Chapter 135 The Bai Family's Heritage
"What are the conditions?" Zhou Zhilu asked calmly.
"There are no conditions. You just need to inform the Song Dynasty court of what I told you."
Zhou Zhilu frowned slightly when he heard this.
The high priest lowered his eyes and said slowly, "Speaking of which, the beginning of this matter is closely related to the Song Dynasty fugitive Zhang Qian, whom you played."
"Zhang Qian?" Zhou Zhilu was stunned. He didn't expect that the fake identity he chose at random would be related to the matter he was investigating.
"Two years ago, Zhang Qian was being hunted and fled to the Guyuan Forest. I had no intention of dealing with him, but he accidentally stumbled upon the gathering place of my Gu Clan.
"I had no choice but to send some people to stop Zhang Qian, but... I sent five people, but in the end only one came back."
Zhang Qian's cultivation level was so high? Zhou Zhilu was surprised and puzzled. However, according to the information he had received, Zhang Qian was only at the third level.
The high priest saw Zhou Zhilu's confusion and continued, "It's not that Zhang Qian's cultivation is high, but that they encountered the Bai family after killing Zhang Qian!
"It was the Bai family who were hunting Zhang Qian. Our Gu Clan and the Bai family were already enemies, so naturally, we didn't hold back when we met. In the end, three of the five members of our Gu Clan were killed on the spot, one was captured alive, and one eventually escaped."
Having said that, the high priest's face was gloomy and he gritted his teeth.
Zhou Zhilu asked, "What does this have to do with the Bai family's search for Gu worms?"
The high priest replied, "The man who was captured alive is a genius that my Gu clan has not seen in a hundred years. He possesses a special physique that we call the Holy Gu Poison Body.
"For those who possess the Holy Body of Gu Poison, there will be no threshold for cultivation. The speed of their cultivation is only related to the amount of Gu poison they absorb. As long as they continue to absorb enough and powerful Gu insects, their cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds!"
Zhou Zhilu was surprised when he heard this and asked, "You mean, that Gu Poison Saint Body betrayed the Gu Clan and joined the Bai Family?"
"No! Impossible!" the high priest suddenly shouted.
"He couldn't possibly betray my Gu Clan. The Bai Family must have used some special means to control him, or...deprived him of his Gu Poison Sacred Body and transferred it to the Bai Family!"
Zhou Zhilu raised his eyebrows. He was more inclined to the second statement. According to what the high priest said, the Bai family's large-scale collection of poisonous insects was most likely to improve the cultivation of the Holy Body of Poison.
Well, unless you completely master this physique, you won't have to work so hard.
But then again, as one of the ancient families, why would the Bai family go to so much trouble for a poisonous holy body?
Although there is no bottleneck in the cultivation of the Holy Poison Body, there is also no bottleneck in the ancient family's special cultivation method.
unless……
Zhou Zhilu immediately looked at the high priest.
The high priest grinned and said, "It seems you have guessed it. The Bai family's inheritance... I'm afraid there is a problem!"
Then the high priest turned and walked towards the side of the temple where the walls were lined with old books.
The high priest took one of the books and said as he flipped through it, "Three or four hundred years ago, before the Zhou Dynasty fell, when my Gu clan fought against the Bai family, the Bai family often used a musical technique.
“When the harp strings sound, there is no more fighting; when the harp music sounds, all spirits are extinguished.
"But what's interesting is that since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, I haven't seen the Bai family's zither or heard their music again. Instead, they have begun to use the power of the White Snake."
"White Snake?"
The high priest laughed strangely and said, "The ancient families... sometimes we have to admit that they are even more mysterious than our Gu tribe. The power that manifested as a white snake may be related to the demon tribe..."
Zhou Zhilu instantly remembered the power displayed by Yu Yao during the previous competition in the Buddhist world, when she transformed into the appearance of a fox.
And now the Bai family is using the power of the white snake. Could it be true, as the high priest said, that the ancient family also has a connection with the demon race?!
However, in the northern border of the Song Dynasty, the most powerful family in attacking and killing demons is none other than the Li family, one of the ancient aristocratic families.
"Do you know how old the ninth-level expert of the Bai family is now?" the high priest suddenly asked.
However, before Zhou Zhilu could answer, the high priest smiled and said to himself, "As early as six hundred years ago, my Gu Clan already had records of the Bai family's old lady reaching the ninth level of strength."
Zhou Zhilu was shocked when he heard this. Six hundred years ago, he had already reached the ninth level, and he had never heard of anyone being able to cultivate to the ninth level within a hundred years. Doesn't that mean that this old lady from the Bai family must be at least seven hundred years old?!
At least according to the historical facts I have recorded, no one has ever lived to such an old age.
Even the holy Buddha in the Buddhist world, as far as Zhou Zhilu knew, became a Buddha not long after the fall of the Zhou Dynasty during the chaotic times of the time, which means he was only about four hundred years old.
"But even ninth-rank warriors have a lifespan. If the old lady of the Bai family were to die at this moment, the Bai family inheritance would be in trouble. Coincidentally, a new cultivation system has appeared at this time, which can alleviate the urgent need for succession..."
The high priest smiled and looked at Zhou Zhilu: "If it were you, what would you do?"
Zhou Zhilu was silent. The answer was self-evident. Naturally, he would fully support this new way of practice and urge the emergence of a high-level cultivator to stabilize the situation after the old lady of the Bai family left, where no one could suppress the Song Dynasty court and the southern Gu tribe.
Then he looked at the high priest and asked, "Do you think the court will help your Gu tribe?"
The high priest smiled and said, "What do you think?"
Zhou Zhilu sighed. Based on his understanding of the Song Dynasty court, this was also possible.
After all, the ancient aristocratic family is not the ancient aristocratic family of the Song Dynasty. Their strength is too strong, and the court's attitude towards the ancient aristocratic family is more cautious and balanced.
In the past, the imperial court did not have many ways to deal with ancient families. Now, hearing that there may be problems with the Bai family's inheritance, from the perspective of the Song Dynasty, it is said that taking the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Bai family is the most beneficial option.
After all, the Gu clan is not like the demon clan. The northern border cannot do without the Li family, but the southern border can do without the Bai family!
The high priest of the Gu tribe noticed this and set his sights on Zhou Zhilu, hoping to gain assistance from the Song Dynasty court to balance the Bai family.
Under the gaze of the high priest, Zhou Zhilu passed on the results of the investigation through the Yingzijian.
The next day, Zhou Zhilu received a message:
"The Special Demon Case Investigation Team will immediately evacuate Southern Xinjiang. From now on, the Anbu will take over the matter and secretly prevent the Bai family from gaining the power of the new cultivation system!"
Zhou Zhilu looked at these words with a complicated expression. He was not concerned about the Bai family, but he was worried that once the Bai family found out about this, the people of Yunjiang City would probably become hostages of the Bai family!
And the court...naturally chose the Bai family between the two.
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