Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

Late at night, in the prison of the ancient clan’s main city.

Gu Qinghan sat in the corner of the cell, his eyes slightly closed, with lingering doubts in his mind.

The punishment Gu Nanhai imposed on himself today was too strange. Even if Gu Nanhai knew that he had deliberately concealed something, he should not have let himself be imprisoned directly.

Moreover, Gu Qinghan had heard not long ago that not long after he was imprisoned, Gu Nanhai issued an order to execute him on a chosen day. This clearly showed that there was something wrong.

Putting aside whether the faults he committed were serious enough to warrant execution, his father Gulin was also an elder. Even if he had really committed a serious offense worthy of the death penalty, there was no reason to sentence him so easily.

Just as Gu Qinghan was thinking, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he slowly opened his eyes. Through the dim light, he saw two figures suddenly appear outside the cell, waving at him quietly. They were Gu Zhen and Gu Yao.

"Sister Qinghan, we are here to save you."

Gu Qinghan was not surprised by the arrival of these two people. She knew the personalities of her two younger brothers. They would not stand by and watch her being beheaded by the clan. They were not strong enough to rob the execution ground, and the only thing they could do was to break into the prison in the middle of the night.

"I've never been here before, but I didn't expect this prison to be so solid."

Gu Zhen pulled at the cell door, but found that he couldn't open it with his strength. When he was about to raise his hand to blow the cell door open with brute force, Gu Yao at the side hurriedly stopped him.

"Hey hey hey! We're robbing a prison! Do you want to wake everyone up?"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Gu Zhen's eyes widened, and at this moment Gu Zhen and Gu Yao both had an idea and turned to the aisle at the side. At the end, a Black Annihilation Army soldier in charge of supervising the exam stared at the two sneaky people with wide eyes, and the scene froze in an instant.

Knock him out! Otherwise it will be bad if others find out!

Gu Zhen and Gu Yao looked at each other and were about to take action when the Black Yan Army soldier also made a move. He reached for the key at his waist and threw it directly at their feet in front of their stunned gazes. Then he put his hand on their neck and chopped it off cleanly.

Snapped!
Accompanied by a dull sound, the Black Annihilation Army soldier was knocked unconscious by his own attack, and fell limply to the ground unconscious. Gu Zhen and Gu Yao were stunned for a long time before they reacted. They quickly picked up the key from the ground, opened the prison door, and rushed in to urge Gu Qinghan.

"Sister Qinghan, hurry up and leave. What are you still standing there for?"

"No, I still don't understand what the order from Elder Nanhai means."

Gu Qinghan said this with a frown, and Gu Zhen quickly grabbed her arm.

"Why do you care what he means? Let's run first. Breaking a prison is already the limit for us brothers. Don't expect us to be able to rob an execution ground."

"Sister Qinghan, no matter why Elder Nanhai issued this order, let's go out and discuss it later."

Gu Yao also urged them. Gu Qinghan frowned and was silent for a while. Then he nodded and followed the two of them out of the prison quickly.

After leaving the prison, the three men rushed around the main city under the cover of night. Shortly after they left, the alarm bell on the top floor of the prison was rung, and all the Black Annihilation Army on duty immediately received a message.

Someone escaped from prison!
"Damn! What a quick reaction!"

"Go this way!"

Gu Zhen cursed while Gu Yao quickly led the two of them and turned around to run towards another path. Gu Qinghan had a frown on his face the whole time, thinking secretly.

As the alarm sounded, the Black Annihilation Army in the main city began a carpet search collectively. Gu Qinghan and his two companions naturally had no way of killing their fellow tribesmen while escaping, so they could only knock out all the Black Annihilation Army they encountered. Even with Gu Qinghan's actions, a lot of time was wasted, and this was when the Black Annihilation Army was quite cooperative.

Then Gu Qinghan noticed the direction the ancient monster was heading and raised his eyebrows to ask.

"Are we going to the ancient world gate? Shouldn't there be someone guarding it in the first place?"

The gate to the ancient world. Unless one is a strong man above the level of a five-star Dou Sheng, anyone who wants to leave the ancient world must pass through this gate. Therefore, if a prisoner escapes from the prison, the gate to the ancient world will definitely be the first place to be heavily guarded.

"Don't worry, we have already found some good people in advance. Now those guarding the gate of the ancient world are all our subordinates."

Gu Yao responded immediately, and then suddenly his eyes widened, he stopped abruptly, and lowered his head in shock. Gu Zhen and Gu Qinghan who were following behind him also had their pupils suddenly shrink.

This is the corpse of a Black Annihilation Army soldier.

There are others!
The expressions of the three men changed drastically. Although they were determined to help Gu Qinghan escape, they circled around a few times and attacked the Black Annihilation Army they met, but they would never kill them.

"The blood hasn't dried yet. He must have been dead for less than three minutes."

The ancient demon squatted down solemnly to take a look, and his expression became particularly ugly.

It's terrible. It was inexplicable that Gu Qinghan was suddenly sentenced to death. Before they could clear themselves of the charges, another member of the Black Annihilation Army died during their prison break. They have to bear the blame for this.

Could it be that someone is deliberately framing them?

Thinking of this possibility, the figure of Gu Nanhai immediately appeared in Gu Yao's mind.

Gu Qinghan was suddenly thrown into prison, and then suddenly an order was issued to behead him on a chosen day. All these orders were issued in the name of Gu Nanhai.

But.why?
"Help!!!!!"

At this moment, a shrill scream suddenly came from the courtyard not far away, which made the three people look terrified. Gu Yao and Gu Zhen's faces also changed.

Although no one knows what happened, it is foreseeable that a large number of Black Annihilation Army will gather here.

"Sister Qinghan, let's change direction!"

Gu Yao said this and turned around to leave, but Gu Qinghan grabbed her arm and looked at her in surprise.

"Sister Qinghan?"

“Don’t forget who you are.”

Gu Qinghan scolded coldly, and then rushed towards the place where the scream came from without hesitation.

It is true that she is escaping from prison now, but it does not mean that Gu Qinghan can abandon his responsibilities. The purpose of establishing the Black Annihilation Army is to protect the civilians of the Gu Clan. If even this is abandoned, then Gu Qinghan is unworthy of being the Grand Commander!

Gu Zhen and Gu Yao were stunned for a moment, then gritted their teeth and hurriedly followed.

But in just a few blinks of an eye, the three of them arrived at the courtyard. What they saw was the tragic scene of a family of three lying in a pool of blood, which made Gu Qinghan's eyes turn bloodshot.

"over there!"

The ancient demon suddenly spoke, and Gu Qinghan saw out of the corner of his eye a dark shadow disappearing into the distance.

Got you!

Before Gu Yao and Gu Zhen could make any move, Gu Qinghan disappeared from the spot in an instant, and appeared outside the yard. He grabbed the black shadow's head and slammed it into the ground without any mercy.

The next moment, Gu Qinghan frowned and his eyes turned cold. Is this guy from the Black Annihilation Army?
Gu Zhen and Gu Yao ran out of the courtyard at this time, and saw several dark shadows around rushing towards Gu Qinghan, which made them look shocked.

"Sister Qinghan, be careful!"

puff!

Almost at the moment when the two of them finished speaking, several silver-white sword lights appeared around Gu Qinghan, and the sheathed long sword appeared in her hand at some point, and all the black shadows that pounced on her were beheaded. The headless bodies fell heavily to the ground, completely losing their sound.

So fast! As expected of Sister Qinghan!
Gu Zhen and Gu Yao looked shocked, but quickly recovered and hurried to Gu Qinghan. Gu Qinghan slowly stood up and asked them in a deep voice.

"Do you know these people?"

When the two heard Gu Qinghan's question, they came up to look at their faces, and they all had ugly expressions.

“Is this Gu Ming, one of my men?”

"That's Gu Qingshan from the Second Unit!"

Without exception, all those whose heads were chopped off by Gu Qinghan were from the Black Annihilation Army!
"Sister Qinghan! This..."

Gu Yao's face looked extremely ugly. He just wanted to save Gu Qinghan, but he didn't want to kill his own people.

At this time Gu Qinghan turned his head and looked at him, and said in a deep voice.

"They just showed their murderous intentions towards me."

"But even so. Hmm? Killing intention?"

The ancient demon's expression froze, and he immediately discovered the problem.

Putting aside what the common people of the Gu clan think about Gu Nanhai's sentence on Gu Qinghan, absolutely no one in the Black Annihilation Army from top to bottom agrees with it. Even if they would not risk a prison break, they would definitely turn a blind eye if they really encountered it, just like the Black Annihilation Army soldier who took out the key and knocked himself out in the prison.

"Besides, there's something wrong with these guys' souls."

Although Gu Qinghan had not practiced soul cultivation much, he had stayed with Xiao Yan for three years after all, and had learned some methods of soul detection through what he saw and heard. In addition, he had now broken through to the Douluo Saint level, and had become more sensitive to the soul.

Gu Qinghan was very sure that those people she killed were no longer their original souls.

There is a traitor.

Gu Qinghan's eyes turned cold as he came to this conclusion. He squatted down and released his fighting spirit on these people to search for things on them.

These guys had been hiding very well before, but they showed up today when they escaped from prison. There must be a reason.

What would the prison escape cause within the ancient clan? The answer soon became clear.

chaos.

They want to take advantage of this unrest to achieve their goals. Think about it, it is impossible that they just want to kill a few insignificant civilians. The stronger ones are powerless because of their strength.

In that case, he must want to take something away.

With this idea in mind, Gu Qinghan searched for a while and sure enough, he found a broken piece of ancient jade from the arms of one of the people. The jade emitted a strange luster, and under the moonlight, the strange patterns on the surface of the jade seemed to be breathing, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

(Sure enough, this is what they are aiming for.)

Gu Qinghan's face was extremely cold, while Gu Zhen and Gu Yao were both at a loss when they looked at the ancient jade in Gu Qinghan's hand.

"Sister Qinghan, what is this?"

"The Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade has been stored in the ancestral temple since ancient times. I have only seen it once when Lord Gu Lie took me to see it when I first took office as the Grand Commander." Gu Qinghan looked at the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade and said lightly, "Legend has it that this ancient jade contains the legacy of the last Dou Emperor Tuoshe Ancient Emperor."

"Tathagata Gudi?!"

Gu Zhen and Gu Yao were shocked for a moment. They just wanted to rob a prison, but how did they manage to rob Tuoshe Gudi? !

"It seems that these guys took advantage of the chaos just for this thing. As for the Black Annihilation Army soldier and the family who died earlier, they might have just happened to run into them and were killed."

There was anger in Gu Qinghan's eyes as he put away the Tushe Ancient Emperor Jade.

The same thing, if stolen once, can be stolen a second time. Now that it has been confirmed that there is a traitor in the family, this jade cannot be easily returned.

Come to think of it, why did they do it just when she was escaping from prison?
Gu Qinghan didn't quite believe that this was an accidental encounter, and most likely it was premeditated.

"No. That's not the problem."

Gu Qinghan suddenly realized something.

The prison's alarm bell rang too quickly. Even if the Black Annihilation Army guarding the prison found out that he was gone, they would not sound the alarm so quickly out of the awareness of helping themselves.

It was obvious that the Tushe Ancient Emperor Jade was stolen by these people when the alarm bell sounded just now and the entire Black Annihilation Army was searching for them.

In this case, then it was Gu Nanhai? After all, it was he who issued the order to execute him on a chosen day, and that was why Gu Zhen and Gu Yao came to break out of the prison, so it was logical to say that he was the mastermind behind the scenes.

But isn't this... a little too obvious?

Gu Qinghan had a strange look on his face. If he had had the chance to discuss with the other elders afterwards, he would have exposed him immediately. You have to know that Gu Nanhai has been in the position of elder for hundreds of years, and has more experience as an elder than his father Gu Lin. Would he make a plan that is so easily suspected?
"Hurry! The scream just now came from here!"

Just at this moment, loud shouts were suddenly heard all around. Gu Qinghan immediately put his thoughts aside and spoke coldly to Gu Yao and Gu Zhen.

"Let's go first, go to the ancient world gate immediately, we have to leave here!"

If Gu Qinghan had been hesitant about whether to leave before, now he realized that he had to leave.

As for these traitors in the ancient clan, we can only find out later.

"Ok!"

Gu Zhen and Gu Yao nodded, and were about to follow Gu Qinghan to escape when a cold and extremely intimidating voice suddenly rang out, making the blood of the three of them seem to be frozen, and they trembled all over.

"Where do you want to go?"

The three of them turned around suddenly and saw a majestic figure standing in the air under the moonlight, looking down at them coldly with terrifying eyes.

The Dark Lord, Guile! (End of this chapter)