A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 734: Spirit-Possessing Serpent Demon

Seeing how confident the burly man was about the sealing command token, Han Li’s eyes flickered a few times, but he said nothing.

Elder Ma shared the same concerns as the burly man, and upon hearing this, his brow furrowed tightly.

“Actually, although this matter is somewhat troublesome, there’s no need for us to worry excessively,” Han Li suddenly smiled and said casually.

“Oh? Brother Han, what do you mean?” Naturally, the burly man no longer dared to ignore Han Li’s words and hesitated a bit.

Elder Ma also looked at Han Li with a surprised expression.

“The fact that Tian Nan has infiltrated Mulan spies is something your sect leader cannot be unaware of. I imagine some were caught before. It’s just that even such a high-level cultivator turned out to be a spy. It’s difficult to explain this to the Imperial Spirit Sect. But since the three of us belong to different factions, most people wouldn’t believe that any cultivator deliberately wants to frame only the Imperial Spirit Sect. Therefore, simply clarifying the situation and transmitting some of the information we’ve heard about the Mulan people back to them so they can verify it will prevent any major incident. I believe the Imperial Spirit Sect itself may have long suspected Elder Gu. After all, in all these years, Fellow Cultivator Gu hasn’t shown the slightest flaw. I just don’t buy it. Moreover, even if they hadn’t suspected him before, reconsidering his past actions now will surely reveal suspicious points,” Han Li said thoughtfully, stroking his chin without hurry.

“Brother Han’s words have some merit,” the burly man with a shaved brow said as his frown eased. Suddenly, he shook a white Jade Slip that had somehow appeared in his hand, a strange expression crossing his face. “I’ve also used secret arts to copy our recent conversation with him onto this Jade Slip. It can serve as evidence later.”

“That will do. Unfortunately, fellow diviner Bu is currently secluded for cultivation due to severe injuries. Otherwise, if we bring him out to testify as well, there will be no problem at all,” Elder Ma said, relieved after hearing Han Li’s words and seeing the Jade Slip in the burly man’s hand. Most of his worries dissipated.

Below, the three discussed some details further when suddenly a strange hissing sound came from within the silver light shield.

The three were shocked and exchanged uncertain glances.

The burly man was about to take action when a thunderous roar erupted. A green claw suddenly shot out from the thunderfire, striking the light barrier in front of the three with lightning-fast consecutive blows. The entire silver light shield trembled violently.

“What is that? He still has the strength to shake the sealing formation,” the burly man exclaimed in disbelief.

Han Li and Elder Ma were also slightly stunned.

Then the burly man solemnly formed hand seals with both hands. A beam of white light shot toward the shield.

The dense thunderfire inside the shield abruptly stopped, revealing the situation within the sealing formation.

“Wow!” Seeing the scene inside clearly, both the burly man and Elder Ma gasped, while Han Li’s expression darkened.

Gu Shuangpu was nowhere to be seen. Instead, standing inside was a half-human, half-demon serpent demon.

This creature, neither human nor fully demon, wore Gu Shuangpu’s clothes; its face and exposed limbs were covered with jade-green scales. Its cold, sinister eyes glowed icy blue, ten clawed fingers sharp as needles, and two snake tails several feet long lightly tapped the ground.

Looking at the face between the scales, it was clearly Gu Shuangpu himself—but with lips slightly parted, a purple-black serpent tongue flicked in and out, hissing chillingly.

“This is spirit possession technique! He actually merged with the twin-tailed jade serpent,” Elder Ma’s face turned pale upon recognizing the monster, shouting in panic.

“Spirit possession technique? Isn’t that a lost secret art? Using it, isn’t he afraid he won’t be able to enter the path of samsara?” The burly man, having heard the bloody rumors about the spirit possession technique, also turned suddenly grim and angry at Elder Ma’s words.