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

Chapter 270 Qi Tianchu's Past and the Village of Fools
The next day, early in the morning.

Before dawn, a large group of constables from the county government and the Six Doors arrived at Chenjia Village at the foot of Dongyang Mountain. The county magistrate and the head of the Six Doors' Hundred Household Office came in person.

It was a disciple of the Canglan Sword Sect who went to the county town overnight to deliver the message.

When the county magistrate and the centurion saw the devastation in the village, they felt as if the sky had fallen.

The fact that such a massacre of a village occurred under their rule essentially means that their official careers have reached their peak, and there is no future to speak of.

Given the status of the Canglan Sword Sect in Yunzhou, there shouldn't be any problems negotiating with the local government. Afterwards, Chen Shu arranged for a few disciples to stay in the area to assist the government, while the others continued their journey back to the Canglan Sword Sect.

but,

This time, there were three more strangers.

These are the three survivors from Chenjia Village: the girl named Xiaobai and the grandmother and grandson.

Last night, the disciples of the Canglan Sword Sect searched the village all night but found no other survivors. Apart from Xiaobai, only the grandfather and grandson were left in the entire Chenjia Village.

The reason for taking the three of them away is that Xiaobai's situation is very special.

Despite being far from reaching the Ascension Realm, he had cultivated a primordial spirit, and it was in a state where his primordial spirit was about to leave his body at any time, while his body contained violent power.

This Xiaobai is clearly not suitable to stay among the common people. Not to mention whether she can control that power, even if she can, once it gets out, she will inevitably be used by people with ulterior motives. After all, Xiaobai is not mentally complete and is easy to manipulate. If you are not careful, she will become a killing machine in the hands of evil people. When Xiaobai erupts, even a grandmaster like Chen Shu cannot suppress her.

However, after Xiaobai woke up, she clung tightly to the old woman's hand like a child and refused to let go.

Left with no other option, Chen Shu had to reason with the old woman and appeal to her emotions. Finally, after the government officials arrived and proved the status of the Canglan Sword Sect, and on Chen Shu's condition that her grandson could join the Canglan Sword Sect, the old woman agreed to leave with them.

……

Because the grandfather and grandson were quite old and the grandson was very young, their journey to the Canglan Sword Sect was much slower, taking almost half a month to reach the sect.

At the foot of Canglan Mountain, Qi Tianshu personally came down the mountain to welcome Gu Mo.

After the two exchanged greetings, Qi Tianchu pointed to Xiaobai, who was munching on a candied hawthorn, and said, "Is this the girl you mentioned in your letter?"

Gu Mo nodded slightly.

"You couldn't even see the clues?" Qi Tianchu asked in confusion.

Gu Mo shook his head slightly. He had been studying Xiao Bai's mental power all along the way, but had not made much progress.

On the contrary, Gu Chudong gained more, becoming the big sister. The little boy named Chen Xiaolong and Xiaobai, whose mental age was only three or four, bowed down to her without any backbone after being given candy and snacks by Gu Chudong.

Fortunately, this allowed Xiaobai to cooperate fully with Gu Mo's research on Xiaobai's mental power along the way.

"Have you found any literature recently?" Gu Mo asked.

Qi Tianchu shook his head and said, "There are very few documents about the Ascension Realm to begin with, and the situation you described in your letter is even more unheard of."

“Go and take a look,” Gu Mo said. “You cultivate the true essence of martial arts and are also very proficient in spiritual power.”

Immediately,

Qi Tianchu then walked towards Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai was so frightened that she hid behind Gu Chudong.

Gu Chudong quickly comforted him, "Xiaobai, don't be afraid. Let this old man check you out. Don't be afraid, Xiaolong and I are here!"

Hearing Gu Chudong say that, Xiaobai timidly poked her head out, her eyes still full of fear, but she still slowly walked out.

Qi Tianshu revealed a gentle smile, then made a hand seal, and immediately pointed a sword finger at Xiaobai's forehead. In that instant, the true essence of Qi Tianshu's swordsmanship spread out.

After a while,

Qi Tianchu withdrew his hand, surprised, "Such a strange thing really exists! The physical body and the spirit are completely separate. This is the legendary situation that only occurs in the Ascension Realm!"

“That’s right,” Gu Mo said. “But her spiritual power is far from reaching the Ascension Realm. Most importantly, her spiritual power is complete. Not only that, she also has a violent power in her body. It’s neither internal force nor martial arts essence. It’s a bit like the Qi of a Qi cultivator, but not quite. I’ve never seen it before.”

Qi Tianchu shrugged and said, "I haven't seen her either, but it seems that as long as this girl isn't provoked, she should be fine. Let her stay in our Canglan Mountain for now. Of course, I think it might be most suitable for her to stay with you. Even if she gets provoked and has an outburst, you can control her at any time."

"You're pretending again. It's no fun playing dumb in front of me!"

Gu Mo curled his lip. Qi Tianchu was the kind of person who pretended to be weak to deceive others. In the past, he only thought that Qi Tianchu, as the seventh in Qian Kingdom, was not weak in the world, but the gap between him and the top ten in the world martial arts rankings was definitely huge.

But later,
Both Zhang Daoyi and Su Qianqiu had high opinions of Qi Tianshu, especially regarding his deadly methods. They were remarkably consistent in their assessment of Qi Tianshu, saying that he possessed the ability to take everyone in the martial arts world down with him.

This is also the main reason why the Canglan Sword Sect was able to become one of the top three sects after only a few decades of establishment. The Celestial Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain is a Taoist sect, while the Canglan Sword Sect is a sword sect.

However, as Qi Tianchu grew older, his personality became more and more gentle, and he rarely made a move, which made many people unaware that he was a master who was not good at fighting but was good at risking his life.

Hearing Gu Mo's complaint, Qi Tianchu chuckled and said, "I'm telling the truth. This girl is much more suitable to be with you than with me. If things get out of control, you can control her, but I can't. I can only kill her."

Gu Mo thought about it and felt that Qi Tianshu's words made some sense, so he waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about it later. Didn't I ask you to look for Dongya Village before? See if there are any clues. This little girl keeps talking about Dongya Village in Yunzhou. Maybe it's related to her background, or maybe Dongya Village can find out the reason for her unique spiritual power."

Qi Tianchu shook his head slightly and said, "After you wrote to me, I immediately sent people to the Yunzhou General Government Office. They searched everywhere, including Dongya Village and Dongya Village, which have similar pronunciations. I've been searching for nearly thirty years, and there's no one with that name. I'm afraid..."

"Qi Ergou!"

Suddenly, a faint voice came from behind. It was very soft, but it interrupted Qi Tianshu's words. He trembled and turned around with difficulty. He saw that Xiaobai was still looking silly, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

Qi Tianchu walked over quickly and said excitedly, "What did you just say? Say it again!"

Xiao Bai was startled and quickly hid behind Gu Chudong. Then she peeked out and looked at Qi Tianchu with fear in her eyes.

Seeing this, Qi Tianchu took a deep breath, quickly calmed down, and said to Gu Chudong, "Miss Gu, why don't you ask this young lady what she was saying just now?"

Gu Chudong took out a piece of candy from her pocket and handed it to Xiaobai, saying softly, "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, repeat what you just said!"

Xiao Bai, holding the candy, carefully stretched out her hand, pointed at Qi Tianchu, and said slowly and deliberately, "Qi... Er Gouzi..."

Qi Tianchu's expression became extremely solemn, and he couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Gu Chudong quickly pointed at Qi Tianchu and asked, "You mean he's Qi Ergouzi?"

Xiao Bai quickly shook his head, pointed at Qi Tianchu's finger, and murmured, "Qi... Er Gouzi..."

Qi Tianchu's pupils contracted slightly, and he immediately raised his hand, forming a sword finger, from which a faint sword intent emanated.

Xiao Bai hurriedly shouted, "Qi Er Gouzi, Qi Er Gouzi, Qi Er Gouzi..."

Qi Tianshu withdrew his sword intent, and Xiaobai immediately quieted down.

At this point,

Qi Tianshu's gaze towards Xiaobai changed. From the initial indifference, it became very gentle and kind. He gently reached out to pat Xiaobai's head, but Xiaobai was so frightened that it quickly retreated and hid behind Gu Chudong.

Seeing this, Qi Tianchu withdrew his hand, a look of guilt appearing in his eyes. He sighed and said, "Child, you've suffered. From now on, you'll stay at the Canglan Sword Sect. I will do everything I can to help you regain your senses!"

Gu Mo walked to Qi Tianchu's side and asked, "What happened?"

A hint of reminiscence flashed in Qi Tianchu's eyes as he said, "It should be a descendant of an old friend."

"How did you recognize it?" Gu Mo asked curiously. "Is the name 'Qi Er Gouzi' some kind of code?"

Qi Tianchu slowly said, "This is my childhood name. I was born into a poor farming family. Neither of my parents were educated. When they named me, they only hoped that I would be easy to raise, so they named me Er Gou (Second Dog).

When I was eight years old, war broke out, and I was the only one in my family who survived by sheer luck. It wasn't that I had any survival skills; I was just incredibly lucky to meet my master. She appeared before me like a fairy descending from the sky. Later, she brought me into her sect and taught me martial arts. She was the only one in the world who knew the name Qi Er Gouzi.

She said I was destined to become a great hero of the martial world, but what kind of hero is named Er Gou (Second Dog)? So, with a wave of her hand, she wrote the characters "Tian Shu" (Heavenly Pivot) on her sword. She said I would definitely become the most dazzling hero of the martial world in the future, and she was the gentlest and most perfect woman in the world.

Gu Chudong asked in surprise, "Your master is a woman?"

Qi Tianchu nodded and said, "Yes, her name is Yu Jinghong. She was once the most dazzling woman in Yunzhou, just like you, Miss Gu. She was also the only female grandmaster in Yunzhou at that time. Although she couldn't compare to your current achievements, she was only thirty years old when she became a grandmaster. That year was exactly the tenth year I had been her disciple. That year, she got married, and I was her only disciple. She took me with her to her husband's house, but since I was already an adult and a man, it was inconvenient. I didn't agree, and after seeing her off at her wedding, I carried my sword and began to roam the martial world."

Later, I slowly made a name for myself and became the youngest grandmaster in Yunzhou at that time. I was twenty-five years old that year. I fought someone in Canglan Mountain and won the territory, thus establishing the Canglan Sword Sect. However, by then, my master had already lost her reputation in the martial arts world. After she got married, she changed her appearance and went into seclusion with her family, never to reappear in the martial arts world again.

I didn't want her to be disturbed, so I never revealed my lineage to anyone. As a result, no one in the martial arts world knows about my lineage, and no one knows where she is except me.

Until fifty years ago, when I was twenty-eight and already ranked first on the Yunzhou Heavenly Ranking, my master, who had always lived in seclusion and never left home, suddenly came to Canglan Mountain. I still remember it; it was raining that day, a very heavy rain.

My master was acting quite strangely that day, because I was always the one who took the initiative to visit her, and she had never taken the initiative to see me. Also, because we needed to avoid suspicion, after all, there is a difference between men and women. Even when I visited her home every year for the New Year, she never met me alone. She always met me with her children or her husband.

But on that day, she came to Canglan Mountain alone, met with me alone, and talked to me for a long time, recounting scenes from my childhood. That day was the first time in many years that she called me Qi Er Gouzi.

I noticed her unusual behavior, but no matter how I asked, she wouldn't say. She only stayed at Canglan Mountain for half a day, and asked me to paint a picture of a sword, which contained one of my ultimate sword intents.

I followed my master down the mountain, but I lost him. At that time, I was already the number one master in Yunzhou, and I thought my martial arts had surpassed my master's, yet I still lost him. Instead, my master secretly placed a letter on me without my noticing.

The letter said that my mentor, who was an official, had been caught up in the court's infighting and had chosen the wrong side. He was about to be purged, so she took her family and went into complete seclusion in Canglan Mountain. She was just worried about me and wanted to see me one last time.

Later, I went to her house, and it had indeed been ransacked. However, the imperial court hadn't caught anyone. Fifty years have passed since then, and I've never seen my master again, nor have I found any trace of her.

Speaking of which,

Qi Tianchu sighed and said, "This little girl, who can call out Qi Ergouzi's name because of my sword intent, must be a descendant of my master. When my master went into seclusion, he took away a wisp of my sword intent and must have told this child about it. That's why this child has this awareness. However, the fact that this child is in this state now is probably due to some kind of change in her family."

Gu Mo nodded slightly and said, "It is very likely that this is the situation you described. However, I have two things I am curious about. The first is the state of this young lady's spiritual power. It is both like ascension and not like ascension. I am currently looking for a way to kill the inner demon, and the ascension realm is related to the inner demon. So, if you make any progress, please tell me as soon as possible."

“No problem,” Qi Tianchu nodded and said, “I have already received news from Longhu Mountain about Ling Xiao, the number one in the world before last. However, I have some doubts. Is there really such a thing as an inner demon?”

“Yes,” Gu Mo said, “I have seen it and even fought with it. Ling Xiao was driven mad by his inner demons and was determined to carry out the plan to destroy martial arts.”

Qi Tianchu said in a deep voice, "Let's go, let's go, let's go up the mountain first and talk about it in detail. Hmm, by the way, what's the second thing you're curious about?"

Gu Mo smiled and said, "Your real name is really Qi Ergou?"

Qi Tianshu: "..."

Gu Mo couldn't help but laugh as he thought about it.

An image kept involuntarily flashing through his mind: two masters dueling, one shouting "I am Qi Er Gou!" and the other yelling "I am Zhang Gou Sheng!"...

It instantly felt like two hooligans from the village entrance were fighting.

"Don't laugh," Qi Tianchu rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think those heroes in the martial arts world use their real names? Go ask Su Qianqiu and Zhang Daoyi. Do you really think their real names are like this? They might even sound worse than mine!"

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "So, the first thing to do when venturing into the martial world is to change your name?"

"What else can we do?" Qi Tianchu said, "If you don't choose a good name soon, you'll be crying your eyes out when you suddenly become famous. Just think about it, 'Gu Gouzi, the Great Hero of Yunzhou'... does that sound good?"

Gu Mo: “…”

……

Gu Mo and Gu Chudong settled down at the Canglan Sword Sect.

However, Shen Bai was not seen because he had gone out to carry out a sect mission and would not be back for a while. On the other hand, Shang Buyu, the senior brother of Canglan Sword Sect, came to visit Gu Mo on the very day he joined the Canglan Sword Sect.

However, Shang Buyu was also very busy and left without spending much time with him, because Qi Tianshu had already decided to step down as sect leader next March and pass the position to Shang Buyu.

Currently, the Canglan Sword Sect is promoting Shang Buyu, who is now a Grandmaster on the Yunzhou Heavenly Ranking.

Meanwhile, Qi Tianchu was busy investigating the clues about "Dongya Village" that Xiaobai kept mentioning.

but,

Gu Mo wasn't bored either, because the scenery at Canglan Mountain was beautiful.

Moreover, he didn't have to wait long; on the third day, Qi Tianshu hurriedly came to find him.

In the room, Qi Tianchu handed a file to Gu Mo and said, "Found it. I extended the search period to sixty years and finally found a village called Dongya Village in Yunzhou. This village is no longer called Dongya Village, but Qingyi Village. It was renamed more than forty years ago, and it is just an inconspicuous little mountain village, so we couldn't find it before. If I hadn't personally gone to the General Headquarters to keep an eye on things, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to find it this time either."

Gu Mo nodded and said, "Then let's go take a look. Where is Dongya Village?"

“In Lingyang County, Jinlan Prefecture,” Qi Tianshu said.

"Isn't that the territory of the Qiushan Sword Arena?" Gu Chudong said.

In the six prefectures of Yunzhou, apart from the extraordinary Canglan Sword Sect, each prefecture has its own top-tier power. They were originally collectively known as one sect, one alliance, four factions, two gangs, one family, and one sword arena.

However, the Four Directions Sect was destroyed by Gu Mo and Zhuo Qingfeng two years ago because of the Cat Demon case. Gu Mo and Gu Chudong did not know whether a new force had risen up. They had not paid much attention to the martial arts world of Yunzhou in the past two years.

However, Jinlan Prefecture has never experienced any major changes and has always been part of the Qiushan Sword Field.

Qi Tianshu said, "I have already notified Qiushan Sword Field to investigate that Qingyi Village. We can set off for there at any time."

On that very day, a group of people headed straight for Jinlan Mansion.

……

Since it involved an old friend, Qi Tianchu took the matter very seriously. He only brought two disciples with him, along with Gu Mo, Gu Chudong and his sister, and Xiaobai, making a total of six people and five horses.

The reason there were five horses was that Xiaobai couldn't ride a horse, so she shared one with Gu Chudong.

Starting from Canglan Mountain, the group traveled light and were all martial arts masters. They arrived at Lingyang County of Jinlan Prefecture in just three days.

At noon that day, the sun shone brightly.

Outside Lingyang County, a group of five riders headed towards the county seat.

At the entrance of the county town, a group of swordsmen in uniform were waiting quietly. They were disciples of the Qiushan Sword School, and the leader was none other than Li Qiuyu, the Grandmaster and Sword Master of Yunzhou.

"Hero Gu, Sect Leader Qi, Heroine Gu!"

"Chief Li." "Chief Li!"

The group exchanged greetings.

Looking at Gu Mo and Gu Chudong, Li Qiuyu felt a pang of nostalgia, recalling their first meeting three years ago, after the great battle between the righteous and demonic factions in Dongping County. Although the siblings were not exactly unknown, even Gu Mo, who didn't even have the title of Grandmaster, was now the number one martial artist in the world, and Gu Chudong, this young girl, had already become a martial arts Grandmaster at the same level as him.

It's only been two or three years, but it feels like a lifetime has passed.

Li Qiuyu was not a talkative person. After a few simple pleasantries, he got straight to the point and said, "Sect Leader Qi, the Qingyi Village that you asked me to investigate is a bit unusual."

Qi Tianchu quickly asked, "What's wrong with it?"

Li Qiuyu thought for a moment and said, "That village is very strange. It is said that it was cursed by the Goddess of Green Robes. In just two years, hundreds of people have become idiots. The Green Robe Village has become a veritable village of idiots!"

Qi Tianchu asked, "What is the Green-Clad Lady?"

Li Qiuyu said, "It's a deity worshipped in Qingyi Village, just an unknown mountain god, no different from any other local earth god temple. This is a very ordinary thing. But two years ago, it is said that the son of the village chief of Qingyi Village got drunk and smashed the statue of the Goddess of Green Robes when he passed by the Qingyi Temple."

After that, villagers began to see the Goddess in Green, covered in blood, appearing in the village one after another. Then, not long after, everyone who saw her went mad and became mentally unstable. The villagers all said it was the Goddess in Green coming to take revenge.

Qi Tianchu asked, "Didn't the local government investigate?"

“I’m going,” Li Qiuyu said.

"Have you found anything?" Qi Tianchu asked.

Li Qiuyu shook his head and said, "Some constables came back saying they really saw the Lady in Green, and then, a few days later, they lost their minds and became fools. Several groups of people were sent into the village, but the same thing happened each time, so the government didn't dare to investigate anymore and gave up."

(End of this chapter)