Mortal Bones

At this time, amid the noisy discussions in the ruined temple, the already elderly Gu Yu spoke again:

"It's a pity that I have wasted my whole life and have not been able to gather a decent sacrifice, but please rest assured, all the immortals and Buddhas in the sky, these sixty years of my life have not been in vain!"

As he spoke, Gu Yu opened his clothes, revealing the numerous wounds on his body, and then continued:

"Old man, although there are no natural treasures, rare birds and animals as sacrifices, I have the experience of escaping death by sneaking into Wandao Lake several times in the past sixty years."

"And the courage to face that demonic dragon several times!"

When he said this, Gu Yu, who originally looked like he was in his twilight years, suddenly had bright eyes, as if he was a different person.

When he said this, Gu Yu seemed to see no reaction from the formation, so he said anxiously:

"Fellow immortals and Buddhas in the upper realm, even though I am old, I can still lift a sword and ride a horse without any problem!"

As he said that, Gu Yu suddenly found the big sword standing on the side and danced vigorously on the god-inviting formation.

But after just a dozen sword strikes, his breath became a little unsteady.

After dancing a few more times, his steps became sluggish and weak, as if he was drunk.

In the end, his feet were unsteady and he fell to the ground with a thud.

The monks who accidentally caught a glimpse of this scene burst into laughter.

Even Dongfang Yue Cocoon was a little confused and said:

"This old man is so old, why would he come to join in the fun?"

However, Xu Taiping remained silent from beginning to end, only quietly staring at the old man in the scroll.

Because among everyone present, he was the only one who knew why the old man came to join in the fun.

At this time, Gu Yu obviously knew that his performance was not satisfactory, and immediately scratched his head in embarrassment and said:

"Dear immortals and Buddhas in the upper realm, I only ate a bowl of porridge today and am a little weak."

When he said this, he seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up and he said:

"Fellow immortals and Buddhas in the upper realm, in addition to these fist and kick skills, I also have a lot of horizontal skills, especially this head is very hard!"

As he spoke, the old man patted his head hard, then bent down and picked up a rock nearby.

Without any hesitation, the old man smashed the rock into his mind.

"Bang!"

The result was bleeding.

This funny scene once again caused the monks in the ruined temple to burst into laughter.

But as if Gu Yu didn't know the pain at all, he hit the stone heavily on his head again.

"Bang!"

Amidst the dull collision, Gu Yu's forehead was torn open.

However, Gu Yu did not care about the wound on his head. Instead, he looked up with a smile and said, "Dear immortals and Buddhas in the sky, I missed these two shots just now. Please give me another chance."

"This time, this time I will definitely be able to break this rock with my head, I will definitely do it!"

As he said that, Gu Yu placed the stone on the ground, then with a look of determination in his eyes, he suddenly hit his head on the stone on the ground.

"Bang!……"

After a loud noise, Gu Yu pressed his head against the stone and fell straight to the ground.

Seeing this, Dongfang Yueyu couldn't bear to look at it and said:

"Is there something wrong with this old man's brain? If someone chooses him later, I'm afraid he will be worried."

Xu Taiping didn't answer, still just staring at the scroll in front of him quietly.

When a monk in the hall saw this, he asked Jiang Xuanfeng curiously:

"Mr. Jiang, if the chosen dragon catcher dies like this, can we replace him with another one?"

Jiang Xuanfeng smiled and nodded:

"certainly."

Hearing this, some of the lower-ranked monks immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that the old man with some mental problems had committed suicide.

But what made them cry without tears was that just when they thought the old man had crashed to death on the rock, the old man who had fallen straight to the ground suddenly stood up.

Then, I saw the old man with his face covered in blood, holding up the big stone that had been broken into two pieces with both hands, and shouted excitedly:

"All the immortals and Buddhas in the upper realm, look, I smashed it, I smashed it!"

But as he shouted, his voice became smaller and smaller.

At the end, he suddenly knelt down on the ground, lowered his head, and started sobbing while his body was shaking——

"I've been begging for so many years, why, why today..."

"It would have been ten years earlier, even five years. Why do I have to wait until I have only these old bones left for this array to light up!"

"elder brother……"

"elder brother……"

"Brother...I miss you, sir..."

"Brother, I'm really useless... If you were still here, there would definitely be a way to make them choose us, right?"

"Why, why was it not me who died when the formation was destroyed sixty years ago?"

"Obviously I am the one who deserves to die the most! Brother!"

When everyone saw this scene, most people thought that the old man must be crazy. Only Xu Taiping, who had seen the scene where the two brothers worked together to pray to God, could understand the old man's mood at this moment.

But sympathy is sympathy. If Gu Yu's performance was just like this, Xu Taiping still wouldn't choose him.

Even if he is included in the picture deduced by the great power of deduction.

Even in Xu Taiping's view, Gu Yu, who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing constantly, had not made any progress compared to the cowardly and ignorant young man sixty years ago.

However, just when Xu Taiping was about to move his eyes away from Gu Yu, the spirit-calling formation under Gu Yu suddenly shone brightly without any warning.

Immediately afterwards, in Xu Taiping's surprised eyes, Gu Yu suddenly raised his head, and on his blood-stained face, his eyes were filled with a trace of burning determination and said:

"Brother, I'm sorry to make a fool of myself."

"But please rest assured, this is the last time."

As he said that, Gu Yu took out a handful of dark green weeds from his arms, and then put them into his mouth and chewed them without saying a word.

While chewing, he said in a blank expression and intermittently:

"My fellow immortals, this is Aconitum, although it is highly poisonous, it can immediately restore the blood and qi of the person who takes it to the peak of this body!"

As he spoke, Gu Yu's loose robe was actually propped up by Gu Yu's bulging muscles at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the wrinkles on Gu Yu's face were becoming flat at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then, Gu Yu said again:

"Although I only have half a day to live, I still want to prove to all the gods and Buddhas in the upper realm that I, Gu Yu, am not incompetent. I just failed to light up the summoning array at the peak of my physical strength."

After saying this, Gu Yu pulled out the long sword that was stuck in the ground, and then slashed forward with both hands.

"Bang!——"

Amid the hissing sound of the long sword, a sword energy that was only more than ten feet long but revealed a magnificent atmosphere suddenly cut a deep gully on the ground of the courtyard.

After slashing this sword, Gu Yu held the sword across his chest with one hand, and then said with a burning look in his eyes:

"All the gods and Buddhas in the upper realm, if you can choose me, I will definitely be the sharpest dragon-slaying sword in your hands!"

It must be said that Gu Yu's sword just now did shock many cultivators present.

But as Gu Yu's face aged again, his muscles and blood shrank a little bit, everyone shook their heads and looked away from him again.

However, even though his body shrank and hunched again, Gu Yu's eyes were still as hot and firm as the knife he had just used.

After seeing this look, Xu Taiping's left eye's lotus pupil inexplicably heated up, and then he murmured in his heart:

"I finally understand why the lotus pupil asked me to choose him."

Xu Taiping touched his left eye and continued to murmur in his heart:

"Everything can be faked, but this look, which is exactly the same as those of the soldiers of the Treading Navy and those seniors in the Jinting Cave Heaven who are ready to die for the Yuan Lord, cannot be faked."

At this time, Dongfang Yuejian, who was standing aside, found that Xu Taiping was still staring at Gu Yu, and suddenly asked with some concern:

"Brother Taiping, are you... are you going to choose that Gu Yu?"