Chapter 240 What if I have a guilty conscience? (Three in One)
[Conch Book] It is impossible to verify when this thing existed in the Sea Country, but it is certain that this thing must have appeared in ancient times.
In other words, this is something that has existed at least since the so-called "Honglu Great Era".
The national defense formation constructed by their power is enough to block the entire Hai Kingdom, and even the first-rank officials cannot enter. Otherwise, if there are such huge profits from smuggling alone, how could the Wei Dynasty have kept the Hai Kingdom for so many years?
If outsiders want to break through, they can only do as mentioned before, using the skin of the witch people.
The Wu Clan had been hiding in the Wei Dynasty for so many years, and was finally dug out by the "Mie" Dao, and was wiped out by Gu Fangchen.
Now, all these Wu clan members are under Gu Fangchen's control, and no one else can enter the Sea Kingdom.
Xu Fu temporarily forced Xie Qian and Shi Qingguang to retreat, but it was only temporary. Besides, Gu Fangchen had no intention of fighting with them at this moment. He needed to wait for the most appropriate time to solve all the problems. To do this, he had to delay safely for a while.
At this moment, only the sea country can be considered safe.
After Gu Fangchen handed the "animal skin" of the witch clan to Xu Fu, he looked at the "Yuebai Gong" who was standing silently in the air.
"Lord Yubai" had just been fighting with "Goddess of Joy" and was also affected by the ancestor's milk, leaving his body in a state of misery.
The straw raincoat originally made of rusty swords had been completely shattered, revealing the body that had been covered by the raincoat. In the center of his chest was a huge black hole.
But at this moment, only half of the hole was left.
To be precise, only half of the "Yuebaigong"'s entire body was left.
Half of his body, a hand, a foot, and half of his face had disappeared, like a tattered sack that could not contain the internal organs.
In his remaining hand, the long sword he held was covered with cracks and scarlet poisonous flowers, but his fingers did not waver at all.
Gu Fangchen saluted him solemnly and said in a deep voice:
"Thank you very much."
Although "The Foolish Lord" was trying to get clues about his daughter, to do this was equivalent to destroying a second-grade puppet, which was enough for Gu Fangchen to express his sincere gratitude.
Two against two, if he only wanted to save Gu Fangchen's life, then he only needed to use 60% of his strength. Even though Gu Fangchen might be seriously injured, if he was intentional, it would actually make it easier to control Gu Fangchen later.
But "窳败公" did not.
The injuries on Gu Fangchen's body now are not serious. With his strong body, he will recover after recuperating for a period of time.
The two leaders of the demon sect attacked together, but the battle did not affect Gu Fangchen at all.
Prajna Lianyue and Gu Fangchen had a deep relationship, so they put in all their strength.
As for "誳败公", his original intention was for his daughter, but his actual actions had gone beyond the scope of his interests.
Although "Yuebai Gong" had cooperated with Gu Fangchen before, he basically did things just enough. I don't know if it is because the current situation in the world has reached the point where he has to find a side to stand on completely, which made "Yuebai Gong" make up his mind.
But no matter what, the result of today's battle proves that the choice of "Yuebai Gong" was correct.
The death of the two leaders of the demon sect "Jie" and "Sheng" here has already marked the official collapse of the entire "Ten Upper Sects".
The evil cult's forces are no longer able to turn the tide.
What remains is the contest between Da Wei and Qing Man, and between Confucianism and Gu Fangchen.
The "Rude Lord" turned his head, and only half of his head remained, and it seemed as if he still had "gaze" directed at Gu Fangchen.
Because his neck was also torn, his voice was like a rusty and stuck shell, coming out intermittently:
"No... no, it's not necessary to untie the knot... I, I still need to..."
When he was halfway through his speech, his neck finally couldn't bear the weight, and under the influence of the remaining "life" force, it suddenly grew a mass of flesh and blood, pushing half of his head off.
"Yuebai Gong" was silent for a while, and then a sigh came from somewhere.
Then, on the broken body of "The Defeatable Lord", lines of crimson puppet threads emerged.
These silk threads extended backwards, gathered together, and fell into a pair of extremely slender and delicate hands with distinct joints.
The exquisiteness of these hands is breathtaking. Every detail is flawless without any flaws. They can be said to be a pair of beautiful hands.
But these are the hands of a man, and more importantly, the hands of a craftsman.
A craftsman who is unrivaled in the world and made a second-grade puppet.
Seeing these hands, Gu Fangchen felt a bit like he was suffering from PTSD. He subconsciously wanted to check his backpack and start stacking buffs, doing some pre-battle monkey tricks.
Every time I saw these hands, I would see a long line of blood.
This health bar belongs to the second stage of "The Defeatable Duke".
The true form of Guaguagong.
"Yanshi", Xuanming!
Gu Fangchen twitched the corners of his mouth, controlled his instinct, and looked up in the direction of the hands.
Behind the tattered puppet of "The Prodigal Lord", a handsome young man with gentle looks and pale skin appeared in the air, holding a red string.
The young man looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old, dressed in simple black clothes, with a childish face except for his white hair. His expressionless, gloomy and cold demeanor still matched the age and identity of the master of the "Death" Dao.
Why do players like to call the player "Gua Gua Gong" such a cute name?
Apart from not being able to read, his true form... is indeed a little different from the terrifying, mysterious and frightening image of "The Defeatable Lord".
He is also one of the few male bosses with relatively high appearance in the game "Mirror in Dust", and he is quite popular among female players.
Of course, the puppet "Yaobai Gong" is also handsome and pretentious. Apart from being too difficult to defeat, it has no other shortcomings.
Someone may ask at this time.
Why does Gua Gua Gong maintain his youthful appearance?
According to the secret records in the game, it was because Xuanming once entered the border of Jiuyou from the extreme of the "death" path, and touched another "life" path. The combination of the two created a living puppet.
In other words, he was once a practitioner of the "life" way, and at the same time he grasped two completely opposite ways.
With the help of the puppet created by the fusion of these two paths, Xuanming also reached the first-grade realm for a time.
His true realm is higher than that of other Taoist masters.
As we all know, the reincarnation of the entire world today is to crush and reorganize the existing souls, and nothing new is created.
But Xuanming was the puppet created at that time.
The spirit and soul on it are truly created out of nothing!
At the moment of creating the puppet, Xuan Ming saw things he shouldn't have seen and knew that he had touched things he shouldn't have touched. In order to save his life and his creation.
He had to use secret techniques to reverse his own karma and regress to a new realm, allowing himself to remain at this age forever and deceive the heavens.
However, it was too late in the end.
The original "Heavenly Gate" was only open for a moment, but Xuanming's daughter had already come into contact with it and fell into a deep sleep, unable to open her eyes again.
This is the mistake Xuanming once made!
This is also the reason why his daughter has been sleeping.
That’s right, the living artificial puppet that came out of nothing was Xuan Ming’s greatest masterpiece of his life - Xuan Ling.
Xuan Ming treated her as his own daughter and worked hard for many years just to wake her up, but unfortunately he still got nothing.
Until... that day, he discovered that someone was impersonating him by practicing magic.
The white-haired young man Xuan Ming looked at Gu Fangchen and continued what he had not finished saying, saying lightly:
"No need to thank me. 'The person who tied the bell must untie it.' As long as you can truly untie the crux of this world, then I've used this puppet correctly."
He turned his wrist, and the red line quickly tightened, taking back the "誳败公".
In fact, from the fact that this puppet has the strength of the second grade, and his original body is also the second grade, it can be seen that his real strength is far beyond that of others.
However, like Shi Qingguang and Ying Baishou, he was also trying to avoid becoming a first-rank official, and he did it more thoroughly than them.
Xuanming glanced at the Sea Kingdom in the distance, which was shrouded in the [Conch Book] barrier.
"When you return from the Sea Country, find Duan Qicang and he will bring you to see me."
"General Qianmo" Duan Qicang.
The Demon Cult's slow operation during this period was also due to his contribution.
Without the cover of the life plate of the "Six Star Gods", the traces of the evil cult were nowhere to be hidden.
Without General Qianmo's teleportation formation, the Demon Cult was like losing its left and right arms, and became disabled.
I can no longer appear and disappear as I did before, going wherever I want. I can only rely on my physical body to run around, which is very tiring.
Duan Qicang's "longitude and latitude" covers the entire bardo underworld. It's not just a problem that this teleportation array cannot be used. Even if the Demon Cult wants to use other teleportation arrays, they will also be interfered with.
To incite him to defect is equivalent to cutting off all of the cult's transportation routes, which is very fatal.
Gu Fangchen nodded, then smiled and said leisurely:
"Meet Xuanling too. I have been fascinated by your daughter for a long time."
Xuan Ming: “…”
His face darkened, he took a deep breath, looked at Gu Fangchen deeply, then turned around and disappeared in mid-air.
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Gu Fangchen brought Yi'er, Prajna Lianyue and Xu Fu with him and flew straight to the Sea Kingdom.
With their cultivation level, it would only take about half a minute to cross the sea between Wei and Haiguo with all their strength.
But for ordinary people, although this sea country looks close, it actually feels like a case of "running to the mountain and then dying".
The reason why the Sea Country seems close is simply because it is so big.
In the center of the sea country is the [Conch Book] in the shape of a huge conch shell. It is like an extremely huge mountain, thousands of feet high, comparable to the white bones and skeletons lying on the Qingman grassland.
Obviously something of the same level.
Coupled with the mysterious mist produced by the national defense formation, it created the visual illusion that the Sea Country was very close.
On the way, Prajna Lianyue couldn't help but look at Xu Fu frequently.
The Imperial Master still had a blank expression on his face, his eyes fixed straight ahead, he was dressed in white and had black hair, looking extremely cool and detached.
Gu Fangchen explained about the Sea Kingdom and the Witch Clan, and she listened, then responded with "um," "ok," and "yes," without saying a single unnecessary word.
But the more businesslike she was, the more deliberate Prajna Lianyue felt.
After all, she knew that Gu Fangchen and Xu Fu had a close relationship.
Back then in the palace, he only sent a servant named Xiyin to monitor him, but Xu Fu gave him gold, scriptures, and even the keys to his house.
All the gossip in Huangtian City has spread to the White Horse Temple.
Even when Gu Fangchen committed regicide and treason, Xu Fu turned a blind eye. If she hadn't let him go, Gu Fangchen would never have been able to escape from Huangtian City.
And now it is even more incredible.
Although he just came to help Gu Fangchen, Xu Fu’s real body appeared at this moment!
Everyone knows that this "Saint of Fate" Xu Fu, since he came down the mountain and became the State Master of the Great Wei with the destiny of "Peace", has been practicing meditation and sitting in seclusion for five hundred years, and has almost never left the Canliao Pillar.
Basically, all matters were conveyed by spirits or by Taoist children or cranes.
They are on the sea at the moment. Although it is not far away from Huangtian City, it is still thousands of miles away!
In other words, as soon as Gu Fangchen returned to Central Plains, Xu Fu immediately abandoned the entire Huangtian City and came to rescue him in his true form.
The Great Wei, which we have defended for five hundred years, is now abandoned just like that!
It's unbelievable!
What's more, when Xu Fu came this time, he turned against the "Confucian Sage" without any hesitation.
No matter from which angle you look at it, the friendship between her and Gu Fangchen is definitely not something that can be described as deep or profound.
However, her attitude towards Gu Fangchen at this moment was as cold as if she was just passing by and saw something unfair.
Because it is too normal, it is actually abnormal.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be this cold.
Unless... she feels guilty.
As soon as this thought flashed through Prajna Lianyue's mind, her pupils constricted and a hint of suspicion arose.
Although she knows how to take advantage of human nature, she has never actually experienced it. She can only observe the six realms of sentient beings through the eyes of the Buddha Mother, which is equivalent to an excellent academic who uses a set of question banks to solve problems.
However, if it happens to oneself, everything will be blank.
Fortunately, she is not completely ignorant of love now. After all, she was the one who stayed up late to read the entire book "The Incompetent Wife".
All the tricks involved were so shocking that they were firmly imprinted in her mind.
I can't forget it even if I want to.
At the end of the story, there is an explosive ending. The husband, who has been bullied by all kinds of women, finally confesses his decision to stay away from officialdom and live in seclusion in the countryside with his wife, never to care about right and wrong again.
The wife was silent after hearing this, and the husband, with tears in his eyes, said sincerely:
"No matter what happened in the past, as long as we both have a clear conscience, we can still be a loving couple."
Prajna Lianyue was originally relieved, thinking that although the story was outrageous, it still had a good ending and did not do anything evil.
However, after a long silence, the wife spoke:
"What if I have a guilty conscience?"
The entire story ends here.
When Prajna Lianyue saw this, she felt like the sky was falling.
Why does the wife feel guilty? It is simply because she knew the truth all along and was not, as previously stated, "incompetent" or "ignorant."
It is because I know it clearly that I feel guilty.
Prajna Lianyue has been having wild thoughts for a while now, and the culprit is not the messy plot of the story, but rather the unexpected ending.
If you feel guilty, you will naturally feel guilty.
Only when you feel guilty will you remain silent.
Then the silence meant...she knew exactly what she had done.
Prajna Lianyue looked at Xu Fu, who had an expressionless face and didn't even glance at Gu Fangchen, and her eyes became more and more weird.
This level of guilt... Considering the Imperial Master's temperament, what on earth did he do to deserve this?
Xu Fu was not a wooden man, and Prajna Lianyue's cultivation was lower than hers. She immediately noticed something was wrong, frowned, and turned her head away.
Prajna Lianyue did not dodge or evade, and her green glass-like eyes met Xu Fu's gaze steadily.
Xu Fu got straight to the point and asked calmly:
"Prajna Lianyue, do you have any questions?"
Prajna Lianyue suddenly smiled charmingly and said:
"Lian Yue is indeed puzzled. I heard that when they were in Huangtian City, the Imperial Preceptor gave them gold and the Imperial Preceptor's Palace Order, and that they had a very good relationship. Why is it that when they actually met today, he felt that the Imperial Preceptor was very cold towards him?"
Xu Fu was slightly startled, pursed his lips, and felt Gu Fangchen's half-smiled gaze move to him. His mood, which had finally adjusted, began to fluctuate again. He turned his head again and said coldly:
"It's just a matter of each taking what they need and trading benefits. How can you say they have a good relationship?"
"The same thing happened today."
Prajna Lianyue stared at her cold face, unable to see any flaws, but the more she looked, the more she felt something was wrong:
"Even when he fell out with the 'Confucian Sage', is it the same?"
"Same here."
Xu Fu spoke calmly, glanced at her, and said solemnly:
"Prajna Lianyue, you are a little wrong."
"The reason why I became the Imperial Master of the Great Wei is because it is the will of heaven that peace will befall the Great Wei."
"Now I know that 'peace' fell on Gu Fangchen, but before, he was in the Great Wei."
"If he had been born in Qingman from the beginning, there might have been two great Tianza in Qingman."
Gu Fangchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
The Imperial Master is quite good at telling jokes...
Xu Fu continued:
“Wherever destiny lies, that is where I stand.”
"Don't think that I am united with the Confucians. What they are doing now is contrary to 'peace'. They are my enemies, nothing more."
She said this lightly, then turned around again and disappeared from the spot.
When Prajna Lianyue heard her say this, she was almost frightened and her expression was stunned.
But then, her expression became even weirder and more serious.
Something is wrong...something is so wrong!
This woman's temper was notoriously eccentric and aloof. She had originally gone to Huangtian City because she wanted to find Xu Fu to figure out the whereabouts of the "Lotus in the Womb". At that time, she was also worried that Xu Fu would be difficult to deal with.
If she was misunderstood, she would not explain anything to others.
Because everything is predetermined, people will sooner or later discover the truth and witness their own destiny.
This is the theory of Tianmingdao.
But now, Xu Fu actually started to explain to her at length!
This matter...is obviously not ordinary serious.
Gu Fangchen certainly understood why the Imperial Master treated him so coldly.
The Imperial Master is actually a bit arrogant. He is unwilling to admit his feelings and uses Xuexiang as a shield.
In the past, I took advantage of Xuexiang, but because it was someone else's body, I still had an excuse to use.
Now that his true form has arrived, he naturally wants to stay away from the villains who bullied him...
Xuexiang is still in Wei now, so she has no excuse to use this time.
Of course, in front of Prajna Lianyue, Gu Fangchen would not take the initiative to help solve the doubts. He pretended to be stupid and looked thoughtful, saying:
"The Imperial Preceptor's attitude is a little cold now, but that's her nature all the time. Little Mingzhu, don't worry."
He turned his head and said with a smile:
"The Imperial Master is definitely on our side. We are all on the same side now."
Prajna Lianyue opened her mouth, but couldn't say that she wasn't worried about that. She was worried that this woman might be coveting her father...
How can I even say such words?
Definitely not.
Prajna Lianyue had no choice but to swallow her doubts, and with a heavy heart, she arrived at the border of the Haiguo national defense formation with Gu Fangchen.
The ships carrying the "destroying" Taoists and the Wu clan that had set out earlier had arrived early.
These ships are not ordinary ships either. They were built at great expense by the "Mie" Dao for the current plan. With the support of formations, they are like fish in water in the water and their speed is faster than that of a fourth-grade cultivator traveling at full speed.
Besides, they were a while behind, so naturally they would arrive later than these ships.
The smuggling routes of "Mie" Dao have been run very maturely over the years, and they are not afraid of being discovered.
After a process that had been practiced countless times.
Their ship successfully passed through the national defense formation of [Luo Shu] and entered the territory of the Sea Kingdom.
“Crash—”
Only when you drive into it, you will find that the mist above your head is actually a waterfall.
When passing by, it will automatically start to judge the identity. If the person is not a local, the weight of the waterfall will increase instantly, and the pressure of the thousands of feet of water will immediately crush the person to pieces.
Walking through it is like having a guillotine hanging over your head, ready to fall at any moment.
What's more, the fog covers a large area.
Gu Fangchen also subconsciously held his breath and squinted his eyes to look ahead.
It was not until the boat emerged from the waterfall that the scene in front of us suddenly changed. It was night now, and countless fishing lights were swaying on the dark water.
Countless boats are sailing on the water, and the bright fishing lights are dotted like stars in the sky.
They also lit fishing lights on their boats and blended in with the crowd.
And according to the established route, it officially sailed into the port of the sea country and was inspected.
They had all the identification documents prepared and passed the inspection quickly.
However, a ray of light came from far away, followed by a woman's delicate voice shouting:
"etc!"
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ps: Post first and revise later, refresh if there are mistakes or omissions. After a long period of writing problems, it’s finally resolved!
……perhaps
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