Mixed in the heavens, merits and virtues become immortals

Chapter 334 Living the Kind of Person You Hate

Donghai Changhe City, Donghai Inn.

Zhou Yixian and Xiao Huan arrived outside the inn and saw that the Qingyun Sect was heavily guarded and that only righteous experts were coming and going inside. They couldn't help but beat their chests and said, "These juniors of the Qingyun Sect are really unscrupulous. They actually stopped me from entering."

"If Grandpa is curious about the outcome of the battle at Liubo Mountain, he can go and ask him."

Xiao Huan is still young, but she travels the world with Zhou Yixian and practices physiognomy. She has the ability to know the past, so she speaks with a certain maturity and casually says, "After all, we are relatives."

"Grandpa has long seen through the ways of the world, why would I acknowledge a junior from the Qingyun Sect?"

As Zhou Yixian spoke, he moved closer. Although the people from the Qingyun Sect blocked him from entering the inn, the sounds of their conversation still allowed Zhou Yixian to learn the details.

It turns out that during these ten days, the righteous people had already withdrawn from Liubo Mountain and returned to the land of China, while Gu Qing disguised himself as a demon and infiltrated the Ghost King Sect to gain their trust. He used his name to lure away the Ghost King and his party, and threw away the Fulong Cauldron, etc., which was also known to Zhou Yixian.

"Wanrenwang has really met his match."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yixian murmured to himself that he was a remarkable person of his time, and knew no less than Mr. Gui. After hearing that Gu Qing had thrown away the Fulong Cauldron, he felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart and let out a long sigh.

Is the Kui Niu really only seen once every three thousand years?

Xiao Huan asked doubtfully.

"of course not!"

Zhou Yixian said matter-of-factly, "It only comes out once every three thousand years. What does it eat? But throwing away the Fulong Cauldron has ruined the Ghost King Sect's plans. It won't be easy to retrieve it from the vast ocean."

Knowing the outcome, Zhou Yixian left with a smile.

"That Gu Qing..."

Xiao Huan looked towards the East Sea Inn and asked, "He..."

He practiced demonic techniques...

Zhou Yixian paused, looking in the direction of the East Sea Inn.

Inside the Donghai Inn.

"Master Gu, just tell me, is this true or not?"

Back then, Li Xun was chasing the Six-Tailed Demon Fox when he was humiliated by Gu Qing disguised as Mr. Copper. He felt ashamed afterward. Now, during the settlement of the victory, the people of Qingyun Sect believe that Gu Qing has made great contributions in terms of intelligence, planning, and finally throwing away the Fulong Cauldron. He can be called a pillar of the righteous path. However, Li Xun does not agree and keeps chasing after Gu Qing, demanding that Gu Qing confess his crimes.

It was only at this moment that the leaders of Qingyun Sect remembered Gu Qing's cultivation of Xuan Yin Ghost Qi. They had all experienced the siege of Qingyun Mountain by Qiu Wangyu a hundred years ago, and their faces were pale as they could only watch Gu Qing deal with the situation.

"This is indeed true."

Gu Qing bowed slightly to Li Xun and said, "I don't like to talk about sacrificing for the greater good. I struck you three times back then, seriously injuring you. Now, I'm not on guard and I'll let you strike me three times in return. We'll call it even, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xun narrowed his eyes and carefully examined Gu Qing. Gu Qing was dressed in all black, calm and composed, and spoke of the three palm strikes as if they were an extremely ordinary matter.

"it is good!"

Li Xun shouted, "I've always wanted to experience the strength of the number one young talent in Qingyun!"

Li Xun was also a prodigy, but after leaving Fanxiang Valley, all he heard were legends about "Ye Fan" and "Gu Qing". Now he had been abused by Gu Qing, and Gu Qing was the lover of a stunning beauty like Lu Xueqi. All his hatred had reached its limit. After agreeing, he immediately wanted to drag Gu Qing to the open space of the East Sea Inn.

All the Taoist teachings of Fenxiang Valley originate from the Fenxiang Jade Book. Within this jade book are the three realms of Shaoyang, Zhiyang, and Yuyang, as well as Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing.

Li Xun is now at the Lesser Yang Realm. With a wave of his hand, flames condensed, and he struck out with a palm towards Gu Qing's chest!

The palm strike came so fast that it surprised many people in the arena, as if it had attacked without waiting for Gu Qing to prepare.

Qi Hao and Xiao Yicai immediately stepped aside.

Xiao Yicai, in particular, had been tricked by Gu Qing's "shared damage" several times. Now he was very experienced, and his slight retreat showed a lot of life.

"boom!"

The flames struck Gu Qing's chest as if they were striking black iron, but Gu Qing remained unmoved, letting the sparks fly without sustaining any injury.

"continue!"

Gu Qing nodded to Li Xun, encouraging him to keep going.

In the world of Jade Dynasty, all the techniques and secrets are basically derived from the Heavenly Book. If we follow the setting of the Heavenly Book having ten volumes in the physical book, the Jade Book of Incense Burning Valley is actually composed of two volumes of the Heavenly Book. However, if we ignore this setting and look at the whole book, we can see that everything in Incense Burning Valley is basically picked up. The Eight Fiends Profound Fire Formation is from the Southern Frontier, the Profound Fire Mirror is from the Southern Frontier, and even when Yun Yilan, in the novel Jade Dynasty, proposed to Lu Xueqi with the help of Incense Burning Valley, Yun Yilan, who was recorded in the novel as having entered the "Jade Yang" realm, was betrayed by Xiao Ding.

In the newly revised version of Jade Dynasty, Yun Yilan did not reach the Jade Sun Realm, nor did he regain his youth. The overall strength of the Brahma Valley was just so-so.

Gu Qing can now go to Fanxiang Valley for a try.

Therefore, Gu Qing encouraged Li Xun because she genuinely wanted Li Xun to show his true abilities.

After all, the Absorption Technique requires absorption...

As for the Qingyun Sect members, after seeing the effect of Li Xun's palm strike, they were no longer worried.

Li Xun staggered his feet, lunged forward, and unleashed a powerful punch, gathering the essence of the Incense Jade Book, and struck Gu Qingxin with a heavy palm!
"boom!"

This time, flames overflowed from Gu Qing's pores, even burning his eyes and nostrils, but Gu Qing remained as solid as iron, letting the flames flow without suffering any injury.

Upon seeing this, the monk Faxiang of Tianyin Temple silently turned his prayer beads, knowing that this was an effect that could only be created after the great wisdom practice of Buddhism had been accomplished and the meridians had been strengthened.

"One more blow."

Gu Qing said to Li Xun with a smile.

Li Xun's forehead was immediately covered in sweat. He had originally wanted to regain his dignity in front of Gu Qing, but he did not expect that these two slaps would expose his weakness.

"Senior Brother Gu Qing attacked the people of Fanxiang Valley for the sake of the righteous path."

Yan Hong spoke up at this moment, her voice gentle, saying, "Senior Brother Gu has made great contributions for the righteous path, and Fanxiang Valley should be understanding. I think it's better not to strike him with that final blow."

Having gained this opportunity, Li Xun immediately backed down, forcing a smile and saying, "Yes, yes, we are all doing this for the righteous cause."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Gu Qing and Li Xun exchanged a smile and put an end to their grudges. Gu Qing said, "I was originally thinking that when I struck you for the third time, I would at least spit out some blood and roll on the ground to save face for you."

Li Xun's forced smile froze on his face.

Gu Qing waved his hand, looked at Fa Xiang beside him, and greeted him. Fa Xiang knew that Gu Qing had secretly learned the Great Brahma Prajna, so he could only laugh it off. In front of the leaders of Qingyun Sect, he couldn't very well say something like asking Gu Qing to go to Tianyin Temple.

"The Ghost King has suffered such a great loss, he will not let this go."

Inside the East Sea Inn, before facing the five chief disciples—Cangsong, Shuiyue, Shang Zhengliang, Tian Buyi, and Zeng Shuchang—as well as disciples Xiao Yicai, Lu Xueqi, Qi Hao, Tian Ling'er, and Zeng Shushu, Gu Qing recounted the subsequent events, saying, "The demonic path now consists of four sects: the Ghost King Sect, the Longevity Hall, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, and the Joyful Union Sect."

"When I was at Liubo Mountain, I became close to the leader of the Hehuan Sect, the Fairy Sanmiao, and agreed to return the Hehuan Bell to the Hehuan Sect. I also obtained many of the Hehuan Sect's techniques."

Gu Qing said, "But when I left, I deliberately let Biyao steal the Hehuan Bell, which created a rift between the Hehuan Sect and the Ghost King Sect." Gu Qing spoke in a mix of truth and falsehood, concealing the fact that he had given Biyao the Hehuan Bell.

Tian Ling'er stood up and asked, "Senior Brother Gu, is this some kind of honey trap?"

Lu Xueqi's face was as cold as frost.

"Not counting."

Gu Qing said, "I didn't take off my mask or reveal my true face. However, Madam Sanmiao has invested many secrets in me, and there has been no return for them. So, my relationship with the Ghost King Sect is naturally superficial."

"As for the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and the Longevity Hall... The former master of the Longevity Hall died under the Zhuxian Sword, and the Yin-Yang Mirror was almost lost to the Qingyun Sect. It was when the Poison God fled that he took the Yin-Yang Mirror with him and returned it to the Longevity Hall. After that, the Longevity Hall owed the Poison God a favor. Among these two sects, the one who truly made the decisions was the Poison God."

After Gu Qing's analysis, Daoist Cangsong's eyes flickered slightly.

"So, I'm going to kill the Poison God."

Gu Qing said.

If the Poison God is killed, the Ghost King will know better and back down, and the siege of Qingyun will be over.

After discussing this matter, Gu Qing bid farewell to everyone once again. As night approached, he went to see Lu Xueqi privately to say goodbye. On his way out, Gu Qing saw Master Shuiyue.

"Gu Qing."

Master Shuiyue suddenly spoke up and asked, "Does Senior Brother Wan really like me?"

Gu Qing was surprised and asked Shui Yue why she said that.

"Back in Qingyun Sect, he didn't like me."

Master Shuiyue said quietly that she had been silent for too long and had been too far away from Wan Jianyi. When she suddenly heard that Wan Jianyi was still alive and that he actually liked her, she immediately rushed to his aid.

However, after fighting with Suzaku, Master Shuiyue looked back and realized that Wan Jianyi had been in love with Su Ru back then.

Su Ru used the Amber Crimson Silk at Qingyun Sect, but later Wan Jianyi gave her the Ink Snow Sword...

"You can't hide your love for someone."

Gu Qing presented the reason she had prepared beforehand, saying, "But Master loves too many people, so he kept it hidden."

Why did he hide?
Master Shuiyue was very puzzled.

"I really hate Wan Jianyi like this."

Gu Qing spoke very quickly, saying, "On the contrary, I..."

Gu Qing steered the conversation to himself, which made Master Shuiyue smile. She squinted and said, "You're quite the troublemaker outside, but your skills are no less than your master's."

"I am devoted to Xueqi."

Gu Qing straightened his chest and raised his head, saying.

This damn life always manages to force people into the kind of person they hate. Maybe one day I'll end up like "Wan Jianyi," but that's all out of necessity...

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.

The Poison God can be considered a living fossil of the current demonic path. He once had the ambition to unify the demonic path, but was forced by the Immortal Slayer. However, the emergence of many talents in the demonic path forced the Poison God to restrain his ambition and focus on managing the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. Under his cultivation, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect developed very well, and even the Poison Prince Qin Wuyan came to inherit his mantle.

On this day, Qin Wuyan arrived in a hurry, presenting the Ghost King's Token, and told the Poison God that people from the Ghost King Sect had come to request an audience.

"Did the Ghost King Sect suffer a great loss at Liubo Mountain?"

After receiving the Ghost King's decree, the Poison God asked calmly.

Qin Wuyan immediately reported to the Poison God, explaining the situation at Liubo Mountain in detail, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"Gu Qing, Gu Qing..."

The Poison God gently tapped the chair and said, "A hundred years ago, Wan Jianyi appeared, and a hundred years later, Gu Qing has come. The righteous path is truly producing many outstanding talents."

Qin Wuyan stood with his hands at his sides. The Qingyun Sect was located in the Central Plains, a place with a large and thriving population, where it was easy to produce outstanding talents. In contrast, the Demonic Sect was located in a remote area, where they had to select disciples from a small population. Therefore, the quality and quantity of their disciples were inferior to those of Qingyun.

Thus, the Qingyun Sect was placed above the demonic path.

"Let that person in."

After thinking for a long time, the Poison God spoke.

Qin Wuyan then left the place and, after a while, brought a young-looking man. When the man saw the Poison God's face, he was terrified and huddled up in a ball, his legs trembling as he spoke.

"What does the Ghost King want with me?"

The Poison God had already read the letter; now, his eyes were emerald green as he looked at the person before him.

"Let me deliver the message."

The visitor stammered.

These words made the Poison God chuckle, not expecting the messenger to be so foolish and straightforward. He then inquired about the situation of the Ghost King Sect.

"Listen, Mr. Ghost said that he is going to find the fish-man race to salvage it."

The speaker stammered as he reported, "They also said they wanted to, wanted to, attack the Qingyun Sect, because, alas..."

The man spoke haltingly, making it difficult for the Poison God to understand him. He waved his hand, intending for Qin Wuyan to take the man away, but the man stopped and said, "The Sect Master said that the Poison God must agree first. Anyone the Poison God knows can go to Qingyun..."

This sudden information startled the Poison God.

The fact that the Poison God and the man in black were on good terms was a closely guarded secret. The Poison God had only been able to deduce that the man was from the Qingyun Sect by using the two seven-tailed centipedes, one male and one female. But now that the words had been spoken by someone from the Ghost King Sect, the Poison God realized that his scheme had been exposed.

"How did you know?"

The Poison God demanded an explanation, and at the same time, the seven-tailed centipede in his hand flew out and landed on the man.

The man trembled and quickly squatted down on the ground, saying, "That's right, that's right..."

As they were talking, a bright red light suddenly shone, and a streak of blood-red light shot out from the ground, heading straight for the Poison God.

"Bloodthirsty Bead, Soul-Sealing Staff!"

The Poison God sensed this fierce aura and was about to dodge when suddenly the surroundings went dark.

Gu Qing activated the Undying Seal technique in his hand, and at that moment, he flew forward and slammed it hard into the Poison God's chest.

On the way here, Gu Qing had already intercepted the messenger from the Ghost King Sect. After that, Gu Qing disguised himself as a member of the Ghost King Sect. After entering the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, he buried the Soul Devouring Staff in the ground and let it lurk through the earth's veins little by little until it finally reached the Poison God and attacked him from both above and below!
(End of this chapter)