Zen Master Yuanjue attempted to use his Mysterious Skill to transform, but was struck by hundreds of Feathered Arrows spewing Mars, instantly blasting his entire body into countless Star Fires, disintegrating into pieces, scattering sparks far and wide!

Zhu Changyuan had taken out the enemy and with a shake of his shoulders, retracted the sky-full of Feathered Arrows, then turned his attention to Ganoderma Immortal.

Ganoderma Immortal, ensnared by the Buddha Beads, found himself free the moment Zen Master Yuanjue perished, as the Beads immediately flew up into the sky and disappeared from sight.

Just as Zen Master Yuanjue was about to capture Ganoderma Immortal and Zhi Ma, on the other side, Master Van Shi pursued Shi Xiyi who, in a swift move, dashed into the brush towards the west, with Master Van Shi in relentless pursuit.

Shi Xiyi's four tiny hooves emitted sparks, galloping through the air, rushing at top speed across the central courtyard to reach the West Garden.

The West Garden was a Gu Garden, also filled with a large number of flowers, plants, and trees, all of which were highly poisonous.

Having cultivated for many years, Master Van Shi was alarmed: "Indeed the path of Evil Demons is clear—they've prepared this garden of poisonous substances to harm others!"

She summoned back her nine Silver Rings for protection, released her Flying Sword to slash through the poisonous grass, and made a path to chase after Shi Xiyi.

Shi Feiyang had previously anticipated that there would be visitors at the nunnery today and had arranged for two people to guard the place: Zhu Changyuan in the East Garden, Bai Guanhong in the West Garden.

Bai Guanhong was in the midst of refining Gu Medicine when Shi Xiyi came rushing in, panicked and barely touching the ground. Before he could inquire about the situation, a short and plump Daoist nun barged into the garden, wildly cutting down the medicinal herbs with her Flying Sword.

He rushed over and shouted loudly, "Who are you? Are you here to stop Lord Dragon Emperor from claiming his Treasure from the Golden Ship?"

Master Van Shi, seeing a large spider on his head, Golden Silkworms crawling in his hair, and Shi Xiyi standing on his shoulders, yelled fiercely, "With all the poisonous energy you carry, you don't seem human. I am the lay acolyte of Emei Sect, Van Shi. Are you one of that Evil Dragon's minions? The treasures in the Yuan River should not belong to him, and the reckless collection will surely bring disaster. Bring Shi Xiyi with you to Kaiyuan Temple immediately, and your life may be spared."

Bai Guanhong saw the rare poisonous plants he had painstakingly transplanted and cultivated being cut down, branches and stems snapped, flowers and leaves shattered, scattered all around, and felt a wrench in his heart. Hearing her words and becoming furious, he raised his hand and unleashed his Flying Spear.

Shi Feiyang had previously obtained twelve Golden Spears from the Golden Ship, giving him a full set which, after being refined with Immortal Law, could be launched and recalled, their power by no means inferior to someone else's Flying Sword.

Bai Guanhong did not use all twelve Golden Spears at once, instead shooting just two at Master Van Shi.

Master Van Shi caught them with her Flying Sword, and as an elder of Emei Sect, her swordsmanship needed no commentary, as she adeptly used one sword to counter the attack of the two Golden Spears.

Unable to surpass her, Bai Guanhong decided to release all the Golden Spears, sending twelve beams of golden light, each about a zhang long, in an array formation hurtling towards her, now dividing into groups, six to the left and six to the right, pincering from both sides; then forming four groups, three in each, surrounding her from all directions, spinning and thrusting…

Master Van Shi, unable to fend off with her single sword, was forced into a flurry of panic.

She shouted loudly, "Well met!" and, exhaling Essence Energy, directed the silver rings circling her to meet the attack.

Each Silver Ring caught a Golden Spear, firmly entangling nine of the spears, forcibly pulling them closer.

Recognizing the exceptional quality of these Golden Spears, she attempted to seize them forcibly, using her sword to hold off the remaining three spears, ready to secure these nine first.

Bai Guanhong panicked, "Thieving Taoist nun, dare you steal my Magical Treasure!"

He pointed a finger, and the demonic spider atop his head shot out, landed, and swelled to the size of a cartwheel, spewing five-colored poisonous smoke toward Master Rock.

Master Rock, noticing its deadly poison, cried out in alarm, "Not good!" In her haste, she merged with her sword and soared into the sky, reaching a height of ten zhang above ground, and sent down a Five Cloud Stone, the Treasure of the Cave.

This piece of Five Cloud Stone was a priceless treasure, a Spirit Stone produced from within a Dragon Vein. Obtained during the Eastern Jin, she had kept it ever since, and upon becoming a disciple of Master Changmei in subsequent lifetimes, nourished and cultivated it with Immortal Law, preparing to eventually host her Second Primordial Spirit within it, never using it frivolously.

This time, seeing Bai Guanhong nurturing such an extremely venomous creature of heaven and earth like the demonic spider, aware that if left unchecked, it would rampage across the world harming both mortals and immortals alike, she was compelled to kill, ready to take Bai Guanhong's life with the stone.

Bai Guanhong saw her raise her hand and a globe of five-colored brilliance came crashing down onto him. Although ignorant of its nature, he was certain it was anything but benign. In his urgency, he used a substitution Gu to face this calamity while his true body flew to the side.

But the power of the Five Cloud Stone was immense, killing his substitution Gu with one strike and, with force remaining, hit him on the right ribs.

"Crack." Bai Guanhong's ribs broke on the spot, several of them snapping. He spat out fresh blood and coughed repeatedly, blood spraying all over the ground.

He fell to the ground and raged, "Wretched Taoist nun, I didn't wish to kill you, you forced my hand!"

With his bloodied finger, he pointed at Master Rock, and hurriedly muttered an incantation. From behind, the bushes buzzed loudly as tens of thousands of golden stars—that is, the Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu—took flight.

Over five years, these kings among Gu were finally completely tamed by him.

Shi Feiyang was more advanced in Dao Level and occasionally conversed with him, arousing many novel ideas in the field of Gu Refining—ideas that might seem bizarre to others, but Shi Feiyang wholeheartedly supported them.

He fed the Golden Silkworm Gu with Golden Rice Pearls produced by the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, then, using his Primordial Spirit's will, he manipulated these silkworms to refine the pearls as their inner core. Now each Gu insect had undergone numerous changes, with reduced ferocity, increased humanlike intelligence, and a wider range of attack methods.

Besides the mature Gu, Bai Guanhong also bred the next generation of young Gu.

The Hundred Poison Golden Silkworm Gu, born of the Heavenly Scorpion and the Golden Silkworm Gu, originally lacked reproductive abilities. Yet the Green Robe Ancestor managed to produce several Gu mothers from tens of thousands, which then mated with Bai Guanhong to create even more formidable Gu Kings—creatures also without reproductive capabilities.

Bai Guanhong himself had gone to the Southern Border to capture a Heavenly Scorpion and a Golden Silkworm for hybrid experiments, using the methods of the Green Robe Ancestor to allow divine energy to resonate and essence blood to fuse, soaking them in True Water, then enveloping them in Spiritual Medicine before introducing them to the mother silkworm's body for breeding. After trying many methods and innumerable failures, he finally managed to create a new generation.

Among the newborns, quality varied. He selected the best to continue cultivating as Gu mothers... Now he had nearly a hundred thousand, which might be considered his grandchildren, usually staying with the mature Silkworm Gu of the parent generation, nibbling on the highly poisonous Golden Flower and consuming Gu Food prepared by Bai Guanhong.

Typically, Gu are violent, eating their own kind, not to mention consuming their offspring and parents as well, because Gu are no longer mere insects.

Yet, Bai Guanhong could make the mature and young Gu coexist peacefully under his command as the "Patriarch," making them do whatever he wished; even in the sky, they could form the character "Human" one moment and a straight "Line" the next without any spells, just a few shouted orders would make them obediently comply.

Now, using them to attack an enemy, Bai Guanhong employed spells, infusing over a hundred thousand Golden Silkworm Gu with his own Essence Blood True Qi.

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