Chapter 56: Painting the skin, painting the bones, it is difficult to paint the heart
When Gu Cheng was sitting cross-legged in a pool of blood recovering his strength, Zhou Jianxing and others also rushed back.
Zhou Jianxing did not suffer any damage, and his own strength was not weak. Because he was a direct descendant of the Zhou family, he must have some trump cards given to him by the Zhou family.
Xiao Yi was protected by Wang Qi and was not injured. However, Wang Qi was a little miserable. A large area of his body was corroded by the black pus. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured.
Seeing the broken stone tablet and Gu Cheng who was obviously seriously injured, Zhou Jianxing cupped his hands and said, "Brother Gu, thank you very much this time. I owe you a favor."
During the day, Zhou Jianxing was not so solemn, because in his opinion, Gu Cheng only solved a small problem. Although he was grateful, it was not as heavy as his gratitude.
But now we know that the entire Sujia Town has been swallowed up, and the monster's abilities are so evil. If it is discovered too late, it can even spread with Sujia Town as the core. By then, the responsibility will all be his.
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Let’s not talk about the external situation, he cannot stop the criticism from within the Zhou family.
So when Gu Cheng helped him solve this problem this time, it could be said that he did him a big favor and deserved a real favor from him.
"Brother Zhou, you're welcome. If things in the Su family really get into trouble, I, Jingyesi, will inevitably be blamed as well."
The two of them exchanged a few words and then began to regain their strength. After another hour, Cui Zijie arrived with a group of Jingyesi's people.
Of course this time it was true, because Song Chengxun, Meng Hantang and others, as well as dozens of Jingyesi's Xuanjia guards, all came.
When he saw the large pool of blood in the ancestral hall and the dark pus all over the floor, even Song Chengxun, a practitioner of ghost refining, frowned.
"What's going on? How did the Su family become like this?"
Gu Cheng told Cui Zijie everything, and then asked: "Sir, this thing doesn't look like a ghost, let alone a demon. What exactly is it?"
Cui Zijie also frowned. At this moment, Zhao Jingming ran over panting from outside and said loudly: "I found something is wrong with Su Zhenxing!"
But when he came over, he saw that everyone from Jingyesi of Heyang Prefecture had arrived, and the ground was in a mess. He couldn't help but wonder: "What's going on?"
Gu Cheng said: "The matter has been solved, what clues have you found?"
Zhao Jingming took out a large album and said, "The incident in Sujia Town was actually caused by Su Zhenxing.
Su Zhenxing has been fond of some strange things since he was a child. On this business trip, he bought a stone tablet from a group of merchants from Liaodong, which is said to be from the ancient barbaric period.
Along with the stone tablet, there were some murals, but those merchants from Liaodong wanted to make a fortune from him, so he didn't buy the murals.
I asked the local Jingyesi to intercept the caravan, find those murals and print them out, the contents inside are shocking."
Everyone took out the rubbings and took a look. The mural contained a story recorded by a barbaric tribe in Liaodong.
It’s unclear how many thousands of years ago that era of ancient wilderness was before now. It might have been 10,000, or it might have been 20,000.
Because the gap in that era was quite large, dynasties, aristocratic families and even the prototype of sects had developed in the Central Plains, but in the barbaric and barbaric land, they still maintained the appearance of very ancient tribes.
The barbaric tribes on this mural are typical of that era. They had no writing, tied ropes to record events, were extremely ignorant of the world's existence, and even had the bad habit of sacrificing blood for sacrifice.
This tribe has a habit. They believe that after death, the soul will stay on the skin. As long as the skin is not bad, the soul will not die.
So after the first generation leader of the tribe died, his skin was peeled off and placed on the tombstone for worship.
Every time the tribe killed someone in a foreign war, they would skin the enemy they captured alive and use their blood to water the human skin of their ancestors.
After a long time, the human skin seemed to come to life and gradually swallowed up the entire tribe.
But the mural does not show fear, but excitement.
Maybe they believe that their ancestors are blessing them and bringing them into a world of immortality. Only human skin will last forever, and their souls will last forever.
After reading it, Gu Cheng asked: "So what exactly is this ghost thing? A demon transformed from human skin? A demon with painted skin?"
Cui Zijie let out a sigh of relief and said, "A demon? It may be considered a demon now, but if it really grows up, it won't be a demon anymore."
"what is that?"
Cui Zijie looked solemn and said: "It's the evil god, the evil god born from the original blood sacrifice and killing.
Do you believe that someone once came up with this thing during the melee between ten countries five hundred years ago, and it destroyed a small country?
What happened this time was also a blessing among misfortunes. Not long after this thing came out and before it completely started growing, it was discovered and solved.
You have made a great contribution this time, and you will get a lot of merit points."
At this time, Jingyesi's Xuanjia Guard came over carrying the disfigured Su Zhendong and said: "Sir, there are still a few living people in Sujia Town. They are all locked underground and have been corroded by the black pus.
, dying, afraid that he may not survive.
But this man is the only one outside, and I don’t know his origin.”
Gu Cheng said: "This is also a member of the Su family. He is a disfigured lunatic. But these news were told by the old patriarch of the Su family who has been replaced by a monster. I don't know whether they are true or false."
Only now did Gu Cheng remember that Su Zhendong always talked about layers after layers. Could it be because he saw the other person wearing a layer of human skin?
Is he alive now because he is a lunatic and not suitable for sacrifice? Or is it because he was disfigured and his own skin has been destroyed, so it is impossible to remove the complete human skin?
Song Chengxun said coldly from the side: "Sir, just to be on the safe side, just kill him."
Cui Zijie frowned immediately when he heard this.
He was a little confused about killing an ordinary person so arbitrarily. Besides, even if you really wanted to kill him, you couldn't just say it in public.
One is that it affects Jingyesi's reputation, and the other is that this person belongs to the Su family. The Su family is a vassal of the Zhou family, and Zhou Jianxing is watching from the sidelines.
Song Cheng Xun Lian Gui Lian's state of mind was somewhat affected, and all he did was kill, kill, kill.
Gu Cheng coughed and said: "Painting skin is difficult to paint bones. The other party just painted a layer of human skin, but it is not a real person.
Make a cut on his body so that the bones can be seen, and then treat him after checking."
Cui Zijie nodded, this was acceptable.
Jingyesi's Xuan Jiawei on the side cut Su Zhendong's arm, causing him to scream in pain. Blood flowed out uncontrollably, and the bones and muscles inside could even be seen.
"It's okay. Let's take him down for treatment."
Cui Zijie waved his hand and ordered the Xuanjia guards to seal off the scene and clean up all the human skin and black pus in Sujia Town before leading the people away.
Zhou Jianxing also said goodbye to Gu Cheng, and he also wanted to go back to Zhou's house to report the matter.
Everyone had left, but Su Zhendong, who had his arm bandaged, was left alone in Sujia Town.
The death of a person from the town was a big deal for both Jingyesi and the Zhou family. At this time, who would care about a madman?
In the Sujia Town, which had become extremely quiet during the day, Su Zhendong stood up and pulled off the linen that Jingyesi's people had bandaged for him. The wound was now as clean as new.
He pulled as hard as he could on his face, and the originally hideous and scarred face was torn off a layer of human skin, revealing a flawless, delicate and handsome face that was almost indistinguishable from male to female.
Come.
Touching his face, Su Zhendong pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth. It was very awkward, as if he had just learned to smile.
"Layer after layer, I finally drew a piece of my own skin and bones. When can I draw a heart?"
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In the secret room of Jingyesi in Heyang Mansion, Gu Cheng has been in seclusion for half a month.
His retreat this time was mainly to recuperate from his injuries, heal himself from the blood-sucking injuries, and practice cultivation at the same time.
The death of a person from this town is considered a big event for the Heyang Mansion, not to mention the possibility that an evil god may be born. Of course, this is just a suspicion. After all, no one has seen what a real evil god looks like in this era.
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But the rewards that Cui Zijie applied for were really quite a lot, even somewhat beyond Gu Cheng's imagination.
Xiao B and others were awarded 100 to 500 points according to their contribution. Wang Qi was the most injured and received 500 points.
As the main force in solving the problem, Gu Cheng directly received 2,000 points.
However, these 2,000 merit points were basically spent without any fuss in Gu Cheng's hands.
500 points were used to buy five bottles of Sanzhi Xue Ning Dan, which is used to heal wounds and replenish qi and blood.
Xie Xue almost injured Gu Cheng's essence, so the injury had to be repaired at once.
Gu Cheng used the 1,000 points to buy a bottle of extremely precious elixir called Xuanyuan Spirit Gathering Pill.
This kind of elixir is what Gu Cheng plans to use to attack the bone forging realm.
Although in Gu Cheng's current environment, he can successfully cultivate his bones slowly and smoothly, strength is the foundation of everything.
Therefore, Gu Cheng did not choose any of the fancy techniques in the treasure house, but first chose the Xuanyuan Spirit Gathering Pill to break through.
As for the last 500 points, they were used by Gu Cheng to buy materials for refining the five ghosts and transporting them.
To be precise, the magical power of moving the five ghosts is not cultivated, but refined.