Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chapter 147 Leaving Tingyang County to Find Chen Qiankun_1

Jiang Qiu Lan leisurely left the mountaintop.

Shen Yi watched her departing figure with a hint of emotion. Masters truly were masters, treating time as if it had no value, even their walking exuded an aura of unhurried composure.

He wondered when he would possess such strength and could also afford to stop and rest for a while.

No sooner had the thought arisen than it was extinguished.

The recent exchange with the White Deer Demon Lord had forced Shen Yi to use every trick up his sleeve.

The Fiendish External Elixir was depleted, the azure and crimson light from the Peacock Demon needed time to recover, and the golden light on the Sky Dome Sunslayer Bow had dimmed by more than half.

Even the body, bolstered by the fifth moulting of the Immortal Demon, now showed signs of exhaustion from inside out.

Indeed, worthy of being one of the renowned Embrace Pill Realm Demon Monarchs of Qingzhou.

Yet, even the White Deer, in the presence of the Ox Demon, still adopted a submissive and fawning posture.

To stand unshaken amidst the chaotic torrents of troubled times, he had a long journey ahead of him.

Shen Yi retracted his gaze, recalling Jiang Qiu Lan's earlier mention of the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Technique, as well as the Sun Melting Furnace.

Clearly, even if she hadn't recognized the External Elixir Technique originating from the Qingqiu Fox Demon, she had discerned that he was relying on some external force to utilize the powers of demons.

Yet, her attitude surprised Shen Yi.

She didn't seem to think it was a big deal and even suggested that he could completely assimilate this "external force" using the Condensation Elixir Method.

Just a slight touch of the ice sword earlier had been somewhat overwhelming for Shen Yi. If he remembered correctly, this woman harbored thousands of identical silver needles within her body, capable of amalgamating into a fearsome Profound Ice Jade Dragon.

In comparison, his own control over a single External Elixir was indeed nothing to fuss over.

Did she mean to use the Sun Melting Furnace's suppressive power to nourish the inner core with the Fiendish External Elixir?

"..."

Shen Yi calmed his emotions. Thinking about these things now seemed a bit premature since he hadn't even obtained the Condensation Elixir Method yet, not to mention achieving Embrace Pill Realm after Condensation Elixir Completion.

It was time to find an opportunity to return to Qingzhou City and claim his reward from the Demon-suppression Bureau.

His silver bell was filled with the essence blood of various demons.

Four from the Mountain Lord's family, three from the Peacock's family, the Chan Lord from Black Stone Pool, two Great Demons, the Golden Eagle and the Purple Marten, in Condensation Elixir Completion, as well as the three nascent intelligence lesser demons he had decapitated while escorting Xiao Qiangwei to Black Stone Pool, and the essence blood of demon beasts in the fledgling realm obtained from Baiyun Temple.

And the most potent of them all belonged to the White Deer.

On the other hand, the aura of the Demonic Beasts had dissipated upon death, with not a trace remaining... The most cost-effective method should be to return with the aura to claim merits first, then come out to slay demons again.

It was simply due to his inexperience as a demon captor for the first time that he wasted many achievements.

Shen Yi stretched slightly before turning back and saying, "Senior Xiao, how long do you plan to lie there?"

Both he and Jiang Qiu Lan were martial warriors with cultivated skills; how could they not know that Xiao Qiangwei had been awake for some time? But neither of them was of the meddlesome sort, nor did they disturb her feigned sleep.

"..."

Xiao Qiangwei's eyelashes fluttered as she sat up from the ground, and said with a bit of embarrassment, "I saw you discussing important matters and didn't want to interrupt... It's okay, I can go back by myself."

She truly hadn't expected that the young man would turn down Jiang Qiu Lan's invitation. If it had been Jiang Chengyun in his place, he would have already drawn his sword, pointing it to the sky to show his loyalty.

As for why she pretended to sleep.

She simply couldn't imagine what expression to wear if she had joined the two of them, in order to make herself appear slightly less out of place...

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, "No matter, we are not short of this bit of time," he replied calmly.

If it wasn't for this woman using her silver bell to warn me, I would have most likely blundered into Jiang Qiulan's trap to ambush us—three great demons at least at the Embrace Pill Realm, plus three Demon Monarchs at Condensation Elixir Completion...

Even with his confidence, Shen Yi did not dare claim he could escape easily from such a lineup.

"Thank you," Xiao Qiangwei stood up and walked over to him, whispering her gratitude.

The two left the ruined temple and walked out of the Creek Terrace Mountain, heading towards the small grove where the demon horse was tied up.

Xiao Qiangwei used the silver bell to report their safety to the awaiting demon catchers, then calmed the startled demon horse.

"Are you going to Linjiang Prefecture?"

As they rode back to the city, the woman wanted to wish him a safe journey, but the words seemed to freeze on her lips.

After what had happened the previous night, he had become someone who could hunt demons alongside Jiang Qiulan; the things Shen Yi had to do were no longer within her capacity to participate in.

"I'll go have a look," Shen Yi said.

Although he found it a bit troublesome, upon further thought, because of his lack of proficiency in controlling the fiendish External Elixir, two Demon-suppression Great Generals had been troubled by this matter.

His part was just to run an errand, which was hardly worth mentioning.

Moreover, as the Personal Adjutant General of Linjiang Prefecture, it would be strange to not know which way the Town Demon Grand General of Linjiang County's mansion was leaning towards.

"I want to ask, what did the demon that ambushed Lady Jiang last night look like?" Xiao Qiangwei seemed a little anxious as she asked.

"An Ox Demon," Shen Yi replied with a trace of nearly imperceptible frustration in his eyes. He had left in such haste the night before that he forgot to take a wisp of the Ox Demon's essence.

"The little Demon King?" Xiao Qiangwei suddenly yanked on the reins with force. "Oh no!"

"What do you mean?" Shen Yi turned his gaze to her.

"No wonder Lady Jiang had to rush back to Yushan Prefecture. Every time this little Demon King is injured and escapes, Howling Moon Demon King has his subordinates create disturbances in Qingzhou, keeping the Demon-suppression Bureau too busy to seize the opportunity to ambush it," Xiao Qiangwei said with worry.

A geriatric Demon King was actually taking such care of an external competitor.

It could only mean that it had long coveted Qingzhou.

It would rather nurture a new Demon King to compete with it than first kill the General and Jiang Qiulan.

Xiao Qiangwei sighed, "Such deliberate troublemaking is solely to give the Demon-suppression Bureau something to fuss about; because it aims for nothing, so it's hard to receive any advance notice, nor is there a way to prepare in advance."

Shen Yi looked into the distance, his expression unchanged.

Just a few months ago, he was a minor functionary in Baiyun County, and now suddenly, to talk with him about the situation in Qingzhou seemed a bit too demanding.

Slay demons when you see them, what else can you do?

...

When Shen Yi returned to Tingyang City, he did not linger.

After a brief farewell to Xiao Qiangwei, he switched to an unremarkable-looking carriage to leave, though he was still pulled by a demon horse, he did not put on airs like a general.

Just as he had arrived in Tingyang County with Jiang Chengyun without any fanfare, his departure was witnessed only by Xiao Qiangwei as she stood by the street, watching his carriage slowly disappear from sight.

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The only change was the number of Great Demons around Tingyang County had markedly decreased.

It took a long time for Xiao Qiangwei to divert her gaze, staring at the tip of her shoe somewhat absent-mindedly.

Both were Demon-suppression Great Generals, but why could Patriarch Chen cultivate such a formidable and mesmerizing personal retinue? General You was strong, with several famous close aides around him, but compared to Shen Yi, they seemed somewhat lackluster.

Indeed, the experienced are indeed more cunning.