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

Chapter 287 War God Record
A vast amount of primordial spirit power covered him, binding Yu Twelve like iron chains. He tried to struggle but to no avail.

Yu Shier hurriedly said, "Gu Mo... let's make a deal. Save the Fire Spirit Clan, and I'll tell you about the potential annihilation of the Qian Kingdom and the secrets of its laws!"

Gu Mo asked suspiciously, "You know the secrets of the pattern?"

Yu Shier said, "Old Ghost Qi... well, that's the old immortal you call him. He's an old monster who has lived for many years. Because he has been suppressed for a long time, his mind has become very morbid. He enjoys playing tricks on people and likes to play all kinds of characters to satisfy his strange desires."

However, this person was extremely arrogant and inflated in his ego. He proclaimed himself to be the Way of Heaven, believing that everything in the world was under his control. Therefore, in our hundreds of years of interaction, I learned many secrets from him, including the mysteries of natural laws.

Yu Shier looked up at Gu Mo and said in a deep voice, "Gu Mo, the reason why I have devoted myself to serving Qi Laogui all my life is not because he controls my primordial spirit and can take my life at any time, but because he gave me hope, allowing me to save the Fire Spirit Clan and help them break the curse."

You definitely won't let me go now, and I don't beg you to let me go either. Of course, Old Ghost Qi won't come to save me either. Ever since I figured out a way for him to control the power of the Fire Qilin, I've become someone dispensable in his eyes.

Gu Mo, are you going to do this deal or not?

Gu Mo asked, "How can I help the Fire Spirit Clan?"

Yu Shier said happily, "It's very simple. I have created a martial arts technique called the Great Devouring Spirit Hand. It is similar to the demonic Taotie Divine Skill in the martial arts world, but it is more refined. The Taotie Divine Skill absorbs the internal energy of others for its own use, while my Great Devouring Spirit Hand absorbs the essence of the sun and moon. The practitioner's dantian becomes infinitely powerful."

With your level of cultivation, you can learn it with just one glance. I also have a Qilin bone that I spent a hundred years carving. Using that Qilin bone as a medium, I can use the Great Devouring Spirit Hand to extract the Qilin's spiritual power from the Fire Spirit Clan's body. From then on, they will become ordinary people and no longer suffer the torment of the curse generation after generation.

Furthermore, that Qilin bone is an extraordinary treasure. After absorbing the spiritual power of the Fire Spirit Clan, it's useless to ordinary people, but it's an immense opportunity for your good friend Ye Jinglan. The concentration of Qilin power within him isn't very high, but if he refines that Qilin bone, he'll definitely reach a higher level. If one day he can comprehend the mysteries of its laws, he might even become a new Qilin in the world.

Gu Mo hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Where is the thing?"

"Thank you, thank you, Gu Mo!" Yu Twelve said excitedly, "The Qilin Bone and the Great Devouring Spirit Hand manual are both in the Ghost City below Chang'an City, there is a place called Corpse Cocoon Cave. Back then, you massacred the Ghost City twice, the first time was in Corpse Cocoon Cave you killed Smiling Buddha, Thousand-Faced Actor and others, among the Ten Evils. At that time, when you were chasing them, those people were preparing to jump into the abyss next to the Corpse Cocoon Cave town, but you intercepted them. I have been in Corpse Cocoon Cave all along."

Gu Mo's pupils contracted slightly as he said, "So, when I was fighting there, you were secretly watching?"

“That’s not all,” Yu Shier said. “I even pretended to be a nobody to contact you. There was even a time when I helped you and Ye Jinglan row your boat.”

Gu Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.
Given his strength at the time, if he had fought with Yu Twelve, he wouldn't have been able to win, let alone survive.

In retrospect, the most dangerous moment of his life was one he was completely unaware of.

Yu Shier continued, “I have placed the Qilin Bone and the Great Devouring Spirit Hand Manual in the abyss. You can see my residence when you go down. However, there are many poisonous creatures and rare treasures inside, as well as my insights from years of studying medicine. As far as I know, your medical and poison skills are not low. If you are interested, you can take those things for yourself.”

Gu Mo nodded slightly and asked, "What is the secret behind this pattern?"

Yu Shier said, "It's just the direction above the Ascension Realm. To surpass the Ascension Realm, you need to find a way to comprehend the laws governing the world, which means to trace back to the source. For example, the power of the Five Elements. You need to comprehend the laws governing the operation of the Five Elements in the world. For example, the ancestral fire of the Fire Qilin is the law governing the operation of fire in the world. The law cannot be killed, so you cannot touch it. Old Ghost Qi has also mastered the law, so he can pull the ancestral fire into his law and trap and seal it."

In short, it all boils down to essence. You can transform into a dragon, but you can only possess its spirit without its form, because you haven't found the essence of the dragon; your dragon hasn't followed the laws of heaven and earth.

Gu Mo asked with some doubt, "Since you know the mysteries of the rules, haven't you explored them in the past few hundred years?"

“How could there not be?” Yu Twelve said, “It’s just that Old Ghost Qi placed a restriction on my primordial spirit. My every move is under his surveillance. He can even sense my consciousness. Therefore, my exploration is destined to be in vain.”

Gu Mo then asked, "Alright, then tell me what the crisis is for the Qian Kingdom?"

“It’s one of Qi Laogui’s games,” Yu Shier said. “When you were casting your domain just now, you could feel that it was using the Void Array. I placed a poison bead in the Void Array. This poison bead is the source of all the strange poisons in the world, and it can even poison the primordial spirit.”

But during the production, Qi Laogui suddenly had a whim and asked me to make two. I kept one for myself, and he took the other to play games. He forged a treasure map, scattered it throughout various countries, created false legends, caused conflicts in the martial arts world, and ignited a massive treasure hunt.

He hid the poisonous bead in Chang'an, but I don't know exactly where. However, his purpose was not just that. His second plan was to have someone detonate the bead after it was found, turning the entire city of Chang'an into a poisonous city, annihilating everyone within it, and thus creating an unsolved mystery in history, which would lead to even more stories.

Many years later, he will assume the new identity of a young swordsman, leading the world to uncover secrets and ushering in a new legend of the martial arts world. He has played this game many times before, always portraying different characters; he probably doesn't even know how many identities he has had.

Gu Mo raised an eyebrow.
Qi Miaoxuan definitely has the identity of a wanted criminal, but according to the system's rules, the system can only include him if he knows the identity of the wanted criminal.

For example, the system had recorded the head manager as a wanted criminal, but when the head manager appeared in front of Gu Mo under the identity of Mr. Dongjing, the system did not record Mr. Dongjing as a wanted criminal.

"Looks like we'll have to find out Qi Miaoxuan's disguise!"

Gu Mo thought to himself, while also looking forward to seeing what level of wanted criminal Qi Miaoxuan would be disguised as.

Gu Mo asked, "What exactly is this treasure map all about?"

Yu Shier said, "This matter is actually related to you. You killed Ye Nantian, the leader of the Moon Worship Cult, and many of the Moon Worship Cult's experts in Jiang Kingdom, causing the Moon Worship Cult to almost fall apart overnight and fall into chaos."

At that moment, Qi Laogui slipped a treasure map into the Moon Worship Cult, falsely claiming it was the martial arts legacy of Tie Hanshan, a leader of the Moon Worship Cult two hundred years ago. He fabricated a legend that if all eight treasure maps were collected, one could find the Hanshan Treasure Vault, which contained not only immense wealth but also unparalleled martial arts and the world's strongest divine weapon.

Gu Mo chuckled. This did indeed have a strong sense of déjà vu, like a martial arts legend. There was never a shortage of similar legends in the martial arts world, and every such legend was accompanied by one bloody storm after another.

At this moment,
A system notification suddenly sounded in Gu Mo's mind:
【New target detected】

[Wanted Target—Tie Hanshan?]

[Task Level - Nine Stars]

[Quest Reward - Max Level Sacred Heart Technique]

……

Upon seeing the Sacred Heart Technique, Gu Mo felt it was a perfect match. The reward for killing an old monster who had lived for over a thousand years was also a martial art created by an old monster who had lived for over a thousand years.

The Sacred Heart Technique is a martial art that has transcended the level of mere martial arts. It possesses the abilities of immortality and resurrection, and its techniques, including the Four Tribulations of the Sacred Heart and the Four Secrets of the Sacred Heart, have also transcended the level of mere martial arts.

In addition, it possesses special abilities such as Celestial Palace Illusion, Seven Deadly Realms, Unfettered Ascension Steps, and the Sacred Heart Mantra of Absorbing the Sea.

……

As for the question mark after Tie Hanshan, Gu Mo understood that it was because the system detected that Qi Miaoxuan had more than one wanted criminal alias, Tie Hanshan. Otherwise, based solely on the things Tie Hanshan had committed back then, he would at most be rated seven stars, just like Ye Nantian.

After all, the system's assessment of wanted level is not entirely based on strength and cultivation level, but more on the impact and degree of evil caused by the wanted criminal's actions.

Some people do a lot of bad things behind the scenes, but because no one knows, they don't meet the criteria for being wanted and are not included in the wanted list.

……

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Gu Mo asked.

Yu Twelve shook her head slightly and said, "Thank...thank you..."

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "You really trust me!"

Yu Shier said, "Gu Mo has never broken his word. No one in the world questions your character."

Gu Mo placed one hand on the hilt of his sword and said, "In that case, Yu Twelve, you should die!"

As soon as the words fell,
Gu Mo drew the Tai Xu Sword, and his violent primordial spirit power attached itself to the sword energy. In that instant, Yu Shier's primordial spirit was split apart and turned into bits of nothingness and disappeared.

In that very instant,

A notification sounded in Gu Mo's mind:

[Slaying an eight-star wanted criminal]

[Achieve Star Reward - Max Level War God Compendium]

[Whether to receive it]

……

Gu Mo muttered, "This should be the weakest of the thirteen forbidden ones!"

Strictly speaking, Yu Twelve is definitely not weak, after all, it has a primordial spirit at the Ascension Realm and terrifying poison. However, compared to the beings in the Thirteen Forbidden Ones, it is definitely weak.

Even Jiang Ruoxu, another person among the Thirteen Forbidden Ones, should be stronger than Yu Shier in Gu Mo's estimation.

According to what the red-clothed man and the musician knew, Jiang Ruoxu must have reached the Ascension Realm, and his realm would not be lower than Yu Shier's. However, Jiang Ruoxu's fighting will and ability were very strong, while Yu Shier's fighting awareness was not strong. He mainly used poison, so he was definitely no match for Jiang Ruoxu in a head-on fight.

but,

Although Fish Twelve's combat strength is the lowest among the Thirteen Forbidden Ones, his wanted level is very high. After all, this guy has been involved in several massacres and caused countless plagues.

……

Immediately,

Gu Mo then chose to claim the War God's Manual.
In that instant, he suddenly felt a thunderous roar in his mind, as if billions of thunderbolts were exploding simultaneously in the depths of his soul.

It wasn't pain, but a liberating feeling of shattering constraints.

His consciousness, like a roc breaking free from its cage, instantly transcended the boundaries of his physical body.

The city beneath my feet suddenly shrank into dust, the sea of ​​clouds surged like cotton wool piled up by a child, and the veins of the earth appeared in my consciousness—the earth veins where crimson magma surged, the spiritual hub where azure spiritual energy gathered, and the mountains and rivers pulsated like the blood vessels of gods.

With a "poof," he seemed to break through a layer of glass curtain.

Spacetime twists into a spiral of light before my eyes, and billions of stars flicker in my pupils like breathing.

The stars in the sky burst forth with a blinding red light. It was not a visual sight, but a kind of "perception"—he "saw" the violent rhythm of fusion inside the sun, "heard" the gravitational collapse before the explosion of the galaxy, and even "touched" the residual warmth of the universe at its beginning contained in the interstellar dust.

Consciousness, like a wild horse, tramples the Milky Way's hanging arm.

The nebula flowed into a peacock-blue river of light at his "fingertips," and the black hole vortex in Sagittarius exuded a profound mystery that devoured everything. It was not darkness, but the ultimate destination of all light and color.

He saw countless versions of himself in parallel universes.

"I see……"

this moment,
Gu Mo suddenly understood the pattern that Yu Shier and Qi Miaoxuan had mentioned. The War God's Manual, with its forty-nine illustrations, each contained a martial arts principle, which was equivalent to forty-nine ways of operating in the world, or forty-nine martial arts concepts that could lead to the Ascension Realm. Any one of them was a principle of the world, and if all forty-nine were combined, one would transcend the Ascension Realm and comprehend the laws governing the world.

"Heaven and earth are so unkind that they regard all things as stupid dogs!"

this moment,
The principle that Gu Mo comprehended is this one general rule.

This statement does not mean, as some superficial interpretations suggest, that heaven and earth are unkind, cold, and heartless. Rather, it means that heaven and earth are objective, neither deliberately benevolent nor deliberately cruel, treating all things equally without favoritism or discrimination.
Therefore,
this moment,
Gu Mo also noticed the pattern.

……

The next moment,

As Gu Mo's domain dissipated, the devastated ancient city of Kuxu reappeared, with raging fires burning everywhere within it.

Gu Mo quickly raised his hand and used the Dragon God Technique to summon wind and rain, causing a downpour. Then he activated the power of ice, and in a short while, he extinguished the fire in the city.

now,

There were many corpses and wounded in the city, some were soldiers from the army, and some were people from the Fire Spirit Clan.

Immediately, Gu Mo sent a telepathic message to Ye Jinglan outside the city, instructing Ye Jinglan to bring his troops in.

A short while later, the army entered the city again. Ye Jinglan ran at the front and flew to Gu Mo's side, hurriedly asking, "Brother Gu, how is the situation?"

Gu Mo said, "The Fire Qilin is dead, the Plague God is dead, and that old bastard Qi Miaoxuan ran away with the Fire Qilin's corpse!"

"Gah!"

Ye Jinglan was completely dumbfounded.

"I'll explain in detail later," Gu Mo said. "You take your men and quickly loot the city's valuables. Um, regarding the Fire Spirit Clan, don't hurt them."

"no problem."

Immediately, Ye Jinglan led his team to search for treasure and the wounded in the city.

Gu Mo used his mental detection to quickly locate Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu was lucky; although he was seriously injured, he did not die.

Previously, all the members of the Fire Spirit Clan were controlled by the Fire Qilin and transformed into Qilin to charge into the army formation. Although they succeeded, more than half of them were killed, and now only a little over a hundred people have survived.

However, the Fire Spirit Clan has a unique advantage: as long as they are not killed on the spot, even if their internal organs are injured, they can heal themselves.

After the Fire Qilin was killed

Once they recovered from their frenzied state, they all ran back to Fire Spirit Village.

However, the Void Array was severely damaged at this moment. Although Fire Spirit Village was still between reality and illusion, it no longer had much concealment. Therefore, the more than one hundred Fire Spirit Clan members who were still alive stood nervously at the entrance of the village, each holding various weapons.

Gu Mo took a step forward.
We arrived at Fire Spirit Village.

Upon seeing that it was Gu Mo, Yu Shijiu breathed a slight sigh of relief and asked, "Great Hero Gu, is there any hope for our Fire Spirit Clan?"

Gu Mo smiled slightly and said, "I know the history of the Fire Spirit Clan. Your ancestor was a great man, and your Fire Spirit Clan has also made contributions to the human world. I am here now to tell you that if you can repair the Void Array, please do so."

Before he died, Yu Twelve entrusted me to help your Fire Spirit Clan lift the curse. I will be there soon. In the meantime, your people should discuss among yourselves who needs to have their curse lifted. I will help you lift it then. At the same time, I can also help you find a place to live, so that you can live the lives of ordinary people from now on.”

Yu Shijiu knelt down in front of Gu Mo with a "plop" and kowtowed hard, saying, "Thank you, Hero Gu. Our Fire Spirit Clan will never forget this kindness!"

“You don’t need to remember my kindness,” Gu Mo said. “Nineteen, I helped your Fire Spirit Clan because I had a deal with Yu Twelve. So, neither you nor the people of the Fire Spirit Clan should feel indebted to me. You don’t owe me anything.”

Gu Mo gently lifted Yu Shijiu up and said, "Shijiu, from now on, you can pursue your own life!"

After all,

Gu Mo turned and left, returning to the ancient city of Xuxu.

Ye Jinglan was leading his army in a search for treasure in the ancient city, while Gu Mo rode the Taixu Flying Sword towards Chang'an City. Once again, he entered the underground ghost city with ease, went to the Corpse Cocoon Cave, and found Yu Twelve's residence.

Just as Yu Twelve had said, the place indeed contained many rare and precious natural treasures, priceless treasures, and a wide variety of poisons.

However, Gu Mo couldn't take it away for the time being, so he only found the Qilin Bone and the Great Devouring Spirit Hand Manual. Then he left a strand of his primordial spirit power to seal off Yu Twelve's residence, and then flew back to the Northern Desert without stopping.

On the way back,

Gu Mofei began to peruse the Great Devouring Spirit Hand manual in the void.

Indeed, as Yu Shier said, with Gu Mo's current martial arts level, he could learn this kind of martial art just by looking at it once.

after that,

Gu Mo did not return to the ancient city of Xunxu immediately, but instead went to the Six Doors of the Northern Desert.

Currently, Chen Xiuyuan is the commander of the Six Doors in the Northern Desert. He was promoted by Zhuo Qingfeng before he left. Originally, Chen Xiuyuan was only a captain in the Six Doors in the Northern Desert. He was lucky enough to be arranged by Zhuo Qingfeng to be Gu Mo's guide when Gu Mo came to the Northern Desert. He followed Gu Mo for a period of time, reaped many great merits, and rose rapidly through the ranks. Even in his fifties, he still managed to achieve great success late in life.

Gu Mo found Chen Xiuyuan and asked him to find an abandoned village to be used by the Fire Spirit Clan.

Such abandoned villages are very common in northern desert. Chen Xiuyuan quickly found a suitable one and personally led people to make arrangements.

immediately,

Gu Mo returned to the ancient city of Xunxu.

……

Three days later,

Once again, the area where the ancient city of Xunxu was located was shrouded in yellow sand, and a sandstorm swept through, causing the ancient city of Xunxu to slowly sink into the ground and disappear once more.

On a distant hillside, Ye Jinglan and Gu Mo stood together, with a large army slowly departing beside them. A long line of carriages indicated that Ye Jinglan's search for treasures in the ancient city of Kuxu had been very successful.

Ye Jinglan gazed at the gradually disappearing Ruins of the Ancient City and said, "The Void Array has been destroyed. I'm afraid that after it sinks this time, the Ruins of the Ancient City will never reappear in the world again."

Gu Mo said, "It shouldn't have appeared in the world in the first place. Every time it appears, it causes quite a commotion. Besides, now that all the valuables inside have been looted, it doesn't really matter whether it appears or not."

Ye Jinglan smiled and said, "We have not disappointed His Majesty's trust. The wealth we found in the ancient city of Kuxu is enough to support the front line for at least half a year, giving the people at home a much-needed respite."

“It can’t be slowed down,” Gu Mo shook his head slightly and said, “As long as the war continues, taxes will weigh down the people so much they can’t stand up straight.”

Ye Jinglan fell silent for a moment.

Gu Mo held a foot-long, bowl-sized, crystal-clear bone in his hand and handed it to Ye Jinglan, saying, "This is the spine of a Qilin. As you can see, I also transferred all the spiritual energy from the bodies of those Fire Spirit Clan members into this bone these past few days. If you spend some time refining it, it should allow you to reach a higher level."

Ye Jinglan took the Qilin bone and said, "I won't stand on ceremony. I only cooperated with Qi Miaoxuan in order to pursue power. I really can't refuse this."

Gu Mo smiled slightly and said, "Remember to come find me for a fight when the time comes."

Ye Jinglan's lips twitched, and he said, "Are you serious? I just had a short-sighted view of the world, so why are you making such a fuss about it and bringing it up to mock me all the time?"

Gu Mo teased, "Isn't this fulfilling your wish to spar with me?"

"I feel like you're just looking for an excuse to beat me up."

Ye Jinglan curled his lips. He had now completely seen through things. His strength was indeed very strong, but it was still human power after all. Gu Mo and Qi Miaoxuan were not even on the same level. Talking about sparring was just asking for a beating.

"Eh,"

Ye Jinglan said, "It seems that some members of the Fire Spirit Clan haven't come out yet?"

Gu Mo nodded and said, "There are more than a dozen, all over a hundred years old. They are unwilling to come out and face the world. Moreover, they are too old. Once their spiritual power is released, they probably won't live for more than a few days."

Ye Jinglan said softly, "Do you think the Fire Spirit Clan will regret this choice in the future? After all, once they become ordinary people, they will suffer from injuries and their lifespan will be shortened."

"I don't know," Gu Mo shook his head and said, "but Yu Shijiu definitely won't regret it!"

“That kid,” Ye Jinglan chuckled, “he will definitely become a top-notch swordsman in the future.”

Gu Mo said, "He'll definitely be in a lot of trouble for a while. The Fire Spirit Clan has always been isolated from the world, with pure minds. They don't understand anything about the outside world and are just like children. Yu Shijiu will have a lot of headaches!"

Ye Jinglan grinned, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes as he said, "I'm a little worried that old guy Qi Miaoxuan might have done something to me!"

Gu Mo said, "Don't worry, it's nothing."

"Are you so sure? Is he worried I'll find out?"

"No, it's that he doesn't like you."

Ye Jinglan: "..."

Gu Mo smiled, his pupils shrinking slightly, and said, "What I want to know more now is whether that old guy can defeat the remnant soul of the Azure Dragon within him?"

"Dragon Soul?" Ye Jinglan asked in confusion.

Gu Mo said, "Bai Yujing mistook me for the remnant soul of the Azure Dragon. When I fought Qi Miaoxuan, there was a dragon's might in that knife. It can be basically deduced that Qi Miaoxuan is the servant of that dragon soul. She must be dissatisfied, so she plotted to use the power of the Fire Qilin to counter the Azure Dragon and devour her master!"

(End of this chapter)