The more Fang Yuan pondered, the more he felt that the layers of mist enveloping him were becoming increasingly thin.
The afterglow of the setting sun streamed through the window, casting a heavy, blood-like hue on his face.
It seemed as if the surroundings had fallen into a deathly silence; was someone behind him secretly watching?
Suddenly, Fang Yuan's eyes brightened, as if his vision had pierced through time, and he saw the truth!
"Wang Da is not dead."
At this moment, his eyes sparkled with brilliance!
"Not only is he not dead, but by some twist of fate, he has become a demonic Gu Master!"
Ordinary people are not without the aptitude for cultivation; rather, the family system has tightly controlled the methods of Gu Master cultivation.
But in this world, nothing is absolute.
There are indeed examples of ordinary people becoming Gu Masters, such as unexpectedly encountering a Hope Gu in the wild, opening their acupoints. Or inheriting a certain power legacy, or receiving private teachings from someone in a family, and so on.
However, such Gu Masters have always been unwelcome in their families, at most becoming peripheral enforcers.
Thus, the unwilling ones became solitary Gu Masters, facing extremely harsh cultivation conditions. Over time, in order to compete for resources, they resorted to burning, killing, and looting, stepping into the path of demonic cultivation.
"Due to some opportunity, the most likely scenario is that he inherited a legacy from a Gu Master's corpse; Wang Da became a Gu Master three years ago. To cover his tracks, he spread false news of his death, and in reality, no one has ever seen his corpse."
"After the old Wang family learned of this, they moved out of the village, risking attacks from wild beasts to live in seclusion, all to continue hiding this truth."
"However, some disagreements arose; Wang Da's wife disagreed, perhaps wanting to report to the Guyue Mountain stronghold. The Wang family had no choice but to kill her and deliberately spread some seemingly true yet false rumors."
"Rumors of wanting to remarry, of being forced to death, firmly buried the truth beneath these slanders."
"Wang Da would return home periodically. The old Wang would drive away the young people who came seeking his experience."
"After spending time with his brother Wang Da, Wang Er gradually lost his fear of Gu Masters and naturally developed the ambition to become a Gu Master himself and venture out!"
"Fearing that Wang Da's whereabouts would be leaked, Wang Er, at his age, had not rashly married. Wang Da could not always stay at home, so the old Wang marked three red circles on the animal skin map; these three places should all be such hidden residences."
"A cunning rabbit has three burrows; Wang Da rotated among these residences, living in the crevices of the three major strongholds."
The meaning of these three red circles finally became clear at this moment!
Red often represents prominence and importance; for the old Wang, this was his eldest son's residence.
Thus, when Fang Yuan asked the old Wang to draw the map, he did not mark these three red circles on the bamboo paper to protect his eldest son. He also marked fewer red crosses, wanting to avenge his son's death.
"Perhaps at a fixed time each year, Wang Da would return home to stay for a while. After returning, he saw that his family was dead. After secretly inquiring, he found out about me, so he nailed my portrait to the wall with a dagger, seeking revenge!"
Based on his past life experiences, Fang Yuan could almost be certain that this was the truth.
"I never expected that in pursuit of an animal skin map, I attracted a demonic killer. The affairs of this world are truly marvelous," Fang Yuan couldn't help but sneer.
He planned to kill Wang Er first, then Wang Lao Han and the Wang family girl, to more directly obtain the animal skin map. Wang Lao Han was the best hunter in the nearby village, so his animal skin map was undoubtedly the most valuable.
At that time, he thought: just three ordinary lives, what’s so remarkable about that? If they were killed, then so be it.
In this world, everyone has the right to live, and everyone can die.
Now he never expected that a demonic Gu Master would suddenly emerge!
For this, Fang Yuan felt no regret at all; instead, he felt fortunate.
If he had been soft-hearted at that time, wanting to obtain the Wang family's animal skin map, Wang Er, Wang Lao Han, and the Wang family girl would have posed a significant obstacle. They would never have revealed the genuine item to protect Wang Da's secret.
Wang Er's combat power was already capable of exterminating an ordinary first-turn high-level Gu Master. Wang Lao Han was even more seasoned and fierce; in a real fight, he would pose an even greater threat than Wang Er.
Even if he obtained the genuine item, if Wang Lao Han informed Wang Da of the details, Wang Da would immediately learn of Fang Yuan's precise information. No matter how he handled it, he would be in the dark while Fang Yuan was in the light, with the initiative firmly in his hands.
"Fortunately, I acted decisively and killed people! Regardless, I have kept the situation under my control. Even if I ultimately do not obtain the genuine item, I have not suffered any loss and can still rob other hunters."
"Moreover, I swiftly and cleanly killed Wang Lao Han and that girl, making Wang Da waste time gathering information about me. Not to mention, the two young hunters who survived must have already been silenced by him."
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In the world of Sword Come.
"This Fang Yuan is a habitual killer; he truly deserves to die!"
Chen Sanqiu was indignant.
"Now he's in trouble, having encountered a demonic Gu Master."
"The grudge of exterminating a family; this demonic Gu Master will definitely not let Fang Yuan go!"
But Chen Ping'an frowned tightly.
As he watched the light screen, he suddenly realized something.
That is, Fang Yuan's thoughts are incredibly meticulous, and his schemes are exceedingly profound.
When he killed Jia Jinsheng, Fang Yuan was extremely weak, yet he could lay out plans within the family, making the clan leader and elders his pawns, using them to escape the killing calamity.
Now, after killing Wang Er's family, in a tree house, he deduced from just a portrait that Wang Da had become a demonic Gu Master and was pursuing him.
This kind of deep thought, combined with his reckless nature, is truly terrifying.
If Fang Yuan lived in the world of Sword Come, he would undoubtedly become the most fearsome demon lord in that world!
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