Chapter Twenty-Five, Monster

  Ancient Cloud sighed inwardly, thinking that he was indeed unlucky. How did it happen that the two people he rescued were both troublemakers? The first one he saved even tried to kill him afterwards, and if Ancient Cloud hadn't had a few tricks up his sleeve, he would have ended up in a terrible situation.

  As for the second person, Ancient Cloud couldn't save him, but he left behind two female disciples who were deeply poisoned. Now that Ancient Cloud was drifting aimlessly on his own, did he really want to take on the responsibility of caring for these two deeply poisoned girls?

  After some deliberation, Ancient Cloud turned to the man and said, "Senior, I can try my best to cure the poison in your two beloved disciples, but as for marrying them off to me... that's a bit too much, don't you think? Let's not even mention whether they'd be willing or not. Even if they were, look at my current situation - I'm homeless and wandering all over the place. Could they really handle that kind of life? So, let's just forget about this whole thing."

  "You don't have to worry about that, they are definitely willing. They were raised by me since childhood and are absolutely obedient to my words. As for suffering, oh dear, these two poor children have suffered more than I, an old man who has lived a long life. They were poisoned with a kind of extremely cold and sinister toxin, which would attack every midnight when the yin energy is strongest. When it attacks, the cold air enters the body, and the whole body feels like falling into an ice cave, and in just a moment, they will turn into blocks of ice. If not for my fire spirit pill that can keep their heart pulse, they might have turned into two ice sculptures already. I came out this time because the last batch of pills is almost used up, and I need to find materials to refine more, but unexpectedly, I was ambushed by that scoundrel and ended up in this state... If a few more days pass and they don't get the pill, I'm afraid..."

  Gǔ Yún listened to what he said, and couldn't help but think of himself. The experiences of these two girls were quite similar to his own, only they might be a bit better off than him. After all, he had to go through this kind of torment twice a day, without the help of any medicine, relying solely on his physical endurance. But for these two girls to persevere in such days was truly remarkable. Suddenly, Gǔ Yún felt an urge to meet these two girls.

  "Don't worry, seniors. I will definitely do my best to cure them." With this thought in mind, Gu Yun decided that he must cure the two girls whom he had never met before and make these strong-willed girls healthy again. The problems on his own body were currently beyond his ability to solve. However, if it was just about detoxification, he should still be able to handle it, right?

  "With your words, I can rest assured. However, these two children have never been in contact with strangers and know very little about the outside world. If they recover, if you can take care of them, bring them along and let them see the outside world. If not, just let them live in their original place, where generally no outsiders will go, and let them continue to live a carefree life. As for my situation, if you bring them out, tell them that I've gone on an errand and will be back soon."

  After nodding in response to Gu Yun, a qiankun bracelet flew before him. "There are some medicinal materials I collected this time inside, as well as my lifetime collection. However, they're of no use now. Take it away, the divine sense attached to it has been erased by me."

  Ancient Cloud received the Kunyun Bracelet and put it away, looking at him and saying: "Senior, is there anything else you want to entrust?" After talking to himself for so long, he has now reached his final moment. His entire body no longer had a single intact piece of flesh, only flowing blood and water, and a skeleton. His primordial spirit wanted to escape, but was tightly entwined by the blood and water.

  "That's all, this is where I live and the method to open the Guardian Array. If you don't have anything else to do, then go now." Another jade slip flew in front of Gu Yun, and his words also echoed in her ear. After a pause, he said: "Is there any way to give me a quick death? The feeling of being entangled by these blood waters is really unbearable."

  Gǔ yún nodded, and in this situation, killing him would be a kind of mercy. The scorching Samadhi True Fire emitted from his hands enveloped the blood water, which immediately let out a sizzling sound when it came into contact with the Samadhi True Fire, emitting waves of green smoke and releasing a foul odor that was hard to bear. In just a short while, the entire person surrounded by the blood water was burned into nothingness, leaving only a transparent shadow that nodded at Gǔ yún before drifting off towards the sky. This was his soul transmigrating, and originally, if he had let the blood water continue to erode him, he would have been completely annihilated, without even having the chance to transmigrate. The Samadhi True Fire burning the blood water into nothingness did not preserve his primordial spirit, but it gave him a chance to transmigrate.

  He inserted his divine consciousness into the jade slip in his hand, and learned about the place where this person lived and the opening spell of the guardian array. Gu Yun rode on a white stone towards that direction, which was in a mountain valley over a hundred miles away from here. When Gu Yun arrived at the location indicated by the jade slip, he stopped. This place looked no different from its surroundings, with lush trees everywhere. Seeing this scene, Gu Yun couldn't help but say in his heart, "What a brilliant illusion array." If it weren't for the records on the jade slip, Gu Yun wouldn't have been able to see that this was an array. He cast a hand spell towards the forest, and a stream of spiritual energy flew from his hands towards the trees. Suddenly, the trees rippled like reflections in water, then slowly faded away, revealing a mountain valley before Gu Yun's eyes.

  Gǔ yún rode on the white stone and walked in, this mountain valley was not wide, only thirty or forty feet, but it was a mile long. After walking through this narrow mountain valley, there was another circular valley inside, with a high and strange mountain peak standing in the middle, over 1,000 meters high. It was called strange because this mountain peak was all white stones, and it was inverted, with the top being larger than the bottom. Gǔ yún had never seen such a scene before, and he couldn't help but stare blankly, his heart filled with wonder at the wonders of the world. At the same time, he was also surprised by the cultivation of the person who set up this large-scale illusion array, as far as he knew about the formation method now, setting up such a large-scale illusion array would require at least a legendary high-level master to barely do it.

  It seems that Li Jinyang's technique is indeed terrifying, even a Mahayana period master was subdued by him like this. Fortunately, the three-true-fire in his body can restrain those blood mists, otherwise he would have ended up like that person. In his mind, this illusion array must be set up by the one who entrusted two disciples to himself, and his heart couldn't help but feel a chill, grateful for escaping unscathed. However, he didn't think that if this person was really a Mahayana period master, how could he possibly be ambushed by Li Jinyang, a mere combined-body period cultivator? And where would Li Jinyang get the guts to ambush a Mahayana period master?

  Looking at the inverted stone peak in front of him, Gu Yun shook his head, and his wish to climb up on foot was dashed. His shoulders shook, and a pair of wings stretched out from behind his back, flapping gently. Gu Yun turned his head to look at the red and blue wings, and involuntarily reached out to stroke them lightly. If he didn't have these wings, it would be quite difficult for him to reach the top of the mountain, let alone make White Stone stay in this valley.

  Ancient Clouds fluttered her wings and took off, flying towards the top of the strange peak. In just a few short breaths, she arrived at the summit. As soon as she landed on the edge of the peak, a breathtakingly beautiful face appeared before her eyes. Her skin was delicate and smooth like jade, with a subtle glow that seemed to emanate from within. Her eyebrows were shaped like willow leaves, her eyes sparkled like autumn water, her nose was straight and elegant like a piece of jade, her lips were red and inviting, her teeth were white and shiny, and her black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, with a cloud-like bun on top of her head.

  Ancient Cloud said, having lived for so many years, where had he ever seen such a beautiful girl? His eyes couldn't help but stare at this face that seemed like a celestial being. The owner of this face was also staring with a pair of sparkling big eyes at the "monster" standing in front of her - no mistake, in her eyes, this was indeed a monster, with a human appearance, yet sporting a pair of wings.

  Four eyes stared at each other for a while, then a sharp cry of "ah" was heard, and the girl who seemed like an immortal fairy turned around and ran away like a startled rabbit, her figure swaying like a willow in the wind, elegant and charming. A voice as sweet as a canary's song echoed in Gu Yun's ears: "Sister, save me, there's a monster!"

  Upon hearing this scream, Gu Yun also came back to his senses, not expecting himself to be so flustered. This was no surprise, as Gu Yun had never seen such a beautiful girl since birth, and now he happened to be at an age where he was still vague about the matters between men and women. It was normal for him to have this reaction when seeing such a girl for the first time.

  The girl ran into a room in front of her, and after a while, Gu Yun saw two women who looked exactly the same as the previous girl walking out of the house. The girl on the left pointed at Gu Yun and said to the other: "Sister, look, this is the monster I was telling you about. I was playing here earlier when he suddenly flew up from below. Look, he has two huge wings on his back! Do you think he's here to catch people to eat?"

  Upon hearing this, another girl also became somewhat nervous, and the two of them stood at the door, facing Gu Yun and shouting: "Hey, you monster, what are you doing here? You're not coming to catch people to eat, are you? My sister and I don't taste good."

  Gǔ yún was amused by the girl's words, and now he had become a monster himself, running here to catch people to eat. However, looking back at the pair of wings on his own back, it wasn't strange that others thought him a monster. He retracted the twin wings on his back and walked towards the two girls.