Chapter 257: Heavenly Universe Spirit Ginseng

"Senior Brother Jiang!"

Seeing Jiang Baisheng's arm blown off.

The Heavy Sword Peak disciples restraining the three treant-like beings all turned pale and cried out.

They could no longer afford to continue restraining the treant-like beings, rushing forward to shield Jiang Baisheng.

In the distance, the severely wounded Fang Kaiyi and the others saw this scene and their pupils shrank sharply.

"Earlier, a casual sword strike could easily defeat the dozen or so of us working together—Jiang Baisheng."

"How could it be that, in front of this mysterious person, we can't even withstand a single move?"

At this moment, Gu Han had already put on a mask.

They simply couldn't recognize Gu Han's identity.

Actually, even if Gu Han didn't wear a mask, nobody present knew him.

Gu Han did this just to be safe.

"Cough cough..."

Jiang Baisheng fell to the ground, coughing up several mouthfuls of clotted blood.

His arms had already been reduced to a bloody mess in the earlier explosion.

The intense pain from his arms made Jiang Baisheng's face contort horribly.

He was shocked beyond words, yet he still forced himself to stay calm and stare at Gu Han.

"May I ask, sir, what is your background? Do you truly intend to oppose my Heavy Sword Peak?"

Gu Han heard this and gave a cold smile.

"You ask like this just to try to intimidate me with your influence; all you need to know is that I am your enemy, and that's enough!"

He held the Dawn Dragon Roar Spear, its tip pointing directly at Jiang Baisheng.

Jiang Baisheng took a deep breath, suppressing his inner anger.

"In Sword South Prefecture, opposing my Heavy Sword Peak is hardly a wise choice."

"At this point, stop pretending to be a big bad wolf."

Gu Han let out a cold laugh.

"If I let you go today, you will surely investigate my identity and, using Heavy Sword Peak's power, come after me for revenge!"

"But if I kill you, no one will know who struck down your Heavy Sword Peak people today!"

Jiang Baisheng's face grew grim; he never expected the opponent to already harbor a murderous, silence‑keeping intent.

He is one of the personally transmitted disciples of the Heavy Sword Peak's Peak Lord.

If he dies here, Heavy Sword Peak will spare no expense to find his killer and avenge him.

But once a person is dead, they stay dead!

Even if you exterminate his nine clans, you cannot bring him back to life!

For now, preserving one's own life is the most important!

"I, Jiang Baisheng, swear on my sword heart that if you let me go, I will return to Heavy Sword Peak and never cause you trouble."

"Otherwise, in this life my sword intent will not advance an inch!"

Swearing on one's sword heart is, for a swordsman, absolutely one of the heaviest oaths one can take!

Seeing Gu Han unmoved, Jiang Baisheng immediately continued:

"You probably don't realize that even if you slaughter us all here, the elders of my Heavy Sword Peak can still trace our tracks and uncover your identity!"

"If you don't want to endure Heavy Sword Peak's endless retaliation, you'd better make a wise choice."

Jiang Baisheng once again brandished the threat of Heavy Sword Peak, not to make the opponent give up this nascent heavenly treasure.

He knew the allure of heavenly treasures.

If he tried to use Heavy Sword Peak to drive the opponent away, it would only provoke them into a desperate, all‑out fight that would annihilate everyone!

But if all he wanted was to let the opponent spare him a way to live.

He believed that no one who could cultivate to the Martial Ancestor Realm was a fool.

The opponent should make a suitable choice!

At the same time, the tender voice of the Heavenly Universe Spirit Ginseng also sounded in Gu Han's ear.

"Little… Xiao Bai, what he said is right… maybe we should let them go? Don't create too great a killing karma."

Gu Han heard this and involuntarily raised his eyebrows.

"Why do you call me Xiao Bai?"

Whether it's his name or his overall appearance, is there even the slightest connection to the word 'white'?

The Heavenly Universe Spirit Ginseng seemed to ponder this, wondering why Gu Han had such a doubt.

"Because everyone else's heart is gray or dirty, while only yours is pure."

Gu Han: ……

If it were before his time travel, the worst thing he had ever done in his life was probably skipping school to surf the internet in high school.

Besides that, saying he has a clear conscience about everything is also fine.

But since coming to this world, the number of people he has killed is certainly not small.

To say his heart is pure—is the Heavenly Universe Spirit Ginseng really not mocking him?

However, Gu Han thought that the Heavenly Universe Spirit Ginseng was probably just a newly born sentient heavenly treasure, not much different from a newborn child.

It shouldn't be capable of mastering such an advanced skill as irony.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to let them go."

Gu Han said softly,

Don't be fooled by this fellow's nice words; he swore not to actively let the sect elders cause trouble for me.

But as long as his sect elders aren't foolish, they will find out through other channels why Heavy Sword Peak suffered a setback when they tried to seize you.

By then, they will still come looking for trouble for me, and only more people will die!

But if I kill them now, although many have already died, it would prevent more deaths; this is absolutely a good deed!

Jiang Baisheng and the others watched Gu Han as if he were talking to himself, and they couldn't help but frown.

Who is this fellow talking to?

However, the Heavenly Spirit Ginseng within the light group seemed to be seriously considering Gu Han's words.

It nodded deeply in agreement,

What you say is correct; the current killing is to reduce future killing.

Thank you for your instruction; I understand this principle and will not continue to obstruct you.

Hearing the sound beside his ear, Gu Han immediately gave a light laugh.

This Heavenly Spirit Ginseng is indeed like a child, so easy to deceive...

No, how can an adult's matter be called deception?

This is a benevolent lie!

May I ask what you think, sir?

Jiang Baisheng tentatively spoke.

Just as Jiang Baisheng and the others thought Gu Han would wisely back off,

Gu Han suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura.

Although this aura did not give them too great a sense of oppression, they were extremely wary of it!

Strong cultivators of different realms have different qualities of aura.

As long as a Martial Sovereign releases their aura, they can instantly tell.

But what shocked them was that the opponent's aura was not that of a Martial Sovereign, and even by sensation, it was not that of a Martial Ancestor!

Yet the amount of that aura was like a vast sea covering the sky and earth.

It almost made them feel a sense of suffocation!

You can't kill me!

Jiang Baisheng instantly realized that Gu Han had murderous intent!

I am a direct disciple of the Peak Master of Heavy Sword Peak; if you kill me, the Peak Master will certainly not let you off!

You and the forces behind you will have no place to bury your dead!

Gu Han gave a cold chuckle and said softly,

See? I haven't even made a move, and he's already threatening me to have no burial place!

If I let him go, it will only bring endless trouble!