Opened a martial arts school, and his eldest disciple Batman

Chapter 89: Eternal Life
Du Mu didn't expect that the Luo Sect leader would be so respectful.

His behavior this time seemed extremely eccentric, arrogant and overbearing to outsiders. In fact, Du Mu felt that there was no need to talk about superficial skills with the Luo Sect that worshipped the You Clan.

Although the Luo Cult may not engage in such practices as cutting living things into pieces that would exterminate the entire family like the Beggars' Sect, they also worship the incense master, so it is hard to say whether they are much better.

In addition, they are colluding with the Red Barbarians, who are currently acting strangely in every way, which naturally makes them seem even less like good people.

The only two kinds of strangeness that Du Mu knew about were not only related to Luo Sect, but also very closely related, which made it difficult for him to welcome Luo Sect with a smile.

Just like the psychological profile in Batman's information, Du Mu is not the type who divides people into good and evil, but the type who divides people into friends and enemies.

That was why Du Mu was not polite to the people from Luo Sect and his questions were simple and direct.

The Luo Cult's high-ranking officials dared not reveal anything without the leader's order, and the conflict continued to intensify under Du Mu's questioning.

As for those martial artists who just came to attend the banquet, Du Mu did not make it difficult for them except to ask those who took action to temporarily seal their true energy.

Seeing that the Luo Sect leader had no intention of hiding anything, Du Mu no longer needed to press on.

"This is not the place to talk. Please come in, Master Du."

As Luo Qiuyi spoke, she raised her hand towards the inner courtyard and led the way in.

The martial artists in the hall immediately showed disappointed expressions.

Today's incident was both abrupt and strange. The sword immortal who came from the sky questioned the Luo Sect about the things it had concealed. What Shura, what catastrophe, it was obvious that something big was going to happen.

However, they were all famous masters in the martial arts world in the past, but today they are just passers-by and spectators here. The frustration and depression in their hearts are beyond words.

If ordinary people talked about those things, this group of people would not even give them a glance. If fellow martial artists talked about these things, at most they would just smile and deal with it, thinking that the other party was hysterical.

But today, the strength of this sword-controlling man was truly on his shoulders, and he had no power to fight back. He was even like a confused layman, completely unable to understand the other party's skills.

The credibility of the other party's words immediately plummeted to the sky, making it impossible to hear what was said afterwards. One felt as if one was being scratched by a hundred claws in the heart.

Du Mu ignored the martial arts people present and followed Luo Qiuyi directly into the inner courtyard.

Shen Zhongxing stood in the front hall, looking at Du Mu's back, feeling lost.

The last time we met, I thought I had made a friend of the same generation who was quite to my liking, just like the storyteller's script.

When I saw him today, I couldn't even see his back.

At this moment, Shen Zhongxing felt someone approaching him. He turned around and saluted, "Senior Taishan Sect Leader, Senior Hengshan Sect Leader, Senior Songshan Sect Leader..."

The leaders waved their hands quickly, "No, no, little friend Shen... well, may I ask what the origins of Du Qian... Du Tianshi are?"

Except for the Taishan Sect Leader who spit out a mouthful of blood, the other Sect Leaders were not injured. Even the Taishan Sect Leader, who had recovered his breath, was no longer in danger.

But mainly after Du Mu left, the true energy in his dantian was still a little out of control, and he was a little anxious, so he came to find Shen Zhongxing.

I almost called out Senior Du just now, but fortunately, I didn't lose all my energy, and I still had some rationality, so I cared a little about my decency.

Hearing this, Shen Zhongxing smiled helplessly and said, "Junior... I don't know how many there are."

"It's okay, it's okay, you can tell us as much as you have."

As he was speaking, Shen Zhongxing suddenly realized that, except for Master Luo, everyone present was looking at him.

He, a young martial artist who was supposed to be a foil, suddenly became the focus of attention.

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"The blood of Shura is not from this world."

After inviting Du Mu to take a seat and ordering the servants to serve tea, Luo Qiuyi went straight to the point.

Du Mu nodded, he had already guessed this.

Seeing that Du Mu was not surprised at all, Luo Qiuyi was a little surprised.

After all, the concept of "this world" should be a little difficult to understand for ordinary people.

Du Mu took out the skull from his lower back and placed it directly on the table.

A look of doubt flashed across Luo Qiuyi's eyes.

She naturally noticed the skull from the beginning, but this skull looked round and smooth, without any bloody smell, and even emitted a faint glow.

To others, the first reaction was that the owner had strange tastes and carved it from white jade, but no one would have thought that it was a real person's skull.

"The one inside is the incense master of the Beggars' Sect. She has already told me some basic things."

Du Mu said casually.

"Bang--"

There was a sound of something falling outside the door, and Du Mu could feel that it was the two Luo sect disciples guarding the door who did not hold their weapons firmly.

Luo Qiuyi was also a little out of control, with her hair on the back of her head slightly puffed up, but it wasn't obvious when viewed from the front.

She stared at the skull in horror, and for a moment she even stuttered: "Beggar... the incense master of the Beggars' Sect? Didn't you give her to..."

Du Mu was a little confused this time.

He asked, "Just now, your Luo Sect's high-ranking officials, after chanting their Divine Lord Luo Zu, immediately gained the ability to directly attack souls. They should not be afraid of this little incense master, right? I don't think she has the strength to fight you at all."

Luo Qiuyi swallowed her saliva, her face showing bitterness: "I'm sorry, Master Du, I still...I still ask Elder Luo Zu to talk to you in person. There are some things that I shouldn't talk about in my capacity, and I don't know too much about them."

But it's okay.

The top leaders of the Luo Sect can't say it, and neither can the Sect Leader. Is it necessary to keep it so secretive?
Du Mu frowned slightly, already a little impatient.

But considering that their Luo Zu should be the top figure in the entire structure, or You, he probably knows the whole picture of the matter. He shouldn't play any riddles on himself this time, right?

I hope most of my doubts can be answered today.

Luo Qiuyi clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and muttered something.

Du Mu narrowed his eyes slightly. Was it a method similar to summoning gods to let Luo Zu possess him?
That shouldn't be the real body... so we can't capture this ghost like we did with the Xiangzhu.

Du Mu relaxed his body and was no longer ready to attack at any time. He was ready to meet the so-called Luo Zu and have a good chat.

After a while, a cool feeling spread throughout the room.

Luo Qiuyi slowly opened her eyes, but Du Mu noticed that a translucent face appeared on the left side of her cheek.

This face is somewhat similar to Luo Qiuyi, with the same beautiful features and refined looks.

But the most obvious difference is in expression and temperament.

Luo Zu's eyes were distant and deep, as calm as an ancient well, giving off a sense of otherworldliness... Having said that, in Du Mu's opinion, they were a little wooden, like a puppet.

This is Luo Zu? Du Mu frowned slightly.

Because the other person's appearance was obviously different from the portrait in the invitation.

The person in the portrait looks more ordinary.

After Luo Zu appeared, he slowly opened his eyes. He did not look directly at Du Mu, but looked at the skull on the table first.

Luo Qiuyi, who was next to Luo Zu, had closed her eyes at this time, but raised her hand and accurately picked up the skull that sealed the incense master.

"Poor little thing...Finally he was caught and doesn't have to run around anymore."

The shadow of Luo Zu's half profile looked at the Xiangzhu who was curled up in the skull, and spoke lightly.

Luo Qiuyi seemed to be in a deep sleep, with only the sound of her even breathing and no other movement.

Du Mu shook his head and said, "I don't see how she can be pitiful. If she can be pitiful, then what are the innocent people she devoured?"

Luo Zu looked at Du Mu calmly and said, "What you said is the same thing as what I said. What I pity is all the souls that were devoured by her, including the original You."

When Du Mu heard this, his expression changed slightly, and he understood what Luo Zu meant.

Luo Zu looked at Du Mu and said, "We ghosts don't have the stomachs of mortals. The souls we devour will not be digested like food, but will be fused together in a limited way and then slowly ground together by time."

Sure enough.

Du Mu was still bound by the cognitive inertia of watching fantasy works. When he saw You, he directly accepted the other party's unusual and strange behavior as the so-called "setting". However, he forgot to analyze the other party with actual cognition. After all, from a biological perspective, You really has no digestive organs.

"What about you? How many souls have you 'fused'?" Du Mu asked.

Luo Zu slowly put the skull down and said softly, "I was guided by other ghosts during my lifetime and never took a detour. Therefore, from my initial growth to now, I have not devoured a single soul."

Du Mu was silent.

The other party is a soul, and he can't rely on heartbeat to judge whether what the other party said is true.

Because of the incense master, Du Mu had a preconceived notion and believed that all ghosts who wanted to increase their strength had to rely on devouring other people's souls.

After all, the reason why this incense master traveled through time was to go deep into the underground pool, wanting to find the souls of living fish to devour... It was really against the will of heaven.

"If that's the case..." Du Mu looked at the skull on the table and was a little speechless: "Could this incense master have an animal soul mixed in?"

Luo Zu lowered his eyes, looked carefully again, nodded and said, "Yes, there are quite a few, fish are the most numerous. It may be because there are only a few fish left in our world that are still thriving and reproducing."

"Like the incense master of the Beggars' Sect, who devoured so many souls that he confused himself and lost his mind, I'm afraid he can't even remember his own name."

"Even if she might still remember the most impressive scene in her life, it was constantly shaped by herself over a long period of time, and may be far from the original truth."

As Luo Zu spoke, he controlled Luo Qiuyi's hand and gently stroked the skull on the table.

"You are like a murderer, cannibal, lunatic or wild dog in your world. You cannot integrate into our normal order and can only survive in the dark corners."

"Once caught by the normal order, her only fate will be to die in the sun."

"But I don't know how she came to the human world."

The mystery of failure?

So the souls that have devoured other souls are called ghosts, and the pure souls that have not been devoured are called ghosts? This is also a simple and crude way of naming.

Du Mu savored the information revealed in Luo Zu's words and had a roughly updated understanding.

It turns out that the underworld is not a place that has completely lost order. A large number of ghosts that have not devoured other souls and still retain their sanity and memory have formed a new social order.

In this order, the spirit of failure that has devoured other souls is similar to the status of a murderer among humans and cannot integrate into the mainstream group.

"Then why don't you Luo Sect take action against the Beggars' Sect? I see that your Luo Sect's disciples have the ability to kill souls after simply worshipping you. The incense master of the Beggars' Sect should not be something to be afraid of."

Du Mu asked his doubts.

Luo Zu shook his head: "In the battle between us ghosts, ordinary weapons are useless. Apart from sunlight, only the strife and tearing of souls can cause damage."

"In this case, once a ghost kills the other party, it is actually equivalent to devouring the other party..."

“If the spirit masters hadn’t found a way to cultivate ghosts, which could make ghosts extremely powerful and powerful enough to imprison the captured spirits in the air where the sun shines, all the ghosts in hell might have turned into soul monsters mixed together.”

As she spoke, she looked at Du Mu and said calmly: "However, after coming to this world, Xiangzhu has obtained a body and will not die immediately in the sun. If I want to kill her, I can only rely on fighting."

"This is also the reason why the people in the Luo Cult used to be afraid of the Beggars' Sect. I restrained them. If they used my power to kill the other party, I would be forced to devour a part of the little guy's soul. If they don't use my power, they are no match for the Xiangzhu."

"It's really not worth it to just fight for temporary money and food."

No wonder.

No wonder the Luo Cult's top leaders looked down on the Beggars' Sect and never dared to take action against them.

But Du Mu still frowned and pointed out the loophole: "People will become ghosts after death, and your attack directly attacks the soul, so what is the use of your blessing?"

"Aren't you afraid that after the Luo Cult kills ordinary people, you will absorb their souls and become a soulless ghost?"

Luo Zu showed a faint smile, which was more like the smile that Du Mu had used modeling in his previous life, forcing the corners of his mouth to rise.

Perhaps it's because the soul has no muscles, and the expression the other person simulated was not accurate.

"Because humans still have bodies. Otherwise, what's the difference between living people and ghosts?"

"The pull of the body on its own soul far exceeds the adhesion of other ghosts to the soul."

"Even if it's the incense master of the Beggars' Sect, if we want to devour the soul, we need to kill the other party's body first. Let their soul become a new ghost under our influence, and then we can devour it."

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder everyone, including the Luo Sect leader and the guards outside the door, looked extremely panicked when they heard that the Beggar Gang’s incense master was here.

He could not use Luo Zu's power, and could only rely on his own body to face another enemy of the same type as Luo Zu. Naturally, the more he admired Luo Zu, the more frightened he was when facing Xiang Zhu.

From this it seems that although the other party controls the entire Luo Sect, he does not pay much attention to his subordinates.

This is easy to understand. After all, ghosts can easily live for thousands of years and regard living people as minors. To them, death is nothing more than growth.

and many more……

Du Mu frowned and looked at Luo Zu: "How long have you controlled Luo Jiao?"

Luo Zu replied, "Almost two hundred years."

Two hundred years? The Koro sect had clearly existed during the Ming Dynasty.

That's right, for ghosts, why bother to create a religion? If they have the real ability, they can just intercept and tamper with the original beliefs of other sects, which will naturally save time and effort.

However, Du Mu was not concerned about the issue of faith. He continued to ask: "What about those people from the Luo Sect who died around you over the years?"

"You said that under your influence, the souls of the dead will become new ghosts. What about the members of the Luo Cult who died two hundred years ago?"

This time, the house fell into an unspeakable silence.

Luo Zu looked at Du Mu and slowly smiled again. This time, his smile was much more sincere.

She whispered, "The sacrificial practice method created by the Spirit Master was not meant for mortals to sacrifice to ghosts... but for ghosts to sacrifice to ghosts."

"The sacrifices made to me by these mortals in the Luo Cult are but a drop in the bucket in the ocean of my power increase."

"Only after they 'mature' can they really help me."

"Don't forget, I'm just Luo Zu."

"And in Luo Sect, there are also incense masters."

Du Mu pressed his hand on the skull on the table, his eyes fixed on Luo Zufeng's calm appearance.

It turned out to be like this...

The so-called Luo religion is actually not important at all.

To Luo Zu...or to this ghost who calls himself Luo Zu, Luo Religion is nothing more than a cradle, a beehive, a petri dish, and a kindergarten.

What is really important are those who died during the development of Luojiao.

On the surface, the Luo Sect seems ordinary, relying only on the development of the canal transportation and occupying the entire Donghai Province. In fact, they are simply too lazy to run their business.

The territory is not important, the number of people is not important, the money and food are not important... the only thing that matters is the few people you can trust.

As time goes by, talented people emerge in every generation, but the Luo Sect always stands firm, never growing larger and never disappearing.

Du Mu felt the people in the front hall talking and asked again, "Why did you invite so many martial artists this time?"

Luo Zu shook his head: "I just value their talents... They are very talented, strong-willed and determined. After they grow up to be incense masters, they will be of great help to me."

She also looked directly into Du Mu's eyes without any avoidance, and obviously got to the point of this conversation.

Luo Zu looked at Du Mu seriously, and under her control, the leader Luo Qiuyi's hand stretched out towards Du Mu.

She sincerely invited him, "Join the Luo Sect. After you complete your 100-year lifespan, you will become a new Luo Sect leader."

"You are just a mortal, but you have the power to imprison other spiritless ghosts. This power is extremely precious to me."

"It would be such a pity if you simply died because your life span ran out. It's so pity that it almost breaks my heart."

"Come, join the Luo Cult, serve me, and enjoy eternal life."

(End of this chapter)