Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chapter 39 The Ape Demon Presents a Treasure_1

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Shen Yi picked up the ceremonial blade that was emitting a black light.

Compared to the previous blade, its body was relatively narrower and straighter, the blade thin as a cicada's wing, yet it weighed several times more than the previous one.

Clearly, it was no ordinary object.

Yet even such a precious blade could not penetrate his own skin.

The effect of the Golden Yang Eight Treasures Mystical Body had exceeded Shen Yi's expectations.

According to Zhang the Butcher, this was only something he had figured out on his own based on the Vajra Gate's Initial Realm Martial Arts, if it were the complete Jade Liquid Realm Martial Arts of that sect, wouldn't it be even more formidable?

Shen Yi shook his head, using the blade to pry out the Beast Origin from Yuan Tongtian.

He then walked over to the young Ape Demon's body and did the same, finally picking up the sheath and inserting the Black Blade back into it.

It was a pity this precious blade didn't have a name.

After pondering for a moment, since the blade body shone black and the sheath was like ink...

He would simply call it "Er Hei".

He looked up and summoned the panel.

[Slain an Ape Demon with Initial Realm Perfection, total longevity seven hundred seventy-four years, one hundred ninety-seven years remaining, absorption complete]

[Slain an Ape Demon in the late phase of the Initial Realm, total longevity six hundred thirty-one years, two hundred seventy years remaining, absorption complete]

[Remaining Demon Longevity: Six hundred fifty-one years]

"..."

First an Ape Demon offered up a precious blade, then he reaped such rich longevity.

He should have been in high spirits.

Shen Yi looked at the neatly arranged skulls on the table, and suddenly felt less enthusiastic.

He turned and walked towards the crowd.

Chen Ji silently got up and followed behind him, while the Niu brothers and Zhang Dahua quickly scrambled up from the ground, though their expressions could not help but show a trace of fear.

Officer Shen wasn't exactly a kind person to begin with.

But compared to the scene just now, he definitely seemed merciful.

Seeing a demon beaten into a pulp alive was a bit too much of a visual shock for these ordinary clerks, and it would probably take many days or even months for them to recover.

"What are you staring at, get lost!"

Seeing that Shen Yi had walked far away, Zhang the Butcher kicked at the soldiers and clerks lying on the ground.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared to the eminently guilty Eunuch Clerk Liu, these people were merely blades wielded by the yamen, carrying out orders.

After the Eunuch Clerk was beheaded, they didn't dare to act.

He seriously feared that Shen Yi might get carried away with killing, and indiscriminately slaughter these commoners.

Although Vajra Gate had some connection to Buddhism, Zhang the Butcher didn't believe in any such nonsense as karmic retribution, but excessive killing always interfered with one's mind and spirit, and might even cause one to become possessed when practicing martial arts.

There really was no need for that.

As long as problems within the yamen were dealt with, someone would take care of these troops, and with a bit of organization, they could be the backbone of the county's defenses.

To put it bluntly, if all of them were killed, could they really rely on the few martial masters to be responsible for the city's defense day and night without rest?

"Thank you, Officer Shen, for sparing our lives!"

The kneeling able-bodied men finally relaxed their tense nerves, continuously kowtowing and pleading for mercy towards the direction where the young man had walked away.

Zhang the Butcher thought of the scabies-headed man who had fled earlier, and then looked at the cyan-robed corpse that had been slashed beyond recognition by the Blade Qi: "He..."

"Eunuch Clerk met his end at the hands of a demon, we know," said the able-bodied men, each sharp enough not to intervene in demon-slaying but clear-sighted about the situation.

Baiyun County was already finished!

Officer Shen continuously executed demons, and the matter was absolutely impossible to conceal.

For three consecutive years, the yamen reported that the city was peaceful, the people content, without demons outside or discontent within.

Once this matter was exposed, even ten heads wouldn't be enough for the county magistrate to lose.

Clearly, even if all these demonic events had happened within a few short days, the magistrate had sensed something was amiss, which is why he had arranged for that expert to accompany him.

Thinking of the skinny monk fleeing desperately...

Everyone understood who the lamb waiting to be slaughtered was now.

"Hmph!"

Zhang the Butcher waved his sleeve in annoyance and hurried after Shen Yi.

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The other party easily slew two demons, without a scratch on them, while I couldn't even take down a skinny monk.

As for today's friendly match...

This isn't just going easy, this is like opening the floodgates!

And they kept calling me "senior" with every breath, it's an absolute disgrace to butchers!

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Late at night, at the county official's residence.

In the hall, an old man dressed only in a white undershirt leaned on a rosewood chair, wearing bull-nosed pants, his feet soaking in a wooden basin.

His eyes closed, he tapped his fingers persistently on the armrest.

Even though the water in the basin had grown somewhat cool, he didn't seem to notice, clearly preoccupied with other thoughts.

The night watch's wooden clapper had already sounded thrice.

By all accounts, matters should have been settled long before now.

Song Changfeng and that Liu fellow, these two curs indeed had a keen eye, selecting and nurturing one each, and managed to raise a scourge for themselves.

They claimed that with that minor official around, the demons were very satisfied, voicing no complaints.

They're all lying in the morgue now, so what's left to complain about.

If he truly was a warrior of peerless martial prowess, it would be another story if he exterminated all the surrounding demons for me—silver and beauties I'd offer wouldn't be shortchanged.

But mediocrity brings nothing but trouble and is useless for anything else, damn it!

"Why have you only just returned?"

The county official opened his eyes and looked towards the disheveled figure who burst through the door.

"Quick! The silver! Load all my silver into the carriage, I'm going back to Qingzhou, right away!"

The skinny monk panted heavily, striding across the room in a few quick steps, grabbing hold of the official's collar under his wary gaze.

"You... what is the meaning of this? Your master sent you to protect me, and just a few months have passed—you want to leave now?"

"Protect your grandmother! What kind of dimwit demons has Liu conspired with, drawing the wrath of that formidable being? If I don't leave now, he might break down the door and chop off my head!"

The monk's eyes were bloodshot. He had come to Baiyun County just to make some money, not to lose his life.

How on earth did such a remote little place foster such a high-level martial arts expert?

"First, let go of me... what's the rush... he's just a minor official, a man of the Imperial Court! Not one of you itinerant martial artists!"

The county official spoke, growing frantic, reaching out to pry off the other's fingers.

Unexpectedly, he did manage to pry them loose.

The shock was apparent on the county lord's face as he watched the life fade from the man before him, with nothing but an ox-hair fine needle protruding from his throat.

The next moment, the lean youth carrying a sugar figurine pole smirked as he retracted his blowgun, stepping into the room from the darkness outside.

Following him into the room were people dressed as carriage drivers, wealthy merchants, and even beggars...

One by one, around a dozen people came inside and found their places to sit, their faces all reflecting an air that didn't match their disguises.

It was an air of detached superiority.

And the target of this detachment was none other than the trembling county lord, pushing away the corpse that lay on top of him.

"Who are you... who are you to barge into the county official's residence?"

No one answered; instead, they turned their gaze towards the door.

With the sound of footsteps approaching, a tall figure in a black brocade robe with a trailing hem stepped over the threshold.

The man was tall and broad, his outfit resplendent with a white jade belt cinching his waist, and a ferocious wolf embroidered on his shoulder, as if ready to pounce.

The cuffs were also embroidered with cloud patterns, a total of three.

The man surveyed the hall casually, his voice slightly chilling, "Colluding with demons, verify his identity."

"Right on it."

Upon hearing this, the beggar-clad man walked over, his filthy fingers quickly canvassing the monk's body. Moments later, he looked up grinning, "Body refining technique, trained in fingertip skill... Divine Eagle Claw, a disciple of the Vajra Gate. Well done, old Liu, even the neck of a refinement martial arts master failed to stop your hidden weapons."

The youth carrying the sugar figurine pole chuckled and waved his hand, "Any harder would've made it impossible."

The man took his seat of honor and nodded, "Send a sealed letter to Vajra Gate, let them collect their punishment at the Demon-suppression Bureau."

As soon as the county official saw his attire, his face turned ghostly pale, barely better off than a dead man.

This was the clothing of a Demon-suppression Marshal, and the three clouds denoted a status among the highest of ranks within the marshals.

"May I ask your honorable name?" he asked with as much courage as he could muster, though what he really wanted to know was why the marshal had come to Baiyun County before the appointed time.

"Lord County is too courteous, dispense with the formalities; I am Li Xinhan." The man glanced his way, a smile creeping across his features, "Please do me the favor of tying yourself up, we have important matters to discuss."