Words of the Ghost
Mo You woke up three days later. Although his injuries were severe, he recovered remarkably quickly after Shu Huixin removed the Gu worm from his heart.
Not long after waking up, he was dragged out by Shui Buyun to spar.
The two had no prior relationship or conflict, but in Ren Xiangxiang's eyes, neither held back. This wasn't a friendly spar; it was a fight to the death.
“Master…” Ren Xiangxiang hesitated outside the door, “I…”
After this period of rest, both she and Mo You's injuries had almost healed. She originally wanted to discuss with her master how to deal with the demonic Gu, but now she couldn't bring herself to say those words.
“I’m worried about my mother, so I thought…”
"Sheliuying is fine." Shu Huixin had been pounding medicine in the house all morning, and anyone could see that her mind was not on the medicine at all.
She was stalling for time, but no one knew for whom she was stalling for time.
"Xiangxiang, come with me." Shu Huixin slid her wheelchair and led Ren Xiangxiang to another room, where there was a dusty demon-refining furnace. In her memory, her master seemed to have never used this furnace.
Shu Huixin found a wooden box behind the demon-refining furnace, inside which was a yellowed notebook.
"For so many years... I've been researching how to eliminate the demonic Gu, but I never imagined that time would pass so quickly..."
“Master, the demonic gu is the demonic gu, and you are you. It is we who need to eliminate the demonic gu. It has nothing to do with you, and you don’t need to get involved,” Ren Xiangxiang said urgently.
Shu Huixin just smiled sadly. "Xiangxiang, remember what I said. No matter how difficult the road ahead is, you must keep going. You can't turn back, because you don't have the chance to turn back anymore. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Ren Xiangxiang nodded emphatically. "I won't regret it. I must get rid of the demonic Gu."
Shu Huixin nodded. "Okay, the method for refining the Gu-Exterminating Needle is recorded inside. I have all the other materials here, except for three, which are also the three most important ones."
Ren Xiangxiang opened the notebook with a puzzled look, quickly flipped through it, and saw a line of small print on the last page. She murmured, "Xue Gong Huo, Qi Cheng Zi, Ying Zhong Zhen..."
For some reason, after reading this line, Ren Xiangxiang's heart clenched painfully. The pain was invisible yet went deep into her bones, as if she would lose everything in an instant.
She suddenly looked up at Shu Huixin, who was bathed in sunlight. At this moment, she felt incredibly illusory, like a bubble that would burst at the slightest touch.
"Master!" Ren Xiangxiang slammed her notebook shut, seemingly at a loss as if she had a premonition. "Where...where am I supposed to find these three things?"
Shu Huixin shook her head. "I'm sorry, Xiangxiang, I can't tell you."
“Then…” Ren Xiangxiang opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.
"I can only tell you that you are the only one who can gather these three items, which is why I have been unable to refine the Gu-Exterminating Needle in my entire life," Shu Huixin said slowly.
Ren Xiangxiang was extremely confused, "Why me? Why Master?"
Shu Huixin shook her head again, her memories swirling.
Time seemed to turn back in an instant. She racked her brains to figure out the materials needed for the Gu-Extermination Needle, but she had no clue about these three things, and even ancient books only mentioned them in fragments.
That day, an uninvited guest also arrived at Liuwu Forest. He recognized this person. Among the Seven Great Demon Mountains, the famous Granny of Life Extension had cultivated into her true form because of him. She was also the master of the two orphans of the Hua family and the ghost with the ability to see the heavens.
“It’s not the right time yet,” Ghost Child shook his head at her. “You’re wasting your energy.”
"Then when is the right time?" Shu Huixin asked in return.
The ghost, Ku Tong, stood with his hands behind his back, his slightly hunched body trembling gently with his low laughter. "Hehe... If I were to tell you, I would be punished by the heavens. But I can tell you that you are not the owner of this thing, and you can't even see it in the world."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shu Huixin suddenly fell silent. "You know?"
The ghost-like withered child shook his head, "I know nothing. I only know that this thing of yours is all about fate, and you are someone who has no fate, but..."
"Master, we're back!" Two little girls, one big and one small, ran back hand in hand.
Xiao Ren Xiangxiang tripped and fell while running too fast, "Junior sister..."
"Oh dear, slow down!" The little girl quickly helped her junior sister up.
The ghost-like boy looked deeply at the two little girls, sighed helplessly, and pointed to one of them, saying, "Only one of them can survive, understand?"
Do you understand? The one who survives is the owner of the Gu-Slaying Needle.
In that instant, Shu Huixin suddenly realized.
I see.
It turns out... it was all destined all along.
Whether it's her, Xiangxiang, or even Brother Rong, they've all embarked on their predetermined paths and can't turn back.
"Master," Ren Xiangxiang called softly when she saw Shu Huixin lost in thought.
Shu Huixin suddenly came to her senses and smiled slightly, seemingly to reassure her.
"Xiangxiang, go ahead! When you come back next time, your junior sister will probably be back too."
"Junior Sister..." Ren Xiangxiang was very surprised.
In my memory, my junior sister suddenly said goodbye to her master one day and left the Liuwu Forest.
She looked up at the withered old tree in the yard, as if it were the same tree that died that year.
The master clearly treasured that tree, but it withered and died. However, the master was not too sad. Instead, she felt as if she had been relieved. She remembered that it was a fruit tree.
"Master—"
Ren Xiangxiang seemed to remember something in a daze. She turned around, but Shu Huixin had already walked far away. She took two steps to chase after her, but then stopped. She really didn't know what to ask.
"Xiangxiang." Mo You's voice came from behind.
Ren Xiangxiang turned around.
"Why are you crying?" Mo You asked worriedly, wiping away her tears. "What happened?"
"N-nothing..." Ren Xiangxiang quickly wiped away her tears. "I don't know either, I just suddenly feel very sad. I don't know Mo You, I feel like I'm about to lose something very important, but I'm powerless to do anything about it, I...I..."
"Xiangxiang." Mo You gently pulled her into his arms. "No matter what happens, I will stay by your side and never leave you."
Two more days passed.
Fuyi left without telling anyone.
While Ren Xiangxiang was still racking her brains trying to figure out where to find these three items, staring blankly at the notes, she suddenly remembered the few people who were separated when they escaped from Wuyinmao.
I wonder how they are doing?
If Qiling Mountain also had a demon lord, would the situation have changed? After all, with a powerful demon lord leading the demons, they wouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat.
What she didn't know was that Qiling Mountain once had a demon lord.
"This is it." Xiao Cangdao said breathlessly as Mie Chenhuan pulled her up.
"Feather Sacrifice Flower Sea"
Looking at the four characters on the stone tablet, Mie Chenhuan felt uneasy all over.
This place is too close to his hometown, Meishan. If those gossipy spirits see it, who knows what kind of trouble it will cause him.
He was already hated by many, and no matter how powerful the opponent was, he couldn't do anything to him on his own. But now, he just happened to like this girl.
He had to consider both her safety and his own reputation.
Why is it so difficult? Is he the kind of person who cares about his reputation? If he did, he would have been dead countless times over.
"Go and come back quickly!" Mie Chenhuan pressed the hilt of his sword, called out, and prepared to force his way in.
"Wait a minute, why are you trying to force your way in?" Xiao Cangdao quickly stopped him.
Mie Chenhuan's face darkened, just as Xiao Cangdao shouted towards the valley, "Sister Xiaohua, it's me, I've come to find my brother."
The maze outside the valley suddenly dissipated, revealing a path leading into the valley.
The Feather Sacrifice Flower Sea is located on the west side of the Enchanted Mountain. It is shrouded in mist all year round, with wildflowers blooming everywhere in the valley. It is warm and humid and is where the Sea Flower Central resides.
Speaking of Haihua Yang, she was also a person from Qiling Mountain, but she was harmed by Li Yi, one of the Six Palace Immortals, and her family was destroyed. Li Yi was also treacherous and cunning, and no one dared to act rashly without being absolutely certain.
After walking through a vast sea of flowers, Xiao Cangdao and Mie Chenhuan finally saw a woman in pink with long hair reaching the ground by a deep pool at the foot of the cliff. A small pink flower was pinned in the woman's hair, and when she turned around, she looked like a blooming begonia.
"You still came." Haihua Yang smiled bitterly.
Xiao Cangdao had only seen her once when he was a child, and only from afar. But seeing her again now, he felt a sense of familiarity, as if they had known each other for a long time.
"You knew we were coming?" Mie Chenhuan blurted out.
His attitude of treating everyone except his closest relatives and loved ones as strangers would be both annoying and irritating to most people, but Haihua Yang's mind was clearly not on his attitude. Instead, she nodded forlornly and said, "Come with me."
She turned and led the way, and wherever she went, a hundred flowers bloomed in competition, dazzling the eye.
“My father is the lord of the Desolate Forest of the Void, he is a butterfly demon, my mother is a dragon demon of the Flower Clan of Qiling Mountain, and I inherited their bloodline.”
As they were speaking, a dragon's roar suddenly echoed through the valley, causing the earth to tremble violently. A faint image of a dragon appeared in mid-air before vanishing in the blink of an eye. Where the dragon disappeared, a bottomless ancient well suddenly appeared.
"This is it. It took your brother a long time to fully absorb the old monster's demonic power, but to make that immense power work for him, it will take time..."
Haihua Yang paused here.
She vaguely remembered that Xiao Litian, who was seriously injured, had been brought here by her master. She was panicked and at a loss, but with her master's help, she used her dragon bone to break through the bottom of the valley and made this Dragon Bone Well.
As long as she lives, no one can harm Xiao Litian.
"Master, is this the only way? What if... what if..."
"His ordeal has only just begun; there is still hope as long as he doesn't succeed."
Haihua Yang asked in confusion, "Master, what does this mean? Why...he—"
The ghostly figure before him, with its hunched back, gazed sadly toward Qiling Mountain and sighed, "Someone always has to pay with their life to quell the disaster. Girl, who do you hope they will be?"
Haihua Yang's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Then I won't let him out. I can't watch him go to his death."
"You might not be able to stop him. Besides, what you're doing will only backfire. Girl, just let things take their course. That's all your master can say to you."
"Master—"
Haihua Yang took two steps after him, and as time turned, the view suddenly opened up before her. It turned out to be the dragon's roar coming from under the Dragon Bone Forest.
She took a small step back, and the demonic power within her began to stir restlessly under its influence.
Mie Chenhuan and Xiao Cangdao retreated simultaneously, and from the bottomless Dragon Bone Well, a surge of demonic power shot straight into the sky.
“Litian…” Haihua Yang looked up and murmured to herself, “I will grant your wish.”
With that, he waved his long sleeves.
"open!"
Mie Chenhuan's eyes darted wildly across the long sword at his waist. He pressed down on the restless roots of the old tree, his voice trembling with excitement, "This... this is the power of the Ancient Hound!"
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