Chapter 71 The Evil Book: I Would Never Mistake My Senior Sister!
"What kind of bead is this?" The disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil looked at the crystal-clear spirit bead in the brocade box on the table, but they couldn't figure out what was so special about it that it had attracted the five evil people to fight over it.
The candlelight flickered in the Yama King's Palace, casting beams of light onto the bead. Someone exclaimed in surprise, noticing that the bead reflected neither light nor human figures.
They asked the sect leader and many elders of Kunlun, but none of them knew anything about the bead. Perhaps only the deceased Tianxiang Niangniang knew the origin and purpose of the bead, and why the Five Evils wanted to fight over it.
"Well, what have you figured out?" The door to the Yama Palace was pushed open, and Hall Master Huang walked in from outside.
"Master!" they all called out.
Master Huang nodded, his gaze falling on the spirit pearl in the brocade box: "I asked someone to check the relevant books in the Scripture Pavilion, but I haven't found any information related to this pearl yet."
The disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil replied, "We have also studied it. So far, we only know that this bead contains abundant spiritual energy, but we haven't seen any other characteristics."
"If it's just spiritual energy, then what's the difference between this and spirit stones?" Master Huang said what they dared not say as soon as he opened his mouth. "The Five Evils went to great lengths to infiltrate Kunlun, they wouldn't do it for just a little bit of spiritual energy. If they really wanted spiritual energy, they could have just gathered some spirit stones and made a spirit-gathering array."
That makes sense, but demonic cultivators are demonic cultivators, and their minds are different from theirs. How could they know what demonic cultivators are thinking?
"I really want to smash this bead open and see if there's any treasure hidden inside."
"Master Huang said, and the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil beside him widened their eyes. Just as they were about to stop him, Master Huang continued, "But Menglu said that once this thing is broken, it cannot be restored. Perhaps the bead displays some special information, but we just haven't noticed it."
As expected, Elder Huang Menglu was the most reliable. They breathed a sigh of relief.
Researching things wasn't something the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil were good at, but none of them suggested inviting other Daoist disciples to come and investigate. Even with blood ties as a link, under the current circumstances, Hall Master Huang didn't allow Elder Huang to enter the Hall of Good and Evil.
Because the sect leader ordered that the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil personally guard this spirit pearl, and no one other than the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil was allowed to touch the spirit pearl.
Five evil spirits lurk within Kunlun, their allegiance indistinguishable from their enemies. But if one were to ask where the safest place in Kunlun is, it would undoubtedly be the Hall of Good and Evil. Now that the Secrets of Heaven have been dispersed and Elder Xu Mei has retired, placing the Spirit Pearl in the Hall of Good and Evil is indeed the best course of action.
The disciples in Kunlun always say that the people in the Hall of Good and Evil have bad tempers, no mercy, and are not likable. Nobody wants to cross them.
However, they also couldn't deny that the people of the Hall of Good and Evil saw black and white clearly, and were intolerant of any impurity. Therefore, it was impossible for any of them to have fallen into the slavish ways of the Five Evils. If they saw the Five Evils, they would kill them faster than anyone else.
Currently, there are quite a few disciples in Kunlun who have been infected by Wuliangsheng. The elders are already overwhelmed with dealing with the situation of those disciples. Moreover, the Hundred-Eyed Mirror, which can transform into the appearance of other people, has appeared in Kunlun.
The people of Kunlun were filled with fear, so the sect leader ordered the disciples of the Hall of Good and Evil to hide the Spirit Pearl and assigned specific disciples to guard it day and night, not allowing anyone to see it. Meanwhile, the other disciples searched through the scriptures in the Scripture Pavilion, looking for any information related to the Spirit Pearl.
They searched for quite some time but haven't found any new information related to the Spirit Pearl yet. Some people say that the Spirit Pearl is something the Five Evils want to take, and perhaps the answer can be found in those evil books that are about to be destroyed.
The elders of the Scripture Pavilion hesitated for a long time before finally asking the sect leader for his opinion and accepting the proposal.
With gossip going around like wildfire, many people are paying attention to the Five Evils and the Spirit Pearl, and that's how they heard this news. They've been in Kunlun for so long, and only today did they learn that there are special solitary chambers in Kunlun for storing evil books.
Upon hearing this news, Shen Cangyu's ears perked up.
The library, heretical books, solitary confinement... the mere mention of these words instantly conjured up countless images in Shen Cangyu's mind.
After the people of Kunlun expelled Wan Qianzhong from their ranks, they labeled her a demonic cultivator. While in Kunlun, Wan Qianzhong wrote many books and created numerous mental techniques. Some of these techniques were so useful that Kunlun left her manuals on the first floor of the library, only erasing her name from the pages.
Now, Shen Cangyu is carefully searching through the Sutra Repository, and can find countless secret manuals hidden in every nook and cranny. Some names have been crossed out, while others have not been discovered by the people of Kunlun, thus leaving behind her magnificent and flamboyant name. Her presence is felt everywhere.
He had read countless books, but he also had a penchant for unorthodox and esoteric techniques, and had written many things that defied common sense and were considered treasonous. Shen Cangyu thought that perhaps the evil books those Kunlun disciples spoke of were of this kind.
These books were discovered by Kunlun elders or disciples by chance, collected together, and were to be destroyed.
But after the books were put away, they remained in the locked room of the library for over a decade, and no one ever mentioned destroying them again. Unexpectedly, they have now come in handy.
The confinement room was reopened, but the elders were afraid that those evil books would affect the disciples whose understanding of Taoism was not yet fully formed, so they personally went out to search through the books, trying to find information related to the Spirit Pearl.
There were thousands upon thousands of books piled up in the solitary confinement cell. If they were to read them all word by word, it would take forever.
They will send Kunlun disciples to help sooner or later.
Jiang Qian will definitely seize the opportunity to make a move.
Shen Cangyu understood this. After all, Jiang Qian came to Kunlun to retrieve the books that Wan Qianzhong had left there. Now that the confinement room had reopened after more than a decade, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If Jiang Qian wanted to find the sealed books for Wan Qianzhong, he had no choice but to seize this chance.
Shen Cangyu inquired about the Scripture Pavilion from Qiu Sheng, who looked at her strangely: "Why are you curious about this? Didn't I lend you my Class A disciple privileges? There aren't enough books on the three floors of the Scripture Pavilion for you to read, and you still want to go to the confinement room to take a look?"
Shen Cangyu tugged at Qiu Sheng's sleeve and said, "I'm really curious, what kind of book is considered an evil book? Didn't the author of *The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons* say that all the words in the world have their uses? But aren't evil books books made up of words? Why can't they be used?"
Qiu Sheng was completely baffled by her twisted logic, but she didn't know how to explain it to her. She could only ask Liang Duoshi for clarification on this kind of question about Wenxin Diaolong.
The elders haven't yet given permission for the disciples to go to the confinement room. Even though Shen Cangyu was the one who personally killed Bai Mujing and protected the Spirit Pearl, she doesn't dare let Shen Cangyu go.
She knew that Shen Cangyu came from Penglai, and Penglai was more informed about the Five Evils than Kunlun. Much of their knowledge about the Five Evils came from Shen Cangyu. Shen Cangyu was now considered an external consultant for Kunlun's organization to eliminate the Five Evils, and many elders had a good impression of her. However, Qiu Sheng still dared not give Shen Cangyu special treatment.
Upon thinking of the Hundred-Eye Mirror, Qiu Sheng suddenly remembered that he hadn't settled accounts with Shen Cangyu yet.
Qiu Sheng suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Cangyu: "Forget about the solitary confinement, tell me properly how you got rid of Bai Mujing back then?"
Shen Cangyu blinked. She knew what Qiu Sheng wanted to ask, and she said matter-of-factly, "Although the Hundred-Eyed Mirror took on your appearance, it didn't understand you. It became your appearance, but it didn't bring your gun with it."
Shen Cangyu pointed to the long spear on Qiu Sheng's back and said, "It doesn't even know that you changed your spear, and it says that it put the sword in the yard. It's obviously a lie."
Qiu Sheng was taken aback: "You recognized me just by my weapon?"
Shen Cangyu nodded: "That's right, I would never mistake Senior Sister for someone else."
What Shen Cangyu didn't explain was that she could sense every sword, feel the sword spirit behind it, and similarly, recognize the spirit of Qiu Sheng's spear. Her confidence stemmed from the fact that even if the Hundred-Eyed Mirror transformed into Qiu Sheng's appearance again, disguising her spear, Shen Cangyu would be able to instantly discern whether the spear behind her was real or fake.
She couldn't possibly have mistaken Qiu Sheng for someone else.
Qiu Sheng smiled and said, "That sounds nice, but I'm glad I haven't had to send my spear in for repair yet."
She took off the spear from behind her and said, "The tassel on my spear is too old. I was just thinking of getting it repaired and replacing it with a new one. If you meet me again, I really won't be able to show you this spear. Don't mistake me for a magnifying glass and try to cut me."
Hearing her words, Shen Cangyu was also taken aback, realizing that she was just relieved.
Fortunately, the Hundred-Eyed Mirror transformed into Qiu Sheng, a voice Shen Cangyu knew best. Fortunately, Shen Cangyu had grown close to Qiu Sheng recently and knew that she was very fond of her new weapon, taking it everywhere she went. If Qiu Sheng had really sent the weapon out for repairs as she claimed, Shen Cangyu might not have been able to recognize her.
If the Hundred-Eyed Mirror were to transform into the disciples of the Myriad Weapons Returning to the Heart, Shen Cangyu would still be able to recognize them based on his familiarity with them and his method of sensing sword spirits.
If the person transformed from the Hundred-Eyed Mirror doesn't have a sword spirit, how will she recognize them?
Shen Cangyu stroked his chin, thinking that if he had the ability to see the secrets of heaven, he might be able to see through the identity of the Hundred-Eyed Mirror at a glance. The ability to see the secrets of heaven through the Daoist arts is a natural counter to the Hundred-Eyed Mirror. It's just a pity that the ability to see the secrets of heaven no longer exists. This Hundred-Eyed Mirror walks around Kunlun in a swagger, and maybe no one will recognize it...
What about back then?
Shen Cangyu suddenly recalled the memories she had seen during the assessment: Xu Qiubai's defection from Kunlun, the destruction of Xingxiang Hall... These memories are now being replayed in reality.
Her next steps would be the burning of the Sutra Repository, Pei Wenjing's departure from Kunlun, the exposure of Pei Wenjing's demonic bloodline, and the massacre of his entire family after the return of all artifacts to his heart...
Shen Cangyu looked at Qiu Sheng in front of her. Qiu Sheng was still fiddling with the tassel of his spear. She had no idea what would happen to her in the future.
Is it possible that all of this will unfold as we remember, one scene after another, and no one can change it?
A note from the author: I haven't slept in for a few nights, so I'm taking a break today. I won't be posting at a fixed time tonight, so please finish reading early and get some rest.
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