Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 998 - 647: Why Does the Venerable Preach?

Chapter 998: Chapter 647: Why Does the Venerable Preach?

In the instant when two disciples of the Bodhi Sect fell dead,

the once splendid and magnificent hall, now in complete disarray, began to look unreal.

Including the glistening golden statue, which seemed like a passing cloud, it collapsed in an instant.

On the crowded street, a sudden surge of blood stench spread, causing all the passersby to stop astounded. On the bluestone pavement, only two pools of blood plasma remained, proving what had just occurred.

Far from this place on another street,

a man in a white robe, holding a wine jug with a drunken expression, suddenly sniffed and cleared his eyes somewhat.

He furrowed his brows, capturing the richness embedded within the faint scent of blood.

Meng Xiuwen performed a spell with one step, and his figure appeared in front of the two pools of blood plasma. He parted the crowd, bent down, and touched the bloodstain with his fingertip.

When he saw the golden specks in the blood plasma gradually fading, his last bit of drunkenness also faded away, and he shivered all over.

"Trouble is brewing..."

For some reason, before Meng Xiuwen could fully understand it, his legs instinctively moved, rushing toward the inn.

He hadn’t originally placed much importance on Ye Lan leaving Jianyang Prefecture, as a Demon Slayer Officer inherently has the power to garrison a prefecture and seldom encounters any significant issues.

But now, he felt a chill spread over him.

A practitioner of the Bodhi Sect had perished in Jianyang Prefecture, and Meng Xiuwen’s most familiar practitioner was none other than the newly appointed Demon Slayer Officer!

Could it be that Qing Mei’s busybody wrath had descended here?

"Are you all okay?"

Meng Xiuwen stood on the second-floor of the inn, called out loudly, and powerfully kicked open the room door. When he clearly saw everything inside, his anxious expression gradually shifted to bewilderment.

He saw Ye Jing leaning against the corner, eyes closed, regulating her breath.

On the other side, a monk with a bloodied hole in his face, barely recognizable as Traveler Zhi Kong, was sitting on the floor, not tending to his wounds, but staring blankly towards Shen Yi on the bed across the room.

Things seemed different from what he had imagined.

However, upon seeing what Shen Yi was doing, Meng Xiuwen could not muster a smile and felt the chill on his body intensify. He hurriedly stepped into the room and slammed the door shut!

On the bed lay two corpses, both dressed like practitioners, one’s skull was smashed open by a blunt object, while the other was more straightforward, his head completely missing.

And this Officer Shen was conducting a thorough search on the two bodies, not willing to overlook any detail.

His posture was akin to a bandit who had just robbed.

"Sigh."

Shen Yi slowly pulled out two golden pages, a smile finally appearing on his face.

It was indeed as he had anticipated.

Although ordinary cultivators rarely carry their Cultivation Techniques on them, the Bodhi Sect was different.

Shen Yi had personally experienced the terror of facing a true tribulation without the protection of the treasure scripture; thus, in his view, the object was less a Cultivation Technique, more a life-preserving Life Token to stabilize the Divine Soul.

Even if he had memorized the contents, having it on his person to review at any time provided at least some peace of mind.

"..."

Meng Xiuwen’s eyelids twitched twice, seeing the other’s smile resembling even more the one of a culprit. With a dry mouth, he asked, "What exactly are you doing here, what’s all this about?"

He could now guess why Shen Yi, a Loose Cultivator, seemed so fresh and detached from worldly concerns.

Could it be that he acquired all these skills through such means?

"Bodhi Sect practitioners, intended to ambush me and Officer Shen in Jianyang Prefecture."

Ye Jing usually appeared dull, but at this moment, barely opening her eyes, she turned a private vendetta of Shen Yi stealing the Fruit Position Treasure Scripture into an official act of villainy.

Not to mention, those two monks had indeed killed disciples of the Purple Cloud Sect, clearly not good people.

In doing so, Officer Shen was simply ridding the Imperial Court of a scourge!

Ye Jing glanced at Shen Yi, who had just taken the scripture from the corpses, and bit her lip somewhat guiltily.

"Tsck."

Meng Xiuwen was no fool to be fooled by such incomplete explanations, but since things were done... he cast his gaze towards Traveler Zhi Kong: "So, this one’s alive?"

"Ah?"

Monk Zhi Kong, finally snapping back to reality, somehow felt a chill run down his spine under the gaze of this man in white.

Immortal Fellow Shen was indeed strange, along with his peers, none of whom seemed ordinary.

The monk remembered, the Three Tribulations Lotus Platform Technique was taught by him to Shen Yi, who had attained Perfection in just a short time. Of course, he did not believe a court official would lack the royal energy necessary for penetrating the heart’s tribulation.

The royal energy, a crucial tool for the Imperial Court in controlling the divine land, lessened with each use, and even court officials had only the authority to mobilize it, rarely holding it for personal use.

Yet, getting this energy was far easier forState Monks than for other cultivators.

But mastering the Lotus Platform Technique also requires understanding the spell and practicing at the entry-level.

The ease at which Immortal Fellow Shen had achieved mastery, even within his sect, would be praised by the elders as having excellent Buddha-nature.

It’s unfortunate...

Monk Zhi Kong looked again at the corpses of his brothers in teaching; from the moment Shen Yi made his move, chances of entering their sect had markedly diminished.

But at the same time, he thought of an even more terrifying matter.

If Immortal Fellow Shen was a court official, with access to ample royal energy, coupled with outstanding Buddha-nature and possessing the Dragon Tiger Scripture, continued in this trend... wouldn’t that mean... a future Dragon Tiger Arhat would emerge, not only a non-member of the Bodhi Sect but also harboring animosity towards them?

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