Shi Feiyang raised his hand and made a grasping motion in the air, capturing the green flame that trapped Ganoderma Immortal and the one-horned Divine Lin. He held it in his palm where it transformed into a fist-sized ball of green fire. After examining it closely, he noted, "Hmm, this is Phosphorus Ghost Fire, filled with many poisonous snakes and insects."

This substance was extremely dangerous for other Sword Immortals as it was hard to remove once it attached to the body, but for Shi Feiyang, neither the ghost fire nor the intense poison had any effect.

With a gentle rub between his hands, the green fire vanished into thin air.

Seeing him, Ganoderma Immortal immediately drove the one-horned Divine Lin to swiftly dart towards him. When it got close, it jumped directly onto Shi Feiyang's shoulder, yelping 'brother' in fright. Its nature was cautious and timid, and it was clearly terrified.

"Don't be afraid, now that I am here, everything will be alright." He soothed Ganoderma Immortal's back of the head and spine with his hand and then asked the ugly creature, "What kind of creature are you to take such a form?"

He did not intend to kill it outright. Given that the millennia-old Ganoderma Immortal roamed the forests, it was naturally coveted by many, and his plan to let it out was indeed to "fish" for various interesting, novel, and unique creatures and then selectively transport them to the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.

The ugly creature, having seen Shi Feiyang capture its released green fire barehanded, was shocked. It initially thought to flee, but upon seeing the millennia-old Ganoderma Immortal, it couldn't bear to leave it. Wondering whether its opponent had extremely high mana or specialized magical treasures or spells to counter its yin fire, it decided to try one more time.

It spat out a green pearl the size of a rice grain, enveloped in green fire and surrounded by a cloud of lethal green poison. As it floated in the air, it shot violent streams of toxic green flames at Shi Feiyang.

Shi Feiyang reached out again to grab the pearl, examining it closely, "This is the Rainbow Pearl from a thousand-year-old sea snail from the East Sea, refined by you into such a magical treasure..."

Before he could finish speaking, the grotesque creature twisted its body into a streak of green light, attempting to flee.

Shi Feiyang pointed a finger and confined the surrounding space, preventing its escape.

The creature exclaimed in surprise, releasing a flying fork about a foot long, transforming into a streak of green flame shooting towards Shi Feiyang, then trying once again to find a way to escape.

Shi Feiyang caught his flying fork, restrained it forcibly, and still kept the creature on spot, "Did I allow you to leave?"

Only then did the creature realize its dire situation, "I... I didn't know that flesh Ganoderma was yours, and I meant no disrespect. Please, senior, forgive me."

Shi Feiyang looked him up and down, noticing his remarkably peculiar ugliness, a name suddenly came to his mind, "What is your name? What creature are you? Where did you learn your spells?"

The creature hesitated briefly, then finally said, "My name is Bai Guanhong. I am a Stone Silkworm that has attained sentience from underground, currently studying under the Green Robe Ancestor in Bai Man Mountain."

Shi Feiyang laughed, "You see how righteous I am, yet you dare admit you're a disciple from the Southern Demon Cult?"

Bai Guanhong sighed helplessly, "I thought about lying, but I presumed you would see through it. Besides, I came from the East Sea to Central Earth to seek a master because I was bullied relentlessly by my fellow disciples and couldn't tolerate it any longer.

As I am close to transforming, I wanted to find a place to cultivate in secret. When I stumbled upon this millennium Ganoderma, I thought if I could consume it, I'd greatly enhance my cultivation, achieving a transformation. Little did I know it belonged to you, had I known, not even one hundred thousand guts would have tempted me to disturb it."

"Hmm, you did not lie," Shi Feiyang had realized who this Bai Guanhong was. Back when he mingled with Geng Kun in Roc Bay of the East Sea, there was a little demon, which was him. Back then, he even managed the Hundred Crafts Department and there was a snake spirit named Bai Lingzi.

Back then, he had orderly arranged the group of demons. After retreating for a period and coming out, Bai Lingzi was dissected for her gallbladder and killed by Geng Kun, leaving the demons in fear with all the capable ones fleeing. Bai Guanhong must have been the one who left Roc Bay for Central Earth and ended up under the Green Robe Ancestor.

Moreover, since Bai Guanhong was originally a Stone Silkworm turned spirit, and the Green Robe Ancestor was refining the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, it made sense that he would take him in.

He looked at Bai Guanhong, "I remember you were even uglier back then, with four legs and six arms. Over the years, you've cultivated to appear more human-like."

Shocked by this remark, Bai Guanhong looked at Shi Feiyang, and after a moment, hesitantly asked, "Are you... Shi Longwang?"

Shi Feiyang nodded.

Bai Guanhong, after listening, was overjoyed to the point of jumping up and down on his short legs on the spot, "King! Is this... have you already transformed into a human form? It must be, with your powerful mana and after so many years... Seeing you again is truly wonderful!"

He said, with his eyes brimming with tears and his voice choked up, as if a child, who had wandered the outside world and suffered grievances, had once again met his family.

"You have done well yourself, having cultivated your Lifebound Embryo to be able to take shape," Shi Feiyang was genuinely admiring.

Bai Guanhong said, "It was my current master... the Green Robe Ancestor instructed me to oversee the refining of the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu. He had ill intentions because I am considered a Primordial Species; he wanted to enhance the power of the Evil Gu, forcibly forcing me to mate with the Gu mother. Because of this, he taught me spells and specially refined many Elixirs for me to consume.

He thought I couldn't see his true intentions. Although he was outwardly very kind to me, it was with his help that I managed to refine my Primordial Embryo. However, once the embryo was formed, it was also a sign my life was about to end. He wanted to use my embryo to merge with the Gu mother to refine the Hundred Poison Immortal Slaying Sword.

I escaped early, and he sent disciples to capture me. I was constantly on the run, narrowly escaping capture by his people numerous times. I originally wanted to flee elsewhere, but with my appearance, wherever I went, people saw me as a harmful spirit and thought they must eliminate me to be rid of harm, so I simply stayed and confronted them in the mountains of the Southern Border."

Bai Guanhong's experiences were indeed tortuous and bizarre. The Green Robe Ancestor, as the Sect Hierarch of the Southern Demon Cult, didn't follow the master-disciple lineage like the Eastern and Western Demon Cults.

The Western Demon Cult had a lineage of a thousand years with many branches. The previous Sect Hierarch, Chi Li Lao Fu, among his contemporaries in the Demon circle, had several others. Lao Fu, with the highest Dao Level, finally ascended to the Demon Realm, passing the position of Sect Hierarch to the Poison Dragon Venerable.

The Eastern Demon Cult couldn't match the history of the Western, but it also had three or four generations. Its origins were also a variation of Buddhism. The previous Sect Hierarch, Wuxing Venerable, after ascending, passed the position to the Five Ghosts Heavenly King, Shang Heyang.

However, the Green Robe Ancestor had no such lineage. Born ugly and dwarfish, with a deformed body, he attained Cultivation through a fortuitous encounter.

Compared to the more Buddhist related Eastern and Western Sects, Green Robe Ancestor's Cultivation Technique was of the left-hand path of Daoism, containing some orthodox skills from the Mysterious Sect. He even managed to cultivate and depend on the Second Primordial Spirit with the Mysterious Yin Pearl.

But his knowledge was incomplete. For hundreds of years, he scoured for the Dharma Collection from here and there, amalgamating and integrating old and new, devising many powerful new spells. He could stand equally with the other two sects, creating a domain for the Southern Demon Cult.

Though he claimed to be the Hierarch of the Demon Cult, it was only because his actions were brutal and cruel, killing people like weeds, his methods even more ruthless than many others of the Demon Path. In reality, he could not cultivate the Lifebound Divine Demon, and both the Poison Dragon Venerable and Shang Heyang initially did not acknowledge him; Poison Dragon Venerable even had a fierce fight with him once.

Green Robe Ancestor's spells always aimed for immense power. He exchanged many efforts and with his close friend, Dongxuan Immortal, acquired the method to nourish and refine the Golden Silkworm Gu, which was already a king among Gu. Still unsatisfied with its power, he painstakingly used a Heavenly Scorpion to crossbreed with it, specifically cultivating an extremely toxic creature, and used it to feed the newly born Gu, creating an even more potent Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu.

Bai Guanhong's arrival gave the Green Robe Ancestor a new idea. He took him as a disciple, lavishly nourished him unlike the other disciples who toiled and could only obtain a Spiritual Pill once in one or two years. The Green Robe Ancestor fed it to him like meals and taught him many Inner Refining spells, enabling Bai Guanhong to refine his Primordial Embryo.

Shi Feiyang inquired in detail about Bai Guanhong's life on Bai Man Mountain, then suddenly laughed, "In other words, those Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gus that Green Robe Ancestor refined are all your offspring?"

Bai Guanhong frowned miserably, "These past few years, the new Gus that were cultivated are. The Green Robe old demon, insane and merciless, used Heavenly Scorpion, Golden Silkworm, Green Worm... many poisonous insects as Gu mothers, forcing me to mate with them, and then used the offspring for cultivation and research. Eventually, he created the most potent as the new generation of Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, stabilizing its form before forcing me to produce daily..."

Shi Feiyang could not help but laugh heartily, "This might be horrifying and disgusting if it were to happen to humans, but for you, you must have enjoyed it, right? Like an emperor, surrounded by concubines, changing brides every day... Did those poisonous Gu mothers ever get jealous of each other?"

He was just asking casually, but Bai Guanhong nodded, "Actually, yes, just the day before I escaped, the Green Worm Gu mother and the Golden Silkworm Gu mother had a fight. The Green Worm Gu mother kept making me suggest to the Green Robe old demon that our offspring were better, that the Hundred Poison Green Worm Gu was far superior and stronger than the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu."

"Did you tell the Green Robe Ancestor about it?"

Bai Guanhong shook his head vehemently, "That old demon is violently cruel. Although he's human, he can eat human hearts. Even when he smiled at me, I felt a chill all over my body; how dare I look for trouble and talk back to him? However, I knew he wanted to use me to breed offspring, and once the form was set, to commence large-scale production, he would use Elixirs and spells to drain my last bit of spiritual energy,

and finally extract my newly refined Primordial Embryo for sword refining. So, I intentionally incited the Gu mothers to get jealous and fight, causing them to devour each other's offspring within Skull Gu Cave and killing each other's offspring, and also made several holes in the prohibitions of Skull Gu Cave, and I took the chance to escape."

Shi Feiyang found it very amusing, "You are quite the clever little devil; it must have been hard on you."

Bai Guanhong suddenly clasped his hands together and bowed to him, "I humbly ask the Dragon King to take me in. I will follow you from now on; even if I have to return to Roc Bay, I accept it!"

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