MOF Chapter 57

Chapter 57: Father and Son’s Estrangement, Brother’s Heartbreak – To Personally Slay a Brother, What Sorrow!

Gu Zhanyun’s words shocked the three who arrived later. “That demon deserved to die, I was ridding the people of a pest!” He raised his sword, confirming his rebellious nature, pointing at Gu Shou’an and Gu Ziyan, and said bitterly, “You! You! You all deserve to die! You actually want to punish me, and even expel me from the Immortal Clan?!”

Seeing the situation was not good, A Si tugged at Xie Yiling’s sleeve, and after he looked over, instantly disappeared, leaving only a wisp of black smoke drifting away.

“Gu Zhanyun!” Gu Huanzhi finally couldn’t restrain himself, shouting at Gu Zhanyun’s back, enraged, “Haven’t you made enough trouble?!”

“And you!” Gu Zhanyun suddenly turned around, pointing his sword at Gu Huanzhi, the tip of the sword trembling incessantly, “From childhood to adulthood, Father has always loved you the most! I’ve been running around for the sect, slaying demons and eliminating evil, risking my life several times, escaping death by a hair’s breadth. But what about you? A good-for-nothing whose enlightenment is slower than others, pampered in the sect, knowing nothing!”

Gu Huanzhi’s heart ached, the sword was clearly several yards away from him, but it felt as if it was piercing the soft flesh of his heart.

“You… Big brother, have you always seen me this way?”

Before Gu Zhanyun could reply, Gu Ziyan blurted out, “A-Xuan is naturally different from you!”

Gu Huanzhi immediately looked up at Gu Ziyan, hearing him say, “Gu Zhanyun, as the eldest brother, how can you not understand the principle of brotherly respect? A-Xuan has always been respectful to you, while you are outwardly friendly, but inwardly so hateful towards your own younger brother, aren’t you the hypocrite first? A-Xuan doesn’t owe you anything!”

Gu Huanzhi murmured his name, “Second brother.”

“Yes! You two have deep affection, but what does that have to do with me?! You and Gu Shou’an are one family, I’m not!” Gu Zhanyun’s hand holding the sword trembled, gradually losing control, “Why should I practice day and night, while he has had his mother by his side since childhood? I’ve done so much for the Sun and Moon Spirit Platform, isn’t that enough? It’s just one mistake that caused someone to die, why should my own family turn against me with swords!”

“Shut up!” Gu Shou’an shouted sternly, “Rebellious son, you still don’t know how to repent!”

“I don’t repent!” Gu Zhanyun’s eyes were bloodshot, “Why should I repent? If it weren’t for our Immortal Clan guarding the world, those evil spirits would harm countless lives. I just made a small mistake, how is it that I’m so sinful, so unforgivable? My merits outweigh my demerits, you shouldn’t punish me in the first place!”

Listening to these words, Xie Yiling couldn’t help but doubt his own memory. He whispered to Nangong Ci for confirmation, “Master, I remember that the Eldest Young Master Gu was a… dissolute and unrestrained person, how come what he’s saying sounds like it’s not the case?”

“You didn’t misremember.” Nangong Ci replied, “Although I don’t know the Sun and Moon Spirit Platform in depth, I’ve heard about it. Most of the affairs of the Immortal Clan are handled by the Second Young Master Gu. Later, the Third Young Master Gu’s magic improved a lot, and he also began to assist in handling them. As for Gu Zhanyun, he should have indeed done one or two things in the past, and has been talking about it ever since.”

Xie Yiling was a little surprised, “To be so brazen, I admire him.”

“Gu Zhanyun,” Gu Ziyan unceremoniously exposed him, disregarding brotherly affection, “Stop trying to make yourself look good! Do you think those common people outside respect you and call you Eldest Young Master Gu for what reason? That’s all the reputation accumulated by the Sun and Moon Spirit Platform over thousands of years, but now it’s going to be ruined in your hands!”

“Hahahaha hahahaha—” Gu Zhanyun laughed heartily, then spat at him fiercely, “What is Gu Ziyan? You also deserve to question me?!”

Gu Shou’an felt a breath stuck in his chest, neither up nor down, “Someone,” he pointed at Gu Zhanyun, who was once mischievous but had not lost his good nature, but now had gone astray, obstinately clinging to evil, and ordered, “Take down this evil spawn, Gu Zhanyun!”

Gu Huanzhi and Gu Ziyan almost simultaneously made their moves, drawing their swords and rushing up.

Gu Zhanyun retreated and flew out of the hall, and the disciples who had been waiting outside immediately surrounded him. Gu Zhanyun, who was originally thought to be easily subdued, suddenly had a surge of baleful aura, sending a circle of disciples flying several meters away.

Xie Yiling and Nangong Ci exchanged a look, tacitly flying out to assist. Azurefall pierced through with a single strike, and Gu Zhanyun, unable to dodge in time, had his left arm pierced through. The blade scraped against his bone, a sharp painComing, and cold sweat streamed down.

“Master,” Xie Yiling said, “Should we use a spirit incantation to ask who taught him the ghost arts?”

“Good.” Nangong Ci withdrew Azurefall, suddenly conjuring a spirit talisman, which flew into Gu Zhanyun’s mouth.

Gu Zhanyun couldn’t resist, and at the moment of swallowing the spirit talisman, he grabbed his own neck with both hands, trying to spit out the talisman. He exhaled with difficulty, unwilling to yield.

“Gu Zhanyun, even now, are you still trying to hide the person behind you?” Nangong Ci asked coldly.

“It’s… Wen, Wen…” Under the effect of the spirit talisman, even though Gu Zhanyun bit his teeth tightly, he still managed to say a few words against the “creak creak” of grinding teeth.

Suddenly, a gust of yin wind came from thousands of miles away. When the wind came, there were scarlet flying flowersFloating, carrying a faint, strange fragrance.

Gu Zhanyun’s waist was entangled with a scarlet long silk, and the other end of the red silk exerted force, dragging his whole person away, and the spirit incantation also became ineffective.

The words were interrupted, but without saying it explicitly, Xie Yiling and the others already knew who it was.

Gu Huanzhi was quick-witted, Frost Guest pierced the red silk, but was repelled the moment it touched it.

“It’s Hua Jieyu!” He recognized the red silk.

Xie Yiling summoned a chain of talismans, also wanting to wrap it around Gu Zhanyun’s waist. “Clang,” a clear sound, the talisman chain collided with a Rain Blossom dart that appeared halfway.

Xie Yiling tilted his head, and the dart brushed past his ear, “How dangerous.” He touched his intact ear, saying with lingering fear.

At this time, a strong spiritual force came from behind.

Gu Shou’an was moving his spiritual energy with both hands, and the spiritual energy gathered greatly in his palms, rushing towards the end of the red silk.

“Master,” Xie Yiling said, “We can’t let themCadas Gu Zhanyun!”

Nangong Ci understood, and taking advantage of the moment when Gu Shou’an’s strong spiritual force struck, he also went up with his sword. Xie Yiling followed the red silk, but saw that the red silk was extremely long, and he couldn’t see Hua Jieyu’s figure in the distance.

“No one?” he asked doubtfully.

Gu Zhanyun’s feet left the ground, entangled by the red silk,Floating away like the wind. A white figure chased after the wind, Nangong Ci waved his sword, Azurefall chased the red silk, blocking in front of Gu Zhanyun.

Gu Shou’an also chased up, enduring the pain and striking Gu Zhanyun with a palm.

This palm completely shattered the last bit of father-son affection between the two.

Gu Zhanyun heavilySquirt out a mouthful of blood, and laughed loudly, “Even a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs, Gu Shou’an, what a cruel heart you have!”

The two forces of immortal and demon in his body were gradually unable to suppress, if they were allowed to expand, he would probably explode and die soon.

Another red silk flew over,Entangled Azurefall. Nangong Ci withdrew his sword, lightly stepping on the red silk with his flying body.

The red silkSwitch and release, made people dazzled.

Gu Shou’an used all his ruthlessness when he struck that palm, he raised his hand, but he couldn’t strike the second palm no matter what.

A look of triumph flashed across Gu Zhanyun’s eyes, thinking that he had escaped a disaster, but before the corner of his mouth could rise, a sharp sword, as fast as lightning, pierced through his left chest.

The strength of his whole body disappeared at this moment, and Gu Zhanyun’s head therefore drooped down, seeing the familiar sword inserted in the blood and flesh, and his ears could not hear a single sound in an instant.

Gu Huanzhi caught up with a cold face, “Frost Guest!” He raised his hand and recalled his spirit sword.

Gu Shou’an and Gu Ziyan were both stunned in place at the same time.

The disciples of the Sun and Moon Spirit Platform all lowered their heads, shocked and terrified in their hearts, not daring to look at the corpse on the ground. The Third Young Master Gu, he, he actually killed his own elder brother!

If such an inhuman thing were to spread out, who knows what kind ofSurprise waves it would cause in the world.

Seeming to realize that Gu Zhanyun had lost his breath, the red silk, which was unknown how manyten feet long, also loosened its strength, and soon returned to its master’s side, and throughout the whole process, Hua Jieyu did not show her face.

Without restraint and support, Gu Zhanyun’s body collapsed softly, kneeling on the ground, slowly spilling a pool of blood.

Xie Yiling stepped forward and took two glances, then turned to shake his head at Nangong Ci.

Before Gu Shou’an could speak, he heard Gu Ziyan call two disciples to lift Gu Zhanyun’s corpse together, intending to send it to the Spirit Gloom Platform for processing.

Gu Huanzhi held the sword, the sword body turned, the hilt facing forward, the veins on the back of his hand bulged. He walked over and said in a deep voice, “This child acted rashly, I hope Father won’t blame me.”

Gu Shou’an silently waved his hand before asking, “The red silk just now, is it the mastermind of Peace Town that you mentioned earlier?”

Gu Huanzhi nodded, “Yes.”

“Good.” Gu Shou’an’s neck tilted slightly, seeming to want to look back, but he held back halfway.

Seeing that the matter had come to a temporary end with Gu Zhanyun’s death, Nangong Ci spoke, “Sect Leader Gu is fair in public and private, don’t be too sad.”

Gu Shou’an’s expression was wooden, hePull it hard the corner of his mouth, wanting to show a proper smile, but he didn’t succeed. The sect leader, who had always regarded himself as majestic, rarely showed some embarrassment in front of his juniors.

After the disciples followed Gu Shou’an away, the sword in Gu Huanzhi’s hand finally couldn’t hold it steady and fell to the ground. His hands, which were drooping on both sides of his body, trembled like a sieve, and his face was pale.

A hole seemed to be broken in his chest, and the cold wind of early winter kept pouring in. Soon, his blood and body cooled down.

To personally slay a brother, what sorrow!

Others couldn’t feel this kind of thing for him, and although Xie Yiling could understand Gu Huanzhi’s grief, there were more important things waiting for them to solve.

The “Wen” that Gu Zhanyun revealed under the spirit incantation could only refer to Wen Liangchen.

Daochun Mountain, the Bai siblings, Gu Zhanyun, Wen Liangchen, painting scrolls, magic circles… Without thinking, the purpose of Wen Liangchen’s actions must still be to practice the rebirth technique.

But to seek the rebirth technique, why did they have to use the Bai siblings?

Judging from Xie Yiling’s interactions with Wen Liangchen during this period, their plan should only be one step away from the end, and they would no longer waste time on finding accomplices.

Xie Yiling narrowed his eyes, unless, the Bai siblings had something they wanted.

“Gu-shidi,” Seeing that Gu Huanzhi had gradually calmed down his emotions in silence, Xie Yiling then opened his mouth and said, “Eldest Young Master Gu wasBewitching by Wen Liangchen and the others, cultivating ghost arts and entering the demonic path, and the two forces of immortal and demon could not be restrained, so he went crazy.”

Gu Huanzhi turned his wrist, and the Frost Guest on the ground returned to his hand, “I know.” His voice couldn’t be heard with any emotion, and his expression was a little indifferent, “Xie-shixiong, are we going to find Wen Liangchen or Bai Zhe now?”

Xie Yiling was slightly surprised, could it be that he was showing it too obviously? Gu Huanzhi actually saw through his thoughts.

“Find Bai Zhe first, but they may be in one place now.” Xie Yiling said, “We have to figure out what Wen Liangchen’s purpose is for setting up a formation to imprison Bai Cheng. And Bai Zhe, he clearly knew about it, but he helped the evildoers, is there some unspeakable secret, or is there something to gain.”