Night.
Gu Qingshan stood on a mountain outside the manor and took out a black longbow.
A few jade slips lay on the grass beside him.
"They prepared everything for me long ago..."
Gu Qingshan murmured, drew an arrow, and nocked it.
His hand loosened.
The arrow became a blur and vanished into the darkness, disappearing in an instant.
Gu Qingshan stood there quietly, motionless for a long while.
"Young master, haven't you dealt with this sort of thing before?" Mountain Girl asked with concern.
"Right. At worst, we lure the enemy over again and stab him to death on the spot," Luo Bingli said.
Gu Qingshan remained lost in thought.
Earth Sword, however, said, "You don't understand. Once Gu Qingshan has been through something like this, he won't want to go through it again."
"Why?" Mountain Girl asked.
"Stabbing yourself is an extremely painful thing," Earth Sword said gravely.
Clang!
A heavy blow rang out.
Heaven Sword smacked Earth Sword straight into the ground, then Six Realms God Mountain Sword repeatedly hammered him mercilessly.
After a good while, Tide Sound Sword couldn't bear to watch anymore and quietly nudged Gu Qingshan with its Sword Hilt.
"Enough. Stop hitting him," Gu Qingshan said.
Only then did Luo Bingli and Mountain Girl relent.
Gu Qingshan said slowly, "I was just thinking, if I have to stab myself twice every time I run into something like this, that would be a pretty miserable failure."
"We don't know how many people in this world have been replaced by evil ghosts. If the enemy has strength in numbers, then the moment I kill the impostor, I'll very likely be discovered—then my fate will still be in jeopardy."
The four swords fell silent in unison.
Yes, that really was a big problem.
Gu Qingshan picked