Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 172 The Third Fierce God
"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 squinted his eyes at Gu Xu.

"My successor, you should know by now that I didn't succeed in ascension, right?" The old man with white beard sighed softly.

Gu Xu stood where he was, speechless in a daze.

No matter how good his mental quality is, it is difficult to keep calm when encountering such weird things.

Before he knew it, it was as if an invisible hand wiped away the dust in his heart.Some memories that had been ignored by him 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 'human beings'," the white-bearded old man smiled and responded, "23 years ago, we were already ghosts."

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The cold wind was blowing, making Gu Xu shiver involuntarily.

"...the third fierce god?" Gu Xu took a deep breath, and his expression became extraordinarily serious.

"That's the name given to me by the outside world," the white-bearded old Taoist chuckled, "Actually, no matter in the order of appearance or in terms of strength, I should be number one." Nine Baby Snake "Yao" and "Snow Girl" are not worthy to be compared with me at all.

"Have you ever thought about this question before: A monster as powerful as the 'Nine Baby Snake Demon' seemed to appear out of nowhere eight years ago? And before that, it never existed in history Record?"

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not speak.

Seeing that Gu Xu was silent, the white-bearded old man continued to laugh and said, "Also, have you ever thought about why the strength of Xuenv and Hanba increased significantly compared to before when they transformed from humans to ghosts?"

This is indeed a very unreasonable thing.

Gu Xu thought silently.

Let's not mention Xuenv for now.

Lu Shiyao's maid, Shuyan, was just a mortal back then, but why did she possess the terrifying power to cause a three-year drought in Qingzhou Prefecture after she became a ghost "Hanba"?
And the most critical point is that, with Gu Xu's character of always asking the bottom line, he has never thought about it!
"Boy, you must have a lot of questions in your mind right now!" The hunchbacked old man also said with a smile.

Before Gu Xu could react, he waved his hand lightly.

A large number of memory fragments poured into Gu Xu's mind like a tide in the form of words.

"Hey! How many times have I told you, don't 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 from moving.

"You're embarrassing, what does it matter to us?" The hunchbacked old man said with a smile, "We are all waiting for the next good show!"

The other seven clones nodded in unison with exactly the same movements: "Yes!"

The old man with white beard blows his beard and stares angrily.

Since he changed from a human to a ghost, his avatar is no longer as obedient as before. Instead, he often fights against him, making him angry, and even keen to see him make a fool of himself in front of others.

For example, put his notes on going to Goulan and Jiaofangsi in "Xianyunju" and leave them for his successors-this is what his avatar 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 put the inheritance of the way of cause and effect together with 'Xianyunju' on the top of Laoshan Mountain, and I don't know if I can wait for a destined heir in the future.

"Everything is ready, just waiting to fly."

"...

"The fourth day of March in the first year of Tianxing.

"Ascension is a hoax.

"I didn't expect Emperor Tianxing to possess such terrifying power, able to...

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"That lightning calamity was a hundred times more terrifying than I expected. I think it is impossible for a monk to survive this thunder calamity.

"Fortunately, what I practice is the way of cause and effect. One of my clones barely survived.

"But also seriously injured, dying.

"But I'm not reconciled.

"I have been trying my best to explore the avenue and pursue ascension all my life. I am not willing to let all my efforts become a joke.

"I want to live.

"I must live.

"Only by surviving 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 Forbidden Art of Zhao Ming.

"Transform your life form from human to ghost.

"Although this secret book has been burned, as an eighth-level cultivator, I have firmly engraved its contents in my mind the first time I saw it.

"I've been killing ghosts for most of my life. It seems absurd to turn myself into a ghost now.

"But after the ascension failed, I didn't care much about it.

"Because the greatest enemy of the human race is not ghosts, but...

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"..."

"The fifth day of March in 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 also his connection with the world.

"Others will know his existence through his name. All family affection, love, friendship, all hatred, interests, all karma, all point to his name.

"And when the last person in the world who remembers him forgets his name, he will really die, and the whole world will no longer have any connection with him.

"Today, I will soon become a new ghost with the help of "Forbidden Art of Zhao Ming" - not only can I retain a certain amount 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 head of the department, the national teacher... will probably regard me as an enemy and try every means to eradicate me.

"It means, at least at this stage, that I have to hide my existence.

"So I erased my name with the 'art of karma'.

"From now on, the 'Kongxuan Sanren' has died, only the 'Nobody's name'.

"People in this world will forget me unconsciously from now on.

"Although I have learned before that there may be some price to be paid for practicing the "Forbidden Art of Zhaoming", but what are these costs compared to being able to continue living?"

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