Chapter 744 - 431: Five Poison Sounds Paired with a Divine Melody

He wondered if Du Rentian was planning to ask him to teach the Path of Emotion Severance from the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills. Did he want to learn it because Liu Chenyu dumped him, turning his love into hate so he could sever his emotions and slaughter her?

But the problem was, even if he learned the Path of Emotion Severance, with his current strength, he still couldn’t kill Liu Chenyu. Moreover, cultivating an Ascension Skill was like drinking poison to quench a thirst. It was highly likely that he would be "corrected" by the Queen Mother before he even finished his cultivation.

After pondering for a moment, Zou Feng decisively refused, "Brother Du, you’ve misunderstood. I haven’t cultivated any Evil Skills like the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills.

"I’ve only borrowed some cultivation paths from them that aren’t harmful to the world and combined them with my own Skills.

"The Path of Emotion Severance severs all feelings and righteous ties, which is intolerable by the Heavenly Dao. Besides, any kind of Ascension Skill will ultimately turn its practitioner into a slave of the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven... It’s best if you don’t play with fire, Brother Du!"

Despite saying this, Zou Feng had previously learned from Undying Master that not all Cultivators in the Ninefold Celestial Court were willing to become slaves of the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven. Or rather, some Great Cultivators who had cultivated the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills had managed to break free from the Queen Mother’s control to some extent.

At that time, Undying Master mentioned something about the Nine Great True Immortals, saying that these people were clearly exploiting the Queen Mother for their own gain. But as for the specific situation and why the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven hadn’t purged these traitors, Zou Feng didn’t know.

Hearing Zou Feng’s refusal, Du Rentian clearly suppressed his anger and asked, "Then tell me, how can I forget her?"

This nearly made Zou Feng laugh out of exasperation. Too lazy to pretend to be polite anymore, he immediately dropped his act and sneered, "What does that have to do with me? I don’t deny that every Cultivator has their own Dao, but yours is complete bullshit!

"Are we even that close? You got dumped by a woman and came running to me to whine?

"Get lost! If you want to go to the Dao Discussion Platform, I’ll oblige!"

After saying this, Zou Feng didn’t want to spend another second with this pathetic simp. He completely couldn’t understand people like him. The guy had already been dumped, yet he remained stubbornly obsessed, even taking his anger out on others. In fact, Du Rentian could probably be considered a type of Evil Cultivator. Sooner or later, he would disregard the bigger picture and cause trouble.

Ignoring the guy, Zou Feng returned to the Water Curtain Palace and didn’t forget to check the List of Gods.

As expected, Du Rentian’s name was flickering while emitting a faint red glow. This was the signal that Du Rentian’s murderous intent toward him had deepened.

Zou Feng sneered. He, too, wanted nothing more than to send this simp to the afterlife sooner rather than later. After all, while he wasn’t afraid of facing Du Rentian in a direct fight, it would still be a hassle if the guy managed to pull a dirty trick on him at a critical moment. Unfortunately, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was currently entirely focused on eliminating external enemies. It was highly unlikely they would allow two True Disciples to fight on the Dao Discussion Platform.

That night.

Just as Zou Feng had predicted, Du Rentian actually submitted a request to face him on the Dao Discussion Platform. The request was immediately rejected, and several Upper Sect Elders stepped forward to severely reprimand Du Rentian. Then, they issued a Summoning Order, commanding him to immediately join the expedition into the Northern Domain.

Upon hearing this news, Zou Feng couldn’t help but feel quite regretful. It seemed these Upper Sect Elders still hadn’t fully seen through this guy. What was the point of letting this fool go cause trouble in the Northern Domain? It would have been better to let Zou Feng eliminate this menace early on.

Granted, if Du Rentian went to the Northern Domain, he might actually be somewhat useful, turning his grief and anger into strength to kill more Tribulation Cultivators as an outlet. But there was also the possibility that this idiot would have a death wish and attempt to cultivate the Path of Emotion Severance. Or, in a moment of weak willpower, he might be bewitched by a Tribulation Cultivator and become a traitor.

So, for the time being, should he just make Du Rentian the full-time number one target on the list, causing his body to break down and resulting in him dropping dead in the Northern Domain?

It was certainly worth a try, but it might not necessarily go as he hoped. First of all, there hadn’t been any cultivation resources with exceptionally severe side effects recently. Du Rentian was a Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator, after all. Without some "strong stuff" maxed out on side effects and a sufficiently long period of time, he wouldn’t just drop dead from cultivation.

Moreover, his status as a True Disciple meant that if he developed any irreparable physical ailments, he would be immediately escorted back to the Immortal Sect to be personally treated by the Upper Sect Elders. They might even mobilize the Celestial Dao Cauldron to heal him.

Besides, there was another prominent figure currently very active on the List of Gods. That was Gongyang Marquis, who had made it onto the list after the trip to the Glazed Immortal Palace.

This Gongyang Marquis was highly likely a member of the Dubhe Divine Domain Royal Family with a considerable Realm. Zou Feng hadn’t been able to cause him too much trouble by transferring side effects. Originally, Gongyang Marquis hadn’t caused him any problems, but now, his name had also started emitting a red glow, clearly showing an ever-growing murderous intent toward him.

He wondered if, in Gongyang Marquis’s eyes, he—the "King of Human Gu"—was almost fully mature.

In short, the threat posed by Gongyang Marquis was something Zou Feng didn’t dare ignore. He had to intermittently use side effects to disrupt Gongyang Marquis, meaning he couldn’t leave Du Rentian as the sole, full-time target on the list. Not to mention, he also couldn’t ignore Gongyang Wuji, who was his mutual Child of Fortune!

He had to hurry up and assemble the Xuanwu Dance Troupe as quickly as possible to continue devouring Tribulation Cultivators in the Northern Domain and slay Gongyang Wuji.

Looking at the sky outside his window, Zou Feng realized it was time to cultivate the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill again. By now, the five Poisonous Demon Maidens should have finished "warming the bed."

Just as Zou Feng was about to head out, Lu Wu, who usually stayed in the courtyard, suddenly flew inside. Allowing her to perch on his arm, Zou Feng asked, "What is it?"