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Chapter 231 - 34: The Downfall of Mrs. Gu Huoniao and the Mysterious Taoist Temple (4K HD)_2

Chapter 231: Chapter 34: The Downfall of Mrs. Gu Huoniao and the Mysterious Taoist Temple (4K HD)_2

No matter it’s about the college entrance examination results or the written test rankings, it always makes one feel itchy, as if ants are crawling on their skin.

Xu Shu naturally felt the same.

Fortunately, he could consume demon flesh daily to console himself and strengthen his body; his days were by no means oppressive.

[On the second day, relying on the information you provided, Dali Temple had thoroughly mastered the origins of that group of people through a human wave strategy, identifying that they came from Qingcheng Sect on Qingcheng Mountain.]

["Yu Sangtian of Qingcheng Sect is very powerful. Within the 55 gates of Jianghu, it belongs to one of the ’Six Mountains.’ He didn’t participate in the Martial Arts factions’ siege on Black Tomb Cliff; instead, he came to kill at the Fuwei Escort Agency. I see something fishy in this!" proclaimed Wen Ren Xiongzhao emphatically.]

[You glanced at the thick "Sunflower Manual" in your hand, remained silent, and found the mystery here. This world was completely different from the Swordsmen of Jianghu you originally knew. The Lin Family’s ancestors had no renowned reputation, nor did they possess the formidable fame of sweeping through demons with the 72-stance Evil Exorcism Sword Technique; there was nothing the Qingcheng Sect could possibly covet from them.]

[Perhaps the Sunflower Manual counted, but its martial arts were mediocre and required castration before one could practice it. No normal man would even give it a glance. Besides, with the Lin Family lacking any reputation and wealth being hidden, why would the Qingcheng Sect try to rob them? Could it be that they knew the secrets of the yin ghosts? Were they actually here to steal the Kasaya?]

[Feeling bewildered, without another word, you organized your troops and decided to head straight to Qingcheng Mountain to investigate. With your status, you were not worried about Qingcheng Sect not confessing.]

[The sun set, the sky turned dim, and it took several days to reach the thousand miles to Jiangling. The entire journey to Sichuan, you refined your essence daily, and your strength improved rapidly. During this period, Mrs. Gu Huoniao’s feelings towards you also began to change.]

[She had never met someone so obsessively enamored with her body; your infatuation was almost insane—chicken wings, squab, chicken necks, steamed, boiled, fried, never repeating, and you even ate together with her. Each time after eating, you would tend to her, caring for her to nourish her body.]

[Being your prisoner, she was deeply cared for by you, and her heart was in turmoil. She thought you were perverted, yet your feelings for her were genuine. "This must be the love-hate toxic romance humans speak of," thought Mrs. Gu Huoniao.]

[Don’t you know? She has been completely possessed by you, both inside and out, and has totally transformed into your shape.]

["No choice, who asked him to control my wool sweater? According to our Gu Huoniao customs, I can only resign myself to him, bear children for him, huh."]

[The only dissatisfaction came from your junior sister and wife; you had not graced them with your presence for a long time. They couldn’t voice this, so they could only silently pine away.]

[Sichuan was now in sight, and you, growing tired of eating dry chicken daily, instructed Mrs. Gu Huoniao to come up with something new. After much hesitation, she made a decision that defied her ancestral traditions.]

[You heard her bustling in the kitchen, and soon after, she came back, shyly and timidly told you:—]

["Hehehe~ Young master, chicken soup is served~~"]

["What chicken soup? Did you f*cking stew yourself?"]

["Young master said these past days that I lacked flavor. After pondering, I could only use chicken broth as seasoning. I made you chicken soup—very precious, neither salty nor bland, tastes wonderful. Please have it quickly."]

[Since becoming your captive, she smiled for the first time, a beautiful smile. Her purple-gold and white snow hair danced in the wind—what a breathtakingly beautiful creature Mrs. Gu Huoniao was! You fiercely consummated your relationship with her under the moonlight on the river, stirring up the river crabs below.]

[The spring river nurtures the autumn moon fluid, the sea’s bright moon rises with the tide!]

[The gateway curtain in the jade hall is not rolled up, the pounding sounds on the clothing stone come and go.]

[Afterward, Mrs. Gu Huoniao, genuinely and sincerely, lay in your arms for you to absorb her essence and refine True Qi.]

["Young master, I will no longer be a yin ghost from now on. I want to give up killing and only wish to make soups for you forever. My past sins are heavy, let me cut my flesh night and day and endure this torture to gradually repay."]

[She established such a cruel torture for herself, which would certainly suffice in any judgment.]

[But you didn’t think so. Could killing and suffering redeem a person? Ridiculous! If that were the case, wouldn’t every yin ghost in the world be able to freely commit murder and arson, then simply cut their flesh daily for fun?]

[However, although you intended to destroy her, you pretended to forgive her on the surface, after all, you needed her for your advancement. The bonds between you were reestablished and deepened, to her great delight, and she often made soups for you thereafter.]

[Chicken essence of bliss, a love-sustained offering.] (Note 1)

[You still wondered how long this pitiful Mrs. Gu Huoniao would survive. She had admitted her wrongs, what more did you want? Couldn’t you forgive her? Tai Chu, you have no heart!]

[In early April, before Qingming, you successfully entered Sichuan. This place had steep mountains, the peaks reaching the skies less than an inch apart, with dry pines hanging invertedly against sheer cliffs, truly making it a difficult road!]

[However, Xu Shu practiced the bird pathway, squeezing the ancient sun and inhaling diagonally, only to see the sad bird crying on the ancient wood, pressing a hand against his chest as he sat and sighed deeply, causing people to wither like the blood of rosy cheeks.]

[Sigh, how precarious and lofty it is, the path to Shu is challenging!]

["Young Master, Qingcheng Mountain, we’ve arrived!" The next morning, someone with an ominous premonition came looking for you, finding you seated at the table, brandishing your saber, the tablecloth trembling, your expression bizarre and unrestrained, unaware of what lay beneath the table.]

[You patted the Gu Huoniao under the table, tucking it back into the blood coffin, stood up, and your presence was deep and towering like a mountain, even more profound than high mountains and flowing rivers.]

[The man with the ominous premonition sniffed around you and laughed, "Congratulations, Young Master, you’ve taken another step upwards, achieving great mastery in your divine skills."]

[You smiled without speaking.]

[This journey to Shu went against the current and took more than ten days. During those days, you brought meat and provisions, feasting daily.]

[With heroic ambitions, you feasted on the flesh of spirits and drank the blood of demons, truly befitting a great man!]

[Ten days later, you had reached Second Order Perfection, the prestige of a Half-step Master, and in the eyes of the world’s martial arts, you were a "top-tier expert". You could go anywhere under heaven.]

[By noon, the sun blazed fiercely, and you directly stormed the entrance of the Qingcheng Sect, which was unguarded that day.]

["Search for me!" you commanded, and your troops scattered to scour the area.]

["Sir, no one here!", "Not in the back mountain either!", "Hundred Herb Hall, Disciple Residence, Scripture Pavilion, all empty!", "Even the thatched hut is empty!" Each officer returned to report, making you fall into deep thought.]

[The Qingcheng Sect was a renowned school of the Shu region, with many elders, formal disciples, trainees, and more, totaling at least a thousand people, but today, in broad daylight, though the mountain gate was tightly shut, not a single living soul could be found.]

[Listening to the report of your subordinates, you paced the hall in bewilderment.]

[This branch of the Qingcheng Sect was under the Taoist lineage, the hall housing a statue of Laozi. At a fleeting glance, you noticed the statue’s surface was full of cracks, and its head had a large fracture down the middle, the Tai Chi diagram at its base peeling, the yin-yang fish, supposed to be in black and white, were completely covered in a creepy dark grime.]

[This rendered the visage of one of the three great Taoist ancestors peculiarly eerie, chilling to the bone.]

["The Qingcheng Sect is prosperous and certainly not short on money. How could they lack the funds to maintain the golden body of their ancestral master?"]

[The more you observed the Laozi statue, the more you felt something was amiss; perhaps you should leave quickly.]

Leave?

Xu Shu’s brow furrowed, and suddenly, he leaped into the air.

[Oh! What are you doing? You leapt upward, sword slashing down onto the statue of Laozi.]

[Such blasphemy! Truly irreverent! Even the Tai Chu Scroll would hesitate to judge you!]

[Your powerful strike shattered the exterior of the Laozi sculpture. The existing crack blasted open under your attack.]

[Gold flakes fluttered down, and inside was not Laozi, but a statue of an evil spirit, emitting black light and resembling a massive living creature!]

[It looked like a mud-stained giant, its waist entwined like a giant python, with four arms and nine legs, entire body pitch black, with a mouth but no nose, and seven uneven eyes that seemed to stare at you from every angle.]

["Ah! Sir, what, what is this?!" The commotion, along with the disgusting and terrifying demon statue, left the officers behind you utterly petrified, trembling uncontrollably.]

[In this world where spirits are revered, now that Laozi’s statue had broken to reveal an evil spirit inside, everyone trembled in fear.]

[Only you narrowed your eyes, your long sword pointed at that ghastly, eerie demon statue, you slashed with a hearty laugh:——

["Hmph, evil demon!]"]