Chapter 91: Chapter 91: The Legend of the Blood Slaughter Asura, Proving the Dao Through Slaughter, Ending War with Force

Who?

Yun Zhenyue’s fingertips paused, her gaze filled with surprise and doubt.

"Mr. Gu?"

"Are you sure?"

Her heart began to beat a little faster as she whispered.

It was as if a giant question mark had appeared over her head.

It was mainly because Mrs. Yan had been mentioning Mr. Gu constantly.

That had made Yun Zhenyue extremely sensitive to the name.

This Mr. Gu...

’He couldn’t be my husband, Gu Yuan, could he?’

After all, this person was on a history exam in the Ghost World.

He had changed the world, established the ranking system, created Ghost Coins...

Although Yun Zhenyue admired Gu Yuan, she wasn’t blindly faithful.

She didn’t believe that someone with the same surname was automatically her husband.

Hearing this, Loo Huan also lowered her head. Without moving, she sighed and said, "Miss Yun, are you really playing dumb, or are you just trying to pull a fast one on me?"

"You really don’t know Mr. Gu?"

"I don’t," Yun Zhenyue replied, her curiosity piqued. She pressed, "What about his name? What’s Mr. Gu’s full name?"

Loo Huan shook her head.

"Hmm, I don’t know his full name either. I just know his surname is pronounced ’Gu,’ and people started calling him Mr. Gu out of respect."

"You can write the character for Gu, or even just the pinyin. It’ll be fine. No one knows his real name, or even which ’Gu’ it is... Later scholars believe the character ’顾’ is the most likely, so you’ll get points as long as you’re in the right ballpark."

’So no one knows his real name?’

’Looks like I was overthinking it.’

Yun Zhenyue wasn’t disappointed; she hadn’t really held out any hope in the first place.

Her lazy husband being the legendary Mr. Gu? That was just too ridiculous!

She elegantly wrote the name on the answer line for the first question.

She quickly turned her attention to the following questions.

She saw that many of the subsequent questions were also about Mr. Gu.

For example, the impact his existence had on later generations.

There were even questions asking what Mr. Gu liked to eat and what his favorite color was...

This left Yun Zhenyue completely baffled.

’This counts as a test question?’

’Who wrote this exam? The flattery is practically dripping off the page.’

’What does his favorite food have to do with history?’

’Could it be that this also had some kind of positive impact?’

’Like boosting certain industries or driving the local economy? I guess as long as it’s even remotely related, it counts as one of his achievements, right?’

Of course, there were other questions as well.

For instance, one asked about the significance of Chilling Middle School’s existence, while another asked to list the accomplishments of Mr. Luo.

But that same sycophantic tone was still present.

It was laying it on a bit thick!

’Color... black?’

’Favorite food... hot dry noodles, oh, and doupi!’

Yun Zhenyue wrote down whatever came to mind. In any case, praising Mr. Gu to the high heavens couldn’t be wrong!

As for those strange questions, she just filled them in based on Gu Yuan’s preferences.

It was all just guesswork!

But to her surprise,

Loo Huan peeked over and saw that Yun Zhenyue had already finished almost the entire test at lightning speed.

She was instantly shocked. "Miss Yun, you knew all of this?"

"And here you were, pretending to be a newbie. You’re so bad!"

"I just took a quick glance, and basically everything you wrote is correct."

"Huh???" Yun Zhenyue froze. ’How could my random guesses be correct?’

Before Yun Zhenyue could figure it out,

Loo Huan whispered again, "I almost forgot to tell you, get a few questions wrong on purpose. Don’t score too high, or there’ll be trouble."

’I can’t score too high?’

Yun Zhenyue was now completely confused.

’What is going on with this school?’

She took Loo Huan’s advice.

Now she looked back at the questions about Mr. Gu.

"Fine, I’ll just change it..."

Yun Zhenyue looked at a question asking about Mr. Gu’s hobbies. She had originally written "world peace," but since Loo Huan told her to get some wrong, she changed it to "playing video games."

’That mysterious being can’t possibly like playing video games, right?’

...

Upon seeing the exam paper,

the audience in the Dragon Country was quite interested.

But they didn’t connect the Mr. Gu that Loo Huan mentioned with Gu Yuan.

Even the most imaginative person with the wildest ideas wouldn’t think that, right?

These history questions,

were a perfect opportunity for them to fill in the gaps in their knowledge of the Ghost World.

[So that’s how it is. I was wondering how the levels in the Ghost World were divided. Turns out it was done by a person.]

[Ghost Coins were also created by that being? HISS—so amazing!]

[A being like that might still be alive. I really want to know who it is.]

[Forget it. Someone who can make ghosts obey rules must be terrifyingly powerful. Maybe a high-level Great Evil, or even a peak-level Great Evil...]

[That gave me a scare. For a second, I thought they were talking about Gu Yuan!]

[Gu Yuan? Bro, are you high? If Gu Yuan were that badass, would he be participating in some ghost marriage?]

...

A short while later,

as the bell rang, signaling the end of class,

the test papers were collected by the class representative.

Only then did Yun Zhenyue have a chance to ask Loo Huan, "What else do you know about that Mr. Gu?"

"What’s this, Miss Yun?" Loo Huan chuckled. "So interested in him. Don’t tell me you’ve got a crush?"

"Me? I have a husband."

Yun Zhenyue shook her head decisively.

She was completely devoted to Gu Yuan; she was merely curious about the mysterious Mr. Gu.

Unexpectedly, Loo Huan was utterly shocked to hear this.

"What?"

"You already have a husband? You, you, you... you don’t look much older than me. Are you serious?"

"It’s true. My husband gave me this medal," Yun Zhenyue said earnestly. "He said it was just a piece of scrap metal for me to play with."

Loo Huan: "???"

’A piece of scrap metal?’

’If the teachers at Chilling Middle School found out, wouldn’t they cough up blood from anger?’

That was a Board of Directors’ medal, something that could control all the ghosts in Chilling Middle School!

’Who the hell is her husband, to be so refreshingly shameless with his bragging?’

Loo Huan gave her a thumbs-up. "Badass!"

"Well, everyone has their secrets. I won’t ask any more questions."

"As for that Mr. Gu, not many in the world know much about him. He’s very mysterious."

"Anyway, even if you did have a crush on him, you probably wouldn’t have a chance. He’s not interested in romance."

"..."

Yun Zhenyue was exasperated.

She already said she had no such intentions. In her heart, no ghost, no matter who, could compare to a single hair on Gu Yuan’s head!

Finally,

Loo Huan told her some stories about Mr. Gu.

It was no longer possible to determine when he first appeared in the Ghost World.

The ghosts who knew of his existence all regarded him as a Ghost God to be worshipped!

It was as if the heavens had deliberately sent him to change this chaotic world!

When he first appeared on the stage of the Ghost World, he was still naive, foolishly trying to spread ideals of peace and mutual aid. Then, he was suddenly betrayed and severely injured.

Fortunately, he possessed a special ability and soon recovered.

And it was because of this betrayal that he reached a complete epiphany!

He no longer advocated for peace, but instead sought to prove his way through slaughter, to end war with martial might!

A well-read ghost once described him thus:

—He dodges Heaven’s will and evades karma!

In a single day, he found enlightenment and saw his true self, severing the shackles of the past with a single stroke of his sword!

"And then?" Yun Zhenyue’s heart trembled as she pressed on.

"And then..." Loo Huan said slowly, "He wore blood as his kasaya, forged ghosts into a feast, and became known throughout the world!"

"The world calls him the Blood Slaughter Asura."