Gu God Immortality (continued)

"The Mohist School Sacred Sword".

"Wasn't the Sacred Sword taken away by the Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons?" Murong Wu asked in surprise.

"The Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons spent several years forging a counterfeit Sacred Sword, which should now be in the hands of the 'Barbarian King'."

Murong Wu was both surprised and delighted. "So, Senior Wan's defection was a ruse, all to gain the trust of the Heaven-Defying Society."

The woman poured cold water on their enthusiasm. "These two things are completely unrelated. Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons has indeed defected from the Mohist School, so don't expect him to lend a hand in the battle."

"How could these be unrelated? The fact that they started creating counterfeits so early proves that Senior Wan had long harbored the intention to deal with the Heaven-Defying Society."

"A person's character cannot be simply judged as good or bad. Does a good person only do good things, and a bad person only do bad things? The world is not so easily judged. A person may have both selfish and public-spirited intentions at the same time. Just as an official's ability has nothing to do with whether he is greedy, Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons was determined to defect from the Mohist School, but also wanted to help the Mohist School before leaving. Is this kind of thinking so hard to understand?"

Despite saying this, the woman's tone was filled with disdain and sarcasm towards the end, as if she strongly disagreed with Yun Jinzang's actions.

"... I understand," Murong Wu silently sheathed his sword, then asked, "You said you brought another message?"

"Well, you may have found out that the real name of the Heaven-Defying Society of the Fushi Qingtai,' is 'Ancient Ancestor of Returning Antiquity,' but I have to tell you that this is also fake. The other party deliberately used a false name to lead you to investigate in the wrong direction. His true identity is 'Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor,' one of the three High Antiquity witch kings. Although the written records about that period of history have been lost, we were fortunate enough to find a handwritten note from the ancient great power Bai Junlong."

According to the notes, Senior White did indeed eliminate the "Four Evils" a thousand years ago, but he killed two of them on the spot, their souls destroyed. Only two were truly suppressed, because these two demons each had their own Secret Method of self-preservation. Senior White also had important matters to attend to, so he suppressed the two demons under the Divine Pillar and used the Eternal Barrier to absorb the aura of the end times, slowly eroding the life essence of the two demons.

Based on the current situation, we speculate that the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor absorbed the essence of his unfortunate 'fellow prisoner,' which allowed a portion of his Primordial Spirit to seep out of the Eternal Barrier.

Murong Wu said solemnly, "In that case, this Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor must be extremely difficult to kill, so difficult that even the great power who created the Eternal Barrier found it troublesome."

"That's right, the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor has mastered a bizarre method of possession called 'The Gu God Immortality.' This Secret Method has two layers of protection. First, anyone who kills him with their own hands will be possessed by him. If I'm not mistaken, the Barbarian King Chidahu was possessed by him for this reason."

Murong Wu said casually, "My brother-in-law has cultivated the Tathagata's Indestructible Body the Tathagata, impervious to all magic. I don't think this evil technique will be effective against him."

The woman said, "If it were just this one layer of protection, Senior Bai back then would have been able to kill the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor and wouldn't have survived to this day. The most troublesome aspect of 'The Gu God Immortality' lies in the second layer of protection. If the first layer fails, for example, if the killer cannot be parasitized, or if the killer dies through indirect means, then the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor will parasitize any person possessed by his Gu worms."

The mechanism is quite simple: the person who can kill him must be of extraordinary cultivation, while those possessed by Gu worms and unable to expel them are often of low cultivation. From the perspective of the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, he naturally desires to possess a powerful body. But if he has no other choice, he wouldn't mind starting from infancy and living life again.

After a moment's thought, Murong Wu exclaimed in horror, "So, those Gu worms released by the evil god statue weren't just there to absorb Jing Essence... Half the people of the Southern Continent have become this demon's backup hosts!"

The woman said, "It's like a parasitic wasp, which lays its eggs on other insects. After the larvae hatch, they feed on the host's nutrients, living in symbiosis until they completely drain the host."

"... Haven't you thought of a way to break this?"

"There are two methods we can think of right now. The first is to kill all those possessed by the Gu worms, or wait five days until all the possessed individuals have had their life force drained, at which point Si Ming can kill the Ten Thousand Canopy Witch Ancestor."

"This method is unacceptable!" Murong Wu decisively rejected it. "Not to mention that Brother Si Ming would never sit idly by and watch hundreds of millions of people die, even if he agreed, what if the enemy secretly left behind a Gu worm and didn't completely drain it? Wouldn't all our previous efforts be in vain, and we'd end up with a blood debt for nothing?"

The woman nodded and said, "Therefore, I recommend the second method: have the person who kills the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor commit suicide before being completely controlled by it. In this way, the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor will be trapped in a cycle of 'killing itself,' and because the first layer of protection is activated, the second layer will not be triggered, thus saving the people parasitized by the Gu worms."

"Commit suicide!"

Upon hearing this, Murong Wu was so shocked that he took a step back, his expression constantly changing.

"No, there must be other ways... The essence of the second method is actually to meet the condition of 'the Ten Thousand Gu Witch Lord committing suicide,' not necessarily to make the murderer commit suicide. If we can control the will of the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor and make him commit suicide, wouldn't that work as well?" Murong Wu racked his brains and came up with a feasible solution.

The woman shook her head and said, "Theoretically, it is indeed feasible, but the premise is that you have the ability to control the other party. As a great shaman who has lived from the Middle Ages to the present, how strong do you think the will of the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor? Even Bai Junlong couldn't do it back then, do you think you can?"

"Then, then we can find a death row inmate, have him kill the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, and then force him to commit suicide..."

"A battle between peerless experts is something even Spirit Transformation Grandmaster wouldn't be qualified to interfere with. Where are you going to find such a powerful and obedient death row inmate? Or are you planning to capture the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor alive?"

Murong Wu's face turned pale. They weren't even confident of victory in the battle against the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, let alone capturing him alive. Moreover, martial artists value fighting spirit above all else. If they harbor the idea of sparing their opponent's life before a battle, they will hand over a battle that could have been won.

"Isn't there any other way?"

"Perhaps there is, but I can't think of any, and neither can the Lord of Ten Thousand Weapons. Maybe you could ask one of the smart ones among your companions, like that little fox surnamed Yu."

The woman sighed and said, "I've conveyed everything I needed to. The decision is now up to you." With that, she turned to leave.

"Aren't you going to stay and help us?" Murong Wu tried to persuade him to stay. "You don't really want to join the Remote Heaven Society, do you?"

"The reason I sought you out, and not anyone else, is because I don't want to see them. I... I'm ashamed to face them, and I don't want to be forced to stay by them," the woman said, shaking her head.

Murong Wu suddenly realized that the other party did not know about the Juntian Divine Sword, so in her eyes, he was the weakest among them and could not stop her even if he used force.

"The Remote Heaven Society destined to perish. Where do you plan to go in the future?"

"I don't know. I'll probably leave Sea Continent to avoid being found by my sister... Although I was deceived, it was my own decision back then, and I can't blame anyone else. Now, there's no going back. I can only keep moving forward and hope that what awaits me isn't an abyss."

The woman gave a bitter laugh, her figure disappearing into the darkness without a trace.

Murong Wu was in a state of confusion due to the immortality Secret Method of the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, and for a moment he was unsure whether he should try to force the other party to stay. After hesitating for a while, his nature finally prevailed, and he watched the other party leave.

"What should I do?"

Murong Wu looked up at the sky blankly. The bright moon hung high in the night sky, seemingly unchanging through the ages. Even though the world changes and the world turns into mulberry fields, it remains pure and untainted.

Scenes from the past flashed through my mind: my father's earnest teachings, my sister's exemplary conduct, Si Ming's guidance, Ying Zhou's care...

Experiencing the heroic unity of the martial arts world in the Barbarian Continent, witnessing the cruelty of the war between humans and demons in the Northern Continent, and seeing the wickedness of countless human skins in the Southern Continent...

Gradually, Murong Wu calmed down and gripped the Sacred Sword in his hand.

Actually, the answer has been there for a long time, hasn't it?

All worries have vanished, leaving only unwavering resolve.

Murong Wu had only walked a few steps back when he encountered someone—it was Xia Guanxue.

"It just so happens that I'm on night watch today," Xia Guanxue explained.

"So you heard everything?"