Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Secretly Guarding and Watching

【Tales of demons have long existed in Northern Wei, but few have truly seen a so-called demon.】

【But now, the martial arts families of the eight great houses of Northern Wei have all suffered devastating blows from unknown beings. The tragic extermination cases are vivid in their minds, forcing them to suspect demons.】

【And according to what those ancient books say, they try one by one the methods used to deal with demons for thousands of years.】

【It is said that demons are very afraid of battle-hardened generals, because generals who have fought on the battlefield have extremely Yang energy, which demons dare not touch.】

【It is said that demons are very afraid of the imperial family, the descendants of the heavens, because most of them are blessed by their ancestors and heaven and earth, which demons dare not touch.】

【It is also said that demons and ghosts are very afraid of the blood of black dogs, because dogs, in the Chinese zodiac, can be called pioneers of justice, possessing Yin Yang eyes that connect heaven and earth, able to see ghosts… and break demons.】

【Especially ghosts are most afraid of black dogs.】

【Because ghosts have souls but no spirits, and this spirit generates water, which is black, so they cannot see this so-called black thing!】

【Therefore, black dogs appear as two glowing eyes in front of ghosts… In addition, dog blood is the most fishy, and fishy smell belongs to the lungs, and lungs belong to metal, but the ghost’s soul belongs to wood, and metal overcomes wood, so ghosts are most afraid of the blood of black dogs.】

【In a mountain courtyard bought by a wealthy merchant outside the capital, the entire house, inside and out, was already covered with black dog blood.】

【Everyone present announced their names to each other, getting to know one another.】

【”What’s this?” Gu Jiangming couldn’t help but ask, looking at the thing Wang Qinghe handed him.】

【”This is a protective amulet.” Wang Qinghe said, “I hope you and I can survive this disaster safely.”】

【You and Wang Qinghe have been together day and night for several years. She regards you as a confidant and has tested you many times, but you remain unmoved. But even so, it seems she still has feelings for you.】

【You accepted the protective amulet carefully made by Wang Qinghe and found a remote wing room to stay in.】

Jiujiu looked at the screen, feeling a bit jealous and unhappy for some reason.

Gu Jiangming receiving gifts from others should have made her happy, but seeing him receive a gift from Wang Qinghe, Jiujiu couldn’t be happy no matter what.

【Not a word was spoken all night, as if the rumors of demons were all false. Waking up, the masters of various families in the hall felt the palpitations of having survived a disaster.】

【But, it was only one night.】

【Time passed day by day. On the seventeenth day, Huo Zhen, the master of Huo Clan’s fist, felt that it wasn’t a solution to stay like this.】

【They also had their own lives, their own businesses. Continuing to stay here like this, he felt like he was scaring himself.】

【He even suspected that the extermination of the Du, Wang, and Yue families was not the work of demons, but rather some masters of the Demonic Sect who practiced evil martial arts.】

Jiujiu frowned slightly.

【Huo Zhen’s judgment has been affected by demonic power. He has fallen into a state of confusion.】

As expected.

【A radius of five miles has been enveloped by an invisible demonic power. It seems to be intentionally severing the connection between here and the outside world.】

The next second, new information appeared.

【Huo Zhen decided not to waste any more time and wanted to go down the mountain from this place and return home.】

【He left.】

【Three days later, seeing that nothing had happened, someone else planned to leave. Li Chaoran, the inheritor of the Li Clan’s whip technique, bid farewell to everyone.】

【But just an hour after going down the mountain, Li Chaoran’s terrified screams rang out. Everyone heard the sound and immediately rushed to the scene.】

【At the foot of the mountain, a faceless rotting corpse appeared before their eyes. Judging from the blood-stained boots, it was undoubtedly Huo Zhen.】

【And on his body, there were several sword marks and knife wounds. The most frightening thing was his face, which seemed to have been gnawed off very cleanly by some wild beast, creating a grotesque scene of a faceless person.】

【In fact, it was difficult for clean cuts and gnawing marks to coexist, but this was exactly the case on Huo Zhen’s body.】

【Invisible terror arose in everyone’s hearts.】

【”Can’t stay here, can’t stay here, can’t stay here…” Li Chaoran completely lost the demeanor of the eight great families of Northern Wei, lost the spirit of a martial arts master. He just wanted to leave this place, the farther the better.】

【The thing humans fear most is always the unknown.】

【”Bang—”】

【It was as if he had hit a wall and bounced back violently from that spot.】

【But Li Chaoran seemed to feel no pain, charging towards that direction again, and then being bounced back again.】

【Once, twice, three times.】

【Everyone’s hearts sank.】

【Someone tried to stop Li Chaoran’s seemingly possessed actions, but it was still useless. They could only watch helplessly as a living person crashed to death against an invisible wall.】

【A master whose strength was comparable to their own died in such a strange way. The shock this brought was self-evident. Everyone returned to the courtyard on the mountain in silence.】

【The two corpses were carried back together.】

【”This sword wound…” Gu Jiangming touched the mark on Huo Zhen’s body and said in a trance, “It’s the sword move of Heaven and Earth Concealing.”】

【Hearing this, the others gathered around.】

【Suddenly, a person took off his mask, but his expression wasn’t any better. No one could be in a good mood after being involved in such a strange event.】

【”Greetings to everyone, I am Bu Gu from the Six Doors.”】

【He had never spoken here before. Everyone thought he was just a taciturn master from one of the families, but unexpectedly, he was from the Northern Wei court.】

【”With so many masters gathered here, His Majesty ordered me to keep an eye on things.” Bu Gu said with a wry smile, “I didn’t expect to encounter such a surprise.”】

【He stretched out his hand and skillfully touched the two corpses. As a secret agent of the Six Doors, he naturally had a wealth of experience as a coroner.】

【”You are the only son of Sword God Gu Changqing, right?” Bu Gu said, “I heard that the sword wound on Master Huo is a move from your family’s sword technique?”】

【”Indeed.” You said, and demonstrated that move on the ground in the courtyard.】

【Everyone gathered around to take a look, and it was indeed almost identical to the sword mark on Huo Zhen’s body.】

【”Your swordsmanship, how many people in the world know this move?” Bu Gu asked subconsciously, out of professional habit.】

【You smiled and said, “Which family’s master do you think could make a sane living person crash to death?”】

【”And which sect’s master do you think could trap us here, preventing us from leaving down the mountain?”】

【After Gu Jiangming’s words fell, the scene fell into a deathly silence.】

【Indeed.】

【What they encountered was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Even if the sword marks on the corpse could prove it was the Gu family’s Heaven and Earth Concealing sword technique, so what?】

【After hearing this, Bu Gu also smiled, “Young Master Gu is right, I was foolish.”】

【He pondered for a moment and said, “Since things have come to this, if you want to survive, you can only work together with a common purpose.”】

【”Starting tonight, everyone has to take turns keeping watch to avoid any further mishaps.”】

【Seeing that it was getting late, Bu Gu said, “I’ll take the first watch tonight.”】

【”Everyone should also have a good rest so that they can be prepared to face tomorrow’s predicament.”】

【However, after such a thing happened in front of everyone, no one actually had the intention to sleep.】

【You returned to your wing room to rest. For some reason, while everyone was panicking, you felt an inexplicable sense of peace.】

Jiujiu’s gaze fixed on this scene. She stayed by Gu Jiangming’s side almost every night.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t take Gu Jiangming away immediately, but she hadn’t figured out an excuse to explain her identity yet.

【In the middle of the night, Wang Qinghe came to your room. She said timidly, “Jiangming, I’m afraid to live alone in the wing room.”】

【Her voice was trembling slightly.】

【”Can I… can I stay with you?”】

【You pondered for a moment, thinking… it was indeed difficult for a girl to fall asleep after encountering these things.】

【”Then you sleep in my room, I’ll guard you at the door.”】

【”It’s cold outside, I don’t mind you sleeping inside.”】

【”But I do.” You closed your eyes and lay down on the threshold outside the room.】

Since he had inherited Gu Changqing’s disposition in this reincarnation…

Therefore, Gu Jiangming could only have one romantic interest. Since he had chosen Jiujiu as his wife, he couldn’t have a second choice.

Moreover, he didn’t have any thoughts of betraying his wife in this reincarnation simulation.

And just at this moment, the screen suddenly shook.

A loud noise appeared in Gu Jiangming’s ears.

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