Chapter 7: Giving this world a little taste of Shushan shock!

Gu Jiangming stroked his chin.

"If the world of the Reincarnation Simulation in Mie Changsheng is connected to this one, then it is basically certain that beings like demons exist."

"My background this time was already excellent—a successor of the Northern Wei Gu Family Sword Sect, and I had even trained the family's sword techniques and mental cultivation methods to Great Perfection. Yet, upon encountering such a demon, I was still killed in an instant. I truly was a frog at the bottom of a well."

Thinking of this, Gu Jiangming could not help but shake his head. At the start, he had truly believed that while he might not be unrivaled under heaven, he could at least ensure his own survival.

The result was being killed instantly.

The only regret now is not having had a big, chubby son with his wife, Jiu Jiu.

In this type of deduction game, the influence of one's descendants is of the utmost importance.

Since his own generation lacks the ability, he must look to the talent of the next.

If his son is powerful, perhaps he could even avenge him.

It is a pity that before he could even see his wife one last time, he fell at the hands of an incomparably ugly demon.

【Congratulations, you have unlocked the Hundred Demon Manual.】

【The demon you encountered has been recorded in the register; its name is Baishou Yao.】

【Baishou Yao: A type of demon that cultivates by devouring human flesh and blood. With each consumption, it gains the talent, memories, and cultivated techniques of the devoured (effective when the devoured's ability is far lower than its own).】

Gu Jiangming felt relieved now.

Many points that he could not figure out before suddenly became clear to him. The only thing he found strange was why the other party dared to cultivate by eating people so blatantly.

In this world, is there truly no existence that can restrain demons?

"Many features that weren't open before have been opened for me all at once." Gu Jiangming almost accepted that he had already perished in this Reincarnation.

In his previous Reincarnations, most had not departed from the status of an ordinary person. It was somewhat similar to a simulation management game, where he could only raise his social status or find ways to run a business to improve his life.

Gu Jiangming had even done things like passing the imperial examinations and becoming an official in the imperial court.

Now, having glimpsed the deeper layers of this world, Gu Jiangming suddenly found it interesting.

The regret is that just as he began to grope for the truth, his life was lost first.

The next second.

The long-dusty scene before him moved.

【"You're awake?"】

【A white-haired old man dressed in a light blue Daoist robe squinted his eyes and said, "I am Zhang Tianze, and from now on, I will be your master."】

I didn't die?

Gu Jiangming was extremely astonished.

Who is this old gentleman before him?

He looks like a high-level Daoist expert, but this name is more or less provocative; one wonders if the old gentleman's Eight Characters are strong enough to suppress such a name.

【You only remember that after you fought with the Baishou Yao, you passed out from a single blow.】

【You thought you were dead, but you don't know why you managed to save your life.】

【You touch the wound on your chest and confirm that what happened before was real.】

【"Where is this?"】

【"This is Longhu Mountain," Zhang Tianze said with a smile. "The place you are in is the Celestial Master Mansion."】

"Long... Longhu Mountain?"

Gu Jiangming's eyes lit up.

Upon hearing it was Longhu Mountain, he subconsciously thought of the Celestial Master Mansion, and he never expected that after passing out, the place he would wake up in would be the Celestial Master Mansion on Longhu Mountain.

Sure enough, where there are demons, there are those who can cure them.

As the saying goes, "The devil is one foot tall, but the Dao is ten feet high."

But how did he end up at the Celestial Master Mansion upon waking up?

That is another question.

【"You have deep Fortune, kid. I don't know what Merit you accumulated to have such good luck," Zhang Tianze said, seemingly implying something.】

【You cannot help but ask, "How did I get up the mountain?"】

【"My disciple found you when he went down the mountain to fetch water," Zhang Tianze said leisurely. "At that time, you had only one breath left, but fortunately, you are a lucky person. I don't know what kind of expert helped you, preventing the Demon Power in your wound from continuing to destroy your vitality."】

【"This is your destiny."】

Gu Jiangming is naturally not stupid. He would certainly not easily believe words that sound like a cover-up, but looking at the wound, it had indeed been carefully treated.

"Who on earth saved me?" Gu Jiangming was also deep in thought. "In this Reincarnation, I haven't known many powerful people. In terms of the martial path alone, I was already at the limit of an ordinary person."

His social circle is not wide; the only people he could pinpoint are Wang Qinghe and Jiu Jiu.

"Is it Wang Qinghe's Amulet?" Gu Jiangming suddenly thought of the Amulet that Wang Qinghe had given him before.

【You take out the Amulet from your body, but there is nothing unusual about it.】

"Impossible. If Miss Wang had helped me, she should have appeared here by now." Gu Jiangming shook his head.

【You hurriedly press him, "Celestial Master Zhang, why do you want to take me as your disciple?"】

【"Because the Demon Power in your body is destroying your vitality," Zhang Tianze said very calmly. "The current improvement is only a temporary measure. Without the help of power, you will have no path to survival."】

【"Then does the Celestial Master Mansion have no requirements for taking disciples?" Gu Jiangming asked curiously.】

【"From the moment you were able to step onto the stone steps, you were able to enter my Longhu Mountain."】

【"But isn't that something everyone can do?" you asked, puzzled.】

【"Is it? Perhaps so," Zhang Tianze smiled without saying more.】

A piece of information that Gu Jiangming cannot see is hidden here.

【I have never encountered such a bizarre event. The Dengyun Stone Steps of Longhu Mountain can only be walked upon as if on flat ground by those who possess Merit and have no evil thoughts in their hearts.】

【And that day, a demon actually carried an ordinary person, walking squarely on the Dengyun Stone Steps, coming alone to the Celestial Master Mansion to seek help from my senior brother.】

【A demon actually helping an ordinary person?】

【Truly the strangest thing under the heavens.】

【You joined the Celestial Master Mansion on Longhu Mountain and began learning the skills to subdue demons and suppress monsters.】

【Your master, Zhang Tianze, is proficient in divination, sealing, discerning trends, and timing, and is omniscient in astronomy and geography.】

【What surprised him was that your talent in the Thunder Method and sword Dao was the most astonishing.】

【In just one year, you mastered the most basic "Trend," through which you slowly expelled the Demon Power within your body and gradually infused your true Qi with the might of the "Trend."】

【Another year of spring and autumn passed, and you bid farewell to Zhang Tianze, wanting to go down the mountain because you had not returned home for a long time; you wanted to report your safety to your wife before returning to the mountain to cultivate.】

【Zhang Tianze agreed to your request.】

【During the two years of cultivation at the Celestial Master Mansion, you discovered that the entire Celestial Master Mansion was free and unrestrained; they were like hermits who had retired to the forests, immersed in the atmosphere of being under the leisurely southern mountains.】

【You returned to Guanzhong.】

【You returned home almost as if flying.】

【A familiar figure appeared in a familiar place; she was quietly brewing a pot of tea. At your appearance, she was somewhat pleasantly surprised, but for some reason, she feigned a calm and indifferent demeanor.】

【However, you noticed that she seemed somewhat weak.】

【"You're back?" Jiu Jiu gazed at you, and after a long while, she said, "The tea has gone cold; I will go and refill it for you."】

【You told her about your experiences over these years without reservation.】

【From searching for your missing father, to meeting Wang Qinghe, a fellow traveler in misfortune, and Miss Wang, and then encountering that legendary demonic evil with many others—a man-eating demon with a hundred faces.】

【The thing you find most strange to this day is that you do not know how you escaped danger and were saved.】

【Afterward, you told Jiu Jiu about your cultivation at the Celestial Master Mansion.】

【And you told her that you had already mastered the skills to subdue demons and eliminate monsters; this time, he was determined to put an end to this matter.】

【After saying this, you quietly leaned in beside Jiu Jiu and, while she was not paying attention, gently kissed her.】

And this scene seemed to have been permanently preserved by 【Mie Changsheng】.

【Three months later, you returned to Longhu Mountain to continue your cultivation of the "Trend."】

【You tentatively asked why most of the Celestial Masters on Longhu Mountain were cultivating their character and nourishing their nature instead of going down the mountain to subdue demons.】

【Zhang Tianze only said indifferently: "Demons have the reason for their existence, and humans also have the reason for theirs."】

【"If there were no demons in this world, it would mean one element is missing from the Three Realms and Five Elements, which is an act that destroys the balance of yin and yang."】

【"One must kill demons that are extremely wicked and harmful to the harmony of Heaven, but not every demon needs to be killed."】

【Your talent is astonishing. Not long after, through the combination of the "Trend" and your family's mental cultivation method, "Morning Heaven Palace," you were able to use the "Morning Heaven Palace," which originally only nourished true Qi, to temper the "Trend." The refined "Trend" could even transform into a new kind of power—Qi.】

【You only have a very vague concept of your own cultivation, so you found Zhang Tianze, wanting to know if there is a distinction of realms in cultivation.】

【Regrettably, there is currently no detailed overall classification of abilities in the entire human world; one can only judge strength by the number of esoteric arts and divine abilities mastered.】

【For example, Zhang Tianze has mastered three esoteric arts; his strength on Longhu Mountain is simply referred to as a Three-Art Celestial Master.】

【And you can currently only use some ordinary methods for subduing demons on Longhu Mountain; these methods cannot even be called esoteric arts.】

【But ever since you joined Longhu Mountain, it seems you have opened up a new Heaven and Earth, and your comprehension has improved.】

【Through unremitting effort and persistence, you finally learned the first esoteric art of Longhu Mountain—Heavenly Gang Five Thunders.】

【However, your weak and pitiful "Trend" only allows you to blast out three or four Thunder Methods before your blood and Qi are exhausted.】

【However, in the process of cultivation, you discovered one thing: you seem to be able to borrow an inexplicable power from Heaven and Earth, using external force to drive the Thunder Method.】

【And relying on the memories of your past and present lives, you are attempting to create the Shushan system that does not exist in this world.】

A long time ago, Gu Jiangming had thought of the Shushan sect, but before this, on one hand, he did not have the ability to realize it, and on the other hand, the difficulty of recreating the Shushan Sect was no less than establishing a cultivation system from scratch.

But now, the attempts within 【Mie Changsheng】 told Gu Jiangming that it was a time when he could possibly realize this idea.

Gu Jiangming broke his cultivation.

Do you understand the status of the Shushan Sect in the hearts of contemporary young people?

A xianxia world without Shushan has no soul and no romance.

Whether it is ten years, twenty years, or thirty years, since you, 【Mie Changsheng】, told me there is a possibility of realizing this.

This Shushan Sect, I, Gu Jiangming, must make it shine again in this world.

When he had died hundreds of times in Reincarnation, he felt that this 【Mie Changsheng】 Reincarnation Deduction was very boring.

But this time, Gu Jiangming not only married the wife he was fond of, but also had a goal to strive for and many things he wanted to accomplish.

The entire Reincarnation, how did it suddenly become interesting?

Just thinking about the Shushan Sect that might appear later, and that he would also break the common sense of the human world to create many famous scenes of flying with swords.

Gu Jiangming's mood was filled with an irrepressible surge of excitement.

Even if he has to stay in the practice room until he dies, he will bring out the Shushan Sect.

Give this world a little bit of Shushan shock!!!

(End of this chapter)