A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 523: Notorious Reputation

“Brother Qiu, are you going to make a move? It seems there’s only one person here,” the fierce burly man’s voice grew a bit tense.

The pigeon-faced elder stared down below, a hint of doubt on his face, but he didn’t reply immediately.

However, when he saw the blue-clothed youth take out a black bowl and begin extracting the soul and spirit from the Glazed Beast, his expression suddenly changed dramatically, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes.

“This person is a bit strange. Maybe we should just forget it. There’s no need to provoke someone whose background we don’t know,” the cultivator surnamed Min said, noticing the elder’s expression. He was a bit startled but then furrowed his brows and tentatively asked.

Since the three of them had been able to roam freely in the outer star sea until now, naturally each one was extremely cautious.

The current situation was indescribably odd, which gave cultivator Min the urge to retreat!

“Forget it? This isn’t about whether or not to make a move anymore. The real question is whether we can leave here alive.”

The pigeon-faced elder’s gaze flickered uncertainly for a long moment before he forced a bitter smile and said an ambiguous remark.

Those words stunned the fierce burly man and cultivator Min.

They knew the elder’s character well enough to understand he wouldn’t say such things without reason. Surprised expressions appeared on their faces.

“Have neither of you noticed that this person is very similar to a certain notorious devil that’s been spreading recently?” The pigeon-faced elder pressed his lips together and muttered bitterly.

“Devil? Could it be...”

“What? That person!”

The two others were startled at first, then immediately cried out in alarm.

Their faces were filled with horror.

“That must be it. Look at his youthful age, the ability to release multiple flying swords, and the azure sword light—all matching the rumors perfectly!” The pigeon-faced elder murmured carefully, as if analyzing it to himself.

“But isn’t that person famous for commanding countless flying insects? This one hasn’t used insect repelling technique even once. It can’t just be a coincidence, right?” The fierce burly man’s face turned pale, his voice trembling slightly, as if the person the elder mentioned was an extremely terrifying existence.

“Brother Qiu’s guess is likely correct. That devil usually shows cultivation at the early foundation formation stage and also loves to extract the vital essence from demonic beasts. As for not releasing any flying insects this time, maybe he just didn’t think it was necessary,” cultivator Min’s pale golden face showed signs of turning greenish, and his voice lowered a few notches.

“So you’re saying this guy might really be the so-called ‘insect demon’ from the rumors? Then why aren’t we running away immediately? If that devil spots us, none of us will make it out alive.” The burly man’s expression was full of panic.

“Don’t panic. If he truly is that devil, when he arrived just now, his attention was fully on the Glazed Beast. That’s why he didn’t notice us. Now that he’s killed the demonic beast, if we act rashly, we might reveal ourselves,” the pigeon-faced elder remained calm and spoke coolly.

Hearing this, the other two exchanged glances, finding sense in it, and immediately refrained from any rash moves.

But the burly man surnamed Xuan, after staring at the youth extracting the soul for a moment, suddenly seemed to recall something and whispered with a doubtful expression,

“I heard that four years ago this so-called insect demon clashed with a seventh-level demonic beast and a group of cultivators. Alone, he wiped out seven or eight core formation stage cultivators, leaving only one late foundation formation cultivator alive. Could all these rumors be true?”

“They should be! The surviving cultivator was a top expert from Jade Cloud Sect. The ones wiped out were his fellow disciples. That battle alone caused the sect, one of the five great powers on Strange Abyss Island, to lose nearly a third of their manpower, severely weakening their strength. The grand elder of Jade Cloud Sect, Perfect Crane True Immortal, was so furious he almost smoked from his seven orifices! He personally went out to sea multiple times searching for this insect demon, but always returned empty-handed. Many speculate that even if the grand elder had found him, he might not have been able to do much. After all, this insect demon’s abilities suggest he might be a newly emerged nascent soul stage expert. Other powers on Strange Abyss Island are also keeping an eye on him, seemingly wanting to recruit him,” cultivator Min explained in a low voice after swallowing a few times.