Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 742: Chapter 577: Slaughter All 6 Halls, Blood Stain the 3 Palaces!

Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao immediately disagreed, hastily stepped forward, and persistently spoke, “Master, Yuan Bao is raised by your household, how can you abandon me after causing such chaos?”

Right? Yuan Bao is indeed raised by his own master’s family, right?

“Pfft, ‘abandon after causing chaos’!” Gu Changsheng burst into laughter upon hearing this. “That phrase is used so exquisitely!”

Did it resonate in her heart or what?

Ha ha…

Zhou Mu’s face had already turned pitch black. He turned back, his eyes full of raging fire, and glared at Yuan Bao, “Yuan Bao, if you continue being so ignorant, stop following me!”

“Uh…” Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao’s face froze, he quickly grabbed the hem of Gu Changsheng’s robe and fearlessly spoke, “If not following, then so be it. Lady Changsheng, how about Yuan Bao follows you from now on?”

Following their own master, and following Lady Changsheng, there’s really no difference!

Anyway, wherever Lady Changsheng is, their own master is there!

“Ha ha! Great! From now on, you follow me! I guarantee to keep you well and plump!” Gu Changsheng laughed heartily upon hearing this.

“Thank you, Lady Changsheng! Lady Changsheng is mighty and dominant, may you ever be…”

“Shut up!” Before Yuan Bao could finish, Gu Changsheng instantly slapped him.

Damn it, if Yuan Bao, this Xiao Er Que, actually finished saying ‘immortal’, she might practically be on her way to immortality!

Seeing this, Zhou Mu once again closed his eyes tightly, his face as helpless as that of a god, “Yuan Bao, once we get Yaoyao back, you’ll stay by his side and study with him!”

He felt, letting Yuan Bao follow Changsheng all day long was absolutely unacceptable! It was still essential for him to learn more!

“Following Young Master?” Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao’s eyes rolled around, a thought flashed, and he immediately nodded, “Okay, okay! Following Young Master isn’t bad either!”

Anyway, Young Master is with Lady Changsheng all day long, no difference there!

Zhou Mu knew his thoughts immediately and thus, felt even more helpless!

“Enough fooling around, let’s go see if the leader of this battle of a thousand has what I want,” Gu Changsheng said with a chuckle, shaking his head slowly.

“Yes!” Zhou Mu nodded, compliantly.

Moans of pain filled the air as the group strolled through as if on flat ground.

Under a tall tree, Gu Changsheng found the person he was looking for. Beneath the tree, about a dozen Gu women in black, were scattered, all clutching their arms or legs, moaning in pain…

“Tsk tsk… this is indeed bleak!” Gu Changsheng looked at the women in front of him, his face full of sympathetic clucking.

“You vile creature! You truly are deceitful by nature!” a woman straggled upon the tree roots shouted furiously.

“Ha ha… thanks for the compliment, I fully deserve it!” Gu Changsheng laughed as he heard this, slowly bent down, and while looking at the clamorous woman on the tree roots, he smirked and spoke, “Your name is Xiangka Miao, right? You’re from the Xiangka Clan, right?”

The moment Xiangka Miao spoke, Gu Changsheng recognized her voice. He had heard their quarrels while cooking, and now it seemed that this arrogant-looking woman in her forties must be from the Xiangka Clan!

“So what if I am? You wretch, don’t get smug! You using such despicable means to ambush us, what skill is there in that!” Xiangka Miao’s eyes were filled with rage as she spat fiercely at Gu Changsheng.

Gu Changsheng easily dodged, scoffed with disdain, and spoke with his back straight, “Ambush? You really have the nerve to say that! You guys set up this large ambush with a thousand experts to deal with my mere ten, where do you stand superior? It’s not very nice to allow the officials to start fires but forbid the civilians to light lamps, right? Isn’t it always said that the Southern Border Gu Women are of a cold and proud nature? Seems hard to live up to such a distinguished reputation, doesn’t it?”

“You!” Xiangka Miao’s face changed instantly upon hearing this.

With a disdainful glance at her, Gu Changsheng leisurely clapped his hands, turned his head to look at an old woman with white hair beside him, and smirked, “Lord Miaosu, you belong to the Miaosu Clan, right?”

“Stop talking nonsense. Today, having been ambushed by you, wretch, kill or maim me – I will comply with your decision!” Miaosu Posuo’s old face twitched in pain as she spoke through clenched teeth.

Gu Changsheng laughed upon hearing this, quickly pretending to be anxious, “Oh dear, Lord Miaosu, be careful with the clenching, don’t exert too much force, otherwise if your teeth shatter into pieces, don’t blame Changsheng for not warning you!”

“You!” Miaosu Posuo’s face turned instantly pale.

She fell from the tree, her left leg hitting the ground—now, her entire left side had lost all sensation!

“Crisp-boned Fragrance, enthralling to the nose, shatters upon touch!” Gu Changsheng coldly huffed, his voice sinking as he spoke, “I kindly warned you, considering it a pity to kill you given the cultivation levels you’ve reached, which were not easy to come by. Yet you fail to appreciate what is good for you, refusing to leave! In that case, do not blame me, Gu Changsheng, for being merciless!”

As Gu Changsheng said this, he stepped on Miaosu Posuo’s wrist, and immediately a sound of breaking bones ensued, causing Miaosu Posuo’s old face to turn deathly pale, her eyes rolling back in pain.

Standing on Miaosu Posuo, Gu Changsheng surveyed the surroundings; his phoenix eyes emitted a chilling glow as he spoke in a stern voice, “Below the Southern Border Phoenix King, the Three Palaces and Six Halls! The Three Palaces stay removed from the world, unconcerned with the power struggles of the Southern Border, while the Six Halls are guarded by the once six great noble families of the Southern Border! Xiangka, Miaosu, Huaheng, Heluo, Xia Yan, and Hongyan Clans—am I correct?”

“You!” Miaosu Posuo gasped, her expression changing drastically.

The affairs of the Southern Border were little known to the people of the Central Plains. How did Gu Changsheng come to know this?

Gu Changsheng did not respond to her interruption, nor would he tell her that Wuchang Yue had told him all this!

As the Bashu Witch Master, Wuchang Yue had some understanding of the few pinnacle powers in the Southern Border!

“More than twenty years ago, during the chaos in the Southern Border, one of the Six Halls, the Xiangka Clan, committed treason; the Phoenix Clan was nearly annihilated. Have you ever thought that one day, I, Gu Changsheng, would bring my army to the Southern Border?” Gu Changsheng spoke with a menacing tone, his domineering aura evident, “Back then, my mother’s family deeply trusted the Six Halls’ six clans. Now, the Xiangka Clan has committed treason. The Xia Yan Clan stayed loyal and served Huaheng as they should, the Northern Great Camp’s hundred thousand soldiers have not ceased their campaign against Xiangka for more than twenty years! The Hongyan Clan, in keeping their promises, saw their clan decline, fallen to thieves in these mountains! And you, you betray your masters and conspire with the Xiangka Clan!”

As Gu Changsheng spoke, he pointed towards several persons in black under the tree who were in a sorry state, the sinister gleam in his eyes flickering repeatedly, “Now, Red Sun City has fallen into my hands, the Huaheng Clan has been wiped out by me, and of the three clans that aligned with Xiangka Tianji, one-third are gone. Lord Miaosu, what do you think will be the fate of your Miaosu Clan and the Heluo Clan?”

“You!” Miaosu Posuo heard this and immediately widened her eyes in fright, shrieking at the top of her voice, “Do you dare to kill me? Although I belong to the Six Halls Clan, I also serve as an Elder of the Three Palaces. If you dare lay a hand on me, the people of the Three Palaces will certainly not let you off!”

“Oh? You serve the Three Palaces?” Gu Changsheng, upon hearing this, chuckled lightly and arched his eyebrows, “That explains why they call you ‘Elder’. It seems, then, that the high and mighty Three Palaces of the Southern Border are not as detached from worldly concerns and power struggles as they appear on the surface!”

“I involved myself in this matter only for personal vengeance, unrelated to the Three Palaces!” Miaosu Posuo replied, her eyebrows tightly knitted, as she continued in a serious tone, “Even so, you cannot do anything to me. Even if you annihilate every palace loyal to Xiangka, without the approval of the Three Palaces, you cannot revive the Phoenix Clan and regain control of the Southern Border!”

“I cannot? Ha ha…” At this, Gu Changsheng burst into laughter. After his laughter ceased, a flash of murderous intent appeared in his eyes, “What can I not do? In this world, there is nothing that Gu Changsheng cannot do! Whether it’s personal vengeance or the will of the Three Palaces, from the moment you joined in the attempt to assassinate me, your death was certain! I will pacify the Southern Border, revive the Phoenix, and if the Six Halls stand in my way, I will exterminate them all. If the Three Palaces obstruct me, I will bathe them in blood!”

“I want to see, without the Three Palaces and Six Halls, who else dares rebuke me, to wave their fingers at me!”

As Gu Changsheng said this, he waved his Red Sleeve, his gaze turning ominous as he spoke, “Soul-Devouring Python, extract the Life-bound Gu from their bodies for me!”

“Hiss hiss!” Upon hearing this, the Soul-Devouring Python hissed in response, its snake body instantaneously growing from the height of a man to several lengths, its crimson snake eyes flashing continuously. The python slithered toward those under the tree at high speed!

“Gobble gobble!” The Fire Chicken, seeing this, immediately disagreed, tugging at Gu Changsheng’s hem, calling out anxiously.

“Don’t worry, if it’s not the Gu I want, you can eat them all!” Gu Changsheng, seeing his rather dumb but adorable Fire Chicken, immediately softened his malevolent aura, soothing it with a gentle voice.

The Fire Chicken, upon hearing this, calmed down, its tail feathers flashing a fiery red, even more splendid than a peacock’s display.

The Dandan Bugs occasionally awakened, but mostly they remained asleep, so Gu Changsheng did not know if these Six Halls people had the Gu he wanted. Therefore, he had no choice but to deploy the Soul-Devouring Python!

Non-violence and non-cooperation, although they cannot solve all problems, are particularly useful against Gu women who are powerless to resist after being incited by Crisp-boned Fragrance!

“Ah!”

“Ah! Help me!”

“…”

The next moment, heart-wrenching screams echoed through the mountain ravine.

The several old Gu women under the tree, their eyes blood-red and shrieking ferociously like madwomen, produced a sound that sent chills down anyone’s spine!

Incited by Crisp-boned Fragrance, they lacked even the ability to summon Gu insects!

The Southern Border Gu women, having the Gu forcibly extracted from their bodies by an external force, experienced a pain more severe than having their muscles flayed and their skins peeled!

This excruciating pain, forcing them to roll on the ground in agony, made them wail unceasingly…

“Wretch! Gu Changsheng, you bastard! May you die a horrible death!” Xiangka Miao, her face contorted, cursed venomously.

“Whether I die a horrible death is none of your concern!” Gu Changsheng blew on his fingertips, watching the small Gu insects gradually gathering behind them, his lips slightly curving, “All I know is that today, none of you shall die a good death!”

“Wretch! Bastard! Scourge of the Phoenix Clan, the Three Palaces won’t let you off! The Southern Border can’t accommodate you either!”