But the witch believed it was necessary to eliminate any future threats—

After all, the brutal methods those spirit monsters learned from the Peach People were truly terrifying, and letting them disperse and leave on their own was definitely not a good thing.

"Alright, alright, I'll go inventory the Elder Immortal's legacy. According to him, those Immortal Skill Manuals should all be in the study, and I suppose the Peach People wouldn't have destroyed them all..." Gu Mo had no objections, nodding repeatedly and volunteered to take on the responsibility of scavenging.

This is the most basic self-discipline of every player, scouring every corner of the map, which is where the fun lies.

Kikyo gave him a glance but didn't say much.

Although the motive didn't seem very pure, at least he was doing something practical, and one couldn't demand too much. Furthermore, being interested in immortality techniques wasn't necessarily a bad thing, and if he aimed to cultivate like a Fox Immortal, she would fully support it... Immortals were generally very orthodox beings, and if a demon cultivated into an immortal, that would be even better.

—At least having a lawful faction's Demon Sage would be better than birthing a lawless legendary demon, that's the principle.

"Strange, can't it be undone..."

After Kikyo left, Gu Mo reined in his smile.

He raised his hand to observe again. The witch might think it was a normal state, but he found that his demonized state seemed to be locked in this current state. He couldn't normally disengage from the Guardian Spirit's possession, nor did he feel any consumption.

It seemed as if... he was "locked" in this state by some kind of power.

"The Four Souls Jade, is it?" Looking at the new shard in his hand, Gu Mo simply projected a mirror and opened his system panel.

Directly from the equipment page, he chose to remove the shard from his accessory slot. The powerful augmentation from the incomplete power of the Four Souls Jade was instantly lost, giving him a feeling of falling from a high place, but he immediately noticed that the "locked" state vanished.

The Guardian Spirit's possession fusion began to normally devour his energy, and with a thought, he directly dispelled the demonized state.

The ears on his head disappeared...

The tail behind him gradually faded away...

Even the sharp and elongated nails returned to normal...

"So that's it." Gu Mo breathed a slight sigh of relief, re-equipping the removed shard back onto the accessory slot.

The Four Souls Jade, like the human heart, had a division between good and evil. Giving the Four Souls Jade to a wicked demon would only make its demonic power grow stronger. Normally, his Wild Soul and Harmony Soul were relatively balanced, but upon entering the demonized state, he undoubtedly chose to completely lean towards the Wild Soul side.

And the power of the Four Souls Jade would naturally adapt to this change, causing the demonic power to become increasingly stronger. For other demons, the power of the Four Souls Jade would allow them to evolve to a higher level, transforming into a more powerful form; however, for Gu Mo, it directly "locked" the demonized state.

Having resolved this issue, he began to tally the gains from the Peach Blossom Mountain scene in front of the mirror—

Life Level increased to LV11, earning one free attribute point, and received two Bronze Keys.

So, the Peach Person really was an elite monster, far from being a BOSS, and if not for the Elder Immortal's legacy increasing the challenge, this scene might not have been worth a single Bronze Key... perhaps just like the previous village scene, or maybe there wouldn't have been any gains at all.

Including the previous balance, Gu Mo's current key count was two Golden Keys, one Silver Key, and three Bronze Keys.

He seemed to have accumulated some wealth, but in reality, most of it was residuals from the previous scene, it's just this instance opened too fast and too urgently, he didn't have time to convert them all into real growth aids—originally according to the plan, he intended to lurk in the system store to see if he could find good stuff and gradually convert them into skills, equipment, and items that he could use.

Speaking of which, this world does have a rich foundation, should he directly unlock the Treasure Vault?

Staring at the number of keys in the item list, Gu Mo pondered mulled over an idea, directly drawing cards in a higher-level dungeon with keys seemed to be a nice choice as well.

For instance, for the Gold Level, could it guarantee to draw those powerful demon blades... like Cloudy Fang, which is currently ownerless, could he directly draw it? Gu Mo's thoughts turned, but he was somewhat conflicted. Whether Cloudy Fang was a jackpot in the card pool, or just pool pollution, this was a bit hard to define.

Because he knew the whereabouts of the thing, if he really went to some trouble to find it, he should be able to get it easily, wasting a Golden Key for this was too extravagant.

Steadying his thoughts, Gu Mo began looting the corpse, but what the Peach Person carried with him was just the Ancient Vine Staff and the Wine Gourd, which were the Elder Immortal's magical artifacts, but both were clearly lesser than the Peach Blossom Spring bonsai, thus they were Silver Quality, just a bit of a higher grade, they were still quite nice things.

Especially since this was one of the few serious pieces of equipment that Gu Mo properly acquired, indeed it counted as an unexpected joy.

The power of the Ancient Vine Staff lies in transformation and illusion techniques, while the Wine Gourd has an independent space inside, allowing one to directly absorb people or objects into it, probably comparable to Master Maitreya's Wind Acupoint, but absorbed objects can also be released again.

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