Chapter 22: Cauldron Spirit

The old man did not speak, raising his cane again to thrust at Tang Yun.

This time, Tang Yun was prepared and dodged the attack with a roll.

He stood up, looking at the old man with cold eyes: "Dad, why are you attacking me?"

The old man still did not speak, just continuously attacking Tang Yun. His speed was exceptionally fast, and every move was fatal.

Tang Yun dared not be careless, using all his skills to entangle with the old man.

During the fight, Tang Yun discovered that the old man's strength far exceeded that of an ordinary person, and his moves were eerie and unpredictable, filled with evil energy.

"You are not Dad!" Tang Yun suddenly realized something. "Who are you?"

The old man laughed strangely and said: "I am the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit, the guardian of the Shennong Cauldron!"

As the old man's words fell, his body began to change. His skin turned bronze, his eyes turned blood-red, and a pair of horns grew on his head.

Tang Yun's heart tightened; this old man was actually controlled by the Shennong Cauldron fragment!

"Kid, obediently hand over your body, let me devour your soul, and you can obtain the power of the Shennong Cauldron!" The Cauldron-Guarding Spirit roared and lunged at Tang Yun again.

Tang Yun dared not take it head-on, only continuously dodging.

"Want to devour my soul? In your dreams!" Tang Yun roared, using all his strength to punch the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit.

The Cauldron-Guarding Spirit was hit by Tang Yun's punch and flew backward.

Taking this opportunity, Tang Yun quickly stepped forward, grabbed the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit by the neck, and pinned him to the ground.

"Speak, where is the Shennong Cauldron fragment?" Tang Yun asked sternly.

The Cauldron-Guarding Spirit struggled and said: "If you want the Shennong Cauldron fragment, then cripple your martial arts, otherwise, don't even think about getting it!"

Tang Yun sneered: "Cripple my martial arts? Do you think I'm stupid?"

He exerted force with his hand, crushing the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit's throat.

The Cauldron-Guarding Spirit's body turned into a puff of blue smoke and disappeared.

Tang Yun sat cross-legged and began to absorb the power of the Shennong Cauldron fragment.

As the fragment merged, a familiar figure appeared in Tang Yun's mind.

"Father?" Tang Yun exclaimed.

"Yun'er, be careful! The Shennong Cauldron is not a divine artifact, but a container used by the Gu King to resurrect!" His father's voice carried a trace of anxiety.

Tang Yun's heart shocked. Gu King?

Just then, the residual soul of the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit let out a miserable roar: "You will become the Gu King! You will become the Gu King!"

Tang Yun sneered and crushed the residual soul of the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit: "I have the final say!"

A powerful force erupted from within Tang Yun's body.

He stood up, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

Outside the Forbidden Ground, the blood moon was in the sky, and on the altar, a group of Miao people were performing an eerie ritual.

"Tonight, we will offer the purest soul to awaken the sleeping Gu King!" A man wearing Miao ethnic clothing shouted loudly.

In his hand, he held a sharp dagger, pointing at a young girl tied to the altar.

The girl's eyes were filled with fear.

Just as the man was about to act, a figure suddenly appeared on the altar.

"Who?" The man was startled, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground.

Tang Yun looked coldly at the man: "Are you looking for me?"

He stood on the altar, looking down at the group of Miao people as if looking at a group of ants.

"Gu King?" A cold sneer appeared at the corner of Tang Yun's mouth. "With just you people, you want to awaken the Gu King?"

The Miao leader looked at Tang Yun in terror and asked tremblingly: "You... who are you?"

"I am the one who has come to take your lives!" A cold light flashed in Tang Yun's eyes, his figure moved like lightning, instantly appearing in front of the Miao leader.

He grabbed the Miao leader by the neck and lifted him high.

"Speak, why do you want to awaken the Gu King?" Tang Yun asked sternly.

The Miao leader's face turned red, and he said with difficulty: "We... we just want... to obtain the power of the Gu King..."

"Power?" Tang Yun sneered. "Are you worthy?"

He exerted force with his hand, crushing the Miao leader's throat.

The remaining Miao people were scared out of their wits, kneeling and begging for mercy.

"Spare my life! Spare my life!"

"We won't dare again!"

There was not a trace of pity in Tang Yun's eyes; he swung his blade and slaughtered these Miao people one by one.

Blood stained the altar red, and a thick smell of blood permeated the air.

Tang Yun stood in the pool of blood like a god of slaughter.

He looked up at the blood moon, a complex look flashing in his eyes.

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely find out about the Gu King and avenge you!"

Tang Yun turned and left the altar, disappearing into the night.

At the same time, within Tang Yun's body, the Shennong Cauldron fragment had completely merged into his body.

A miniature Shennong Cauldron slowly rotated in his dantian, emitting a faint golden light.

This miniature Shennong Cauldron was formed by the core fragment of the Cauldron-Guarding Spirit.

Tang Yun could feel that this Shennong Cauldron contained incomparably powerful power.

Moreover, he also felt that this Shennong Cauldron resonated with something within his body.

That was... his mother's life-bound Gu!

Tang Yun's mother was a Miao woman, and within her body was a powerful life-bound Gu.

This life-bound Gu seemed to have some connection with the Shennong Cauldron.

Tang Yun vaguely had a feeling that this Shennong Cauldron might have been nurtured by his mother's life-bound Gu.

Just then, his father's figure appeared in Tang Yun's mind again.

"Yun'er, be careful! The Shennong Cauldron is not a divine artifact, but a container used by the Gu King to resurrect!"

His father's voice carried a trace of anxiety.

"Gu King?" Tang Yun's heart shocked. "Father, what exactly is the Gu King?"

"The Gu King is the ultimate Gu insect refined by a powerful Gu master in ancient times." His father's voice carried a trace of solemnity. "It possesses the power to destroy heaven and earth; once awakened, it will bring huge disaster to this world."

"Ice Silkworm frost poison... can restrain all Gu within the cauldron..." His father's voice grew weaker and weaker. "Remember... must find... Ice Silkworm..."

His father's figure gradually dissipated.

Tang Yun's heart was filled with confusion. Gu King? Ice Silkworm? What exactly was going on with all this?

He felt that he seemed to have been drawn into a huge conspiracy.

Suddenly, the tiger tally in Tang Yun's hand emitted a dazzling light.

A space rift appeared in front of Tang Yun.

Tang Yun stepped into the space rift without hesitation.

The next moment, he appeared in a gloomy and terrifying valley.

This was the Xiangxi Corpse Herder tribe.

In the valley, a thick stench of corpses permeated the air.

A group of corpse herders dressed in black burial clothes were dancing an eerie dance around an altar.

On the altar were placed corpses one after another.

These corpses were all wearing burial clothes, their faces pale, like living dead.

Tang Yun's appearance attracted the attention of the corpse herders.

"Who is it?" An old man, leaning on a cane, walked over. ===== CHAPTER 23 =====