Those years when I hunted demons in Dali Temple

Chapter 937 The World of Cultivation

Even if Wang Xuanzhi doesn't know Wuxiang's true purpose, judging from what the 'Five Characters Department' has done, he wouldn't genuinely help. Who knows if Wuxiang is telling the truth? But if he really doesn't help, this madman will definitely kill someone.

Wang Xuanzhi didn't reply for a long time, so Wuxiang waited for him, and the formation was quiet for a while.

Wu Xiang's patience was excellent. As the spiritual energy in the array's core became increasingly dense, Wang Xuanzhi was starting to feel the strain. He used his internal energy to control his breathing in order to keep his mind clear.

“Mr. Wuxiang, before I answer, there are a few things I would like to clarify.”

Once a person reaches the critical point of the formation, there is no possibility of escape, and they are still a little short. Wu Xiang thought that exchanging a few words with the other party would not be a big deal.

He nodded: "Okay."

Wang Xuanzhi: "Was your initial purpose in establishing the 'Five Characters Department' simply to leave this place and return to your hometown?"

Wu Xiang paused for a moment before nodding, "That's right. My original intention was simply to establish an organization so that they could find an opportunity for me to leave. I never ordered them to do those evil deeds."

Wang Xuanzhi: "What a convenient excuse for being unaware! The 'Five Characters Department' has committed countless crimes. People of our Great Zhou, and even creatures from beyond the borders, have suffered at their hands. If you really only wanted to find a way 'home,' these things would never have happened."

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Wu Xiang was speechless for a moment.

Wang Xuanzhi then asked, "After the establishment of the 'Five Characters Department,' what happened was exactly what you expected. Perhaps, what they did was the core purpose of your establishment of the 'Five Characters Department.'"

Wu Xiang: "I have never personally harmed anyone. Everything was their own doing. Young master of the Wang family, why are you so sure it was me?"

Wang Xuanzhi: "Although you did not do it yourself and never gave any instructions, if you had stopped them in time, their actions could have been controlled and would not have come to this point. And what happened later proved that what I said was true."

Wang Xuanzhi added, "In the past two years, the vegetation within the Great Zhou territory seems to have received a blessing from heaven. Overnight, it has grown much more lush than before, especially medicinal herbs, whose medicinal value is even greater than before."

This is why Dao Yi previously discovered that plants such as Solomon's seal exceeded their original size.

Wuxiang: "Oh? What does this have to do with me?"

Wang Xuanzhi countered, "The Nine Stars Alignment Formation requires a large amount of spiritual energy to activate, right? Before this, the spiritual energy that the Great Zhou could sense was negligible. Even for cultivators, it was not easy to cultivate. The spiritual energy you need to activate this formation today must have been something you planned for a long time."

“I have a bold hypothesis: the ‘Five Characters’ have set up different formations or the same formations in many places. For every person they harm, a spiritual energy is revived from the world until there is enough spiritual energy to activate the Nine Stars Alignment Formation today.”

“As for you, Wuxiang, although I do not know what you want Wang to do, judging from the fact that you showed Wang the situation of Daoyi and Xianyu, especially their miserable state, in order to make Wang's defenses collapse and agree to your request, you will not actively harm others.”

"Or rather, you cannot, and dare not, intentionally harm others."

Wu Xiang was no longer indifferent; he hadn't expected Wang Xuanzhi to have guessed this far. Little did he know, Wang Xuanzhi's next words would completely dismantle him, inside and out.

"The original owner of this body of yours should have been named Xu Wei." Wu Xiang subconsciously touched his face, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, and smiled, "It's been quite a few years since I've heard that name."

Wu Xiang readily admitted, "If Xu Wei had been born into a wealthy family, he would certainly have been even more intelligent than that brat Wang Zhang. When the three of them came to my Kunlun Immortal Mountain, he was the first to discover them. Unfortunately, he couldn't escape and couldn't explain it either."

"I never expected that the most inconspicuous one," Wuxiang said, his voice tinged with resentment, "that Ling Xuzi, without my knowledge, stole many of my secret techniques, forcing me to postpone my plans."

“It’s not that you weren’t on guard against your master, but rather that you were fighting with Xu Wei for this body at the time.” Wang Xuanzhi exposed his lie. “And I have a guess about your origins.”

"Oh?" Wu Xiang didn't believe he could really guess.

Wang Xuanzhi: "Several years ago, I handled a rather bizarre case in a place called Lingtai Village. The main culprit was a woman who was somewhat mentally unstable and kept shouting in words that we couldn't understand. However, she revealed a crucial piece of information in her words."

"Her soul belongs to another world, a visitor from outer space."

Wuxiang's heartbeat skipped a moment.

Wang Xuanzhi then said, "I think you, Wuxiang, are also a visitor from outer space, and you are from a different world than Cuihua."

Wu Xiang waved his long sleeves and said matter-of-factly, "So what? The fact that I can survive here means that I have obtained something. It means that they were destined to have this calamity and that they were meant to become my body."

Wang Xuanzhi: "The reason you're in such a hurry to go home is probably because Xu Wei's body can no longer support your soul. According to what Aweng and the others said, you need to find a suitable body to house your soul every now and then. You established the 'Five Characters Department' for two reasons: first, to go home, and second, to find a suitable body. But there isn't always a suitable body to house you, so going home is the best course of action."

Wang Xuanzhi questioned Wuxiang: "You keep saying you don't actively harm people, but weren't Xu Wei and the others, whose bodies you possessed, killed by you?"

Wuxiang: "I came from the path of cultivation and drifted here. It is their honor to be able to accommodate my soul. Young man of the Wang family, you do not understand how powerful and magnificent the cultivation world is. Once you have seen it, you will not criticize me today. Those who became my vessel are nothing more than a few ants. Why bother with them?"

Wang Xuanzhi: "That's why you built a non-existent 'Kunlun Immortal Mountain' to lure people into it, so that you could select suitable soul vessels. The rest of you would become the 'knife' in your hand."

“What is false will never be true. The ‘Kunlun Immortal Mountain’ is nothing but your lust for past glory, a deception of your body, and an excuse for you to die so that someone else can die in your place. Now that you have come to my Great Zhou, you must abide by the laws of my Great Zhou.”

"You're talking nonsense!" Wu Xiang was somewhat annoyed that his secret had been exposed.

As the two were talking, the spiritual energy in the center of the formation became exceptionally dense in that instant.

"Hahaha, no matter how eloquent you are, young man of the Wang family, today I will get what I want," Wuxiang said, enjoying the spiritual energy in the center of the array. He watched Wang Xuanzhi's breathing gradually become heavier. "Even if you disagree, it doesn't matter. I will still say the same thing: I will make the whole world pay with your life."

There must be something he hadn't thought of yet; Wang Xuanzhi's mind raced.

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