Chapter 61 Let’s play a game, brother, it’s a fight to the death…

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Two hours ago, in the Gu family's secret place, deep in the underground palace.

“Da, da…”

In the underground palace, endless noises were heard from the dark tunnel.

Gu Mingting, who was sitting quietly under the mural, suddenly opened his eyes.

The face of the person who came emerged from the darkness. Gu Ji still had a kind look on his face, and the rosary in his hand made a crisp sound when it collided with each other.

He looked at the large pool of blood on Gu Mingting's body, and a dark light flashed in his eyes which were narrowed into slits.

"Hehehe, Patriarch, why are you so embarrassed?"

Gu Mingting wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and looked at him silently.

Gu Ji's smile became more and more genuine. He moved closer to Gu Mingting, and the rosary in his hand began to gradually change shape, condensing into a bloody butcher knife.

"Originally, if you just obeyed, everything would be fine, but you insisted on having some ulterior motives. Do you really think you can control the entire Gu Group?"

The murderous aura on Gu Ji's butcher knife gradually overflowed.

"A chess piece that is out of control can only be discarded."

Gu Mingting in front of him was still gritting his teeth silently, and even moved back a little.

Gu Ji snorted coldly and suddenly raised his knife to chop at him!

"puff--"

The butcher knife fell, but it didn't hit anything. However, Gu Ji was suddenly stabbed in the back by the long sword!

"What?!"

He immediately retreated and turned around to see Gu Mingting standing there with a sword in hand! He was smiling, not at all looking disheveled or injured!

He looked in shock at the place where the injured "Gu Mingting" was, but he only saw a phantom formation gradually emerging!

"you……?!"

"Elder Ji, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Gu Mingting's voice was slow and his peach blossom eyes were filled with coldness.

Gu Ji's eyes were grim: "Gu Mingting, you weren't seriously injured by Gu Tai at all... What a great acting skill!"

Gu Mingting tilted his head and said, "When it comes to acting, there's no way this junior can compare to you."

He twisted his wrist and took another step closer.

"After all, you are no longer loyal to the Gu family, right?"

Gu Ji's eyes suddenly turned cold when he heard this.

"You, as expected, have long been dissatisfied with that person..."

"Shh." Gu Mingting made a silencing gesture, "Elder Ji, some secrets should be buried forever."

The Soul-Breaking Sword with dark blood patterns made a buzzing sound. Gu Mingting held the sword across his chest, his eyes gleaming with cold light.

Gu Ji looked at him for a moment and sneered again.

"After all, you are just a kid who has just entered the Out-of-Body Stage, yet you are so arrogant..."

His spiritual energy surged throughout his body, and the pressure of the late out-of-body stage swept through the underground palace!

The murderous aura of the bloody butcher knife surged, and in a trance there was even the sound of evil spirits crying!

“Die—”

The knife suddenly attacked, Gu Mingting frowned slightly, and immediately fought back with the sword!

"Bang!!"

The pure sword intent and the fierce knife force collided, making a loud bang!

Smoke and dust rose up, and as spiritual power collided, blood suddenly appeared!

“Ahem, poof!”

Dust scattered everywhere, one man stood proudly, while the other one fell to the ground and vomited blood. It was actually Gu Ji!

Gu Ji's pupils trembled violently.

How is that possible?! His cultivation level is clearly far superior to Gu Mingting's! Moreover, he clearly possesses the blessing of the Kong clan's secret treasure...

"Elder Ji, since I knew you were coming, I naturally made some preparations."

He approached with a sword, and the previously hidden reversal formation gradually became visible.

"The Phoenix Feather is indeed a good thing. It's a pity that it has weakened your power by as much as it should have."

He smiled slowly, but was already approaching Gu Ji at a rapid speed.

"Gu Mingting...you bastard!!" Gu Ji struggled to stand up and cursed loudly.

"Heh." Gu Mingting smiled, "Don't be nervous. I prepared this great place especially for you."

"——Underground Palace, what a wonderful tomb, Elder Ji."

As he said this, he raised his sword without hesitation!

"No--!"

A hissing sound suddenly sounded not far away, but Gu Mingting's hands did not stop moving at all, and he continued to stab towards Gu Ji's heart meridian!

puff--!

A sea of ​​scarlet.

Endless blood flowed out and gathered into a glaring pool on the ground.

"......?" Gu Ji felt the temperature in front of him, his voice trembling violently, "...Xiaoqing?!"

Gu Mingting looked at Gu Qing who suddenly rushed out and stood in front of Gu Ji, and his sword-holding hand trembled slightly.

Gu Qing hugged Gu Ji, and the Soul-Breaking Sword pierced his lungs from behind, and his life was about to end.

A full-strength attack from a cultivator in the Out-of-Body Stage would leave no chance of survival for anyone below the Nascent Soul Stage.

Gu Mingting took a step back and said in a very low voice: "...Why did you come here?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing spat out another mouthful of blood and closed his eyes silently.

——I heard that my father came here to save you, Brother Mingting.

He opened his mouth and his voice was hoarse and mocking.

"...Father, hurry up."

"Xiao Qing!!"

Gu Ji cried out in pain again, tears streaming down his face.

"Walk!!"

He pushed with all his strength, leaving a bloody handprint on Gu Ji's body.

In a flash, a dazzling magical weapon of teleportation was thrown out, and a violent spiritual wave burst out from Gu Ji's body.

“Xiaoqing…!” Gu Ji hissed and stretched out his hand towards Gu Qing, but before he could touch her, his hand disappeared into thin air.

In the dim underground palace, only Gu Mingting and Gu Qing were left.

Gu Qing fell to the ground, looking up at Gu Mingting.

"...Brother Mingting, you've set up quite a big scheme."

Gu Mingting still held the sword in his hand and looked at him silently.

The Soul-Breaking Sword in his hand continued to drip blood, and his usually smiling face was now expressionless.

“Cough, cough…”

Gu Qing coughed violently twice again, and his beautiful face was covered in blood.

"Will you kill your father again?"

Gu Mingting still stared at him motionlessly without saying a word.

Silence is also an answer.

Gu Qing stared at Gu Mingting, as if he wanted to see through him.

He coughed a few more times, slowly raised his arm, and grabbed a piece of Gu Mingting's clothes with all his strength.

"Brother Mingting..."

"You've never really treated me sincerely."

He raised the corners of his lips, but they were full of sadness and ridicule.

Gu Qing closed his eyes, and after a moment, his body stopped moving completely.

Gu Mingting stood there, unable to move for a long time.

He glanced at Gu Qing's wrist and suddenly caught a glimpse of red.

——On his wrist, the hairband that Gu Mingting asked him to discard was carefully tied.

That hairband originally belonged to Gu Congxing.

Even if it is a heavenly spiritual treasure, if it does not recognize Gu Qing as its master, it is just an ordinary piece of cloth and has no special use.

But it had been carefully cared for, shining brightly as new. It was wrapped around Gu Qing's wrist, hidden under her long sleeves.

At this moment, it was stained with his blood.

Gu Mingting saw the red on his wrist and his pupils trembled.

“…Why bother doing this?”

His voice was like a whisper and soon disappeared in the flickering candlelight, leaving no trace.

***

Xiao Wangyou followed the spiritual power of the Phoenix Feather and ran quickly with Yan Wujian in the Dragon Bone Mountain forest.

"Almost there... There's blood here!"

Xiao Wangyou and Yan Wujian found the bloodstains on the branches and leaves, released their spiritual power, and indeed captured a fast-moving figure.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Xiao Wangyou suddenly swung out his sword and chopped straight at the figure holding several phoenix feathers!

“Zheng——”

The long sword and the butcher knife collided, making a clanging sound.

"Who?!" Gu Ji was attacked and roared, but saw two strange figures walking out of the forest.

"...Who are you?" He looked at the two people intently and felt that Xiao Wangyou looked somewhat familiar, but he did not think too much about it. He suddenly burst out with spiritual power and forced himself to appear to have full spiritual power.

He said in a deep voice, "I have no grudge against you. Let me pass, and I won't hold you responsible for trespassing into the Gu company."

"Oh, no grudges or hatred?"

Xiao Wangyou took a step forward with the sword in hand, his fierce eyes shooting straight at Gu Ji.

"Then why don't you tell me, how did the Kong clan's secret treasure, the Phoenix Feather, end up on you?!"

Gu Ji's expression suddenly changed.

Yan Wujian summoned the black soft sword and calmly stood in front of Xiao Wangyou.

Gu Ji caught a glimpse of the spiritual pattern on Xiao Wangyou's forehead that had not yet completely dissipated, and his eyes became even gloomier.

"So that's how it is. The Kong family members are not yet completely wiped out..."

Yan Wujian's eyes darkened and he immediately attacked with his sword!

Gu Ji fought with him for several rounds, and the wound left by Gu Mingting could no longer be concealed, and he was in a state of decline in just a moment.

“Swish!”

The black soft sword flew out again, knocking Gu Ji directly to the ground.

He lay on the ground, with a large pool of blood on his torn wound.

Xiao Wangyou stood in front of him with a cold look.

"You have over a dozen Phoenix Feathers on you. Are you planning to abscond with all of the Gu Clan's Phoenix Feathers?" He slowly raised his sword. "How many members of the Kong Clan have you killed?"

"Cough, cough, huh..." Gu Ji raised his head, and there was madness in his red eyes.

"How dare a mere Golden Core-level Kong clan villain act so wildly in front of me?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Wujian immediately stepped forward and stabbed Gu Ji's arm with a sword without hesitation!

Gu Ji immediately cried out in pain. Yan Wujian said quietly, "Elder Gu Ji, are you still confused about the situation? If you still refuse to speak, I have many solutions..."

Gu Ji was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.

“Hahahaha! What’s a mere evildoer of the Kong family? There are five of them, and not a single one can escape!!”

Gu Ji and Yan Wujian frowned slightly. Just as they were about to ask further questions, they heard Gu Ji say in a hateful voice, "Die! You all want me to die, so why not go with my son—"

As he said this, spiritual waves surged in his body, and the golden elixir began to crack as it circulated at a very fast speed!

"Oh no, he's going to self-destruct!"

Yan Wujian immediately took Xiao Wangyou and retreated quickly, flying backwards like a flying swallow!

"Bang!!"

A huge spiritual wave came flying with tremendous spiritual pressure. Yan Wujian immediately set up a shield, but was still hit!

"Cough!" Xiao Wangyou was attacked by the aftermath of the spiritual power and immediately vomited blood.

"Young Master!"

Yan Wujian immediately took him far away and said urgently, "Young Master, you can't stay here any longer. Retreat first!"

"...Yeah." Xiao Wangyou took a magic pill and looked towards the Four Symbols Martial Arts Arena again.

Gu Congxing...

He took out Mo Yu, left a message to Gu Congxing that he would leave first, and then stepped into the Po Yu Tu with Yan Wujian.

The black feather in his arms was flashing. Gu Congxing sensed it slightly, but did not stop walking towards the underground palace.

Gu Mingting! Gu Mingting!

He kept repeating that name in his mind and rushed straight to the Gu family's forbidden area!

In the forbidden area of ​​the Gu family, there are many monuments to the heroic spirits, and the majestic underground palace is located in the center of the monument array.

Gu Congxing glanced at the inscription outside the underground palace that read "The sword washes the mountains and rivers, and shines brightly like the sun and the moon", gritted his teeth and stepped in.

Walking down the stone steps, candles on both walls lit up one after another.

The deep tunnel seems to have no end.

This was the first time Gu Congxing came here, but he knew that he would see the person he was looking for just ahead on this road.

“Da, da—”

There is the sound of water.

Gu Congxing walked forward with the sword in hand. After a moment of silence, a burst of laughter came from the empty stone chamber underground.

"It's finally here."

"younger brother."

The dim candlelight lit up, like a curtain being lifted, revealing the full picture of the huge mural.

In the hellish scene, a monk was covered in sword light, like a god descended to the earth.

He was coiled by a huge black dragon, as if it was strangling him, or as if it wanted to swallow him into its belly.

One immortal and one demon, both seemed to want to tear each other apart, but they were entangled into one, forever engraved on the stone wall.

"Gu, Ming, Ting."

Gu Congxing looked at the handsome young man under the mural and spoke with gritted teeth.

Gu Mingting stood in a pool of blood. He raised his eyes and looked at Gu Congxing, with a leisurely smile on his face again.

He took a slow step forward, revealing the collapsed figure behind him.

Gu Congxing's eyes widened in shock: "That's... Gu Qing?!"

Gu Qing, he's dead?!

That Gu family rookie who had made a name for himself in the Immortal Sect Competition, died just like that?!

Gu Congxing thought he had been shocked enough, but at this moment his heart still sank.

"...You killed him?"

Gu Mingting was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Ah."

"It was me who killed him."

Although he already knew the answer, Gu Congxing still felt a chill all over his body.

Gu Qing was so close to Gu Mingting, how could he be killed so easily?

"Gu Mingting." Gu Congxing said word by word, "Did you orchestrate the Gu family rebellion?"

"It's me."

"...Jiang Zhou, was it you who killed him?"

"It's me."

"The demon clan..." Gu Congxing closed his eyes and spat out those words, "Did you design to bring them into the clan?"

“…”

Seeing that he was silent, Gu Congxing blinked and looked at him straight.

But Gu Mingting said, "It's me."

There was dead silence.

Gu Congxing heard his own voice as if it was fished out of a cold pond, with some trembling.

"What...are you doing this for?"

This time, Gu Mingting no longer answered every question.

Instead, the Soul-Breaking Sword was summoned.

On the dark black sword, blood patterns flickered like breathing.

"My stupid brother, you always have so many questions."

He clenched the Soul-Breaking Sword tightly, and the murderous aura on the sword suddenly burst out!

"Let's play a game, brother." He grinned, "If you beat me, I'll tell you everything."

"If you lose..."

A dark purple light flickered in the underground palace, and when it was reflected in Gu Mingting's eyes, it looked like a faint ghost fire dancing.

"Just give me your life."

Gu Congxing heard the sound of something breaking and left without returning.

He was still in the cold pond, but a raging fire was ignited in his heart, burning all over his limbs.

Jiang Li weeping bitterly, the injured Gu family disciple vomiting blood, Gu Qing lying in a pool of blood...

Too many people's faces flashed in his mind like endless flames.

What was finally burned out was the image of him hugging that person and acting coquettishly when he was a child.

“Gu Mingting…!”

The Whale-Slaying Sword made a buzzing sound and was held tightly in his hand.

The next moment, the sword intent with tremendous spiritual pressure suddenly attacked!

“Flowing Clouds, Floating Light——!!”

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Author has something to say: Lan Jue at this moment: I haven’t seen Cong Xing for a long time, I miss him [holding chin]

Zhong Ming: Has Second Brother come out of confinement? I miss him [bursts into tears]

Lan Jue & Zhong Ming: I want to contact him, but I'm afraid of disturbing his retreat, so let's wait. Master said he should come out of retreat once we complete our mission, so I believe in him.