NOVPUB"Your progeny, ’Gu Yang,’ has slain a mid-level Blood Refining martial artist!"
"Your progeny, ’Gu Yang,’ has gained some insight into the Fiery Sun Divine Palm!"
"Your progeny, ’Gu Yang,’ has made progress in his cultivation!"
"Your progeny, ’Gu Yang,’ has slain a fierce soul-level Evil Spirit!"
"Your progeny, ’Gu Yang,’ has slain..."
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The information on the information panel occasionally refreshed.
However, ever since the reputation of Gu Qingfeng with the Domineering Blade spread, the White Stone Dao had also returned to its past tranquility, with only the occasional ignorant person causing trouble, unable to stir up much of a commotion.
Gu Qingfeng’s current habit was to look at the information panel daily to understand the other’s movements.
However,
This time,
Gu Qingfeng’s expression became slightly concentrated, his gaze resting on one piece of information.
"Fierce soul-level Evil Spirit!"
The existence of Evil Spirits.
He had only encountered once.
...
Half a day later,
Gu Yang came.
Gu Qingfeng’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, "You’ve encountered an Evil Spirit?"
"How did you learn of it, Father?"
Gu Yang’s expression showed surprise, clearly taken aback, then he nodded in affirmation.
"Indeed, these past few days a number of commoners have been disappearing frequently, including some disciples from the Martial World. They have sought help from our Gu Family Manor, so Gu Peng sent people to investigate the situation and finally discovered that an old temple was the source of the problem.
Therefore, I personally went there to take a look, and unexpectedly encountered an Evil Spirit.
Fortunately, that Evil Spirit was not too strong, so there were not too many unexpected incidences!"
Old temple!
Evil Spirits!
Upon hearing Gu Yang’s words, Gu Qingfeng’s expression turned serious, "Although Evil Spirits are not as immortal as evil spirits, they are capable of manipulating the minds of martial artists.
Your ability to slay that Evil Spirit is related to your understanding of the Master’s True Intent.
If it were not for the protection of True Intent, let alone slaying an Evil Spirit, escaping would have been an issue."
Gu Qingfeng had fought with Evil Spirits before and naturally understood these matters.
The manipulation of the mind by Evil Spirits, to put it plainly, is a kind of power on the level of mental intent. Martial artists who comprehend True Intent are essentially tempering their mental intent, thereby greatly reducing the influence of Evil Spirits.
However,
An Evil Spirit is still an Evil Spirit.
Such an existence
represents unknown dangers.
"As the future of Gu Family Manor, remember not to act recklessly. Ordinary martial artists are one thing, but when facing entities like Evil Spirits and evil spirits, one must be extremely cautious!"
Gu Qingfeng warned.
At his words,
Gu Yang naturally appeared obedient.
Seeing this,
Gu Qingfeng shook his head slightly, "Nowadays is a troubled time, with natural disasters and human calamities everywhere. Evil Spirits are thus born, and beyond White Stone Dao, there is probably a rampant growth of Evil Spirits!"
"Father is correct, I have indeed been hearing about Evil Spirits frequently during this time, and what’s more, there seem to be sightings of evil spirits."
"Sightings of evil spirits..."
Gu Qingfeng’s expression flickered slightly.
"Where did you get this news of the evil spirits?"
"The news comes from Nine Curves Road. It is said that several villages and towns have had residents disappear without a trace. Even though the court’s officials are suppressing the news with all their might, there are no impermeable walls under heaven.
While not much news has been made public, in secret, all the major sects and noble families are well aware.
Fortunately, our Gu Family Manor has spies planted within Nine Curves Road, and this information only reached me a few days ago!"
Gu Yang spoke with a firm tone.
Nine Curves Road!
Upon hearing this name, Gu Qingfeng’s expression subtly shifted.
If his memory served him correctly, Lin County was once under the jurisdiction of Nine Curves Road. Now, with such a situation developing there, he couldn’t help but associate it with the events in Lin County.
Immediately after.
Gu Qingfeng cautioned, "Keep a close watch on news from Nine Curves Road. Furthermore, even if there truly are traces of evil spirits, do not take any action without my command."
"Your son understands!"
"Go then."
With a wave of his hand, Gu Qingfeng signaled for Gu Yang to withdraw.
"Nine Curves Road!"
"Evil spirits... could there really be a connection between the two!"
In the study, Gu Qingfeng’s gaze returned to the True Intent Map before him. As a martial artist with keen senses, upon hearing Gu Yang’s words, his sixth sense instinctively surged with an ominous premonition.
Evil spirits were different from mere strangeness.
The appearance of an evil spirit in a place could easily affect an entire prefecture or city.
Even with Gu Qingfeng’s current strength, he felt a deep aversion to evil spirits.
"If there really are evil spirits emerging on Nine Curves Road, the Evil Suppression Bureau in Guangyang Prefecture should take action. The sky won’t fall as long as there are taller people around. As long as it doesn’t affect this place, there shouldn’t be any major problems for the time being!"
Gu Qingfeng took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing the ominous feeling in his heart.
He had always paid close attention to matters of evil spirits, and now that he learned of their emergence on Nine Curves Road, Gu Qingfeng had no desire to go and see for himself.
After all.
Having witnessed the true difficulty of dealing with evil spirits, Gu Qingfeng understood that these entities were not only hard to suppress but even harder to exterminate. And if one were to encounter a powerful evil spirit, it was not just a matter of suppression—escaping with one’s own life would be the real challenge.
Therefore.
Gu Qingfeng naturally did not wish to risk his life.
Afterwards.
Gu Qingfeng continued to ponder the True Intent Map.
With constant contemplation, Gu Qingfeng’s understanding of the Domineering Blade Chop and Domineering Blade True Intent was becoming increasingly profound.
Among them.
Domineering Blade Chop was already at the peak of the Beginner stage, on the verge of breaking through to the Small Success stage.
As for the Domineering Blade True Intent, it was still at the sixth level.
However—
Gu Qingfeng felt that he was already touching the threshold of the seventh level True Intent.
He had a premonition.
If he could step into the seventh level True Intent, then his strength would surely advance further.
Sixth level True Intent and seventh level True Intent were completely different concepts.
The True Intent force contained within the Sect Master True Intent Map was growing weaker, leading Gu Qingfeng to suspect that this True Intent Map would only support him in cultivating up to the seventh level at most. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Any further advancement seemed improbable for now.
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Guangyang Prefecture.
Nine Curves Road.
Within the Nine Curves Sword Sect, Sect Master Li Qing listened to the report from a subordinate, his face dark as water.
At this time.
A Nine Curves Sword Sect elder could not help but say, "Sect Master, with several villages and towns losing people, there must undoubtedly be evil spirits causing harm. To date, there’s been no action from the officials, and the Evil Suppression Bureau is nowhere to be seen.
What should we do if that evil spirit attacks our Nine Curves Sword Sect!"
It was no surprise that the elder felt fear.
Rumors from the outside world spoke of evil spirits appearing on Nine Curves Road, causing the disappearance and death of numerous villagers, but only people from the Nine Curves Sword Sect knew that it was not just villagers who were missing—several martial sects from Nine Curves Road were gone as well.
These sects might not have been extraordinarily strong, but they at least possessed martial artists in the Blood Refining Realm, which made them relatively powerful forces on Nine Curves Road.
The Nine Curves Sword Sect, being the top sect of Nine Curves Road, merely had one Iron Bone Perfection expert in residence.
Hearing this.
Just as Li Qing was about to say something, he suddenly heard a bizarre whispering sound, like the wail of creatures or the chanting of divine Buddhas, which caused his expression to drastically change.
