"Isn't that a little surprised?" The middle-aged man who performed the "rat play" said to Gu Xu with a smile.

"Did you never expect to see me here?" The hunchbacked old man guarding the warehouse squinted at Gu Xu.

"My heir, you should already know by now that I didn't succeed in ascending, right?" The whitebeard sighed softly.

Gu Xu stood in place, stunned.

No matter how good his psychological quality is, it is difficult to stay calm when he encounters such a strange thing.

Unconsciously, it was as if an invisible hand wiped away the dust from his heart. Some memories that he had once ignored resurfaced in his mind.

"You ...... It's all the same person? Gu Xu was silent for a long time, and finally slowly spoke, "It's all empty Xuansan...... A doppelganger? ”

"To be precise, we're not 'humans' anymore," Whitebeard replied with a smile, "Twenty-three years ago, we were ghosts. ”

Time seemed to stand still in this moment.

The cold wind struck, making Gu Xu shiver involuntarily.

“…… The third fierce god? Gu Xu took a deep breath, and his expression became extremely solemn.

"That's the name you gave me from the outside world," the white-bearded old Taoist smiled, "Actually, whether it's in the order of appearance or in terms of strength, I should be ranked first." 'Nine Baby Snake Demon' and 'Snow Maiden' don't deserve to be compared to me at all.

"Have you ever thought about such a question before: a powerful monster like the 'Nine Baby Snake Demon' seemed to have appeared out of thin air eight years ago? And before that, there was no record of it in history? ”

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and did not speak.

Seeing that Gu Xu was silent, the white-bearded old man continued to laugh and said, "Also, have you ever thought about why the strength of the Snow Girl and the Drought Fish has greatly improved compared to before after they turned from humans to ghosts?" ”

This is indeed a very unreasonable thing to do.

Gu Xu thought silently.

Snow Maiden will not mention it for the time being.

Lu Shiyao's maid Shuyan was just a mortal back then, but why did she have the power to cause a three-year drought in Qingzhou Mansion after she became a ghost "drought"?

And the most critical point is that with Gu Xu's consistent inquiring character, he has never thought about it!

"Boy, you must have a lot of questions in your mind right now!" The hunchbacked old man also said with a smile.

Before Gu Xu could react, he waved his hand lightly.

A large number of memory fragments poured into Gu Xu's mind like a tide in the form of words.

"Hey! How many times have I told you not to show our notes to others! At this moment, the white-bearded old man suddenly yelled in a hurry, trying to stop the hunchbacked old man's move.

"You're embarrassed, what's the matter with us?" The hunchbacked old man said with a smile, "Let's all wait to see the next show!" ”

The other seven doppelgangers nodded in unison with the same movements: "Yes! ”

The white-bearded man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him.

Since he turned from a human to a ghost, his doppelganger is no longer as obedient as before, but often opposes him, makes him angry, and is even keen to watch him make a fool of himself in front of others.

For example, put the notes he took when he went to the Goulan and the Teaching Department in the "Xianyunju" and leave them for his successors - this is a good thing his doppelganger did.

………

………

"The third day of the third month of the first year of Tianxing.

"Tomorrow is an auspicious day.

"From now on, I will go to the beautiful and rich fairy world, and say goodbye to this evil world forever.

"I placed the inheritance of the path of cause and effect on the top of Laoshan Mountain together with the 'Xianyunju', and I don't know if I can wait for a fateful heir in the future.

"Everything is ready, just waiting to ascend."

“……

"The fourth day of the third month of the first year of Tianxing.

"Ascension is a scam.

"I didn't expect Emperor Tianxing to have such terrifying power and be able to ......

(A few lines of text are smeared here)

"That thunderstorm was a hundred times more terrifying than I expected. I don't think it's possible for any monk to survive this thunderstorm.

"Fortunately, I am cultivating the path of cause and effect. One of my doppelgangers barely survived.

"But he was also seriously injured and dying.

"But I'm not reconciled.

"My whole life has been trying my best to explore the avenue and pursue the ascension. I am not willing to let all my efforts become a joke.

"I want to live.

"I have to live.

"Only by living can I find the truth behind this, and can I take revenge on the world's fooling of me.

"Of course, in this situation, if I want to live, I have only one way.

"That is to cultivate the Forbidden Technique of Zhao Ming.

"Transform your life form from a human to a ghost.

"Although this secret book has been burned, as an Eighth Realm Cultivator, I have already memorized its contents firmly in my mind at the first sight of it.

"I used to spend most of my life killing ghosts. It sounds ridiculous to turn yourself into a ghost now.

"But after the failure of Ascension, I didn't care about it anymore.

"Because the greatest enemy of the human race is not ghosts, but ......

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“……”

"On the fifth day of the third month of the first year of Tianxing.

"Anyone who has studied the 'way of cause and effect' knows that a person's name is a symbol of his identity and his connection to the world.

"Others will know of his existence by his name. All family affection, love, friendship, all hatred, interests, and all cause and effect all point to his name.

And when the last person in the world remembers his name, he will truly die, and the whole world will have nothing to do with him.

"Today, I will soon become a newborn ghost with the help of the Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique—not only can I retain a certain amount of cultivation, but I will also be able to continue cultivating as I did when I was alive.

"But this undoubtedly means that from now on I will be on the opposite side of the Terrans.

"The emperor, the head of the department, the national teacher...... Probably treat me as an enemy and try to get rid of me in any way.

"This means that, at least at this stage, I have to hide my presence.

"So I erased my name with the 'art of cause and effect'.

"From now on, the 'Empty Xuansan people' have died, and there are only 'nameless people'.

"People in this world will forget me.

"Although I have understood before that there may be some costs to be paid for cultivating the Forbidden Technique of the Shadows, what are these costs compared to being able to continue to live?"

“……“

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