Chapter 711: Chapter 197: Bizarre Plan (Seeking Monthly Votes)_3

However, this plan had failed once, over a month ago, for some reason.

After comparing the information before and after, Xu Shu could tell that Gu Jiangming was indeed not lying; he did not dare to lie.

Then the question arose again.

According to the law “the more you know, the less you know,”

Xu Shu found that there were still many things he was not clear about.

For instance, what he wanted to know was…

“Do you know how many of them there are?”

“They say there are thousands, tens of thousands!”

Xu Shu said, “I’m asking about how many Demon Chosen like this one there are.”

“Uh, sir, I really don’t know about that,” Gu Jiangming dared not hesitate.

“What’s his brother’s name?”

“Sir, this, I can’t remember right away, I know it, but the pronunciation is quite strange. Please give me a moment to think, I’ll try to remember!”

“You seem to know very little…” Xu Shu’s tone became dangerous.

Gu Jiangming hastily said, “But I do know one thing! Gu Jingyun, no, that Demon Chosen mentioned that his brother was one of the seventy-two servants. He mentioned his revered name!”

Xu Shu suddenly turned his head, “What is it?”

“He said it was, it was…”

Gu Jiangming thought for a moment, his lips quivered, and after a moment he mimicked a strange syllable:

“Paimon! He’s called Saisex Paimon!” (Note 1)

Xu Shu’s mouth twitched, and he couldn’t help but glance at the Primordial Spirit figurine on his belt, “Damn, what a weird leather texture.”

Gu Jiangming was taken aback, “What did you say?”

“Nothing.”

Xu Shu waved it off, not dwelling on this critical moment, instead, he silently noted the name.

Saxipemon.

It sounded like this guy might be the leader of the plan?

Now, including the already deceased Edric, Xu Shu had the names of five Divine Chosen in his possession.

Although these messages were not of immediate use, Xu Shu knew that it was partially because his own realm was relatively low and he knew fewer secrets.

As long as the information was successfully passed on to the higher-ups, these pieces of information could play a real role.

He repeated the name several times in his mind to ensure he wouldn’t forget, then patted Gu Jiangming on the head and asked affectionately, “Is that all? Do you have any other last words? If not, I’m ready to send you on your way.”

Gu Jiangming was first inclined to express his gratitude, then he realized something was wrong—it was clear that he was going to be killed.

He exclaimed angrily, “You…! You clearly promised me that as long as I answered honestly, you’d let me walk away… You can’t be so untrustworthy! Aren’t you afraid that going against your word will harm your Dao Heart and plague your mind, making it impossible for your cultivation to advance further!”

Xu Shu said expressionlessly, “Stop talking nonsense. The way to Little Western Heaven is also a path, don’t you think? Go ask Cai Qijun of the White Emperor Army if you don’t believe me.”

With that, he grabbed Gu Jiangming’s neck.

Who was Cai Qijun?

Gu Jiangming subconsciously had this question, and then he saw his head fall off his neck, rolling around a couple of times.

In an instant, every moment of his life flashed by as a series of light and shadows in his mind.

The many hardships he had endured in his bitter practice during his youth, the pain and unwillingness when his admired senior sister married someone else, the perilous breakthrough when he ascended to Transcendence, the pride and high-spiritedness when he reached the heights of his success…

He had once spoken freely, but gradually he could no longer make a sound.

He had once bullied both men and women, but gradually he was no longer so fierce.

As his consciousness gradually dissipated, filled with regret and unwillingness, a strange little iron box hanging on his chest seemed to be emitting a strange dark red glow as if enveloping Gu Jiangming’s body!

“Huh, is there an expert?”

Xu Shu was shocked and threw a few more punches, turning Gu Jiangming into a pulp, and grabbed the radiating dark red iron box in his hand. He quickly formed a Chasing Sun Golden Spear and stabbed it.

Crack!

The little iron box shattered as if struck by lightning, spilling out several powders made from goat horns along with a rat’s tail, which seemed to be connected to Gu Jiangming’s body.

“So it’s something from the Mother Goddess Church, it gave me a scare!”

With that, everything about Gu Jiangming’s past completely dissipated.

Wei Wujiu and Qin Yue, who were watching from the side, each breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness! Thankfully, Commander Xu was not one of the kindly-hearted. Otherwise, if Gu Jiangming had been allowed to leave, they would have inevitably faced his revenge in the future.

As they were grateful for Xu Shu’s ruthless heartlessness, he flipped through the cellar where Gu Jiangming had been hiding and found several broken swords.

“This seems to be similar to the fragments from the Sword Tomb that Gu Pan gave me?”

Xu Shu was immediately somewhat delighted and picked them up to show Gu Pan.

However, Gu Pan glanced at them and said, “It indeed comes from the heritage of the Gu Family’s Sword Tomb, but unfortunately, they’re all shattered. It’s strange, what exactly happened to the Sword Tomb to end up like this?”

She was somewhat puzzled as it had been fine when she had left before; why had it become like this?

Xu Shu couldn’t answer this question.

The group rested on the spot, waiting.

Several hours later, Xu Shu, keeping time, approached the stone door, touched the crack by the entrance, and smiled, “Everyone, the ruins have been opened, we can leave now.”