After Becoming a High-Risk Master, I Flipped the Script Chapter 220

The forbidden ground was basically the size of a valley. Gu Baiqing strolled along, carefully observing and could tell that the entire valley had been deliberately arranged by someone, where to plant trees, where to plant flowers, where to pave small paths with spirit stones, where spirit springs emerged. It was meticulous and elegant, pleasing to the eye. It was just that it hadn’t been tended to for a long time and had become somewhat messy.

Very quickly, Gu Baiqing reached the easternmost side and saw an open patch of land overgrown with weeds, with faint hints of stone. Walking closer to take a look, he found that beneath the weeds was actually a grave. Gu Baiqing was immediately quite surprised and stepped forward to examine it. Judging by the grave’s specifications, it was indeed of Zixiao Sect elder rank, yet the tombstone bore nothing at all, not even a name. Only in an inconspicuous spot was there a small bird relief, leaving Gu Baiqing utterly puzzled.

Even so, since it was a senior, Gu Baiqing helped tidy it up a bit. Judging from the grave mound, it had been there for a very, very long time. Why would it appear here alone?

Looking around again, it was also quite unreasonable. A single grave, why did it occupy such a large open area? Gu Baiqing looked back and forth and suddenly noticed that some patches of ground looked different, as if stakes had been driven in.

This was… originally meant to build residences here?

Now Gu Baiqing was even more confused. He then continued circling the valley.

He thought he would soon see the place where the demon clan was imprisoned.

But it wasn’t until he reached the westernmost side that he saw a cave.

There were powerful restrictions at the cave entrance.

As soon as Gu Baiqing approached, he felt demonic energy. Peering inside, he saw a demon clan member bound by chains, eyes closed, sitting cross-legged, hair disheveled, clothes tattered. Only the pants were intact; the top was worn on the left side, while the right side was completely torn. Half of the figure was hidden in the cave’s shadows, but one could vaguely make out a very tall man.

As he was looking, suddenly, from the direction where Mo Xuanli was, there came a wave of spiritual energy fluctuations.

This fluctuation was very gentle and bright. It seemed the transition from nascent soul toward primordial spirit was going quite smoothly.

Gu Baiqing was just about to head back when suddenly a chill assaulted him from behind.

Gu Baiqing turned around and saw a black shadow flash by, accompanied by the clattering of iron chains. That imprisoned demon clan member had actually appeared at the cave entrance, but the chains and restrictions bound him tightly, making it impossible for him to step even a single pace out of the cave.

The demon clan glared at him with murderous intent. The demonic energy rushing toward him made Gu Baiqing instinctively vigilant, this was indeed a demon clan member with real strength.

The two stared at each other for a moment. The demon clan suddenly attempted to attack and break through, but everything was rebounded by the restrictions.

Gu Baiqing frowned as he watched.

Suddenly, the demon clan snarled at Gu Baiqing, “What are you staring at, pretty boy? The newly enthroned sect master? You look more useful than that girl. F*ck your mother, Zixiao Sect! If you’ve got the guts, kill me!”

The corner of Gu Baiqing’s mouth twitched. Just as senior sister had said, this really was a madman who sought death with all his heart. He was about to leave.

But the demon clan suddenly spoke again, “Your Zixiao Sect really does harbor filth while putting on a righteous front. Playing the trick of deceiving mixed-bloods again? Even luring a mixed-blood to a place like this and letting him advance, what, planning to strike while he’s vulnerable?”

Gu Baiqing’s steps halted at once, somewhat surprised. From so far away, this demon clan member had actually detected that the spiritual energy fluctuation just now was caused by a mixed-blood. Wait…

“What do you mean by ‘again playing the trick of deceiving mixed-bloods’?” Gu Baiqing said coldly.

“Still trying to deny it? You dare say the one advancing right now isn’t a mixed-blood. How pitiful, at this level of cultivation and still falling for your tricks.” The demon clan sneered. “But that’s how it is. For the safety of the cultivation world, your Zixiao Sect wants to eliminate mixed-bloods. Of course you’ll think of every possible method. When it comes to shamelessness, you truly deserve the title.”

Gu Baiqing frowned slightly, feeling that communication was impossible. Moreover, the cultivation world targeting mixed-bloods was very common. Gu Baiqing had no way of investigating whether predecessors had hunted mixed-bloods in the past. It was better not to ask further.

“Talking so much, no wonder you were imprisoned here. It seems the seniors understood clearly that killing you wasn’t as good as locking you up. This kind of punishment suits you best.”

The demon clan instantly flew into a rage. “What did I do wrong that deserves your punishment! Who the h*ll do you think you are!”

Hearing this, Gu Baiqing was actually stunned.

Right, this was a demon clan member, not something to be used for teaching disciples. Unless there was some deep entanglement, the sect could simply kill him. Why waste resources imprisoning him?

Gu Baiqing couldn’t understand and could only say, “What crime you committed, you know it yourself.”

“Heh… hahaha.” The demon clan laughed, then said viciously, “The only mistake I made in this life was trusting you hypocritical cultivators. You…”

As they were speaking, suddenly a beam of light surged toward the heavens in the distance.

Gu Baiqing’s heart stirred, Mo Xuanli had successfully transformed.

Gu Baiqing turned to leave, wanting to go to Mo Xuanli’s side and wait for his primordial spirit to return.

But just as he turned around, the demon clan behind him began to roar wildly. Having rarely encountered a person, he wanted Gu Baiqing to stay and kill him; he no longer wanted to remain trapped here.

Yet Gu Baiqing paid him no mind. Just as he was about to leave, suddenly a streak of light appeared from the forest. When Gu Baiqing saw it clearly, he was instantly dumbfounded.

It seemed unexpected, yet also entirely reasonable.

Mo Xuanli’s out-of-body primordial spirit had still found its way to Gu Baiqing’s side.

Gu Baiqing looked at the nearly transparent Mo Xuanli before him, seemingly formed of light, and felt both amused and warmed to the heart.

Meanwhile, the demon clan inside the cave behind them was stunned speechless.

“A mixed-blood’s… primordial spirit? Why is it here?”

Then he watched helplessly as the primordial spirit rushed toward Gu Baiqing, grabbed him, and pulled him into its arms, hugging him tightly.

The demon clan’s eyes nearly bulged out. That kind of embrace was completely abnormal. Almost instantly, he understood the relationship between them.

When a wandering primordial spirit first comes into the world, it actually has no consciousness; it cannot speak, cannot communicate, and only acts according to instinct.

Thus, when a primordial spirit first leaves the body, it mostly drifts back to its hometown, the place of its birth, or else the place that matters most to it.

And for a primordial spirit to come directly to seek out a person like this, the importance of that person to it was self-evident.

The primordial spirit clung to Gu Baiqing, rubbing against him, as if it liked him immensely.

Once a primordial spirit drifts to a place and stops, it is best not to move for the time being. After it absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it will then return.

So Gu Baiqing let it cling to him, waiting for it to comprehend and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

“You…” The demon clan’s eyes were red, as if about to drip blood, seeming enraged. “Hahahaha, you people of Zixiao Sect really are all the same, all the same. You… pretty boy, you deceived the mixed-blood’s feelings just for this moment, just to kill him, right? Don’t you feel disgusted? Even sacrificing your looks, and you’re both men, truly filthy.”

Gu Baiqing was bombarded with curses by the demon clan and couldn’t help but feel angered, but he also heard something strange in the words. At the same time, the primordial spirit hugging him suddenly moved, as if angered as well. It shielded Gu Baiqing behind itself, shining brightly as it confronted the demon clan head-on. Although the primordial spirit had little consciousness, it could sense the atmosphere.

It was protecting someone.

Seeing this, the demon clan grew even more furious. “Useless thing! What do you know? You protect him, but he’s plotting to kill you! As a mixed-blood, you don’t have the slightest vigilance, simply stupid! If you die, you deserve it!”

Gu Baiqing knew his emotions were affecting the primordial spirit. He quickly steadied his mind and drew the primordial spirit back, taking the initiative to hold it and soothe it. “It’s fine, it’s fine.”

The primordial spirit was instantly calmed.

And at this moment, because of this scene, the demon clan’s eyes nearly split open. Aside from anger, what he felt now was even more disbelief.

Because according to his assumptions, now was the best time to kill the mixed-blood. Why not kill him, but instead make such disgusting gestures?

Yet they completely ignored him. The primordial spirit pulled Gu Baiqing to sit down, then busied itself beside him. It looked like it was playing with grass, but at the same time, the primordial spirit was absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Gu Baiqing didn’t interfere and instead looked toward the demon clan.

The demon clan was taken aback by Gu Baiqing’s probing gaze.

Suddenly, Gu Baiqing spoke. “You’re a demon clan that evolved from a mixed-blood?”

The demon clan stiffened at once, his gaze sharp as he stared at Gu Baiqing.

“Looks like I guessed right,” Gu Baiqing said.

“You…”

“A true demon clan wouldn’t have this kind of attitude toward mixed-bloods.” Gu Baiqing studied the demon clan with some curiosity. He had never seen the type that evolved from a mixed-blood, after all, it was already a miracle for mixed-bloods to be raised to adulthood. “You were lucky. Before you had the ability to become a demon clan, you actually managed to survive. Looks like back then, the purge against mixed-bloods wasn’t as severe as it is now.”

“Isn’t the one beside you also alive?” And living with an utterly naive look, completely reliant on cultivators, truly stupid to the extreme. “Why don’t you kill him? Haven’t you toyed with his feelings enough?”

“Want to know the answer?” Gu Baiqing asked.

The demon clan’s gaze flickered, as if wanting to prove something. “What, hard to answer?”

“Not hard to answer, but if you want my answer, you’ll have to answer my question first.”

The demon clan sneered. “Sure.”

Gu Baiqing thought for a moment, then boldly guessed. “Seems like, in the past, a disciple of Zixiao Sect played with your feelings?”

The demon clan hadn’t expected Gu Baiqing to ask that right off the bat. In an instant, he seemed to fall into some memory. His emotions became violent, demonic energy suddenly spiraling out of control, his body unconsciously pounding against the restraints. As his movements grew more agitated, the clothing on the other side also slipped down.

And Gu Baiqing’s unconscious glance caught sight of a familiar pattern, a small bird tattooed over the heart. Gu Baiqing’s gaze flickered.

“I wasn’t toyed with emotionally. I just fell into a trap. You cultivators are all hypocrites, you just wanted to kill me. But didn’t I end up killing you instead?” The demon clan laughed in a twisted manner, yet the corners of his eyes were taut, his pupils trembling, as if these words were meant more for himself.

“Then who captured you?”

The demon clan gritted his teeth. “That person wanted to kill me but wasn’t my match. They trapped me here and used every method, but in the end still failed.”

Gu Baiqing showed disdain. “You don’t look that formidable. They could even bring you into Zixiao Sect, working together, they still couldn’t kill you?”

The demon clan’s expression suddenly went blank. A question flashed through his mind, why had it been her alone who acted back then?

“Of course it’s because… I’m formidable. You think I’m an ordinary demon clan? Demon clans evolved from mixed-bloods are the closest to the Primordial Demon. The Primordial Demon is immortal and undying, we’re naturally very hard to destroy,” the demon clan said, baring his teeth.

Just as he was speaking, the primordial spirit squatting nearby suddenly trembled. Gu Baiqing’s attention was instantly drawn away, and he saw demonic qi beginning to gather around them.

The primordial spirit was trembling, seeming very uncomfortable.

Gu Baiqing directly used spiritual power to drive back the demonic qi, then gently patted the primordial spirit’s head and said, “It’s fine now. Keep playing.”

The primordial spirit looked up at Gu Baiqing, and then really did continue playing.

However, this simple action appeared as incomparable care in the eyes of the demon race. His expression twisted badly, as if he had fallen into some strange emotion, and he suddenly laughed and said, “I know now. The reason you don’t kill him is because he has already half entered demonic transformation, right? In this kind of situation, trying to destroy him by killing his primordial spirit is already very difficult. Hahahaha, so that’s it, so that’s it!”

As if something had been proven, the demon race as a whole relaxed.

Gu Baiqing looked at this demon race speechlessly and directly pierced his fantasy, saying, “The reason I don’t kill him is very simple.”

“Because I am his master, and also his Dao companion. We are to accompany each other for a lifetime, so naturally I will only protect him.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the demon race fell silent for a moment.

Until the primordial spirit suddenly stood up and came in front of Gu Baiqing.

Gu Baiqing looked at the primordial spirit, only to see it extend both hands and offer a bouquet of flowers.

A bundle of flowers picked from the surrounding flower bushes, all of them blue, somewhat resembling the color of the lightning pattern between Gu Baiqing’s brows.

Gu Baiqing smiled and reached out to take them. “Thank you.”

The primordial spirit was very happy and squatted down again to fuss with flowers and grass, and this time the action was very clear: it was making a flower crown. Who it was to be given to was self-evident.

Seeing this scene, the demon race instinctively shook his head. “You… you’re lying, it’s not real. How could you possibly take a mixed-blood as a disciple and even become Dao companions? Absurd, a scam, it must be a scam. You must be because you don’t know how to kill him. Fine, I’ll tell you how to kill a mixed-blood who has already half entered demonic transformation. Kill him right now.”

“Do you not understand?” If it weren’t that the primordial spirit couldn’t run around right now, he would have wanted to take Mo Xuanli and leave. After all, he was already more or less clear about what kind of situation this demon race was in.

“You must listen! Killing us is very simple, two methods. First, dig out the origin bone, destroy the spiritual root and the demonic root. Second, as long as he trusts you enough, trick him into entering his domain, his sea of consciousness. As long as his sea of consciousness does not automatically reject you or actively attack you, you can kill the spiritual consciousness body inside. He’ll be ruined. How about it, very simple, right? Especially the second method, it suits you perfectly. Aren’t you master and disciple as well as Dao companions? His primordial spirit trusts you so much, you’ll definitely be able to enter. This method works no matter how powerful he is, even… even if he is the legendary Primordial Demon, this method might still be effective! Hurry… hurry and do it.”

Gu Baiqing looked at this madman, already very displeased, yet what he knew was surprisingly much.

The second method, this was the first time even he had heard of it. After all, when cultivators, or cultivators and demon races, kill each other, they usually just fight directly. No one would use such a method. Could it be that because half-demonic mixed-bloods are hard to destroy, someone came up with this approach?

Gu Baiqing said, “These two methods were both found by the person who tried to kill you, right? And that person used the second method to kill you. The result should be that you betrayed her. You didn’t trust her enough, so she died in your sea of consciousness?”

As if someone had torn away his fig leaf, the demon race immediately flew into a rage and roared, “It wasn’t me! She wanted to come in and kill me! She betrayed me! She wanted my life! I… I… I trusted her so much… It was her own stupidity. She even dared to enter the sea of consciousness of a mixed-blood who had already entered demonic transformation. She was seeking her own death.”

Gu Baiqing did not know how clearly he was seeing it, but the red eyes of that demon race seemed to flicker with moisture.

While the demon race was going mad, the primordial spirit had already finished weaving the flower crown. It came to Gu Baiqing’s side and put it on him, then happily kissed him on the forehead. Immediately after, it collapsed onto Gu Baiqing, and because the primordial spirit had no weight, Gu Baiqing directly held it.

This embrace felt different to Gu Baiqing.

Gu Baiqing directly took the primordial spirit’s hand and stood up, lifting his foot to walk outward.

“Where are you going?” the demon race suddenly shouted anxiously.

Gu Baiqing turned back to look at the demon race and said, “To send him back to his body.”

The demon race froze completely. “You really… really aren’t going to kill him? You… what exactly is your purpose?”

“Purpose?” Gu Baiqing thought for a moment, then reached out to touch the primordial spirit’s cheek beside him. “To be happy with him.”

The demon race was dumbfounded, then seemed to grow angry again. “He… he’s just a lowly mixed-blood, something that shouldn’t exist in this world. He’s despised by everyone, surely also abandoned by his parents, and… and he definitely has the risk of becoming a Primordial Demon. This kind should be killed, killed.”

Gu Baiqing’s steps paused. He looked at the primordial spirit beside him, who hadn’t heard any of this, but Gu Baiqing’s face darkened. He hated others speaking of Mo Xuanli like this. Even if it was another mixed-blood saying it, it was still unacceptable.

Gu Baiqing originally did not want to speak carelessly about the demon race and the senior’s past, but at this moment, Gu Baiqing could not help but feel a sense of retaliation.

“Do you know that in the farthest eastern part from here, there is a grave?” Gu Baiqing suddenly said.

The demon race was stunned. “What… grave?”

What did that mean? Someone was buried in the forbidden land? Who? Her? But how was that possible, she had made a great contribution by capturing and killing him. No matter what, she should have been gloriously buried together with the elders of Zixiao Sect.

“A grave whose tombstone bears no name. Such a thing only happens to disciples who feel guilt toward Zixiao Sect, but there is a pattern left on it.”

The demon race stared blankly at Gu Baiqing.

Gu Baiqing raised his hand and pointed at his chest. “A little bird.”

The demon race’s expression changed drastically.

“The burial ground of that grave was originally a plot prepared for building a residence. The stakes had all been driven in.”

“This valley seems to have been deliberately transformed by someone, a paradise created by human hands, very suitable for mixed-bloods to live and cultivate in. So I brought my disciple here to advance.”

Gu Baiqing looked at the demon race and saw that his face had already lost all color, his whole person seeming as if his soul were being slowly drawn out. His entire body trembled uncontrollably, wanting to argue something yet having nothing to argue.

“And also… I have long since been to my disciple’s sea of consciousness.”

The demon race froze instantly, looking at Gu Baiqing in disbelief.

“And I have also seen the demonized consciousness body within the sea of consciousness.”

“And when I went in, it was naturally not to kill him, but to dual-cultivate with the consciousness body, to help him cultivate, advance, pass through difficulties, and alleviate the symptoms of demonization.”

“No!” The demon race suddenly wanted to retort.

“No what? Could it be that you don’t know that one can actually help mixed-bloods through dual cultivation with the consciousness body?”

The demon race’s whole person visibly collapsed all at once, and a mouthful of blood suddenly sprayed out.

In fact, Gu Baiqing had not been that clear about his guesses regarding the past either. It was just that seeing the demon race’s reaction now, he probably… had thought of something himself as well.

There was also one more discovery that Gu Baiqing did not mention, for fear of causing trouble. In fact, all the barriers and formations here were meant to guard against the demon race, but if one were to revert to a mixed-blood, then one could pass through freely.

Gu Baiqing said no more and led the primordial spirit away.

When they returned, Song Xingkui’s eyes were wide open, especially when she saw Gu Baiqing still wearing a flower crown. It made them look as if they had gone on a date, and she could not help but burst into another round of exaggerated goose-goose-goose laughter.

Gu Baiqing ignored her, took off the flower crown, and brought the primordial spirit to Mo Xuanli’s side, softly saying, “Go back. We’ll see each other very soon.”

At first, the primordial spirit that had been clinging to Gu Baiqing as if unwilling to part seemed to sense something, and drifted back into its own body.

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