Bao Gu glanced sideways at the man and asked, “Are you a demon or a human?”
The man in the golden robe with a golden winged crown snorted coldly, “Seize her!”
Immediately, two men with Golden Core cultivation burst out from the crowd and charged towards Bao Gu.
With a quick slip of her foot, Bao Gu vanished from her spot and reappeared on the makeshift auction stage made of tables.
With a smile at the corner of her mouth, she asked, “You think you can capture me with just your Golden Core cultivation?
You really underestimate me!”
The Nascent Soul man leaning against the auction table, wearing a half-mask, slowly said, “Little girl, you really don’t know how to write the word ‘death’?
Leave your name, so we know who to mourn.”
The snake demon with a cauliflower-like appearance twisted her watery waist and leaned towards the masked man, saying, “Young Master Hei, don’t! This little girl is quite pretty; she could fetch a good price.”
Seeing Bao Gu ascend to the high platform, the two Golden Core men chasing her quickened their pace.
Yu Mi tossed a protective garment and a weapon to Hua Sheng before disappearing from her spot.
Just as the two Golden Core men reached the high platform, a wave of energy and a chilling sword intent suddenly appeared beside them.
In the next moment, two heads flew up, their necks severed, leaving only blood gushing from the stumps.
Yu Mi reappeared, kicking the two corpses in front of the masked man, then vanished into thin air again.
Even though Yu Mi was at the late stage of Golden Core, the two men were both at the mid-stage of Golden Core, yet they didn’t even have a chance to react before losing their lives!
Yu Mi’s movements were more ghostly than a specter; from her emergence to the beheading, it all happened in an instant, too fast for anyone to respond.
Those at the Nascent Soul level, whether human or demon, realized that if they were in her place, they would surely be in danger.
Their assessment of Yu Mi’s combat power rose another level; although she was at the late stage of Golden Core, she likely had the strength to challenge the Nascent Soul stage, merely suppressing her realm without breaking through.
Thus, she could not be judged by her Golden Core strength but rather as someone at the early Nascent Soul stage.
Coupled with her extraordinary roots, her mastery of Southern Bright Lihuo, a spiritual sword in hand, and protective treasures on her person, even an average mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would likely find it difficult to contend with her.
For a moment, no one dared to act recklessly.
Hua Sheng hurriedly put on her clothes and said anxiously, “Bao Gu, Jiang Wu, Qin Zhan, and Junior Brother Feng have all fallen into their hands.”
Bao Gu scolded angrily, “Are you all stupid? Each of you has a higher cultivation than me, yet you all fell for this!”
Hua Sheng was almost in tears, pleading, “Quickly ask Martial Uncle Feng for help! My storage bag was taken, and the communication jade talisman is in their hands.”
Bao Gu coldly snorted, “You want to ask for help over such a trivial matter? You can afford to lose face, but I can’t!”
Her tone softened as she said, “Don’t worry, I’ll help you get everything back.”
Saying that, she pulled out the Duobao Spirit Monkey from her storage bag and said, “Little monkey, I have a task for you.
Stay in the void, and if anyone dares to escape from this inn, kill them and throw them back!”
The Duobao Spirit Monkey let out a squeak, its eyes wide open, thinking it must have misheard.
Bao Gu snapped, “You heard me right!
Hurry up!
Don’t let a single one escape!”
The Duobao Spirit Monkey squeaked in response and vanished into the void.
Those present, whether human or demon, changed their expressions upon seeing the Duobao Spirit Monkey, which was at the Transformation Stage.
Those unrelated to the abduction quickly retreated to the edges of the inn, and some even rushed to the door, only to be horrified to find that the outside had changed.
A pure white Little Celestial Fox, with an incredibly noble appearance, stood there!
A ninth-tier demon beast at the mid-stage of Golden Core, just standing there made everyone feel weak.
A bear demon that had fled to the door hurriedly ran back, howling, “No… no… it’s bad! They… they are from the Holy Domain, and outside there’s a… a three-eyed Celestial Fox!”
The man in the golden robe with the golden winged crown shouted, “What nonsense are you spouting? The three-eyed Celestial Fox is a royal of the Holy Domain; how could it be commanded by anyone? Don’t let illusions deceive you.”
He released his divine sense to scan outside, and his expression changed drastically.
Perhaps that three-eyed Celestial Fox could be an illusion, but the mist surrounding the inn was a unique technique of the three-eyed Celestial Fox.
He fixed his gaze on Bao Gu and asked, “Who exactly are you?”
Bao Gu coldly huffed, “What does it matter to you who I am?”
She then called out, “Sun Dilong, are you not coming?
Do I need to invite you?”
Sun Dilong hurriedly squeezed through the crowd to Bao Gu’s side, smiling as he asked, “What does this little noble want?”
Bao Gu smiled and asked, “Are you with them?”
Sun Dilong quickly replied, “No, no, no, I only associate with my own group.”
“Hmm!”
Bao Gu responded, turning to Hua Sheng and saying, “You go with Sun Dilong to rescue Feng Menglong and the others.”
Upon hearing this, Sun Dilong quickly exclaimed, “No, no, no! I can’t dare to enter the Demon Abyss!”
Bao Gu handed a communication talisman to Hua Sheng and said, “If all goes well, return after rescuing them. I’ll handle things at the Demon Abyss. If things go wrong, crush the talisman and inform Martial Uncle Feng; leave no one behind!”
Hua Sheng took the talisman with trembling hands and replied, “Yes!”
In her heart, she thought, “Junior Sister is too reckless! There were so many demons here at the God Transformation Stage, and quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators; how dare she!”
Bao Gu not only dared but had already subdued everyone present!
Bao Gu then said to Sun Di Long, “This place is under my command from now on!
Listen to me, and you’ll benefit in the future.
If you play tricks, there will be no way for you to escape.”
Sun Dilong saw that this little girl, despite her young age and weak cultivation, exuded a powerful aura.
The look in her eyes suggested that if he dared to act recklessly, he would definitely meet a terrible end.
He forced a smile and said, “Little noble, why make things difficult for an old man like me?”
Bao Gu smiled sweetly and said, “You didn’t capture my senior sister, so why should I make things difficult for you? Take my sister Hua Sheng to rescue our fellow disciples, and I won’t skimp on your reward! Go!”
After a moment’s hesitation, she handed her teleportation array to Hua Sheng, saying, “Here! Use it freely.”
Hua Sheng clasped her hands in thanks, saying, “Thank you!”
Sun Dilong was reluctant to leave, his face full of worry as he exclaimed, “If you provoke the Demon Abyss, even if you give me more spirit stones, it won’t matter!”
Bao Gu leaned closer to Sun Dilong and said, “If you provoke me, I can take the head of even a God Transformation cultivator as easily as picking a melon! If you don’t go to bring back my brothers now, I’ll show you something more terrifying than provoking a hundred Demon Abysses.”
Sun Dilong slapped his thigh and cried, “Oh my ancestor! Do you know whose territory the Demon Abyss is now? It’s the territory of the Jiao Demon King! The Jiao Demon King is a legendary demon who has survived three tribulations; even now, with only his primordial spirit left, he is not to be trifled with unless one has late-stage God Transformation or Void Tearing strength!”
Upon hearing this, Bao Gu gasped and exclaimed, “The Jiao Demon King?”
Her mind raced as she asked, “Is he a corpse demon of a dragon that only has its primordial spirit left?”
She quickly visualized the appearance of that dragon corpse demon and asked Sun Di Long, “Does he look like this?”
Sun Di Long was taken aback and asked, “You… you know the Jiao Demon King?”
Bao Gu immediately laughed!
She exclaimed, “I thought he was hiding in the demon domain; turns out he’s here! I was worried about where to find him after letting him escape last time!”
She quickly took out the communication talisman to contact Nanshan Yijian, calling out, “Senior Nanshan, don’t sleep!”
On the other end of the talisman, Nanshan Yijian’s voice came through, “I am not asleep; what is it?”
Bao Gu smiled and said, “I have found the whereabouts of that dragon corpse demon! It’s in the Demon Abyss at the Two Realms Mountain! Oh, Feng Meng Long and the others have been captured by his subordinates!”
“At the Two Realms Mountain?”
“Yeah, Senior Nanshan, please be gentle when you act; that… treasure containing the ancient relics, please leave it for me.
The Two Realms Mountain is particularly poor, and the land is barren; I’m counting on getting some soil from the ancient relics to open a medicinal garden.”
Nanshan Yijian fell silent for a few moments before saying, “Understood!”
Bao Gu called out, “Wait, could you also check on that great demon spirit that was lurking in the shadows and take care of it?”
“Upon receiving your message, I have already captured it. It is not a vicious person; considering its difficult cultivation, I have released it!”
“What cultivation level?”
“Late-stage God Transformation! Is there anything else?”
“Nothing!”
Nanshan Yijian cut off the connection with Bao Gu.
Bao Gu said to Hua Sheng, “Go, Senior Nanshan has gone.”
Hua Sheng knew Nanshan Yijian’s abilities, and upon hearing this, her heart felt more at ease as she said, “Then I’ll go!”
Sun Dilong was terrified, his heart racing as he looked at Bao Gu in shock.
Bao Gu said to Sun Dilong, “When you see that dragon corpse demon, tell him that I had no intention of looking for him; it was his subordinates who captured my precious senior sister!
Hurry up and go!”
“Okay, okay!”
Sun Dilong hurriedly chased after Hua Sheng as they left.
Before exiting, he glanced back at Bao Gu, thinking, “What exactly is this little girl? She’s truly terrifying!”
Bao Gu turned and shouted, “Senior Sister, are you tired hiding in the void?
Come out and take a break!”
She leaped onto the platform and took out a Golden Core sword to cut the lock on the cage.
With one strike, she found it didn’t break.
Angered, she channeled her sword intent from her dantian, flicked her wrist, and with two swift strikes, she picked the lock!
With a few more sword strikes, the remaining cages shattered with a loud bang, yet the five female cultivators inside were not harmed in the slightest.
After being freed, they all thanked Bao Gu.
Yu Mi looked at Bao Gu in astonishment.
She had always been obsessed with swordsmanship, and Bao Gu’s seemingly casual strikes were incredibly exquisite, drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy for her use.
It was purely the sword intent that stirred the spiritual energy, not guided by human power or spells.
This sword technique was far more refined than the current sword techniques of the Xuantian Sect.
She asked, “Is this… your ancestor’s sword technique?”
Bao Gu replied, “Hmm, I just comprehended it; I’ve only grasped the basics. Do you want to learn, Senior Sister? I can teach you later.”
Yu Mi: “…” As a senior sister, with such a high cultivation level, she had to ask her junior sister for sword techniques?
That was a bit hard to swallow!
But this wasn’t the first time she had learned something from Bao Gu; even the great divine ability of the Duobao Spirit Monkey was taught to her by Bao Gu.
She stiffly nodded her head.
Bao Gu smiled and said, “Don’t be shy, Senior Sister. If we’re talking about seniority, you should still call me great-grandmaster; it’s only right for me to teach you the techniques.”
Yu Mi: “…” Her expression darkened as she coldly said, “Are you looking for a beating?”
Bao Gu, in a good mood, chuckled lightly and said, “I know I was wrong; is that not enough?”
After a moment, her smile faded, and her sharp gaze swept over the crowd in the inn who were staring at her, coldly saying, “Those who are not from the Demon Abyss, step to the left!”
Many people and demons present were dissatisfied with Bao Gu’s arrogance, but seeing the situation she had set up, they knew she was not to be trifled with.
With a ninth-tier Celestial Fox from the Holy Domain at her command, a Golden Core spirit monkey hidden in the void, and a powerful presence behind her willing to chase the Jiao Demon King inside the Demon Abyss, this little girl exuded an air of mystery that made them hesitate to act recklessly.
They were numerous, but if a fight broke out, this little girl would definitely not fare well, yet they would also die here.
Unless they were pushed to a dead end, no one wanted to easily risk their lives.
Even though they felt embarrassed, some people and demons hesitated and moved to the left, leaving those from the Demon Abyss behind.
Naturally, the people from the Demon Abyss would not sit idly by and had already surrounded the hall in secret.
The man in the golden robe with the golden winged crown coldly snorted, “Have you finished showing off? Look around!”
As soon as he finished speaking, people dressed in black with ghostly masks appeared around them, each holding a ghostly flag.
Bao Gu observed their positions and realized they had formed a formation.
She had only recently studied formations and was at a loss against slightly more advanced ones, so she immediately said, “Senior Sister, it’s up to you!”
While speaking, she took out a talisman given to her by her Grandmaster, which was at the God Transformation stage, and threw it at the man in the golden robe with the golden winged crown, shouting, “I hate being threatened the most!”
At the same time, she activated her protective treasure and, pulling Yu Mi along, used the “Void Concealment Technique” to dash out of the inn.
Her voice echoed in the air, “You want to play hardball? I’ll accompany you!”
She quickly added, “Hey, those sisters from earlier, come out quickly! Ling’er, release those female cultivators!”
As her voice fell, the female cultivators rushed out of the inn in a panic.
Inside the inn, curses erupted one after another, and many people tried to rush outside but were blocked by the Little Celestial Fox.
Bao Gu, keeping track of time, shouted, “Ling’er, leave a way out for those not from the Demon Abyss!”
As soon as her words fell, another group of people or demons rushed out.
In the next moment, the inn was flattened by a powerful energy blast!
The inn was reduced to rubble, leaving only a layer of gray smoke swirling around.
Those who did not escape from the inn were left with no bones remaining, and even the man in the golden robe with the golden winged crown was blown apart, leaving only a piece of the golden wing from his crown on the ground.
A group of survivors turned pale, their legs trembling.
They had now escaped the control of the three-eyed Celestial Fox, but even if they wanted to flee, they didn’t dare, fearing that this terrifying little girl had more tricks up her sleeve.
It was too frightening!
She acted without warning, and when she struck, it was a devastating blow!
Yu Mi’s face turned white with anger as she shouted, “If you want to wipe them out, give me some time, and I can take care of them all; why waste a talisman!”
Bao Gu replied, “No worries, I’ll have Grandmaster draw a few more later.”
Yu Mi: “…” She was speechless.
That was a God Transformation talisman!
It wasn’t some trash talisman that could be casually drawn with a few pieces of paper and ink!
Setting aside the fact that Grandmaster needed to expend a lot of spiritual power to draw these talismans, the materials for higher-level talismans were harder to find and extremely expensive…
Seeing Yu Mi’s frustration, Bao Gu quickly reassured her, “Senior Sister, those people and demons have quite high cultivation levels, you know? They’re at the Nascent Soul stages o I’m worried that if a fight breaks out, you might be in danger. One talisman can take out a whole nest; I think it’s quite worth it.”
Those who could roam here were certainly not good people; if she didn’t use heavy-handed tactics, how could she subdue them?
Yu Mi rubbed her forehead and sighed!
Ling’er transformed into a little girl and landed in front of Bao Gu, asking, “Is there nothing for me to do now? I’m going back to sleep… no, I mean I’m going back to cultivate.”
She was about to retreat back to her blood oath token.
Bao Gu raised her hand and shook a gourd of fifth-tier monkey wine.
Ling’er immediately stopped in her tracks, her eyes sparkling as she said, “Tell me, what else do you need?I’ll get it done right away.”
Bao Gu affectionately patted Ling’er’s head and said, “Look at you, you’ve gotten rounder; don’t just eat and sleep all day, you need to move around more.”
Ling’er was startled and quickly touched her face, asking in shock, “Really? Have I really gotten fat? Could it be that I’ve eaten too many spirit herbs and fruits and can’t digest them? I shouldn’t be getting fat!”
As she spoke, she took out a mirror to check and found that she had indeed grown, instantly turning pale and exclaiming, “I don’t want to become a fatty!”
Bao Gu said, “You’ve been eating and sleeping for the past few months, sleeping from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Core stage without coming out to move around; it’s no wonder you’re getting fat!”
She handed the monkey wine to Ling’er and said, “Take this and drink it slowly. See all these people and demons around? No one is allowed to leave without my permission.”
Ling’er took the fifth-tier monkey wine from Bao Gu and stored it away, transforming into a snow-white Little Celestial Fox, leisurely lying at Bao Gu’s feet.
The surrounding mist thickened again, obscuring everything from view, even the sound of the raging river nearby, which resembled the roars of demon beasts, faded away.
Bao Gu’s gaze fell on the group of people and demons who had narrowly escaped death.
Seeing that they were all secretly gathering their strength, seemingly planning to fight, she said softly, “I have no intention of making things difficult for everyone present. I was just resting, but someone captured my senior sister, so I had no choice but to act.”
Yu Mi’s expression faltered as she shot a deep glance at Bao Gu.
A scholar-like man stepped forward from the crowd and said, “Since that’s the case, now that the people from the Demon Abyss have all perished at the young lady’s hands, could the young lady allow us lower-ranked individuals to leave?”
Bao Gu replied, “Of course!”
Her tone shifted as she added, “However, I have just arrived here; how would I know if there are any spies from the Demon Abyss among you? How would I know if any of you have ties to the Demon Abyss? Now that I have deep enmity with the Demon Abyss, I must be cautious, so I ask everyone to clarify their backgrounds before I let you leave.”
Another person in the crowd spoke up, “Is the young lady being a bit too unreasonable?”
Bao Gu shot a cold glance at the speaker and said, “What if I am unreasonable? Just now, I saw you bidding quite enthusiastically for my senior sister.”
The man immediately shrank back, retreating.
Bao Gu took out a jade slip and said, “Write down your backgrounds on this jade slip and leave your aura imprint; then you may leave. If you refuse, you will leave your life behind!”
Feeling the killing intent in the air, she vanished from her spot, leaving her voice echoing, “Whether you wish to or not, whether you live or die, you all decide for yourselves.”
