Chapter 1223 - Leave no survivors

A faint flash of light.

Two young men appeared from the void of space and fell on the ground.

“We’re finally safe—— it’s currently daytime, so we can rest here for now and return at night”

One of the two young men spoke as if handing out orders.

He doffed all of his armor, changed into a red robe, then took out a set of cushions and placed them on the ground.

The other young man responded affirmatively while wielding a longbow and carefully observing their surroundings.

The red robe young man sat on his cushion and waved his hand:

“Small little Li, we’ve already returned, there’s no need to be so cautious. Come, brew me some tea”

The young man called ‘Small little Li’ was wearing a set of tattered armor, still wielding his longbow and stood still without moving.

——–Gu Qing Shan had donned all of the dead body’s equipment, and he certainly knew how to brew tea, in fact, he was quite decent at it.

But he didn’t know what kind of tea the other party liked to drink.

A short moment later.

He said: “I’ll get it ready soon, but sir, I saw you were hit very heavily on your head that you fell unconscious——– does your head still hurt now?”

This was the truth, the red robe young man was really hit by a monster on his head, destroying his helmet while he fell unconscious from the impact.

The young man was a bit surprised.

He looked at Small little Li’s concerned look and subconsciously rubbed the back of his head.

“Now that you mention it, I do feel my head still hurting a bit” the young man muttered.

“Perhaps you should take some medicine?” Gu Qing Shan asked.

“No need” the young man waved his hand and proudly declared: “Such a minor wound isn’t going to affect me much”

—–bam!

An autumn-water clear blue steel sword appeared from behind and lightly smacked him on the back of the head.

As soon as the sword swung, several flashes of light appeared behind the young man to protect him.

But since the Six Paths Great Mountain sword possessed the ability of [Law Breaker], none of the defensive means managed to do anything.

The young man trembled a bit and fell unconscious on top of his cushions.

The sword turned into Shannu and muttered: “His sense of danger is very lacking”

“That means this place should be relatively safe” Gu Qing Shan shrugged.

——-This place was a dark and silent cave with dry ground that wasn’t dirty.

The door was being locked by a faint light, which apparently made it so one couldn’t escape.

Gu Qing Shan wasn’t in a hurry to probe the surroundings, he first walked up to the young man and placed his hand on his forehead.

Soul Reading, activate!

Images quickly appeared in Gu Qing Shan’s mind allowing him to quickly understand everything about this young man.

Gu Qing Shan’s eyebrows slowly relaxed.

About half an incense stick’s worth of time later.

As the young man smelled the brewed tea, he gradually came to.

That nap felt quite good—— no, wait, I think I fell unconscious!

He abruptly looked up.

Gu Qing Shan was sitting on one side with a brewed pot of tea, glancing at him worriedly.

The young man checked the protective talismans and treasures on his body.

Everything was intact.

It couldn’t have been an attack.

“——Did I faint? How long was I out for?” the young man accepted the truth and asked.

“About half an incense stick’s worth of time, young master, please have some tea first”

Gu Qing Shan poured him a full cup of tea.

The young man received the cup of tea and finished it.

“Small little Li, I knew you were perfectly loyal, it was you who saved me in the end, I’ll be sure to keep that in mind”

He patted Gu Qing Shan’s shoulder and said.

“Young master doesn’t need to mind it. On the other hand, I think the wound on young master’s head had better be dealt with as soon as possible” Gu Qing Shan replied.

The young man seemed to be a bit embarrassed.

——after all, he did just fall unconscious all of a sudden.

“It’s fine, it’s nothing but a minor injury. Make us something to eat, I don’t want to chew on dried rations” the young man said.

“Yes”

Gu Qing Shan took out his ingredients and prepared a dish appropriate with the other party’s memories.

——-compared to the cultivation world, this world’s cooking skills were relatively simple, so Gu Qing Shan only needed to take a short look through his memory to understand how to make them.

A few moments later.

The meal was finished.

The young man happily ate.

——-today, the rice and food were exactly how it always was, but for some reason, he felt it to be a bit more delicious.

Gu Qing Shan waited until the other party finished his portion before he started eating.

Once he had finished cleaning up all the cooking and eating utensils, the young man sat cross-legged and entered meditation.

Gu Qing Shan silently took out his bow and stood by the opening of the cave as a lookout.

This bow belonged to the dead young man.

After all, the Wraith realm didn’t actually know he had expertise in archery as well.

Gu Qing Shan had specifically chosen this person to hide his true identity.

In Heaven Pillar world, the world spirits had bestowed him the most advanced cultivation scriptures of every subject, which included some excellent archery, swordsmanship, and martial arts scriptures.

He only needed to study them a little bit to fully grasp these techniques through ‘enlightenment’.

Gu Qing Shan had the power of three dragons, a foundation of strength on which both martial arts and archery could be trained to mastery in a very short time.

He had already learnt how to use a bow, after his soul was released, he had even learnt a Bygone Era martial arts scripture from Lin.

——-he originally had prepared everything he needed, waiting to enter the Wraith realm, who knew that he’d end up in the Tomb of Myriad Beasts instead?

Time slowly passed.

In the cave, while the young man was meditating, Gu Qing Shan stood guard, watching for any outside commotions while studying his archery.

At twilight.

The young man finally snapped out from his mediation.

Looking at Gu Qing Shan’s cautious appearance, he couldn’t help but ask: “Small little Li, why are you so cautious? There aren’t any issues as long as we don’t come to the surface”

“——-not to mention, it’s about to be dark soon”

Gu Qing Shan stayed silent.

In this world, the surface was a place that one absolutely must not go to.

Especially during the day, where underground caves were the only safe places.

Even then, it wouldn’t be until after nightfall that it would be safe to travel from one cave to another.

“Young master, it’s not about the surface; I just feel like there are some oddities about you being ambushed this time around” Gu Qing Shan said.

“Small little Li, what do you mean?” the young man was confused.

Gu Qing Shan replied: “Why were you led onto the battlefield, only to fall into such a dangerous situation?”

The young man’s originally casual appearance abruptly changed from this realization.

“Other than me, the others who could protect you are already dead” Gu Qing Shan continued.

The young man pondered: “If what you said is true, those guys who told me that the scene of war was magnificent and worth taking a look at would be suspicious...”

Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.

——very good, he’s not stupid, just a bit slow to react.

All of a sudden, the young man touched the bracelet on his left wrist and took out a bow.

He gave the bow to Gu Qing Shan: “You’ve contributed greatly by saving me, so I would have rewarded you greatly when we returned, but now that the situation is unique, I shall first grant this bow for you to use”

Gu Qing Shan received the bow, then compared it to his own bow.

Just the sensation and design of the bows were already heaven and earth apart.

He quickly found the details of this bow within the memories he read earlier.

This was a famous bow——-

Gu Qing Shan said: “Young master, this is the ‘Eagle of the Moon’, one of the 13 named bows of our School of Fei Yu. My own strength is lacking and not worthy of this bow”

“Use it for now and return it to me when we’re back” the young man said.

Gu Qing Shan froze.

Wait, that’s not how the script is supposed to go.

At this point, the barrier of light at the cave opening slowly faded.

“It’s nighttime now, let’s go” the red robe young man ordered.

“Yes, young master”

Gu Qing Shan stood up, then released his inner sight.

He found something, then turned around and asked the red robe young man: “Young master, how is your head?”

The red robe young man impatiently said: “It’s already fine, let’s go and quickly head back, you’re scouting ahead”

Bam!

A sword heavily struck the back of his head at lightning speed.

The young man trembled a bit and fell unconscious again.

“Gongzi” Shannu’s voice resounded from the sword.

“Hm, hide yourself for now, I’m going to take a look at the situation” Gu Qing Shan said.

“Understood”

The sword slowly faded behind him.

Gu Qing Shan walked out from the cave and stood still in the silent underground cave system.

A few men in black clothing were quickly heading in his direction.

Just as Gu Qing Shan smiled and was about to say something, the leader of the black clothes men ordered:

“Leave no survivors!”

“Yes!”

The group of black clothes men shouted in affirmation.

Gu Qing Shan’s smile froze.

If they already declared that, there’s nothing else to do.

He begrudgingly raised his bow.

Leave no survivors.

Then——-

The ‘Eagle of the Moon’ longbow in his hand suddenly vanished, switched out for a dark green longbow.

——Bow of Fallen Souls.

This was a longbow he took with him from Lady Fusi within the bronze palace of [Chaos], a Dreamscape Soul Artifact from the [Chaos] faction.

Gu Qing Shan raised the bow, took a deep breath, then stood still.

In an instant, his hand moved like a blurred image, firing a barrage of arrows.

The sound of the snapping string resounded like a bunch of crackers.

Several deep blue streaks of light shot forward and vanished in an instant.

One breath’s worth of time later.

Every arrow had struck, but some managed to avoid being hit in their vitals.

——after all, it had been a long time since Gu Qing Shan used a bow, he needed some time to regain his mastery.

But he didn’t fire any more arrows.

The Bow of Fallen Souls contained [Withering] and [Corroding Essence], both of which were terrifying powers.

Desperate screams resounded.

With an audible ‘zi zi’ sound, all of them were completely corroded into nothingness in an instant.

A frigid gust of wind blew in from the deeper end of the cave system.

All of a sudden, numerous shadows appeared from the void of space and manifested as a terrifying dark shadow beast.

The beast only took a split second to traverse the long distance of the cave system to appear in front of Gu Qing Shan.

「 Damned archer, I will kill you! 」the beast roared sternly.

Shu——-

A sword was thrust through its body.

Cold gleaming sword phantoms bloomed like a surging and winding river, erasing the dark shadow beasts from existence.

Even though it was an AOE attack, it did not damage a single pebble in the cave system, displaying absolute mastery over these sword phantoms.

Secret Art, [Torrent]!

Earth sword’s power, [Earth’s Choice]!

The commotion earlier vanished, the cave became silent again.

In the cave system, other than the howling cold wind, there were no other anomalies.

Gu Qing Shan lowered the Earth sword.

“Although I plan to disguise as an archer, if you think you can kill me in close combat, you’re out of your mind”

Saying so, he put the Earth sword and Bow of Fallen Souls away before returning.

Now that the issue has been dealt with, we can move.

Gu Qing Shan lightly pinched a point on the red robe young man’s neck.

He gradually regained consciousness and realized what just happened.

“Did I faint again?” the young man asked.

Gu Qing Shan nodded with a concerned expression on his face.

“Young master, about your head injury——-” he stuttered a bit.

“Don’t say anything else, I understand”

The young man touched his bracelet, took out 7-8 pills at once, and chewed them all up.