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Chapter 199: Aftermath, the Disappearing Sword Tomb (asking for monthly tickets)

The Ksitigarbha, whose real name and origins were only known by Xu Shu and Wu Xin, disappeared just like that.

He even gave Xu Shu a small gift before he left.

That is to say, it is a complete set of erosion crystals in the body of Lance, the third-level earl. From the first level to the third level, they are linked together without missing a single one.

It's really a bit too enthusiastic. Isn't this a good thing?
However, what surprised Xu Shu was not this, but something he discovered.

Before leaving, Ksitigarbha said, "This is your fate. You can't escape it, and so can you!" The voice sounded very familiar. It was indeed the same as the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the legendary "The Dead Go Back to the Urn".

Combined with the image of the "God of Death" and "King of Infinity" Arthas that he had seen before, those terrifying and horrifying tentacles...

"The One-Tailed Ksitigarbha is indeed the result of the fusion of the two. Moreover, it is likely that there is no way to tell who is superior between the two. They are in a state where both exist at the same time and have their own wills..."

"Besides, telling me 'you too', this..."

"It seems that Jizo recognized me? He recognized me as [Blumen Arthur] who had met him once before?"

"So this erosion crystal is a gift to an old friend?"

The more Xu Shu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Otherwise, it would not be enough to explain why He sent him something after he left.

I can only say that he is worthy of being a god-level existence, a god-level existence that can sense the contents of the Taichu Scroll’s journey and observe some “future vision”!

It is not surprising that such a powerful person could determine that "Arthur" is his own nickname.

After all, there is a precedent for this matter. In the legend, Dizang once said, "Arthur's destiny lies in Kyoto." Others could not understand the meaning, but Xu Shu himself knew that this was referring to his other nickname "Kamiya Ichiru" in the same time and space.

"However, these two true gods merged together and left the ruins. Uh, is this caused by me? But the One-Tailed Ksitigarbha was an evil spirit that existed before I entered the [Arctic of the Dead], so it obviously has nothing to do with me."

"This shouldn't cause any trouble, right?"

"Forget it. This world is already in chaos. Even if there are one or two more gods, it shouldn't cause much trouble..."

Xu Shu is quite free and easy.

He shook his head, pinched his chin and nodded, and then touched his nose with an embarrassed look.

Wuxin next to him finally couldn't help it.

"Comrade, have you been poisoned? Why do you have such rich facial expressions?" Wu Xin couldn't help but ask.

At this point, Wu Xin obviously really regarded Xu Shu as one of her own from the same lineage as "The Star Society" and "The Traveler".

Therefore, there is actually some concern revealed in his words, which is truly sincere and without any hesitation.

This even made Xu Shu feel a little ashamed.

But besides shame, there is more bitterness.

After all, the truth is that he has been deceiving the other party, and if nothing unexpected happens, this deception must continue without any flaws, and he even has to make some patches from time to time to avoid being exposed.

When you tell a lie, you have to tell more lies to complete it.

For example, Xu Shu now has to try hard to pretend that "we are really like-minded people."

Otherwise, Wuxin is a third-level being, a cultist whose mind has been completely brainwashed by their doctrines. If things go wrong, everyone present will lose their lives.

And when he thought that she would probably follow him all the time, and that he would be unable to escape from this hidden danger for a long time and would need to live cautiously at all times, Xu Shu felt even more bitter.

Let’s put future matters aside for now. At this moment, when Xu Shu saw Wuxin’s eyes fall on the erosion crystals, he couldn’t help but feel a pain in his heart again.

Yes, she also has her eyes on this trophy!

But no matter how painful it was, no matter how reluctant he was, Xu Shu had to force a smile and said rather flatteringly: "Master Wuxin, this is the erosion crystal from the body of the alien earl. You see, it is purple, and the quantity is rare, so it is very precious! Master, please accept it."

As he spoke, Xu Shu very politely picked up the complete string of crystals, offered it over as a token of his appreciation.

There is nothing to be ashamed of. At this point, whoever has the bigger fist is the boss.

Wuxin is a human, albeit a not very serious follower of a cult that believes in an unknown existence, but the Star Tower will not attack her. Even if she takes action now and kills everyone present, no one can restrain her, unless an official from the Astronomical Society happens to pass by here.

So, when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Xu Shu was very tactful and didn't want to offend her at all.

Wu Xin did not accept it directly.

She waved her hand and said, "Comrade Xu Shu, you are too polite. Anyone who serves my Lord must not let him fall into hardship!"

Xu Shu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Then he got a portion of them, the first-order and second-order erosion crystals.

As for Wuxin, he put away the third-level part with considerable satisfaction.

Because according to the rules, she also serves the Lord, so she cannot fall into trouble either.

"This woman is not stupid. She knows to pick the biggest piece of cake."

Xu Shu grumbled to himself in his heart, but there was no complaint on his face.

This was actually something he didn't deserve. Without her help at the critical moment, Xu Shu might not have been able to survive safely until the tail of Dizang came and devoured Lance.

After the spoils were divided, something happened that made Xu Shu quite excited.

That is, Wuxin pointed out that she still had things to do and had to bring the verified attempts back to report.

In other words, she can no longer follow Xu Shu.

"Comrade Xu Shu, I have to leave. When I have free time in the future, I will perform the examination ceremony for you. Of course, with your ability to be chosen by the Lord and to see the oracle, you don't have to worry about your qualifications. You will definitely become the most brilliant traveler in our Star Club!" Wuxin said with shining eyes.

Hearing this, Xu Shu felt relieved.

There are such complicated rules of joining as inspection ceremony?
I really have to thank those old guys who make the rules in the Star Club!

Without them, I would be miserable.

Speaking of the phrase "make an attempt for my Lord", it turns out that during the last expedition, Wuxin, who was not familiar with the person at that time, was not lying. She was quite honest. It’s just that I don’t know what the specific thing is, and whether it will bring disaster to mankind?

After all, Xu Shu was a man of integrity who worked for his country and his people, so he thought about it and thought he could try to get some information, so he pretended to ask casually, "By the way, can I know the specific content of this attempt?"

Wu Xin glanced at him, pursed his lips and said: "If you want to know, of course you can; but you haven't officially joined the club yet, so you are not a formal member of my Star Club... Oh, you are a favored one of God after all. Actually, I tell you, I don't mind, I have no objection, but the group of councilors in the club may have some objections. I'm not saying that I have an objection, it's those people who have an objection, this is against the rules..."

Xu Shu’s expression froze:?

No, I was just asking casually. Why are you so angry? Something seems a little off. Do you seem to have a grudge against the so-called councillors in your association?

Just as he was thinking this, he saw Wuxin's eyes turn and he seemed reluctant to say, "If you really want to know, why don't you come with me this time and go to the branch to meet the councilors together? Well, in this case, they will be your guides."

As she spoke, she sighed, as if this was not the most satisfactory choice for her.

Xu Shu's eyelids twitched when he heard this.

You don't want to? I don't want to either!
You, who are not even a councillor, have already reached the third level, so the real councillors of your Star Club must have the strength of the fourth level, right?

Those people all have a chance to be on the Earth List. How can I, a mere 404 on the Qingyun List, survive if they go there?
In an instant, Xu Shu's ambitions of "the greatest heroes serve the country and the people" and "going deep into the devil's lair to eradicate the cult" disappeared without a trace.

He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Don't worry, I actually have something else to do. Besides, I feel that my status is not high enough. I need to listen to the Lord's words a few more times before I am qualified to be examined. Who knows, I may have to trouble the Master to do it personally."

Wu Xin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, yes, that's exactly what I meant. Then it's an appointment, Lian! By the way, add me as a friend so that I can contact you when the time comes."

"Um...what?" Xu Shu was suddenly stunned.

What do you mean by adding friends? Shouldn't a secret organization like yours give me some weird medium and tell me "Hold this thing and you can join"?

"Upgrade the network." Wuxin said as he touched her head and then opened a small panel.

Xu Shu looked surprised and it took him a while to react.

Damn! Damn it! I almost forgot that these cultists also have upgrade drives.

Nowadays, if you want to communicate over long distances, what could be safer, faster and more convenient than through an upgraded network?
Obviously, no!
While secretly cursing Liezhenzi for not taking action and not monitoring the cultists, he straightened his hips obediently and opened the panel under Wuxin's surprised eyes.

The latter looked at Xu Shu's waist with a little surprise, as if thinking about something, and added each other as friends face to face.

Soon she saw Xu Shu's "nickname": Gu Pan, a first-class strongman.

Afterwards, Xu Shu also saw the other party’s nickname: Wuxin, a third-level esoteric teacher.

Friend addition completed.

Xu Shu looked thoughtful. Esoteric teacher? No wonder she had said something like "the teacher will not lie to you" before. It turned out that her profession was called an esoteric teacher.

The name of this profession looks very evil, and it doesn't seem to belong to any reputable or upright family. I don't know what kind of career this is, and it seems to be rarely seen in the upgraded network.

After doing all this, Wu Xin once again made that special chest-pressing gesture, pressed the left side of his monk's robe against a large raised area on the mountain peak and said, "Since that's the case, Comrade Xu Shu, I'm leaving now! May the Lord's will always protect you. When I'm done with my business here, I'll contact you and come back to look for you."

You'd better not do this, or I will report you to the Astronomical Society...

Xu Shu muttered to himself, with a big smile on his face: "Okay, Master Wuxin! Oh no, I should call you Comrade Wuxin from now on! Comrade, be careful and have a safe trip!"

"The world is full of twists and turns, and it is hard for people to walk on it. I am devoted to the Way and dye my scarf red..."

Wuxin suddenly uttered a long chant, and then her figure slowly disappeared. When she appeared again, she was already a hundred meters away.

She continued to disappear and reappear, repeating the cycle over and over again, and then she left in a flash.

Heading south in a leisurely manner.

This action of leaving made Xu Shu envious for a while, and reminded him that several third-level beings he had seen seemed to have similar running abilities.

Archbishop Yu Mingluan, the alien Count Lance, and Wuxin in front of him, their professions are different, but they seem to be very comprehensive, able to run and fight.

When extraordinary people are at the first and second stages, their abilities are very limited. Only once they enter the third stage can they truly master everything and have few shortcomings. Only then can they be called extraordinary.

Regardless of whether Wuxin is good or evil, the mere existence of this third level is enviable, and this strength is something that one cannot help but respect.

And you see, she can recite poems... Why do I feel that people or monsters who have some connection with Jizo can recite poems, and each of them wants to become a deity.

Xu Shu sighed deeply.

Seeing so many masters, he became more eager to become stronger.

After Wuxin completely disappeared, he waited for a moment, confirming that the other party had no intention of counterattacking. Only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief and walked back to Gu Pan and the others.

At this time, Gu Pan, Gu Yueming, Tang Rou and others were already stunned by what they had just seen.

Whether it was the powerful alien count, or Wuxin who was no weaker than him, or the strange evil Buddha who jumped out at the end and killed Lance on the spot without any ability to resist.

All of this made them feel like they were in a dream, and any one of them could easily wipe them out.

Tang Rou, in particular, clearly recognized the strange two-faced Buddha with six arms. She had picked it up in that quaint and dilapidated temple and took it away.

So everything he and others had experienced was caused by this strange Buddha statue?
As a second-level "assassin" of the rogue path, Tang Rou only felt at this moment that she and others were under pressure that was not appropriate for their strength.

When Xu Shu came back, they couldn't help but ask him, "Xu Xiaoxiong, who was that just now?"

Xu Shu waved his hand: "Hey, just a traveler I met by chance, it's irrelevant."

He did not lie, Wuxin was indeed a "traveler".

It's just that he didn't want to talk about it with others, so he didn't explain in detail.

Seeing his attitude, several people didn't feel comfortable asking more questions.

Next, Tang Rou and the two younger generations of the Song family all expressed their readiness to set off immediately and return to the safe zone. At the same time, they would report the results of the investigation to the Judgment Department, the department in charge of the Hunter Association.

——They believed that the large number of alien species that appeared in the northeast corner of the border was due to the evil Buddha statue monster, and the other party had already left.

Xu Shu didn't know the inside story. If he knew, he might guess that the real reason why this group of people were investigating the "large number of alien species incidents in the northeast of the wasteland near the border" was actually the time when Lance and his spider minions were deceived by him and went to hunt him down.

However, this matter is not something that can be told to outsiders.

The Hunter Association has sent people from all three families this time, and their original purpose was to train the younger generation.

By now, the goal has been largely achieved. There were originally more than a dozen youngsters who were brought out for the training, but now only three are dead. The training was indeed quite clean, with both small and large results.

As for the large number of auxiliary logistics personnel who accompanied him, they were all wiped out, not a single one was left behind, and all of them became waste to feed Ksitigarbha.

The remaining two people from the Gu family, Gu Yueming and Gu Pan, will go back first with Tang Rou and the others.

But at this time, Gu Pan asked Xu Shu: "Do you want to go back to the city with us first?"

Xu Shu thought about it but refused, pretending to be serious and said: "I won't go back yet, my practice is not over yet."

But this is true.

Now, he has obtained a second-order erosion crystal. With this thing, combined with the Yang God Seal in his hand, he can synthesize a second-order curse seal.

By then merging it with the Xuan Zhang of the Hercules Path, a second-order "Yang God Iron Armor" curse seal will be perfectly obtained.

He had already learned from Wuxin that the three kinds of gods, namely Yangshen, Yinshen and Yuanshen, together with aliens and demons, made a total of five professions, and they could be perfectly interchangeable with each other.

In other words, the materials for his advancement to the second level have been basically prepared.

Now, there are only two things missing. One is to raise one's level by two more levels. There is no bottleneck in this matter now. The only thing missing is the erosion crystal.

Another way is to "continue the legend", log in as Wang Teng, and obtain the Xuanzhang of the Hercules Path.

Among all these, the most troublesome thing is to obtain the seal of the three strange families, no, now it should be called the five strange families.

His idea was to go all the way west according to his original plan, then go around half a circle to gain enough experience.

At that time, you can return to the entrance of the safe zone and start obtaining Xuanzhang directly.

Now that the biggest problem has been solved, Xu Shu can say that everything is ready, except for the east wind! Great things can be accomplished!
"I see. He is already so powerful, but he still likes to upgrade. His efforts are really admirable."

Seeing this, Gu Pan's beautiful eyes flickered for a few times, then she turned to Gu Yueming and said, "Aunt, my trial is not over yet, and I haven't reached level 12 yet. I think we can go with him, so that there will be more people to take care of him on the way. After all, I am his teacher."

Gu Yueming knew about this matter, so she didn't ask any more questions and chose to support Gu Pan.

After explaining the reason to Tang Rou and the other two, they parted ways immediately. One group went directly to the safe zone and hurried back to report on the mission.

On the other hand, Gu Pan took a relatively detour and continued her "hunting mission".

But Gu Yueming is also a responsible person. Something big happened this time and she has a mission to accomplish, so she can't just sit there and do nothing.

So she directly opened the upgraded network, contacted the current head of the Gu family, Gu Shiqian, and reported the situation.

However, Gu Shiqian at this moment couldn't care about many things.

He was in the Gu family ancestral temple, reading out the ancestral laws, and below the hall stood a young man with a face full of fighting spirit.

Today, another young member of the Gu family chose to enter the Sword Tomb trial and try to become a new sword master.

(End of this chapter)