Chapter 144: The Garden is Full of Fair Faces

"If only one could taste a bite of the Great Year star god's flesh..."

Even for those who cultivate, there are obsessions that belong to them alone.

What's more, Great Year star god flesh is equivalent to a pill that prolongs life, and it even has fewer side effects! It is unknown who spoke first, but it caused the eyes of the crowd to light up.

Yet, some still maintained their reason.

"How exactly did this Great Year star god appear?"

It couldn't possibly have appeared out of thin air!

Nor could it be something contracted by those few cultivators.

Many people cast their gazes toward Lu Ren, their eyes filled with growing jealousy and wariness.

There were also many more who felt the problem had become particularly thorny.

If this Great Year star god truly belonged to Lu Ren, then they shouldn't even think about it.

But there were also some...

Who sensed that something was wrong.

"This doesn't seem to be... a Great Year star god, right?"

Helian Qinghe frowned slightly, standing not far from the Tiankeng, watching the woman with the twisted body whose wounds were constantly healing as she crawled outward.

She had been fortunate enough to have seen a Great Year star god that had not yet attained fruition.

A so-called Great Year star god possesses the efficacy of bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh on bones, so naturally, one feels joy in their heart the moment they see it.

But the woman before her eyes...

"So demonic!"

Helian Qinghe's heart gave a sudden jolt.

She herself could not say why she suddenly had such a bad premonition.

However.

The word "demonic" described it without a single issue.

It was simply demonic.

Helian Qinghe's pupils contracted violently.

She abruptly looked up at Lu Ren in mid-air, and in that instant, her lips turned deathly pale.

"What is it? Are you alright? Qinghe, are you okay?"

Xiao Zigui keenly noticed the poor complexion of his beloved.

He furrowed his brows slightly, asking with concern, his fingers climbing inch by inch to grasp Helian Qinghe's palm.

"Don't worry... nothing will happen, I am here."

The arm before her was extremely reliable.

Yet, Helian Qinghe's complexion did not improve in the slightest.

Instead, she gripped Xiao Zigui's arm even tighter; she was nervous, restless, and anxious as she sent a voice transmission: "Brother Zigui, we must find a way to leave!"

"We must be quick!"

Xiao Zigui did not understand the reason.

Helian Qinghe was so anxious she was covered in sweat.

"This thing... this thing is absolutely not a Great Year star god! No! She must be a Great Year star god without a doubt! But also... oh! I can't explain it clearly!"

"But, but! She is a Fierce Beast!"

Helian Qinghe paced back and forth in a panic; she grabbed Xiao Zigui with one hand and, without hesitation, turned her head to rush outward.

"Run!"

"We absolutely cannot... we absolutely cannot stay here any longer!"

Xiao Zigui resisted for a moment, but in the end, he did not want to disregard Helian Qinghe's face, so he could only follow her away in helplessness.

His expression also held a bit of resentment, more or less.

Tang Yanyu watched the figures of the two as they left, the corners of her lips lifting slightly, her footsteps light as she followed them without hesitation.

"Wait, stop running for a moment!"

After running a fair distance away, Xiao Zigui stopped without hesitation, grabbed Helian Qinghe's body, and knitted his brows tightly.

"What on earth is going on?"

"Qinghe, explain yourself clearly!" Although Helian Qinghe still felt anxious, now that they were far from the Demon Battlefield, she slowly exhaled and rubbed her tense cheeks, feeling as though her face had gone stiff.

Where to begin? Helian Qinghe lowered her eyes, smiling bitterly again and again.

"When I was young, I once saw a Great Year star god..."

"It was because my ancestors were lucky enough to have the fortune of forming a connection; that Great Year star god... had not yet taken human form, and could barely be considered to have some intelligence. The moment I saw it, I felt joy in my heart and uncontrollably wanted to draw close to it."

"... As if, as if all the good things in the world should be presented before it to nourish its growth."

Helian Qinghe sank into her memories, her gaze becoming distant as she slowly recalled the events of that year.

The memories surged like a tide, which also made her suddenly feel a sense of terror.

"But the Great Year star god seen on the Demon Battlefield today not only has a gender distinction, but it is also... extremely demonic."

She could not stop her whole body from trembling as she said this, as if she had seen some great horror.

"Upon seeing her, I wanted to eat her flesh, drink her blood, and it would be best to strip her bones raw, crush her flesh and blood, and merge them into my own body."

"This is wrong! This is fundamentally wrong! How could those of us who cultivate be enticed so easily?"

Xiao Zigui was suddenly shocked.

That's right!

Countless beads of cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

If not for Helian Qinghe pointing it out to him, he feared he would not have even realized this matter in time.

His temperament was firm, having climbed up from the humblest of beginnings, and he would absolutely never be swayed by external objects that did not belong to him; yet, the moment he saw that woman's figure, the first thought that emerged in his mind was actually to tear her apart, claim a share for himself, and integrate it into his own bones and blood.

Xiao Zigui realized in an instant where something was wrong, and his complexion suddenly turned even uglier.

"That is not a Tai Sui..." Helian Qinghe's voice carried a tremor, "That is a Tian... It is a remnant of a Tai Sui that has already become a fiend, died an unnatural death, and been struck by the resentment of heaven and earth..."

If a Tai Sui could grow up safely and soundly, it would surely bring blessings to the world, its flesh and blood nourishing the cultivators of the world and feeding back into heaven and earth.

And heaven and earth would cherish it all the more.

But if any link went wrong, and the only spiritual object here, the Tai Sui, died...

"Not good! The others are in danger!"

Xiao Zigui instantly thought of the terrifying consequences this might bring; he immediately turned his head and lunged forward, but at the very moment he turned back, he saw Tang Yanyu, who had arrived behind him without him knowing.

Tang Yanyu did not give Xiao Zigui a chance to speak.

She smiled enchantingly.

Then, she suddenly reached out her hand.

Heaven and earth lost their light.

On the Demon Battlefield.

"This... what is going on?"

Because of the previous pillar of light, countless people had flocked here, but upon arriving at the Demon Battlefield, they were forced to stop in their tracks.

"Ugh..."

Even as cultivators, upon seeing this scene, they could not help but feel acid rising in their stomachs and retched repeatedly.

On the Demon Battlefield, the woman whose true form appeared to be a Tai Sui was being held in the arms of cultivators with bloodshot eyes.

They were fighting tooth and nail just like ordinary mortals.

Tearing her...

However.

No one could see that the bodies of those people had already undergone obvious changes.

Their physiques gradually became graceful, their skin turned pale, white hair turned black, and black hair grew long...

Regardless of gender, age, height, or weight, they were all unaware that they were transforming toward the same face.

And that face,

Only the final half of the lips carried a curved smile, making one's hair stand on end and sending a chill down one's back.

Only the bystanders, and those who were clear-headed, all retreated in terror.

Run! Only one word, one thought, remained in their hearts.

Must be fast!

Run fast! (End of this chapter)