y from a medical family, and always ranked among the top few in exams, so he had been coldly mocking Xiao Yu, who was consistently among the bottom three.Today, he also came here for the school annive...Chapter 528: Zhuosimo

A dull thunderclap sounded, and the talisman in Xiao Yu's hand suddenly burst into a dazzling flame.

The bright flames engulfed Xiao Yu's entire hand. Upon seeing this, the old Taoist's expression changed dramatically; his face turned grim as he quickly rushed towards Xiao Yu.

Although the old Taoist ran towards Xiao Yu, his gaze was locked onto the corpse-maker, with intense killing intent flashing in his eyes.

No matter what relationship Xiao Yu had with those elders, simply because Xiao Yu is now on their side, this corpse-maker's actions have made him an irreconcilable enemy of Xiao Yu.

The old Taoist looked at Xiao Yu and saw sweat beading on his forehead; his face was slightly pale, and his expression was somewhat distorted.

"That arm is ruined!" The old Taoist thought to himself when he saw the flames on Xiao Yu's hand. Even as a mid-stage cultivator, he didn't dare withstand the talisman's attack directly, let alone an ordinary person like Xiao Yu

Even though Xiao Yu showed signs of pain, his other hand did not stop; it pulled off another talisman pasted on this corpse's forehead.

When Xiao Yu removed this talisman, he saw the face behind it and sucked in a cold breath. His expression turned very grim, even moisture appeared in his eyes.

It turned out that the emaciated face of the person behind the talisman was his second brother Zhuosimo.

Gazing at this corpse, Xiao Yu's emotions were hard to calm; he didn't even notice when the flames on his hand extinguished.

The old Taoist and the corpse-maker stared in shock at Xiao Yu's hand. After being burned by the talisman fire, his hand should have turned into ashes, but now it was still as smooth as jade, shocking both of them.

When the old Taoist arrived next to Xiao Yu just now, intending to help him put out the fire, he suddenly found that there was no sign of injury on Xiao Yu's hand. There were even no changes at all.

Moreover, Xiao Yu's hand emitted a faint golden glow.

This golden light flashed by in an instant; therefore, when it appeared before the two people, it seemed like an illusion to them.

"H-how could this be possible"

The two of them stared at Xiao Yu's hand, muttering subconsciously. They had to know that the flame just now wasn't ordinary; it was the true script fire.

Script fire burns with the primordial essence energy accumulated from heaven and earth!

Both of them were looking at Xiao Yu, and nobody paid attention to Xiao Yu lifting the scripture off the corpse's forehead. This showed how much shock Xiao Yu had just given them, far surpassing the shock of him lifting the scripture.

Awhile later, Xiao Yu finally recovered from his grief and anger, while the old Taoist and the necromancer also snapped out of their shock at seeing Xiao Yu recover.

After recovering, Xiao Yu looked at the necromancer. Although this necromancer didn't know why Xiao Yu had lifted that scripture off the corpse's forehead, he knew something was wrong when he saw how Xiao Yu acted.

The old Taoist, after regaining his composure, glared coldly at the necromancer. Though the script hadn't injured Xiao Yu just now, it wasn't because the old Taoist didn't want to; hence, he had no intention of letting this necromancer off.

The old Taoist retrieved a scripture from his pocket.

Seeing the old Taoist's demeanor, this necromancer hurriedly stepped back and shook his soul-summoning bell while muttering something.

At that moment when the necromancer was chanting an incantation, the corpse next to Xiao Yu suddenly opened its eyes and raised both arms to strike at Xiao Yu.

"Corpse transformation" The old Taoist's face changed as he shouted. Then, he put his scripture in his mouth and began muttering an incantation.

When the corpse lunged at Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu didn't dodge but simply made a couple of gestures with his hand before pushing forward slightly. An invisible wave of script energy instantly struck Zhu Simiao's forehead.

The moment Xiao Yu's hand stopped moving, the corpse's raised arms suddenly halted as well, and its eyes slowly closed.

Although the old Taoist was preparing to attack the necromancer, he still spared a glance for Xiao Yu when the corpse moved. After all, this undead had no feeling of pain and immense strength.

However, he didn't pay too much attention either. Although he knew why Xiao Yu hadn't been injured just now, Xiao Yu wasn't an ordinary person but rather an internal energy expert; thus, it was uncertain if the corpse could hurt him. After all, the undead's dexterity was far inferior to that of a normal human being.

"Draw symbols in mid-air!" The old Taoist and the corpse manipulator exclaimed in shock after witnessing Xiao Yu's performance.

If an ordinary person wouldn't know what Xiao Yu was doing, but they did! This move of drawing symbols in mid-air is something even this old Taoist can't do right now. It shows how difficult this skill is.

In fact, having the ability to draw symbols in mid-air requires the strength of a late-stage Qi Refiner, which marks an important difference between mid and late-stage Qi Refiners.

The old Taoist and the corpse manipulator stared blankly at Xiao Yu, long forgetting about taking action. The shock they experienced today far exceeded what they had endured in decades.

"Qi... Qi Refiner late stage" Both of them gulped hard with wide eyes, speaking tremulously.

In the current cultivation realm of Huaxia, a mid-stage Qi Refiner is considered a grandmaster. A late-stage Qi Refiner can be said to be a pillar of their family.

However, regardless if it's a mid or late-stage Qi Refiner, in these days when celestial energy is scarce, one has to be over fifty or sixty years old. As for the late-stage Qi Refiners, most are around eighty or ninety years old! Even so, there aren't many of them.

At this moment, they understood why Xiao Yu was so confident that he dared to catch the talisman and come out unscathed. This likely means the golden light he emitted wasn’t an illusion after all.

The old Taoist never imagined that Xiao Yu would be a late-stage Qi Refiner. Knowing how young Xiao Yu is! At most, twenty-five years old, right A late-stage Qi Refiner at twenty-five Just thinking about it makes them feel like Xiao Yu has overturned their understanding.

Moreover, unless they saw it with their own eyes, they wouldn't believe that Xiao Yu was a late-stage Qi Refiner.

Pondering upon this, both of them showed bitter smiles. The corpse manipulator thought back to his assault on Xiao Yu and felt increasingly uneasy. Luckily, Xiao Yu didn’t retaliate; otherwise, with his late-stage cultivation level, he would have been eliminated long ago!

Similarly, the old Taoist also was taken aback. Since Xiao Yu arrived, he had always considered him an ordinary person at most a martial arts expert because he couldn't sense any aura fluctuations on Xiao Yu.

He thought that given Xiao Yu's youth, even if he entered cultivation, he'd only just begun; such people are impossible to penetrate. Since Xiao Yu didn’t emit any aura, the old Taoist had taken him as an ordinary person. Without Xiao Yu’s medical skills, he probably wouldn't have glanced at him.

The old Taoist never imagined that in his eyes, a mere commoner like Xiao Yu turned out to be a late-stage Qi Refiner, no wonder he couldn’t see through Xiao Yu's cultivation level!

As a mid-stage cultivator himself, how could he possibly comprehend the realm of a late-stage one Now that he thinks about it, it sounds ridiculous.

In fact, what he didn't know was that even if he had reached the later stage of Condensing Essence, he still wouldn't be able to see through Xiao Yu. This was because Xiao Yu's cultivation methods were different from his own. Moreover, if Xiao Yu also cultivated with the primordial energy of heaven and earth, it would probably mean that he couldn't even join a sect! After all, he had only been cultivating for a few months.

Xiao Yu ignored their looks and instead looked at the body snatcher and asked, "Where did this corpse come from"

Upon hearing Xiao Yu's question directed towards the corpse which he had just lifted the talisman off its forehead, the old Daoist realized something was amiss. Although Xiao Yu might be in the later stage of Condensing Essence, who would willingly take a hit to their body with a talisman from someone else Accidents could easily happen and injuries sustained!

And yet, Xiao Yu had lifted off this corpse's talismans and taken an attack from the body snatcher’s talisman. This showed how important this corpse was to him.

The body snatcher heard Xiao Yu's question and saw his serious expression; he knew there must be something fishy going on here. After all, Xiao Yu was in the later stage of Condensing Essence, and a person so young at that!

In ancient times, it wasn't common to see someone as young as him in the later stage of Condensing Essence. How about now In modern society

At this thought, they were stunned. If Xiao Yu was already in the later stage of Condensing Essence at such a young age, he might just break through again. The more they thought about it, the more shocked they became and realized how different Xiao Yu truly was.

"Where did you get this corpse from" Originally amiable Xiao Yu now narrowed his eyes as he exuded an overwhelming aura of killing intent when no one answered him.

When Xiao Yu’s murderous intent seeped out, the old Daoist and body snatcher's faces changed. They quickly moved back several meters and stared at Xiao Yu in shock.

This was the aura of a killer—a person who had taken lives and seen bloodshed would have such an aura. With Xiao Yu’s overwhelming killing intent, they felt as if this world had become alien to them.

They could believe that Xiao Yu's cultivation level was deep; he might be one of those prodigies born once every ten thousand years. They could also believe that Xiao Yu had taken lives before because most cultivators nowadays would have shed blood at some point in their life, but they couldn't believe that he had killed countless people in modern society! But if not for this reason, how did he get such a heavy aura of killing intent

So now, Xiao Yu was like an enigma to them.

The body snatcher heard what Xiao Yu said and saw the murderous intent on his face. He knew that this corpse must be very important to Xiao Yu; otherwise, he would really take him out if he didn't answer honestly.

Therefore, the body snatcher decided to tell Xiao Yu about the origins of the corpse. After all, it wasn’t a secret, even though doing so was somewhat humiliating. But it wouldn’t matter if it did make him look bad; no one would offend someone as strong as Xiao Yu for something trivial like this after seeing his strength (To be continued).tely depleted, leaving her with nothing but intelligence like an ordinary python. She could no longer transform and lived in a cave beneath Leifeng Pagoda. Due to the thinness of primordial qi there,...