I am the villain in the book

Half an hour later.

As a few jailers dragged the corpses of five death row inmates out of the dark room, preparing to take them to the mass burial ground outside the city, Wei Changtian was already sitting in the carriage back to Floating Cloud Inn.

After several exchanges with the remnant soul, he now had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the situation of Kui Long.

According to the remnant soul, Da Ning did not actually set up Kui Long branch helms.

Including Wu Tianqing and others who died on Yanyun Mountain before, as well as the seven second-rank masters who went to Fengyuan to pick up Li Wutong this time, they all belonged to Kui Long's "Bing San branch helm".

Bing San, this naming method sounds quite random, but it is not actually arbitrary.

Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui.

The ten Heavenly Stems represent Kui Long dividing all the places with discovered traces of human activity in the world into ten major regions.

Each large region will have at least one and at most three branch helms, depending on the situation, adding up to a total of twenty-two.

Therefore, it can be understood that Kui Long divides the world into twenty-two parts.

The area covered by the Bing San branch helm roughly includes the entire territory of Da Ning, Da Feng, and Da Li, as well as a snow mountain further north and several islands in the sea to the east.

The territory of the three countries only accounts for less than one twenty-second of the world's area.

How big this world is, and how many forces and countries there are in it... Wei Changtian had actually expected this for a long time.

After all, there are thirteen Sons of Heaven, and he has never even heard of the locations of most of them.

Of course, Wei Changtian had previously intentionally checked those countries and sects, and he could indeed find some information.

However, most places are too far away from Da Ning.

Apart from Bai Youheng's Da Feng and Shen Ran's Da Li, the closest Son of Heaven is Xu Sui Sui's "biological brother", Xu Quan from Da Qian.

And from Da Qian to Da Ning, it would take at least half a year to travel normally.

Such a "world map" is not an exaggeration to call it "huge".

But even in such a vast world with countless diverse sects and gangs, and hundreds of millions of cultivators, only two people have broken through the shackles of the first rank so far.

And no one knows where these two people are now, whether they are dead or alive.

Thinking of this, it is no wonder that Qin Zhengqiu would cause Kui Long to make such a big fuss, even to convene a council of elders.

After all, he is the only person in nearly a thousand years who has touched the threshold of the first rank.

Thinking of this, Wei Changtian could not help but shift his thoughts to Qin Zhengqiu, who is now "highly anticipated".

Although he did not personally see the person wielding the sword that night when he blocked the Zhenshan Camp, combined with some of the information provided by Han Zhao, he could be sure that the person was indeed his own maternal grandfather.

And as Qin Zhengqiu reappeared in such a "shocking" way, the mysteries surrounding him became more and more numerous.

Why could he practice the Picking Moon Sword from the Entry Realm to Great Perfection in three months?

How much of a role did the sword left by Old Zhang Tou play in it?

Why didn't he accept it when he wanted to give him the True Dragon Scale?

Now that he has "achieved great success in his divine skills", why doesn't he show his face?

That night, was that sword intentionally or unintentionally "killing" himself as well?

All of these questions could undoubtedly be answered if Qin Zhengqiu could be found.

But the problem now is that Wei Changtian simply cannot find his maternal grandfather.

Thinking about it, this is also normal.

After all, Qin Zhengqiu is now not to say that he is the undisputed number one in the world, at least he is the number three in the world if those two first-rankers and True Immortals from a thousand years ago are not dead yet.

It would not be too easy for such a master to hide his tracks. Under normal circumstances, unless he takes the initiative to show up, no one can know.

Wait!

In the bumpy carriage, Wei Changtian's expression suddenly showed a moment of astonishment.

Perhaps, there really is someone who knows where he is...

Anzhou, Cangmiao Mountain.

Vast and boundless, misty and boundless.

Such a mountain name is undoubtedly very grand and mysterious, but what is very incompatible with it is its short appearance.

A few hundred meters above sea level at most destined it to be just a small mountain.

And looking around the entire mountain, there are no noteworthy wonders or strange objects, not even a Taoist temple or mountain temple can be seen, only sparse old trees and occasionally dense bamboo forests.

However, in this small mountain that no one cares about, the current number one master in the world is temporarily living.

“...“

This situation lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour before slowly returning to calm.

The wind rustled through the bamboo leaves, shaking for a while before stopping.

And Qin Zhengqiu in the house finally slowly raised his eyelids, and there was a rare clarity in his bloodshot eyes.

He was not practicing just now, but was actually fighting against the "inner demon".

And this situation has been going on for a long time.

From occasional attacks, to daily attacks, to the increasingly serious situation where he must forcibly use his power to suppress the inner demon every two hours, Qin Zhengqiu has been suffering.

But he has to do this, otherwise he will fall into a state of "similar to me but not me", and the difficulty of regaining reason will be several times higher.

Similar to me but not me.

This state sounds a bit difficult to understand, and seems to be different from the traditional "insanity" of being possessed by a demon.

And the fact is indeed so.

Once in this state, Qin Zhengqiu will actually retain his memory and thinking, and will not completely lose his mind.

However, a certain part of his desires will be extremely amplified at this time, even to the point where it can override everything.

What exactly are these amplified desires?

And what does it have to do with his attempt to kill Wei Changtian?

We will talk about these later.

Because at this moment, not long after Qin Zhengqiu had just suppressed the restlessness in his heart, a man and a woman actually walked out of the bamboo forest and walked along the path towards the bamboo house.

Although Cangmiao Mountain is a small mountain, there are also some mountain goods and game in the mountain. Occasionally, the surrounding villagers will come to the mountain to try their luck.

Therefore, although Qin Zhengqiu had already felt the breath of these two people, he did not care at first.

Until these two people got closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of the bamboo house.

“...“

Without moving, he glanced at the bamboo door with some annoyance.

Even if Qin Zhengqiu is infinitely close to the first-rank realm, he does not have the ability to "see through".

Therefore, he did not know who these two people were, but he shouted angrily in a low voice with some annoyance.

“Get out! “

“Pitter-patter~“

A loud shout startled a few birds, but it did not startle the two people outside the house.

Although Qin Zhengqiu is still in a "normal" state, this "normal" is only relative.

What's more, as the former "Demon Sect Master", he was not a very patient person to begin with.

Slowly stood up, and walked to the door with a gloomy face.

If Qin Zhengqiu didn't want to destroy the bamboo door, he would probably have waved his palm through the door and killed these two people long ago.

And now...

“Squeak“

The bamboo door was slowly pushed open, and it is conceivable that when it is fully opened, it will be the time when the man and woman outside the house will die.

However, as if expected, the woman standing in front of the bamboo house suddenly shouted in a crisp voice when the bamboo door was only half open:

“Senior Qin, please wait! “

“I have something to say to you! “

“It's about Wei Changtian! “