Volume 1, Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Discovering the Demonic Cultivator

"Mingyue, the situation at that little hill is still completely unclear. My thought right now is that I should quietly go and scout out the situation before returning to discuss a countermeasure. What do you think?" Sensing that the present situation had reached somewhat of a stalemate, Gu Mingxi made the suggestion first.

How did Gu Mingyue react? Naturally, she disagreed. "I disagree, Mingxi. If that monster is at a very high cultivation level, you might go over and never return."

Gu Mingxi blinked. "Mingyue, you forgot, I am an array master. I can first use a concealment array disc to conceal my figure, and then quietly slip in. As long as I don't actively expose myself, the other party won't be able to detect my presence."

Although Gu Mingyue still did not want Gu Mingxi to go and investigate alone, after pondering for a long while and realizing there was no better idea than this, she reluctantly agreed.

Gu Mingyue frowned and said, "Mingxi, you must be extra careful. I will wait for you here. If you haven't returned after half an hour, I will send a transmission message to the sect."

Gu Mingxi smiled slightly. "Alright! Then Mingyue, you must also mind your safety here alone. In case that monster isn't at the hill but outside instead, you'll be in danger..."

Gu Mingyue nodded and took out a grade-five concealment array disc.

Gu Mingxi also produced a grade-five concealment array disc and activated it around herself.

The closer Gu Mingxi got to the small hill, the denser the baleful aura became.

With such a thick baleful aura, there was no telling how many people this evil cultivator had harmed.

Evil cultivators truly deserved to be slain by all!

After quietly infiltrating the hill, Gu Mingxi discovered that the evil cultivator was currently inside a cave.

Gu Mingxi frowned as she looked at the pool of blood inside the evil cultivator's cave. Apart from the evil cultivator himself, there were no other living people present at all.

Gu Mingxi's heart sank. The children who went missing from the small village were probably all dead.

The blood in this blood pool was likely the blood of those children.

Gu Mingxi clenched her hands tightly, desperately forcing herself not to make a sound.

She carefully ventured a little further into the cave and caught sight of the evil cultivator's face.

It was him!

It was that exact evil cultivator who had caused Gu Mingxi's death in the original novel's plot!

He deserved to die!

Jia Wanming!

She had originally intended to hunt him down later, but she had unexpectedly bumped into him right now.

After taking a glance at Jia Wanming, Gu Mingxi immediately looked away.

If she kept her gaze fixed intently on Jia Wanming, he would surely sense it. If she were discovered by Jia Wanming in advance, both she and Gu Mingyue would be in danger.

Having confirmed that the evil cultivator was indeed Jia Wanming, Gu Mingxi quietly retreated from the cave.

It was fortunate that Gu Mingxi had encountered Jia Wanming at this particular time, otherwise she would certainly have been discovered by him.

Because Jia Wanming was injured!

Recently, he had spared no effort and risked exposing his whereabouts to keep capturing young children down the mountain entirely to treat his injuries.

Jia Wanming opened his eyes, gazed at the blood pool, and decided to speed things up.

Back in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, that ominous feeling had continuously lingered in his heart.

That bad feeling always gave him the illusion that he was facing a grim fate this time around, and this mysterious intuition was something he had to heed.

As a cultivator, one always possessed some special instincts capable of foreseeing impending danger.

Jia Wanming trusted this intuition implicitly; after all, it had saved his life several times already.

"Once I finish absorbing the power of this blood pool, I'll change locations!"

Jia Wanming said with a trace of regret, "It's just bad luck for me this time. If my luck were good and I encountered someone with a water spiritual root, my injuries could have been healed directly..."

The water spiritual root was extremely gentle and highly inclusive, renowned as the prime choice for a cultivation cauldron.

"Among so many children, not a single one has a spiritual root. What a bunch of trash..."

An evil cultivator remained an evil cultivator, completely devoid of humanity!

Gu Mingyue saw Gu Mingxi return and hurriedly opened the array to let her in.

"Mingxi, how is the situation?"

Gu Mingxi shook her head. "An evil cultivator is living in that small cave!"

"An evil cultivator!" Gu Mingyue widened her eyes in exclamation. It was no wonder she was surprised; no one had expected an evil cultivator to make a comeback at a time like this.

"How could it be an evil cultivator? Why would an evil cultivator emerge?"

Gu Mingyue's psychological resilience was quite strong. After being shocked for a moment, she quickly returned to the core issue.

"Evil cultivators deserve to be slain by all. Since we've encountered one again and are capable of killing him, we definitely must do so. Mingxi, do you know what the evil cultivator's cultivation level is?"

Hearing Gu Mingyue say this, Gu Mingxi nodded in agreement. "Indeed, evil cultivators deserve to be slain by all. That evil cultivator's cultivation is slightly higher than ours—he is at the late Foundation Establishment stage. If the two of us cooperate and make preparations in advance, we should be able to kill him."

Gu Mingyue nodded, and the two discussed the magical artifacts they had on hand.

In the end, they decided that Gu Mingxi would launch the attack, while Gu Mingyue would seize the right moment to deploy a binding array disc first, followed by overlaying a killing array disc, and then adding an illusion array disc on top of that—three arrays deployed simultaneously.

Combined with Gu Mingxi's Nine Heavens Thunderfall and Gu Mingyue's Dancing Petals, this should be enough to kill the evil cultivator.

Gu Mingxi's thunder spiritual energy was the ultimate bane of evil cultivators. If all of this still failed, Gu Mingxi also had heavenly lightning in her possession; under heavenly lightning, no evil cultivator could possibly survive.

Gu Mingxi said, "Then let's do it this way, Mingyue. You must hide well nearby and make the evil cultivator think that I am completely alone, so he lowers his guard."

Gu Mingyue nodded. "Alright, I know! Mingxi, you must stay safe!"

This was the first true battle of significance for Gu Mingxi and Gu Mingyue. Their previous sparring sessions had always stopped at the limit, but this time they had to decide life and death. Either the evil cultivator died, or the two of them died. They did not want to die, so the evil cultivator had to die.

Gu Mingxi took a deep breath, began forming hand seals, and directed her attack straight at the cave dwelling where the evil cultivator resided.

"Nine Heavens Thunderfall!"

Inside the cave dwelling, Jia Wanming felt overwhelming fury upon realizing that his dwelling was under attack.

Despite his intense anger, he prudently used his divine sense to probe the cultivation level of the person attacking his cave. If their cultivation was high, he would simply run away; if their cultivation was low, he would go out to do battle.

He discovered that the person attacking his cave was merely a female cultivator at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

"Hmph, judging by this female cultivator's age, she shouldn't be very old. Could she be a direct disciple of some major sect? A genius! The flesh and blood of a genius are of the utmost benefit to me. Truly, heaven has a road you refuse to take, while hell has no door yet you barge right in. Since you're here, don't even think about leaving, hahahahaha..."

Upon discovering that the attacker was only an early Foundation Establishment female cultivator, Jia Wanming could not have been happier. He had been agonizing over how to treat his injuries, and suddenly a genius had delivered herself right to his doorstep.

As for whether this female cultivator was setting a trap, Jia Wanming had naturally considered it. But when it came down to it, this female cultivator was merely at the early Foundation Establishment stage, whereas he had originally been at the early Golden Core stage before his injuries caused his realm to drop.

So what if she was a genius? His original cultivation realm was still there. Furthermore, if he let a plump sheep slip away out of unfounded worry, wouldn't that be a terrible loss?