Chapter 2245: Blood Gu Worm

**Volume 3: Demonic Invasion**

Three days later, Han Li, accompanied by Yin Yue, Daoist Crab, Bai Guo'er, and Li Rong, left Tianyuan City and headed straight for the Xu Family.

Han Li had already ascertained that the Xu Family had returned to their original clan residence after the demon race retreated. Therefore, after teleporting through several cities and traveling for only half a month, Han Li and his group arrived at the Xu Family.

As soon as he announced his name, the entire Xu Family was instantly abuzz. Not only did Xu Jiao, the Xu Family Patriarch, and Xu Qianyu rush out to greet them, but all the Xu Family elders followed closely behind. Among them were Xu Yan and Xu Huo, who had met Han Li years ago. It seemed the Xu Family had not lost much of its true strength during the demonic tribulation.

"Greetings, Senior Han. It is a great honor for the entire Xu Family that you have graced us with your presence," Xu Jiao said respectfully to Han Li, bowing deeply. The other elders, equally excited, also bowed in greeting. If, when Han Li had arrived as an Integration Stage cultivator, the Xu Family could still maintain a degree of pride as a prominent human clan, now that he appeared as a Grand Ascension Stage cultivator, they could only be truly humbled and apprehensive, no longer daring to show any expression that might displease Han Li.

Han Li and his companions were immediately ushered into the main hall of the Xu Family, which was used to entertain esteemed guests. After Han Li unceremoniously took the main seat, he calmly spoke to the Xu Family Patriarch standing beside him: "You should be very clear about why I've come this time. Although I've heard about Daoist Xue Po from Fairy Xu once before, I'd like the Xu Family to recount the events again, to see if anything was missed."

"This junior obeys. Senior Xue Hun suddenly returned to the Xu Family seven months ago..." Xu Jiao dared not delay and began to narrate the events in detail. Han Li listened attentively to every detail.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he waited until the other party had finished speaking completely, then said with a hint of solemnity: "So, besides telling you to deliver the Void Sky Cauldron to me, Daoist Xue Hun also said that only I could awaken her?"

"Yes, Senior. As an avatar of our ancestor, although Xue Hun's cultivation is only around the Void Refinement Stage, her body is semi-corporeal, making her incredibly difficult to injure. However, this time, Senior Xue Po suffered an unknown ambush. While her body appears unharmed, black mist permeates her entire being, and she has remained unconscious. It's truly bizarre. This junior has exhausted all methods to no avail, and we hope Senior can, for the sake of Ancestor Ice Soul, lend a hand to help," Xu Jiao said cautiously.

"Hearing your account, I am quite interested in the reason for Daoist Xue Po's coma. I'll first observe Daoist Xue Hun's current condition myself. If she can truly be cured, Han will not hesitate to act." Han Li smiled faintly, speaking without any pretense.

"Thank you for your great kindness, Senior. This junior will lead the way immediately." Xu Jiao was overjoyed, repeatedly expressing his gratitude.

"Brother Crab, you can come with me to take a look. Yin Yue, Guo'er, Daoist Li, the rest of you can wait here for now." Han Li nodded and instructed Yin Yue and the other two.

"Alright, this little sister will wait here temporarily with Guo'er and Daoist Li." Yin Yue replied obediently. As for Li Rong and Bai Guo'er, they naturally dared not voice any other opinions and likewise nodded in agreement.

The Xu Family cultivators had long noticed the presence of Yin Yue and the others. Due to the vast difference in cultivation, they couldn't discern their true cultivation realms, only sensing their equally unfathomable auras. Secretly astonished, they naturally treated them with extreme reverence, daring not to show any disrespect.

After leaving several female cultivators to specifically accompany Yin Yue, Li Rong, and the others, Xu Jiao and the remaining elders led Han Li and Daoist Crab toward the Xu Family's forbidden grounds.

Deep within the Xu Family, in an underground stone hall, Han Li appeared, accompanied by Xu Jiao and others. In the center of the hall lay a crystal-clear, translucent jade coffin. Inside the crystal coffin, a woman in white lay with her eyes tightly shut, faintly shrouded in a layer of black mist. This was precisely the Blood Soul avatar that Fairy Ice Soul had separated from herself back then.

Han Li took a few steps to the crystal coffin. As soon as he approached within ten feet, he immediately felt waves of extraordinary coldness emanating from it.

"Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice!" Han Li glanced at the crystal coffin and asked, his expression completely unchanged.

"Senior's discerning eye is truly remarkable; this is indeed a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Coffin. Only this item can slow the continuous weakening of Senior Xue Po's aura, which is why this junior..." Xu Jiao hurriedly explained.

"The power of extreme cold inherently has a certain controlling effect on most injuries. Placing Daoist Xue Po in a Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Coffin without knowing her true symptoms isn't an unwise approach," Han Li nodded, neither affirming nor denying.

At this moment, his gaze was fixed on the woman in white inside the crystal coffin. Xue Po's eyes were tightly shut, her face covered in black mist, and a peculiar blood-red pattern flickered between her brows, intermittently emitting faint red light from her skin. Upon seeing the blood pattern, Han Li's expression shifted slightly, as if he had suddenly recalled something, and his brows involuntarily furrowed.

"Senior Han, have you discovered the cause of Senior Xue Po's coma?" Xu Jiao asked anxiously upon seeing this.

"I've gleaned a bit, but I can't be certain yet; further confirmation is needed," Han Li said calmly, releasing his divine sense to envelop the crystal coffin.

A moment later, Han Li's expression changed, and he suddenly pointed a finger between his eyebrows. With a soft hum, a mass of black mist emerged, solidifying into a dark demonic eye. As the demonic eye opened, a crystalline thread shot out from it, vanishing in a flash as it pierced directly through the crystal coffin's wall and entered the woman in white's body. The next moment, the crystalline thread retracted, and its front half was conspicuously impaled with a thumb-sized, blood-red strange worm. Simultaneously, the blood pattern between the woman in white's brows vanished instantly.

This strange worm resembled a snail in form but curiously had seven or eight tentacles of varying lengths on its head. The moment it left the woman in white's body, it immediately thrashed wildly, appearing exceedingly bizarre.

"What is this? Why have we never found it in Senior Xue Po's body before?" The Xu Family members were dumbfounded, and Xu Jiao gasped in shock.

"It's not surprising that you couldn't find it before. This is a Blood Gu Worm, originally colorless and invisible, dissolved within the blood. If I hadn't forced it out using the Divine Sense Thread Technique, you likely would never have discovered its trace," Han Li said calmly, his eyes narrowed as he gazed at the blood-red strange worm close at hand.

"A Blood Gu Worm? Is it a type of Gu worm? But if this worm is so potent, why has it never been mentioned before? This junior and others have never heard of it," Xu Jiao asked, somewhat hesitantly.

"Heh heh, this worm isn't a Gu worm found on our Fengyuan Continent. It's a unique and peculiar insect exclusive to the most mysterious of the three continents in the Spirit Realm, the Xuetian Continent. It's vastly different from the common Gu worms you know," Han Li replied indifferently.

"Xuetian Continent! How is that possible!" Xu Jiao and the other Xu Family elders were all startled upon hearing this.

"Although I have never been to the Xuetian Continent, I did travel to another continent, Leiming Continent, for a period of time back then, and I saw a description of this worm in a classic text there. There's no mistake!" Han Li swept his gaze across the Xu Family members, then the crystalline thread emanating from between his brows suddenly moved, transforming into countless thread-like shadows that enveloped the blood-colored strange worm, tightening abruptly.

With a soft 'puchi' sound, the crystalline thread flashed and vanished into thin air, and the blood-colored strange worm was instantly cut into countless fragments, bursting open and scattering into droplets of blood on the ground.

"Although this Blood Gu Worm is exceptionally sinister, making it extremely difficult for even Integration Stage cultivators to expel, once it's drawn out of the body, it's incredibly fragile," Han Li added with a cold laugh.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior. Now, Senior Xue Po..." Xu Jiao glanced at the woman in white in the crystal coffin, who still showed no signs of movement, and asked with some concern.

"Rest assured, the Blood Gu Worm has been expelled. She only needs to recuperate for some time to awaken on her own. However, I probably can't wait that long. Never mind, I'll act once more to awaken her for a while now," Han Li said after a brief thought.

"The Xu Family thanks Senior for your immense kindness." Xu Jiao was overjoyed, and the other Xu Family elders also showed expressions of deep gratitude.

After retracting the demonic eye between his brows, Han Li's figure flickered, bringing him right beside the crystal coffin. After a quick glance at the woman in white's beautiful face, he suddenly pointed a finger at her forehead. Instantly, a column of faint green light, containing immense spiritual power, shot out. It flashed and vanished into the woman in white's body, and under the impetus of a spell, it rapidly traveled through all her meridians, forcibly clearing every blocked and obstructed point.

After a soft groan of pain, the woman in white frowned and slowly opened her eyes. Han Li's gaze flickered, and with a flick of another finger, a green light shot out. A medicinal fragrance spread out, and the green light accurately entered the slightly parted cherry lips of the woman in white.

Seeing this, Han Li smiled faintly, then immediately turned and walked out of the hall. "Let Daoist Xue Po sit quietly for a quarter of an hour to fully assimilate the medicinal power of the pill, then bring her to see me."

"Yes, Senior Han," Xu Jiao and the others replied, a mix of surprise and joy on their faces.

Daoist Crab, who had witnessed everything, showed no expression as he followed Han Li out of the hall.

A quarter of an hour later, in the main hall of the Xu Family where they had first arrived, Han Li finally met the woman in white, who was now fully conscious.

"Daoist Xue Po, how do you feel now?" Han Li asked with a smile, addressing the woman in white who had just thanked him.

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