Chapter 1617: The master and disciple of Bai Hua

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Traitor?

Gu Qing Shan wasn’t panicked at all, instead, he felt a bit surprised.

——-if the Time Apocalypse had discovered that I was fake, it would have already acted against me.

Since it only informed everyone of this now, unless it had already dealt with the traitor, it clearly had other intentions.

However.

How could there be a traitor among the Apocalypses?

If this was truly the case, the situation had only just become even more confusing.

Gu Qing Shan took time to carefully think about this.

Currently, the two most powerful Apocalypses were the End of Time Apocalypse, and the Silent Light Apocalypse.

The Silent Light Apocalypse had turned into a glowing cloaked skeleton that absorbed the power of many Apocalypses, but I don’t know what it is currently doing.

The End of Time Apocalypse had led the other remaining Apocalypses to prepare an ambush in the Wraith realm, preparing to ambush Xie Dao Ling.

——-and Xie Dao Ling is above to arrive.

Gu Qing Shan paused briefly.

If s.h.i.+fu had implied to me that there were two Apocalypses going after her, then she would have already known about the existence of the End of Time Apocalypse.

—–what would she do?

The End of Time Apocalypse continued:

“Fortunately, I managed to discover this traitor and thoroughly erased it. I will now show you the traitor’s outcome”

An image appeared in Gu Qing Shan’s mind.

It was a dead body.

The dead body of a Wraith realm cultivator who had been taken over by an Apocalypse.

The End of Time Apocalypse continued:

“It was carrying a fragment of the Samsara Asura world but didn’t hand it in. In accordance with the rules among the Sequences, this was a traitorous act no matter how we looked at it”

Following its explanation, a broken piece of rock that gave off a faint green glow hovered above the dead body.

“All of you must understand, the Samsara is the ultimate weapon of all living beings, only an Apocalypse Sequence of my level would be able to destroy it, if any of you Apocalypses attempt to keep a Samsara fragment for yourself, your outcome would be the same”

Its tone was full of threat: “There is nothing in the Wraith Temple that would be able to escape my senses”

“I am the ending, and no Apocalypse would be able to go against my will”

“Remember that!”

As the End of Time’s voice faded away, so did the image.

The warm water around the hot spring continued to flow.

Gu Qing Shan stood blankly on the spot.

An Apocalypse had actually attempted to keep a fragment of the Samsara for itself.

The End of Time Apocalypse was the most powerful Apocalypse I’ve seen so far.

According to the rules of the Sequences, Low Sequences cannot keep a Samsara fragment to themselves.

Yet an Apocalypse attempted to do that anyways.

——that makes no sense.

Keeping a fragment of the Samsara would be equivalent to a death wish, so why did it do such a thing?

As Gu Qing Shan was thinking, Zhao Jiu Xuan suddenly asked him: “Chu Feng, what do you think big brother Leng had gone to do?”

Gu Qing Shan smiled wryly and replied: “I don’t know either, I’m trying to think about it”

“Hm, he seems to have gotten a bit strange recently” Zhao Jiu Xuan mumbled to himself.

“What about him has gotten strange?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“I don’t know, I just feel like he has something on his mind” Zhao Jiu Xuan replied.

Gu Qing Shan didn’t reply.

He still wanted to think about the matter earlier.

There are two possibilities for why an Apocalypse had attempted to keep a Samsara fragment for itself.

Firstly, it knew some sort of secret that the others didn’t and had to keep the fragment while hiding it from the Time Apocalypse.

Secondly, it was framed.

If it was the first possibility, no one would get any answers, since it was already erased.

But what if it was the second possibility?

If it was framed…

Who would try to frame a Wraith realm cultivator that was taken over by an Apocalypse?

Gu Qing Shan felt shaken as the answer was clear to him.

It’s obvious——-

It was s.h.i.+fu, Xie Dao Ling.

Xie Dao Ling had a Thaumaturgy that allowed her to take things from other people with nothing but a swipe of her hands while being completely unnoticed during the process.

As far as I can remember, s.h.i.+fu had never failed before.

If that’s the case, then if I consider it from the other side—–

If s.h.i.+fu wanted to put something on someone else’s body without them knowing, it would also be a walk in the park.

If… she had been the one who put the Samsara fragment on that Apocalypse-possessed person…

Gu Qing Shan thought briefly.

If this was something s.h.i.+fu did, then she might have wanted to express four things.

Firstly, she had already arrived!

Secondly, she was capable of accurately discerning the Apocalypses from among the Wraith realm cultivators.

Thirdly, since she was capable of avoiding the Time Apocalypse’s detection and putting something on another Apocalypse’s body, she could also kill those Apocalypses as long as she wanted to.

Fourthly…

Gu Qing Shan realized something.

He suddenly jumped out of the hot spring and was already fully clothed with the Wraith realm’s uniform as he landed on the ground, preparing to leave.

“Hey, Chu Feng, where are you going?”

Zhao Jiu Xuan loudly called out behind him.

“I’ve soaked for long enough, so I’m going to take a p.i.s.s and stroll for a bit” Gu Qing Shan replied.

“Be careful, there are a lot of places in the Wraith Temple that you can’t enter” Zhao Jiu Xuan advised him.

Gu Qing Shan chuckled: “Oh you, I was the one who initially took you into the Wraith Temple all those years ago, and now you’re trying to advise me in return?”

Zhao Jiu Xuan also chuckled before slipping back into the water, embarra.s.sed.

Gu Qing Shan knocked on the wall with his hand to open the hot spring’s entrance and left by himself.

He stood on the path outside with one hand on his Inventory Bag, slowly rearranging the contents.

——all unrelated items in his Inventory Bag were put into a corner.

At the same time, all items related to the Bai Hua sect like cultivation scripture, uniform accessories, spirit cooking ingredients, and even formation plates, were all left in the middle.

“No, piling things up like this is a bit chaotic, s.h.i.+fu wouldn’t be pleased to see it”

Gu Qing Shan silently told himself, then reorganized those items again, making sure to neatly line them up so that they’re in a square shape.

——–fourthly, s.h.i.+fu might have already taken into account that I’m here.

To avoid friendly fire, and to contact me, she would definitely go through a process of elimination to determine which Wraith realm cultivator I’ve turned into.

With the Time Apocalypse and numerous other Apocalypses around me, I wouldn’t be able to seek her out.

But she would be able to find me.

She had already displayed a certain fact——-

The Time Apocalypse couldn’t detect her swiping technique.

Which means we’d be able to establish contact through this!

Gu Qing Shan took a deep breath and slowly calmed down.

He reconfirmed the organization of his Inventory Bag before moving forward again.

It was currently the middle of noon, so there were very few people in the Wraith Temple and only some of them were walking in the main street.

There was a Wraith Might walking in his direction with your subordinates following him.

Gu Qing Shan adjusted his yaksha mask and leaned on a nearby wall to move out of the way, clasping his fist to greet them:

“Greetings, sir”

The Wraith Might didn’t even bother to look at him and simply continued forward.

Gu Qing Shan maintained his respectful etiquette and waited until the other party had gone past before he lowered his hands.

He continued to stroll through the path at a normal pace, not too fast, not too slow.

He met quite a few servants, enforcers, Wraith Generals, and Wraith Mights on his way, each time he would carefully move out of the way and lower his head to greet them.

Gu Qing Shan was simply strolling aimlessly.

—–during the normal timeline, I’ve only just arrived in the Wraith realm at this point in time.

Demon Dragon would find me, then we would fight.

Demon Dragon would then spend a few hours catching Cang Wu Zhang.

Then I would impersonate Cang Wu Zhang and enter the Wraith Temple with Demon Dragon.

——it would take around half a day in total.

Let’s hope s.h.i.+fu will be able to find me during that time.

And I still need to find out what exactly was going on with Demon Dragon.

While he was thinking, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears:

“Invincible Spirit s.n.a.t.c.her, what are you doing?”

——this was the Time Apocalypse’s voice!

As expected, it was constantly paying attention to everything within the Wraith Temple.

Gu Qing Shan’s footsteps halted briefly before he continued walking and replied:

“I’m attempting to discern this civilization’s strengths and weaknesses, then also check if there were any suspicious individuals, confirm this location’s geography and defensive techniques, as well as fully understanding this place’s layout of structures”

“Why is that necessary?” the Time Apocalypse asked.

“Because the one we’re trying to ambush seems to be very powerful, every bit more preparation we have would further increase our chances” Gu Qing Shan replied.

He stepped aside once again and clasped his fist to greet another pa.s.sing Wraith General.

The Wraith General slightly nodded at him as a response, then proudly left.

The Time Apocalypse continued:

“You suggested that the majority of Apocalypses should choose those with authority, but you instead chose to possess a servant?”

Gu Qing Shan casually replied: “——If you tell those Apocalypses to carefully observe living beings like I’m doing, it would be impossible for them, so it would have been better just to have them hold authority, at least they’d be useful that way”

The Time Apocalypse stayed silent briefly before praising: “As expected of a mutated Apocalypse Sequence, your actions are extraordinary compared to a normal Apocalypse”

Its will disappeared.

Gu Qing Shan smiled, then slowly continued his walk.

Two minutes later.

Gu Qing Shan had walked through every location he could within the Wraith Temple and walked by numerous wraith cultivators.

During this period of time, the Time Apocalypse had visited him two more times.

It would not check up on him again.

Gu Qing Shan circled a few times before making his way towards the main street.

At this point, he noticed two long lines of wraith cultivators.

Each of them appeared dignified and disciplined, all of them carrying a treasure of some sort in their hands as they made their way towards the center of the Wraith Temple.

——-Reneedol is currently there.

These wraiths serve directly under her.

Gu Qing Shan and the other wraiths silently retreated to the sidewalks.

After these two lines of wraith cultivators had gone through, everything returned to normal.

Gu Qing Shan resumed his stroll.

Suddenly, his eyebrows twitched briefly before returning to normal.

Thanks to the yaksha mask, no one would be able to notice this very minor change in his expression.

——at some unknown point, the Bai Hua sect cultivation jade tag he left at the very center of his Inventory Bag had disappeared.