Chapter 114: Gushu
At night, in Liu Garden.

During the day, the group of local martial arts masters from Pinggu County who followed Gu Mo into Liu Garden, such as Yijian Pingnan, Duzhang Motian, Kuangfeng Luanquan, etc., did not leave and all stayed in Liu Garden.

Instead, they all quietly got up in the middle of the night and gathered in a small courtyard. None of them were laughing and joking like they were during the day. Instead, they all looked solemn and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Liu Zhengyun said in a deep voice: "How about it, have you thought about it? Do you want to do it?"

"At this point, we have to do it."

"Yeah, what's there to hesitate about? It's only tonight. If you miss tonight, there will be no chance again."

"But... well, forget it, let's take a gamble!"

"Then do it!"

"Have you brought your things?"

"Take it with you!"

There were five people in total, and they all expressed their opinions with gritted teeth. Immediately, several of them stood up and sneaked towards the yard where Gu Mo lived.

The group moved quickly and swiftly without alerting any maids in the mansion, including the guards in charge of patrolling, who also avoided them. After a while, they entered the courtyard where Gu Mo lived. Then, they looked at each other and used their lightness skills to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard.

however,
Just as they climbed over the wall and landed on the ground, their expressions froze because they saw Gu Chudong standing in the yard, looking at them with a smile.

Several people were shocked, and Liu Zhengyun hurriedly said: "Gu..."

Before Liu Zhengyun could say anything, Gu Chudong had already moved.

I saw her figure as fast as the wind and as quick as a ghost. She rushed forward in an instant. Her palm technique was exquisite. Every palm strike had a unique rhythm, like a rainbow piercing the sun, strong and powerful; like a breeze blowing through the willows, soft but with hidden strength. Under the moonlight, her palms were filled with blood-colored true energy, which was very strange.

Her palms, like nimble dragons, weaved freely between Liu Zhengyun and the others. Sometimes she feinted, drawing their full strength to resist, only to discover it was merely a decoy; sometimes she struck out with a whistling wind, carrying immense force. Her palms were unpredictable, their angles so tricky they were difficult to grasp, as if she had already read her opponent's every thought and movement.

Although Liu Zhengyun and his companions were famous, they were like candles in the wind at this moment. They had no power to fight back under Gu Chudong's palm. They could only frantically defend themselves, but they could not touch Gu Chudong at all.

In just a moment, Gu Chudong had already thrown out several palm strikes, each one precise. Liu Zhengyun and the others were like kites with broken strings, and were knocked away one by one, falling to the ground in a miserable state.

However, what made Gu Chudong a little surprised was that those people endured the heavy blows without making a sound. Even when they vomited blood, they did not even cry out in pain. They were truly iron-blooded men.

Immediately, Gu Chudong was about to launch a second round of attack, and he was also curious about how long these people could endure.

Liu Zhengyun and the others tumbled and scrambled backwards. When they reached the wall, they dropped to their knees, shouting in shock, "Miss Gu, Auntie, please stop... It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! We're not here to do anything bad!"

Gu Chudong suddenly stopped, her clothes still fluttering slightly in the wind, and there seemed to be an invisible layer of frost around her. Her palms remained in a raised state, and blood-colored true energy lingered on her palms, like burning cold flames, adding a bit of weirdness and mystery under this blood-colored moonlit night.

Her eyes were cold, like the moon hanging high in the sky in the cold night, without a trace of warmth. She quietly scanned the people who had fallen before her. Wherever her gaze fell, it seemed as if the air could freeze. She said, "You waited so late at night, sneaked in here, and you still say you have no ill intentions?"

Gu Chudong's voice still had some of the softness that is unique to little girls, but at this moment, it seemed to bring a kind of intimidating magic, an irresistible oppression, making Liu Zhengyun and others dare not look up at it, as if Gu Chudong at this moment was so impossible to look up to.

"Auntie," Wang Weiyang, the man known as the sole ruler of the skyscrapers, cried, "We are truly wronged. The reason we sneaked here to see Master Gu in the middle of the night is because we had no choice. If we had come openly, we would have lost our lives!"

Gu Chudong said coldly, "Don't try to deceive me. This is Pinggu County, your territory. How could your lives be in danger in your own home? You're acting so sneakily in your own home, and you still want to deceive me?"

"Really, little aunt," another man named Zhang Guangzong, nicknamed Yijian Pingnan, even lay on the ground. A forty-year-old man choked with tears and said, "Aunt, Miss, your brother is a grandmaster, and you are also unrivaled in martial arts. How can you understand the suffering of us little people? This Liu Garden seems to be Liu Zhengyun's home, but in fact, the people here, who knows how many are the spies of the Ten Evils, staring at us.

They are the sixth of the ten evil men that Gu Daxia is hunting down, the Hungry Ghost, and the seventh, the Hanged Ghost. They are masters of Gu magic and have poisoned us all. If they find any sign of disobedience in us, they can kill us at any time from a distance!"

Gu Chudong frowned slightly and was about to speak when she suddenly stopped because she heard Gu Mo's secret voice transmission. Then he said, "My brother asked me to take you in to see him!" "Thank you, Miss Gu."

"Thank you very much!"

Several people's eyes lit up, and they quickly got up, expressed their gratitude hurriedly, and then followed Gu Chudong into the house and into the hall.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw Gu Mo sitting on a chair. Several people were about to kneel down, but Gu Mo raised his hand and a stream of internal force came out, holding them up.

Then, Gu Mo made a quick move and pointed at each of them through the air. They all spat out a mouthful of blood, but they hurriedly thanked him because Gu Mo's pointing finger at each of them was not to attack them, but to heal their wounds. The spitting of blood was because the blood stasis in their bodies was discharged.

"I'm sorry, everyone. My sister is young and naughty. She didn't know how to control her strength when hitting you. I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Gu Mo said politely.

"No no."

"It was us who came here rashly, so it's normal for Lady Gu to take action."

"Miss Gu is innocent and has great martial arts skills. Like Master Gu, she is a rare talent!"

"..."

How could they dare to respond to Gu Mo's polite words? They just spit out a lot of flattering words.

Gu Mo waved his hands repeatedly and asked, "Just now I heard you guys talking about Gu magic, what's going on?"

Several people sat on the stools, all looking dejected.

Liu Zhengyun bowed and said, "Master Gu, to be honest, the reason we went to greet you outside the city today is not only because we admire you, but also because we were forced to stop you and buy time.

The people who forced us are none other than the two you are hunting now, the Starving Ghost and the Hanged Ghost. About a month ago, the Starving Ghost and the Hanged Ghost appeared in Pinggu County, kidnapping women everywhere. Many unmarried girls were kidnapped and disappeared. Although our martial arts skills are low, we have a heart of justice and naturally cannot tolerate those two people, so we organized ourselves to look for them, intending to eliminate the evil and defend the way of justice.

More than ten days ago, the starving ghost and the hanged ghost, perhaps because they knew that the Moon Worship Cult was defeated, began to get anxious and started kidnapping women more and more. As a result, they were exposed and we were able to track down their hiding place.

But, it's embarrassing to say that the five of us were supposed to be fighting demons and defending the Way, but instead, we were captured by those two. They were incredibly skilled in the art of poisoning, and they poisoned us all with a poisonous insect. Every two days, we have to seek an antidote, or else, the pain is unbearable, as if our intestines are ruptured, but we won't die. Thus, we are at their mercy."

Gu Chudong asked, "Force you to help kidnap an innocent woman?"

Liu Zhengyun shook his head and said, "No, they only asked for one thing, which was for us to use our influence in Pinggu County to help them cover up and prevent others from discovering their hiding place.

However, after thinking about it, we still feel guilty, but we don’t know how many people in Pinggu County are controlled by them. We dare not act rashly, because once he notices something unusual, he can control the insects from a distance and take our lives. Therefore, we have been thinking about how to deal with it.

Two days ago, the starving ghosts suddenly found us and told us that Gu Daxia was coming to Pinggu County to hunt them down. They gave us orders that we must find a way to delay Gu Daxia. It doesn't need to be too long, just one day today and one day tomorrow."

Gu Chudong suddenly realized, "So, you guys are going to block my brother at the city gate today to delay him so that we don't have time to track down those two villains."

Liu Zhengyun nodded and said, "Indeed, that starving ghost also gave us some calming incense." As he spoke, Liu Zhengyun took out a few yellow incense sticks and said, "This calming incense is colorless, odorless, and non-toxic. It's just that if you smell it for a long time, you can't help but want to sleep. That starving ghost is letting us use this incense to delay, and he promised that he would give us the antidote after tomorrow.

We all know in our hearts that the starving ghost and the hanged ghost must have practiced some evil magic or something to kidnap innocent girls. The reason they delayed for two days must be that it was a critical moment. Even though they were afraid of Hero Gu, they had to hold on for two more days and could not leave.

Although we are afraid of death, after much thought, we decided to tell this matter to Hero Gu. If we really let those two evil guys harm so many people and escape, we would feel guilty. That's why we came to find Hero Gu late at night.

The reason we came here secretly is because someone in my mansion is being controlled by those two evil men, acting as a secret agent. We are afraid that someone will tip us off. This would put our lives in danger, which is secondary. The main thing is that if those two evil men knew that the matter was exposed, they would definitely flee immediately.

After saying this, Liu Zhengyun bowed and said, "Master Gu, the hanged man and the starving man are currently at Mr. Ma's house, the eighth house in Anyuan Lane in the south of the city. There's a broken lion at the gate, and the dry well in the garden is a secret passage. They usually enter and exit through that secret passage when they kidnap people. I hope you don't blame Mr. Ma. His family was forced to cover for them."

(End of this chapter)

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