Blind Ghostwriter: Starts with the full level of Nine Yang Magic Skill

Chapter 262 Seven-Star Wanted Criminals and the Gluttonous Divine Skill
In the inn,
Hearing the waiter's exclamation, Gu Mo and Gu Chudong looked up and saw eight figures faintly appearing at the end of the long street: seven adults and one child. All eight carried long swords, and their black Taoist robes swayed slightly in the wind. Strangely, the group of eight was led by the child.

"Brother, it looks like Master Huaisu!" Gu Chudong exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "It's not just a resemblance, it's him."

Although it was dark, Gu Mo's eyesight was not affected at all. He recognized the Taoist priest who looked only seven or eight years old but was leading the group from afar. It was none other than Zhang Daoyi's youngest disciple, Taoist Master Huaisu.

Last year, Gu Mo and Gu Chudong stayed at the Imperial Preceptor's residence in the suburbs of Beijing for a long time, during which time they dealt with Huaisu every day. Huaisu could not grow up due to a congenital problem and always looked like a seven or eight-year-old child. Later, Zhang Daoyi was able to treat Huaisu, but in order to preserve that innate energy, Huaisu voluntarily continued to appear as a child.

Several Taoist priests entered the inn after being warmly greeted by the waiter.

As soon as they entered, the group noticed Gu Mo and Gu Chudong.

Huaisu was overjoyed and rushed to Gu Mo's side, bowing respectfully: "Hero Gu, Heroine Gu, when did you two arrive at Longhu Mountain? My master has been talking about how the Enlightenment Tree on the Ascension Platform is about to bloom. If you two don't come soon, you'll miss it."

After saying that, Huaisu quickly waved to the Taoist priests behind him and shouted, "Hurry up and come over to pay your respects to Hero Gu. This is the number one hero in the world, the hero of the Great Qian Kingdom, Hero Gu Mo." He then introduced Gu Chudong, saying, "This is Hero Gu's sister, Hero Gu Chudong, the Grandmaster of the Yunzhou Heavenly Ranking!"

Immediately, the seven young Taoist priests became extremely excited.
The group rushed over, bowed, and addressed him as "Hero Gu" and "Heroine Gu," their voices hurried and their bodies stiff with tension.

Master Huaisu said, "Master Gu, these young men are my disciples. It is their first time meeting you, so they are naturally a little excited. Please forgive their rudeness!"

Gu Mo smiled slightly, cupped his hands in return, and said, "Please have a seat, fellow Daoists!"

He was used to this kind of situation. From the time he became famous in Yunzhou until he became the number one in the world, he would attract similar scenes almost every time he exposed his identity while traveling.

Seeing that his disciples were unable to regain their composure in front of Gu Mo, Master Huaisu waved his hand, gesturing for them to sit at a nearby table. He then turned to Gu Mo and said, "Hero Gu, Heroine Gu, did you two come here after hearing about Gongsun Jue?"

Gu Mo was slightly stunned.

He was all too familiar with the name Gongsun Jue; he was ranked second among the three great evil cultivators of the Qian Kingdom. The first was Ye Nantian of the Moon Worship Cult, and the third was the head manager of the Seven Absolutes Pavilion. Theoretically speaking, Ye Nantian couldn't be considered a true citizen of the Qian Kingdom, as he was active in various countries, with the Qian Kingdom being just one of them. Therefore, strictly speaking, Gongsun Jue was the number one evil cultivator and the most wanted criminal in the Qian Kingdom.

If we disregard Ye Nantian, then Gongsun Jue is currently the only seven-star wanted criminal in the Qian Kingdom that Gu Mo has collected.

Originally, Gongsun Jue was the top constable of the Six Doors in the Qian Kingdom and ranked second on the Qian Kingdom's Heavenly Ranking. However, during a mission, he obtained a demonic art and, unable to resist its temptation, secretly practiced it, killing countless people.

However, he used his position as the top constable of the Six Doors as a cover, and no one was able to trace him. He was eventually exposed because he went mad and went on a killing spree in the capital.

After escaping the capital, he stopped hiding altogether and began acting recklessly. In order to practice his skills, he killed many martial arts masters. It wasn't until Zhang Daoyi emerged from seclusion and hunted him down for a whole year that he finally calmed down. However, he only calmed down a bit and didn't dare to commit any more major crimes; minor crimes still occurred from time to time.

Most importantly, Gongsun Jue was originally the second-best martial artist in the Qian Kingdom, and after cultivating that demonic art, his martial arts skills far surpassed what they used to be. Moreover, he was the number one detective, with top-notch investigative and counter-investigative abilities, and the imperial court's numerous attempts to suppress him all ended in failure.

Gu Mo had also specifically looked into it.
Regarding the investigation of Gongsun Jue, the imperial court truly had no ulterior motives; they were simply powerless to do anything about it. After all, the most skilled detectives in the Six Doors, who were most adept at investigating people from the martial arts world, were mostly trained by Gongsun Jue, and these people were no match for him.

Therefore, over the years, although Gongsun Jue has occasionally committed crimes, the imperial court has been helpless.

Therefore, the martial arts world gave Gongsun Jue the title of "Ghost Messenger".

This implies both mocking and satirizing the imperial court, and acknowledging that the person is as powerful as a god.

The reward for this person's arrest warrant was still a rather tempting martial arts skill for Gu Mo:

[Wanted Target - Gongsun Jue]

[Task Level - Seven Stars]

[Quest Reward - Max Level Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique]

……

This martial art originates from the highest martial art of the Demonic Sect's "Heavenly Demon Strategy." It is divided into two paths: "Entering the Demonic Path through the Dao" and "Entering the Dao through the Demonic Path." It requires "Daoist Heart" as the seed and "Demon Seed" as the core, ultimately achieving the unity of Dao and Demon, becoming a Demon Immortal, and realizing the breaking of the void.

After reaching its full potential, it possesses many powerful effects, mainly concentrated in four aspects.

Firstly, it can fuse the pure Yang demonic energy with the pure Yin Yin Qi, resulting in an inexhaustible and ever-renewing internal force.
The second spiritual power will become extremely powerful, almost enough to condense a primordial spirit, form a spiritual domain, and achieve a divine and enlightened combat consciousness.

Thirdly, it can achieve a life-and-death transformation, repair fatal wounds and remove impurities from the body, strengthen the physical body, and also extend lifespan.

Fourth, it can manipulate space, briefly tearing open spatial rifts to move across dimensions, and can also unleash the Demon Seed Domain.

……

This martial art is of great help to Gu Mo, especially in terms of mental strength, which can make up for Gu Mo's shortcomings.

Currently, Gu Mo's sword control technique lacks a ranged attack method precisely because he cannot control the flying sword remotely with his mental will. Once he masters the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique, he can attach his mental power to the flying sword, achieving the goal of "taking the enemy's head from a thousand miles away," after which the flying sword will automatically fly back.

but,

This martial art has many flaws. If the system hadn't directly rewarded him with the maximum level, Gu Mo would never have practiced it. The practice process is truly abnormal and can even affect the practitioner's mind.

……

After checking the wanted information for Gongsun Jue, Gu Mo asked Huai Su, "Is there any news about Gongsun Jue here?"

Master Huaisu nodded and said, "Master Gu, do you know what kind of demonic art Gongsun Jue cultivates?"

Gu Mo shook his head slightly and said, "I had only briefly looked at the wanted information about Gongsun Jue before, and I haven't learned about this person in detail."

Master Huaisu said, "Gongsun Jue cultivates the Taotie Divine Skill, one of the four great demonic arts in the world. This martial art is particularly evil. It can form an 'inner sea' of energy, which absorbs the true energy of an opponent like a river flowing into the sea and converts it into its own. When cultivated to a high level, it can even convert flesh and blood into energy to replenish the cultivator. There are even rumors that when the Taotie Divine Skill is cultivated to its fullest extent, it can even absorb the opponent's martial will!"

Gu Chudong exclaimed in surprise, "Doesn't that mean that if you master this martial art, you can easily obtain the fruits of someone else's entire life's work?"

“Theoretically speaking, that is indeed the case,” said Master Huaisu.

Gu Chudong said, "Then, if he's really that powerful, why was Gongsun Jue chased down by the Old Celestial Master to the point that he dared not show his face again?"

Master Huaisu said, "There are two problems. First, Gongsun Jue had not yet mastered the Taotie Divine Skill. Second, the Taotie Divine Skill has an upper limit. It is impossible to absorb internal energy to the point of not leaking internal energy. The same applies to absorbing martial will. It is impossible to absorb spiritual will that surpasses that of the cultivator. If you force it to absorb, you will be backfired."

Gu Chudong suddenly realized, "In other words, in general, the Taotie Divine Skill can only be used to deal with people whose cultivation level is lower than one's own."

"Is such that."

Master Huaisu said, “However, this is a very terrifying thing, because the opponent may be weaker than you today and cannot deal with you, but tomorrow may not be the case. He can absorb the internal energy of ten or a hundred people who are weaker than him and combine them together to surpass you, and then deal with you.”

Those who cultivate the Taotie Divine Skill use the cultivation and lives of others for their own benefit, which greatly harms the harmony of heaven and earth. Therefore, since this martial art was created, it has been despised by the righteous path of the martial arts world for hundreds of years. Once someone is found to be cultivating it, they will be attacked by the masses.

Only Gongsun Jue is truly exceptional. He is the world's top investigator and martial artist, and for so many years, neither the righteous forces of the martial world nor the imperial court has been able to subdue him.” Gu Mo asked, “Is he here at Longhu Mountain now?”

Master Huaisu said, "I don't know if he came or not, but there are clues related to him. Recently, our Longhu Mountain is about to hold the Luotian Grand Ceremony, and we have invited martial arts figures from all over the Qian Kingdom to attend the ceremony."

However, recently, signs of the Gluttonous Divine Skill have appeared in many places, and many fellow martial artists have been murdered. Our Longhu Mountain sect naturally couldn't stand idly by, so we investigated everywhere and discovered that a large group of people who had practiced the Gluttonous Divine Skill were committing the crimes. Even in this small town, the so-called fox spirit harming people was actually someone using the Gluttonous Divine Skill to absorb people's internal energy. These ordinary people, unaware of the truth, spread the rumor that the fox spirit was draining people's yang energy and killing them!

Gu Mo asked in surprise, "You mean, there are a large number of people using the Gluttonous Divine Skill?"

Master Huaisu nodded and said, "A month ago, Gongsun Jue sent a letter to our Longhu Mountain, stating that he has now mastered the Taotie Divine Skill and wants to return to avenge my master's pursuit of him. The Luotian Grand Ceremony is just the beginning; he wants to make our Longhu Mountain Luotian Grand Ceremony a laughing stock in the martial arts world and force Longhu Mountain to close down."

After that, crimes committed by practitioners of the Gluttonous Beast Divine Skill began to appear everywhere. Our Longhu Mountain sect, in conjunction with the righteous sects of the martial arts world, actively responded. During this time, we arrested some practitioners of the Gluttonous Beast Divine Skill. We discovered that Gongsun Jue had secretly trained a large number of people to practice the skill. However, none of these people had obtained the complete version; they only possessed the ability to absorb other people's internal energy. Even this was already terrifying. If all these people were to roam the martial arts world, it would definitely cause chaos!

Gu Mo nodded slightly and said, "Gongsun Jue's move is indeed quite brilliant. If those people are allowed to spread out, it will surely cause chaos in the martial arts world."

“Brother,” Gu Chudong said, “actually, I’m worried he might do something even more drastic.”

"What is it?" Gu Mo asked.

Gu Chudong said, "If Gongsun Jue were to compile this Taotie Divine Skill into a book and distribute it throughout the martial arts world, that would be a true catastrophe!"

Gu Mo was slightly startled. He had to admit that Gu Chudong's idea was really crazy.

Upon hearing this, Master Huaisu turned pale. He couldn't even imagine what chaos the world would descend into if Gongsun Jue really did that.
"No way!" Master Huaisu exclaimed in surprise.

Gu Mo didn't know what to say, so he awkwardly replied, "I hope Gongsun will never do such a thing."

"Relax, relax," Gu Chudong waved his hand and said, "There's no use thinking about these things now. If Gongsun Jue really wants to do this, no one can stop him. At least, he hasn't done it yet. So, the best way is naturally to kill him before he does it to prevent future troubles."

Master Huaisu shook his head slightly and said, "Gongsun Jue's whereabouts are a mystery; we have no idea where to look for him."

Gu Mo said, "Gongsun Jue's purpose in causing this trouble this time is to take revenge on your Longhu Mountain and the Old Celestial Master. So, he is most likely hiding in your Longhu Mountain, watching your Longhu Mountain be disturbed by him, watching you be overwhelmed and helpless because of him, and finally the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony becomes the Luo Tian Laughing Festival! Only by witnessing this with his own eyes can he satisfy his pleasure of revenge."

Master Huaisu nodded and said, "That's what my master said too, so he invited Wang Zhenge, the number one detective of the current generation of the Six Doors of Qian Kingdom, and Shen Yao, the number one detective of the Jianghu."

Gu Mo had heard of both of them. He often dealt with the Six Doors and had naturally heard a lot about the name of the First Divine Constable, Wang Zhengge.

It's quite a coincidence that Wang Zhengge was Gongsun Jue's last disciple. When Gongsun Jue betrayed the Six Doors by practicing demonic arts, the one who was most devastated was Wang Zhengge, who had always regarded Gongsun Jue as his life's goal. Later, Wang Zhengge never married or had children, focusing solely on one thing: tracking down Gongsun Jue. This master and disciple had a somewhat love-hate relationship.

As for Shen Yao, the number one detective in the martial arts world, he is a martial arts master from Hongzhou who has risen to fame in the past decade. He is the head of the Shen family, one of the seven great families of the three sects and four factions in Qian Kingdom. He is only in his thirties, but he is already a master on the Hongzhou Heavenly Ranking. He has solved many strange cases and won the title of number one detective in the martial arts world. People often compare Shen Yao with Wang Zhengge.

"If these two bump into each other, won't they start fighting?"

Gu Chudong knew about these two people, so she was quite curious.

"That's not quite the case," Master Huaisu chuckled. "However, the two are indeed secretly competing. Both of them have apprehended quite a few of Gongsun Jue's men on Longhu Mountain, but for the time being, they haven't made any progress on Gongsun Jue's whereabouts!"

Gu Mo asked, "So what are your plans for Longhu Mountain for now?"

Master Huaisu said, "We can only deal with whatever comes our way. Since the people Gongsun Jue has arranged are mainly concentrated in our Longhu Mountain area, we can only arrange our Longhu Mountain disciples in various towns at the foot of Longhu Mountain to deal with them at any time and suppress Gongsun Jue's people as much as possible. I am the person in charge who was assigned to this town!"

"Then there aren't many people left in Longhu Mountain now? What if Gongsun Jue shows up?" Gu Chudong said.

Master Huaisu said, "That would be wonderful. Now all the major martial arts sects are rushing here. The three sects, four schools, and seven great families have almost all arrived. My master is also on the mountain. As long as Gongsun Jue dares to show himself, Longhu Mountain will make sure he can't leave the mountain!"

"That's true."

……

Gu Mo and Gu Chudong stayed at the inn for one night. The town was peaceful that night, and the rumored "fox spirit" did not show up. Perhaps she was afraid of the arrival of the Longhu Mountain disciples, or perhaps she had not found a suitable target.

Gu Mo and Gu Chu left the town as soon as it got light and they had their meal.

Master Huaisu arranged for a disciple to guide Gu Mo and Gu Chudong, as he himself needed to stay in that town and could not leave.

At noon the next day,
Gu Mo and Gu Chudong arrived at Longhu Mountain.

Longhu Mountain is very majestic, shrouded in clouds and mist, with its undulating terrain displaying a grand and magnificent view of the vastness of heaven and earth.

Taoist temples are scattered throughout the mountains, their upturned eaves peeking out from among the green trees. Ancient palace walls meander and intertwine, and the sounds of morning bells and evening drums echo through the valleys. The rising smoke of incense blends with the mountain clouds, showcasing the solemnity and mystery of this sacred Taoist site.

The Celestial Master's Mansion held Gu Mo, the greatest hero in the world and a national hero, in high esteem, and put on a grand welcoming ceremony, which attracted the attention of various sects that had already arrived at Longhu Mountain.

but,

Gu Mo did not linger in the front hall. After making a brief appearance, he and Gu Chudong hurriedly went to Zhang Daoyi's residence in the back mountain.

Zhang Daoyi lived in a very simple place, a small courtyard with a fence, where he kept a few chickens and a small pond.

When Gu Mo arrived at the courtyard, he saw Zhang Daoyi leading a young man out. The young man looked to be in his thirties, quite handsome, with high brow bones like overlapping hexagram lines. He wore an indigo coarse cloth Taoist robe with frayed edges on the cuffs. A half-finished hexagram was embroidered on the corner of the lapel, which shimmered faintly with each breath. Three bronze coins hung at his waist.

"Master, it's been a long time." Gu Mo cupped his hands in greeting.

Zhang Daoyi cupped his hands and said, "It has been several months since we last met. I have missed you terribly these past few months! Hahaha, I feel so happy that you beat up that old bastard Su Qianqiu!"

"Just lucky, just lucky!" Gu Mo chuckled.

Zhang Daoyi chuckled and said, "No one can defeat Su Qianqiu by chance." As he spoke, he introduced the young man next to him, saying, "This is Shen Yao, the head of the Shen family in Hongzhou, known in the martial arts world as the number one detective. He is here specifically to wait for you."

Shen Yao quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Master Gu."

Gu Mo cupped his hands and asked, "What business does Patriarch Shen have with me?"

Shen Yao smiled slightly and said, "I just want to ask, does Hero Gu have any plans to kill Gongsun Jue, this wanted criminal?"

Gu Mo asked in confusion, "Why is Patriarch Shen asking about this?"

Shen Yao chuckled and said, "I really can't find Gongsun Jue, but I've heard that no wanted criminal you've ever targeted has ever escaped. So, I'd like to see if Gongsun Jue's time to die has come yet!"

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "This is just a joke among friends in the martial arts world. Patriarch Shen wouldn't take such mysterious words seriously, would he?"

Shen Yao smiled and said, "I am a Qi cultivator and I believe in destiny. Master Gu's destiny may be the nemesis of wanted criminals. I can't find any clues about Gongsun Jue, but I think that as long as I can borrow a word from you, Master Gu, and then I can do a divination, I should be able to find out!"

(End of this chapter)