Chapter 364
Duan Tianwu's Reason for Becoming a Demon
Qin Manyuan's expression changed immediately. After he bowed to Lei Wan, he smiled enthusiastically and said:
"It turns out that the law enforcer Lei is the famous Lei Wan. I have heard of him for a long time. I didn't expect that the strongest man in Central Xinjiang would become the law enforcer of Guhuang City. It is my great honor to meet him today."
"Lei Wan's name is well-known, and I am naturally convinced of your strength, Lei Fazhi. However, what really worries me is not the chance of winning."
"What I'm most worried about is his Demon Devouring Gu."
Qin Manyuan showed a very solemn look, and said in a very fearful tone: "The Demon Devouring Gu is not so easy to deal with. Although as long as the realm is higher than him, you can ignore the power of the Demon Devouring Domain."
"But the Demon-Swallowing Gu is one of the ten forbidden Gu. How can its power be broken so easily?"
"Gu cultivators with higher realms than him are only protected from being drained of their spiritual power in his Devouring Demon Field. Once they come into contact with his body, they will still be drained of their spiritual power by him."
"If there is external injury, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy will be even faster."
"That is to say, no matter whether we win or lose in a fight with him, a large amount of our spiritual energy will be sucked away, and we may even be demoted to a lower level collectively."
"Under such circumstances, how can we fight with all our might?"
"If we start to hesitate, our combat effectiveness will inevitably be much weaker. Once he wants to escape, no one will even dare to rush over to stop him. In this case, how can we win?" Qin Manyuan asked worriedly.
"That's right! This is exactly what I'm worried about." The gray-haired abbot of the Big Buddha Temple clasped his hands together, frowned, and said worriedly: "Our Big Buddha Temple has sealed Duan Tianwu, and Duan Tianwu will definitely seek revenge on the Big Buddha Temple."
"That's why Law Enforcement Lei planned to have everyone gather here and set up a trap to trap Duan Tianwu."
"But Law Enforcement Lei placed the battlefield here. Have you ever thought about the ordinary monks here?"
"They are at a low level, and their spiritual power can be drained away by the Demon Devouring Gu's Demon Devouring Field. If they get into a fight, the Great Buddha Temple will suffer heavy losses."
"Except for a few strong ones above the middle stage of Gu King, all the monks in the Big Buddha Temple will become useless. After this battle, the Big Buddha Temple will probably be expelled from the temple."
"And we can't evacuate all the ordinary monks, otherwise the Big Buddha Temple will become a deserted city, and Duan Tian will definitely become suspicious."
"I wonder if Lei Zhifa has a way to completely restrain the Devouring Demon Gu?"
The abbot looked at Lei Wan nervously.
Long Xuan nodded. This was exactly what he wanted to say. He was also a person at a low level and could have his spiritual power unreasonably sucked away by the Demon-Devouring Gu. He had no way to defend himself and he was having a headache at the moment.
Lei Wan glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, "Don't forget, I, Lei Wan, will also participate in this demon-killing mission. And as the strongest person here, I will naturally be responsible for the main attack, and the spiritual power that will be drained by him will definitely be the most."
"How can I not consider this issue?"
"The method to completely restrain the Devouring Demon Gu is very simple. All it takes is a Purification Gu."
"Purification Gu can eliminate all negative effects, including various areas that may affect oneself."
"I have applied for permission to use the Purification Gu in Gu Emperor City. My realm is higher than his. When the Purification Gu's purification field is opened, I will ensure that his Demon Devouring Gu will be completely destroyed."
"In the purification field, you don't have to worry about monks at lower levels having their spiritual power drained away by the Demon Devouring Gu."
Hearing this, the abbot breathed a sigh of relief and finally felt at ease.
At this time, Long Xuan also put down the stone in his heart and finally felt relieved.
Lei Wanshi put away his smile and said solemnly, "I am not worried about his Demon Devouring Gu at all. What really worries me is that he has the Demon Emperor's heart. This is the only variable in this battle."
"This person actually created a kind of heaven-defying evil technique that can splice all kinds of special organs in the world onto his own body."
"And the Demon Emperor's heart that he transplanted into his body is what scares me the most. The owner of that heart must have surpassed the Gu King by countless realms and possesses power that does not belong to the Gu King."
"The power of the Demon Emperor is too terrifying. We Gu Kings are definitely not able to contend with it."
"Who has a way to destroy the Demon Emperor's heart now? As long as someone can destroy the Demon Emperor's heart, I guarantee that the chances of winning this battle will be 100%!"
Lei Wan looked around and asked seriously.
"I have a plan, but I can't guarantee that it will succeed." Qin Manyuan frowned slightly.
"Just say it." Lei Wan looked at him and said.
Qin Manyuan sighed, his cloudy eyes revealing memories, and he sighed: "Two hundred years ago, the Yanting Empire and the Huiyue Empire fought a war, and the Yanting Empire was defeated in the end. The Yanting Empire had no choice but to send Princess Xiyue to marry."
"I didn't expect that Princess Xiyue had already had an affair with a scary monk in the Big Buddha Temple, which eventually led to such a disaster."
"On the day of the marriage, the monk suddenly jumped out to grab the bride, and fought his way in and out of the 200,000-strong army. I don't know how many Gu Kings from both countries died tragically at his hands."
"In that battle, the monk exposed the forbidden Gu. Under the power of the forbidden Gu, countless strong men from both countries fell. In the end, they were all severely injured and took a long time to recover."
"I don't know what happened in the end. The monk killed King Wu Gu and he dared to come forward again. Only the monks of the Big Buddha Temple gave him the final chase."
"The reason why I told you this story is to tell you that the monk was deeply in love with Princess Xiyue. He would lose his mind if he saw Princess Xiyue."
"And my Qin clan has a female Gu Queen who looks exactly like Princess Xiyue. This female Gu Queen might be able to plot against him, and it's not impossible for her to pierce his Demon Emperor's heart."
Qin Manyuan looked at a stunning female Gu King wearing a white veil not far away.
Upon hearing this, everyone was silent for a long time.
Many people know about this incident, and many people don’t know about it. But even for those who don’t know about it, it is not difficult to guess from this incident that the protagonist of the story is Duan Tianwu.
At this time, many people turned their eyes to the old abbot of the Big Buddha Temple.
Lei Wan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the abbot, and asked first: "Duan Tianwu is a monk from your Great Buddha Temple. After the battle, it was the senior monks from your Great Buddha Temple who carried out the final hunt and kill."
"After receiving the news that someone was refining forbidden Gu in Guhuang City, I paid attention to this matter, but you clearly claimed that Duan Tianwu had died in the pursuit of the Big Buddha Temple."
"And now he is alive again, can you give us a reasonable explanation?"
All the Gu Kings in the audience focused their eyes on the abbot, waiting for his next speech.
The old abbot's face was filled with wrinkles. He was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Since the disaster came from the Great Buddha Temple, it is natural that the Great Buddha Temple should put an end to it."
"That battle was indeed the final hunt for him by the Big Buddha Temple."
"It would have been impossible for us to successfully kill him with our strength. We were all ready to die."
"But when we chased him to a barren mountain, we found him with lifeless eyes, slumped on the ground, motionless. Princess Xiyue, with a smile on her face and eyes closed, had already passed away in his arms."
"Duan Tianwu succeeded in bringing Princess Xiyue out, but Princess Xiyue is not a Gu King, and her body is too weak." "Duan Tianwu fought against powerful Gu Kings one after another, and the residual power of the battle was too strong, which was simply beyond her ability to withstand at the initial stage of the Spiritual Sea."
"Although Duan Tianwu succeeded in snatching the bride with his extraordinary fighting power, the lovers could not end up together."
"Once Princess Xiyue died, Duan Tianwu completely lost his mind. With our sneak attack, we managed to kill him without any damage!"
"Since he has been killed by you, why is he alive now?" someone in the crowd immediately asked impatiently.
"Alas!" The abbot sighed heavily and said, "It is true that we killed him, but we only killed his body. His soul was not completely destroyed. There is still a trace of soul left."
"After all, we are from the same sect. We can't bear to see him die without even the chance to reincarnate."
“So we used our great magical powers to seal this remnant soul on the spot.”
"As long as the life span of this remnant soul is worn out, Duan Tianwu will be completely dead."
"Duan Tianwu has very special requirements for his body. Even if something unexpected happens and his residual soul escapes successfully, it will not be able to possess anyone else's body. He is doomed to have no chance of making a comeback. Therefore, we neglected to guard against him and gradually forgot about him."
"I didn't expect that accidents would happen everywhere. In the end, this remnant soul was reborn by borrowing a body."
Lei Wan was even more confused and asked quickly, "Didn't you say that he couldn't possess anyone else's body? Then how did he succeed in doing so now?"
The old abbot shook his head and smiled bitterly, "He really can't possess anyone else's body. The reason why he can be reborn through a body is not because of possessing another person's body, because that body is his own. It's not difficult for his soul to return to his own body."
When this statement was made, many people were shocked. It was unbelievable that one person had two bodies.
Although many Gu Kings in this world have external clones, they are not real bodies. No one can be reborn by taking over the body of his own clone, otherwise the world will be in chaos.
Many people were becoming more and more confused at this time, waiting for the next words. Long Xuan also became curious.
He was also very curious about what the little medicine boy was. He didn't know what the little medicine boy was called before, nor did he know where he came from. Everyone just called him the little medicine boy.
Perhaps this mystery can be solved today. Long Xuan looked towards the abbot.
The old abbot did not keep the secret and quickly said, "We have a powerful forbidden technique in our Great Buddha Temple called the Erqing Corpse Chopping Technique. Practitioners can force all their evil thoughts out of their bodies, leaving no trace of distracting thoughts in their minds. Their progress will be rapid, and it will be easy to cultivate to the peak of the Gu King."
"And monks who have no evil thoughts in their hearts are most suitable for practicing Buddhism. Monks who practice the "Two-Clear Corpse Slashing Technique" have high morals, high Buddhist teachings, and high understanding, so their combat effectiveness will naturally improve by leaps and bounds."
"It is precisely because of this forbidden technique that our Great Buddha Temple has produced countless enlightened monks who do not kill, and there are many powerful people. The Great Buddha Temple has also become the first of the five major sects of the Yanting Empire because of this technique."
"But powerful forbidden techniques often have both advantages and disadvantages. Any forbidden technique is extremely dangerous."
"The danger of this forbidden technique lies in that when the practitioner separates all the evil thoughts from the body, the evil thoughts will turn into another person with a physical body. The evil body and the good body belong to different souls, have different thoughts, and there is no distinction between primary and secondary."
"Therefore, the body of evil thoughts will devour its master, while the body of good thoughts, because it has no trace of evil and does not like to kill, often cannot bear to kill the body of evil thoughts, thus leaving behind endless disasters."
"The evil bodies separated by all the monks in our Great Buddha Temple will basically not be destroyed. All of them will be sealed in the Demon Sealing Boxes. All the Demon Sealing Boxes will be concentrated in the Demon Sealing Tower and sealed permanently."
"The less evil thoughts a person has, the younger the evil body that is separated after practicing the Erqing Corpse Slashing Technique will be, and the weaker its strength will be. The more evil thoughts a person has, the bigger the evil body that is separated after practicing the Erqing Corpse Slashing Technique will be, and the stronger its strength will be."
"Duan Tianwu separated a boy of eight or nine years old at that time." The old abbot's pupils suddenly shrank and he sighed in a deep voice: "But all of us were deceived by him."
"We have long known that Duan Tianwu and Princess Xiyue have an affair. When we learned that the royal family was planning to marry Princess Xiyue off, we knew it was going to be bad."
"So all of us forced Duan Tianwu to practice the Erqing Corpse Slashing Technique, thinking that as long as Duan Tianwu separated all the evil thoughts from his body, he would become a very kind person."
"In order to prevent the two countries from going to war again and causing great suffering, he will definitely cut off his relationship with Princess Xiyue and will not cause trouble during the marriage between the two countries."
"But he deceived us. When he was practicing the Erqing Corpse Slashing Technique, all the good thoughts that left his body were not the evil thoughts."
"We didn't spot his ruse at the time, and it ended up being a big mistake."
"Duan Tianwu, who had no kindness in his heart, began to become cruel and merciless. Even if his fellow disciples tried to stop him from snatching the bride, he would kill them without mercy. In the end, he killed so many people in that battle that the blood flowed like a river. He was completely possessed by the devil. Alas..."
"Could it be that the body Duan Tianwu is using right now is the young man transformed by his benevolent thoughts?" Lei Wan asked in shock.
"Yes, the body he is using now is the body that was transformed by his good thoughts."
The old abbot's face suddenly became much older, and he said bitterly: "All the living beings sealed in the Demon Sealing Tower will be stilled. Consciousness, lifespan, soul... everything about the living beings will be stilled by the Demon Sealing Tower."
"Under this state of everything being frozen, no one can escape from the Demon Sealing Tower."
"From ancient times to the present, over countless thousands of years, no one has been able to successfully escape after being sealed in the Demon Sealing Tower, including the strongest people in this world."
"So we feel safe to seal the evil thoughts separated by the "Two-Clear Corpse Slashing Technique" here."
"The only thing that can break the Demon Sealing Tower is human disaster, and decades ago, the Demon Sealing Box that sealed Duan Tianwushan was lost."
"The good thoughts in the Sealed Demon Box escaped and were bewitched by Duan Tianwu's evil thoughts. This led to Duan Tianwu's rebirth. Alas..."
Hearing this, Long Xuan suddenly understood and finally knew what the little medicine boy was. He didn't expect that the little medicine boy he met in the Jixi Market would have such an extraordinary origin.
However, it is unknown how he managed to escape from Middle-earth to the distant Far West. Perhaps there is still a secret here.
Long Xuan looked thoughtful; he was thinking about something else.
This Demon Sealing Tower can freeze everything about a person, so it can seal a person perfectly and no one can escape.
But everything has its pros and cons. Making everything about a person still may seem like a perfect seal, but it is not without its drawbacks.
Everything that is still includes the life span. The abbot just mentioned that the Demon Sealing Tower can still the life span, so this is a big deal.
The good thoughts outside died due to the exhaustion of their lifespan, while the evil thoughts inside the Demon Sealing Tower were stilled due to their lifespan and remained forever.
Every monk left his evil thoughts in the Demon Sealing Tower. As time went by, after countless thousands of years, how many evil thoughts of powerful people would be accumulated in the Demon Sealing Tower? Just think about it and you will know that the number must be beyond imagination.
If someone opens the Demon Sealing Tower one day and releases the evil thoughts of all the strong men inside, what will happen? Wouldn't an ultimate boss that no one can deal with appear, causing chaos in the world?
Long Xuan felt his scalp tingling at the thought. If so many powerful people's evil thoughts were released, the end of the world might really come. He could only pray that such a thing would not happen in the Big Buddha Temple while he was alive.
These old bald donkeys are really harmful to people. They created a group of monsters and instead of killing them, they insisted on keeping them. They must have been kicked in the head by donkeys.
Just wait and see, they will end up playing with fire and getting burned. Duan Tianwu has now become a living example.
However, what Long Xuan didn't know at this time was that the old abbot was looking towards the direction of the Demon Sealing Tower with a solemn expression and a heavy heart.
There was something he didn't dare to say just now. Decades ago, what was lost was not just Duan Tianwu's Demon Sealing Box, but all the Demon Sealing Boxes in the entire Demon Sealing Tower were lost.
He really didn't dare to tell this story, for fear of being beaten to death by the angry people here... (End of this chapter)