Chapter 159: Why Are You Following Me?

As he spoke, Cui Jinjia charged down first, with Lu Tianyu and the Demon Dog following closely behind.

She had been pondering all along why Lu Tianyu was able to subdue the Demon Dog; it was very strange.

While deep in thought, she split off a strand of Divine Sense to lock onto the Demon Dog.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?" Lu Tianyu tried to communicate with the Demon Dog.

Whoosh!

The Demon Dog flew onto Lu Tianyu's shoulder.

Then, a childish voice rang out in Lu Tianyu's ears: "Of course I can understand. I also know you are a human, and you two are intruders who broke into my home."

"Hmph, hmph, hmph!"

The Demon Dog snorted through its nostrils, appearing somewhat displeased.

Upon hearing this, Lu Tianyu was immediately startled: "Then why are you following me?"

He felt a bit panicked and even wanted to shake the Demon Dog off.

This little fellow had been chasing Cui Jinjia, and it was not something he could resist at his current level.

At first, he had thought this creature's mind was muddled, and that it had followed him because it smelled its master's scent on him.

Now it seemed that was not the case at all.

"Look at how scared you are; I'm not going to eat you!"

The Demon Dog rubbed against Lu Tianyu's forehead: "I am a Demon Dog now, but I wasn't before. I am a Hell Hound, from Hell."

"I was captured by the master of this place as soon as I was born. I was demonized, and I grew up here into a Demon Dog."

Lu Tianyu suddenly realized: "So that's it. I was just saying that the Demon Race generally doesn't keep dogs; your appearance was a bit suspicious."

"I still don't understand, why are you following me? Could it be..."

"Naturally, it is because you refined the master's eye and possess the master's scent."

The Demon Dog answered immediately, "Since you have already refined the master's eye, you might as well refine the master's body below."

"That way you will possess a portion of the master's combat power, and I won't be at a loss following you in the future."

"I warn you, if you don't agree, I can eat you at any time!"

"Ah?" Lu Tianyu shuddered upon hearing this, but then he smiled, "Naturally, I intend to refine it."

"But you must swear to Heaven that if I refine your master's body, I will be your master from now on."

"Whatever I tell you to do, you do, and whatever I tell you not to do, you cannot?"

With the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron in hand, refining a demon corpse shouldn't be difficult.

At worst, he could let the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron absorb the majority, while he absorbed a small portion.

But if he could subdue this Demon Dog, he would be making a huge profit.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph! Why not!"

The Demon Dog twitched its nose: "But you must swear first, guaranteeing you can refine and absorb it all, otherwise I will still eat you!"

"Fine!" Lu Tianyu swore immediately, "I, Lu Tianyu, swear by the Heavenly Dao that I will fully refine the body of the Demon Dog's original master, or else may my soul be scattered!"

The Demon Dog nodded in satisfaction and spoke in human language: "I swear by the Heavenly Dao that if he refines my original master's body, he will be my new master, or else may my soul be scattered!"

The two hit it off immediately.

But Cui Jinjia was no longer calm.

She turned her head abruptly, staring at Lu Tianyu with vigilance: "Its master was a Demon person, you, you want to refine a demon corpse?"

Their conversation had been heard by her clearly.

A sense of hair-raising alertness suddenly rose in her heart, and she stepped back several paces, leaning against the wall.

Golden light flickered on her body, looking as if she were ready to strike at any moment.

"Hahaha!"

Lu Tianyu laughed out loud: "Senior need not be like this. I can refine a demon corpse for my own use, but I will not become a Demon person!"

"The reason this Demon Dog is able to follow me is because I just refined one of its master's eyes."

"Senior may feel free to investigate and see if there is any Demon Race aura on me."

Through their brief contact, he had learned that Cui Jinjia was an upright and reliable woman, and he was not prepared to hide some things from her.

Generally, letting others investigate one's body is a taboo for cultivators.

Lu Tianyu's willingness to let Cui Jinjia investigate showed he placed absolute trust in her.

"Young Master, for your own safety, I will be presumptuous!"

As Cui Jinjia spoke, her Divine Sense enveloped Lu Tianyu's body and she began to examine him.

Upon this look, she was immediately shocked: "This is a Flawless Body, my heavens, how is this possible?"

"You!"

She knew Lu Tianyu's body was formidable, but she did not think Lu Tianyu possessed the legendary Flawless Body.

A Flawless Body can cultivate physical strength to the extreme because such a body has sufficient resilience.

A Flawless Body has another meaning in Buddhist teachings, referring to a state of body or mind without afflictions or faults, and is one who can cultivate the Dasheng Buddhist scriptures and achieve the status of a Buddha.

Reflected in the body, it means the body has no flaws, and it can cultivate Body Refining secret techniques that others cannot, reaching the peak that a Body Refining cultivator can attain.

She had not expected Lu Tianyu to be a Flawless Body; such a constitution is a heaven-defying physique that even Buddhist and Daoist sects might not be able to obtain even if they fought over it.

Furthermore, Lu Tianyu might also possess the legendary Chaos Spiritual Root, which is to say, a Void Spiritual Root.

Possessing all Five Elements, yet they do not conflict with one another.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph!"

The Demon Dog's black nose twitched: "It's just a bodily mutation formed from refining my master's Eye Membrane; your luck is just good."

He was an old monster who had lived for millions of years and was very shrewd.

Sensing that Lu Tianyu had refined the previous master's eyes and Eye Membrane, it knew that Lu Tianyu was extremely extraordinary, so it did not attack.

However, it had followed its master for many years after all; its master was sealed here, and it was unknown how many years it would take to recover, or if recovery was even possible.

Since Lu Tianyu had already refined its master's eyes, it would give him a test, letting him face its master's body and a portion of the remnant soul.

If Lu Tianyu succeeded, what would it matter if it acknowledged Lu Tianyu as its master?

This Flawless Body was enough for it to follow him.

Following its original master, it had seen plenty of bloody massacres, but it had also formed a concept: the winner is king!

It cherished its own life very much and would not go to its death or seek revenge just because this master died; that was impossible.

If Lu Tianyu did not succeed, it would not lose anything either.

"It is precisely because I refined its master's eyes that this vicious dog did not lay a hand on me; does the senior understand now?"

Lu Tianyu knew Cui Jinjia was puzzled and provided an explanation in time.

"I understand; everything is related to the treasure inside your dantian, right?"

Cui Jinjia spoke bluntly: "You came out of the Forbidden Abyss, and many forces suspect you obtained a great treasure; this is also the reason the Nether Three Sects took action against you."

"You, what treasure did you obtain?"

She was also very curious about what kind of treasure allowed Lu Tianyu to refine the eyes of a demon race member without being demonized.

Just now, she had probed and found that Lu Tianyu's dantian area was just a blur of mist that her Divine Sense could not penetrate at all.

She therefore suspected that the thing Lu Tianyu obtained from the Forbidden Abyss was definitely this very thing.

The demon dog was also very curious: "What exactly did you obtain?"