Chapter 644: Chapter 176 Legendary: What? I Hit Zhu Wu? (Request for Monthly Votes)
Once there were Three Heroes fighting against Lu Bu, now there are five demons excluding Xu Shu!
However, despite their ambition to overturn their disadvantage and the courage to wield their blades against stronger foes, they ultimately lacked strength and were defeated by the Great Demon King, Xu Shu.
Not only did they fail to achieve their feat of overthrowing their superior, but they also became fodder for his further ascent.
A regrettable defeat!
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"Rubbish, what regrettable defeat? Wasn’t this simply a one-sided crushing on my part?"
Xu Shu turned off the Tai Chu Scroll, his expression displeased.
He bent down to pick up five erosion crystals from the ground and pocketed them.
Including the small turtle’s 14-rank crystal, he had collected six today—two green and four white.
However, being first-order crystals, they no longer offered any improvement for Xu Shu at his current level.
He planned to sell them—these six mediocre-quality crystals could roughly fetch 300,000, which could barely be exchanged for one-second-order crystal, perhaps with a little left over—300,000 converted into about 25 contribution points, roughly enough to get a sixth-rank second-order crystal.
What puzzled Xu Shu was the sudden appearance of six monsters here; he wasn’t sure whether it was coincidental or if some treasure was hidden nearby.
Having already scoured the area several times previously and seeing nothing, and with no further appearance of monsters, he could only let it go.
Nevertheless, Xu Shu guessed that perhaps due to his report, the Supervision Bureau had recently sent people to scour the Wastelands for cult organizations; perhaps these guys had secretly moved their activities to places near the safe zones. It was a possibility.
As long as a ritual to summon the Evil God was conducted on the Wastelands, it would easily attract monsters from within a ten-plus kilometers radius, a fact known to Xu Shu; thus, he made such a guess.
But guesses were futile when one couldn’t pinpoint their location. Perhaps they had failed, or maybe they had successfully summoned some Evil God’s minion, who, after devouring the sacrificial participants, had escaped—who knew?
Xu Shu set the matter aside for now and picked up the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin, who had passed his "trust test," rubbing it as he asked, "Hey, can you hear me?"
Narrow Sleeve Guanyin remained silent.
Several Yang Gods and Yin Gods also made no sound.
Xu Shu knew that this small jade Buddha, housing several Evil Spirits with the Primordial Spirit as their leader, wouldn’t allow the others to speak out unless she permitted it.
After waiting a moment, Xu Shu pinched the cherub-like big head on the statuette’s pinky-sized hand and urged, "Come on, stop playing dead."
...
Narrow Sleeve Guanyin closed her eyes, and then five pairs of eyes sprouted over her eyelids.
"Ah, husband!", "My lord~", "Master~", "Zzz~~"
Suddenly, the Evil Spirits greeted Xu Shu.
Interestingly enough, Xu Shu noticed that the Tai Chu Scroll had just made an apt remark about "polygamy."
Among these spirits, excluding Yang God·Corpse Dog, whose true form was unknown, the other four had had relationships with him.
...Or rather, had participated in some brief illicit relationships.
Or was it something else?
Had they engaged in superficial and deep exchanges?
Xu Shu gave up thinking and cleared his throat, addressing Narrow Sleeve Guanyin, "Hei Shan and Qiansui stay; the rest can disconnect."
...
It seemed as if Narrow Sleeve Guanyin glanced at Xu Shu—or perhaps not.
It didn’t matter; what mattered was she understood.
Three pairs of eyes disappeared, leaving only two, both with distinct pupils.
One pair laced with black and another also laced with black, mimicking the design of feathers at the back.
"My lord, why keep this shameless wretch as well? Isn’t one of me enough?" Qiansui sounded vaguely resentful.
Hei Shan Goddess couldn’t hold back anymore: "Shrew, you’ve had enough. Do you really think I’m afraid of you?"
Qiansui scoffed disdainfully, "You’ve fallen to Second Rank, whence cometh this bravery to challenge me?"
"You are more than welcome to try!" clang, as if a long sword had been unsheathed.
The atmosphere between the two—or rather, between the two spirits—suddenly became tense, ready to ignite at any moment.
At a critical moment, Xu Shu intervened, "Stop the bickering; I have questions for you two."
"Ah, ask away, my lord. I shall withhold nothing."
"Speak freely, my husband."
The two women instantly ceased their hostile postures, becoming docile again. One couldn’t call them Evil Spirits for nothing; their moods were as fickle as flipping a page, quicker than Xu Shu flipping through the Tai Chu Scroll.
Xu Shu pondered for a moment then turned to Qiansui first, "Yang God·Ghost Essence, what does that mean?"
Qiansui replied with confusion, "Ah? My lord, what are you talking about? I didn’t quite catch your meaning."
Was she unaware?
Xu Shu then asked Hei Shan, "Do you know that you are Yin God·Desire?"
Hei Shan suddenly seemed displeased, "My lord, although I enjoy our time together, I am not such a wanton woman. To say so of me, I feel deeply wronged."
Was she also unaware?
Xu Shu’s brow furrowed slightly, then relaxed.
It appeared that, without the hints from the Tai Chu Scroll, not just him, but even these Evil Spirits themselves had no concept of "Yin God" or "Yang God."
After a moment of thought, Xu Shu turned to Hei Shan, "Based on her words earlier, your true name is Gu Lanshan, right?"
"Ah, this..." Hei Shan hesitated for a moment but then honestly responded, "I must not deceive you, my lord; my original name was indeed Gu Lanshan."
Her tone was strange, as if being called by her true name by Xu Shu was somewhat repellent, but she answered eventually.
Xu Shu nodded and continued, "What is your relation to Zhu Ge Weiwo?"
Qiansui had been treated as millennium Lingzhi by the Heroic Society cultists, known to Wang Teng who had glimpsed her briefly on the battlefield. Xu Shu now suspected her identity as she knew Gu Lanshan, a female general.