NOVPUB"Who is coming?"
Gu Qingfeng asked.
Gu Yang said, "The people coming are from the Evil Suppression Bureau of Guangyang Prefecture."
"Um..."
Gu Qingfeng nodded slightly.
"If more people come later, just say I am in seclusion. There’s no need to get involved with the matter at Nine Curves Road for now. Let those sects and families, as well as the Evil Suppression Bureau, take the lead.
These millennium-old sects certainly have their own foundations.
Moreover, with the strong power of the Evil Suppression Bureau, dealing with an evil spirit shouldn’t be a problem.
Now that they are inviting forces from all sides to suppress the evil spirit at Nine Curves Road, they are probably just looking for cannon fodder..."
With the foundations of those sects and the strength of the Evil Suppression Bureau, Gu Qingfeng didn’t believe they couldn’t even handle one evil spirit at Nine Curves Road.
Step back to consider.
If these people really can’t handle the evil spirit at Nine Curves Road, then going there himself would most likely result in his own demise.
Therefore.
No matter from which angle you look at it.
There is no need to get involved in the affairs of Nine Curves Road this time.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yang nodded, "I understand, Father!"
Afterward.
Gu Qingfeng continued, "In the next few days, I will be leaving Gu Family Manor for a while. You will stay and take charge of the manor."
"Are you planning to go to Nine Curves Road, Father?"
Gu Yang looked slightly startled.
Gu Qingfeng smiled lightly, "Although there’s no need for our Gu Family Manor to be involved in this battle, it’s still good to take a look at that evil spirit."
This battle.
It would be a good opportunity to see the true depths of the various sects and families and identify how far Gu Family Manor is behind them.
Or to say.
To gain a deeper understanding of the strengths of that evil spirit.
If the major sects and families really fail miserably, Gu Qingfeng himself also needs to be prepared.
After all—
Although White Stone Dao is some distance from Nine Curves Road, they are both part of Guangyang Prefecture.
If Nine Curves Road truly falls, it would be impossible for White Stone Dao to remain unaffected.
So.
Know thyself, know thy enemy.
—
On the ancient road.
A person in green robes walked slowly.
But if there were bystanders, they would notice that although the person’s steps seemed slow, they would disappear in the blink of an eye.
The person was none other than Gu Qingfeng.
He didn’t ride a fast horse, because at his level of Martial Arts, ordinary foot speed was much faster than a swift horse.
Covering a thousand miles by day.
Eight hundred by night.
All were just trivial matters.
This was Gu Qingfeng’s second time leaving White Stone Dao after many years, the first time being to exterminate the Green Sun Sect, and now, the second time to head to Nine Curves Road.
Throughout his journey, Gu Qingfeng witnessed the chaos of the world.
Bandits ran rampant.
Rebellious troops were like invaders.
Occasionally, he saw court soldiers committing acts of banditry, plundering the common people, and murdering passersby and merchants.
Regarding this.
Gu Qingfeng, whenever he encountered such incidents, would always handle them on the spot.
The world’s order was rotten, he wasn’t capable of changing it directly, but if he encountered injustices, dealing with them on the spot was still not a problem.
Speaking of justice.
Gu Qingfeng didn’t consider himself a person of justice.
But.
Martial artists focus on clarity of thought.
Seeing something you do not like means acting on it without much discussion.
Therefore,
Along the way,
The Evil Slayer Blade had drunk much blood.
The more blood this Divine Weapon was stained with, the more Gu Qingfeng noticed it undergoing subtle changes. One might even say that from the moment Blade Nourishing Skills had begun, the Evil Slayer Blade had already been slowly transforming.
It was just that the Divine Blade drinking blood now hastened this transformation process.
...
Stepping onto Nine Curves Road,
Gu Qingfeng immediately felt an invisible, chilling presence pervading the air, and behind him, the Evil Slayer Blade trembled slightly as if sensing something.
At this moment,
Gu Qingfeng’s expression couldn’t help but turn solemn.
"This place has such a severe evil spirit presence—It seems the Evil Spirit of Nine Curves Road is indeed not simple!"
Only when an Evil Spirit was powerful enough, could its inherent power disperse and cause one to feel the presence of its power even without seeing the Evil Spirit itself.
Gu Qingfeng had already had some suspicions about the strength of the Evil Spirit in Nine Curves Road.
But now,
he was more certain in his heart.
However,
Just as Gu Qingfeng was about to delve deeper into Nine Curves Road, suddenly the Evil Slayer Blade behind him vibrated violently, emitting a sword cry, followed by a sense of impending doom emerging in his heart.
"Something’s wrong!"
Gu Qingfeng’s face changed, and he explosively retreated.
And at the moment he stepped back, the scene before his eyes suddenly changed, the trees twisted and vanished, presenting an ancient city right before his eyes.
Above the ancient city,
A Buddha sat in the void, smiling while holding a flower, with tears of blood streaming from his eyes, looking directly into Gu Qingfeng’s eyes.
Around the Buddha, numerous lotuses bloomed, each with a figure sitting in them—figures that one would expect to be most sacred. But upon closer inspection, one could see that those sitting had their bodies impaled from the anus straight through the head, their skin being stripped bare and copious amounts of blood spilling, dyeing the golden lotuses into eerie Blood Lotuses.
"Save... save me!!"
Someone spoke with difficulty, their voice hoarse and filled with terror.
Some tried to raise their hands in a struggle, but their bodies were impaled and lacked the strength to break free.
This scene,
Caused Gu Qingfeng’s pupils to shrink.
Among the many figures on the Blood Lotuses, he also saw a familiar face.
Zhuo Family!
Zhuo Feng!
But differently, Zhuo Feng’s skin had been stripped away, his muscles and veins exposed to the air, with copious amounts of blood flowing down from his body, making a very miserable sight.
If it weren’t for the features that could be vaguely recognized, Gu Qingfeng would have had difficulty truly identifying him.
Seeing this scene,
Gu Qingfeng understood.
The strong ones from various Sects and prestigious families, it seemed, had been wiped out.
Suddenly,
Someone couldn’t bear the pain and let out a miserable, piercing scream, their body suddenly splitting apart, and the Evil Spirit they harbored revived at that moment.
However—
At the moment the Evil Spirit revived,
The Buddha in the void reached out a huge hand toward the Evil Spirit, and holding the corpse that harbored the Evil Spirit, he placed it in his mouth to chew, as a great deal of blood flowed down the corners of his mouth.
Devouring an Evil Spirit!
This was the first time Gu Qingfeng had witnessed an Evil Spirit being annihilated.
Clearly,
The Buddha above the ancient city was a very powerful Evil Spirit. All the Evil Spirits harbored within the bodies of the mighty ones from various sects and families had become food for this ancient city’s Evil Spirit.
And when one Evil Spirit was completely devoured, Gu Qingfeng could clearly feel that the aura of the ancient city’s Evil Spirit seemed to grow stronger by the minute.
"Evil Buddha!"
"This is definitely a Disaster-Level Evil Spirit!!"
Gu Qingfeng took a deep breath, barely managing to suppress the shock in his heart. The illusion just experienced and the current events were enough to indicate that this was a Disaster-Level Evil Spirit capable of forming a forbidden zone.
