The night was getting colder and colder, the only thing visible in the dark alleyway was a faint cold light.
A few corpses emitted black mist and were about to disappear quietly, but they were suppressed by a staff that was emitting a scarlet flame.
Numerous human faces appeared from within the black fog, screaming in frenzy.
Lola was surprised and couldn't help but ask: "What exactly are they?"
Gu Qing Shan casually replied: "They're humans — — I can clearly sense that they're humans, but their souls have already signed some sort of evil covenant. Once they die, their souls will immediately head to a certain place"
"How do you know so much about this?" Lola asked.
Gu Qing Shan put her hand on the Devil King Rod and focused her mind.
A short scream came from the alleyway before returning to silence.
"I only know a bit about this, so when I run into something similar, I immediately know that there's someone in the same industry here" Gu Qing Shan's expression was a bit solemn.
— — -when a living being dies, their soul will return to a certain place.
This was the authority of the God of Death, as well as the Devil King's authority, so Gu Qing Shan was able to easily notice some clues, even if she wasn't too sure about the specifics …
Lola became interested and said: "Let's take a stroll on the main road and see if we can find any clues"
"Let's go" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them left the alleyway and walked along the empty main road.
In the darkness of the night, everything was silent.
There wasn't a single person on the main road, only the sound of the cold rain.
"We came at a bad time, seems like we'll have to wait until morning to get some information" Lola yawned and said.
"Listen" Gu Qing Shan suddenly said.
Clang! Clang!
The sound of metal hitting the ground could be heard from the end of the street.
A few moments later.
A squad of armored knights appeared in front of them.
They seemed to be this city's night patrol.
As soon as the knights saw the two of them, they rushed forward.
"Why are you still walking around so late at night? Tell me, are you a fallen one?" one of the knights shouted.
"No, I'm not a fallen one, I just lost my way" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Another knight said, "There's no need to waste words with him. Just capture him and bring him back!"
The other knights immediately surrounded them.
It seemed that the speaker was the leader of the knights.
He was most likely a knight captain.
While thinking about it, Gu Qing Shan explained, "It's indeed dangerous to wander around in the middle of the night, but you can't just casually capture people."
"Why not? We are loyal servants of the Lord, protecting this city. "The captain of the knights said coldly.
He waved his hand, and two knights behind him came forward with shackles.
All of a sudden, the two knights fell on the ground. The shackles fell on the ground beside Gu Qing Shan's feet.
"Evil fallen!" the captain of the knight squad shouted.
A knight immediately pointed his sword at the shackles on the ground and chanted an incantation.
All the knights unsheathed their swords and their bodies emitted layers of sharp light. It seemed that they were about to attack.
Gu Qing Shan sighed and prepared herself for battle.
But a second later, the knights all stopped in place.
They stared at the shackles on the ground — —
The shackles laid in front of Gu Qing Shan's feet, giving off a holy white light.
Very quickly, they floated up and lightly landed in Gu Qing Shan's hand.
Gu Qing Shan was silently surprised. A line of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[You are a Pure Male]
[The Holy Church's shackles refused to restrain you, thus proving your identity]
Gu Qing Shan froze.
— — -you can do that?
He turned to the other side.
The knights were all staring at him with strange looks in their eyes.
A strange atmosphere began to emerge.
"My god, what a rare sight"
"A Pure Pureblood"
"Legend has it that only true Holy Apostles — –"
"Shh, don't say that"
The knights whispered among themselves.
The captain of the knights went silent, put his sword away, and said: "It's not safe at night, it's not safe at all. We have no choice but to be prepared to fight against evil at any moment, please forgive our recklessness, sir"
"No problem, I understand your situation" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The knight captain bowed and asked: "Sir, would you like us to provide you with a place to rest?"
Gu Qing Shan and Lola exchanged glances.
Doesn't that mean we'll be able to establish a relationship with him?
"Of course we do, if you're willing to do us a favor, both my sister and I will be eternally grateful" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The knight captain took off the badge on his chest and gave it to Gu Qing Shan.
The badge was dim, but as soon as it entered Gu Qing Shan's hand, it gave off a holy light.
The darkness around them was illuminated.
The side that everyone was facing Gu Qing Shan was illuminated by the holy light, but the back was still shrouded in darkness.
The knight captain stared blankly at the holy light for a bit, then said: "Go to the Northern Sector's Monastery, with my badge, you'll be able to get free food and water there"
"Very well, thank you" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"We still need to patrol, so we won't be staying here any longer. Remember, do not come out at night, evil has already infiltrated every corner of this city" the knight captain warned them.
Gu Qing Shan and Lola both nodded.
The knights nodded to greet them, then hurriedly left.
Gu Qing Shan turned her hand and put the knight badge into her Inventory Bag.
"Are we going to the monastery?" Lola asked.
"Let's go there slowly — — since they said that evil is everywhere at night, it's a good time for us to check the situation" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them chose the opposite direction from the patrol team and continued walking down the street.
All of a sudden, a faint sound of crying could be heard from a bridge in front of them.
"It's on the bridge" Lola said.
"Hm" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The two of them looked at the bridge.
He saw a black figure standing on the bridge, looking down at the river that flowed endlessly below the bridge.
Gu Qing Shan and Lola stepped onto the bridge and walked towards the black figure.
As they got closer and closer, the black figure slowly converged to reveal a human figure.
It was a silver-haired old man wearing a formal black suit, holding a short cane in his hand. While smoking, he used the cane to lightly knock on the railing of the bridge.
Whenever he knocked on the railing, the entire bridge would let out an intermittent sound of crying.
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then stepped forward and asked: "Hello, can you tell me how to get to the monastery?"
The silver-haired old man waved his cane and pointed at the other end of the bridge.
"After you cross the bridge, go straight for another 500 meters" he said.
"Thank you" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He didn't pay any more attention to the old man and continued walking forward with Lola.
Not too far away, the old man's voice came from behind:
"I've seen all kinds of people in my life, but I've never seen a true Pure Witch — — I want to ask, what does it feel like to be a Pure Witch?"
Gu Qing Shan stopped.
"It's not that pure, after all, I've killed countless people" he gently said, slowly walked up to the old man and stood a sword's length away from him.
They both looked down at the rapid flow of water below the bridge.
"Ah?" the old man smiled and asked: "How many people have you killed?"
"Countless" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The old man continued: "Then you must like this kind of sound — –"
He lightly tapped the railing with his cane.
The entire bridge was once again filled with the sound of crying.
"When I built this bridge, I fused the souls of six thousand Holy Knights into the piers. That's how the Bridge of Wailing came to be," the old man said in a boastful tone.
Lola shrunk behind Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan laughed and said: "6000? How could you possibly show such a number? "
"What did you do?" the old man asked.
"A few dead souls that refused to obey me — — there were probably more than the number of people you've seen in this city, so I let them all retire" Gu Qing Shan answered.
The old man listened carefully, then shook his head: "You're not lying … but that's strange"
"How strange?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"If that's the case, then you should be on our side, why do you have the title of 'Pure'?" the old man was confused.
"Killing people is a pure thing" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The old man continued: "But you're the only Pure Witch"
Gu Qing Shan agreed: "Only me"
Before she finished, a cold gleam as bright as a star illuminated the night sky and the river.
Boom!
The entire bridge was destroyed. The old man's body was erased over a hundred times by the sword phantoms before falling into the river, unable to float up for a long time.
Gu Qing Shan stood in the air with her sword in hand and casually said: "I like to kill things like you, so the world gave me the title of 'Pure'"
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