Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 989 - 643: Don’t Be So Blunt

Chapter 989: Chapter 643: Don’t Be So Blunt

Shen Yi’s words were far from mere courtesy.

Because among this group of people, there truly were a few he hadn’t seen for a long while.

For example, the little girl he met in Baiyun County, he still remembered the last time they met, when Yue Tianji had kidnapped Senior Xuanqing and the latter had come out to look for him.

At that time, the situation was urgent, and they hadn’t been able to chat for more than a few sentences.

There were also those fellow disciples from Qingfeng Mountain, as well as the Xu Family people who had helped him build formations for Great Qian.

He had been in too much of a hurry on his journey, while those people had stayed on that path, striving to make it smoother.

Now, seeing them again, there was inevitably some joy.

What’s good about the Imperial Court is that it accommodates beings of lower cultivation.

It allowed Shen Yi not to be so anxious and to have the time to greet them calmly and peacefully.

The faces of the crowd, complicated as they might have been, initially didn’t even dare to greet him, after all, Shen Yi was now burdened with troubles, and they weren’t worried about getting themselves involved, but feared becoming a burden to the young man.

However, as those brief four characters were spoken.

An instant smile emerged on the faces of the crowd, and that familiar sense of security surged in their hearts once more.

Lin Baiwei carefully let go of Senior Sister Jiang’s sleeve, stepped out from the crowd, and shyly approached Shen Yi.

Her nose twitched, she closed her eyes, and took a light breath.

It was still that scent from her memory, faintly tinged with blood.

It was as if she had returned to that dark, cramped room, which could only fit two people, waiting for the worn wooden door to be pushed open, the young man to return with food, and his body covered with the blood qi from just having killed.

The time of less than a month had been so unforgettable.

"I missed you."

Lin Baiwei murmured with a voice as small as a mosquito, her eyes still closed.

As her words were about to end, a well-defined, slender hand had already landed on her head, rubbing a few times with familiarity.

The girl’s face showed a few more traces of shyness and contentment.

She opened her eyes, raised her hand which held a Golden Bell, her eyes filled with anticipation.

To have advanced to a Golden Bell Demon Catcher in a mere few years, to have entered the Embrace Pill Realm, compared to Shen Yi it was of course insignificant, but this was already the limit for Lin Baiwei.

She wanted to let him know that even though she was slow, she was still striving to catch up.

"I want to give this to you." Lin Baiwei said, her voice growing fainter, almost unable to look at the young man in front of her.

Shen Yi paused for a moment, withdrew his hand, took the bell from the girl’s hand, casually hung it on his waist, and tied it tightly, softly saying, "Thank you."

Lin Baiwei pursed her lips with a smile, waved her hand contentedly, and turned to go back into the crowd.

She knew that it wasn’t just her who had been thinking of Big Brother Shen.

Moreover, he now had a lot of important things to be busy with.

"It doesn’t seem quite like what you told me, brother." Zi Xian nudged her brother with her elbow, a doubtful expression on her face.

At first, he boasted to her that he was a big official in the Imperial Court, and then talked about the vast land of Shenzhou, that it wasn’t like the remote Hongze, one had to proceed step by step.

So why was Sect Master Shen being attended to by an Immortal Official?

"Why are you comparing me with him? Why don’t you compare yourself with him?" Zi Yang replied sulkily, his gaze also filled with confusion.

Weren’t they just rain-praying envoys and Cloud Movement Envoys? Why such a huge difference?

In front of the Land Temple, Meng Xiuwen had fallen into silence, glancing sideways at Min Zhiyan next to him, one was the former Demon Slayer Officer of Jianyang Prefecture, the other the Land God who had managed the locality for many years.

Perhaps someone could fool them, but it was impossible that such a large number suddenly appeared.

"Could it be real?"

Meng Xiuwen rubbed his temples; he had never seen such strange cultivators before.

Based on the scene just witnessed, he had, in fact, come to believe it almost entirely.

Min Zhiyan did not respond. His gaze fell on the bell at Shen Yi’s waist, and the young man’s careful act of securing it had finally allowed him to see some semblance of "humanity" in him, rather than that of a calamity star.

He shook his head and took a step forward, waving his hand to summon two children: "Bring me the registry from that day, I want to take another look."

As expected of a being ranking above the Land Gods by one tier, he merely glanced over it and had an understanding of where these people belonged. With a few swift strokes of his brush, he appended either "Immortal Sect" or the name of some department of the Imperial Court behind each name.

Min Zhiyan stepped forward and handed the register to Shen Yi to inspect: "I will have the children prepare letters of recommendation shortly, and we should have a response within about three days."

"The old man is just a Land God without much clout; I can’t help much. I can only seek to find them a suitable place to settle down. As for how far they can go, that depends on their own destiny."

"Thank you, Land God."

Shen Yi returned the register and nodded his head in thanks.

Watching the Land God return to the temple, the people from Southern Hong who had just arrived showed expressions of surprised delight. They were newcomers to a strange place and inevitably felt lost, but their anxious hearts finally settled down.

Indeed, Sect Master Shen didn’t even need to speak personally to effortlessly resolve the matter!

"I know you couldn’t bear to really hand him over to General Yan Lan for handling."

Returning to the temple, Min Zhiyan sighed and looked toward Meng Xiuwen. Although Meng was somewhat reckless, he indeed valued loyalty and had caused quite a bit of chaos, which had kept him from being promoted.

"Trust this old man’s palms once more; as long as these people are within the divine realm of Great Qian, he will not harbor thoughts of bringing disaster."

"Hey! Now you’re playing the good guy, huh? Who was it that made me look after him in the first place?"

Meng Xiuwen rolled his eyes, using this gesture to mask his embarrassed realization that he had been seen through.

Only after the two Immortal Children respectfully escorted the group of outsiders back to Jianyang Prefecture did he turn and push open the door to leave, and he glanced at Ye Jing, who had been quietly standing outside all along. Observing the young woman’s complex expression, he asked, "What’s wrong with you now?"

"Nothing, nothing much."

Ye Jing squeezed out a smile, standing there still and dazed.

Meng Xiuwen wasn’t in the mood to deal with these matters now. He walked swiftly to Shen Yi: "Officer Shen, she will be here soon."

Compared to the previous affair with the Jade Dragon Sect, this time the mission to White Cloud Cave had resulted in a thorough purge. Any cultivator involved in the matter of the Golden Jade Ancient Tree had not been spared — no survivors were left, and it could even be said that their families and sects had been completely wiped out.

"When you speak later, don’t be too blunt; after all, we’re not in the right."

Meng Xiuwen rubbed his hands, finding his own words odd — after all, it was usually others advising him like this.

He leaned in close to Shen Yi, lowering his voice: "She’s really strong. Let’s not test her if we can avoid it."

If it really came to a physical confrontation, Meng Xiuwen knew he wouldn’t be able to withstand the woman’s sword.

Before he could finish speaking, a beam of white light had already descended from the sky.

Meng Xiuwen quickly straightened his body, adopting a very obedient appearance.

"..."

Ye Lan maintained her usual cool demeanor, her face betraying no emotion. Her boyish white robe made her steps crisp and decisive.

She didn’t look sideways, not even sparing an extra glance for her own sister.

But as she approached the Land Temple, although she was tall, she was still slightly shorter than Shen Yi.

Yet standing before Shen Yi at this moment, there was an air of looking down on him. Ye Lan gazed directly at the newly promoted Demon Slayer Officer, her voice tinged with a chill.

"If I remember correctly,"

"you promised me last time that you would keep an eye on him."

"..."

Shen Yi raised his eyebrows and glanced at Meng Xiuwen, recalling the latter’s earlier reminder: "He’s quite well-behaved."

He certainly wasn’t foolish enough to present a hardened face to his immediate superior.

"Well-behaved?" Ye Lan’s eyes narrowed slightly: "Well-behaved enough to Authorize a mass extermination at White Cloud Cave?"

Shen Yi withdrew his gaze and met hers, speaking indifferently: "That was my doing."

At that, Meng Xiuwen slapped a hand to his forehead.

Great, all that advice for nothing!

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