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

Chapter 264 The mastermind behind the scenes
After escorting Gu Mo and Gu Chudong to the Ascension Platform, Zhang Daoyi descended Tiandu Peak and arrived at a small courtyard on the main mountain of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Shen Yao lives in this courtyard.

As soon as he entered, Zhang Daoyi saw Shen Yao busily writing and drawing in the hall, muttering to himself, looking quite eccentric.

Zhang Daoyi walked over, picked up the paper from the ground, looked at it, and said, "Are you trying to recreate the scene you saw in your divination?"

Shen Yao's face was still very pale. He murmured, "Someone blocked the secrets of heaven. After I came back, I actually started to forget. I can't recall many of the details I saw back then!"

Zhang Daoyi asked in confusion, "Shielding the secrets of heaven? How do you shield them?"

Shen Yao explained, "It sounds mysterious, but the principle is actually very simple. Most of us fortune tellers know this trick: we hide our own fortune and destiny. When other fortune tellers make predictions, they will see a bunch of confusing results, or even just complete chaos, as long as it involves the fortune teller."

Zhang Daoyi said, "Is it possible that your cultivation level is insufficient?"

Shen Yao said, "That's what I initially thought. After arriving at Longhu Mountain, I cast the divination three times in a row, but I didn't see anything each time. At that time, I thought it was because my cultivation was not enough. So, I thought of asking Master Gu to borrow his power. As the number one in the world today, Master Gu has gathered the destiny of the era. As long as you can borrow his power, even a mediocre fortune teller can instantly become a master."

Indeed, that was true; I had indeed broken through the chaos and deduced a result. However, normally, in my deduced result, your death, Celestial Master, should have been the inevitable outcome, something I couldn't have revealed. To forcibly say it would have certainly caused a backlash, but the result was that I said it, and nothing happened!

Zhang Daoyi asked in surprise, "So, you were just gambling with your life!"

Shen Yao smiled and said, "It's not a gamble with my life. If it were a true heavenly secret, I would definitely lose half my life, possibly by ten or twenty years. However, I gambled correctly. It was a deliberate attempt to shield the heavenly secret. The other party's cultivation was higher than mine, but not at the level of heavenly secrets. Therefore, I revealed the general trend without encountering any backlash."

Zhang Daoyi laughed and said, "No wonder Ji Wusuan was alone all his life, and even in his old age he was still willing to take you under his wing. Your personality is exactly what he likes. That old guy is also a gambler, he gambles money, he gambles his life, he gambles everything!"

Shen Yao nodded and said, "My master has a great gambling instinct. Last year, he even dared to gamble on the outcome of the duel between Master Liansheng and Sword God Su Qianqiu!"

"How was it?" Zhang Daoyi asked curiously.

Shen Yao said, "He bet on Master Liansheng to win, which involved combining the fate of the Chu Kingdom with celestial trajectories and such. He prepared a whole bunch of things, then set up an altar for divination. You can imagine what he saw in the end. He cried out, 'Gu Mo misled me,' and was seriously injured. He's been lying here ever since and hasn't recovered yet. Otherwise, this time, I wouldn't have come to Longhu Mountain alone. My master would definitely have come to join in the fun at such a grand event as the Longhu Mountain Luotian Grand Ceremony. If he had been there, things wouldn't have been so difficult today!"

Zhang Daoyi said, "Your master has a real gambling addiction. It's one thing to gamble on a losing situation, but he even gambled on a bottomless pit situation. Regarding the battle between Master Liansheng and Su Qianqiu, gambling dens all over the world have made a fortune. Whether you bet on Su Qianqiu or Master Liansheng, you all lose. The house wins all!"

Shen Yao chuckled and said, "Let's get down to business. Old Celestial Master, there's a diviner with a higher cultivation level than me who's blocking out the secrets of heaven. I'm increasingly unable to remember the results of my calculations. That's all I can reconstruct!"

Zhang Daoyi picked up the Xuan paper and pieced it together to form several paintings, depicting the scenes that Shen Yao had predicted.

“This is the result,” Shen Yao said. “Deducing the process from the result is the main reason why I have been able to solve cases repeatedly over the years.”

Zhang Daoyi asked, "Can we see the murderer directly?"

“No,” Shen Yao said. “If I could see the murderer directly, I would really be a god. I can only deduce some scenes based on certain events or clues.”

Zhang Daoyi nodded slightly, quickly pieced together all the Xuan paper, looked at it for a while, and said, "I can only see four things. First, I was killed; second, I was debating with a young Taoist priest before I died; third, the scene was very deserted, with few people, which is illogical; fourth, Gu Mo is not here, but Gu Chudong is here, but your painting is not clear enough to determine Gu Mo's condition from Gu Chudong."

"Wait, let me think, let me think... I saw it, I saw it before..."

Shen Yao shook his head, muttering incoherently, "I don't remember very clearly... I remember now, at that time, Lady Gu's eyes seemed to be red, as if she had been crying, and she was holding a zither and looked very angry..."

Zhang Daoyi frowned and said, "Gu Chudong is heartless. There aren't many things that can make her cry. At least, my old bones dying in front of her certainly wouldn't make her cry... It can't be... Gu Mo... something happened to her!"

Shen Yao said in a deep voice: "It is unlikely. Master Gu's martial arts are unparalleled, the best in the world. In the world today, apart from Jiang Ruoxu, who is rumored to still be alive, who else could possibly hurt Master Gu? Gongsun Jue."

Honestly, I'm not trying to belittle Gongsun Jue; his Gluttonous Divine Skill is indeed very powerful. But throughout history, has anyone who has mastered the Gluttonous Divine Skill ever become the best in the world? The Gluttonous Divine Skill is ultimately not the Great Sun Demonic Skill among the Thirteen Forbidden Skills. Moreover, Gongsun Jue might not even have mastered the Gluttonous Divine Skill to its full potential; it's impossible for him to have been able to injure Master Gu.

After much thought, I realize there are only two possibilities that could have harmed Master Gu on Longhu Mountain: either the legendary, still-alive Jiang Ruoxu has appeared, or you, Old Celestial Master, are using Longhu Mountain's millennia-old heritage to secretly harm him. I can't think of any other possibilities!

Zhang Daoyi frowned and said, "There is another possibility."

"What?" Shen Yao asked in confusion.

Zhang Daoyi said in a deep voice, "Ling Xiao!"

Shen Yao asked in confusion, "Who is Ling Xiao?"

Zhang Daoyi slowly said, "Jiang Ruoxu was the number one in the world before..."

Subsequently,

Zhang Daoyi then recounted to Shen Yao the story of Ling Xiao's massacre of Longhu Mountain thirty-three years ago.

Finally, Zhang Daoyi said, "You previously said that you peeked into the secrets of heaven and saw a young Taoist debating with me. He was very likely the reincarnation of Lingxiao. You said that when you heard him ask me if I was afraid."

I can answer that right now: if it really is Ling Xiao, I will definitely be terrified, terrified!

After hearing this, Shen Yao's expression turned very serious, and he said in a deep voice, "This is really troublesome. Gongsun Jue was already troublesome enough, and now there's Ling Xiao who seems to be a reincarnation? Is this still the world I know?"

As he spoke, he slowly lowered his head to look at the paintings and said, "However, following this line of thought, I should be able to see some clues. Assuming this person is Ling Xiao, then Gongsun Jue's timing in seeking revenge must be related. Therefore, it's definitely not purely about revenge. If it were revenge, why would he have made such a fuss beforehand..."

Zhang Daoyi could tell that Shen Yao was deep in thought and wouldn't say anything for the time being.

He had spent a lot of time with Shen Yao these past few days and knew that once Shen Yao became engrossed in analyzing clues, he would become oblivious to everyone else and could remain absorbed for who knows how long.

So Zhang Daoyi left immediately and went to Tiandu Peak once again.

Although Gu Mo had previously stated that he would not shy away from Ling Xiao's sharp edge.

However, after hearing Shen Yao's deduction results, Zhang Daoyi still felt that he should persuade Gu Mo. Sometimes it's good for young people to avoid the limelight. There's still plenty of time. Avoiding the limelight for a while is not the same as avoiding it forever.

quickly,

Zhang Daoyi then came to Tiandu Peak once again.

As soon as he arrived outside the Ascension Platform Canyon, he sensed someone inside. Upon entering, he found his senior brother, Zhang Xisu, the head of the Celestial Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain.

At this moment, Zhang Xisu was standing on a stone platform halfway up the mountain, looking at Gu Mo on the Ascension Platform from afar.

"Senior brother, what are you doing here?"

Although Zhang Daoyi was fat, his lightness skill was superb, and he appeared beside Zhang Xisu silently.

Zhang Xisu glanced at Zhang Daoyi, then turned to look at Gu Mo and said, "Last time, the world's number one martial artist came to the Ascension Platform to comprehend the Dao. In the end, he came to the realization that all the suffering in the world comes from the martial arts. Our Longhu Mountain almost suffered a massacre because of that concept. Now, another world's number one martial artist has come here to comprehend the Dao. I feel a little uneasy."

Zhang Daoyi naturally knew that Zhang Xisu was referring to the massacre of Longhu Mountain by Ling Xiao thirty-three years ago, and slowly said, "Senior brother, your unease probably doesn't come from Gu Mo, but from Ling Xiao thirty-three years ago!"

Zhang Xisu asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Daoyi said in a deep voice: "Shen Yao cast a divination and predicted that I might die at the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, and the person who kills me is suspected to be the reincarnation of Ling Xiao."

Zhang Xisu said, "Is there really such a thing as reincarnation in this world?" "I don't know," Zhang Daoyi said, "but when I used the Immortal Slaughtering Formation to kill Ling Xiao here, he said before he died that I would have the destiny of a Celestial Master for thirty-three years. After thirty-three years, his reincarnation will come to return my life to me."

Zhang Xisu frowned and said, "How come I didn't know about this?"

Zhang Daoyi explained, "At that time, the pressure that Lingxiao brought to our Longhu Mountain was too strong. Everyone was shrouded in the shadow of that bloody battle. I didn't want to put any more pressure on my fellow disciples, so I never told anyone about this. At that time, when Lingxiao said those words, all of you present had already been stunned by the Zhuxian Formation, so you didn't hear it."

Zhang Xisu said in a deep voice, "Junior brother, why don't we go down the mountain and hide for a while?"

Zhang Daoyi said, "I can't leave. First, Gongsun Jue is currently watching us from the shadows. If I leave, he will probably act recklessly. Second, if Ling Xiao is really reincarnated, he will take revenge on Longhu Mountain. If I leave, what will happen to Longhu Mountain?"
"If I stay on the mountain, I still have the strength to fight. Besides, there's only a possibility that Lingxiao's reincarnation might exist; it's not even confirmed yet, is it?"

Zhang Xisu remained silent for a while before saying, "I will prepare the sect's grand formation in the next few days, just in case."

“Okay.” Zhang Daoyi said again, “Actually, the matter of Ling Xiao’s reincarnation is still just an uncertain conjecture, but Gongsun Jue is a certainty, and his danger is obvious. Senior brother, please cooperate more with Shen Yao and Wang Zhengge.”

Zhang Xisu sighed and said, "How could I not cooperate? It's just that neither Shen Yao nor Wang Zhengge have made any progress. They both have the same speculation: that Gongsun Jue is definitely hiding in Longhu Mountain. But they have no clues. I'm also anxious about this. I'm afraid that Gongsun Jue is plotting something bad in the dark!"

Zhang Daoyi said, "Shen Yao might have some clues. He has confirmed that there are Qi cultivators secretly blocking the secrets of heaven, and he also knows about Ling Xiao's matter. Combining these two points with the results of his divination, he should have a breakthrough soon."

Zhang Xisu said, "If Ji Wusuan were here, that would be great. Shen Yao's cultivation is not high enough. I'm afraid his divination results will be wrong and mislead us. After all, the other party's cultivation is obviously higher than his. Could it be that the result of his deduction is deliberately guided by the other party, so that we will investigate in the wrong direction?"

"This……"

Zhang Daoyi was at a loss for words.

"Junior brother, your mind is in turmoil!"

Zhang Xisu patted Zhang Daoyi on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Zhang Daoyi stood there, lost in thought.

After a long while, Zhang Daoyi finally came to his senses. He looked at Gu Mo under the Enlightenment Tree on the Ascension Platform, smiled slightly, and flew over with his hands behind his back. However, just as he approached the Ascension Platform where Gu Mo was, a flying sword flew over, carrying immense killing intent. Zhang Daoyi was so startled that he was hastily sent flying back more than twenty feet, landing on a tree branch.

He carefully examined the sword's trajectory and discovered that it hovered around the ascension platform where Gu Mo and Gu Chudong were located. As long as they didn't get close, they wouldn't be attacked.

And at this moment,
Gu Mo was completely absorbed, clearly having entered a state of enlightenment.

Gu Chudong seemed to sense something, slowly opened her eyes, and asked, "Old Celestial Master, is there something you need?"

Zhang Daoyi said, "I just wanted to tell your brother that there may be a major change at Longhu Mountain. When that happens, try not to get involved. Chudong, when your brother wakes up, tell him that it's okay for a young man to avoid trouble."

“Okay.” Gu Chudong said, “However, my brother probably won’t wake up in a short time. His skill is profound, and he has already reached the state of abstaining from grains. It’s uncertain how long he will be in seclusion to comprehend the Dao.”

“It’s good to stay in seclusion for a while.” Zhang Daoyi nodded and said, “Alright, Chu Dong, you can continue. I’m leaving.”

After saying that, Zhang Daoyi turned and left.

Gu Chudong hurriedly called out, "Old Celestial Master, don't forget to bring me my meal!"

"Don't worry, I won't forget it!"

Zhang Daoyi smiled slightly, and with a light step, flew towards the outside of the Ascension Platform Canyon. Just then, he suddenly felt streams of martial arts essence appear in the canyon, surging towards Gu Mo like rivers flowing into the sea.

Immediately,

Zhang Daoyi's pupils contracted, and he stopped on a mountaintop, looking towards the Ascension Platform.

At this moment, the canyon was shrouded in thick fog, making it impossible to see what was inside. All that could be seen was the churning of clouds and mist within the vast fog, as if masters were engaged in a duel.

"Is Gu Mo going to discuss the Dao with all the masters of the past and present?"

……

at this time,

Gu Mo remained quietly seated under the Enlightenment Tree.
However, his consciousness seemed to have entered a hazy space. He continued to move forward, and at a certain moment, the view suddenly opened up before him, and he found himself in a place crowded with hundreds or even thousands of people, all sitting below, while he sat alone on a high platform.

Faintly, I could hear people saying things like "discussing the Dao," "he came first," "what Dao to discuss..."

In a daze,

Gu Mo understood that what he saw were the true essence of martial arts left behind by masters who had once comprehended the Dao in this place, and at this moment, he had triggered so much of it.

Throughout history, heroes from all over the world have come to discuss the Dao with me!

As Gu Mo was pondering, a swordsman in white appeared on the high platform and said in a deep voice: "A swordsman would rather break than bend; a swordsman seeks only pleasure..."

Immediately, he thrust his sword towards Gu Mo.

Gu Mo met the attack with his finger as a sword.

……

Longhushan Main Mountain.

After returning from Tiandu Peak, Sect Leader Zhang Xisu went to the main hall to chant scriptures as usual. After a long time, he returned to his own courtyard and entered his study. There was a person sitting inside. If Zhang Daoyi were here, he would definitely recognize this person as the ghost messenger Gongsun Jue, who is now being searched for by everyone on Longhu Mountain.

Gongsun Jue's appearance perfectly matched the name of a ghost messenger. His body was withered, and the skin exposed beneath his long black robe was like peeling rotten wood, with bluish-purple veins twisting like living snakes beneath his translucent skin. His long gray hair was tangled with withered grass, half of his face was covered with charred bone armor, and his pupils were two dancing balls of blood fire, the irises having turned into bottomless black holes.

When Zhang Xisu saw Gongsun Jue, his face darkened. He said, "I told you, if there's nothing wrong, stay hidden in the Concealing Heaven Formation and don't come out. Gu Mo came to Longhu Mountain, and that brat Shen Yao almost exposed us by taking advantage of Gu Mo's influence, do you know that?"

Gongsun Jue's voice was somewhat sinister as he said, "Senior brother, you've secretly cultivated Qi Refining techniques for decades, yet you can't even defeat a young man? You've really let down the Holy Master who promoted you back then!"

Zhang Xisu said, "Stop talking nonsense. I know you've always held a grudge about the fact that the Holy Master taught me Qi cultivation techniques but not demonic arts. But now is not the time to argue about that. Thirty-three years have passed. Whether we can fulfill the Holy Master's great wish to eliminate suffering in the world depends on this. Don't be careless!"

Gongsun Jue said coldly, "I have no problems on my end. I'm just waiting for your order. If my Taotie Divine Skill is not fully mastered during this Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, I might as well go and atone for my sins with my death."

"The plan will officially begin tomorrow," Zhang Xisu said in a deep voice. "Is there any problem with the substitute for the Holy Master you found?"

Gongsun Jue said, "Don't worry, I've been nurturing him for so many years, and he has long since come to believe in his heart that he is the reincarnation of the Holy Master. Even if you tell him now that he is not the reincarnation of the Holy Master, he will not believe it."

“That’s good,” Zhang Xisu said. “He must genuinely believe that he is the reincarnation of the Holy Master in order to deceive Zhang Daoyi, make Zhang Daoyi lose his composure, and then we will have a chance to kill Zhang Daoyi!”

“I’m worried about Gu Mo,” Gongsun Jue said.

“It’s alright,” Zhang Xisu said, “No one knows that I secretly repaired the Immortal Slaughtering Formation long ago!”

(End of this chapter)