Atop the hill, a figure in a dark robe fluttered gently in the wind.
Shen Yi slowly rose to his feet and put the manual of the White Steed Shifting Steps into the Silver Bell.
This technique of the Mid-grade Jade Liquid light body step was the best thing the Demon-suppression Bureau's Foreign Affairs Hall could offer, most suitable for long-distance rushing.
[Jade Liquid. White Steed Shifting Steps: (Perfection)]
[Remaining Demon Lifespan: One thousand three hundred sixty-two years]
The amount was sowhat awkward, there was enough to refine Demon Crystals, but with the remaining three hundred years, it would be a sha if they were exhausted before the demon's grudges woke up, wasting such treasures.
If he could get so more Demon Cores, using these years to break through to the third tier of the Immortal Demon wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Shen Yi gathered his focus and stepped down the hill.
After walking so distance, he felt sothing was not quite right.
All around was too quiet, as if it were a silent and dead realm, with only the rustling of the wind.
"Almost forgot."
Shen Yi shook his head, concealing his aura.
The myriad beasts hidden among the hills finally recovered from the imnse pressure, trembling and cowering on the ground, not daring to move, except for a few startled birds flapping their wings, trying to leave this place.
Imprisoning the Mountain Lord within his body, he intimidated the surrounding mountains, and even ghosts and gods gave way.
In their eyes, the figure in the dark robe was none other than a humanoid Mountain Lord, leisurely taking a stroll in his own territory.
Luckily, the dark-robed figure soon left the hills.
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The entire Yong'an City was shrouded in a hint of chill.
Ordinary folks timidly hid behind doors, completely unaware of what had happened last night, only that many people had died, all of them from prominent households in the city.
The city gates were eerily empty, and throughout the whole morning, not a single rchant or traveler entered.
The soaring demon aura, even without martial cultivation, could scatter ordinary people in fright.
A few constables, still shaken, clutched their knives and stood guard on the long street, muttering sothing about strange happenings on a certain hill.
Suddenly, one of them raised his head, looking toward the city gate in astonishnt.
His colleagues turned their gazes in confusion.
They saw a tall figure striding forward, with disheveled hair, and a pale face tinged with fatigue. His whole body was clad in a blood-stained dark robe, exuding a bone-chilling scent of blood.
In his hand, he casually held a Gold-patterned Black Sheath, and even without drawing the knife, it was enough to keep bystanders at a distance.
Most importantly, the youth had co from the direction of the city's outskirts, precisely from the hill they had just been discussing.
Anyone daring to walk into Yong'an City under these circumstances, no matter how you looked at it, it seed suspicious.
Only when the stranger passed them by and his silhouette disappeared at the end of the street did the constables realize they had stopped breathing from discomfort, "What blood is on him?"
"Stop talking nonsense! With what happened last night, does one need to go outside the city to kill?"
The taller constable swallowed his saliva; what they had been discussing was why the demon had mysteriously vanished and why the hills outside the city erupted with an earth-shattering aura that even the city's residents could feel.
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Deng Family Manor.
Lin Rou finally realized these people seed to have misunderstood sothing.
She rolled her eyes, slapped Deng Mingxu's face, pushing him backward, and placed a teacup against his neck, "A Condensation Realm Tiger Demon of at least Jade Liquid Perfect Realm ca like this, and then pfft! Do you understand now?"
"..." Jiang Chengyun and Xiao Qiangwei exchanged glances.
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"Didn't understand, did you? That's right! Neither did I." Lin Rou turned and threw the teacup onto the table.
Deng Jianyuan also listened in a daze, but when he looked to the side, he noticed the relatives who usually held themselves in high regard all wore the sa expression of awe on their faces.
The scene described by the little girl seed to be even more astonishing than he had imagined.
The old man hadn't really held much hope, rely feeling instinctively that the youth was more reliable than the others under the circumstances that there was no one from the Condensation Elixir Realm to preside. Added to the fact that they had just happened to drink together, he casually decided to keep the young man so that he wouldn't have to die young at the hands of a Great Demon.
Unexpectedly, the youth actually did protect his family for him.
"Are you saying Shen Yi killed a Tiger Demon and then went out?"
Jiang Chengyun finally ca to his senses. His face, originally pale from substantial energy consumption, now showed an unusual color, his eyelids twitching slightly, his voice becoming notably more stern in an instant, "Reckless! Why didn't you stop him?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Rou looked stunned and made a slicing gesture across her neck, "Elder Jiang, with such a big Tiger Demon gone just like that, what could I use to stop him?"
"You..."
Jiang Chengyun, irritated, waved his hand dismissively. Indeed, it also wasn't fair to bla Lin Rou, for he was aware of Shen Yi's capabilities.
But last night's situation was entirely different from before. If they had encountered a real Condensation Realm Tiger Demon, it wasn't sothing a head of Vajra Gate could handle.
Everything was fine just earlier; it was about getting familiar with the procedure.
How did it co to pass that during his own brief departure, the other had the audacity to be so daring... Recalling Shen Yi's casualness when he first accepted the Silver Bell, Jiang Chengyun was full of regret, realizing too late what sort of character the other was – he might as well have kept him close.
Xiao Qiangwei listened quietly to the conversation between the two, realizing that she might have misunderstood sothing.
The young man didn't run away but took the initiative to go out and kill?
And it seed that Jiang Chengyun valued him greatly, even to the point of appearing sowhat beside himself.
To know that this was a man whose pride reached the skies, the older ones didn't acknowledge him, the younger ones mostly weren't as strong as him, always looking down on everyone.
"Maybe... we should go out and look for him?"
Xiao Qiangwei frowned slightly, covering her belly as she stood up and went to the door.
She was imdiately engulfed in a foul wind.
She looked up slightly, her pupils contracting – was it an illusion? Although she perceived no presence, her body instinctively felt threatened.
Seeing the newcor's appearance, Xiao Qiangwei took a couple of steps back, her gaze flicking across the Monster Blood on him and finally understanding where the threat ca from.
The pressure from the Mountain Lord was really great, just the scent of its offspring's blood was enough to make her subconsciously tense.
...
As the woman examined him, Shen Yi also observed the two demon catchers.
Seeing their wilted aura and their rather unwell looks, he let out a slight sigh.
Indeed, whether it's the Demon-suppression Bureau or the demon catchers, when it cos to disappointnt, they never failed to disappoint.
He had killed three Tiger Demon cubs; the Mountain Lord would certainly bear a grudge.
Luckily, his strength had leaped in quality.
Shen Yi was not very fearful. Once the Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon reached a minor completion, plus having the Outer Elixir of Skyprowler Yama, even if the other ca seeking revenge, it was still uncertain who would kill whom.
Walking past the woman, he casually picked a spot to sit down and gently placed the Ceremonial Blade on the table.
Shen Yi was about to close his eyes to rest and recuperate when he suddenly noticed everyone staring fixedly at him.
"Aren't you going to say sothing?"
Jiang Chengyun exhaled deeply, the shock in his heart finally showing in his eyes.
The other's appearance, nearly drenched in monster blood, didn't seem as light and easy as Lin Rou had described.
In those four hours, what on earth had happened?!
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