The Paladin on the Infinite Tour

94. Those who are possessed by demons will be killed without mercy.

There were many, many reasons for what happened more than five hundred years ago, and those were not reasons that suddenly appeared, but differences in concepts that gradually emerged over more than ten years.

To put it simply, there are three reasons.

First, there was the difference in philosophy between Fu Hua and the Seven Disciples at that time.

"Although the master back then was not completely ruthless, he was always merciless when it came to those who were possessed by demons." Cheng Lingshuang said, "The most important rule in the Taixu Mountain sect is [Becoming Demonic] Kill without mercy and show no mercy]."

The Taixu Mountain lineage ignores secular affairs. No matter how big things happen in the world, as long as it has nothing to do with the collapse, Taixu Mountain will never interfere. Every time Taixu Seven Swords and Fu Hua go down the mountain, except for a few times In addition, it is also for the purpose of slaying demons.

"Our seven disciples, except for the senior sister who was already old when we started, the other six have been instilled with this idea since childhood, and the Sword Heart Technique that accompanies Taixu Sword Qi has also been deepened in a subtle way. This kind of thinking. Since you are Master’s disciple, you should also know it.”

"......Um."

Divine sound.

Alexia has been affected by this thing before.

"Monsters and possessed people are evil. At the beginning, we didn't have any doubts about this. We just followed the master's instructions and believed that our sword practice was to kill demons. But the master is not very good at teaching people, nor is he very good at teaching people. When it comes to raising children, most of the time, it’s the senior sister who teaches us.”

Thinking about it now, maybe it was because of Lin Chaoyu who took them with them at that time, that this obsessive idea of ​​"the devil must be killed" could not be completely rooted in the hearts of the seven of them.

"And as they get older, the senior sisters will occasionally encounter some situations on their way to eliminate demons - for example, the demon-possessed person has been eliminated, but the relatives and family members of the demon-possessed person hate them because of it."

"..."

People who become possessed by evil spirits are ordinary human beings with their own families and relatives before becoming possessed. Although it is to protect the common people and fight against the Honkai Impact, the Seven Swords of Taixu and Fu Huana's behavior of being possessed by demons and killing them cannot be recognized by everyone.

The Seven Swordsmen of Taixu had never experienced the tragedies of previous civilizations, so they naturally did not understand their master's persistence. Moreover, due to more similar situations, the seven disciples' ideas gradually deviated from Fu Hua's.

This is one of them.

The second was Taixu’s fourth disciple at that time——

"The fourth child has gone crazy." Cheng Lingshuang told what Alexia and Li Sushang knew for the first time. "The Taixu Mountain disciples will kill those who are possessed without mercy. We can do this to outsiders, but when we are our disciples, we will kill them without mercy." When a possessed person appears inside, that’s a different matter.”

There may be truly ruthless people in this world who can ruthlessly kill their own relatives.

But unfortunately, the Seven Swords of Taixu are not that ruthless.

After the fourth child - Jiang Wanru - was exposed, Fu Hua did not kill him immediately, but kept him under observation for a period of time. After all, Jiang Wanru has been practicing Taixu Sword Qi since she was a child. Even if she is eroded by Honkai, she will not be completely possessed immediately.

But unfortunately, no one could save Jiang Wanru at that time. Therefore, Fu Hua ordered that she would personally send off her apprentice.

[Death is the best ending for her]

Fu Hua said so.

This is indeed the truth.

Once the Seven Swords of Taixu become a demon, the impact it will have is not comparable to that of an ordinary person who is obsessed with it. And if you think about the worst, the Seven Swords of Taixu were selected by Honkai in that era and became the Herrscher or something similar. If the Lawyer exists, the result will be even more disastrous.

Fu Hua did not kill Jiang Wanru at the first time, but he was already showing favor to her.

The person who couldn't accept his master's decision the most was Jiang Wanru's sister, Taixu's third disciple Jiang Wanxi. She knew that for the sake of the world, her sister could not continue to exist in the world, but as a sister, how could she watch her sister whose blood was thicker than water being killed?

"The second and sixth children were just like the third child at that time. They couldn't bear to see the fourth child die. The senior sister also begged the master for mercy, but the master's decision will not change even if the sky falls."

"You don't need me to tell you the rest, right?"

Cheng Lingshuang stopped talking here.

Exia herself can indeed figure out what happens next.

Over the years, the eight masters and apprentices, whose ideas had long been deviated and divergent, finally became completely opposed because of Jiang Wanru's obsession. In order to keep Jiang Wanru, who is like a family member to herself, alive, under the leadership of the second child Su Mei, the seven The apprentice eventually planned to kill his master.

"What about the third reason?"

"...The second child said it was for Master." Cheng Lingshuang paused, "It's strange to say that I didn't care much about this matter back then. When the second child and the sixth child came to me, I only remembered the key points. But now that I have said this, I have remembered some other key points.”

"The second child said that Master has no one she cares about or cares about. We disciples are just disciples, and we may not even be considered disciples. Master has always been alone, maybe she has been a real person for too long, even if It’s us, and Master rarely speaks.”

Cheng Lingshuang thought of the past while talking.

In her memory, she had spoken to her master a lot, but every time she spoke, what her master told her was mostly about the cultivation methods of Taixu Sword Qi. Other than that, there is almost nothing.

"So, in addition to protecting your fellow sect members, the main reason for you to kill your master is... so that master can pay more attention to you and care about you?"

"It should be said that I don't want Master to be alone anymore." Cheng Lingshuang said thoughtfully, "We have lived together in the mountains for more than ten years. Master, like Senior Sister, is both Master and mother to us. Even if he is the mastermind The second child must have felt bad too. The sixth child later also behaved all over China, as if he was tired of living and wanted to die."

"——I'm done."

After saying these words, Cheng Lingshuang stopped talking.

After listening to Cheng Lingshuang's explanation, Alexia and Li Suchang, who had a better understanding of the situation back then, also began to ponder.

Neither of them thought that there were these reasons for what happened back then. Although Fu Hua mentioned some of them at the beginning, she did not elaborate on them, and Alexia didn't think about it in detail. Li Sushang never asked about her and Fu Hua's relationship back then. The fight was purely for the death of his mother.

(Would you do something treacherous for the sake of your loved ones?)

(Did you remember what happened two years ago, Mr. Prince?)

(...)

Almost two years ago, the third collapse occurred.

It has been so long since this matter ended, but it seems that it has never ended.

No, it should be said...what Exia experienced at that time, and the choices he faced at that time, similar to them have happened countless times in the past.

Now Alexia dares to say that he will never betray Fu Hua, but if in that environment and situation back then, the possessed person had been Bianca or Kiana, then he could still say this unswervingly Kind of talk?

"...Cheng Lingshuang."

Then, Exia spoke.

"I understand the situation, but whether I want to forgive you or not has nothing to do with me. After the matter here in Lushan is settled, I will take you to see the master. Although it is impossible to meet directly, it is still possible to meet from a distance. You Go and explain the situation to Master yourself."

"And after that, I will kill you once no matter what - what you did to Master must be repaid with your life."

Let’s use the free leave request first.

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95. Cheng Lingshuang’s way of existence

After that conversation, Alexia and Cheng Lingshuang never had any dialogue again.

After Li Sushang had completely filled her stomach, the three of them followed their agreement and headed to Mount Lushan again with Erica.

(Miss Ai Ge, that Cheng Lingshuang, can you tell what is going on with her?)

On the way to Lushan Mountain, she did not walk at the front, but at the back of everyone. Alexia stared at Cheng Lingshuang, who was walking side by side with Li Sushang, and asked Shatiao Aige at the same time.

He didn't doubt Li Sushang, and he might feel sorry for her when he said this, but Alexia felt that with her character and intelligence, he could see through it at a glance if she was lying. After all, Li Sushang is such a simple person and doesn't understand intrigues at all.

But Cheng Lingshuang... Regardless of her personality, Alexia also didn't think she was lying.

To put it bluntly, she should be the type of person who disdains lying.

Whether it was her or Li Sushang, they did not hide anything in the explanations they could give about Cheng Lingshuang's current existence.

So, what exactly is Cheng Lingshuang?

(…There is a conjecture.)

Shajo Aige was silent for a while before speaking.

(Do you still remember Miss Su Shang’s power, Prince?)

(Yeah, remember.)

Li Sushang's power is the embodiment of the two divine tools held by Mercato. He can directly summon two powerful creatures, which usually look like heavy swords. Since Mercato has multiple different gods, This powerful creature can also adopt different postures based on different godheads.

Like what Aixia had seen before, Li Sushang made her powerful creation become herself, which should be based on the mutation of Mercato Poseidon's godhead.

(You mean, [Cheng Lingshuang] is Li Sushang’s [Creation of Power]?)

(This is just a guess at best. Mercator has the godhead of the God of the Underworld. For the gods, even a soul that has been dead for hundreds or thousands of years, as long as that soul has not been reincarnated and remains in the underworld, Then you are still under their control.)

In other words... the current Cheng Lingshuang is Li Sushang's power based on the godhead of Mercator, the god of the underworld, and has been resurrected through the medium of power creation?

No, it should be said that the soul was summoned unconsciously by Li Sushang?

(Can we also recruit the soul of our senior sister in this world? By the way, doesn’t our sister have no concept of soul?)

If so, Otto wouldn't have spent more than five hundred years resurrecting Kallen, let alone the power of Holy Annihilation that could rewrite the world.

(Well, it’s true that she doesn’t, so... I tend to think that she is a simulated existence.)

(How to say?)

(She is not the real soul of Cheng Lingshuang now, but a pseudo-soul simulated by her power based on the Cheng Lingshuang in Miss Sushang's memory. It is similar to [Phantom].)

Phantom.

A special spirit that is very similar to heroic spirits and servants. Although like heroic spirits, it has myths, legends or some actual existence as the basis, but because the legend is not spread enough, or the legend itself is just urban. If it reaches the legendary level, then those spirits cannot be upgraded to heroic spirits and can only become phantoms that may dissipate at any time.

For example, "Hanako in the Toilet" and "Granny Girl" are well-known in Japan and can be found in almost every school, such as "Seven Horror Legends", which are very likely to produce phantoms.

Cheng Lingshuang's existence is very similar to that of a phantom in Shajo Aige's opinion. The difference is that what makes up her simulated spirit body is just Li Sushang's thoughts. Maybe it has something to do with the power itself, but even so, an individual with such a strong self-awareness appears...

(The God Killer is really amazing. Even if she is not as good as the Prince, Miss Su Shang has definitely transformed into a monster and a human being. It is really gratifying.)

(I don’t think this is something worth celebrating...but then again, what is Su Shang’s power?)

At first, Exia thought it was Mercato's weapon, but then he showed his Poseidon side. In addition, he has multiple godheads, and he seems to be able to change freely. Now he shows the God of the Underworld. one side.

Such complex and diverse powers are really a bit abnormal.

(My Lord Prince, you yourself have even more abnormal powers. Isn’t it inappropriate to say that Miss Sushang is abnormal now?)

Shatiao Aige smiled.

(I don’t think there is any point in delving into this kind of question. Just like you usurped Veleslana’s power and combined it with your own power to create a new power, Miss Sushang’s power should also be combined with her own power. Strength has made corresponding changes. Although the reason is unknown, but... this is obviously not a bad change, right?)

(Cheng Lingshuang’s appearance lets you know the past of more than five hundred years ago, and makes Miss Sushang a lot happier now. And when she meets Miss Fu Hua later, she should be able to let the past that lasted more than five hundred years go by All the grievances and grudges have turned into phantoms of the past and dispersed - if I have to say the bad thing, it is only you who will be in a bad mood.)

(Tsk...)

Turning her attention back from the conversation with Shajo Aige, Aixia continued to look at Cheng Lingshuang and Li Sushang in front of her.

Although the two had some unpleasantness before setting off, for Li Sushang, seeing her master again after more than five hundred years was undoubtedly a happy event. Even from her perspective of time, she and her master In other words, she could see her long-dead master again after not seeing him for a few months. This in itself made her extremely happy.

It would be better if Alexia, the junior uncle, could get along harmoniously with her master.

"We are here, Your Majesty, King Sushang."

After continuing to walk for a while, Erica, who was leading the way, also stopped.

Alexia, Li Sushang and Cheng Lingshuang came to her side one after another, and were stunned after looking forward.

"This is... Lushan Mountain?"

Li Sushang looked at the scene in front of her with some surprise - in her impression, Luo Hao's location was a thatched house on the top of Mount Lushan. ,

But what is presented to them now is a flat land!

It was as if a certain heavenly swordsman had cut off the top of Mount Lu with his divine sword. The original mountain scene disappeared and was replaced by a flat land like an arena.

In the middle of the flat ground, the four of them could see a woman sitting cross-legged on the ground, meditating.

"come yet?"

As if aware of the arrival of Exia and others, the woman opened her eyes and stood up.

"You really kept me waiting for a long time, Li Sushang!"

"...Master Luo Hao."

Li Sushang said the woman's name with a serious expression.

96. The disgusting martial arts king

The god-killer of China, the martial arts king Luo Hao.

Hearing what Li Sushang said, Alexia finally looked at the woman in front of her whose name she had only heard before.

That was a young girl who didn't look like she had lived for more than two hundred years. Judging from her appearance, she looked like she was only seventeen or eighteen years old.