Chapter 126: I Must Hold Onto Everything I Have! Liu Moran, the Seeker of Demons!

【"You and I are originally one, why be so hung up on this?" the Demon Seed asked, utterly unable to comprehend.】

Liu Moran clenched her fists.

How could one not be hung up on this question?

My body is my body.

My son can only be my son.

You, a mere Demon Seed, surviving by borrowing my body, yet you actually want to seize the nominal ownership of her son.

Who could tolerate this?

【"You simply do not understand the significance of this; if it were not for the need to protect my son right now, I would surely fight you to the death."】

【The Demon Seed heard this and chuckled softly: "But sometimes, I am more useful than you, am I not?"】

【This is the second year of your flight.】

【The attraction of the Qilin Divine Blood to the Demon Race is likewise immense.】

【Behind him are several twisted branches resembling vines or tree roots, and his eyes are fixed intently on the young child in your arms, Gu Nianmo, making no effort to conceal the urgency in his gaze.】

【Although this old man speaks kindly, the aura he exudes reveals that he is no benevolent soul.】

【Desire, emotion, and pressure are the catalysts that push you forward.】

【In other words, the strength of this old man before you is absolutely far above the Nascent Soul Stage.】

This kind of fusion is terrifying.

【You have been! Dis! Cov! Ered!】

【"If you truly want to protect this child, you should merge with me. Only then, as we coexist, can our cultivation base grow exponentially."】

【But fortunately, you still have one trump card hidden up your sleeve.】

【Yes/No to reverse the "Yangji Fanyin Technique"?】

The three of them were inseparable, their actions showing they were hiding everywhere.

【Using the Wangxiang Technique, you see at a glance that the opponent's background is extremely unclean; if your offspring were to fall into his hands, there would likely be no path to salvation.】

She had previously thought she had cut off this Inner Demon, but in reality, she had merged with the Demon Seed, and in the end, without even realizing it, she was changed by its will.

This kind of change is too terrifying.

On the screen.

【And you have gradually realized that it is not just those cultivators who dare not appear in the world and hide in the countryside who are attracted by the phenomenon, but also the greedy gazes of countless demon beasts.】

【"This old man is a monster transformed from an ancient tree in the mountains and has a predestined connection with this child. If the two of you are willing to hand him over, I am willing to gift you a fortuitous encounter. What do you think?"】

【You have been displaced since childhood, drifting from place to place, and have no love for cultivation, which has made your cultivation base lazy and stagnant.】

【An ancient tree in the mountains? I fear it is a blood-thirsting thorn.】

【Gu Jiangming's gaze is sharp; having had contact with the Buhei Grass, the newly transformed spirits all carry a faint sense of affinity, making one feel comfortable.】

【Sharp pain flows through your back, and although this old man seems to have done nothing, just quietly stepping forward, this calm and ordinary movement is like thousands of strikes, constantly slamming against Gu Jiangming's chest.】

He only recognized the map at the start.

【Your body feels fatigue, your spirit feels weariness, but you know you cannot fall; you worry that your slackness will destroy everything you have worked so hard to obtain.】

【The actual combat power of the Shengqi Realm is no different from that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage.】

【Due to the increasingly intense pressure of survival, your cultivation has made terrifying progress; the Liu Family Unique Learning—Inversion of Heaven and Earth—has broken through to the fifth level under your practice.】

The screen began to shake.

The rhythm of this Reincarnation Deduction was truly too fast, giving Gu Jiangming almost no chance to catch his breath.

【You must hold onto everything you have obtained.】

He had developed some interpersonal relationships, yet before he could even extend his most basic cultivation template, he triggered plot events one after another.

【But having a beloved husband and a cute young son, there is not a day you do not yearn to make yourself stronger.】

Every turn, Liu Moran forced herself to cultivate in an extremely "pathological" way.

Every step was forcing herself to the brink of death.

【You realize that the foundation of this old man has far exceeded the realm you have opened up.】

【A tall, withered-looking old man in black, holding a sharp spear, appeared before your eyes.】

【Gu Jiangming stares at the opponent, revealing a defensive stance, only to see the old man pounce through the air, striking silently from behind Gu Jiangming.】

【And the path you are taking is exactly another set of cultivation methods outside of Qi Refining, a path that uses Body Refining as its outlet.】

【Your will, after being judged, far exceeds the level of pleasure your heart requires; you only want to become stronger, stronger, stronger.】

【Gu Jiangming also realizes the extraordinary nature of your offspring; as for him... he undoubtedly also wants to protect the two of you, mother and son.】

【"Bang—"】

Liu Moran no longer communicates with the Demon Seed.

Gu Jiangming also knows that this plot line is not easy to pass.

Because the background is set here; this is an era where demons are supreme.

It is not like the previous few reincarnation plot lines where the Human Race still had a place to inhabit and could slowly develop.

Here, the Demon Race is everywhere; as soon as you trigger a plot line, you enter a battle interface, and you might just die because of it.

And the actual development cycle of the Human Race is too long; sudden death in such a dangerous environment is all too normal.

However, he cannot accept falling so miserably.

Moreover, Gu Jiangming knows that even if he falls, he has his great son to cover for him; as long as the son does not die, the subsequent plot lines will have reversals and hope.

He can also avenge him.

【Then... what price must I pay?】

Gu Jiangming thought to himself.

【Reversing the "Yangji Fanyin Technique" will temporarily break through all the closed meridians and cycles within your body, thereby shattering the shackles of Spirit Qi upon your physical form, allowing you to achieve astonishing immediate combat power in the short term.】

【But the price you will pay is the complete rupture of your meridians.】

【However, you have no other choice now; if you do not make such an extreme decision, given the current situation, it can only be a dead end.】

【To save two by sacrificing one, or to have everyone remain here, depends entirely on your choice.】

【It is worth mentioning that in the situation of reversing the "Yangji Fanyin Technique" to fight to the death, you may not necessarily lack a path to survival; you will only lose the opportunity for your cultivation to progress further.】

【Option 1: Reverse the "Yangji Fanyin Technique," use your own life to achieve the effect of luring the tiger away from the mountain, and choose to die to ensure safety rather than seeking to live on in the world. (High probability of success)】

【Option 2: Attempt to take Liu Moran and Gu Nianmo away together. (Low probability of success)】

【Option 3: Abandon them to gain a chance at self-preservation, plan for the long term, and slowly seek a moment for revenge.】

Gu Jiangming directly chose the first option.

Because for Gu Jiangming, the second option was risky; it was not certain that his wife and child could escape, so rather than pursuing a low-probability outcome where everyone survives, it was better to choose the option with a high probability of success.

As for the third option, Gu Jiangming was not even willing to look at it; he did not have that spinelessness, nor had he ever had the notion of kneeling to others to beg for peace.

Even if Gu Jiangming knew that in this Reincarnation, he might not necessarily become a hero who saves the world, no one had decreed that Gu Jiangming could not become a hero in the hearts of his wife and child.

Furthermore, Liu Moran had already borne him a child, so there was no possibility of Gu Jiangming retreating; this was truly a bond worth more than his life.

Asking Gu Jiangming to leave the mother and child here would be worse than dying on the spot.

【Gu Jiangming let out a low, painful howl; boundless power surged within his body, followed by a sea-like rush of Spirit Qi breaking through his meridians, and those originally closed meridians were linked and cleared in one go.】

【He reversed the "Yangji Fanyin Technique" to break the shackles of his cultivation upon himself, and at this moment, Gu Jiangming spoke with a solemn expression: "Moran, take Nian Mo and go quickly; I will hold them off here."】

【"Can you hold them off?" the old man laughed coldly: "I wanted to give you a way to live before, but I didn't expect you to be completely unwilling to accept my favor."】

【"A way to live?" Gu Jiangming revealed a look of mockery, "If you truly wanted to give me a way to live, would you have chased me here?"】

【Liu Moran's expression showed hesitation; she did not want to leave.】

【But Gu Jiangming only said coldly: "Go quickly, my reversal of the 'Yangji Fanyin Technique' is already a certain death sentence; let me die with some value, and it will be considered a death that serves its purpose."】

【Hearing these words, Liu Moran was silent for a moment, looked at you deeply, and then took Gu Nianmo and left this place.】

【The old man clearly did not want the benefits he had in his grasp to slip away, and he reached out to stop the other party's figure, only to see Gu Jiangming strike fiercely with his foot against the old man's abdomen.】

【Your combat experience is surprisingly rich; this experience does not know where it comes from, as if you have fought a hundred battles and experienced countless life-and-death situations.】

【After reversing the "Yangji Fanyin Technique," your greatest deficiency was compensated for, and instead, you gained the upper hand in the exchange with the old man.】

【"Damn it." The old man revealed an angry expression, "You have no idea how many people want to obtain the bathing of the Qilin Divine Blood."】

【"You are blocking me here, but there will be others chasing after them; you are using your life just to delay me for a while, it is not worth it."】

【"This is very much not worth it."】

【His tone was full of gnashing teeth.】

【"Not worth it?" Gu Jiangming laughed loudly, "You want to kill my beloved child and take the blood from his body to cultivate; I am blocking you, which is saving him, even if only for a moment."】

【"Let me tell you, my death is of no consequence, because I know my son will avenge this blood feud for me."】

【"Regardless of your origin, regardless of what kind of monster you are, he will surely level your nest in the future to wash away my hatred!"】

The scene fluctuated once more.

The name of the old man before Gu Jiangming's eyes changed into four conspicuous characters—【Black Mountain Old Demon】.

A monster card face was unlocked.

And the next second, the card face of 【Black Mountain Old Demon】 shattered the card face of 【Gu Jiangming】.

【You exhausted all your strength to buy enough time for their escape.】

【At the very last moment, although you fell, you still reached out a hand, clutching the other party's footsteps tightly, dragging them down for even a single breath of time.】

【The spear in the Black Mountain Old Demon's hand pierced through your heart.】

【You feel your life constantly slipping away.】

【The world before your eyes suddenly went black.】

However, on Gu Jiangming's screen, the prompt for the end of the Reincarnation did not appear.

【A sweet taste surged into the corner of your mouth, but you could not wake up no matter what.】

On the other side of the scene, Liu Moran's eyes had already fallen into a blood-red color; she had never expected this.

Merely in the first year of being hunted, Gu Jiangming had paid the price with his life.

【You cut Gu Nianmo's skin to leave a trace of Qilin Divine Blood in Gu Jiangming's mouth, attempting to awaken the already deceased Gu Jiangming.】

【But... your hope was dashed.】

Liu Moran's heart felt empty.

She thought of scene after scene, thought of Gu Jiangming's meticulous kindness toward her, and thought of the many, many things Gu Jiangming had done for her.

Gu Jiangming would smile for her, seek to amuse her just to make her laugh, would save many, many delicious things for her, and had protected her, his junior sister, since they were young.

At the start of this Reincarnation, Liu Moran and Gu Jiangming had finally had the chance to marry, and had finally given birth to a promising child; she had even once felt that she could have a happy family ending and live together for eternity.

However, it had all vanished.

All her fantasies disappeared the moment Gu Jiangming died.

She was not even willing to accept that Gu Jiangming had died just like that, and she even brought Gu Nianmo back to take a look at Gu Jiangming; even that damnable monster probably would not have expected that Liu Moran, who had left so decisively, would dare to return.

Now, Liu Moran actually laughed.

It was just that her smile was very cold.

She wanted to die, but Liu Moran still had a son with Gu Jiangming here; she could not die, because once she died, Gu Nianmo would be left helpless and alone.

Liu Moran's heart was in turmoil, and she did not know how to express her complex and mixed emotions.

【Kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them, kill them!】

【A crazy obsession echoed constantly in your mind, and that voice caused the indignation in your heart to expand continuously.】

【In your mind, there remained only a crazed thought: to become stronger, and then slaughter every living soul.】

【"Demon Seed, what should I do?"】

【"Merge into one with me."】

【"How do we merge into one?"】

【"Accept me."】

【"We can achieve anything we want, as long as you are willing to truly become one with me." The Demon Seed soothed in a low voice; she sensed the mournful wailing of your emotions, and for this emotion, she began to feel a sense of sorrow as if she were experiencing it herself.】

【"I once naively thought that if one day I were to leave this world, I would hope my final resting place would be in Senior Brother's arms," you muttered to the Demon Seed.】

【"And I have dreamed of the same regret too many times; with such difficulty... with such difficulty I saw a glimmer of life, I saw a heartbeat that made me want to live, but why... why... has this become a flower in the mirror and the moon in the water?"】

【"Since... since no one is willing to give me such a chance."】

【"Then destroy it all."】

Your eyes turned completely blood-red, your flowing long hair turned a thorough crimson blood color, and holding Gu Nianmo, you left this place.

【"I want to make those who harmed me in past and present lives have their souls scattered and dissipated!!! A hundredfold repayment!!!"】

【"Mercy is unfair to me."】

【"Slaughter is the heavenly principle here."】

【"Since they all recognize this principle, then I will trample on the faces of all living beings with blood and hatred, until they thoroughly regret... no... until they tremble!!!"】

【"Kill until they feel the trembling!!!"】

【"Hahahahahaha—"】

She laughed, and translucent glowing beads slowly fell from the corners of her eyes; the tear tracks had not yet dried, yet she wore a cold and murderous expression.

And not long after Liu Moran's departing figure disappeared.

Gu Jiangming's fingers began to twitch slightly.

(End of chapter)