Translated by Hua Li ^_^
This is the last chapter of this arc!
A quarter of an hour ago.
“Ding ling ling, ding ling ling.”
The urgent and incessant ringing of the bell shattered the tranquility of the early morning, not only summoning the attendants of the Changtian Gate but also alarming the fifteen Heavenly Masters and Half Heavenly Masters who were staying together with Gou Liang in the guest courtyard for the Jiazi Conference.
“Xiao Meng, what’s going on?”
Liu Yiyi asked first.
It was the deepest hour of sleep for most people, so the disciples of the Changtian Gate felt a bit disgruntled about being summoned, and thus they arrived a step later than the guests at Gou Liang’s room.
With so many people present, the disciple of Changtian Gate quickly put on a smile and asked, “Meng Tianshi, what are your orders?”
With a grim expression, Gou Liang ignored their inner grievances and uttered shocking words, “The fierce ghost has escaped.”
“What?!”
Everyone was shocked.
The disciple of the Changtian Gate quickly retorted, “Impossible! The Changtian Gate is covered by the protective mountain formation, and the guest courtyard is also guarded by the ancestral spirits of the Sanqing. Any ghost or evil spirit daring to enter here will perish. Even if it didn’t disperse its spirit, there would have been some warning from the protective mountain formation.”
The disciple couldn’t have imagined that, in order to prevent accidentally revealing his true form, Guyang intentionally left loopholes in the protective formation of the Changtian Gate, which the disciples were so proud of.
For ghosts of his and Bi Xia’s level, the protective mountain formation was like nothing.
Fang Yunshu also inquired, “Yes, Nephew Meng, wasn’t that fierce ghost supposed to be securely sealed within the Nine Pagoda Tower? How did it escape?”
Gou Liang, monitoring the situation, saw Bi Xia being strangled by Guyang, his face turning extremely grim.
He said in a deep voice, “Earlier, the Changtian Gate’s Song Lian stole the Nine Pagoda Tower from me and released the fierce ghost once. Although I retrieved it and put it back into the tower, if someone tampered with the ghost or the tower, many situations would be unpredictable. Just now, Bi Xia has already chased after it with the Nine Pagoda Tower. Your Master Dugu Yang also noticed something wrong and went after them.”
“But…”
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Just as they were about to reassure the shocked guests, Gou Liang had already left them behind and hurried away.
The Daoist Lin, who owed Gou Liang a great favor, followed closely behind. Liu Yiyi, Yuan Qing, and Fang Yunshu also followed suit.
The three of them usually guarded the capital and held high prestige among the Huaxia Daoists, so naturally, others followed suit.
Seeing the situation, the disciples of the Changtian Gate had no choice but to blow the alarm whistle.
As they ran, Yuan Qing asked, “Xiao Meng, who is Bi Xia? Will he be in danger facing the fierce ghost?”
She actually wanted to ask about the background of Bi Xia. Gou Liang not only sent him to deal with the fierce ghost but also entrusted him with the important artifact, the Nine Pagoda Tower.
“He is my lover”
Gou Liang paused and continued, “His cultivation is above mine.”
Upon hearing this, Yuan Qing and the others were all astonished. After all, they hadn’t sensed any spiritual power from Bi Xia before—how profound must his cultivation be for them to be unable to perceive it?
Soon, an elder from the Changtian Gate led thirty disciples to rush over and inquire about what had happened.
Upon hearing that the fierce ghost had escaped and the head had gone to apprehend it, Elder Hu, with the surname Hu, also slightly eased his worry. Gou Liang didn’t waste words explaining the seriousness of the situation. They hurried to where Bi Xia was, until they all stumbled into the trap set by Guyang, getting ensnared in the formation.
“How could there be a formation here?”
Elder Hu exclaimed.
He had lived in the Changtian Gate for a hundred years, knowing every single plant and tree here, and had never seen a formation like this.
Fortunately, Elder Hu specialized in formations and was Guyang’s favorite disciple. It didn’t take much effort for him to decipher the formation used by Guyang against Gou Liang.
Realizing that the formation was broken, Guyang, without hesitation, was about to use Bi Xia’s corpse to let his soul disperse!
Gou Liang’s heart suddenly tightened. He had already seen from the system monitoring that Guyang was hiding Bi Xia’s bones in his hands and, of course, was prepared for it.
But even though he and Bi Xia had previously discussed countermeasures, and the system had not issued any warning signals about Bi Xia’s vital signs, Gou Liang’s face still changed color. Seeing Elder Hu still intending to spend time breaking out of the formation outside the isolation barrier, Gou Liang immediately took out a bronze sword infused with spiritual power from his Qiankun bag and ruthlessly split open the formation set up by Guyang.
At the same time, Guyang ruthlessly attacked Bi Xia’s bones!
“Stop!!”
Gou Liang shouted loudly.
At the signal, Bi Xia immediately triggered the array symbols in his robe, and the aura in the robe shot out rapidly just as Guyang was about to succeed!
Guyang fell out of Dugu Yang’s body, revealing his true form in front of everyone—even though it was just a momentary effort, it couldn’t escape the discerning eyes of the cultivators.
Seizing the opportunity, Gou Liang stepped forward and shouted angrily, “Daring fierce ghost, how dare you possess Sect Master Dugu!”
A single sentence awakened everyone, and also made Guyang feel a mixture of shock and anger—under the gaze of everyone, his soul separated from Dugu Yang’s body, exposing the fact that he had possessed Dugu Yang in front of everyone, leaving him speechless.
Who would believe that the Sect Master of the Changtian Gate was a fierce ghost from beginning to end?
And they never thought that there would be a second thousand-year fierce ghost in this world. The one who possessed the Sect Master had to be the fierce ghost tamed by Gou Liang.
Guyang knew that now was not the time to argue. He had to leave this place of controversy first!
He had meticulously prepared for many years. Within the Changtian Gate, there were many Pure Yang bodies with the same birth date as him, far more than just Dugu Yang and Song Lian. He could possess many people, so why worry about not being able to rise again?
After the storm had passed, he could return to the Changtian Gate and had plenty of opportunities to kill Gou Liang and Bi Xia.
Thinking of this, Guyang immediately abandoned his original plan and prepared to leave with Bi Xia’s bones.
Gou Liang immediately used the Nine Pagoda Tower to collect the bones in his hands and shouted sternly, “What are you all waiting for? Don’t let this fierce ghost escape!”
Elder Hu had already issued an urgent order, and the disciples of the Changtian Gate got up from their sleep and rushed towards them.
And in the blink of an eye, Elder Hu painfully confirmed that the fierce ghost had completely taken control of Dugu Yang’s body, successfully possessing it. Even if Sect Master Dugu’s soul had not been devoured by the fierce ghost, his soul had already returned to the netherworld, and preserving his body could not save Dugu Yang’s life. Without further hesitation, he led his disciples to kill Guyang.
They were well-trained, with some setting up formations, some attacking with magic weapons, and some guarding various passages. Their momentum was magnificent, and they complemented each other.
In this way, Gou Liang and the others appeared insignificant among the many disciples of the Changtian Gate, unable to intervene at all.
More and more disciples of the Changtian Gate rushed to the scene. Seeing Elder Hu actually leading the crowd to kill the Sect Master, they were all shocked, and then they were informed by their fellow disciples of the incident where the Sect Master was possessed by a fierce ghost. Indignantly, they all threw themselves into the battle, swearing to avenge the Sect Master.
Guyang could never have imagined that one day he would be regarded as an enemy by the Changtian Gate, which he had founded with his own hands, and would be caught in the siege of his own disciples and grandchildren.
Gou Liang, leaning on Bi Xia, smiled triumphantly at him: Isn’t this a wonderful show?
Bi Xia smirked, his eyes focused on Guyang showing no mercy to his own disciple, and whispered, “These people can’t hold him down.”
These people were all trained by Guyang himself, but none of them surpassed him, the master. Even though they could temporarily restrain Guyang, they didn’t have the ability to kill him yet.
At this moment, another elder of the Changtian Gate hurried over and asked anxiously, “What exactly happened? Why would the Sect Master be…”
This elder named Liu was full of sorrow and stared fiercely at Bi Xia as he spoke.
Although the current Sect Master Dugu Yang was not the highest cultivator in the Changtian Gate, having reached the realm of Heavenly Master before the age of forty, his talent was outstanding, and it was absolutely impossible for him to be easily possessed by a fierce ghost unless—someone was interfering from within.
Gou Liang straightened up and blocked Elder Liu’s unfriendly gaze, saying displeased, “Elder Liu, can’t you see it? Sect Master Dugu is a Pure Yang body, impervious to ghosts and gods. Only under one circumstance would he be possessed by a fierce ghost.”
Elder Liu was stunned, “You mean…”
Gou Liang nodded, “A Pure Yang body can only be possessed by a ghost with the same birth date. I’m afraid this fierce ghost has been eyeing Sect Master Dugu for a long time.”
Elder Liu: “Why do you say that?”
Before Gou Liang could respond, a disciple of the Changtian Gate rushed over, sweating profusely, and said, “Elder, this fierce ghost is too powerful, we can’t stop it!”
Elder Liu was greatly shocked. He didn’t expect this fierce ghost to be able to wield the Changtian Seal through Dugu Yang’s hands—this was the most powerful artifact of the Changtian Gate, and they were completely outmatched.
Yuan Qing spoke up, “Xiao Meng, you’ve used the Nine Pagoda Tower to subdue this fierce ghost twice before. Can you do it again this time?”
Gou Liang looked at Bi Xia, who nodded in agreement.
Gou Liang then said, “We can try, but now that the fierce ghost has successfully possessed someone, if we use the Nine Pagoda Tower to subdue it, we may not be able to preserve Master Dugu’s soul if it’s still within the body.”
Elder Liu was stunned and choked out, “Master Dugu is always loyal and fearless. I believe if his soul were aware, he wouldn’t allow himself to become a puppet of the fierce ghost. Meng Tianshi, Mr. Bi, go ahead and do what you must. We’ll assist you from outside.”
“That’s good.”
Gou Liang didn’t refuse anymore and immediately summoned the Nine Pagoda Tower.
“Nine levels of divine soldiers, release the souls within, encompassing all of creation! Command!”
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