Chapter 28: Gu Zhao: Then Let's Let Him Off for Now

"No wonder." Gu Zhao looked at the He Xiuniang. At this moment, her magic power filled her body, even slowly improving her physique; she felt her skin had become much better. "Is the effect of the Contract so obvious?"

"Of course!" Bai Ke said proudly. "I am a descendant of the Heavenly Fox. Once the He Xiuniang forms a Contract with me, she will surely become a Great Mage who shakes the world!"

Gu Zhao said softly, "A descendant of the Heavenly Fox, yet you cannot speak yourself."

Bai Ke flew into a rage. "That is because I am only sixteen years old!"

Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow and glanced askance. "I recall foxes do not live long. Is sixteen already past the limit for most foxes? Do you still claim you are not an old woman?"

The fur on Bai Ke's tail stood on end. "I am not an ordinary fox. I am a Fox Demon. No, that's wrong. I have never harmed the innocent, and there is no evil qi on me. I should be called a Fox Spirit. I am not a monster; I am the Spirit Lord!"

Gu Zhao nodded in understanding, having accepted yet another new piece of knowledge.

"Fine, fine, fine. You are the Spirit Lord." Gu Zhao waved his hand and said, "Then may I ask the Spirit Lord: the villagers were knocked unconscious by your single shout. When will they wake up?"

"I am the Spirit Lord, but I am not called 'Spirit Lord'. I have a name. I am Bai Ke!"

Bai Ke emphasized this point. Seeing the He Xiuniang also look worriedly at He Laozhang inside the house, she then said, "They are just in a normal sleep. They will recover in about two or three hours, and it won't even affect them getting up at night."

"You really do have the surname Bai?" Gu Zhao asked in surprise.

Bai Ke remained silent. She couldn't exactly say she had no name before, and only took the name Bai Ke because the He Xiuniang called her "Little White".

The He Xiuniang chuckled secretly but said nothing, only gazing intently at Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao took out the four bracelets and asked Bai Ke, "Will that Golden Wind Sect Leader find us through the aura on these bracelets?"

"These bracelets are not his Incense Statue. There is no Spell Seal left by him on them." Bai Ke shook her head. "Unless he leaves Changping Prefecture and approaches the village, he might sense the aura on these bracelets."

"That's good." Gu Zhao nodded, as if thinking of something. "You just said you couldn't use the Golden Wind Sect's Incense Statue, or you would become the Golden Wind Sect Leader's puppet. Is that because of the Seal?"

"Once the incense belief leaves the body, it must be preserved in something made of special material. That old ghost's power isn't enough to absorb the believers' incense from a thousand or eight hundred li away, so he can only place a statue on the altar in Xiuyue County to absorb the incense and mental power."

Bai Ke explained, "But he worried the local sect members would embezzle it, so he placed a Spell Seal inside the statue. Whoever dares to touch the incense in the statue, he can sense it from afar and even cast spells across the distance."

"So he can sense the statue from a very long distance?" Gu Zhao asked.

"Maybe... probably... perhaps... he can only sense the general direction and distance." Bai Ke was unsure. She did not cultivate the Divine Path, and her strength was far inferior to the Golden Wind Sect Leader's; how could she know so clearly?

So she added a complaint, "If I had the ability to block the Golden Wind Sect Leader's sensing, why would I steal the statue from Xiuyue County? Wouldn't it be better to just steal the statue from Changping Prefecture directly?"

Gu Zhao understood, and at the same time felt a bit of fear.

Fortunately, he had brought that Incense Statue back to the modern era. Otherwise, he would have likely been forced into a high-level battle right at the start of his transmigration. Setting aside whether he could win or not, if he hadn't been there at that time, this village would probably have been wiped out.

Eh? Why did he say "if he hadn't been there"?

"Is that Golden Wind Sect Leader powerful?" Gu Zhao's eyes flickered as he asked with some anticipation.

He was new here. Although he had destroyed that Golden Wind Sect Divine Maiden with a single move, he was still very cautious.

Even later, when three thunderbolts struck down the Black-Clothed Ghost who was chasing Bai Ke and the He Xiuniang, he felt nothing special because he didn't know the Black-Clothed Ghost's location.

But today, using the Shangqing Transformation Spirit Talisman combined with two Thunder Spells to directly strike down three ghostly beings, and learning that these three were the Golden Wind Sect's Guardian Ghosts who shook Changping Prefecture, ranking just below the Sect Leader, his little schemes couldn't help but become active.

If comparing the power gap between Yang Dingtian and the Four Dharma Kings, maybe... probably... perhaps...

Am I now terrifyingly strong?

Gu Zhao: (◔◡◔)

"You don't think that by killing four Golden Wind Sect Guardians, you are very powerful, do you?"

Bai Ke scoffed. "These Guardian Ghosts merely received a shred of divinity bestowed by the Golden Wind Sect Leader. They are servants sent out by the Golden Wind Sect Leader to do menial tasks. They are not even a match for the Golden Wind Sect Leader in a single round."

Bai Ke had figured it out; Gu Zhao really understood nothing.

The Golden Wind Divine Sect was a major power that shook Changping Prefecture. The Golden Wind Divine King was an ancient ghost with hundreds of years of cultivation. If Gu Zhao went to his door, wouldn't he just be going to deliver vegetables?

Although Gu Zhao looked quite powerful, he would absolutely not be a match for the Golden Wind Divine King. Bai Ke decisively poured cold water on him; otherwise, if he went to find the Golden Wind Divine King without thinking, wouldn't that harm him?

Upon hearing Bai Ke's words, Gu Zhao calmed down.

He had just used characters from martial arts novels as an analogy. Those characters all fell within the realm of humans. Although Yang Dingtian was powerful, he probably couldn't withstand the combined attack of the Four Dharma Kings.

And there was simply no one in the world who could defeat the Four Dharma Kings in three moves or two; even Zhang Sanfeng couldn't do it!

So here is the point: the world he was in was not a martial arts world, but obviously a Xianxia world. Let's not compare it to Honghuang or Journey to the West. Even if it were only at the level of Liaozhai, Yan Chixia cutting down the female ghosts under the Tree Demon Granny was like chopping melons and vegetables, yet he almost flipped the car when facing the opponent directly.

In a world like this, the gap between every level was truly like a heavenly moat. The so-called "cannot withstand a single move" was absolutely not an empty phrase.

"Huff—"

Calming his eager heart, thinking of how new he was here, and thinking that the Five Thunder Token was still helping him grow, Gu Zhao was no longer in a hurry.

We have plenty of time!

"Then let's let him off for now!" Gu Zhao nodded and said solemnly.

Bai Ke: "..."

The He Xiuniang, however, nodded repeatedly. "Anyway, the Golden Wind Sect cannot find us, and we have no need to go looking for them."

Speaking of this, the He Xiuniang couldn't help but look at Gu Zhao again, wanting to speak but holding back.

Gu Zhao also looked at the He Xiuniang, his eyes showing thought.

As their gazes met, the He Xiuniang's eyes began to dart away, while Gu Zhao's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Bai Ke looked left and right. As her eyes flickered, she was about to speak when she saw Gu Zhao suddenly reach out, pull a folded triangular yellow paper from a small pouch at his waist, and stuff it into the He Xiuniang's hand. "Try it. Can you activate this talisman paper?"

"Eh?" Bai Ke was stunned, freezing in place.

The He Xiuniang looked at the talisman paper in her hand, her cheeks flushed red, feeling that the temperature of her body surface alone could burn the yellow paper to a crisp.