"Are you a little surprised?" The middle-aged man performing the "rat show" said to Gu Xu with a smile.
"Did you never expect to see me here?" The hunchbacked old man guarding the warehouse looked at Gu Xu with squinted eyes.
"My descendant, you should know by now that I didn't succeed in ascending back then, right?" The white-bearded old man sighed softly.
Gu Xu stood there, stunned and speechless.
No matter how good his psychological quality is, it will be difficult to remain calm when encountering such weird things.
Unknowingly, it was as if an invisible hand wiped away the dust in his heart. Some memories that he had once ignored resurfaced in his mind.
"You...are all the same person?" Gu Xu was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly, "Are you all clones of Kongxuan Sanren...?"
"To be precise, we are no longer considered 'human beings' now," the white-bearded old man smiled and responded, "Twenty-three years ago, we became ghosts."
Time seems to be frozen in this moment.
The cold wind blew, making Gu Xu shiver involuntarily.
"...The third evil god?" Gu Xu took a deep breath and his expression became extremely solemn.
"That's the name you outsiders gave me," the white-bearded old Taoist laughed, "Actually, whether it's in order of appearance or strength, I should be ranked first." Nine Infant Snake The demon and the snow girl are not worthy to be compared with me.
"Have you ever thought about this question before: A monster as powerful as the 'Nine Infant Snake Demon' appeared out of thin air eight years ago? But before that, it had never existed in history. Record?"
Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and said nothing.
Seeing that Gu Xu was silent, the white-bearded old man continued to smile and said: "Also, have you ever thought about why the strength of Snow Girl and Hanba increased significantly after they transformed from humans to ghosts?"
This is indeed a very unreasonable thing.
Gu Xu thought silently.
Let’s not mention the snow girl for now.
Lu Shiyao's maid Shu Yan was just a mortal back then, but why did she have the power to cause a three-year drought in Qingzhou Prefecture after she turned into the ghost "Han Ban"?
And the most critical point is that Gu Xu, with his always inquiring character, has never thought about the truth!
"Boy, you must have a lot of questions in your mind now!" The hunchbacked old man also said with a smile.
Before Gu Xu could react, he waved gently.
A large number of memory fragments poured into Gu Xu's mind in the form of words like a tide.
"Hey! How many times have I told you not to show our notes to others casually!" At this moment, the white-bearded old man suddenly yelled in a hurry, trying to stop the hunchbacked old man.
"What does it have to do with you being embarrassed?" the hunchbacked old man said with a smile, "We are all waiting to see the next show!"
The other seven clones nodded in unison with exactly the same movements: "Yes!"
The white-bearded old man was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.
Since he turned from a human to a ghost, his clone is no longer as obedient as before. Instead, it often goes against him, makes him angry, and even likes to see him make a fool of himself in front of others.
For example, putting the notes he took when he went to Goulan and Jiaofangsi in "Xianyunju" and leaving them to his descendants - this is a good thing his clone did.
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"The third day of March in the first year of Tianxing.
"Tomorrow is an auspicious day.
"From now on, I will go to the beautiful and rich fairyland and say goodbye forever to this world where evil spirits are rampant.
"I placed the inheritance of the law of cause and effect together with the 'Xianyunju' on the top of Mount Laoshan. I don't know if I will be able to wait for a destined successor in the future.
"Everything is ready, just waiting to ascend."
"...
"The fourth day of the third month of the first year of Tianxing.
“Ascension is a scam.
"I didn't expect that Emperor Tianxing would have such terrifying power and be able to...
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"That lightning disaster was hundreds of times more terrifying than I expected. I thought it was impossible for any monk to survive this lightning disaster.
"Fortunately, I practice the way of cause and effect. One of my clones barely survived.
“But he was also seriously injured and dying.
“But I’m not willing to give in.
"My whole life, I have been trying my best to explore the avenue and pursue ascension. I am not willing to let all my efforts become a joke.
"I want to live.
"I have to live.
“Only by living can I find the truth behind this and take revenge on the world for fooling me.
"Of course, in this situation, if I want to survive, I have only one way.
"That is to practice the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique".
"Change your life form from human to ghost.
"Although this secret book has been burned, as an eighth realm monk, I have already firmly remembered its contents in my mind the first time I saw it.
"I have spent most of my life killing ghosts. Now that I want to turn myself into a ghost, it sounds a bit ridiculous.
“But after the ascension failed, I no longer cared about it.
"Because the biggest enemy of human race is not ghosts, but...
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"..."
"The fifth day of the third month of the first year of Tianxing.
"Anyone who has studied the 'Way of Cause and Effect' knows that a person's name is a symbol of his identity and his connection with the world.
"Others will know his existence through his name. All family affection, love, friendship, all hatred, interest exchanges, and all causal connections point to his name.
“And when the last person in the world who remembers him forgets his name, he will truly die, and the whole world will no longer have anything to do with him.
"Today, I will soon become a new ghost with the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique" - not only can I retain a certain level of cultivation, but I can also continue to practice as before.
“But this undoubtedly means that from now on, I will stand on the opposite side of the human race.
"The emperor, the chief minister, the national advisor... are likely to regard me as an enemy and try every means to eradicate me.
“That means, at least for now, I have to hide my presence.
"So I used the 'Art of Cause and Effect' to erase my name.
"From now on, the 'Kongxuan Sanren' have died, and there are only 'unknown people'.
“Everyone in this world will forget me.
"Although I have understood before that practicing the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique" may require paying some costs, but compared to being able to continue to live, what are these costs?"
"..."
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