Luo Kai's eyes suddenly locked on a corner. Following his intuition, he swung his saber at random. With a bang, gravel splashed, and a huge long and narrow crack appeared on the rock wall.
Inside the crack, there was a small stone house, and a woman with heavy makeup was inside. She came out with a dusty face and exclaimed, "Third brother, you surprise me every time I see you. In my opinion, with your current strength, you are invincible under the realm of physical masters!" The voice was hoarse and old. It was Li Gui's voice.
Luo Kai looked at him coldly. The woman in front of him was clearly in his field of vision, but in the blink of an eye, her face changed again, and the last appearance had already faded from his mind. This old guy's disguise skill was simply incredible.
Li Gui touched his face and explained, "This is the Thousand Faces Pearl of the Mirage Beast in the South Sea. It has the magical effect of disappearing the sense of images."
Luo Kai took a deep breath, suppressed his violent anger, and said, "It was you who took Lu Qing, right? Tell me, what do you want?"
Li Gui twisted his body and rubbed his palms on his face. His body gradually became thin, and his face was full of wrinkles. He returned to his old appearance and said pitifully, "Third brother, I was forced to do this. Those guys from the Judicial Department have chased me to the Scattered Stars Island. There is no place for me in the whole world. Look at me now. I guess I only have a few months left to live, so I had to do this."
Luo Kai said coldly, "It seems that you still have designs on me and want to drink my blood."
Li Gui shook his head and said, "My life is not worth mentioning. The reason why I came to you this time is that I want to pass on my inheritance to you."
Then, he suddenly coughed violently. After coughing, his body became even more haggard. He walked in front of the statue and stretched out his hand to cut his palm. The blood that spurted out condensed in the void and slowly transformed into a symbol. Strands of black light appeared in the void and seeped into the space between his eyebrows. His haggard body straightened a lot and his eyes flashed with a glimmer of light.
Feeling that the cold energy was stronger, Li Gui seemed to be communicating with an unknown energy through a summoning ritual. Because he didn't know whether Lu Qing was safe or not, Luo Kai didn't dare to act rashly.
Li Gui's dispirited spirit recovered a lot, and he continued, "Third brother, I come from an ancient organization called the Holy Church of Blood. Nowadays, the Holy Church has declined to the extreme.... My life is not important, but the inheritance of the Holy Church can't be broken!"
Luo Kai muttered to himself, and said straightforwardly, "Alright, I agree to accept your inheritance, but before that, you must let Lu Qing go."
"Of course, but with your current strength, this old man is far from being your opponent. Just in case, I ask you to take this Brain Worm Pill, and then I will let that girl go."
A white cocoon appeared in Li Gui's hand, and a small blood-red worm could be faintly seen curled up inside.
Luo Kai glanced at it. This thing was obviously evil. He said coldly, "I want to see Lu Qing first."
Li Gui smiled sinisterly, "Alright, I won't hide it from you, third brother. That girl has already eaten my Brain Worm Pill. This kind of Brain Worm Pill is extremely difficult to cultivate, and it needs to be fed with essence blood. After a long time, it will form a genetic connection with the master. As long as I have a thought, it will gnaw on the master's brain."
Luo Kai's face turned cold. He had great control over his body, and normal poisons couldn't harm him. However, Lu Qing was different. This old man's methods were really despicable!
Li Gui laughed mischievously, and clapped his hands. A mutant with a protruding mouth and monkey-like cheeks walked out from the crack in the rock wall. It was Hairy Monkey. He smiled apologetically at Luo Kai, and stepped aside. Lu Qing stood behind him. She didn't have any expression of fear, but was instead very calm, and her expression was incomparably indifferent.
"Qing, what's wrong?" Luo Kai stepped forward and asked anxiously.
Lu Qing looked as if she was seeing Luo Kai for the first time. She carefully sized him up, and gently shook her head.
Luo Kai turned his head and said hatefully, "What did you do to her?"
Li Gui also felt strange, and said, "I didn't do anything. This girl has been like this ever since she came. Did you two have a conflict?"
Luo Kai used his psychic power to carefully examine Lu Qing's body. There was no difference from before. He was very familiar with Lu Qing's consciousness frequency. Anything else could be faked, but her own unique frequency couldn't be faked. Moreover, the two of them had deeply merged before.
Li Gui urged, "Second brother, you can take this brain worm pill now. Don't worry, the inheritance of the Saint is extraordinary. As long as I pass it to you, I, the original owner, will immediately die, and you will naturally be able to control the brain worms."
Luo Kai hesitated for a moment, and then reached out to take the white cocoon. With his current physical fitness, ordinary poisons wouldn't be able to do anything to him, but Li Gui was too mysterious. This brain worm pill was definitely not ordinary. However, he was very confident in his own body. As long as his willpower was strong enough, anything that entered his body would have to be controlled by his willpower.
Just as he was about to swallow it, Lu Qing suddenly said, "Are you eating this for me?"
Luo Kai paused and turned to look at her. What's wrong with this girl?
"If you don't want to eat it, you don't have to. It's okay."
Luo Kai finally felt that something was wrong. He said coldly, "You're not Lu Qing. Who are you?"
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment. Her eyebrows furrowed, and she muttered, "Yes, who am I?" As soon as her voice fell, her body softened and fell to the ground.
Luo Kai hurriedly rushed forward and hugged her. Her consciousness frequency was fluctuating violently, and it was chaotic. He hurriedly activated his psychic power and gently comforted her. Fortunately, Lu Qing's consciousness frequency didn't reject him. She seemed to have sensed Luo Kai's call and gradually stabilized. She opened her eyes and looked around blankly. She said, "Luo Kai, you're back. Where are we?"
The gaze of the girl in his arms returned to its original tenderness. Luo Kai heaved a sigh of relief and said softly, "It's okay. Don't you like Moon Lake? It's just outside. I'll take you to see it later."
Li Gui also heaved a sigh of relief. If something happened to this girl, Luo Kai would definitely start a massacre. Then, everything he had planned would be ruined.
"Third Brother, you can rest assured now."
Luo Kai helped Lu Qing stand up. He swallowed the Blood Worm Pill in his hand and said expressionlessly, "It's okay now."
Li Gui closed his eyes and sensed. When he opened them again, his face was filled with ecstasy. He laughed loudly and said, "Very good. In the future, my Holy Sect will definitely flourish in the hands of Third Brother!"
After he finished speaking, his face quickly turned gray. His hair also fell off rapidly. His entire body turned into a dried corpse in an instant. His aura also completely dissipated. He was actually dead.
Under Luo Kai's astonished gaze, Hairy Monkey sighed. He walked forward and covered Li Kui's corpse with a thick blanket. He turned around and said, "Teacher couldn't withstand the Saint Worm's devouring a few months ago. The only reason he persisted until now was to find you."
Luo Kai asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean?"
Hairy Monkey said solemnly, "What you just swallowed wasn't some Brain Worm Pill. It was the inheritance of my Holy Sect, the Saint Blood Worm!"
Luo Kai's face changed. He carefully sensed for a moment. The thing he swallowed just now had disappeared without a trace. He sat cross-legged on the ground and used his spiritual consciousness to penetrate his blood. He searched bit by bit and finally found some clues. There seemed to be many threads in his blood, like a fine net covering his red blood cells. What was this thing!?