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Chapter 203: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
Chapter 203: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
At Stone Gate Cliff in Linjiang County, He Zhen donned a majestic black wolf cloak, its collar embroidered with a yin-yang fish pattern, exuding an air of authority as one of the trusted followers of a powerful figure.
At this moment, he led a group of officers, their expressions dull and lifeless as they stared blankly at the cliff before them.
The formidable beasts dwelling in this area were adept at burrowing, having hollowed out the entire mountain over the centuries. No one had found a way to deal with them effectively.
Boom!
The youth in black suspended in mid-air, his fist smashing through the mountain wall.
A dazzling green light flashed, slicing through the mountain and revealing countless tunnels.
He closed his eyes to sense the surroundings, then his figure erupted into action, delivering a fierce kick to another section of the mountain.
Under that terrifying force, a ten-zhuang-long demon frantically scrambled out, its body covered in scales. Just as it emerged, a surging fist wind shattered its skull!
[Kill a Condensed Pill Realm Earth Dragon, total lifespan of 4,300 years, remaining lifespan of 760 years, absorption complete]
Shen Yi held the demon's head in his hand and returned to the group. He then took out a booklet and began to flip through it.
After a moment, he frowned slightly and asked, "That's it?"
The officers remained silent, and He Zhen woodenly replied, "That's it."
Over the past ten days, General Shen had visited eight locations, and apart from the one that escaped, the remaining five formidable beasts had all been slain... None of them could withstand the second move.
And this was in Linjiang County, the very place where demons loved to linger! Now, not a single one remained.
"What about the Jade Liquid realm ones?" Shen Yi asked, glancing sideways.
"Help me gather information and send it back to the Demon Suppression General's Mansion."
The five demons at the Condensed Dan Realm had collectively yielded a total lifespan of over two thousand years, each one more mediocre than the last. One of them had a mere sixty years left and was still unable to break through the Core Formation stage, lagging far behind the Little Demon King.
At these words, He Zhen wiped his sweat and said, "Most of the others have fled... I'll go check immediately."
Having to deal with the Jade Liquid realm beasts personally... He couldn't help but wonder if the court was running low on funds lately. He had a feeling he might be dismissed from his position soon.
Shen Yi nodded and took to the skies again.
He stopped at a desolate place, threw down the earth dragon, and took out the other five demon corpses from the silver pouch, including the Little Demon King.
He opened his mouth, and the surging blood instantly condensed, transforming into demonic blood that he swallowed.
From all five demons, he had only managed to condense a single drop.
The eight-zhang-tall ox demon was the smallest in size among them, but it provided the most abundant harvest—a total of eight drops.
Shen Yi picked up the demon pills and popped them into his mouth whole.
With practiced ease, he opened the panel and started to decipher the Heaven Devouring Technique.
By consuming just a few years of the demons' lifespan, the demonic blood and demon pills, which originally needed to be absorbed slowly, were instantly devoured by the Dao Infant.
Shen Yi sat cross-legged and sank into an inward gaze.
He infused his divine sense into the Dao Infant's body, and his vision changed once more.
He had returned to being the Dao Infant within the inner dan.
Feeling the abundant strength within his body, far surpassing what he had at the initial formation, he raised his fist and struck out at the inner dan!
Bang—
"So hard?"
The Dao Infant rubbed his wrist. All he needed to do was shatter this inner dan, and he would break through to the Mixed Origin realm.
However, it was clear that he was still some distance away from achieving that solely based on his current accumulation.
He pondered for a moment, then turned to the trembling Yin Spirit beside him and said, "Why are you just sitting there? Get up and help."
Under the constant pressure of the suppression force day after day, the Yin Spirit had become much more obedient. It quickly stood up and gently touched the wall of the dan with its palm, dissolving the inner dan in a different way.
Many hands make light work.
Soon, a crisp crack sounded from within the Devouring Heaven Pill, and a fine crack appeared on the smooth wall of the pill.
The Dao Infant lay there, breathless, and commanded the Yin Spirit to use the incense aspiration power to massage his arms.
...
At the Demon Suppression Division in Qingzhou, in the General's mansion.
Aqian sat cross-legged on a stone bench, while Jiang Yuanhua stood with his hands behind his back.
The two of them stared at a white dove that had materialized on the table, a tiny silver bell hanging from its neck.
"You take it."
Jiang Yuanhua glanced at her. If he remembered correctly, the other party had been quite arrogant when they returned to Qingzhou before.
"Cough, cough."
Aqian coughed twice, bit her lip, and reached out to pluck the silver bell. The white dove quietly dissipated.
She manipulated her qi to extract the contents of the bell.
There were only two items inside: a gilt-edged envelope, which was obviously from the Martial Temple, and a piece of white jade about two fingers wide.
"One person looks at one item."
Aqian quickly snatched the envelope.
Even when she had killed the Little Demon King, she had already prepared for the worst, but now that the answer was about to be revealed, her breath quickened.
In comparison, Jiang Yuanhua was much calmer.
When he had completely lost control of the situation, no matter the outcome, he could only accept it.
Soon, Aqian took out the letter.
There was only one sentence written on it.
"Thousand Demon Cave, Blood Transformation Demon Emperor."
These few small words caused Aqian's movements to freeze. Even though she had expected it, when the answer was right in front of her, just a title was enough to leave one breathless.
Little Qingzhou had actually offended a venerable old demon comparable to the Spirit Transformation realm.
The Martial Temple must be delighted.
A trace of loneliness flashed in Jiang Yuanhua's eyes, but he didn't say anything. He picked up the piece of white jade.
He channeled his qi into it.
Aqian asked anxiously, "Is this from Xuan Guang Cave or Wutong Mountain?"
After examining it for a moment, Jiang Yuanhua whispered, "Wutong Mountain."
When his qi filled the white jade, a somewhat cold voice emerged from within.
"He's busy, I'm beating him up right now."
The voice abruptly stopped, as if the speaker couldn't be bothered to say another word.
Jiang Yuanhua and Aqian exchanged a glance, both falling silent.
After a long while, Aqian suddenly jumped up, lay on the stone table, and burst into laughter, covering her stomach. "It's over! It's finally over!"
Jiang Yuanhua looked at her helplessly until she jumped off the table and skipped out of the courtyard, saying, "Alright, I have to get going now!"
Busy? Busy being lovey-dovey with Wu Feng?
The tone of voice from the white jade was too distinctive, so much so that Jiang Yuanhua barely needed to think to identify the speaker.
One of the twelve disciples of Wutong Mountain, who had achieved the Dao Infant and ascended to the Spirit Venerable realm.
Zhen Jian Zhenren, Nie Jun.
Even among the immortal sects, he was someone who could make other cultivators retreat in fear.
Even the old ancestor of the Martial Temple might not be able to gain the upper hand against him.
"..."
Jiang Yuanhua sat down again, clutching the white jade tightly in his hand.
Every cloud has a silver lining?
All his arrangements over the years seemed useless now. Heaven had sent a Little Demon King, but it had also brought Qiu Lan and Shen Yi to Qingzhou, giving the Little Demon King such an impressive background, and coincidentally, there was Zhen Jian Zhenren to keep him in check.
A demon emperor under the watch of Wutong Mountain would most likely not dare to come to a place like Da Qian again.
As long as they didn't go out, it seemed like this matter was truly over.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuanhua rubbed his brows and carefully put away the white jade, handling it as if it were not just a piece of jade, but his beloved Qingzhou.
(End of Chapter)
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