Chapter 66

"Brother, are you hiding something from me?

Gu Yunshuang's words forced Qi Yue to regain consciousness.

Facing the clear gaze of his childhood sweetheart, Qi Yue felt more and more guilty, and forced himself to remain calm and said, "No, how could I possibly hide something from you?

Damn it! Where did he get caught?

Gu Yunshuang was very considerate and explained his confusion: "Are you curious about where you gave yourself away? You've revealed a lot of flaws. If you weren't hiding something from me and were afraid that I would find out, you wouldn't be so determined to oppose me becoming a Heavenly Master.

I just experienced a ghostly realm, encountering the Ghost King, an evil spirit, and a mysterious shadow. It was a terrifying experience. Upon returning, you didn't immediately check on me, nor did you inquire about my condition. This is very unlike you. Given your level of concern for me, this shouldn't be the case. Unless you were there, or watching the entire process, you know everything and don't need to ask me.

But how is that possible? Director Lin also said that you were already mentally disturbed when I was trapped in the ghost realm. Even if you were monitoring me the entire time, you shouldn't have known what happened. If you were to review the surveillance or video footage afterwards, you would definitely ask me first. Since you didn't ask, it wasn't just a review of the surveillance footage, but a personal experience. So you must have been there at the time, right? Or is there a spell like shared memory?"

“…”

Qi Yue wiped his sweat frantically and laughed dryly, "How, how is this possible? The Celestial Master Realm currently doesn't have a spell that allows for shared memories."

Gu Yunshuang looked at him deeply and said, "Oh, if it's not shared memory, then it's a spell like the clone technique."

Qi Yue: “…”

"What caught my attention at the time was the black shadow that suddenly appeared and fought with the Ghost King. If it hadn't stopped the Ghost King and the evil god, we wouldn't have escaped danger so safely. It also kept intentionally protecting us. At the time, I just felt that it felt familiar and kind. Now that I think about it carefully, it gives me a very similar feeling to you."

Gu Yunshuang said meaningfully, "Now you insist on stopping me from becoming a Heavenly Master, and you promise to protect me at all times. Is it safe to assume that it's related to you, or rather, that it's a clone of yours, with whom you can share memories and be separated for extended periods, allowing it to remain hidden by my side 24/7 to protect me?"

Qi Yue: “…”

Qi Yue and Zhou Sheng were both dumbfounded.

Gu Yun's eyes gleamed, as if possessed by Conan. "But if it's just a clone, what's there to hide? You're so adamant about not agreeing to my becoming a Heavenly Master. Could it be that this black shadow clone isn't an ordinary Heavenly Master's method? If I become a Heavenly Master, sooner or later I'll discover that you actually..."

Qi Yue was afraid that his next sentence would be "You are not even human", so his body fled before his brain could react, and he disappeared in a flash.

Zhou Sheng was stunned. Just a few words could scare Qi Yue, the great killer, into running away. Gu Yunshuang was so terrifying!

The terrifying Gu Yunshuang turned around and stared at him with sharp eyes.

Zhou Sheng swallowed and asked nervously, "What, what happened?"

"You all know what my brother is hiding from me. Don't deny it. The shadow is the evidence."

Zhou Sheng: “…”

Gu Yunshuang narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze was extremely oppressive: "You all know this, but you only hid it from me?"

“…”

Zhou Sheng's mind went blank, and his body reacted before his brain did, so he also fled in panic.

In Director Lin’s office, several of the strongest fighters still in the Special Management Bureau gathered here.

Director Lin, watching all this from the surveillance camera, slammed his head on the table in anger. "Stupid guy! If he hadn't run away and insisted he didn't know, he could have gotten away with it. But by running away, isn't that just like he's acquiesced to everything?"

Assistant Fang reminded: "Director, the most important thing now is how to help Qi Yue get away with this."

Director Lin: “…”

Director Lin thought of Gu Yunshuang's piercing gaze and realized he couldn't get away with it. For someone as resolute as Gu Yunshuang, no matter how many plausible reasons you offered, he would simply trust his intuition and feelings. No matter how much you said, it would be useless.

Director Lin was also baffled. "This kid usually looks well-behaved and has a bit of a brother complex. Who would have thought he'd be so perceptive? Don't just stand there like idiots. Come on, help me think of a solution."

Several elites from the Special Management Bureau looked at each other and shook their heads in pain. They had no good solution.

Suddenly someone asked, "Where is Gu Yunshuang going? Why does this path look so familiar?"

Assistant Fang was horrified: "Oh no! He's coming this way!"

Everyone in the office was in a panic. They rushed to the door and tried to run away. Their eyes met Gu Yunshuang who was coming from the other end of the corridor.

Bang! The group of people shrank back in fear and slammed the door shut.

Director Lin was furious: "Who told you to hide back here? Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth? Was it that bastard who closed the door?"

Assistant Fang: "Director, you were the one running in front just now, you were the first to hide back, and you were the one who closed the door."

Director Lin's face froze, and he said guiltily, "I'm going to tell him now that I slipped my hand. Do you think he'll believe me?"

Everyone shook their heads in agreement.

Knock knock knock, there was a knock on the door.

Click! The person closest to the door subconsciously locked it.

As soon as the knocking stopped, everyone turned around and glared at the man.

The man smiled awkwardly.

Gu Yunshuang's voice rang out from outside the door: "Director, open the door, I know you are inside."

Director Lin really wanted to reply, "I'm not here," but he didn't dare, so he could only pretend to be dead.

Gu Yunshuang waited for a while, and seeing that there was still no movement inside, he sneered and said, "Qi Yue, I know you are here, help me open the door!"

The dark shadow under his feet twisted slightly, and a wisp of black mist slipped silently in from the crack of the door, turning into a black hand that was about to open the door.

Director Lin and the others stared blankly: "Traitor! Don't you see who we are fighting for?"

The black mist twisted and turned into a line of small characters: "I don't want to do this either, but Shuangshuang has already called me Qi Yue. If I don't obey, he'll be even angrier. So, I'm relying on you to keep my vest."

Director Lin and others: ...

The black mist turned into a black hand and pressed firmly on the handle.

Click, and the door lock was opened.

The room was in chaos, as if a strong wind had passed through.

When the door was pushed open, the office was empty, with only the messy tables and chairs proving how hastily the people there had left. The wind was blowing in through the fully opened window.

I walked to the window and looked out, and saw the figures of several people who jumped out of the window in a panic and quickly disappeared.

Gu Yunshuang was so angry that he laughed and gritted his teeth: "That's really good!"

The shadow under his feet shrank slightly, then quickly returned to normal, as if it was just a normal shadow, very serious.

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Director Lin didn't run far. He made a circle and hid back in the research institute. Qi Yue was already there cooperating with researchers to study the remnants of the evil god.

Seeing Director Lin limping in, holding his waist, he was genuinely surprised: "Huh? Director, did you fall like this while climbing that wall?"

Director Lin rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "Don't you know how I fell like this? Stop pretending to be stupid! Otherwise, I'll go get Yun Shuang."

Qi Yue immediately stopped and didn't dare to act like a troublemaker anymore. He diligently brought him a chair.

Director Lin supported his waist and slowly sat down, sighing helplessly, "I'm really old. When I was young, I was in the special forces, and jumping from the third floor was easy and normal. Now I can't do it anymore."

The most hateful thing is that those Heavenly Masters had not undergone the rigorous training of the Chinese soldiers, yet nothing happened to them.

"Could it be that your Heavenly Master is really like the legendary cultivators, and can strengthen his body just by meditating?" Director Lin muttered in a low voice.

Qi Yue hesitated, "It's not that fantastical. Even a Heavenly Master needs to practice hard to become a master of ancient martial arts. But we have a light body talisman. Didn't they give you a light body talisman when you jumped?"

Director Lin: “…”

Director Lin was furious and wanted to rush over to settle the score with them, but he was limping and couldn't walk. He could only pick up his cell phone and call the person on the other side and curse him out.

The man waited until he finished cursing before saying awkwardly, "Director Lin, it's not that we didn't want to give you the Light Body Talisman, but it happened so suddenly that we didn't expect it. And you jumped the fastest, so we didn't have time to give it to you."

Director Lin was choked.

After hanging up the phone in frustration, he thought more and more about it. Why were they running? Because they had many ways to trick Gu Yunshuang. Gu Yunshuang certainly hadn't guessed Qi Yue was no longer human. Perhaps he simply thought Qi Yue had secretly practiced some evil method, creating an inhuman clone that was causing significant damage to his original self, hence the reason he kept it a secret from him.

Therefore, they just need to follow Gu Yunshuang's guess!

Why did they try to hide their guilt and even jump out of the window?

Director Lin thought about it and finally glared at Qi Yue unhappily.

That’s right, the problem lies with Qi Yue.

If this guy hadn't escaped first, it would have created a tense atmosphere for them and highlighted Gu Yunshuang's sharpness and intelligence, giving them the illusion that no matter how they lied, they would be exposed. They wouldn't have been scared to the point of having their minds go blank and only thinking of escaping with him.

So, in fact, sand sculpture is contagious!

Qi Yue felt guilty after being glared at. He didn't dare to look at Director Lin's dead eyes. He coughed dryly and quickly redirected his attention, saying, "I've almost figured out the origins of this evil god."

Director Lin really listened to him attentively.

The so-called evil god is not a real god. Qi Yue has discovered that it is just a vengeful spirit formed by the resentment of the wild god after his death.

Director Lin was not surprised at all when he heard that it was not a real god.

Since more than two hundred years ago, those gods have gradually disappeared, and even now, no trace of their divine power remains. Simultaneously, the causal cycle has become increasingly weaker. The world of metaphysics has entered the Age of Dharma Decline. But at the same time, the Heavenly Dao's control over those within the metaphysical sect has also weakened.

With extraordinary supernatural powers in their hands, some evil-minded masters will go astray if they lose control.

Therefore, it was very necessary for the country to eliminate superstition at that time.

The Qi family joined forces with the respected Heavenly Masters in the Heavenly Master world to establish the Heavenly Master Association not only to preserve the Heavenly Master heritage, but also to restrain the Heavenly Masters from using metaphysical means to do things that are harmful to the world.

However, the restrictions imposed by the Tianshi Association also became invalid seven years ago. That's why Xu Jizong and others dared to engage in such reckless soul-refining and soul-collecting activities for cultivation.

Director Lin said, "The Celestial Master Association is completely finished. Even if it can continue to exist, its status in the metaphysical world has plummeted, and it will no longer be able to control the world's Celestial Masters. The higher-ups are saying that now is the perfect time for the Special Management Bureau to take over the metaphysical world. Once the crimes of Xu Jizong and his men are thoroughly investigated, they will convene a metaphysical conference in the capital. You must attend then."

Qi Yue said he understood: "Don't worry, I will definitely support you when the time comes. Let's see who still refuses to obey the Special Management Bureau's discipline."

It's not just for this.

Director Lin hesitated to speak, and decided not to tell him for now and give him a surprise later.

Then Qi Yue's tone changed. "I told you I've made great contributions and sacrificed a lot, right? And I've been so cooperative and helpful to you. You should help me find a way to keep my face in front of Shuangshuang."

“…”

Director Lin's face twisted for a moment, but then he smiled kindly, "Xiao Yue, how's your study going? You've been busy these days and haven't done many papers, have you? It's May now, and there are less than two months left until the high school entrance exam. Are you confident you can get into a good high school?"

Qi Yue: “…”