Chapter 363
: The Origin of Guhuang City
Long Xuan's expression suddenly froze.
It was such a sudden disaster that such a thing could happen to him.
How could I be called a Gu King? Wouldn't it be courting death for me, a mere Gu cultivator in the Linghai stage, to participate in this mission?
He was an old demon who was practicing forbidden Gu. With my level of cultivation, he would have had his spiritual energy sucked away before I could even get close to him. This time he was overdoing it in pretending to be the Gu King.
Faced with the demon-slaying order from Guhuang City, he really had no way to refuse.
When Shi Haojun was slaughtering people everywhere and attracted the Guhuang City's demon-slaying order, he learned about the origin of this Guhuang City in detail.
The origin of Guhuang City is very long and can be traced back to the time when Gu Xiu civilization was just born.
In that very distant period, a man named Gu created the Gu Dao. Gu spread the teachings everywhere and trained the first batch of Gu practitioners of the human race. Therefore, Gu was listed as one of the ancestors of mankind.
The Gu Emperor City was established by Gu. The purpose of establishing the Gu Emperor City was to gather the power of all Gu practitioners in the world to jointly fight against the invasion from foreign races.
At that time, the ground was full of various alien races. The human race was extremely weak and could only survive by hiding in the cracks between the territories of various alien races.
It is also because of the power of the Gu Emperor City that the Gu practitioners from all over the world are united together, allowing the human race to be preserved on earth.
As time went by, the Gu cultivators of Guhuang City, under the leadership of Gu, destroyed one powerful alien race after another. Gradually, the human race came to rule this land and became the protagonists of this land.
When most of the alien races were wiped out and Gu was killed in battle, the Gu Imperial City was not disbanded because of Gu's death.
Guhuang City began to re-select the Gu Emperor, and the purpose of Guhuang City's existence also began to change from fighting against alien races to maintaining the stability of the human race.
Once a major event occurs in the world that could cause mass death of the human race, Guhuang City will gather the strength of all the strong men in the human race to fight the crisis together.
And killing the devil who refines forbidden Gu is one of the major events that Guhuang City must intervene in.
Guhuang City is a public organization. Every once in a while, it will select the strongest people from all over the world to join Guhuang City. Guhuang City has members from all surnames, and the Gu Emperor is the strongest among the members.
Therefore, the Gu Emperor City became the largest force in the Gu world, and has firmly occupied the throne of the largest force from ancient times to the present.
There are many powerful people in Guhuang City, gathering strong people from all over the world. Once Guhuang City conveys an order to a certain force in the name of justice, no matter how powerful this force is, it is impossible to refuse.
To defy the Gu Emperor City is to defy the entire world.
How could Long Xuan dare to openly disobey the order of the Demon Slayer Order?
He could only reach for the storage ring. The Baili Talisman inside that allowed him to escape at any time made him feel at ease.
Just like that, Long Xuan walked towards the Big Buddha Temple with a bewildered look on his face along with a group of Sword Washing Pavilion experts...
The Big Buddha Temple is a Buddhist force. Buddhism is compassionate and the monks in the Big Buddha Temple do not kill. When practicing Gu, the monks will only let the Gu worms devour non-living materials to avoid killing.
Buddhist Gu worms are considered another major school of Gu worms, and are extremely powerful.
Under the powerful force of the Buddhist poisonous insects, the Big Buddha Temple became one of the five strongest forces in the Yanting Empire, on par with the Xijian Pavilion.
Long Xuan didn't know why the law enforcer of Guhuang City asked all the Gu Kings who participated in the demon-killing mission to gather at the Big Buddha Temple.
But he didn't ask any more questions and could only let it go.
A few hours later, a flying boat with a sword carved on it sped through the sky and slowly landed in a temple.
This temple is full of golden Buddha statues. Some of the statues are extremely tall, even as high as a hundred meters. They stand in front of the mountain and reflect golden light under the sunlight.
There are quite a few monks in the temple. Although there are many monks, it is extremely quiet. Buddhism is a quiet place, far less noisy than other places.
As soon as Long Xuan landed, he listened to the sounds of chanting around him, and his mood immediately calmed down a lot.
Following the crowd through twists and turns in the Buddhist temple, Long Xuan walked into a large secret room, where he finally met the other Gu Kings who participated in the demon-killing mission. There were quite a few of them, roughly estimated to be around a hundred.
You have to know that this is a rare group of Gu Kings. The number of Gu Kings exceeding one hundred is definitely a terrifying number.
After the group from Xijian Pavilion walked into the secret room, all the Gu Kings in the room immediately looked over here, and after scanning the seven or eight Sword Kings of Xijian Pavilion, they finally stopped their gaze on the unfamiliar face of Long Xuan.
The Demon Slayer Order was to recruit personnel from nearby areas, so the people here basically knew each other. In addition to the ten Gu cultivators from the Gu Emperor City, Long Xuan was the only unfamiliar face, so they naturally had to take a closer look. "Lei Zhifa, how many people are there yet to arrive?"
An old man in a black robe in the room asked first.
Long Xuan looked at the old man. The old man had a very impressive demeanor, and he did not have the humility that the others had when they saw the law enforcement officers in Guhuang City.
In addition, he was the first to speak, so Long Xuan guessed that this person's identity and status were definitely not bad. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be one of the strongest Gu Kings in this room and would be the main force against Duan Tianwu.
Seeing Long Xuan looking at this person, Pavilion Master Ren at the side introduced him using soul transmission: "This person's name is Qin Manyuan, he is the top expert of the royal family of Yanting Empire, and his combat ability is about the same as mine."
"I didn't expect the royal family to send so many strong men to participate in this mission. The Qin family has dispatched nearly twenty Gu Kings, which is definitely the force with the largest number of Gu Kings here."
"Sending so many Gu Kings, aren't they afraid of suffering heavy losses in the demon-killing mission?"
Pavilion Master Ren's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he guessed, "Duan Tianwu killed many Gu Kings of the Yanting Empire in that battle, including a large number of Qin's Gu Kings."
"The Qin family has sent out so many people this time, and they are led by Qin Manyuan. It seems that the Qin family came for revenge and is determined to kill Duan Tianwu." Pavilion Master Ren's eyes focused.
After counting the number of people in the room, Lei Zhifa, who was standing beside Pavilion Master Ren, finally said, "Including the ten people from our Gu Emperor City, there are now a total of 125 Gu Kings in the room. This is the final number of people we will need for this demon-killing mission."
Upon hearing this, the faces of all the Gu Kings in the room changed slightly. They looked at each other, wanting to say something but stopping themselves.
Although these people may be able to kill the fledgling Duan Tianwu, if there are more Gu Kings, the damage will be shared by each family, and the losses of each force will naturally be smaller. They certainly hope that as many Gu Kings as possible will participate in this mission.
Qin Manyuan's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "There are too few people, right? This is the only chance to kill Duan Tianwu. We must not be careless. If we fail this time, it will be difficult to deal with him again."
"To be on the safe side, I suggest that we gather at least 300 Gu Kings to encircle and suppress him. We should be lenient with our enemies. Only with such a large number of Gu Kings can we ensure that nothing goes wrong."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the Gu Kings in the room nodded in agreement.
"Humph! I think you want to use the number of people to distribute the damage, so as to preserve the strength of the Qin family to the greatest extent, right?"
Law Enforcement Officer Lei glanced at him, then glanced at the faces of the Gu Kings in the secret room, and said sternly: "Everyone is afraid of death. I can understand that you have this idea."
"I am also afraid of death. I also want to use the Demon Slayer Order to recruit more people. When I am more confident, I will encircle and suppress Duan Tianwu."
"Who doesn't want to be more stable? But we don't have much time left. I don't have time to mobilize more people."
"I have already mobilized all the Gu Kings around here. It will take time to mobilize Gu Kings from farther away, maybe a few months or even half a year."
"You also know how fast Duan Tianwu's cultivation speed is when he has the Demon Devouring Gu. It won't take him more than a few months to reach the peak of the Gu King realm."
"What's the point of recruiting more Gu Kings? I'm afraid even if I recruit ten times as many Gu Kings, they won't be enough for him to absorb."
"So it's the best time for us to take action now. The longer we delay, the worse it will be for us. It's best for us to take action today."
All the Gu Kings in the room looked thoughtful. That's right, Duan Tianwu was once the peak Gu King. There was no bottleneck in his practice. With the Demon-Swallowing Gu in his hand, he only needed to continuously absorb people's spiritual power. It wouldn't take him long to practice to the peak of Gu King.
It seems that the more people there are, the higher the chance of winning, but in fact, it is just the opposite. Once they spend time gathering more Gu Kings, the chance of winning will become smaller and smaller. They did not consider it carefully.
Seeing that everyone in the room had been persuaded by him, Law Enforcement Lei said again: "Don't worry, these more than one hundred Gu Kings are enough."
"You should have heard of Lei Wan's name, right? If Lei Wan takes action, do you still think you can't defeat this man?" Lei Zhifa showed great confidence.
Upon hearing this, all the Gu Kings in the room showed surprise on their faces. After hearing this name, many of them became more confident in this battle.
Lei Wan's fame is so great that many people in Middle-earth have heard of him even though they are thousands of miles away.
The Southern Region is divided into seventy-two territories, among which the Central Territory in the middle is the strongest.
Lei Wan is the strongest man in Central Xinjiang. He is definitely as famous as Duan Tianwu, the strongest man in Middle-earth back then. Their fighting power may be on par with each other.
Lei Wan possesses the Body of Thunder Punishment, one of the ten strange bodies. He can control the powerful force of thunder and is invincible in combat among those of the same level. With this physique, his combat power can be ranked in the first echelon in the entire world.
The most important thing is that the thunder punishment released by the Thunder Punishment Body is specifically designed to defeat demon cultivators. In addition, he is two realms higher than Duan Tianwu. With him taking action, the chances of winning this battle will be extremely high. (End of this chapter)