The previous bad omen had never surfaced, perhaps because the bystander’s state of mind was too solid and impregnable.
But this time, following the cemetery visit, the sinister presence appeared again!
"I am worried... the ’inauspicious’ will grow increasingly stronger until it becomes uncontrollable."
Gu Shen looked earnestly at Mr. Gu and said, "So, I want to ask you if there is any way to suppress the ominousness?"
Mr. Gu set down his fishing rod.
Wearing sunglasses, he slightly bowed his head and sized up Gu Shen through the gaps in his glasses.
Once again, he tapped the bench’s armrest beside him, motioning for Gu Shen to come sit.
This time, Gu Shen sighed and did not refuse.
It seemed that if he did not sit down, Mr. Gu would not speak.
He took a seat on the bench.
"The human heart is like a mirror, always having two sides, one is good, the other evil. Just as in the world, there is both day and night. Daytime brings light, while nighttime brings darkness," Gu Qilin extended a palm and slowly turned it over, calmly stating: "You ask me how to suppress the inauspicious... This question is akin to asking how to erase the night."
"Night... cannot be erased."
Mr. Gu calmly said, "You have evil in your heart, thus inauspiciousness is inevitable. Everyone has the risk of losing control, only for the Transcendents, the risk is greater."
"However... the more powerful a person, the greater the evil within them."
"These evil thoughts are very cunning, waiting for the host to weaken, fall ill, or be on the verge of death to carry out a final backlash and claim victory in this ’war’."
Gu Qilin turned his head towards Gu Shen. In his grip was the fishing rod, the far end of which now quivered violently, as if a large fish had bitten and was fiercely struggling.
On the distant surface of the lake, waves churned vehemently.
Mr. Gu pinched a cigar with one hand while lightly holding the fishing rod with the other. The rod was bent nearly to its limit and could break at any moment, yet he maintained his reclined posture effortlessly, seemingly unbothered by the possibility of the fish escaping.
"So... this is a contest of wrestling. To win, you need not only strength but also the ability to remain calm."
"The Gu family’s ancestral teaching is, whenever inauspiciousness dares to surface, strike it hard!"
Mr. Gu articulated each word: "Evil thoughts, ominous signs, loss of control... these all seem frightening, but they only get one chance. As soon as they appear, we strike them hard, suppress them! Beat them until they break down, until they dissolve, until they submit, are tamed, and then... we harness them for our use!"
The Infinite Scale Domain poured out again.
Accompanying it were the ghostly chants that emerged from behind Mr. Gu.
The previously docile Night Parade of Hundred Demons came to life once more.
Gu Shen felt a dense, eerie unease...
With a "bang", the fishing rod hooked a large fish, sending it flying out of the water and into a fishing bucket.
The injured Mr. Gu, without turning his head, fiercely jerked the rod, smashing it into the Night Parade of Hundred Demons mural within the Infinite Scale Domain. The evil thoughts that were attempting to take advantage during his vulnerability and were crawling out of the mural were abruptly struck head-on.
Golden, silver, and other colored lights radiated from Mr. Gu’s body.
These were sealing objects...in a faint sense, Gu Shen felt an extremely familiar spirit, which seemed to be the remnants of Gu Changzhi’s spirit. Mr. Gu’s open jacket revealed the corner of an envelope!
The most terrifying spiritual power came from this envelope!
The radiance merged and transformed into a strike.
This strike entered the Infinite Scale Domain with great ferocity, directly shattering the spectral shadows that stretched out from the mural!
A wail followed by a pitiful whimper sounded.
The mural returned to calm.
"See? If it resists, beat it," Gu Qilin said indifferently. "Uncontrolled spiritual power...is still spiritual power. As long as you are strong enough, any inauspiciousness can be suppressed!"
(PS: I had a very happy birthday today, thank you for all the well-wishes, ha. Tonight’s update is just one Chapter; we will resume the ten-thousand-word updates tomorrow~)