Tainted Heart | Cultivation World Series 3 (BL)

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Chapter 25

Finding the demon gate didn't last long because the ice wolves were able to sniff the unique sinister smell that the gate radiates, so Lian Ren was able to activate the demon gate earlier and also put up a barrier so that any random ghosts wouldn't be able to pass through the gate just in case they saw it. Lian Ren called back the ice wolves and summoned his ice fairy instead to scout throughout the area.

He cannot do any more techniques that he learned in his past life because most of the techniques that he learned were mostly from demons. Summoning spiritual creatures was the only technique that he learned that required either spiritual qi or demonic qi, as long as it was an energy coming from the core of the cultivator. However, the summons requires a lot of energy, but Lian Ren doesn't worry about it because his core is vast.

After Lian Ren was finished with Shao Ling's task, he walked back to the Ghost City of Wrath. Even if he ran in a hurry, he knew that Shao Ling would get angry if he joined the battle at the manor. But for some reason, Lian Ren felt heaviness in his chest. Of course, the Sin of Gluttony was not much of a threat because all he did was wreak havoc all over the mortal realm just so that humans would fear and know his name. That bastard just likes popularity.

However, his brother's sin of wrath was a different case. The Sin of Wrath didn't do much for his past life, but as soon as he heard that his brother was killed by a demon, the Sin of Wrath was angered and rushed out to kill him. Lian Ren had a feeling that it was pure luck to defeat him because the Sin of Wrath was drowning in his own emotions from the grief of his brother's death, so he was able to kill him when the Sin of Wrath let his guard down.

As Lian Ren went nearer and nearer to the gate of the Ghost City of Wrath, his heart unconsciously started to pound, as if anxiousness were overwhelming his whole body and giving him shivers down his spine. All of a sudden, the sound of a drop echoed inside his ear, making Lian Ren halt his steps. An image of a red blood pool materialized inside his head, and in the middle of the pool of blood, Shao Ling was lying down; his eyes were half open and his pale lips were slightly parted. His Yun Sect robes, which were embroidered with blue clouds and gold symmetrical designs, didn't look like clean white anymore. Instead, his robes were bathed in blood, so close that it would look like a scarlet red color.

The veins on Lian Ren's head felt like they popped as he tapped his foot on the ground and leaped through the dark sky, leaving a large crack on the ground that he stepped on because of the impact. Some of the ghosts inside the Ghost City were startled and bewildered when they noticed a sharp wind rushing through the City Lord's Mansion. The sharp wind landed in front of the entrance of the mansion, leaving a wide and deep crack on the ground, while smoke materialized around Lian Ren's body because of the impact. From the inside, the clashing energy between spiritual energy and sinister energy was all around the mansion, while flashes of azure blue light, as well as a golden light, illuminated the windows.

Lian Ren walked to the large double door of the mansion, pushing it open as it made a loud creaking sound. He glanced left and right and saw that the guards that were guarding the first floor of the mansion were already on the ground with their lifeless bodies. Hmm... Shizun is strong. But I think these guards are nothing but mobs. The boss is the real deal here. Lian Ren's footsteps echoed all over the quiet hall as he climbed up the spiraling wooden stairs. On every floor, all the guards tasked with protecting the floors were dead until Lian Ren finally reached the highest floor of the mansion. A cold feeling surfaced as soon as he took his first step on the floor, and he noticed that the entire hall was covered in ice.

"Another guest, I see." A deep and terrifying voice coming from a man resonated throughout the hall, followed by a golden, sinister qi that started to flow out of the man's body.