Chapter 1307: Fleeing and staying

The sound of music continued to play from the phonograph.

The small brick house’s small cat door had already been closed.

Xiao Die sat cross-legged on top of her sofa, holding up her chin with one hand while observing Gu Qing Shan.

Gu Qing Shan was a bit doubtful, so he asked: “What’s the matter?”

Xiao Die slowly replied: “I’m thinking——– should I just turn you into an ominous demon? This way, your power will enter an explosive period of growth”

“Are you worried that the Wraith realm won’t let me go?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

Xiao Die sighed and replied: “Someone on their side ran into conflict against you, then died as soon as they left. Even if you have an alibi, the Wraith realm’s layers upon layers of means might still be able to find leftover traces”

Gu Qing Shan wasn’t too worried.

After all, I already eradicated Elder Du’s soul.

Without proof, the Wraith realm humans don’t have the courage to act as they pleased in a place like Void City.

Which leaves them only with small-scaled ambushes.

I’m more than confident about fighting off this level of attack.

So he leaned on the sofa and asked casually: “You can convert me into an ominous demon?”

Thinking that he felt tempted by her offer, Xiao Die replied: “Not only can I convert you into an ominous demon, I can also ensure that you’re able to turn back into human form as you wish, like me”

“Would my strength grow explosively?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“At least twice as much! Ominous demons are all products of mutated Laws, each of them is not only unique but also incredibly powerful!” Xiao Die replied.

Gu Qing Shan paused.

He was now actually a bit tempted and hesitantly asked: “Is the success of the conversion guaranteed?”

“Of course not, but you don’t have to worry, you won’t die even if you fail”

Saying so, Xiao Die clapped her hand.

The dog by the door stepped inside, resting by Xiao Die’s feet.

“Take a look, this is the example of a failed attempt—— but if you turn into a dog, I’ll just raise you from now on” Xiao Die stroked the dog’s head and said.

The dog stared closely at Gu Qing Shan with a doubtful look in its eyes, seemingly trying to recall something.

Gu Qing Shan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and forced a smile: “It’s alright, I’d rather stay human, I’m more used to fighting as a human either way”

Xiao Die sighed.

——-Gu Qing Shan isn’t willing to give up on his human identity.

Then I’d have to think of other ways to help him.

She lightly tapped the blank Card on the table again, muttering: “Girl, are you still there?”

The blank Card moved a bit.

Xiao Die said: “Alright, can you help me with a divination on what my Hitman friend would run into following this?”

A female voice replied from the blank Card:

“I can tell you right now without divining”

Xiao Die and Gu Qing Shan’s expressions both became focused.

The female voice explained: “I can sense those dead guys, their souls are all leaving Void City to return to the Wraith realm, with Elder Du missing”

Despite knowing that the other party could see the future, Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but be surprised by this.

——this City Lord’s assistant is a bit too good at divining with Astrology.

The female voice continued:

“But what you don’t know is that even if Elder Du’s soul is no longer here, the single spark representing his soul would still remain within Primal Chaos”

“The Wraith realm has the triple combination techniques of Space-Time Reversal, Soul Growth, and Body Reconstruction in addition to the Life Talismans, as well as Immortal Craft. As long as they’re willing to investigate, they can definitely find the truth”

“That’s why, you had better tell your Hitman to flee, flee as far as possible”

At this point, the voice on the Card disappeared.

Xiao Die put the Card back onto the table with a worried expression.

She looked at Gu Qing Shan and replied: “It seems you’ll have to leave”

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent without saying anything.

The Wraith realm should have only fused 60-70% of their total fragments so far, which pales in comparison to the Tomb of Myriad Beasts.

And yet they are still powerful to this degree!

Xiao Die put her hand on the dog’s head.

“Stand up, it’s time to use you now” she said.

The dog rolled on the ground and turned into a man carrying a large Blade.

Xiao Die explained: “This is a person that I managed to save, he has the transportation method to several unique human worlds, you should leave with him, now!”

Before Gu Qing Shan replied, the man had already spoken:

“Ma’am, I know him”

Xiao Die was surprised: “Huh? How did you know him?”

Gu Qing Shan looked at the man.

——he had already noticed the dog’s gaze towards him earlier.

Gu Qing Shan also replied: “That’s right, we’ve met each other once”

“In a world where all supernatural power is sealed off” the man continued.

His gaze was filled with a bone-deep grudge, asking Gu Qing Shan: “Did you also fall into the ploy of that so-called Old Guide?”

Gu Qing Shan opened his mouth, but couldn’t answer him.

On the Gemini Star, Shannu had disguised herself as the so-called Old Guide in order to deal with Lin in cooperation with me.

But this man suddenly appeared halfway through, begging the Old Guide to help him return to his original Fei Xue world.

Flustered, Shannu randomly pointed him to a random world.

The man was successfully sent away.

This earned Lin’s trust.

However!

However!

The world Shannu directed this man to was a world where all men had gone extinct, leaving only women behind!

I didn’t think I’d run into him again at this place.

——and to think he was someone that failed his conversion into a demon and was turned into a dog.

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t help but ask Xiao Die: “Where did you find this person?”

Xiao Die replied: “There are frequently people who are willing to offer up their everything to ask for aid from us ominous demons, you should know”

“One day, I was at the end of a certain summoning ritual, so I came to take a look”

Recalling something, Xiao Die’s face turned a bit red, then continued: “I then found this guy living in horrible condition, turned into a certain kind of tool to be used day-in, day-out… so he was willing to offer his everything in exchange for me leading him away”

“So you took him to Void City?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“That’s right. I originally wanted to help convert him into an ominous demon, since I’d gain a helper this way, but he failed, so I could only have him watch over my house and son whenever necessary”

“Unexpectedly, he managed to awaken a teleportation ability to a few predetermined locations, secretly holding several teleportation paths in his hand; so he became one of my preparations, leaving him here in case of any abrupt situations” Xiao Die explained.

Gu Qing Shan’s gaze turned to the man.

The man appeared drained and weakened, the areas around his eyes already turned black, slightly shifting blue, quite obviously the victim of long and unceasing abuse.

This person… is one greatly ravaged by fate.

Harshly trained martial arts his entire life to break through the void of space and left the Fei Xue world, only to reach the Gemini Star where all supernatural abilities were sealed.

When he finally managed to leave the Gemini Star, he ended up in a world with only females.

He was finally saved by Xiao Die and brought to Void City, only to fail his conversion and become a dog.

With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan felt a bit awkward.

He sighed, patting the man’s shoulder: “You’ve been through a lot, I truly do feel sorry about your matter, I——”

The man also seemed to have recalled the bitter past and stopped Gu Qing Shan, gritting his teeth: “This is unrelated to you, it was all because of that Old Guide, throwing me into a world like that. One day, I’ll definitely return to take revenge on him!”

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent, not having the courage to continue this topic.

Xiao Die retraced their thoughts and told Gu Qing Shan: “This shouldn’t be delayed further; the Wraith realm humans might arrive at any moment. I’ll have him open one of the paths and take you away!”

“No” Gu Qing Shan resolutely refused, “Before this, I didn’t know that the Wraith realm had such capabilities, but now that I know, I’ll deal with the aftermath by myself”

“You’re not going to leave?” Xiao Die asked in shock.

“I want to remain here until I become a Titled Hitman, then take that chance you mentioned” Gu Qing Shan replied.

Xiao Die froze.

Indeed, only by becoming a Titled Hitman would he be able to take that chance and reasonably enter the Wraith realm.

No one is clear about the secret of the Wraith realm.

This would be the only chance.

Xiao Die hesitantly asked: “If they come to kill you——-”

“I’ll deal with those issues as they come up”

“Are you confident?”

“I’ll try to smooth this matter over, in case that I can’t, I’ll just go straight against them”

Saying so, Gu Qing Shan quickly considered a strategy.

I can continue to take on jobs while fighting against the Wraith realm, if they keep on being unable to kill me, that would instead aid my reputation.

Wouldn’t that mean I’d become a Titled Hitman even faster?

He silently thought.

Xiao Die patted the man and said: “Then I guess you won’t be of any use now”

The man once again turned back into the dog, quickly returning outside, and laid on top of the stairs.

Xiao Die sat back down on the sofa and spoke in a low voice: “Alright, if we’re going to do this, might as well make it big. If those wraiths are going to act rashly, I’m going to have a bit of fun with them”

Intense dark power started to exude from her body.

Suddenly.

The blank Card flew up by itself, hovering in front of Gu Qing Shan.

The female voice from before asked:

“Fiend, which Combatant do you have a grudge against in the Wraith realm?”

Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.

Xiao Die’s worriedly voice sounded in his mind: “Don’t gloss over it, answer carefully”

Gu Qing Shan understood and sternly replied: “I don’t have a grudge against a single person, I want to kill them—— all of them”

The female voice asked again: “But why?”

Gu Qing Shan recalled what he saw during his Spirit Wanderer state, as well as what the Tomb of Myriad Beasts went through.

—-those Wraith realm humans directly stole the Delimitation Artifact for themselves, releasing all the Apocalypses within the great tomb.

If I hadn’t gone to seek reinforcement from parallel worlds, the entire Tomb of Myriad Beasts would have been done for.

The Li pair of brother and sister, Zhao Qiong, Wang Shun, all of them as well as hundreds of thousands of normal people like them would have lost their lives in the infinite Apocalypses.

All the worlds around the Tomb of Myriad Beasts would have been destroyed as well.

Gu Qing Shan couldn’t stop himself from clenching his fist and replied: “I trust that you know about the Wraith realm’s modus operandi—– only by killing all of these Wraith realm humans and destroying the Wraith realm itself would my mind be at ease”

“But if you’re planning to use the power of one person to fight against the entire Wraith realm, your only outcome would be failure” the female voice replied.

“Nothing has happened yet, and there are no guarantees. Even if you can foresee the future, the future also has its different directions, and the path it will take is ultimately decided by our choices” Gu Qing Shan replied.

—–during his first meeting with Lady Fusi, she had also once said that she was capable of seeing several possibilities of Gu Qing Shan’s future.

But Gu Qing Shan decided to not trust these futures.

He wanted to challenge his own future.

Right as he made this decision, Lady Fusi saw even more of his future possibilities.

——-this attitude was the exact reason why Lady Fusi took interest in him, and one of the reasons why she had handed him the Earth God’s coin over to him.

Hearing that, the female voice went silent briefly.

After a while, she slowly continued: “I’ve found the last spark of Elder Du’s life within Primal Chaos and crushed it, thoroughly returning it to Primal Chaos”

“Your ambush of him will not be revealed”

“But as you’ve been caught in a conflict with Elder Du and his people at the City Lord’s manor, you will need to be careful of those Wraith realm humans investigation”

Saying so, the blank Card returned to the table and fell silent again.

Gu Qing Shan looked blankly at Xiao Die.

——-what just happened?

Why did this City Lord’s assistant suddenly agree to help?

But Xiao Die was clearly delighted.

“That’s great, with her aid, this matter will definitely be resolved without issues!”