Yinshan Record

Chapter 356 Xuan Gui's Important Past Events
The Moon Serpent Shadow Seal was originally developed by the Black Emperor based on the Heavenly Magic Gate. It has many wonderful uses, but it is not widely circulated among the Black Emperor's lineage. It is because the Northern Black Emperor was afraid that his disciples might accidentally go astray after coming into contact with it, and went too far and directly entered the demonic sect.

Such methods of manipulating the five desires and tempting people are only separated from the demonic sect by a thin layer of paper. If one accidentally breaks through it, then there will be real trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that Young Master Su possessed a trace of the true meaning of the Future Star Tribulation Scripture, the Yin-Yang Dharma King would not have imparted this method to him.

Now, having received a comment from Young Master Su that he didn't seem like a proper person, the Yin-Yang Dharma King could only sneer inwardly.

It's precisely because you're not a respectable person that we're resorting to these seemingly unorthodox methods to teach you.

He wanted to say something more, but there was a clueless scholar next to him, so the Yin-Yang Dharma King kept quiet.

Since the fall of the ancient Heavenly Court, this was the first time in a long time that Su Che had encountered someone who could be called a "fellow disciple," even though he was still a nobody he had personally trained. Nevertheless, this greatly pleased the Yin-Yang Dharma King.

After all these years, I have finally taken a step forward.

"Hero, save me!"

Hyun-gyu was crying uncontrollably, and collapsed to the ground.

Su Che glanced at the Yin-Yang Dharma King beside him, quite curious about how the Yin-Yang Dharma King had met this scholar.

"what happened?"

"Since I'm an old man without a beautiful woman by my side, I thought I'd just take a walk. I saw this kid getting lost in the corridor, so I just scooped him out."

It really came easily.

Su Che guessed that the Yin-Yang Dharma King had already planned this out, otherwise he wouldn't have repeatedly stirred things up from below.

The purpose was to showcase more of his skills.

It's estimated that he's already scouted Sikong Tu's stronghold several times.

"Then let's talk."

Su Che glanced at Xuan Gui below and said, "Why would I save you? You're living a pretty comfortable life."

Xuan Gui looked at the rather handsome old man Gui Zhan Liu above, and tears streamed down his face.

These tears weren't because he had been having a hard time these past few days.

After all, Xuan Gui had been enjoying himself to the point of weakness these past few days, but he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of sorrow when he thought about how his family had fallen to such a state.

"Old Master Liu has probably realized it too: there isn't a single living person in this Flower Moon Pavilion; they're all man-eating demons..."

Xuan Gui looked at Su Che, who was crying and pleading, "Please, Master Liu, save me..."

"I can't see any ghosts at all," Su Che said, pointing behind him. "Is that beautiful woman lying on my bed a ghost?"

Su Che then pointed to the Yin-Yang Dharma King beside him: "Have you ever thought that maybe we are also demons?"

As if to make Su Che's words more persuasive, the Yin-Yang Dharma King reached out and took his own head off his shoulder, tossing it up and down.

"Alas……"

The scholar Xuan Gui nearly fainted as he watched the Yin-Yang Dharma King's head bobbing up and down; his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

"Alright, tell me, what's your name, and why are you here?"

It wasn't that Su Che was being paranoid; he had just roughly deduced the White Deer Cave plan, and now Su Che felt that anyone dressed like a scholar was not a good person.

Following Xuan Gui was nothing more than a chance encounter on the road; he would still be questioned if necessary.

Upon hearing Su Che's words, Xuan Gui immediately began to talk.

It turns out that Xuan Gui was also from Wenning County. Although his family was not exactly wealthy, they were well-off enough to support his education.

Life was going well until now. His father managed the household business, his mother took care of everyone, and he had a younger brother and sister. Everything was going well. But his misfortune was that Xuan Gui was a scholar.

For scholars in Daliang, there was no other future but the imperial examination system.

The term "科" refers to the imperial examinations, which involved passing exams at each level. "举" refers to recommendations, which required either personal connections or a family background.

The term "imperial examination" can be broken down into two words: becoming an official.

If Xuan Gui had been born in one of the dynasties of Su Che's previous life, perhaps there really would have been a day when a scholar like him could have succeeded in the imperial examinations.

Unfortunately, in the present state of the Great Liang, it's best not to think too much about it.

Everyone is competing based on their background and origin. If you come from a poor family, you can't change your fate through education; the only way is to join the army.

Therefore, even though Xuan Gui was very learned, after all these years of wandering, he had not achieved any official rank or fame.

Seeing those around him with connections and the willingness to spend money passing the imperial examinations one by one, he felt a surge of resentment.

That's bad enough, but worse is yet to come.

For no apparent reason, an epidemic suddenly broke out in the south of Cizhou. My elderly parents, my younger brother and sister went to drink Meng Po soup hand in hand.

While Hyun-gyu was crying his heart out, another disaster struck, leaving the family with no harvest.

With no hope for the future, the entire family wiped out, and then another natural disaster struck.

This made Xuan Gui feel like dying.

He only wanted to die quickly.

He was determined, but he was afraid of stomach pain from drinking poison, couldn't bring himself to cut himself with a knife, and hanging himself was relatively easy, but once he stepped onto that stool, he couldn't bear to kick it off.

He suddenly heard a rumor in the countryside that there was a place in a certain place where ghost prostitutes lived. They would have a few days of pleasure, even more so than the emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty, but they would die when they left.

Xuan Gui was overjoyed; wasn't this exactly what he had been waiting for?
So he tidied himself up and happily ran over. It took him quite a while to find this Flower Moon Pavilion, where he spent a few comfortable days.

But the further he went, the greater his despair became.

Beautiful women are alluring, but when the green lights and blue flames ignite in the middle of the night, recalling the day's pleasures, every detail is terrifying.

It's easy to give up your life, but there are ghosts after death. If you lose your life in the mortal world and become a ghost in the underworld, what kind of fate will you have left?
After much deliberation, Xuan Gui felt nothing but regret and only wanted to find a chance to escape.

But who knew that the ghosts in the Flower Moon Pavilion seemed to have anticipated his thoughts, and his attempts to revive him ended in failure time and time again.

As his time drew near, his heart was filled with even greater anguish.

As it happened, he ran into Su Che, and Xuan Gui felt like he had found a lifeline, desperately trying to find a way to survive.

Listening to Xuan Gui's words, Su Che thought to himself that he was indeed a ruthless person.

Su Che was well aware of how corrupt the imperial examination system in the Great Liang Dynasty was, but the fact that Xuan Gui could come up with such a hardcore method as "dying from prostitution" really made Su Che think that this kid was quite a character.

"So you want me to take you away?"

Su Che looked at Xuan Gui: "What benefits can you offer me? Why would I save you?"

Xuan Gui knelt on the ground, looking at the Ghost Slash above, and thought to himself that encountering such a powerful person was better than encountering a great hero.

Strong people only care about the benefits, while a true hero might despise their character and send them straight to their death.

"I have an important matter to report to Master Liu."

(End of this chapter)