Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 30: No One to Rely on in a Time of Crisis

Xuan Qing found Wuzhan alone and went to the inner hall, and asked, "I have been wondering these past few days why Zitan gave me this chess piece. Can you tell me what happened to Zitan before he went down the mountain, and why he went down the mountain to find Qingyang?"

Wuzhan said: "Master had been refining the 'Soul Requiem Stone' for several days until he went crazy. I was in the cave at the time and had nothing to do. I saw his bloodshot eyes and felt something was wrong, so I went forward to shout at him. He lost his mind, flew up, and swung his palm, almost hitting me to death."

Xuan Qing frowned after hearing this and thought, "You said before that when Qingyang was possessed, he wanted to kill you, but he didn't bring himself to do it?"

"Exactly. Afterwards I also felt strange as to why he didn't do it."

"Logically, it would be difficult to control yourself in that situation, unless you were stimulated more strongly. Are you sure you were the only one there at the time, with no one else or other stimulation?"

"It should be just me, and I don't seem to be stimulated by anything else."

Xuan Qing stood up, looked at the chess piece in his hand, then looked at Wuzhan, and said in a deep voice: "If my guess is correct, your master asked you to bring this chess piece to me, just to tell me that the person who can break the spell is you, and the homonym of chess piece is 'its son'!"

Wuzhan muttered softly, "My disciples cannot practice any magic, how could it be me."

Xuan Qing said: "If that is the case, I will be even more confused."

Wuzhan asked, "What was my former mentor's wish? Can you tell me why Qingyang wanted to snatch it, and why my master would rather die than give it up?"

Xuan Qing said with a melancholy look: "Only the three of us know about this matter. I won't tell you unless it is absolutely necessary. Let me think about it for a while, you go down first."

For the past few days, the Huashan disciples did not make things difficult for Wuzhan. Wuzhan was sitting on a cliff, looking down. At this time, the sixth brother came behind him and told him that the master wanted him to go to the inner room. Wuzhan thought that the master must want to tell him the truth about the incident, so he walked quickly to the highest house. Just as he arrived at the door and was about to step in, he heard the little sister say:
"Dad must let your daughter say what I'm thinking, then I'll tell you what's on my mind. Actually, I'm not too sure. Ever since I met him, I've been thinking about him every day. I like looking at his clear eyes and watching him play the piano. But every time I think that he won't live long, my heart aches. I can't bear that kind of loss. My mother passed away when she gave birth to me. I've seen my dad's loneliness. I don't want to be like dad all my life. I want someone to accompany me until I grow old, even if he just stands there and I can see him. Senior Brother has always been very good to me, so good that I don't know what is good anymore. If I have to make a choice, I will choose Senior Brother, because he can accompany me until I grow old, while the 'great talent' is something I can only encounter but not seek. I can only pray silently that he can live longer, have more happiness, and less pain."

Wuzhan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this outside the door.

"If that's the case, then I can only pass this 'Yunyun Health Preservation Technique' to Haotian."

"If...if the health-preserving secret can keep him alive, I will not hesitate, but Dad has also said that the hope is slim. I am afraid of losing, and my daughter dare not gamble."

"Ke Xin, Dad is sorry for you!"

"This is my daughter's own choice. I won't blame my father."

"Dad knows what you're thinking. Please go down. I have something to discuss with Wuzhan."

Xia Kexin walked out of the room and saw Wuzhan waiting in the courtyard. She looked at him reluctantly. For the first time, she didn't speak or laugh, but just left in tears. Wuzhan walked into the room and saw Xuanqing sitting limply on the chair, as if he had suddenly aged a lot. He asked in surprise, "Master, why is your health so bad? Did you hurt your vitality in order to save your disciple?"

Xuan Qing shook his head and said, "No, I was already poisoned. I just used the "Yunyun Health Preservation Technique" to avoid being discovered by Ke Xin."

Wuzhan asked in shock: "How did you get poisoned? How can you cure it?"

"This poison is colorless and tasteless. Once ingested, one will die within three days. There is no antidote."

"Who poisoned Master?"

"It's hard to say. I think Qingyang has already come and will know soon. The reason I asked you to come is to tell you what happened while I am still alive."

Wuzhan felt a pang in his heart and whispered, "How could this be?"

Xuan Qing said slowly, "I don't have much time left. I can only tell you briefly that twenty years ago, I heard a rumor that someone was going to let the devil appear in Changping. I was young at that time, so I gathered more than a dozen people to stop them. We ambushed in Changping, gathered information, and waited for more than ten days. We found a very suspicious team, a total of 47 people wearing white clothes. We followed them to the hilly area and came to the deep mountains. They were offering sacrifices there, and then triggered a mechanism to open a mountain gate. When the door opened, although the distance was far, the trembling murderous aura immediately rushed towards us, and we could vaguely hear terrifying voices. We thought they must be the ones who wanted to release the devil. Time was urgent, and we didn't have time to figure it out. Almost in an instant, we killed all those people. Looking at the blood-stained corpses in white, some of us realized that these people were not... He did not resist us, so we looked for survivors, but only found a dying man, who was your eldest brother's father. He told us that they were descendants of Bai Qi. During the Battle of Changping, the 200,000 surrendered soldiers of Zhao were lured into that cave. Bai Qi felt that he had committed many sins in his life, so before committing suicide, he entrusted his descendants to bring his head to the cave to commemorate the souls who died of resentment. The descendants did as they were told, but when the cave was opened, the violent aura in the cave was already very strong. The person who went in to put the head did not come out for a long time, so they closed the gate and looked for a way to resolve it. They found three magic stones, namely the Soul-Capture Stone, the Soul-Calming Stone, and the Evil-Repelling Stone. They were ready to go there again with these three magic stones to disperse those souls, but we killed them by mistake before they could disperse them. We regretted it too late and had to agree to let him fulfill his wish and raise Bai Qi who was entrusted to the inn. Haotian, then took the three magic stones and the spell and entered the cave. After we entered, we couldn't find the direction we came in, and the more we walked, the heavier the evil spirit became. Those who went in with us would disappear from time to time, and when they reappeared not long after, their eyes were bloodshot. They were demons, and we had to kill them at all costs. Our people were like being cursed, and they were transformed into demons one by one and killed by us one by one. We couldn't find the exit, so we could only hope to find the source of the evil spirit and dispel it. When we found it, we saw something that could never be eliminated from a dream in a lifetime, and that thing hadn't awakened yet. There were only three of us left, and you should know who it was. We gritted our teeth and began to dispel the evil spirit according to the spell, but there was a problem with the spell. We couldn't drive the three magic stones at all, and I was the only one who could release a little light from the evil-avoiding stone at that time, but my stone We can only ensure that those evil spirits cannot get close to us. The two of them almost went crazy several times, but I stopped them in time. We didn't know how many times we tried. Finally, we were exhausted and had to give up and slowly leave there. The dry food was gone. We were so hungry that we had no choice but to eat the disgusting maggots on the ground. It took us a long time to figure out the structure of the cave. It turned out to be a natural trap. When we found the exit, a month had passed. We closed the mountain gate to prevent people from accidentally breaking in, but that thing was inside and would explode sooner or later. We burned the rotten corpses at the door. The three of us agreed to enter the cave together and disperse the thing after we comprehended the three magic stones. I went to the inn to pick up Haotian, who was less than two years old. I didn't expect Qingyang to kill Zitan in order to get the "Requiem Stone". "After saying this, his face turned pale and his eyes were melancholy.

Wuzhan listened to the master's long narration and finally understood why this incident made the master regret for his whole life, why he felt sick when he saw the caterpillar, and what an unbearable experience it was. After Xuanqing calmed down, Wuzhan asked: "I have no cultivation at all, why do you think I can fulfill this wish?"

Xuan Qing slowly took out a blue stone from his sleeve, handed it to Wuzhan, and said, "I can't figure it out either, but he used his death to cover your release, so I have to believe you. Hurry up and put it away, and leave here. I think he will be here soon!" He took out two intact silk sheets and said, "This one is our Xia family's 'Yunyun Health Preservation Technique'. When you were unconscious, I used this technique. It activated the eight extraordinary meridians instead of the twelve meridians. I hope you can practice it and control your illness. The other one is the spell of this 'Evil-Avoiding Stone'. I have almost comprehended it, but it can only prevent you from being eroded by evil spirits after entering there. I think the two stones are the ones that really work. It will be too difficult for you to take them back. You just need to keep them well and don't let Qingyang get them. He must be using them to do evil things. This is all I can do. The rest depends on your luck."

Wuzhan took them, opened them one by one, and quickly memorized them. He said, "Master, I have no cultivation skills, so it is safest to remember them in my mind. Can you allow me to burn them?"

Xuan Qing nodded in agreement and said, "This is the best way. Go and burn it."

Wuzhan came to the stove and threw it into the stove to burn.

Xuan Qing sighed, "What a pity! If you weren't terminally ill, why would my daughter choose Haotian? If she knew about this, she would definitely hate her father. I can't care less."

Wuzhan could not promise anything to the masters. How could he fulfill the wishes of the two masters with his current body? Everything is based on life. Without life, everything will only become regrets. However, these promises that cannot be fulfilled become his reason to live.

Xuan Qing whispered, "Go to my inner room and hide for a while. There is a dark room behind the portrait. Here he comes!"

At this time, hurried footsteps were heard outside, "Master, something bad has happened!"

(End of this chapter)