20

A quarter of an hour ago.

"Ding Ling Ling, Ding Ling Ling."

The rapid ringing of the bell broke the silence of the early morning. Not only did it attract the Changtianmen's disciples, but it also alerted the other fourteen Taoist Masters and Half-step Taoist Masters who were staying in the guest courtyard with Gou Liang to participate in the Sixty Year Symposium.

"Xiao Meng, what happened?"

Liu Yiyi asked first.

This was the time when people were in the deepest sleep. The Changtianmen's disciples had some complaints about being summoned, so they were a step slower and arrived outside Gou Liang's room with the guests.

In the presence of so many people, the Changtianmen's disciples quickly put on a smile and asked, "Taoist Master Meng, do you have any orders?"

Gou Liang, who was frowning, ignored their little thoughts and said something shocking, "The malicious spirit has escaped."

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked.

The Changtianmen's disciple quickly retorted, "Impossible! Changtianmen is covered with a Mountain-protecting Formation, and the guest courtyard is guarded by the ancestors of the Three Pure Ones. No matter what malicious spirit it is, if it dares to step in here, it will be courting death. Even if its soul did not scatter, the Mountain-protecting Formation would not have no warning. "

This disciple would never have thought that in order to prevent himself from accidentally revealing his true body, the Solenoid deliberately left a loophole in the Mountain-protecting Formation that the Changtianmen were so proud of.

For malicious spirits like him and Bi Xia, the Mountain-protecting Formation was useless.

Fang Yunshu also asked, "That's right, Nephew Meng. Isn't that malicious spirit suppressed in the Nine-layered Soul Tower? How did it escape? "

Gou Liang was watching the Solenoid choking Bi Xia's throat. His face was extremely ugly.

He said in a low voice, "Previously, the Song Lian of Changtianmen stole the Nine-layered Pagoda from me and released the malicious spirit once. Even though I've put it back into the tower, if someone tries to do something to it, it'll be hard to guard against it. Just now, Bi Xia had already chased after them with the Nine-Story Pagoda. Your Sect Master Dugu also realized that something was wrong and chased after them. "

"But …"

Gou Liang sternly interrupted the Changtianmen disciples, "Now is not the time to investigate how it escaped, and how it escaped from the Changtianmen's Mountain-protecting Magic Formation! Hurry up and inform the others to come with us to help Bi Xia and Sect Leader Dugu get rid of the malicious spirit! "

The Changtianmen disciple was still hesitant. He thought that since the sect leader had already made his move and did not give any warning, presumably the malicious spirit would not be able to do much.

Just as they were about to say something to appease the guests who were frightened by Gou Liang's "alarmist words", Gou Liang had already left them behind and ran away.

Tao priest Lin, who owed Gou Liang a great debt of gratitude, was the first to follow, followed by Liu Yiyi, Yuan Qing, and Fang Yunshu.

The three of them had been guarding the capital all year round, and they were highly respected among the alchemists of Huaxia. Naturally, the others followed them.

Seeing this, the disciples of the Changsheng Men could only blow the whistle.

While running, Yuan Qing asked, "Xiao Meng, who is Bi Xia? Will he be in danger when facing the malicious spirit?"

She actually wanted to know the background of the other party. Not only did Gou Liang let him deal with the malicious spirit, but he also gave such an important magical instrument, the Nine-Story Soul Pagoda, to the other party.

"He is my lover."

After a pause, Gou Liang said, "His cultivation is above mine."

Yuan Qing and the others were shocked when they heard this. After all, they did not feel the existence of any spiritual power when they were in Bi Xia. How high must his cultivation be for them to not be able to see through it?

Soon, the elders of the Changtianmen came with thirty disciples and asked what had happened.

Elder Hu was relieved when he heard that the malicious spirit had escaped and that the head of the school had gone to arrest it. Gou Liang did not waste his breath to explain the seriousness of the matter. He chased after Bi Xia all the way until they broke into the trap set by the Solenoid and were trapped in the array.

"Why is there an array here?"

Elder Hu was shocked.

He had lived in the Changtianmen for a hundred years. He knew every blade of grass and every tree here like the back of his hand, but he had never seen an array here.

Fortunately, Elder Hu specialized in arrays. He was a proud disciple of the Solenoid. It did not take him much effort to break the array used by the Solenoid to deal with Gou Liang.

Sensing that the array had been broken, the Solenoid went all out and wanted to use Bi Xia's corpse to destroy his soul!

Gou Liang's heart suddenly jumped. He had already seen Bi Xia's corpse hidden in the Solenoid's hands from the System's surveillance. Of course, he would not be unprepared.

But even though he and Bi Xia had discussed a countermeasure before, and the System did not give any warning about Bi Xia's vital signs, Gou Liang's expression still changed. Seeing that Elder Hu was still going to waste his time to break the isolation barrier outside the array, Gou Liang immediately took out the bronze sword from his Qiankun Bag and injected spiritual power into it. He slashed the Solenoid's barrier fiercely.

At the same time, the Solenoid slashed at Bi Xia's corpse fiercely!

"Stop!"

Gou Liang shouted.

Bi Xia, who was cooperating with the Solenoid, immediately triggered the array talisman in his Taoist robe. Just as the Solenoid was about to succeed, the Gang Qi in the Taoist robe shot out!

The Solenoid fell out of Dugu Yang's body and appeared in front of everyone unexpectedly — even if it was only for a moment, it could not escape the eyes of the cultivators.

Gou Liang took the opportunity to step forward and shouted angrily, "How dare you, malicious ghost, to possess Master Dugu's body!"

His words enlightened everyone, and also made the Solenoid both shocked and angry — under the eyes of everyone, his soul was separated from Dugu Yang's body. The fact that he had possessed Dugu Yang's body was exposed, and he could not defend himself.

Who would believe that the Master of Changtianmen had been a malicious ghost from the beginning to the end?

They had never thought that there would be a second thousand-year-old malicious ghost in this world. The one who had possessed Master Dugu's body could only be the malicious ghost that Gou Liang had subdued.

The Solenoid knew that this was not the time to argue. He had to leave this place first!

He had painstakingly planned for many years. In Changtianmen, there were far more than just Dugu Yang and Song Lian who had a Pure Yang body with the same birth date as him. There were many people he could possess, so why worry about making a comeback?

When the storm was over and he returned to Changtianmen, he would have plenty of opportunities to kill Gou Liang and Bi Xia.

Thinking of this, the Solenoid immediately gave up his original plan and was about to leave with Bi Xia's corpse.

Gou Liang immediately used the Ninefold Soul Tower to collect the corpse in his hands. He shouted, "What are you waiting for? Don't let this malicious ghost escape!"

Elder Hu had already issued an emergency edict. The disciples of Changtianmen crawled out of their sleep and rushed towards them.

In this short period of time, Elder Hu sorrowfully confirmed that the malicious ghost had completely taken control of Dugu Yang's body. The possession had been successful. Even if Master Dugu's soul had not been devoured by the malicious ghost, it had already returned to the underworld. Preserving his body would not save Dugu Yang's life. Without hesitation, he led the disciples to kill the Solenoid.

They were well-trained. Some of them set up formations, some attacked with instruments, and some guarded the various entrances. They were powerful and complemented each other.

In this way, Gou Liang and the others appeared weak in front of the thousands of Changsheng Men disciples. They could not intervene at all.

More and more disciples of Changtianmen arrived at the scene. They were shocked to see Elder Hu leading a group of people to kill their Master. Then, they were informed by their fellow disciples that their Master had been possessed by a malicious ghost. In righteous indignation, they all joined the battle, swearing to avenge their Master.

The Solenoid would never have dreamed that one day, he would be regarded as an enemy by the Changtianmen that he had single-handedly created. He would be besieged by his own disciples and grand-disciples.

Gou Liang leaned on Bi Xia and smiled at him proudly. This was a great show, wasn't it?

Bi Xia curled his lips and stared at the Solenoid who showed no mercy to his own disciples. He whispered, "These people can't trap him."

These people were all trained by the Solenoid, but none of them surpassed the Solenoid. They could keep the Solenoid in check for a while, but they did not have the ability to kill him.

At this time, another Elder of Changtianmen strode over and asked anxiously, "What happened? What happened? Why was Master Dugu … "

Elder Liu's eyes were full of pain, and he stared fiercely at Bi Xia as he spoke.

Their current Master, Dugu Yang, was not the person with the highest cultivation in the Changtianmen, but he had entered the realm of Taoist Master before the age of forty. His talent was outstanding, and it was impossible for him to be easily possessed by a malicious ghost. Unless … someone was interfering.

Gou Liang straightened up and blocked Elder Liu's unfriendly gaze. He said unhappily, "Elder Liu, can't you see? Master Dugu has a pure Yang body, and it is difficult for ghosts and gods to invade. There is only one situation in which he would be possessed by a malicious ghost. "

Elder Liu was shocked. "You mean …"

Gou Liang nodded. "A pure Yang body can only be possessed by a ghost with the same birth date and horoscope as him. I'm afraid that this malicious ghost has been eyeing Master Dugu for a long time."

Elder Liu asked, "Why do you say that?"

Before Gou Liang could answer, a Changtianmen disciple rushed over with cold sweat. He said, "Elder, this malicious ghost is too powerful, we can't stop it!"

Elder Liu was shocked. He did not expect that this malicious ghost could use the Eternal Heaven Seal through Dugu Yang's hands. This was the Changtianmen's most powerful magic weapon, and they were no match for it.

Yuan Qing said, "Nephew Meng, you used the Ninefold Soul Guiting Pagoda twice to subdue this malicious ghost. Can you trap it again this time?"

Gou Liang looked at Bi Xia, and Bi Xia nodded at him.

Gou Liang said, "We can try, but the malicious ghost has already succeeded in possessing him. If we use the Ninefold Soul Guiting Pagoda to subdue it, and if Master Dugu's soul is still in his body, it will not be safe."

Elder Liu was stunned. After a while, he said with a choked voice, "Nephew Dugu is righteous and never fears death. I think that if his soul is aware, he will not allow himself to become a puppet of the malicious ghost. Celestial Master Meng, Mister Bi, you can do whatever you want. We will help you from outside. "

"That's good."

Gou Liang did not decline and immediately used the Ninefold Soul Guiting Pagoda.

"Ninefold Heavenly Weapon, pardon your souls. Everything in the world will be taken in! Go! "

As Gou Liang chanted the incantation, the Ninefold Pagoda responded and enlarged. It rose from the ground and turned into a huge, majestic pagoda. All the humans and ghosts present were sucked into the Ninefold Pagoda. Then, the Ninefold Pagoda turned in the opposite direction. Yuan Qing and the Changtianmen disciples were thrown out of the pagoda.

Gou Liang's voice was heard from the pagoda, "Chant the Exorcism Sutra and help me destroy this malicious ghost!"

"Okay!"

Everyone quickly responded.

There were close to four thousand Changtianmen disciples. Just by using their spiritual power to chant the Golden Light Mantra in unison, its power would spread in the mountains and rivers. Its power was boundless. When this vast spiritual power was absorbed by the Ninefold Pagoda and circulated through the instrument, its power would increase by nine times. It was even more extraordinary!

Even though Bi Xia had the top-grade protective instrument that Gou Liang bought from the System, he still felt a splitting headache and almost lost his balance, let alone the Solenoid.

Black blood gushed out of his seven orifices and he suddenly separated from Dugu Yang's body. The ghostly aura on his body dispersed. The Eternal Heaven Seal left his hand and was no longer under his control.

"Heaven and Earth Xuanzong, the origin of all Qi. Cultivate a hundred million tribulations, prove my supernatural power … "

The sound of chanting entered the Solenoid's ears one after another.

For the past three thousand years, he had never slacked off in his morning and evening classes. He had chanted these scriptures every day, but he had never felt as unbearably painful as he did at this moment.

Dugu Yang's body that was soaked in ghostly aura was quickly crushed by the murderous Gang Qi. The ghostly aura on the Solenoid's body dissipated layer by layer, making him extremely weak.

His protective robe began to shatter. Gou Liang felt that it was not fast enough. He cast charms to burn off the Solenoid's robe, exposing him to the Heavenly Axiom.

In the past, the Solenoid had always carefully hidden his ghostly aura. With his merits, it was difficult for the Heavenly Axiom to discover that he had violated the Heavenly Axiom's karma by using the Art of Blood Sacrifice of Virgin Boys and Girls. However, at this moment, the ghostly aura on the Solenoid's body was emitted. In addition, Gou Liang deliberately controlled the power of thunder and lightning. The Solenoid's merits and demerits were all exposed by the Heavenly Axiom.

Whether it was the virgin boys and girls that he had killed with the Art of Blood Sacrifice, or the fact that he had used his own son as a substitute for his karma, he had killed people for possession, he had killed his children's souls to transfer his karma, and he had killed his mother … all kinds of karma and karma were exposed in the eyes of the Heavenly Axiom.

Although he had a lot of merits, he had attempted to fool the Heavenly Axiom. Such a crime could not be offset by any merits.

The thunder and lightning from the sky suddenly became several times stronger. It pierced through the nine-story pagoda and whipped the Solenoid's soul, trying to destroy his soul. The Solenoid knew that his death was near. He said angrily, "Even if I die, I will get rid of you!"

He released his merits. He had actually used 3,000 years of merit to make a deal with the Heavenly Axiom in exchange for Bi Xia's life.

The Heavenly Axiom fulfilled his last wish. The thunder and lightning split into two. One of them struck toward Bi Xia at lightning speed!

[Ding! Executor No. 00401 —]

"Bi Xia, dodge!"

Gou Liang's mind was in a mess. He did not even listen to the main system's alarm. He subconsciously pounced toward Bi Xia.

"Xiao Kener!"

Bi Xia was greatly shocked. She immediately turned around and shielded Gou Liang under her body.

In an instant, the thunder and lightning arrived!

"No!"

Gou Liang hugged Bi Xia tightly with both hands. Life and death were on the line. He, whose mind was blank, did not even have time to think about what tools to use to deal with the situation in front of him.

Just when Bi Xia and Gou Liang thought that they were going to die, the thunder and lightning that landed on Gou Liang's hands suddenly dissipated. The Solenoid's laughter came to an abrupt end. He was stunned as he watched the thunder and lightning that should have turned Bi Xia and Gou Liang into ashes violently sent Bi Xia flying. Then, it wrapped around Gou Liang's hand like a spoiled child and pulled him up from the ground.

Then, he watched as his 3,000 years of merit was wrapped in the thunder and lightning. It turned into a dazzling purple-gold light and happily entered Gou Liang's body.

The Solenoid did not understand what had happened. He wanted to ask the Heavenly Axiom why it betrayed him and gave his merit to his enemy. However, he did not have the chance to do so.

Sensing Gou Liang's anger and fear, the thunder and lightning struck the Solenoid with a force a hundred times stronger than before, leaving behind only one sentence — The Heavenly Axiom is unfair!

All of this happened in an instant. When Bi Xia landed on the ground, the Solenoid was already scared out of his wits. He did not have time to figure out what had happened. Ignoring the thunder and lightning, he ran back to Gou Liang and hugged him tightly. When Gou Liang absorbed all the purple-gold merit and the thunder and lightning dissipated, Gou Liang opened his eyes and realized that it was over.

Gou Liang, who had instantly exceeded the upper limit of soul coins in this world, thought, "Huh???"

*

The leader of Changtianmen had sacrificed himself to destroy the thousand-year-old malicious spirit. The Changtianmen were mourning.

The Sixty-Year Symposium, which was supposed to be opened in advance, was delayed for a year. When Gou Liang received the invitation again, he did not decline it. The Solenoid's Daoist handbook, which had traveled for three thousand years, was left in the secret chamber of Changtianmen. Gou Liang unceremoniously absorbed it. Although the Solenoid's soul was gone and he could not die in peace, Gou Liang was still happy for a while.

He said, "If the Solenoid was not completely dead, he would be hiding in a corner, hugging himself tightly and crying."

Bi Xia said uninterestedly, "He was also struck by lightning when he died. His death was too ugly. What's so nice about crying?"

Gou Liang snorted, "I'm thirsty."

Bi Xia hurriedly went to pour him some water. Even though he worked hard without complaint, he was still despised, "Why don't you ask the Emperor to come out? I even have to ask him to drink some water."

Bi Xia crushed the cup and looked back at a certain someone who was arrogant because of his favor.

Then … he swallowed his anger and changed the cup to another one. He poured a cup of warm water for his Xiao Kener.

The Sixty-Year Symposium lasted for two months. When Gou Liang returned to Qizang Pavilion, there was a man and woman crying in front of his shop. The young woman with heavy makeup was crying very miserably. She almost knelt down in front of the man. The people around pointed at them and looked at the man with disdain.

Gou Liang said, "… Zhuo, what did you do to the girl?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the girl looked at Gou Liang with tears in her eyes. "Meng Qi Ning …"

"Qi Ning, you're finally back!"

Sun Zhuozhuo also cried.

The crowd's eyes copied and pasted on Gou Liang.

Gou Liang: "…"

After bringing the two troublemakers into the shop and listening to the whole story, Gou Liang realized that the woman with ruined makeup was the prettiest girl in the same department as the original owner of this body.

Last time, the prettiest girl in the department sent him an invitation to her wedding. However, it just so happened that the Solenoid incident happened. He was happy to save some money and didn't go. Now, the old man that the prettiest girl in the department married was in a relationship with someone else. The mistress knew a powerful "Celestial Master". After the old man had a meal with the "Celestial Master", he resolutely decided to divorce the prettiest girl in the department and marry the mistress.

Of course, the prettiest girl in the department refused. She pestered Sun Zhuozhuo to find Gou Liang and treat Gou Liang and the old man to a meal.

Gou Liang looked at her speechlessly. "Girl, it's not appropriate for you to look for me. You should call the police. "

After sending away the prettiest girl in the department, Gou Liang stared at Sun Zhuozhuo. "Can you stop looking for trouble for me?"

Bi Xia said coldly, "If you cause trouble again, I'll kill you."

Sun Zhuozhuo: "…"

He took a deep breath and whispered in Gou Liang's ear, "Dude, does your man have a split personality? He wasn't like this last time … "

Before he could finish his words, Bi Xia grabbed him and threw him out of the door. The sign at the door flipped: "Closed."

Bi Xia grabbed Gou Liang and flew upstairs. He had been forbidden from eating for two months in Changtianmen. He had long had enough. Whoever dared to disturb him, he would kill them!

Therefore, the residents of Chaoyang felt that this winter was unusually warm.

The experts painfully called out, "Gentlemen, drive less! Drive less!"

Later, the people in the special department found out that there was a top consultant in the organization. Because of the evil spirit mark on his body, he could not wait to use the Yin and Yang Extreme Yang Formation for thirty-two days a month to get rid of the evil spirit.

After guarding the capital for twenty years, Gou Liang and Bi Xia, whose appearances did not change at all, began to travel around the world.

If they did not leave, even if the logistics department was online twenty-four hours a day, it could not stop the soul of gossip and curiosity of the public.

After another thirty years, Zhang Dou, who had retired from the position of minister, met Gou Liang for the last time before he died.

Looking at the youthful Gou Liang and Bi Xia, compared to his old self, Zhang Dou sadly left his lifetime merit to Gou Liang.

Bi Xia could not wait to smash his soul into pieces, but Gou Liang stopped him. In the end, he threatened and tempted the Black and White Impermanence to add a marriage predestined by fate in Zhang Dou's book of life and death. Only then did he stop.

Gou Liang looked at him with amusement. "Well, when we get home, I will stew you pear with rock sugar to cool down."

Another twenty years passed. One day, Gou Liang came across a dying stray dog on the street. On a whim, he sang a lullaby to it and sent it to sleep.

"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby …"

He was intoxicated and could not extricate himself.

The stray dog suddenly burst with a strong desire to survive. It stood up abruptly and was about to run away from the purgatory of the human world.

Bi Xia looked at it with a smile.

The stray dog lay on the ground in humiliation. "Woof …" Let me die. I don't want to live for another second. "

As the stray dog fell asleep to the "melodious" lullaby, Gou Liang touched its body that had lost its temperature. Suddenly, he looked up at Bi Xia and said, "Bi Xia, my time is up."

Bi Xia was stunned.

He strode forward and hugged Gou Liang tightly. He said softly, "Be good, don't be afraid. Xiao Kener, I will always be here. I won't let you leave me. "

As soon as his voice fell, the expression on his face suddenly became anxious and panicked. Bi Xia said anxiously, "Xiao Kener, don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. Death is not scary. It will be over soon. You have my mark on your body. No matter where you go, no matter if your soul remembers me or not, I will find you! Xiao Kener … "

The person in his arms suddenly lost his temperature. At the moment when his time was up and his life was cut off, his young and delicate face became a withered old skin bag that had lost its moisture.

Knowing that he would be back soon, Bi Xia felt as if a piece of his heart had been dug out. He kissed Gou Liang's lips that were no longer full and tender.

"Xiao Kener, don't be afraid. I will protect you. I will always protect you."

The arrogant Bi Xia showed a trace of weakness at this moment. A drop of tear rolled down Gou Liang's face.

So …

[Ding! Mission progress bar advanced. Current mission progress: 100%!!]

Gou Liang, who had just left his body, was speechless.