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Chapter 292: Old Place and Old Friends (asking for monthly ticket)

After entering the five-kilometer inner circle of the safety zone, the speed in the city cannot be fast, and the maximum speed is only 30 miles per hour.

Gu Pan controlled the steering wheel with ease and asked the co-pilot in a low voice:
"Aunt, why did you call him here? I can handle it myself. You are such a bother."

Gu Yueming covered his forehead and said, "Don't be so stubborn. If he hadn't shown up today, we would both have died there. It's okay for you, you dress like a tomboy, you will probably be killed once and for all, but I'm miserable. I dress so beautifully, I don't even dare to think about what they will do to me if I fall into their hands."

"...Tsk."

Gu Pan rolled his eyes and didn't respond.

Will I lose?
joke.

As the last glorious successor of the Gu family, would I need help from others?
Don't look down on others, there is no need to do so.

However, he is indeed quite strong as he is ranked 99th on the Qingyun Ranking. I wonder when I can also be on the list. I should just need an opportunity to defeat other masters. I could have tried to challenge Gu Jiangming today, but it was ruined...

Gu Pan glanced at Xu Shu's face in the rearview mirror. He closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep. He curled his lips and took advantage of the slow driving at the moment to narrow his eyes. A crystal clear silver line flashed in his obsidian-like eyes.

These silver lines were like bubbles, slowly bursting in her eyes, like a clay calf sinking to the bottom of the sea, and finally disappearing.

After calming down, Gu Pan tilted his head slightly, as if listening to something.

After a moment, she breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to herself in a voice as thin as a mosquito:
"…What did you say? Do you know the origin of this calf? Do you have any impression of this thing?"

"Forget it if you can't remember. My apprentice gave it to me. I see that his strength has improved by leaps and bounds recently. Obviously, he won't harm me... So his secret book is indeed of great origin. Maybe it's even older than yours, and not a product of some secret religion. In this case, I don't have to worry."

"What? You can take me to the second level in seven days? Really? You are old, don't lie to me."

"I know, I know. I will be more polite. Ancestor, please go to sleep first. I will feed you blood food when we reach the new land tomorrow..."

……

Xu Shu opened his eyes and looked at the driver's seat in front of him: "What are you talking about?"

Gu! ?

Gu Pan shuddered, thinking that he was so quiet, but he was discovered? This guy's perception was too strong. How could he avoid being discovered by him? The ancestor who revived in his mind?
Her eyes rolled around, not knowing how to explain, and the truth was about to be exposed.

Fortunately, Gu Yueming, who was touching up her makeup in front of the mirror, took over the conversation and said, "She is unhappy that she can't hone herself better. You acted too quickly. You should let her suffer a little so that she knows how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."

When Gu Pan heard this, he immediately coughed twice to hide his inner embarrassment.

Seeing this, Xu Shu didn't ask any more questions. After all, Gu Pan always had the habit of talking to himself, and he didn't know who learned it from.

He thought about it and suddenly asked, "By the way, the sword technique that Gu Jiangming used just now is called the Four-Gu Sword Technique? I once saw a strange allusion in a history book, which mentioned a force called the Four-Gu Sword of Dongyue. Is there a connection here?"

There were so many people around and it was inconvenient for Xu Shu to ask about this matter just now, but now he could verify his previous guess on the way.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Gu Pan and Gu Yueming asked almost in unison after a few seconds:

"There are records of our family? This is rare. Where did you read the history book?"

"Is that book still there? Show it to me!"

They seemed very excited.

Xu Shu was stunned. Is the book the important thing?

There is no such book at all. If you have to say it exists, it is called "Taichu Volume".

"It was just this sentence in a book of essays sold at a roadside stall. I tore it off and used it as toilet paper after reading it." Xu Shu made up an excuse and passed it off.

"What, toilet paper..."

The two women were very unhappy.

After a long while, they answered one by one.

Gu Yueming said: "The Four Gu Sword Techniques is the Gu family's inherited sword technique. It is very powerful, especially after becoming a 'martial artist', one can further unleash its power."

"Our Gu family actually has a long history. According to the records in our family history, the name 'Four Gu Jians' has been passed down for a long time. That was our most glorious era! But that was a very, very long time ago. I don't know how many years ago it can be traced back."

"Unfortunately, there seems to have been a terrible war in ancient times, which resulted in countless casualties in our Gu family. Even our ancestor, 'Four Gu Jians', only one survived. Most of the relevant history has been lost. Otherwise, you would know how glorious we were back then."

He looked around with a longing expression.

Even Gu Yueming temporarily put down the powder puff in her hand and sighed.

However, she didn't know that the surviving ancestor still had a remnant soul, which was placed on Gu Pan through the curse of "Great Sword Tomb" absorbed by Gu Pan.

Xu Shu listened in amazement.

He verified his previous speculation that the Gu family in reality was the descendant of the legendary Dong Yue Si Gu Jian.

But what is a little strange is that according to Gu Pan, the ancestor of their Gu family was indeed the "Four Gu Jians", and they also experienced a great battle, in which three of the four died and only one survived.

This, isn’t this the story of Wang Teng’s ending in his first legend?

Three of Si Gu Jian were killed, and only one escaped. Xu Shu was so angry that he almost smashed the keyboard.

I didn't expect to hear the same thing happen in reality, from the mouths of living people, rather than from the mouths of those evil monsters in the ruins that look like human forms but are definitely not human.

This...what is going on?
Could it be that the legends I experienced are all related to real history, so no matter what I do, some things cannot escape the predetermined historical fate and cannot stop the original wheel of history?

Or will my actions in the legend change history to some extent?

But if that's the case, why did the catastrophe in the second legend [Fall of Kyoto] happen half a year earlier, but it didn't happen in reality?

Xu Shu frowned, unable to figure it out.

There are actually several possible explanations for this matter.

For example, the real Gu family did not really have ancient bloodline passed down to this day. It’s just that they obtained the heritage of the relics and then claimed it as their own, acknowledged it as their ancestor, and gilded their own reputation and raised their own status.

This possibility does exist, but Xu Shu cannot be sure, because there is one thing that does not make sense, that is, the ruins of the [Burial Ground] appeared not long ago, and the Gu family has inherited this for many years.

There is one more unsolved mystery in this world...

"Sure enough, once it's related to the ruins, many things will become confusing and strange, making people confused."

Xu Shu shook his head, saying that there was too little information and it was hard to figure it out.

This reminded him of some stories: the story of whether the chicken or the egg came first.

The same applies here.

Is it the legend that created the ruins and influenced real history?
Or is it a relic left over from history that influenced the creation of the legend in the Taichu Volume?

"Tai Chu Juan, please say something, I'll translate it, what's going on?"

Xu Shu gathered his consciousness viciously and poked into the golden ancient book in the void, wanting it to make a small explanation.

The Taichu Scroll cooperated very well. The golden words floating in the air read motionlessly:

[Welcome back to the Taichu Volume, great master, number of times opened today: 3/3]

Nothing changes.

Xu Shu stared at it for a long time, but couldn't figure out anything.

Finally, he gave up thinking, closed his eyes and rested quietly, and began to simulate in his mind how to get death benefits for the deceased team members.

This is my first time participating in this and I don’t have much experience, but I should be more proficient next time.

……

Not long after, Xu Shu looked up and found that he was passing by the Astronomical Society outside the Star Tower, a "◎"-shaped ring-shaped railway-like building.

To the north of the Star Tower is the Judgment Department, and in an inconspicuous corner to the north of the Judgment Department is the Hunter Association.

This modern residential community is a perfect combination of residential buildings and classical gardens. It is obscured by the surrounding high-rise buildings and is inconspicuous, but no one will underestimate it.

At the gate, Wei Wujiu, Gu Jiangming and others had already arrived.

Gu Pan's car stopped by the roadside, Wei Wujiu ran to the front, observed for a while, opened the door for Xu Shu, nodded and bowed, with a smile on his face. Xu Shu was a little surprised.

What does this old guy mean?
Why do you look like you're trying to please me?

Could it be that I was beaten out of Stockholm by myself?

Xu Shu shook his head and didn't say much to him.

This was his second time coming to the Hunter Association Hall since the Gu family moved out and the Wei family moved in.

The last time I came here, the people here didn't give me a good look.

Gu Pan and Gu Yueming also have the right to speak on this point. The last time they came back, they were almost kicked out.

This time it was very different. Wei Wujiu, Qin Yue and six others lined the streets to welcome him, and they were almost putting up a banner that read "Welcome the leaders to inspect our work".

Only Gu Jiangming looked unhappy. He barely reconnected his broken arms, his face gloomy.

Wei Wujiu took the lead and said, "Brother Gu, now that everyone is here, let's take out the bets."

He was an experienced man, and he immediately changed the address so that the other person's last name was clearly displayed.

Gu Jiangming glanced at him. How could he not know what this old guy was thinking?
In fact, it was not just Wei Wujiu. He also discovered that the attitudes of his other five friends had also become very subtle.

The Impermanence Qin Yue, the Assassin Zhang the Butcher, the Night Watchman You Yong, and the two Fire Mages He Buping and Liang San.

Although these guys were just drinking buddies, they had a pretty good relationship after all. I thought they were all quite polite to me and were trying to please me.

But now, these guys seemed to have suddenly become different people, with stern faces, as if they couldn't wait to draw a line between themselves and me.

Gu Jiangming thought the reason was obvious.

Isn’t it just that I lost the fight to that kid from nowhere?
"Haha, a bunch of bitches, you are just following the trend and asking for death. Don't blame me! None of you will survive today!"

Gu Jiangming looked at his former friends, looked at Gu Pan and Gu Yueming expressionlessly, and said calmly: "Your things, along with the remaining things of others, are all placed in the former Gu family ancestral home. I haven't touched them. Go and look for them yourself."

"Gu family's ancestral home..."

Wei Wujiu frowned when he heard this and wanted to correct it.

This place was the only one left after the Wei family took over the Gu family's original territory and did not demolish it. It was a rather old house, which was said to have been an ancestral hall.

Later, when Gu Jiangming came to seek refuge, he took the initiative to request, and the place was given to him to live in.

But after thinking about it, this person has offended the future boss of the Wei family, so let him call this place whatever he wants, which is a good opportunity to make a break.

Wei Wujiu saw that the others also hesitated, so he took the initiative to say, "Everyone, let's go over and take a look together and be witnesses."

As the landlord said this, others naturally had no more concerns and expressed their agreement.

As for Gu Pan and Gu Yueming, they are very familiar with their ancestral home.

The group walked there, passed a checkpoint to the northwest, and entered the territory that now belongs to the Wei family, wandering through the gardens where people passed by from time to time.

Xu Shu walked at the back. This place was filled with rare and exotic trees that he couldn't even name. There were all kinds of rockery that looked very valuable everywhere. Even the flower pots on the roadside were made of the finest materials. At every corner, one could see several objects that were obviously very expensive.

This made Xu Shu marvel at it, and for a moment he felt as if he had returned to the filming location of an ancient palace fighting drama.

Xu Shu had never been so deep into Gu Pan's home before. Now that he broke in, he realized how luxurious the interior of these wealthy and powerful families was. Of course, reality is reality, and if the legends he had experienced were taken into account, this place would not be enough.

Recalling the most difficult times for his family, when they lived in the slums, Xu Shu couldn't help but sigh: While the rich enjoy wine and meat, there are people freezing to death on the streets. Classes have existed since ancient times and have never disappeared.

We walked all the way to the back as if we were visiting the Grand View Garden, and in front of us appeared a small house that looked old but was actually renovated to be almost new.

This piece of land occupied a bare corner, and behind it was a tall wall, so the place where the door plaque should have been was left empty.

"This is the Gu family's ancestral home."

Gu Pan whispered this to Xu Shu.

When she saw the eye-opening expression on Xu Shu's face, she felt a little proud.

Look, this is the confidence of our Gu family!
Gu Jiangming went to knock on the door, and several good-looking young women wearing black miniskirts came to open the door.

When they saw that he was still wrapped in white bandages, the women immediately surrounded him and started chattering, asking about his well-being.

The corners of Xu Shu's mouth twitched when he saw this, and he thought that he had been too gentle just now.

Gu Jiangming didn't have time to deal with this bunch of beautiful girls. He waved his hand, told them to go out first, and closed the door.

Then, he went to open the door lock of the house opposite the gate, turned a mechanism, and opened the secret door next to it.

The stone gate slowly rose, revealing a tunnel.

"Your things are in there, you can choose them yourself later." Gu Jiangming said calmly.

Gu Pan frowned and said, "Gu Jiangming, you are using the ancestral land as a warehouse? You are really a bastard who betrays your teacher and ancestors."

Gu Yueming also frowned, obviously she couldn't stand such disrespectful behavior.

Gu Jiangming smiled indifferently: "The family has moved away, and there are no relics left. What's the point of talking about ancestral land? It's just a basement."

Wei Wujiu and others watched from behind without saying anything.

Others were a little surprised to see the secret passage, but he narrowed his eyes and thought that Gu Jiangming was not sincere in surrendering.

The Wei family had checked this place a long time ago. No one found the tunnel at that time, but they always felt that there must be something fishy about this place, so they went with the flow and gave the land to Gu Jiangming for use, with the intention of using him.

Now that I see it, there is indeed a mystery hidden inside.

But from what the other party said, it seems that all the original things in this place have been moved away by the Gu family?
Wei Wujiu didn't think much about it. He just wanted to quickly cut ties with Gu Jiangming, so he suggested, "Then you guys should go in and figure it out quickly. Brother Gu, you put the things there, so lead the way."

Gu Jiangming did not refuse, said nothing, and walked in first with his head lowered.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, the others followed in one after another.

This passage is quite wide, and a dozen people can walk side by side without feeling too narrow. However, it is very deep, with a circuitous staircase design. After going down dozens of steps, there is a turn, and the road ahead is still going downwards.

After turning back four times, we passed a stone frame without a door and reached the bottom.

A huge underground canyon appeared before our eyes.

The valleys on both sides are bottomless, and in the middle is a passage that looks like a cliff. It is several meters wide and looks a bit dangerous.

"The thing is right there." Gu Jiangming said, pointing to the platform in front of the cliff.

There was an empty hole in the open space over there. I didn’t know whether it was a stone tablet or something else.

In addition, there were indeed a lot of things piled up, including many wooden boxes, and you could see clothes overflowing from the openings of several of the boxes.

Gu Yueming took a look and instantly found his clothes among the large number of wooden boxes. He immediately trotted over.

As for the other six "witnesses" who followed, they looked at each other and walked away.

"Closed" wooden boxes are always very attractive, and they also want to take a look at what is inside.

After watching the group of people enter the platform, Gu Jiangming's body suddenly trembled slightly, and gradually he let out a tut-tut laugh.

He tried hard to hold back his laughter and whispered:
"Come out, Lord Chosen!"

"This is today's blood meal!"

As soon as the words fell, a cold wind suddenly rose.

A wooden box opened and a thin figure came out.

He was extremely thin, skin and bones, like a hungry ghost, and his body was split in two from the waist up, as if it had been split by an axe.

It opened its scarlet eyes and looked at everyone, grinning and saying, "The food today is good. I can give you the parasitic species I promised you last time."

(End of this chapter)