Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 746: Chapter 581: Not Killing Doesn’t Become a Demon

Gu Changsheng spoke while pulling back the dagger in his hand, his bloodstained fingers slowly caressing the blade, he said softly, ”This dagger is named Chonghua, originating from the Southern Border Royal Family. After being passed through various hands, it has finally landed in mine. It’s said that this dagger can break all seals in the world...”

Her voice was deep and unhurried, vanishing into the deep night in an instant.

Yet when it reached Miaosu Posuo’s ears, it was like a strike of thunder!

Gu Changsheng’s lips curled with a mocking smile, continuing vibrantly, ”But I wonder if this Chonghua Dagger, stained with the blood of the King of Witch Gu, can break the seal trapping your soul? Miaosu Posuo, tell me, what would happen if your soul left your dead body? Would it turn into a pool of stagnant water? Or would it be devoured completely by the Corpse Gu you’ve nurtured within yourself?”

”No! Impossible! The Chonghua Dagger was lost hundreds of years ago! It cannot be!” Finally regaining her voice from the shock, Miaosu Posuo trembled as she looked at the blood-red dagger glowing with a golden light, shaking her head as she spoke.

”Hehe...” Gu Changsheng heard this and chuckled, her gaze piercingly sharp as she turned towards Miaosu Posuo, ”In this world, nothing is impossible! Miaosu Posuo, you killed my Yuan Bao, causing me to endure the agony of being flayed to the bone. I, Gu Changsheng, shall pay back the debt of the past with compounded interest!”

The fear of death enveloped Miaosu Posuo, making her already grotesque face even more distorted!

No one understood better than she did that she feared not the strong of the world, but anything capable of breaking seals!

Her living soul was merely forcibly trapped in her own dead body!

If the living soul were to depart from her body, then for her, there would only be one road left: death!

With her vital point seized, Miaosu Posuo’s reaction was straightforward—she turned to flee!

”Thinking of escaping? No chance!”

In the next instant, a light shout resounded behind her. A shadow flashed, and by the time the sound fell, Gu Changsheng had already appeared in front of Miaosu Posuo, Chonghua Dagger in hand.

Stopped dead in her attempt to flee, Miaosu Posuo’s face turned pitch black in an instant!

”Debts must be paid, and lives must be compensated for. Miaosu Posuo, today, you shall undoubtedly die! Don’t be afraid; just wait patiently. On the Yellow Springs Road, I’ll make sure your entire Miaosu Clan keeps you company,” Gu Changsheng said, her figure swiftly pressing towards Miaosu Posuo like lightning.

Where the red shadow passed, the aura of killing intent spread.

With Chonghua flashing, Miaosu Posuo was forced to dodge passively!

”I will dismember your living soul bit by bit! I want you to experience the utmost pain in the world!” Gu Changsheng looked at the dying Miaosu Posuo in front of her, her inner strength slowly gathering within, and an immense pressure instantly swept over Miaosu Posuo!

Inner strength and blades were of little harm to Miaosu Posuo’s dead body!

But at that moment, Miaosu Posuo’s complexion turned ashen, for although the inner strength could not harm her body, it could hinder her movements!

Her movements restricted, Miaosu Posuo stood frozen in place, as if bound by countless ropes, unable to move!

Gu Changsheng’s blood-red dress fluttered without wind, sensuously alluring against the night sky.

Holding the Chonghua Dagger, she slowly approached the immobilized Miaosu Posuo. The tip of the blade dripped blood slowly to the ground, carrying a faint golden glow.

”Miaosu Posuo, don’t be afraid. I will be very gentle, very careful; I won’t let you die so easily...” A bloodthirsty smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth as Gu Changsheng’s Chonghua Dagger slowly neared Miaosu Posuo’s wrist.

”No! No!” Eyes wide with terror, Miaosu Posuo’s lips trembled with shock.

In the next instant, a flash of red from the Chonghua Dagger streaked over Miaosu Posuo’s sleeve.

There was no bloodshed, nor was Miaosu Posuo’s flesh wounded in the slightest, but the moment the red blade endowed with a golden light passed by, the originally intact skin on Miaosu Posuo’s wrist was rapidly tainted with the color of deathly ash. At a visible speed, it turned to rotting flesh...

”Ah!”

The soul being dismembered was thousands of times more painful than any physical wound, and Miaosu Posuo let out a shriek of utter agony!

But Gu Changsheng did not stop her movements, from wrist to arm, from collarbone to chest...

With each stroke over Miaosu Posuo’s body...

Miaosu Posuo’s screams echoed through Red Rock Mountain, her body visibly turning into rotting flesh piece by piece with Gu Changsheng’s actions, as disgusting maggots writhed and gnawed within the rotten meat...

”Kill me! Just kill me!”

Despite having faced life and death, the torment of a dismembered soul was unbearable for Miaosu Posuo. Her pupils constricted, feeling her soul fragmenting into pieces, her flesh turning to rotten tissue...

”Kill you? It won’t be that easy! I want you to endure the agony of dismemberment, to neither live nor die! Only then, when my own Yuan Bao is brought back to life, will I be able to explain to him that his wife has avenged him!” Gu Changsheng said coldly, her actions continuing with measured pace.

Her Yuan Bao, so charming and yet now could only lie on the ground like a lifeless shell!

If she, Gu Changsheng, did not avenge this, how could she ever talk about pacifying the Southern Border?

This was a torture!

A bloody torture, one that overshadowed the eighteen punishments of the Heavenly Prison!

As Gu Changsheng made his move, Miaosu Posuo’s screams became ever more soul-wrenching, and her pupils gradually dilated...

Yet Gu Changsheng’s precision was impeccable; every cut wounded Miaosu Posuo’s soul deeply but none were fatal.

This torment!

Torture in its truest form!

Even those behind Gu Changsheng had to close their eyes, unable to watch by the end!

The pain that reached into the soul was boundless, driving Miaosu Posuo into a frenzy of agony.

But the more pain she felt, the clearer her consciousness became.

She could feel her chest being gnawed away by the Corpse Gu, and her legs turning into withered skeletons...

Yet, she was not dead...

Her head remained intact!

”I’ve practiced medicine my whole life, taken countless lives, but I’ve never been this cruel. Miaosu Posuo, you’ve brought this upon yourself, your life has not been in vain!” Glancing at Miaosu Posuo’s one unharmed head, Gu Changsheng said with a smile, ”Beneath this Red Rock Mountain lies Miaosu City, the first great city of the Southern Border Hinterland and the dwelling place of your Miaosu Clan, correct?”

”Kill... Kill me!” Miaosu Posuo’s parched lips moved, hazily uttering a few words.

”I will kill you! Right now, I just want to tell you, tonight you’ll die on this Red Rock Mountain, your soul will disintegrate, and within three days, I will slaughter every last member of the Miaosu Clan to accompany my Yuan Bao!” The Chonghua Dagger glided across Miaosu Posuo’s face, marked by the black signs of bitterness, as Gu Changsheng spoke slowly, ”The Miaosu Clan, one of the Six Halls, a noble family of a thousand years in the Southern Border, because of you, will vanish from this land in three days, becoming a mere historical existence!”

”Miaosu Posuo, I merely wanted to stir chaos in the Southern Border and not commit a massacre, but Xiangka Tianji forced my hand! It was all of you who forced me!”

”You dare! You wretch, you dare!” At his words, Miaosu Posuo’s eyes seemed to burst with rage!

”What can’t I dare?” Gu Changsheng retorted with a cold shout, ”I’ve already slaughtered the Huaheng Clan, and next is your Miaosu! I will exterminate all the treacherous Six Halls’ Families that betrayed their Sovereign! I will overturn the Three Palaces! I will return the Xia Yan and Hongyan Clans, who remained loyal to my Phoenix Clan, to the peak of power in the Southern Border! I will forge an era of my own, the era of Fenghuang Changsheng in the Southern Border!”

As Gu Changsheng spoke, he did not hesitate to slash with the dagger directly towards Miaosu Posuo’s head!

”Ah!”

In the next instant, a scream echoed through Red Rock Mountain, then all fell silent.

And Miaosu Posuo had become nothing but a skeleton, devoid of breath or sound.

”Changsheng.” Zhou Mu stepped forward slowly, looking at the woman with a vacant gaze. He carefully wiped the remaining bloodstains from her face and said gingerly, ”Don’t be angry, Changsheng. With you here, Yuan Bao will surely recover.”

”Evildoer, I will save Yuan Bao,” Gu Changsheng said softly, his gaze fixed on the void.

”Yes, my prince knows,” Zhou Mu replied with a smile, nodding.

”Evildoer, all this time, I’ve only wanted to be Gu Changsheng, the heartless, carefree wanderer. But I was wrong,” Gu Changsheng said absentmindedly, as the blood-scented air of Red Rock Mountain under the moon mingled with his breath, ”Whether I admit it or not, I am a descendant of the Phoenix Clan. My mother is Fenghuang Ruoshui, once the Sovereign of the Phoenix Clan, and I... they call me Fenghuang Changsheng!”

”Whether you’re called Gu or Fenghuang, you are my fiancée, my Changsheng,” Zhou Mu said, his hand gently covering her flowing hair, speaking deeply. But his gaze fixed on the golden droplet on her forehead, he seemed lost in thought, ”This mark... it’s quite similar to the forehead ornament your Queen Mother left you, only the color...”

Gu Changsheng touched her forehead with her hand, a wry smile showing her helplessness.

The ornament her Queen Mother left her was blood-red, now it seemed to have turned into a supreme golden yellow...

She carved flesh and stripped bones just to awaken the Divine Soul of the King of Witch Gu, and now the Divine Soul had awakened, but it belonged to another!

What is a god? What kind of existence are they?

Gu Changsheng had no time to ponder, only instructing the figure by her side with a lowered gaze, ”Wipe out the remnants. You six, descend the mountain at once. I want you to break Miaosu City for me by any means necessary!”

Upon hearing this, Han Qiu, Xiao Cui, and the four sisters of Jin, Yu, Liang, and Yuan all turned solemn, but they would follow their mistress’s command!

”As you command!”

The six figures responded in unison, turning into six dark red shadows that vanished in an instant from Red Rock Mountain.

”Are you truly going to start a massacre in the Southern Border Hinterland?” Zhou Mu asked the petite woman in front of him, his voice tender but tinged with resignation.

”Yes! I will quickly quell the Southern Border Hinterland and topple the Three Palaces and Six Halls!” Gu Changsheng said with resolve in her eyes, speaking firmly, ”Without slaughter, one cannot become a demon! Even if I become a demon, no one will stop me from saving my son and Yuan Bao!”