Chapter 166 Xu Bai, Your Efforts Are in Vain (8000)

First of all, Ye Zi is absolutely fine. She has been following me for so long, I know her absolutely well, and there is no way she can deal with it with any special ability.

Miao Xiao has this possibility, but it is unlikely. Although I have not had the patience to contact her, if she really has this ability, she would not be so miserable, and she would not be the only one running here.

Then the final answer is the woman I just saw.

While waving the black knife in his hand, Xu Bai looked at the woman with empty eyes.

The woman had no expression, just staring blankly at the front, motionless.

"Miao Zheng's attack just now was obviously aimed at everyone present, but now the Gu worm did not attack that position, so I can give it a try and see what the reaction is."

Xu Bai thought about it for a while, and then he had a plan in his mind. He looked at Wuhua next to him and made a look.

The two had cooperated before, and they had experienced life and death together. Just a look, Wuhua already understood.

He raised his fist, smashed the Gu worm in front of him, and ran quickly towards the area without Gu worms.

Xu Bai also did the same action, splitting the black knife into pieces, crushing the poisonous insects in front of him, and then strode to the area without poisonous insects.

The poisonous insects continued to surround, covering the sky and the earth, but formed a blank space. They did not seem to dare to enter this space and surrounded the position where Ye Zi was.

"Strange, how could this happen?" Miao Xiao said to herself.

She was a person in this business and was proficient in the abilities of the business, so after seeing this scene, she was more surprised than Xu Bai and the others.

In addition to surprise, there was confusion.

The poisonous insects did not attack, and left an area for them. Miao Xiao felt that these poisonous insects seemed to be afraid of something. Thinking of this, she was not stupid, and subconsciously looked at the dazed woman.

"Master Xu, maybe it has something to do with this woman. These insects are afraid of this woman. Yes, I am sure they are afraid." Miao Xiao said.

Xu Bai touched his chin and thought secretly.

He took a step outside, and the poisonous insects attacked again. When they came back, they hid in the distance and dared not move forward.

It was indeed fear.

The woman who suffered all kinds of humiliation had long lost her soul, Xu Bai could be sure of this.

Even though she was surrounded by these insects, the woman's expression was still dull, like a piece of wood, but why were these insects afraid of women?

"Your method seems to be useless." Although Xu Bai couldn't figure out the subtlety of it, it didn't prevent him from making a mocking voice: "It seems that your plan has failed."

The poisonous insects quickly gathered and turned into a human face, saying coldly: "So what? I trapped you here, where can you escape to?"

"It turns out to be true, you are really afraid of her." Xu Bai said.

The human face became stiff in an instant. Obviously, he knew that he was inexplicably tricked by Xu Bai, so he stopped talking and disappeared again.

Now that he was suddenly safe, Xu Bai walked back and forth, thinking about the situation just now, and combining the two, he suddenly thought of a key thing.

"Could it be that the corpse collector can restrain you Gu Shen Cult members?" Xu Bai said.

No one answered him, but this silence was the best answer, proving that his guess was almost right.

The Gu Shen Cult's way of raising Gu was to use corpses to plant Gu worms, and corpse collectors also dealt with corpses.

They collected those homeless and graveless corpses and buried them properly. There was another process, that is, they could control the corpses.

Control corpses - raise Gu on corpses - control Gu worms.

Xu Bai guessed that this was a relatively consistent chain.

Thinking of this, he pulled the woman's hand.

The woman's face was covered with scars, but she was not afraid of Xu Bai.

As Xu Bai pulled, the woman began to move slowly, and the Gu worms gradually followed, as if the woman was the controller here.

"I understand!"

At this time, Miao Xiao suddenly spoke up and clapped his hands, saying, "You want to eliminate your only weakness!"

No one answered. Miao Zheng suffered a loss and didn't want to say anything.

Wuhua added, "If this matter is made public, the corpse collectors will be furious. They kept the last dignity for the dead, but they didn't expect to be framed by the living. When honest people get angry, it may cause rivers of blood."

"At this time, you play the role of a good person, saying how good you are, so that they will join you. In this way, your last weakness will disappear." Ye Zi walked to Xu Bai and said, "You can even use their ability to raise Gu."

Everyone talked a little bit, and actually came up with a point of view. Although I don't know whether this point of view is true or false, it sounds quite true now.

Miao Zheng: "..."

Although the face did not appear at this moment and Miao Zheng did not speak, his silence further deepened the correctness of this point of view.

The surroundings fell into silence again. There was no other sound except the sound of the insects flapping their wings. After a long time, the human faces reunited.

"I don't care how you guessed, you will all die here today anyway."

The cold voice carried a terrifying murderous intent. He seemed to have made up his mind and would never let anyone go.

Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "Why are you so confident?"

The human face sneered, "Otherwise, do you have any other way out?"

Xu Bai smiled and said, "I think you don't understand something."

The human face was stunned: "What?"

Xu Bai stepped out with one foot, and the surrounding insects rushed towards him again: "What you don't understand is that I don't even need to pull out the knife, they can't hurt me at all."

As he stepped out of the blank area, the surrounding insects seemed to see fresh flesh and blood, and they rushed over one after another.

But the next moment, Xu Bai didn't make any moves. He didn't even pull out the knife at his waist, just stood there motionless.

The black light of the Diamond Heart Demon Body appeared on Xu Bai, looking like a cover.

In fact, the level of this layer of black light is slightly weak now, but this does not hinder Xu Bai's operation. Any Gu worm that touches Xu Bai will explode in the next second and turn into ashes.

And around the Gu worm, other Gu worms are in the same miserable state.

——Transplantation.

This skill has been upgraded once, and now it can adapt to the situation in front of it. All the attacking Gu worms will be counterattacked in an instant, and can also be reflected on the surrounding Gu worms, so the situation just now occurred.

At this moment, those Gu worms are bloodthirsty and cruel, sweeping over like a black storm.

And Xu Bai is in the center of the storm. No matter what, these Gu worms can't go any further. After Xu Bai's Transplantation is used, the Gu worms in front of him are being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Transplanting flowers and trees is such a skill. The more fiercely you attack, the worse the backlash will be. As long as you do not exceed the upper limit of this skill, there will be no problem.

Unless Xu Bai's true energy is directly consumed, but he looks at the poisonous insects around him and does not have the qualifications to consume him completely.

Because the skill of strengthening kidney collection can slowly absorb true energy from the surrounding environment.

That is Xu Bai's skill. Otherwise, if another master is here, it is very likely that there will be mistakes in the stormy attack. After all, it can persist for a while and for a long time, but it does not mean that there will be no mistakes forever.

In short, transplanting flowers and trees is an extremely shameless skill. If he can be promoted to the level of transcendence, if this skill can really reach the level of transcendence, then he can turn a blind eye to the attacks of masters in the transcendence realm.

"Is this the true strength of Lord Xu?" Miao Xiao's face was full of admiration, and her eyes seemed to be full of stars, staring at Xu Bai's back.

It's no wonder that she behaved like this, because the current scene is really too shocking.

The sky was full of black bugs, just like the dark clouds sweeping across the sky. Xu Bai was in the center of the dark clouds and was the only light in the dark clouds.

There was a feeling of one person fighting against the world.

"It shouldn't be." At this time, Wuhua added affirmatively.

He and Xu Bai have known each other for a long time, and of course he knows what Xu Bai's abilities are. This is just one of Xu Bai's many abilities.

"It's really not." Ye Zi also added.

The young master has a variety of abilities. He hasn't even pulled out his sword yet, so it's definitely not the strongest ability.

After hearing the answers of the two, Miao Xiao couldn't help laughing and crying: "This is not the strongest ability. How can those young geniuses live?"

She was qualified to say this because she also belonged to this category. After all, the younger generation is young. They are not that old, so most of them have not yet been exposed to a higher level.

So she could see that Xu Bai could already crush all the younger generations at this moment.

"Perhaps, he is now approaching the previous generation." Miao Xiao thought.

"If you can't win, then forget it. Who would have nothing better to do than compete with Master Xu? That's asking for trouble." Wuhua looked at it lightly.

After all, he had been stimulated a lot, so he must have seen it clearly.

"That's true..." Miao Xiao answered seriously.

Ye Zi looked at the two people, and she remembered that when she talked with the young master before, she learned a word, which is now very suitable for these two people.

- Playing badly.

Let's ignore this duo for the time being. At this moment, Xu Bai is in the center of the Gu worm, but he seems to be strolling in the garden, and he can't be shaken at all.

A human face gathered in the air, with a look of fear on his face.

That expression seemed to say, you are so strong, how can others live?

"Surprised? To be honest, I am also surprised." Xu Bai smiled and said, "What surprised me is that such a weak level dares to assassinate me?"

He pulled out the black knife from his waist, because he felt that the current speed was a bit slow.

The black knife was slowly raised by Xu Bai, and the fragments suddenly exploded with Xu Bai as the center, sweeping around in a tornado.

Countless fragments turned into a sky full of stars, like the Milky Way hanging in the sky, becoming a murderous scene.

Each fragment carried an incredible murderous aura, each fragment also carried the five-style sword technique of Yidao, and each fragment had an unparalleled strong wind.

When all the fragments gathered together, the whole sky was stained.

The next moment, wherever the fragments passed, everything was silent, and no Gu worm survived.

Xu Bai held the hilt of the knife high in his hand. Although the blade was gone, Xu Bai at this moment seemed to be the brightest light in the whole night.

"Found you." Xu Bai narrowed his eyes and looked in a direction.

Miao Zheng, who was so severely injured and connected to the Gu worm, naturally could not stabilize his hidden figure, and was sensed by Xu Bai to be where his soul was.

Xu Bai took a step forward, and the next moment, he performed the Xingpo Sizhuan. He was like a ghost, and disappeared in an instant, as if he had never appeared.

A scream sounded in the dark night, attracting Ye Zi and others to look in the direction of the scream.

In the black shadow like ink, Xu Bai's figure pushed away the darkness and walked slowly.

The night was like ink, but it could not stain Xu Bai at all. Instead, it was afraid of Xu Bai and walked around.

On Xu Bai's right hand, a leg was grabbed. Looking along the leg, a young man was dragged by him with a miserable face.

The young man had no hands, and blood flowed from his wounds. He was dragged by Xu Bai and left two deep bloodstains, which looked extremely miserable in the dark night.

The surrounding poisonous insects had disappeared, and the fragments returned to Xu Bai's hands, condensing into a black knife with hundreds of cracks.

There was no blood on the blade, but the two lines of blood on the ground were eye-catching, forming a strong contrast.

"As expected of a blood-slaughtering swordsman." Miao Xiao said with a hint of meaning.

Dark night, black sword, blood.

When the three mixed together, it seemed as if a Shura field was condensed behind Xu Bai.

Xu Bai dragged very slowly. After he came to the front of everyone, he threw the young man without arms on the ground and said indifferently: "If you want to attack me, I will cut off his hands, so that he can never attack again."

Everyone shuddered.

Miao Zheng, who lost his arms, opened his mouth to speak, but the words he said were exposed. A closer look showed that his teeth were all broken.

"Oh, I was worried that he had poison in his mouth and wanted to commit suicide by taking poison, so I broke his teeth, but I didn't expect to find no poison." Xu Bai said as a matter of course: "But it's not a big problem. Without teeth, you can't bite your tongue to commit suicide."

Everyone shuddered again.

"You evil ghost, you will come down to accompany me one day!" Miao Zheng tried to get up, but it was useless. He could only stare at Xu Bai with resentful eyes and curse him with his most vicious words.

Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "You are worthy of being from a big business. You curse people so elegantly, but you are not as good as the gangsters on the street."

Miao Zheng was stunned and continued to curse: "Villain, bastard...ah!"

After cursing twice, he screamed and lowered his head, looking at his separated left leg with a face full of astonishment.

Blood was splashed out without money. Xu Bai took out a bottle and stopped the bleeding with the medicine in the bottle.

"There is still one leg, not so fast, I will cut your toes first, one by one." Xu Bai said calmly.

He seemed to have thought of something, looked at Miao Xiao, and said: "I treat your cousin like this, you have no objection, right?"

Miao Xiao shook his head quickly: "No objection, he has betrayed us, he is a traitor."

"Well..." Xu Bai nodded, pointed at the dazed woman, and said to Miao Zheng on the ground: "If we guess correctly, you have already discovered the situation of this woman, or you deliberately caused it, right? You don't have to pretend to be a tough guy. I have a hundred ways to make you talk, such as this."

"Ding..."

The index finger was slightly bent and flicked on the blade of the black knife. The next moment, the black knife blew a melodious sound, which was like ripples in the dark environment and gradually spread.

Miao Zheng originally looked like he would never say anything, but as the music appeared, the expression on his face suddenly froze, like a piece of rotten wood, and then slowly spoke.

"It wasn't me who did it. It was the Gu God Cult who did it. They said that only in this way can they cause conflicts among the corpse collectors and pave the way for the subsequent events. You are right. You all guessed it right."

Xu Bai raised his eyebrows and suddenly showed a mocking smile.

Is this what is called not doing bad things?

What the hell is using the corpses of the most treacherous and evil people as materials for raising Gu?

What the hell is justice?

The woman in front of me was tortured here, and all this was done by the Gu God Cult.

This man named Miao Zheng is full of justice, thinking that he is the embodiment of justice, but he can witness these tragic things happening.

In the final analysis, it is just an excuse for doing bad things for himself.

"Do you understand? Is it necessary to take such a person to the Miao Cult to explain?" Xu Bai looked at Miao Xiao and said.

Miao Xiao shook her head with a complicated expression.

Knowing all this, she wanted to personally cut off Miao Zheng's head.

Xu Bai turned his eyes to Miao Zheng again and asked, "What conspiracy does the Gu Shen Cult have here? Tell me everything."

Miao Zheng couldn't get rid of Xu Bai's control at all. After hearing Xu Bai's question, he could only tell everything. He didn't even know that he had told the secret at this moment.

"The Gu Shen Cult is going to play a big game, but I don't know what game it is going to play. I only know one thing, the matter of the corpse collector lineage, which they planned a long time ago, and the next big game is to deal with you."

"It is said... It is related to Lingyunzhou, and it will appear tomorrow."

It is related to Lingyunzhou and will appear tomorrow?

Xu Bai frowned, feeling that things are a bit complicated.

What else is there against him?

"By the way, the Gu God Cult said that it has something to do with Fengling Mansion, because Fengling Mansion has planted a mark on you, and they seem to want something to befall you." Miao Zheng spoke again.

Xu Bai asked: "What else?"

Miao Zheng shook his head, his face dull: "No, I don't know anything else."

Xu Bai fell into deep thought.

It is related to Fengling Mansion, and what other marks will befall him, why does he feel more and more confused the more he listens?

After thinking carefully for a while, Xu Bai gradually made the confusion in his mind clear.

"If it is related to Fengling Mansion, could it be that thing?"

The most eye-catching thing he experienced in Fengling Mansion was the Monster City.

Mark?

Descend?

Will the Monster City descend again with him as the center?

Xu Bai thought to himself, "When they came to Fengling Mansion, those guys also wanted the Monster City to come. Maybe there is a way to temporarily isolate it and prevent the monsters from becoming idiots."

When the Monster City comes, they will inevitably become idiots, just like people going to the Monster City.

Unless there is a way to isolate it, or temporarily isolate it.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai asked again, "Have you ever gotten anything, such as items related to the monsters?"

Miao Zheng shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Xu Bai thought to himself, "It seems that the problem lies with me. I should have the so-called mark on my body."

He looked left and right, but couldn't find it.

The most important thing is that it is just a guess now, and it may not be the Monster City.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai looked at Miao Zheng and swung the knife in his hand.

Blood gushed out, and Miao Zheng's body and head were separated.

"Return to Lingyun Prefecture." Xu Bai said decisively, "See the prefect, quickly."

As I said just now, there will be abnormalities tomorrow, so there is no time to delay now.

Everyone knew that the situation was very urgent, and they hurriedly followed Xu Bai.

…

The night was as dark as ink, and everyone rushed all the way and soon arrived at Lingyun Prefecture.

When they found the prefectural government office, even at night, there were guards outside. After they knew Xu Bai's identity, they hurriedly reported it. Not long after, Xu Bai and others were welcomed in and came to the guest room.

A middle-aged man in official uniform and with a long beard walked in, clasped his fists and said, "Lingyun Prefecture Governor Yingqi, meet you, Lord Xu."

The age of Yingzhou Governor looked middle-aged, but when he walked, he had a scholar's bookish air. The bookish air was very strong, but it was not annoying, and his eyebrows were full of righteousness.

He didn't seem to be as pedantic as those scholars, and he didn't have any contempt for Xu Bai. He was full of courtesy when walking and receiving.

"Lord Ying, to make a long story short, I came here today for two things, and I need to trouble you." Xu Bai said.

Yingzhou Ling stroked his long beard and said, "Master Xu, just say what you want to say. I have also communicated with Yun Zihai. The people Yun Zihai can make friends with must not be people who kill flatterers. I will definitely help."

Xu Bai's mouth twitched slightly.

This Yun Zihai, I didn't expect to be quite popular in the officialdom. It was like this in Zimu Mansion before, and it is still the same in Lingyunzhou now.

Of course, now is not the time to think about these things. Xu Bai first told the story of the woman, and then brought the woman with a dull face to Yingzhou Ling.

After hearing what Xu Bai said, Yingzhou Ling angrily slapped the table, making a clang: "The Gu God Cult is really a group of beasts. They actually set their sights on the corpse collector lineage. It is simply unforgivable!"

"So I hope Master Ying will take good care of her and send her to where she should go." Xu Bai said.

Yingzhou Ling breathed violently, trying to suppress the anger in his heart, and then sat down, but his beard was still trembling, obviously still very angry.

"Master Xu, rest assured. I will tell His Majesty about this matter and bring her to His Majesty. His Majesty will definitely give an explanation to the corpse collector."

"In that case, I am relieved. There is another thing, which is also related to the Gu God Cult." Xu Bai said the second thing.

Yingzhou Ling stroked his beard while listening. When he finished listening, his brows knitted tightly.

"Will something happen in Lingyunzhou tomorrow?"

"But I didn't find anything unusual here. I deal with big and small things here every day, and I have to patrol some areas."

"Even if there are places I can't patrol, there are many constables going there to ensure the public security of Lingyunzhou."

Xu Bai pondered, "Maybe it has nothing to do with public security, but they will definitely take action. We must be on guard tomorrow."

It's not clear what the other party wants to do now, but with the news, be on guard first, and if there is any movement, it can be handled in time.

"Okay!" Yingzhou Ling nodded and said, "I will make arrangements tonight to ensure that everything is foolproof."

Xu Bai bowed and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Lord Ying."

"Lord Xu, you are too polite." Yingzhou Ling waved his hand and said, "By the way, do you want to stay here?"

"Okay." Xu Bai didn't refuse and agreed.

Next, Xu Bai found a guest room to stay in, and Wuhua and Miao Xiao also lived in one room each.

After Ye Zi entered the room, she locked the door and asked, "Sir, why do I always feel that it is similar to the time in Fengling Mansion?"

There was a trace of sadness between her eyebrows, as if she thought of the scene in Fengling Mansion.

That time was a major blow to her, and Xu Bai's disappearance made her feel even more uncomfortable.

"Don't think so much." Xu Bai said, "Wait until tomorrow."

He took out the heavy sword method, and the progress bar on it was slowly growing. It would be completed soon, just taking advantage of the time tonight to grind more progress bars.

Ye Zi didn't say anything more and sat quietly aside.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, a night passed.

With the crowing of a cock, the sky gradually brightened.

The night dissipated, and there was light on the street.

Xu Bai got up early, opened the door, and walked to the courtyard of the government office with Ye Zi.

Wuhua and Miao Xiao had already arrived early.

"Where is Lord Ying?" Xu Bai frowned.

"He just went out for something urgent. It seems that a yamen runner came over and said something and left." Miao Xiao said, "And he was particularly anxious."

"Oh?" Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "Let's go out and take a look."

Everyone nodded, and went out of the state government with Xu Bai and walked towards the street outside.

After walking for a while, he saw an unusual scene.

The street outside should have been very lively. After all, the liveliness of a state is certainly extraordinary, but now it is gloomy.

The streets were full of people lying on both sides of the street, with painful expressions on their faces, and screams were heard one after another.

Some were holding their stomachs, some were holding their heads, and everyone's movements were different, but it could be seen that they were in great pain.

Xu Bai was stunned. He saw the figure of Yingzhou Ling in the street and hurried over.

"Master Ying, what happened?"

At this moment, the forehead of Yingzhou Ling was covered with fine beads of sweat. Although he looked calm on the surface, he was still a little panicked.

But as the magistrate of a state, he must not show it, otherwise the people would lose their backbone, and Lingyunzhou would be in chaos.

Yingzhou Ling whispered: "This kind of thing happened early in the morning. I don't know why. I hurried to see them. No one was poisoned, but everyone was in great pain, and the pain was in different places."

Xu Bai frowned, walked to a commoner, and looked down.

This commoner was pale and sweating.

His whole body was twitching constantly, and he kept shouting in pain.

This kind of thing happened inexplicably, it must be related to the Gu Shen Cult.

Miao Xiao walked over: "Master Xu, let me take a look."

Professional people do professional things. Since it is related to the Gu Shen Cult, the Miao Cult is also a similar business. Xu Bai nodded and agreed.

Miao Xiao carefully checked it and looked up and said, "It's a Gu, to be precise, it's a Gu poison. Someone has tampered with their food and drink. Take me to see the water source."

Without waiting for Xu Bai to speak, Yingzhou Ling, who was standing beside him, quickly ordered someone to take them to the nearest water source.

The people in this area all share a well.

When Miao Xiao came to the side of the well, he raised his palm.

The next moment, a Gu worm flew out, all golden, and looked very beautiful.

——Golden Silk Gu.

The Golden Silk Gu fluttered its wings and flew at the mouth of the well. Then, there were bursts of insect chirping from the bottom of the well, and then a black Gu worm as big as a fist flew out from it and attacked the Golden Silk Gu.

Of course, this Gu worm was no match for the Golden Silk Gu, and it was quickly defeated and torn into pieces by the Golden Silk Gu.

Miao Xiao said solemnly: "This is a poisonous insect, a highly toxic thing. Fortunately, it was diluted by the well water, so it didn't kill people immediately."

As he spoke, Miao Xiao waved his sleeves, and more than a dozen insects fell to the ground, turning into a pile of flying ash, which just accumulated on the ground.

"Master Ying, use the ashes of these poisonous insects, diluted with a hundred times of water, and they can be saved."

The magistrate of Yingzhou was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly ordered people to do it.

After the yamen runners moved the ashes away, after a long while, a yamen runner came over and said that the poison had been resolved, and the magistrate of Yingzhou was relieved.

"Is the Gu God Cult really crazy? Even the world's number one evil sect dare not rashly attack ordinary people. Do they want to make your majesty angry?"

As soon as he relaxed, the magistrate of Yingzhou became extremely angry.

"Now is not the time to discuss these." Xu Bai said: "It is important to deal with the Gu God Cult first."

As he said, he raised his right hand, and a golden compass appeared.

The needle on the compass began to shake constantly.

The next moment, the shaking amplitude gradually decreased, and finally pointed to a direction.

Just now, Xu Bai made a divination based on the situation here, and finally came up with an indication.

Wuhua looked at the direction pointed by the pointer and said, "This position seems to be the direction of the state government office."

Xu Bai was slightly stunned, then he reacted and said, "Oh no, it's a feint to the east and attack to the west, go back quickly!"

As he said that, he performed the four turns of Xingpo and ran quickly towards the state government office.

...

In the state government office, a man in ordinary clothes holding a book walked out quietly and put the book on the ground.

A poisonous insect appeared from his hand, and the next moment, the poisonous insect ate the book in front of it cleanly.

At this time, Xu Bai just appeared at the door and saw this scene.

"Hahaha! Bloody Swordsman! I won't let you torture me!" The man raised his hand and pierced his heart: "You have calculated everything in vain, but you can't think that this is what we want to destroy."