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Chapter 154: Don't Get Carried Away with Me
Chapter 154: Don't Get Carried Away with Me
In a secluded pavilion within the Demon-Subduing Bureau, late into the night, the room remained brightly lit, with occasional laughter echoing through the air.
Behind a short table, Aqian wore a rare expression of seriousness as she held a brush, carefully inscribing words onto a gilded registry.
Jing Chengyun stood silently behind her, watching his grandmother's focused demeanor before shifting his gaze to the worm-like scribbles on the page, instinctively averting his eyes.
He remembered a time when she used to write with elegant and delicate calligraphy during her younger years.
After spending so much time with the Howling Moon Demon King, even her chopstick etiquette had become rusty.
Several demon catchers, exuding the aura of seasoned adventurers, stood in a row, unable to maintain their composure. A young woman, Xiao Lin, teased her colleagues, "Looks like someone went on a picnic! Three traces of demon aura, and all from Jade Liquid realm creatures. How dare you show your face here?"
"Mind your own business," a man retorted, rolling his eyes. He picked up a copper bell from the table and turned to leave the pavilion.
As he stepped out, he came face to face with a stranger.
Intrigued, he paused and asked the young man, "You look new here. Are you a recent addition to our team?"
The girl who had been teasing her colleagues earlier, Lin Rou, enthusiastically waved her hand. She hadn't seen this man in a long time. "Officer Shen, you're back too?"
Shen Yi nodded and stepped into the pavilion.
"Officer?" The man was taken aback and stood at the entrance, unsure what to do next. Suddenly, both Aqian and Jing Chengyun looked up.
"You could have at least greeted us when you returned," Jing Chengyun managed a slight smile, leaving the other demon catchers stunned. They had never seen the proud and aloof Jing act so friendly before.
"Just got back," Shen Yi replied as he moved to the end of the line.
Without feigning youthfulness in front of so many people, Aqian dipped her brush in the ink and said, "Just come over here. They're too engrossed in their conversation to care about us at the moment anyway."
To be honest, she never expected Shen Yi to join this lively gathering. He had only been away for a short time, barely two months by her estimation, and it seemed like his impatience had gotten the better of him.
According to Jing Chengyun, the young man had slain three tiger demons in Yong'an City, and there were even traces of a Nascent Soul-stage demon.
That was more than enough qualification to exchange for an ordinary pill-condensing manual.
As Aqian's words trailed off, the other demon catchers consciously made way, their eyes filled with curiosity.
While cutting in line wasn't a big deal, one had to have the skills to back it up, and that was the only thing they acknowledged.
When Shen Yi reached the short table, Jing Chengyun prompted, "Take out the bell."
Immediately, Shen Yi placed a lustrous silver bell on the table.
In the dazzling silver light, the demon catchers unconsciously held their breath. Only Lin Rou contained her delight, as if she had anticipated this moment. Having been astonished by it once herself, she wanted her colleagues to experience the same awe.
"However..."
Lin Rou directed her gaze toward the table, curious about whether the young man had any other gains on his journey after escorting Officer Xiao out of Yong'an City.
Without saying a word, Aqian performed a single-handed incantation.
The silver bell on the table trembled slightly and then spun in circles.
"..."
Lin Rou and the demon catchers were left dumbfounded.
There was a reaction, but where was the aura?
Jing Chengyun frowned and swept his gaze across them.
Under his stern look, the others suppressed their urge to discuss, resorting to subtle gestures and raised eyebrows to convey their confusion.
Seeing this, Jing Chengyun slowly withdrew his gaze.
Shen Yi had only joined the demon catchers recently, yet he had slain an Infant-stage demon. Was he really someone they could question?
Two months, not proficient in the Qi Absorption Technique, and a silver bell.
When these three things were associated with the same person, it was easy for them to think of unpleasant things, even affecting the very foundation of the demon catchers.
"..."
Aqian smiled faintly as if she'd seen through their thoughts, no longer dawdling as she quickly performed another incantation.
It was time to show this group of youngsters that the silver bell she gave out wasn't meant for just anyone.
The silver bell trembled slightly.
The next moment, the entire pavilion was bathed in a reddish light! A thick scent of blood filled their nostrils, causing their expressions to freeze in astonishment.
They witnessed a dense mix of demon and monster essence blood, as if there were too many to bother counting, hastily stuffed together in a mess.
Aqian's faint smile froze on her face.
The brush in her hand trembled, dropping a few ink stains on the registry.
Jing Chengyun's face twitched uncontrollably as he struggled to maintain his composure. However, his hurried attempt to separate the essence blood revealed his inner turmoil.
First, there were three strands of heart's blood from the Open Wisdom minor demons.
Then came four wisps of heart's blood belonging to the Nascent Soul Realm creatures.
Closely followed by five wisps of heart's blood from the Elixir Realm demons.
"..." This was the first time Jing Chengyun had encountered such a situation. As the demons' cultivation levels increased, the amount of essence blood seemed to grow instead, and he couldn't help but feel that something was amiss.
He stared at the remaining thick cloud of blood energy, his expression gradually turning as numb and dazed as the others'.
Four wisps of blood energy from a fully matured Golden Core Realm demon floated quietly in the air, each wisp representing a powerful being that shook the world.
One of them even belonged to someone he was very familiar with... the Mountain King of Xitai Mountain?!
Even at this point, it wasn't over yet.
When all the essence blood had been peeled away, only the thickest wisp remained.
Before the others could react, Jing Chengyun staggered back, his eyes fixed on that wisp of blood energy. "Who is this?!"
Aqian put down her brush, closed her eyes, and remained silent for a long time.
It seemed as if she were calming the surprise in her heart.
But the two small hands on the table clenched tighter and tighter.
Finally, she uttered a name: "Bai Lu."
It was a being that had entangled with the twelve Grand Demon Subduers and the Jinling demon catchers for hundreds of years.
And now, it floated silently in the air, as if a slightly stronger gust of wind could blow it away.
Aqian once thought that the demon catchers and the Demon-Subduing Bureau were entirely different entities. There were people they dared not use, but the demon catchers dared; there were sharp swords they feared would harm themselves, but the demon catchers were unafraid.
But at this moment, this sword had become so sharp that it defied imagination!
It even made them feel that the next moment, it would pierce their throats!
In the dead silence of the pavilion, only the youth in the ink-colored shirt remained calm, his expression unchanged. However, the crimson blood energy made the silver bell on the table look dull in comparison.
Shen Yi lowered his gaze and asked, "What can I exchange this for?"
That was all he cared about.
Upon hearing this, Jing Chengyun suddenly recalled the young man's demeanor when he had walked into the main hall in Yong'an City two months ago. It was strikingly similar to his current attitude.
He stared intently at the youth, his jaw clenched.
In his eyes, a hint of fanaticism quietly emerged.
(End of Chapter)
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