My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Chapter 78: The Old Man Slayer

Qi Yuan looked ahead.

In the scene before him, a burly man, reeking of alcohol, was beating up an old man. Afterward, the burly man grabbed some silver coins from the old man's arms, kicked him, and then left.

Qi Yuan watched impassively.

"Look again, my friend." The old man waved his hand, and the scene changed.

This time, the previously violent burly man was extremely filial to the old man. He carefully fed him, served tea, and wiped his body.

"We promulgated the doctrine of filial piety, and only then did people start to become more filial. This is why we came here—to save the world."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan smiled calmly: "What a grand show of filial piety."

The old man, unfazed, continued, "Do you know that you abolished the doctrine of filial piety? The man in the scene killed his father on that very day. All this responsibility falls on your shoulders."

Qi Yuan looked at the old man with suspicion: "Are you the one with problems, or is it me? An outer-world demon actually trying to moralize me?"

"Alas," the old man sighed, showing a helpless expression. "Young friend, we do not wish to be your enemies. But what I have said is true. We really are here to save this world."

Qi Yuan remained silent, keeping a wary eye on his surroundings.

Seeing this, the old man continued:

"We fish for souls and consume their flesh and blood out of necessity. Because... once we pass away, we will transform into terrifying demonic beings.

Demonic beings have no rationality and will slaughter any living being they encounter. Their power will reach the fifth realm, bringing disaster to the world.

Once a demonic being appears, it will plunge the world into ruin, and no one will be able to stop it.

That is why we have to harden our hearts, fish for souls, and consume flesh to extend our lifespan and reduce the disasters faced by the world."

The old man displayed a sympathetic expression, making him seem genuinely concerned for the world.

"After we arrived in this realm, we were also afraid of bringing disaster to this world. That's why we specifically came to the Land of Absolute.

Here, a day in the Land of Absolute equals ten years outside.

The talents and martial arts experts that appear in ten years outside are enough for us to extend our lives.

Demonic beings will not truly appear. Old man’s actions have a reason.

Otherwise, why would we stay in the Land of Absolute instead of directly going to the human world?"

The old man spoke earnestly.

His reasoning seemed reasonable.

Once their lifespan is over, they would turn into demonic beings. And the power of these demonic beings sounded even greater than theirs.

If a few of them appeared in the world, it would indeed bring great disaster.

Qi Yuan stared into the old man's eyes and suddenly said, pinpointing the key point: "Since you turn into demonic beings after your lifespan ends, how did you deal with demonic beings in your previous world? Or, how did you prevent them from appearing?"

As expected, the old man's eyes froze, showing a painful expression.

Recalling the doctrine of filial piety and the old man's words, Qi Yuan understood instantly. He looked at the old man and said, word by word: "If demonic beings appear after the end of your lifespan, doesn’t that mean—"

"You don't turn into demonic beings unless you pass away!"

Qi Yuan's statement caused pain and regret to appear on the old man's face.

After a long while, he raised his head, looking at Qi Yuan with an agitated expression.

"Do you know? I started fighting for my family at seventeen. I bled for my family, opened seventeen secret silver mines, and even faced attacks from enemies of the same level, suffering over seven hundred wounds of all sizes.

But why, why, when I am old, with only a few years left to live, my family members discuss how to kill me?

They even invited the Demon-Slaying Society.

I am not dead yet, what do they want?"

The old man was beside himself with grief.

"They are my dearest children, whom I raised with my own hands. And what do they want to do? I just want to pass away peacefully; is that a crime?

If it were you, would you accept such a fate?"

He looked at Qi Yuan with intense emotion.

"This is such a boring setup." Qi Yuan looked at the old man and slowly said, "You are just a villain, a big boss I should defeat. I’m not interested in how much suffering you’ve endured or how unfairly you’ve been treated.

Even if you turned into a pitiable beauty, crying with tears and telling me how challenging and cruel your life has been, I still wouldn’t be sympathetic or interested.

What I’m most interested in is using my big sword to chop off your dog head!"

Just a big boss, easy to kill.

The old man’s face turned dark: "Are you sure you want to be our enemy? Are you prepared for the consequences?"

The old man did not want to fight Qi Yuan.

Because their states were not good.

If they fought, their lifespan would decrease significantly.

Qi Yuan’s strength far surpassed that of the former divine beings.

"It’s not that I want to be your enemy, but it’s destined that I will defeat you big bosses!

I am the young man who slays evil dragons!"

With that, Qi Yuan directly attacked!

"You’re seeking death!" The old man roared with fury.

"Hmph, you’re all old men, while I’m young and vigorous, full of energy!" Qi Yuan had discovered the weakness of these outer-world demons.

They had little lifespan left.

And now, with all the black-robed guards killed.

As long as Qi Yuan blocked the entrance here and prevented them from consuming the flesh and blood of the human world,

These old men would not be able to replenish their lifespan.

And with him fighting them,

These outer-world demons would never achieve peaceful death.

Of course, this method was easy to think of but not so easy to execute.

Qi Yuan stood by the bronze door, sword in hand.

He lazily watched them: "What belongs in the heavens stays in the heavens, what belongs in the human world stays in the human world. I’m here to guard the Southern Heavenly Gate!"

Qi Yuan held his sword, blocking the entrance to the Land of Absolute.

At this moment, several cold voices came from deep within.

"Overestimating oneself!"

"Hmph, I want one-tenth of his flesh and blood."

"Haha, does a mere divine realm dare to block us!"

As the voices fell, five more powerful figures appeared in front of Qi Yuan.

These five figures exuded a terrifying aura, comparable to that of the sage-like old man.

They gathered with the sage-like old man and advanced towards Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan looked at the six of them, sword in hand, with a puzzled expression: "Are there only these six outer-world demons? This boss is too easy to farm."

"Ha." The sage-like old man sneered coldly.

The sky in the Land of Absolute suddenly darkened.

Qi Yuan looked up and saw that the firmament was densely packed with glowing eyes, all silently watching him.

However, the owners of these eyes seemed to be in a special state, unable to act freely.

To Qi Yuan, they appeared to be in a dormant state.

Once they awaken from this dormancy, their lifespan would rapidly decrease.

This terrifying scene made Qi Yuan shiver involuntarily: "You brought an entire group, didn’t you?"

An entire group of big bosses?

What a surprise!

Qi Yuan instantly became apprehensive.

"Begging for mercy now is too late!" The old man said coldly, glaring at Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan ignored him. Though he was frightened, he still maintained a strong front: "Looks like today I’m going to play the role of the Old Man Slayer!"

Qi Yuan held his sword and blocked the entrance to the Land of Absolute.

The six level 119 experts simultaneously attacked Qi Yuan.

Dominant power!

In an instant, Qi Yuan used his big skills.

He enhanced his body, doubling his qualities.

He executed the Heaven-Splitting Sword Technique!

With one swing, the six experts felt an immense threat.

They all retreated.

"So strong!"

"Even I need to use my origin power!"

The six experts, indeed, used the same abilities as the sage-like old man.

"The more origin power we use, the more our lifespan decreases. We cannot hold back any longer. Kill!"

The six experts attacked once more, this time using their strongest techniques.

Qi Yuan faced the attacks from the six powerful experts with calm determination.

On the Ascension Platform, Qi Yuan had experienced over 120,000 battles.

Some battles had even involved facing three thousand experts of the same level simultaneously.

His combat experience had reached a superb level.

He wielded his sword, using offense as defense!

"Kill!"

With a single sword swing, his blood energy surged.

The six experts’ blood energy churned violently.

But the sage-like old man suddenly laughed: "Meat, such delicious meat! It’s worth forcibly using origin power!"

Unknowingly, he had a piece of bloody meat in his hand.

Qi Yuan looked at his chest and saw, without realizing it, a bloody wound had appeared there.

He was injured.

Blood dripped.

On the first day of entering, he was already injured.

The old man, with a greedy look in his eyes, extended his tongue, like a serpent, and devoured the bloody meat from Qi Yuan.

Suddenly, he widened his eyes, staring at Qi Yuan: "Tasteless!"

The other five otherworldly demons around were also stunned, not knowing what this meant.

"His flesh is not flesh at all. It can't replenish lifespan!" The white-haired old man was furious. "What on earth are you!"

He had just used so much origin power, shortening his lifespan greatly.

He had originally wanted to take a piece of Qi Yuan's flesh to replenish himself a bit.

But unexpectedly, Qi Yuan's meat had no taste.

Qi Yuan looked at the six otherworldly demons: "My flesh actually has no taste. That's great."

This made Qi Yuan feel surprised, yet also normal.

He raised his sword, looking at the six otherworldly demons: "I'm young and strong. I'll outlast you bunch of old bastards!"

The only pity was that he couldn't go offline to secretly eat a bowl of braised pork rice.

Otherwise, he would have even more energy.

"This won't do. Ordinary methods can't hurt him at all. I don't have much time left. We must kill him and replenish our flesh. Everyone, stop holding back. Use your origin power to kill him!" The white-haired, youthful-faced old man said urgently.

After using origin power repeatedly, he only had about a day left of his lifespan in Di Jue.

"A bunch of old geezers, come on then?" Qi Yuan held his sword, unafraid even though injured.

"Kill!"

The six experts, except for the white-haired, youthful-faced old man, all used origin power attacks on Qi Yuan simultaneously.

Five more wounds appeared on various parts of Qi Yuan's body.

Blood flowed.

He had suffered no light injuries.

"Now, it's my turn!"

Death Radiance! Heaven-Cleaving Sword Draw! Tyrannical Power!

The three strongest ultimate skills were used simultaneously.

This time, Qi Yuan focused his attack on the white-haired, youthful-faced old man.

"No!" Faced with this sword strike, the white-haired, youthful-faced old man was in extreme pain.

He, who is also from the Divine Realm, is no match for Qiyuan.

Only by using the power of the source could he avoid this sword strike.

But he was reluctant to use it.

That would mean certain death for him.

He was now relying on his physical strength to resist.

He thought he might not be weaker than Qiyuan.

However... with one sword strike, he was shattered.

Qiyuan looked at the dead old man, his body covered in blood, and grinned widely: “The hunt begins!”

The remaining five extraterrestrial demons looked at Qiyuan, their eyes showing a trace of fear.

If they were trapped here, they had no way of replenishing their numbers.

They came from the same realm and were of the same origin, consuming each other’s flesh and blood, which could not replenish their lifespan.

At this moment, a powerful voice echoed from the distant sky.

“We will break the seal and, even at the cost of our lifespan, we will slay this wretch!”

Twelve terrifyingly powerful figures appeared, each radiating an incredibly terrifying aura.

Qiyuan looked at these powerful beings, though covered in wounds, his gaze remained resolute.

“Come on, I’m young and strong, not afraid of you old fogies!”

---

Spring passed and autumn came; a hundred years had gone by in the mortal world.

The once Hundred Cities Alliance had vanished without a trace.

In the human world, only a few elderly people and warriors still mentioned the name of the Hundred Cities Alliance.

Some say that the Hundred Cities Alliance was a hell on earth, with evil spirits devouring people every day.

There was a faceless swordsman who led a young girl, wielding a blood dragon sword, single-handedly destroying the Hundred Cities and exterminating the demon lairs.

Some young men listened to this with disbelief in their eyes.

According to these legends, the Hundred Cities Alliance had nearly a hundred supreme emperors; how could it be destroyed by just one supreme emperor?

Others were extremely excited, wearing faceless masks and carrying a treasured sword, proudly declaring themselves as the Faceless Sword God.

Many changes had taken place in the human world, and news about the Faceless Sword God had become increasingly rare.

Next to the ancient camellia tree, a kingdom named the Moon Empire (Yuehuang) was slowly being established.

At this time, in a wooden house by the July Lake, a girl with a pale face curled up and looked at her with concern: “Master... are you alright?”

In these hundred years, she had not matured or grown; she still looked like she was seven years old.

Back then, when her master left to exterminate the extraterrestrial demons, she had tattooed a moon pattern on his arm.

The moon pattern was insignificant but could bear the injuries of the master.

The extent of the injuries borne depended on her and her master’s strength.

If she were as strong as her master, she would bear half of his injuries.

But after a century of hard practice, her strength was still far inferior to her master’s, even a fraction of it, and thus she bore only a fraction of his injuries.

Yet, every day she felt the tearing pain.

It persisted, continually.

What kind of suffering must her master be facing with his immense strength? What injuries must he be enduring?

Yue Nu curled up, her face pale, striving to train hard.

She wanted to become stronger.

If she were stronger, her master would suffer less pain, right?

---

“Haha, a bunch of old fogies, still hesitating, still wanting to live?”

In front of the Earthly Gate, Qiyuan sat on the steps.

He was covered in blood, looking like a blood-soaked figure.

If one looked closely, they would see that there was not a single piece of intact flesh on him.

His wounds were dense, even his eyeball was half broken.

However, he still blocked the way, with a wild grin on his face.

“Kill!”

The response was the cold voice of the extraterrestrial demons from within the Earthly Gate.

“Kill!” Qiyuan responded with a single word, drawing his sword, and the sword came out like a dragon.

With the support of the Death Radiance, he fought harder and harder, like an undefeated death god.

It was because of the Death Radiance’s bloodsucking skill that he could endure so much.

Otherwise, facing such high-level attacks, he would have been dead long ago.

In these past ten days, he had already eliminated eight hundred of the higher-level demons within the Earthly Gate.

That’s why he had the right to be so arrogant!

Was this a siege of thousands of extraterrestrial demons against Qiyuan?

No, this was Qiyuan soloing a large boss battle.

“Kill, kill, kill!”

One must go mad to survive.

Qiyuan single-handedly faced over a hundred extraterrestrial demons.

These extraterrestrial demons didn’t hold back, pouring their source attacks on Qiyuan as if it were free.

Because they knew, if they didn’t deal with this trouble, they would be doomed!

And Qiyuan, facing countless attacks, was not afraid at all.

Years of honing had integrated his battle experience into his bones.

Even though he was gravely wounded, even though he was constantly injured.

Even though he seemed to be on the brink of collapse, he still held his sword, killing more and more.

“Haha, you’re getting weaker and weaker!”

“When I first arrived, every source attack landed on me.

Now, you’ve missed a third of them!”

“And my sword, can you still avoid it?”

Qiyuan laughed heartily, wielding his sword with difficulty, killing one of the extraterrestrial demons.

Massive amounts of experience flowed into him.

Although he didn’t use it to level up.

But the sensation of gaining something every time he killed someone was addicting.

He looked at the sky, watching the decreasing number of eyes above.

He shouted loudly: “No way, no way, can’t two thousand seven hundred old men defeat a young guy like me?”

The extraterrestrial demons looked at Qiyuan, trembling with fear.

At this moment, Qiyuan’s entire body was no longer intact.

Half of his flesh had been dug out.

When he wielded his sword, one could even see his bare white bones.

Flesh and blood are the source.

Such terrifying injuries were something even they couldn’t endure.

All the extraterrestrial demons felt a heavy weight in their hearts.

---

As time passed, many years went by in the mortal world.

In the Five Elements Forbidden Land.

The coffin lid was lifted.

Dozens of terrifying figures emerged.

These people were the divine realm powerhouses who had been sleeping in the Five Elements Forbidden Land.

About a quarter of an hour later.

The people from the Yin-Yang Forbidden Land arrived at the Five Elements Forbidden Land through the teleportation array.

Tong looked at everyone and said coldly, “The Demon Slaying Conference... has begun.”

Everyone looked up at the sky and saw the scene of a celestial dog eating the moon.

The celestial dog eating the moon signified the start of the Demon Slaying Conference.

At this time, the extraterrestrial demons were at their weakest.

This was also the best opportunity for them to confront the extraterrestrial demons.

“Where is the Master of the Clothing Department?” The Flower Burial Fairy scanned everyone and asked.

Long Pan replied calmly, “He probably went to train in the mortal world.”

“The Demon Slaying Conference is about to start. He hasn’t returned yet?” The Flower Burial Fairy said, showing a complex expression, “Could something have gone wrong?”

Others had varying expressions upon hearing this.

“It’s a pity that we have all been marked by the extraterrestrial demons. As soon as we leave the Forbidden Land, we will be hunted by our flesh and blood.”

“We can’t leave, and outsiders can’t enter. We can’t know the current situation of the Master of the Clothing Department. Could there really be a problem?”

“Hum, I’m afraid he might be fleeing from the battle, scared.” At this time, a sarcastic voice sounded.

“Hum, don’t speak of baseless conjectures.” The Flower Burial Fairy said, glaring at that person, “The Master of the Clothing Department might have been delayed. Let’s wait another day.”

“Aren’t you also making baseless conjectures?”

“I’m making reasonable inferences!” The Flower Burial Fairy said coldly, staring at that person.

That person evidently feared the Flower Burial Fairy and did not speak further.

Everyone fell silent, and no one made any more comments on the matter.

They waited at the spot, discussing the demon slaying matters.

One day later, they still had not seen the Master of the Clothing Department’s appearance.

Long Pan looked at the celestial phenomenon and said slowly, “Wait another day.”

Meanwhile, within the Earthly Gate.

Qiyuan’s entire body had no intact flesh, even his bones were incomplete.

With slender fingers gripping the sword tightly, he thrust it through the heart of the frenzied extraterrestrial demon.

After killing the last extraterrestrial demon, he forced a smile on his bloodied and mutilated face.

“Finally done?”

After so many days, he had finally exterminated all the extraterrestrial demons within the Earthly Gate.

At the end, some extraterrestrial demons even cried out for him to be their father.

Qiyuan disregarded them, killing all without exception!

He held his sword alone, guarding the bronze door, not allowing any extraterrestrial demons to escape.

The crazed extraterrestrial demons used powerful forces, countless attacks, all unleashed on Qiyuan.

He was gravely injured.

His heart was also extremely tired.

For so many days, he had kept killing, not daring to stop.

Because if he stopped, he knew he might never wake up.

Even at this time, when he killed all the enemies, he still kept his spirit tense and kept his spirit in an excited state.

Half of his body was against the bronze door, and his eyes showed coldness.

"The fragment of the Heavenly Dao is finally in hand."

He also knew that he would face the most powerful challenge he had encountered since entering this game.

The game is not over yet.