「 Are you sure you want to stay here? 」 the Spirit Tortoise looked deeply at Gu Qing Shan and asked.
"Yes, this is my only chance, I have to find the Heaven sword" Gu Qing Shan replied.
「 For the Earth sword? 」 the Spirit Tortoise asked.
"Yes" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The Spirit Tortoise shook its head.
「 Do as you wish, but your chances of survival are very slim 」
It glanced at Gu Qing Shan one last time before disappearing.
It had left.
As the guardian of the Age of Old, it could only inform Gu Qing Shan of the situation, not make decisions for Gu Qing Shan.
Gu Qing Shan said nothing.
Shannu consoled him: "Gongzi, it's fine, you still have a few hundred more chances"
Gu Qing Shan shook her head: "You can't think of it that way, Shannu, we can't afford to be careless at all, we have to tread on thin ice. Because before I met the dark figure of light, I didn't even know that it had such a bizarre ability. At the same time, since that entity was able to return to the Age of Old from the future and directly enter the phantom images, who knows what else it might be capable of"
He thought for a bit and muttered: "What if … it doesn't kill me and only takes control of me, then uses some unimaginable method to deal with my soul, what can we do then?"
Hearing that, Shannu felt a chill down her spine and hurriedly said: "Gongzi, that can't be"
"I think that should be the case. If it entered the phantom images of the Age of Old, and its target is me, it must know that I'm here"
Gu Qing Shan continued: "Since it spent so much effort to come here, it must have made ample preparations beforehand. Understanding me is the most basic thing it can do, so there's a very high chance that it knows that I can return here a few hundred times"
"It knows that, but it still came here" Shannu muttered.
It was now that she realized just how dangerous the situation was.
"That's right, regardless of what it is, since it came from the future, it must know a lot of things that we don't. I think it must have prepared a way to capture me" Gu Qing Shan said.
Shannu worriedly asked: "Gongzi, then why aren't we leaving?"
Gu Qing Shan smiled: "Leave? We still haven't found the Heaven sword, so we definitely can't leave "
"Young Master …"
"Don't worry. My identity is absolutely confidential now. Even the gods don't know about it. It won't be that easy for them to find me."
Gu Qing Shan thought for a bit, then continued: "In other words, if it's even more powerful than a Divinity, able to travel through time, return to the Age of Old from the future, and find me directly, then no matter how many times we go back, we wouldn't be a match for it"
"If such an existence really exists, I'm afraid no one would be able to defeat it, Young Master."
"Haha, yes."
…
The flow of time returned to normal.
Gu Qing Shan took the identity token from the deputy general and said with a smile, "Thank you, Daren."
"Hmm. Someone, bring him to his colleague."
"Yes."
A cultivator came out and brought Gu Qing Shan outside.
Time flew by.
Gu Qing Shan soon got to know a few cooks in the camp and became friends with some of the old cooks.
When it got dark, he joined in the preparation of dinner.
His cooking skills were already excellent, his actions were quick and efficient, so he quickly made his way into the cooks' team.
After all, no matter what field they were in, only those with true skills would be recognized by others.
After all, when the entire camp's meals were prepared and the cultivators finished their dinner, the cooks were all exhausted.
Gu Qing Shan stepped out of his own accord and personally cooked a few dishes for the cooks.
Every dish was excellent, more exquisite and delicious than the food in the camp.
This made him even more popular.
"Hm, Zhang Xiao Yun, you're quite good, where did you learn your cooking skills?" the cook elder Zhang asked.
"It's a family heirloom" Gu Qing Shan smiled and replied.
"Ah? Your father was also a cook? Which camp? "the old man asked curiously.
"He's no longer here, after the Desolate world invasion"
"What about the rest of your family?"
"They're all gone"
"Ah, I see, I'm sorry"
"It's fine" Gu Qing Shan smiled.
The old man thought for a bit, then said: "We don't have any rules here, you only need to come when we're cooking, you can rest whenever you want. There's a market in the South-East direction, you can go there if you have nothing to do"
Gu Qing Shan noticed his goodwill and clasped her fist: "Thank you Boss Zhang for your advice"
At this time, another cook secretly poked Old Zhang's head and gave him a look. "Boss, you can talk to him about that matter."
Old man Zhang glared back: "He's still too young, he can't even hold a knife properly"
The cook was a bit unwilling, but Boss had already expressed his attitude, so he could only smile to hide his embarrassment.
"Uncle Lu, just tell me what it is, it's fine" Gu Qing Shan sincerely said.
The one called uncle Lu asked: "Do you know where the meat in our cooking comes from?"
"I don't"
"That's the meat of Desolate monsters!"
"What? We're eating their meat? "Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
Seeing his expression of interest but no fear, uncle Lu was a bit disappointed.
He had no choice but to continue: "Indeed, this meat is very beneficial to cultivators, so whenever there's a war at the frontlines, countless monsters would be transported to the rear"
"Please continue" Gu Qing Shan said.
Uncle Lu explained, "If these monsters have been dead for a long time, their meat won't be edible anymore. That's why these monsters are completely crippled by the cultivators each time. While they're still breathing, they'll be transported here and slaughtered by the 23 matriculation camps behind us."
"And then?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"And then … this month, it's our camp's turn. We've already taken turns, and since you're here, why don't you give it a try?" uncle Lu said.
"Nonsense, he's still so young, he'd be lucky not to be scared to death when he sees those monsters, how would he dare to slaughter them?" old man Zhang shouted.
Another cook also tried to persuade him: "That's right, old Lu, Zhang Xiao Yun is still too young, we're already scared to death when we see those monsters, let alone a teenager like him"
Seeing everyone disagreeing, uncle Lu grumbled: "We're all cooks, so what if he's young?"
"You're right" Gu Qing Shan clapped her hands.
Hm?
What's going on?
The cooks all looked at Gu Qing Shan.
Everyone saw that he didn't have any fear on his face, instead, his eyes were glowing.
Gu Qing Shan clasped his fist towards old man Zhang and spoke with a serious expression: "Boss Zhang, let me do it"
Old man Zhang looked at him from head to toe and spoke: "That slaughterhouse is filled with blood and flesh, the monsters will scream in agony before they die, their blood will splatter all over you"
"Slaughtering monsters usually takes 5 days of work. During these 5 days, you'll be constantly killing monsters, even if you're about to die from fear, you can't run away, Zhang Xiao Yun, you better think this through"
Gu Qing Shan smirked and happily smiled: "Don't worry, my true profession is a butcher, spirit cooking is only my way of making a living"
"A butcher? That means you've killed quite a few demon beasts before? "uncle Lu asked with interest.
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "I've killed quite a few, hm, as well as a few other things — — in short, I'm quite competent in this line of work, even more so than spirit cooking"
He smiled at the cooks: "Don't worry everyone, I'll do it this month, I promise I won't embarrass our camp"
Everyone looked at the pure smile on his face and nodded in unison.
For some reason, everyone felt a chill down their spines.
…
Still in the Age of Old.
At a place extremely far away from Gu Qing Shan.
This was a barren land.
A place where no one would come.
Desolate monsters wouldn't attack from here, because this place was too vast and barren, there was nothing of value here.
Normally, such a place would return to its former state of desolation along with time.
But today, just a few moments before Gu Qing Shan and the Spirit Tortoise met, something happened here.
A coin appeared in the sky.
This was a very unique coin, because it was entirely blood-red, completely different from the other coins of the Strife Zones.
It spun around in the sky before shattering into pieces.
As soon as the coin shattered, a sea of light appeared in the sky.
The sea of light poured down, forming a surging tide on the barren wasteland.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
A figure stood up from within the tide of light.
The vast sea of light instantly faded away.
Only that figure remained on the empty wasteland.
In the wind.
The figure began to whisper.
「 I've finally made it here 」
「 Since I'm here, there won't be any more problems in the future … 」
His voice suddenly became filled with hatred and killing intent, but he also tried his best to maintain a sense of mockery:
「 How pitiful, you must still be looking for that sword at a time like this 」
「 As long as I can find you at this point in time, capture you, and thoroughly imprison your soul, the things that happened in the future will never happen again 」
「 I will use every method I can think of to torture your soul 」
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