Chapter 197 The Heavenly Master's InstructionsWith a "bang", the man with bloodstained clothes was thrown to the ground. The tendons of his hands and feet were all pierced by silver needles. After being tortured, he not only lost the ability to move, but even his originally mutilated eyes now had a bloody hole, and his only remaining eye was gouged out. A smelly rag was stuffed into Gao Gen's mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue to commit suicide. A demon in charge of escorting him came over quickly and asked: "Master, this traitor fell into our hands two days ago. After several tortures, he kept his mouth shut and refused to reveal any information. I dare not go too far, for fear that you will punish me if I take his life." "Really? Go away." Gu Qi'an stared at the bloody invalid in front of him with great interest. His body was covered with burns from the branding iron, and his face was bruised and black. He kicked him several times, stepped on his head, and chatted with his confidant beside him in a teasing manner: "Here! This is the fate of a traitor. He has entered Quanxing and even sworn brotherhood with the righteous path. He is really something." "Master, please be gentle. I think he is about to die." Reminded by the transparent figure, Gu Qi'an moved his right foot, listened to the weak breathing, looked down at Gao Gen condescendingly, and began to interrogate him. "I heard that you used to be a member of the same stream? Tell me, where was Wu Gen born?" The light words concealed murderous intent. If Gao Gen refused to answer, Gu Qi'an had plenty of ways to deal with him. "."

The only response from the young man was dead silence. Gao Gen was in a trance and on the verge of death. He couldn't even hear what Gu Qi'an was saying. He just felt that his numb body was getting heavier and heavier and he could not hold on any longer. "So troublesome?" Gu Qi'an grabbed Gao Gen's head, looked into his empty, fleshy eye sockets, took out a jade bottle filled with gray liquid, and dripped two drops between Gao Gen's lips. Water of longevity. A secret technique belonging to the East that can transform living people into monsters that can be driven at will. "Da da da" The gray liquid seeped into Gao Gen's mouth, dripped into his throat, and soon evolved into an astonishing change. Gao Gen, who was barely breathing the last second, gradually recovered his strength. He wailed wildly on the ground, and his muscles swelled 2-3 times. The bloodshot eye sockets were replaced by a beast's mouth with fangs, creepy black hair grew out of many parts of the body, and the body was creaking, shaking off one silver needle after another. The hair on its head fell off at a speed visible to the naked eye, its skull was twisted and deformed, and the skin all over its body turned gray-brown. It was greedily breathing in fresh air, and the bones in its body rose and fell with it. "Master, do you want to keep him?" "Send a great gift to his master." Gu Qi'an waved his hand slightly, and Gao Gen, who had become a monster, crawled in front of him like a four-horned beast, no longer having any self-awareness. "Listen, go back and clean out all the old and young people inside the door." The monster uttered vague syllables, did not resist, turned around and fled out of the room, following the remaining memory route in its mind, executing the commands in its subconscious mind. "Master, if you let him go, aren't you afraid that he will change back?" A shifty-looking demon asked cautiously. Gu Qi'an couldn't help but smile as if he heard a joke: "This idiot, his brain is rotten, even if we search for famous doctors all over the world, it will be useless, his fate should be similar to that of a stray dog." "Then Wu Gensheng, should we continue chasing him?"

The transparent figure gave a brief account of the information he had gathered recently. "Only about ten of his sworn brothers are left. I don't know where they are hiding now. Do you think we should pay more attention to the others?" "can." Gu Qi'an lay on the sofa, closed his eyes slightly, and gradually became sleepy. He drove away the sleep like a fly, saying: "I leave this matter to you. Don't let me down. If you are not sure, bring more people with you." "Understood. Please wait for good news." The sound stopped abruptly, and the grandmaster who had been hiding himself just disappeared. Tianshi Mansion. evening. Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong were shocked to learn from Zhang Jingqing that their junior fellow apprentice had sworn brotherhood with the devil. It had only been half a year. If it had not been for the master's own words, they would never have believed that Zhang Huaiyi, who was given a surname and was qualified to become the next generation of Heavenly Master in the future, would have risked the world's condemnation and done such an outrageous thing. "Huai Yi, what's going on?" Tian Jinzhong was extremely confused. He had received a lot of kindness from the Sanyi Sect, but his junior fellow apprentice had become sworn brothers with a hostile demon, which made him feel very embarrassed. "Master, do you still want to protect Huaiyi's life?" Faced with major issues, Zhang Zhiwei did not dare to make his own decisions. He wanted to know what his master was thinking. "Hey, why don't you protect me?" Zhang Jingqing looked embarrassed and said: "Thanks to the way the Sanyi Sect gave us a way out, we have all agreed that anyone who participated in the oath of brotherhood will have their cultivation abolished and be confined for life if caught. We can just turn a blind eye to this matter and let it go." "But now people from other sects are hunting down these remnants. According to the agreement, they have the right to dispose of any sworn brother at will. Even I cannot blatantly ask them to stop." "After all, it was that evildoer who was wrong in the first place. Moreover, if he knew the conditions for survival, he might not be willing to come back given his personality." The Heavenly Master was extremely worried. It was different from any other time before. He felt that he could not see Zhang Huaiyi clearly. In front of the two disciples, he slowly recounted: "Dou Ruchang, the sworn brother of the Secret Painting Sect, secretly passed on his methods to others. Now we cannot be sure whether your junior brother has leaked the Golden Light Curse and Thunder Method of our Tianshi Mansion because of this. Although I am willing to believe that he will not, I dare not say anything for sure. Only by seeing him with my own eyes can I have a chance to confirm it." "What?!" Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong were both stunned. The situation was more serious than they had imagined. "Master, please let the two of us go down the mountain and bring Huaiyi back!" Zhang Jingqing looked at the two disciples kneeling in front of him, frowned, and sighed: "You should prepare for the worst." "If he doesn't come back and continues to hang out with the devil, he will eventually be killed by the Trinity Sect. You must not ask for mercy on this matter. My Tianshi Mansion cannot afford to lose this person, understand?" "Before you bring him back, even if he is killed by other sects, you are not allowed to seek revenge. That is his fate." "Your actions may affect the unity of the alliance. You must not ruin the overall situation because of momentary selfishness." After hearing the master's earnest words, the two of them had a rough idea in their minds and nodded: "I understand. Please rest assured, Master." "at last." Zhang Jingqing's expression relaxed, and he stared at Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong, and said:

"Promise me, Master, that you will act with caution and return safely." "If I can't save that evil creature, then I won't save him. If anything happens to you because of him, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life." "Master." The two were moved, with mixed feelings in their hearts. It was the first time they saw the Heavenly Master so powerless. After a brief farewell, Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong prepared money and dry food and hurried down the mountain that night. "Brother, where do we start looking?" "Let's go ask at the inn first. Jinzhong, try to come with me. I have a bad feeling that this trip down the mountain may be full of trouble." "Well, brother, let's go together." The hazy moonlight illuminated the figures of the two people as they walked down the mountain, gradually disappearing into the vast forest. The next day. Another piece of news came out that Wei Shufen, who had fled back to Qinghe Village in southern Xinjiang, was captured and killed by the great sorcerer who had learned about the incident in advance and several of his old friends. Their bodies were thrown into the mountains and eaten by jackals and vultures. Song Mian and Zhou Sheng from Wudang, the former was imprisoned in the mountains after the incident because he returned to the sect to stay, and the latter has been missing and is still on the run. Due to the war, Wudang was short of manpower and could only send out four disciples to hunt down the criminal, but they could not find his whereabouts. Bian Tong of the Natural Gate, under pressure from his master, revealed the secrets of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley to a group of teachers and seniors. He once believed that the patterns engraved on the rock walls concealed great immortal connections, and he used this to save his life. The sect leader, upon hearing the news, weighed the pros and cons and decided to lead some elite troops to the mission. He also promised privately that after finding the secret of immortality, he would not kill Bian Tong but would give him freedom. However, after several days of running around, when they arrived at the valley, Bian Tong concealed the existence of the Qi Bureau. He thought he could get there roughly based on his memory, but unexpectedly, accidents happened frequently. The closer they got to the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley, the more disciples who followed them died due to various strange accidents. Some suffered sudden onset of old illnesses, some accidentally fell off cliffs, and some were smashed into pieces by huge rocks rolling down narrow mountain paths. When they heard the sharp hissing sound, everyone looked up in panic and saw a group of smart golden monkeys constantly throwing stones, which made the exploration team of the Natural Gate in a mess and retreat in panic. Under the influence of the situation, the strangers who took the wrong path died one after another. The leader of the Natural Gate was extremely angry. He once grabbed Bian Tong's throat and forced him to tell what was going on. "No, I don't know. Gatemaster!!" Bian Tong looked panicked. Nearly ten of his disciples had died, and he didn't dare to say that it was because of the conflict. Unfortunately, even he himself didn't know that he had suffered the disaster. "Pfft!" A sharp dagger pierced through his heart from the back. Bian Tong's chest was bleeding profusely. He looked at the head of the sect in panic. His eyes dimmed instantly. He fell to his knees and stopped breathing instantly. The person who made the move was the second in command of the sect. He had a premonition that the bastard Bian Tong had tricked them here to kill them and then took the opportunity to escape, so he could not tolerate it and took ruthless action. The only five people left did not dare to go deeper into the rugged mountain road, and returned by the original route. In the end, only the chief of the Natural Gate came out alive. He was covered in blood and looked like a madman. He staggered a few steps and then fell to the ground exhausted.

"Captain!!!" The gatekeeper who was on duty nearby cried out in surprise and rushed over to rescue him. "Those bastards in Shanshan Valley have found the immortal trail." Halfway through his words, the chief of the Natural Gate began to bleed profusely from the corner of his mouth and passed out. (End of this chapter)