Chapter 371: While the Fusion Proceeds, the Journey to Fusang

Gu Yao never expected that.

Lu Xun possesses demonic power, and it is terrifyingly strong.

She never imagined that Lu Xun's demonic power actually came from her.

After being suppressed by Lu Xun, she did not give up and still wanted to struggle.

However, the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation was raging, seeking to suppress her will.

In a short time, she could no longer break through her demon clan cultivation again.

Even with the Reincarnation Mark, infinite breakthroughs are impossible; otherwise Ran Bing's body couldn't endure it.

Before she merged with and devoured Ran Bing, she had almost reached the limit of the Seventh Realm.

Moreover, this breakthrough was actually more of a demonic power breakthrough.

She could not break through any further.

In fact, even if she could continue breaking through, Lu Xun would not be the slightest bit afraid.

Everything is already bound; what is there to fear?

The more her cultivation breaks through upward, the greater Lu Xun's gain.

He can always keep her suppressed.

If Gu Yao knew this, one can only imagine how desperate she would be.

As things stand now, she is already somewhat desperate.

Although desperate, as an ancient powerhouse who has lived over ten thousand years, Gu Yao did not panic.

She coldly stared at Lu Xun, her eyes revealing undisguised icy killing intent.

At that moment, the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation completely suppressed Gu Yao's will.

Soon,

the icy expression on Gu Yao's face faded away.

Her eyes closed, as if she had fallen asleep.

After about another minute,

she opened her eyes again.

Their gazes met.

After just a glance, Lu Xun knew that Ran Bing had returned.

Although it was the same face, the gaze was different.

After Gu Yao's will was suppressed by the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation, her will likewise became clear.

"Junior fellow student, did you succeed?"

Seeing Lu Xun's familiar face, Ran Bing broke into a radiant smile.

While under Gu Yao's will's dominance, she was like being locked in a dark room, completely unaware of the outside world.

That feeling was extremely unpleasant.

Now regaining dominance, Ran Bing could see the light of day again, naturally making her happy.

"Mm!"

Lu Xun, seeing Ran Bing, also felt somewhat happy and nodded heavily.

"Great!"

Ran Bing couldn't help but cheer.

At that moment,

she noticed the state between her and Lu Xun.

"Junior fellow student, I... we..."

Ran Bing froze.

"Senior fellow student, sorry..."

Lu Xun had no choice but to steel himself and give a simple explanation.

"It's fine, junior fellow student, I, I don't blame you..."

Ran Bing's face flushed all the way to her neck.

Since she doesn't blame him, there's nothing to blame Lu Xun for.

So...

"Junior fellow student, I feel she hasn't given up; she might still have a trump card."

Over an hour later,

Ran Bing brought up Gu Yao again.

"Mm, don't worry; for this period I won't leave you, senior fellow student. Rest a few days, and in a few days I'll strengthen you again."

Lu Xun said.

"Okay, junior fellow student."

Ran Bing nodded.

She really was a bit tired.

Not only her, Lu Xun was exhausted to the point of being unable to endure.

This time, setting up the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation for her took several months.

Even with Lu Xun's cultivation, he could barely hold on.

Although very tired, Ran Bing still took a shower before returning to the bedroom to rest.

Lu Xun dared not stray far; he set up a small bed beside hers and fell into a deep, snoring sleep.

Their relationship had already become extremely close just now.

However, given Ran Bing's placid, water-like temperament, she seemed to treat this incident merely as an accident.

She did not blame Lu Xun for it.

Even after she woke up, Lu Xun continued.

Ran Bing could also remain composed about it.

After sleeping for two days and two nights straight, Lu Xun finally woke up.

His whole person had completely recovered his spirit.

"Senior sister?"

Ran Bing had already woken up, but she sat cross-legged there in a daze.

Lu Xun waved his hand in front of her eyes.

"Ah... it's fine, junior."

Ran Bing blinked like one just awakened from a dream, her long eyelashes casting fine shadows in the lamplight.

She instinctively raised her hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear, her fingertips still trembling slightly.

"Senior sister, what's wrong?"

Ran Bing said she was fine, but Lu Xun didn't believe she was fine.

"I... have received some memory fragments of hers; those scenes are too real..."

Ran Bing's voice was as light as a feather, yet her gaze seemed to pierce through Lu Xun before her, looking toward some distant time and space.

As she spoke, she began to zone out again.

"Is this a memory fusion?"

Ran Bing's state made Lu Xun unable to help but speculate.

That must be the case.

Gu Yao was ultimately Ran Bing's past life.

Even if Lu Xun used the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array to firmly seal its will, thereby letting Ran Bing take the lead after the merger, Ran Bing would still inevitably be affected by some of Gu Yao's influence.

No matter who it is.

Even if it is Lu Xun,

Even a sudden memory appearing in the brain, whether it is a past-life memory, will be affected.

That is not a memory conjured out of thin air.

Rather, it is the experience of Ran Bing's past life.

After the two lives merge, Ran Bing's personality will likely be affected to some extent.

In Lu Xun's view, as long as this influence is kept within certain bounds, letting Ran Bing remain Ran Bing and take the lead, then everything will be fine.

Compared to the father of Fu Yue and Fu Xue, that would be better by an unknown multiple.

The father of Fu Yue and Fu Xue had completely become his past life; to him, this present life is merely a brief span of a few decades.

Someone who lived for thousands or even tens of thousands of years in his past life—how could he be shaken by a mere few decades of experience?

This, too, is the most passive aspect of this life compared to the past life.

If the past life prevails, its influence on this life is minuscule.

If this life prevails, the influence brought by the past life seeps deep into the marrow, hard to shake off.

Lu Xun also takes it in stride; perfection is impossible.

So, after observing for a while, Lu Xun gradually put his mind at ease.

Thereafter, every so often, Lu Xun will spend a few days strengthening the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array for Ran Bing.

Gu Yao will not give up just like that.

This can be seen from the consumption rate of the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array.

Fortunately, Gu Yao's will has not surfaced again.

It is unclear whether the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array has completely suppressed it, or whether it is plotting the next counterattack.

The fusion of the two lives requires time.

To achieve a complete fusion, several years or even longer are needed.

This is mainly because Ran Bing is too weak while Gu Yao is too strong.

This amounts to the weak consuming the strong.

Therefore, the required time is very long.

If Gu Yao's will devours Ran Bing's will, it can be completed in just a few days.

The last time at the South Heaven Gate, Gu Yao's will was preparing to forcibly swallow Ran Bing, but Ran Bing thwarted it with the threat of self-destruction.

After Ran Bing entered the Clear Void Academy, she remained there without leaving; in fact, this was to guard against Gu Yao's will forcibly devouring her.

In the blink of an eye, another month has passed.

During this month, Ran Bing's time spent in a daze each day has been growing longer.

Fortunately, aside from that, Ran Bing has undergone no other changes; she remains herself.

On Lu Xun's side, every few days he will strengthen the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array for her once.

Once the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Array has been successfully constructed, strengthening it becomes much quicker.

One session only needs a day.

"Junior, it's good that you succeeded; the demon race's nature is cold and indifferent—if she were to win, even if I had a human body, she would not consider herself human."

Often, Ran Bing will seek out Lu Xun to chat.

During the fusion process, Gu Yao's memories inevitably affect Ran Bing's emotions.

In communicating and interacting with Lu Xun, however, she could dampen this emotion.

From time to time, Ran Bing would talk about some aspects of Gu Yao's past life.

The demon race is not without emotion, but as demons, their feelings are not the same as what humans understand.

Take Gu Yao, for example—her feelings are directed only toward that white snake.

Besides that, everything else, even her own kin, is irrelevant to her.

Gu Yao's reincarnation as a human certainly entails some scheme.

However, Ran Bing currently has not obtained many memories, and she is still unclear about Gu Yao's true purpose.

This war has still not achieved a complete victory.

Gu Yao being able to summon Yao Xing specifically is absolutely not that simple.

She definitely still has a trump card.

"Junior apprentice brother, I want to go out for a walk; will you accompany me?"

That day, Ran Bing suddenly wanted to go out.

"Okay."

Lu Xun agreed.

He originally thought Ran Bing just wanted to go shopping or something like that.

Who would have known, Ran Bing wanted to dive into the crowd, enter the market alleys, and feel the mortal world's bustling atmosphere.

Lu Xun knew, it was surely the further progress of the fusion, causing Ran Bing to be increasingly influenced by Gu Yao.

She wanted, through this way, to constantly remind herself that she was human, not a demon.

Even with the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation, it is still so troublesome.

Without the Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation, in this war Ran Bing would have no chance at all.

Thus, over the next month, Lu Xun accompanied Ran Bing as they traveled through city after city.

He dared not leave Ran Bing, fearing that if he did, Gu Yao would launch a counterattack.

"The dragon blood sand is gone."

After this month passed, Lu Xun faced a new problem.

The dragon blood sand is gone.

Without the dragon blood sand to suppress it, if Gu Yao were to activate the demon bloodline, for Ran Bing that would not be good.

"Boss, I've heard the news: a family in Fusang has dragon blood sand, but they're unwilling to sell."

Xie Yuyan, on her end, had gathered a piece of news for Lu Xun.

"Which family?"

Lu Xun asked.

"The Jia Ren family on Shikoku Island, the Hagetsu family."

Xie Yuyan said.

Hagetsu?

Lu Xun felt that this name was very familiar.

After a moment's reflection, Lu Xun knew which family the Hagetsu family was.

More than two years ago, the He family hired assassins on the dark web to kill him.

As Lu Xun grew stronger and stronger, the dark web assassins that the East was willing to take on became fewer and fewer.

Thus, the He family had no choice but to request assassins from Fusang to come.

The Fusang assassins who came that time were quite troublesome; among them was a guy who was clearly only at the Fourth Realm, yet dared to oppose him.

You have to know, at that time Lu Xun had already killed an unknown number of Fourth Realm cultivators.

That guy was precisely the young master of the Hagetsu family.

"Give me all the information on the Hagetsu family."

"All right, boss."

Xie Yuyan and Lu Xun already had some tacit understanding.

She roughly guessed what Lu Xun wanted to do, so she had already prepared all the information on the Hagetsu family early on.

This is a Jia Ren family.

It is also a famed assassin family in Fusang.

They have even killed Six Realm cultivators before.

After the assassination attempt on Lu Xun, Lu Xun reported this to Commander Xu, who then issued a wanted order for the Hagetsu family.

The Hagetsu family's losses at the ancient route node should not be small.

To the former Lu Xun, this family was naturally a colossal entity.

As for the present,

it's just pediatrics.

"Since they're unwilling to sell, I'll just go take it myself."

After Lu Xun understood all the information, he decided to personally go to Fusang to retrieve the dragon blood sand.

If it were elsewhere, Lu Xun would not do this.

But for Fusang, Lu Xun wouldn't bother with all that.

"Senior apprentice sister, you go in first; if anything happens, call my name."

"All right, junior apprentice brother."

Lu Xun stored Ran Bing in his inner realm space, carrying it with him, so that he could act promptly when Gu Yao launched a counterattack.

Then, after making a disguise, he quietly set out.

The distance from the capital to Fusang is not far.

Not long after, Lu Xun approached Fusang.

Then, he headed straight for the Four Countries Island where the He Yue family resides.

It is a small island in the southern part of Fusang with an area of over ten thousand square kilometers.