Gu Zhou said to Qi Jun, "Let's go to the study and talk. Let them both settle down."
Gu Zhou pointed at Huo Yuanqi. Huo Yuanqi's current identity was very awkward. Although he was the young master of Xuanmen, he was not Huo Yan's child, and he was raised by an evil cultivator. He certainly could not continue to stay in Xuanmen.
As for the unconscious one, Gu Zhou couldn't make up his mind now and decided to ask the evil ghost first.
Qi Jun nodded and asked Qi Nian to make the arrangements, and only called Qi Mo and Qi Shuo into the study.
Gu Zhou pasted a piece of talisman paper at the door, briefly explained what would happen after the main talisman was taken away, and then released the evil spirit.
The evil ghost dispersed the black mist, leaving no trace of ghostliness. It turned around and knelt in front of Qi Jing, "Foster father! I was wrong! I shouldn't have threatened you!"
This change shocked everyone in the study a little, especially Qi Jing. He was originally sitting on the sofa, but was so frightened by the kneeling that his feet left the ground and he threw himself directly into the arms of Qi Jun next to him.
"Second Master!"
Qi Jun patted Qi Jing on the back and looked at the evil ghost kneeling on the ground, "Do you know Xiao Jing?"
The evil ghost looked at Qi Jing with a bit of sadness, but still answered Qi Jun's words, "I know him. Xiao Qi and I were both raised by our adoptive father."
"Wait a minute, weren't you the Crown Prince of Zhao a thousand years ago? How come you were raised by your uncle?"
Gu Zhou raised his doubts. Qi Mo had already researched some information after seeing the evil spirit and said, "A thousand years ago, Taoism was very popular in the State of Zhao. There are rumors that there was a very powerful Taoist priest by the side of the founding emperor of the State of Zhao. After the State of Zhao was established, he became the state teacher and raised the prince after his birth."
"That's right." The evil ghost stood up and looked down at Qi Jing, "Godfather is the Imperial Master."
Qi Jing's pupils widened, and he immediately looked at Qi Jun with grievance, "I'm not a member of the Qi family, I was picked up by my eldest brother."
Qi Jun was not too surprised by this. He touched Qi Jing's head to comfort him, "No matter who you are, you are the ancestor of the Qi family. The Qi family will protect you for generations to come."
For eight hundred years, Qi Jing has always believed that he is the ancestor of the Qi family. Although he had learned this from Gu Xuanyi before, he still feels a little aggrieved now that the facts are before him.
Gu Zhou glanced at the pitiful Qi Jing, then looked at the evil ghost, "If that's the case, why did you die as the prince? What relationship does the person you insisted on saving have with you?"
"Xiao Qi and I are twins. At that time, there was a rumor circulating in the royal family that twins would bring disaster." The evil ghost frowned as he spoke. "Originally, Xiao Qi and I were both going to die, but my adoptive father said that one of us was destined to be the one who would carry the fate of the country, while the other was a star general. The two complement each other and are indispensable.
My adoptive father took Xiao Qi and me away. To appease the people, the royal family announced that the death of one of the twins at birth was not considered a bad omen. After that, Xiao Qi and I shared an identity and stayed with my adoptive father.
In this regard, everyone present can only say that it is feudal superstition and nonsense.
The evil ghost just smiled and continued, "Originally, life was fine like this, but when we were sixteen, a goddess descended from the sky. She overturned my adoptive father's predictions about the fate of the country and the star of the generals, saying that I was the one who destroyed the country and would become some kind of ghost or god in the future.
I don’t know what kind of drug I gave them, but they all believed it and wanted to execute me! It’s ridiculous, they wanted to kill people with just one sentence, without even saying a word.”
Everyone's expressions were a bit complicated for a moment, especially Qi Jing. He asked, "Xiao Qi gave you the national destiny? Is that right?"
"Yes." The evil ghost responded softly, "We have been following our adoptive father and learning some Taoist methods. Xiao Qi is smarter than me. He took advantage of the time when my adoptive father went to find the goddess to transfer the country's destiny to me, forcibly changing fate against the will of heaven. Xiao Qi's body couldn't hold on."
The evil ghost lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in them, something he would never forget even after thousands of years.
Qi Jing pursed his lips and guessed something. He looked at the evil ghost and asked, "So you didn't reincarnate after death in order to protect him?"
"Yes." The evil ghost raised his eyes and looked at Qi Jing. "Xiao Qi died because of me. He will only have bad luck in reincarnation. You said you would find a way to change Xiao Qi's fate. In previous lives, Xiao Qi at least lived to the age of thirty. In this life, for some reason, he almost didn't make it past the age of twelve."
Gu Zhou was puzzled, "So you teamed up with that evil cultivator to change his fate?"
"No." The evil ghost retorted, "That guy has few children, only Xiaoqi as a son. He wanted to save Xiaoqi himself, and I just didn't stop him."
"Just what? Do you know that Huo Yan's wife and eldest son are dead! And Huo Yuanqi's closest relatives and the entire family are dead!" Gu Zhou was a little angry. So many people were killed just for one person. What a thing.
The evil ghost curled his lips, "He did it, and the retribution isn't on me, so why should I stop him? Or do I have to watch Xiao Qi die again? I didn't force Xiao Qi to change his fate because I listened to my adoptive father. Otherwise, I would have done it as early as Xiao Qi's first reincarnation!"
The evil ghost's words left Gu Zhou unable to refute. After thousands of years of reincarnation, if the evil ghost wanted to do those things, he might succeed.
But the evil ghost didn't. He stayed in the human world for a thousand years just to protect Xiao Qi. Can he really force the evil ghost to stop people from saving the people he is protecting?
Gu Zhou suppressed his anger and asked, "Then why are you targeting Xuanmen?"
"At first, he just wanted to take the formation book and find a way to save Xiaoqi from it. Later, the people from Xuanmen kept tracking him and even chased him to Chuzhou. Huo Yuanqi has an extremely yin fate. If changing his fate fails, Huo Yuanqi will be Xiaoqi's last hope. However, the soul-changing technique was developed by Gu Xuanyi from Xuanmen. He didn't understand it very well, so he just went to the inside of Xuanmen to learn more."
The evil ghost paused and added, "That person used puppetry, using his soul to control a body without a soul. It's different from the Xuanmen soul-swapping technique. Your soul-swapping technique can really hide from the prying eyes of the Heavenly Dao."
"Then why did you target my fate later?" Gu Zhou asked. This is more important.
The evil ghost crossed his arms. "Originally, the fate he chose wasn't yours. It was that voice that came to him and said it could help him get the best fate that suited Xiao Qi. It should be said that it was a kind of bewitching spell. This isn't the first time I've encountered that thing."
Everyone present was stunned. Gu Zhou frowned, "Have you encountered this before?"
"Well, when I killed the goddess, she kept shouting 'system, system'. I could just sense the presence of that thing. Although it wasn't the same one, the aura was very similar."
Gu Zhou almost immediately had an idea. He asked the evil ghost, "How did you kill the goddess?"
"Not long after Xiaoqi died, she said she wanted to marry me. Of course I agreed to her wish. On our wedding night, I stabbed her heart with a knife and chopped it into several large pieces." The evil ghost raised his fingers, with a completely indifferent tone.
This mentality can only be described as that of a thousand-year-old evil ghost.
Looking at Qi Jing again, I don’t know how many years he has lived, but he is still so silly. From another perspective, he has a good mentality.
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