Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 137: Recounting the Cause and Effect of the Past (Thanks to the support of book friend Wu Shangzhonglin)
After reading the clues about the cause and effect points, Gong Tianwu felt a little amused. After he came to this city, he had deep interactions with a large number of monsters but had no reaction.

However, he never expected that casually giving a Xiangliu bell as a gift would lead to such consequences.

This made him suddenly realize that fate is unpredictable and cause and effect are difficult to find.

What some people spend their entire lives searching for and risk their lives for but still can’t obtain, is easily available to many people:
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For example, what the Chakravartin was striving for in Rain of Swords, isn’t that the thing that everyone has?

What some people discard like trash may be something that others can never even reach in their lifetime.
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For example, the scrapped Bugatti Veyron police car in Dubai is probably something I would never be able to obtain in my lifetime.

After the two of them had their fill, the seventh sister took out a list, which listed a dozen of the best-selling common goods in the Hot Spring Valley.

There is no need to waste precious favors on things like this. All you need to do is compare prices from different stores and then purchase them directly on the market with gold.

The two of them strolled around for less than five minutes when they suddenly saw a notice posted on the screen wall next to them. There was a long list of things written on it in eye-catching demon language, and a large number of people had gathered around.

Gong Tianwu whispered to Seventh Sister:
"What's written on it?"

After taking a look, the seventh sister whispered:

"The things above are very relevant to us."

Gong Tianwu was surprised and said:

"what?"

The seventh sister pursed her lips and smiled:

"This is a notice issued by the people in the East Ya District. It says that a grand auction will be held in the East Ya District in ten days. Well, they are really smart."

Gong Tianwu said:

"How to say?"

Seventh sister said:
"The notice only said that the main attraction was rare goods from the Great Snow Mountain, but the list below only listed most of the types of goods, and the rest said that there were some mysterious and precious goods for you to appreciate on the spot."

Gong Tianwu smiled and said:
"Not bad, the anticipation is maxed out."

Seventh sister said:
"It just takes a little while. We have to wait until ten days before the auction starts."

Gong Tianwu pondered for a moment and said:

"This is probably because the dog demons are very optimistic about the scarcity of this batch of goods, so they need to give enough time for the news to spread and for all parties to raise funds, so as to maximize the benefits."

The seventh sister suddenly realized:
"So this is ah."

Gong Tianwu said:

"That's probably the case. We don't need these ten days to go back anyway."

The seventh sister looked at it again and said:
"The flyer also mentioned one thing, that is, some samples of the goods in this auction will be displayed in the Zaobi Grocery Store. If you are interested, you can go and appreciate them."

Gong Tianwu said:

"If this grocery store is Hua Manlou, then they are taking this opportunity to advertise their own store. This is really a great calculation. The Hua family also has an expert who is proficient in business."

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The two continued shopping and soon discovered that there was a little demon handing out flyers on the street. The content of the flyers was related to the auction ten days later.

From this we can see that the Hua family has indeed invested a lot of money in publicity this time.

This time, Gong Tianwu's visit with his junior fellow apprentices also made them realize that the cooperation with Daxueshan was not a one-time deal, and it was still a good opportunity to expand their influence.

Soon, Gong Tianwu arrived at the place where Wu Xiong set up his stall and found that he was no longer setting up the stall. Instead, he rented a shop next to it. This guy did not forget his roots and called Old Crow and Gourd to help.

After not seeing each other for a year, Gong Tianwu found that Wu Xiong looked much better, which should be because his life was stable and his financial situation had improved.

After some pleasantries, Gong Tianwu saw that Wu Xiong was in a very good mood, and felt that they had passed the stage of getting to know each other well, so he asked:

"I see that Brother Wu is not a monster from Mujiang City?"

Wu Xiong sighed and said:

"No, I came from southern Xinjiang."

Gong Tianwu asked knowingly:

"Southern Xinjiang? That's a long way from here, probably tens of thousands of miles away."

Wu Xiong sighed and looked very sad. The old crow next to him was a chatterbox and immediately said:
"Of course not. Why would he run so far if it wasn't absolutely necessary?"

Gong Tianwu asked:

"What kind of big enemy did you offend?"

The old crow curled his lips and said:
"No, he was punished by God."

Wu Xiong sighed:
"I originally had a trace of dragon blood, and by chance, I encountered a rare lunar day after I was born, and I ate a lot of Emperor's fluid, so my cultivation can be said to be rapid." "It took me less than a hundred years to become a purple-armored celestial centipede, and by chance, I obtained a rare treasure."

"This treasure is a broken device that can transform the wishes of believers into demonic power that I can absorb!"

"So I couldn't stand the ordinary ascetic practice anymore, so I occupied a temple, used magic to confuse some evil-minded monks, and began to absorb the power of vows in this way."

"After I did all this, the temple wasn't very popular, so I went to the people to do some good deeds and fulfill some wishes, so the temple soon became very popular."

Hearing this, the seventh sister was surprised and said:
"Ah? Is there such a thing?"

The old crow said:

"It sounds outrageous to intercept faith for personal use, but it's actually not that great. All the monsters born around the ancient temples and sacred mountains have this ability to some extent."

"I guess what Old Wu encountered back then was a fragment of a Buddhist treasure. It's not surprising that it has this kind of effect."

Wu Xiong said with some sadness:

"You humans have a saying, when luck arrives, heaven and earth are on your side, but when luck is gone, heroes are helpless."

"I was really lucky at that time. At first, I just went to the Buddhist temple regularly to collect power. Later, I became bolder and simply hid in it. Later, I found that there was another world under this ancient temple!"

What Wu Xiong said next was not much different from what Gong Tianwu knew until he began to describe the arrival of Gong Tianwu (Xie Zhengwu) from a third-person perspective.

"Finally, the real owner of the rare treasure fragment has arrived. It easily followed me and left even though it resisted me in every way."

"I pursued him relentlessly, but he unleashed a terrifying sword energy that nearly killed me on the spot, and even took away my inner elixir."

"I thought I was doomed. After all, losing my inner elixir is extremely fatal to monsters like me. Faced with such a huge change, I suddenly felt as if I had been enlightened. I felt that my previous actions were extremely sinful, so I wanted to restore the mausoleum before I died."

Hearing this, Gong Tianwu did not expect that this guy would have such a feeling before life and death, but heard Wu Xiong continue:

"As a result, when I was repairing this temple mausoleum, I actually found something, that is, the relics of the monk Guangxiao that were hidden here!!"

"If I hadn't had good intentions at the time and wanted to atone for my sins before I died, it would never have appeared."

The seventh sister asked curiously:

"You must have stayed there for at least a few decades, so you should be very familiar with the temple and the mausoleum. How come you can't find a treasure like a relic?"

Wu Xiong smiled bitterly and said:
"How could an arhat like Master Guangxiao hide something?"

"This relic was hidden in a sutra, and when it didn't want to show up, it just said three words."

The seventh sister said in surprise:

"Three words?"

Wu Xiong revealed a look of reminiscence and said:

"Yes, I still remember the scene at that time. When I had renovated the temple and mausoleum hall for more than half, I was already dying and collapsed there, waiting to die."

"At this moment, a dusty scripture next to me suddenly glowed with light, flew up automatically, flipped in the air, and finally stopped in front of me."

"You can see that there are three small characters shining in the scripture. These three small characters are the relics!"

"And then these three small words quickly turned into little points of light, and the true form of the relic appeared in front of me. It was hidden so wonderfully that if you were not destined to see it, there would be no way you could see it."

"Then, I heard a Buddhist chant in my ears: Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right away. The relic flew into my body and replaced the original demon pill, allowing me to survive."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu also found it incredible and couldn't help but say:
"Master Guangxiao has been dead for such a long time, and it is said that he was suppressed by the Tianyuan Emperor. How could his relics still have such miraculous effects?"

Wu Xiong sighed:
"The dispute between the master and Emperor Tianyuan was a top secret even back then, let alone now? But I survived because of it."

"Since then, I have traveled around the world and done many good deeds. The relic taught me the method to recast the demon pill, so I settled here because only here can I find the eight materials I need to recast the demon pill."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu finally understood the whole story. He didn't expect that he had also profoundly changed Wu Xiong's fate.

But strictly speaking, it is hard to say whether I harmed him or saved him.

Because if he continued with what he did before, he would probably soon face the demon calamity, which would be almost certain death.

But after being disturbed like this, if Wu Xiong can still go through all the hardships and reshape the demon pill, then the probability of him overcoming the demon calamity is at least 80%.

Thinking of this, Gong Tianwu smiled and said:

"The last time I came here, I heard that Brother Wu was injured. I was also a little curious, so I asked Old Crow about it. So this time I specially searched for some medicines that are useful for the monster race. See if you can use them."

The old crow demon was also present at this time, and said in surprise:
"I thought you were just asking for fun, but you actually brought some medicine."

Gong Tianwu laughed and said:
“I really did.”

(End of this chapter)