"You see anything?" Unable to contain my doubts, I asked Old Gong directly.
"Nothing has happened, no one can predict it. Master, secrets cannot be revealed. Just do as I said." Old Gong's expression remained unchanged, but his words seemed mysterious.
"Hmm, I'll have my second disciple issue the order later. My intention was to detain them for seven days, letting them exhaust themselves before questioning. However, you do have a point. What can be inquired about the Divine Father? Even if they know how many more people are behind Black City Temple, it's just a matter of meeting challenges with counters and dealing with situations as they arise." He You Tian accepted Old Gong's proposal without anger.
"That's right." Old Gong nodded and shook his head.
"After that, nothing else happened. We arrived at the Palace of the Spirits."
The second patriarch led us into the Wuling's room again.
After Old Gong jumped off my head, he wobbled to his feet, standing up unsteadily. With his body hunched and one hand cupping his chin, he twisted his head around and looked around, giving off an overly stealthy vibe.
"Second Brother, go fetch some disciples and kill those lamas." He You Tian said to the second patriarch.
"Now?" The second patriarch was obviously a little uncomfortable, asking, "Weren't we supposed to detain them for a few days and wear down their spirits? Why are we suddenly going to kill them?"
"Just do as instructed, we will be here to wake up Wuling." He You Tian said with an air of unhesitability.
"This..." The second patriarch became even more hesitant.
Old Gong paid no attention to so much, wobbled out of the room and went to explore the entire Palace of Spirits.
"Old Gong has divined it for the safety of the entire Siguishan, and also, these people have killed our disciples. There's no need to keep them, as they only complicate things." He You Tian spoke again, furrowing his brow and saying, "Do you still fear that I or the Divine Father would harm Wuling?"
"The eldest brother speaks too much, I wouldn't think that way." The second patriarch shook his head repeatedly, then said no more and left the room in a hurry, leaving quickly.
Shortly after, Old Gong returned.
"This brat, he hides deeply." Old Gong looked unhappy, clearly having found nothing.
"Opportunity, it's quite good." He licked his lips and his eyes showed a hint of malevolence.
"I told you not to make a mess." I said in a deep voice.
Wuling can die, he can be killed by me, or by He You Tian, but it must be without anyone seeing and without anyone being able to connect it to us.
"Hehe, master, I know." Old Gong said, tottering over to Wuling's front, making a champing sound with his mouth and shouting, "Jiannan... come out, let the old master Gong see you. Come out!"
An eerie scene unfolded as a grey cloud silently appeared on Wuling's chest. From it, a black shadow emerged, its vision gradually becoming clear. It was none other than a fetus with very thin skin, through which the blood vessels and meridians could be seen, and was terrifyingly foreboding.
He was lying on Wuling's chest, and it was clearly visible that there seemed to be a thin blood vessel protruding from his chest, connecting to Wuling's heart.
Previously, the Jade Tablets of the Two Equalizers didn't reveal so many details.
"Good baby, good Jiannan, you did a good job. You fool, your father is suffering a lot." Old Gong reached out to touch the ominous fetus.
Suddenly, the ominous fetus leaped up ferociously, biting down hard on Old Gong's arm!
Old Gong was quick on his feet, grabbing the ominous fetus and the thin blood vessel connecting it to Wuling's heart and pulling it off forcefully!
The tube snapped with a sound!
At the same time, Old Gong let out a heavy cough and spat a thick glob of phlegm onto the top of the ominous fetus!
The ominous fetus let out a wailing, falling heavily onto Wuling's chest, and it actually didn't penetrate in!
"Old He, beat it out! The connections it's worked on have been severed by me!" Old Gong shouted.
He You Tian paused and recited a spell, then struck Wuling's chest with a palm!
A talisman shot out of his sleeve with a whoosh, landing on Wuling's body instantly and curling up. The ominous fetus shot out from Wuling's abdomen and ran out as soon as it landed, turning into a mass of dirty blood and disappearing……
"That's too bad, Wuling was absorbed by him for ten to fifteen days. He would have died or become useless at least. However, letting him die himself is a bit better." Old Gong mumbled in his mouth.
His body suddenly vanished, and his head leaped back, landing on my shoulder.
At least at that time, I didn't fully understand Old Gong's intentions. I could only wait and see.
Wuling on the bed was shivering continuously, as if he had been electrocuted, and there were white froth coming out of his mouth.
"Wake him up, master, you go." Old Gong shouted again.
I furrowed my brow, walked up to him, and touched him a few times on the body. His shivering stopped, and he shook violently before slowly opening his eyes.
The muscles of Wuling's face were tightened when he saw me, and his eyes were weak. He glanced around the room with his peripheral vision, causing his hair follicles to stand on end.
"Woke up, eh!" Old Gong's voice was loud: "Hehe, don't be afraid, you're from the Bai family. If master were to hold you accountable, I would have killed you just now!"
Wuling didn't say anything for a long time. He was panting heavily, with his chest rising and falling up and down.
"Neither I nor anyone else knew who planned to deceive you. If it wasn't for your master pleading with Old He, and Old He ordering me to save you, I would not have cared about your business, would I?" Old Gong still had a squinting smile on his face and wrinkles had appeared on his cheeks.
Wuling's eyes were filled with confusion, as if he couldn't think of the reason.
"Alright, I'm going to find Ru's Sister. Master, Old He, this little brat is okay. You guys take him to the Underworld Temple and let the second patriarch take a look. Don't accidentally kill him and make us bear the blame." Old Gong looked at me and He You Tian with a sense of certainty.
It was only at this point that Wuling breathed a slight sigh of relief, as if he had confirmed that we would not kill him.
Old Gong jumped off my shoulder, tracing a parabolic line, and disappeared into the darkness without a trace.
"Let's go." He You Tian had a calm expression.
Wuling took a deep breath and got off the bed.
He clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to me and He You Tian, saying, "Thank you, Little Uncle, for your magnanimity, and thank you, Grand Elder, for extending a helping hand."
"However, why does my master have to go to the Underworld Temple?" Wuling was full of doubts.
At this moment, He You Tian had already taken a step outside, and he said indifferently: "Someone has invaded the Siguishan, so he went to kill those few people."
I followed He You Tian as he walked out, and Wuling quickly caught up with us.
"I see... It seems someone dared to violate the Four-Rule Mountain... Who would be so bold?"
Wuling leaned closer to me quite a bit. Although he had just woken up and was still weak, there was a serious look on his face.
From his expressions and actions, it seemed that he wanted to get closer to me, forging a closer relationship.
Wuling may not be aware that we have discovered many of his secrets, and he still believes that we are actually helping him at this moment.
Little did he know that Old Gong and He You Tian had already dug a pit for him.
Now I also understood Old Gong's intention. He was using these details to let Wuling think for himself about how he had been outwitted by someone.
If he went down the mountain and returned home, he might not survive without a good beating!
To prevent Wuling from sensing anything unusual, I calmly spoke: "The people of Heicheng Temple are my enemies. One of the disciples who guards the mountain was killed."
"Black City Temple?" Wuling looked puzzled and said, "That's a sect of all parties, why haven't I heard of it?"
In a flash, we had already arrived at the front of the Palace of Spirits.
However, I saw Old Gong actually stop at the doorway and fix his gaze on the right side of the hall outside.
