Realm, it could not possibly take effect.

Gao Wan was both shocked and terrified, about to roar and question.

But what met him was a voice, cold and commanding.

"Kill!"

In an instant, the vast Gao Ren City finally faced its catastrophe.

First was Tao Qian's Red Dust Sin Sword, which suddenly split from one into two, two into four, four into eight... Hundreds of thousands of Red Dust Swords rained down like a mad storm, relentlessly, one sword after another, carrying out the punishment of lingering death on Gao Wan, along with the remaining demons in the city.

Horrific screams of extreme agony echoed throughout the city.

As time passed, the screams grew weaker and then fell silent.

When Yunrong released the two hundred thousand walking corpses from the Holy Embryo Bag,

as these two hundred thousand people entered through the city gates,

what they saw was a purgatory-like scene:

Mounds of flesh and puddles of blood and brains.

Flesh and blood piled into hills, and blood and brains formed rivers.

At the previously bustling City Lord Mansion, there was now an enormous monster, cut into pieces of fine flesh, heaping over there, with the stench of blood permeating the entire Gao Ren City.

Atop that pile of carcasses stood a young Daoist.

Sword in hand, head bowed.

Seeming like a god of slaughter, and also a scourge.

Any normal person would have their courage shattered upon witnessing this scene, dying of fright as a common occurrence.

But at this moment, the two hundred thousand people who had been numb, began to come to their senses, one by one, the first being a skinny middle-aged man with reddened eyes, staring at the ground covered in chunks and pieces of flesh, feeling not the slightest disgust but instead showing an extremely excited expression, his face flushed, mouth wide open, seemingly wanting to say something but with a hoarse throat, unable to utter a single word.

Finally, as if reverting to his beastly instincts, he suddenly knelt down and without hesitation started kowtowing "bang bang bang" to Tao Qian.

At the same time, his mouth opened wide, he scooped up a piece of flesh, not knowing which demon it belonged to, and stuffed it into his mouth. Then he began to chew and bite frenziedly as if tearing at a sworn enemy.

But in the end, he did not swallow it.

Instead, he spat it out with a "ptui" and then turned to the next piece.

This act seemed to be infectious.

Two hundred thousand people followed suit.

The already quieted Gao Ren City suddenly filled with noise again, resounding with the sounds of chewing flesh.

Just like not long ago!

That night, when the Gao Family massacred tens of thousands of people in Ganyue City, the sound of demons chewing on human flesh also lasted all night long.

The cycle of cause and effect had finally come full circle.

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