Gu Qingxi was not angry when she heard the city lord's unscrupulous ridicule, but asked in a deep voice: "What do you want to do?"
The city lord did not answer her, but stepped out of the attic, floating in the air, overlooking the entire city, and said faintly: "I took over this city from my father and governed it diligently. Over the past few hundred years, the people have lived and worked in peace and prosperity. It's all thanks to me. You have also seen the love and respect of the city people for me. Now, it's time for them to repay me."
Gu Qingxi listened to his words and began to move quietly with her hands.
He did not notice Gu Qingxi's hidden movements behind him, or if he noticed, he would not care. In his opinion, what can a mere foundation building do to fight him?
"Repay, how to repay?" Gu Qingxi continued to ask.
Ye Wuchen understood that Gu Qingxi was stalling for time.
"I finally understand what my way is." The city lord's voice was a little ethereal and a little crazy. The next moment his voice spread far and wide, spreading throughout the city, and all the citizens heard the voice of their city lord.
The citizens who were receiving things in front of the City Lord's Mansion subconsciously stopped what they were doing and looked up at the City Lord floating above the City Lord's Mansion.
"My way is the ruthless way! Ruthless and desireless, free of worries, cutting off all ties is ruthlessness, and only the ruthless way is the real way." The City Lord's expression became more and more ferocious, and his voice became louder and louder.
At this moment, the people in front of the City Lord's Mansion were stunned when they heard this.
The wife and children of the City Lord were also stunned, and they all looked at the City Lord in confusion.
Only the eldest daughter's face changed, and an ominous feeling had risen in her heart.
"Father, what are you talking about?" The youngest son of the City Lord looked at the City Lord in confusion and asked in confusion.
The answer to him was the City Lord's flying sword.
It was fierce, full of murderous intent, and merciless.
The City Lord's wife reacted the fastest. After hugging her son, she quickly threw out a magic weapon. This was obviously a defensive magic weapon, but it was not enough to completely resist the attack of the City Lord. Both mother and son were seriously injured, but their lives were saved.
"Father, what are you doing?" The youngest son spat out blood and looked at the city lord floating in the air in disbelief. He didn't believe that he was the father who loved him. The look in his father's eyes at this moment was so cold and ruthless. There was even a trace of regret in his eyes.
What was he regretting? Regret that he didn't kill him with a sword just now?
The young master shuddered and hugged his mother tightly. If it weren't for his mother's rescue, he would have lost his life.
"Father, what's wrong with you? Are you possessed? Wake up." The eldest young master was shocked and scared, and shouted anxiously.
In response to him, there was also a sword full of murderous intent.
The eldest lady next to him seemed to have expected this a long time ago, and also took out a defensive magic weapon and threw it out, and then pushed her brother to roll on the ground. The eldest young master's life was saved by the eldest lady.
"Today, I will kill my relatives for the right way." The city lord's cold and distorted voice rang in everyone's ears.
"Father?!!" The young master looked at his ferocious father in disbelief. What did he hear? Did he hear it wrong?
"Stupid, you heard it right, let's run!" The young lady shouted angrily, pulling the young master to run towards the city gate.
"And you, I have raised you for so many years, it's time for you to repay me. Helping me to practice Taoism is what you should repay me." The city lord did not chase after him, but smiled and said lightly. After that, he slashed at the dense crowd with a sword.
The black sword energy whistled in, carrying a strong murderous intent.
The breath of death enveloped the crowd below.
"Run! He is going to kill everyone." The young lady yelled.
This sword did not kill anyone. Because several talismans appeared out of thin air, forming a small formation to block the sword. The spiritual power and the black sword energy met in mid-air, producing a strong collision and making a violent sound. The fluctuations caused also hurt some people, but fortunately no one died, but many people were injured.
"Leave here quickly, the city lord wants to sacrifice the lives of everyone in the city." Gu Qingxi's voice sounded.
"Listen to her, run quickly, she was the one who rescued us just now. Father has gone crazy, run quickly!" The eldest lady made a prompt decision and shouted loudly.
The crowd was in chaos, and there was a lot of crying.
Gu Qingxi also saw the two children who had led her before. They were crying and running away in their father's arms.
She would never allow this stupid city lord to take anyone's life!
Gu Qingxi flew into the air with her sword and stood in front of the city lord.
"If you want to be the first to die, that's fine. You come and be my first step towards the ruthless way." The city lord's face was full of black air, and his smile became more and more twisted and weird.
Gu Qingxi didn't notice that Ye Wuchen's eyes had become empty. His eyes were already somewhat absent-minded, and he murmured softly: "The ruthless way... no desire and no emotion, cut off all ties... Is this the ruthless way?"
Gradually, Ye Wuchen's eyes darkened, slowly turning black, and then slightly red. He felt as if he was floating in the void, as if he was about to break through, but also as if he was lost.
"Ruthless way? Hahaha!" Gu Qingxi laughed out loud, mocking mercilessly, "You are worthy of being called the ruthless way? You are the real stupid way, the brain-dead way! The real ruthless way is to embrace the people and protect all living things. The ruthless way is to love and be ruthless!!!"
Gu Qingxi's last words were loud and clear.
Ye Wuchen, who had been somewhat absent-minded, was suddenly called back to his senses. Hearing Gu Qingxi's last words, it was like thunder in his ears and deafening!
He stared at Gu Qingxi, who had a contemptuous smile on his face, and his reason finally returned. Then Gu Qingxi's words kept echoing in his heart. Great love is ruthless! Caring for the common people, protecting all living things...
Great love is ruthless, great love is ruthless...
Ye Wuchen's eyes became clearer and clearer.
The next moment, Gu Qingxi had thrown out several talismans in his hand.
The city lord couldn't help but laugh contemptuously. He wanted to stop him with just these few talismans.
However, the next moment, countless talismans flew out from the attic, and the dark talismans seemed to have life. They fluttered lightly, flashing with white light. Finally, they surrounded the city lord in the middle.
The city lord didn't take it seriously, but sneered and slashed out with a sword.
However, this sword didn't destroy any of the talismans, but only aroused a white halo in front of the talisman, and then the power of this sword seemed to sink into the sea and disappeared. These talismans actually formed a defensive formation!
The city lord's face finally changed slightly.
The city lord's wife, the eldest daughter and others led the residents in the city to flee desperately towards the city gate. However, when they arrived at the city gate, they found desperately that there was a transparent barrier blocking them and no one could get out. No matter how the eldest daughter and the eldest young master raised their swords to cut the barrier, it was ineffective. Instead, both of them were shocked and flew out. And they were injured, but fortunately the injury was not serious.
"Mother, I don't want to die, wuwuwu..." The young master cried.
The young master's crying affected the emotions of many people. The mood of despair was spreading, and many people began to cry. Many people rushed to the front and hit the barrier, and the result was imaginable.
"What should I do? What should I do now?" Someone cried.
"Madam of the city lord, please think of a way." Someone cried and called the city lord's wife.
The city lord's wife was at a loss, and she just hugged the child in her arms tighter. She didn't know why the person beside her suddenly became so terrible. Just to practice Taoism, he wanted all their lives.
"Sister, I don't want to be a city lord anymore. I just want to live." The young master cried with tears and snot.
The young lady looked at her eldest brother with disdain. Although she knew it was inappropriate at the moment, she still couldn't help complaining in her heart. Even if this didn't happen, you don't have the ability to be a city lord!
"Maybe we won't die. Because she is here." The young lady wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked up at the figure floating in the air in the distance. The figure was a little thin, but the figure was so upright. Unwaveringly blocked the city lord.
That figure was Gu Qingxi.
(The setting of the ruthless way of the hidden level was borrowed from the setting of my friend's article with her consent. Any similarities are not coincidental.)
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