I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 205 - 150 The Jiazi Period! Fierce Evil Spirit! [First Release!]

Chapter 205: Chapter 150 The Jiazi Period! Fierce Evil Spirit! [First Release!]

The guardian deity of Feng City, acclaimed as the Heavenly God King!

Because of the Heavenly God King’s presence, evil spirits dare not approach Feng City.

Also, due to the Heavenly God King’s presence, with Feng City at the center, both internally and externally, there is vigor, abundant crops, and favorable weather.

"According to the rumors, the Heavenly God King and Liu Venerate of our High Willow City are quite different."

Lin Yan frowned and said, "Liu Venerate, though often in deep slumber, does awaken occasionally... But that Heavenly God King has never awakened!"

"Because He has never awakened, He cannot awaken."

"Why not?"

"No one can predict what would happen should the Heavenly God King awaken."

"As far as I know, the Feng City Temple has always been able to communicate with the Divine Venerate and receive divine decrees, so why can’t it be predicted?"

"The Heavenly God King has always been in deep slumber; where do you think the ’divine will’ observed by Feng City Temple actually comes from?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don’t know."

"You really don’t know?"

"That line wasn’t said by me, but twenty years ago by the Supreme Commander of the Feng City Sky Observation Bureau when he questioned the Deputy Commander."

The aged garrison commander, looking at his severed hand, said, "When Feng City was established, Qifeng Prefecture Sky Observation Bureau had sent a group to help with the night vigilance. I rotated here for three years and overheard some secrets, but they were just fragments."

He turned his head, looked at Lin Yan, and said, "With my position, I wasn’t privy to the higher layer of secrets, and there’s another much more significant reason which I believe you already understand."

Lin Yan, upon hearing this, immediately grasped the profound implications in the old garrison commander’s words.

Martial Artists who practiced ancient methods would inevitably face great dangers.

One careless move could lead to them becoming possessed by madness, resulting in severe harm.

Even more likely, they might eventually be led by Tribulation Ash to become one of its members.

Thus, many secrets needed to be sealed layer by layer.

"In any case, the awakening of the Heavenly God King isn’t necessarily a good thing."

The elder slowly said, "However, Tribulation Ash is currently searching for the ’key’ that seems capable of fully awakening the Heavenly God King!"

As his voice fell, he could not help but brace his body and then lift up his saber, bit his tongue tip, and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood.

In that instant, the saber light cleaved the darkness at a specific spot.

Cries of agony then followed.

A Cultivator came within thirty steps of the Pure Land and was slain by the aged garrison commander.

Subsequently, the aged garrison commander turned pale and prepared to strike again.

"Old sir, rest now."

Lin Yan reached out to hold his shoulder firmly, drawing the Night Illuminating Saber and slashing towards the darkness.

A scarlet thunderbolt erupted instantly!

The blade’s edge extended over three feet, seeming to split the night sky.

Wails of misery continued up ahead.

This single strike surpassed a thousand steps!

In this direction, within a thousand steps, seven of Tribulation Ash were executed!

"You..."

The old garrison commander showed a stunned expression.

The next moment, his face shifted rapidly, filled with disbelief.

The Blood Evil Divine Saber, when cultivated to a great achievement, could slew a blood light over a hundred steps.

Now in his later years, being at the pinnacle of the Refining Essence Realm, he could barely manage to strike sixty steps away.

But the junior just now had slashed a thousand steps away!

He looked at Lin Yan, his breathing growing somewhat heavy.

"A qi over a thousand steps, you..."

The old garrison commander stared fixedly at him.

His hand inadvertently tightened around his saber.

He felt parched and restless.

Unable to help, he stood straight and paced back and forth.

He glanced again at Lin Yan, hesitating to speak.

"Are you truly Wu Chang, the Flag Commander of Linjiang Station?"

"It’s me," Lin Yan calmly said, "However, I’ve been promoted to General Flag Envoy and also serve as the Inspection Envoy of the new city, responsible for the expansion outside High Willow City."

"Aren’t you a young cultivator?" the old garrison commander swallowed, asking, "Aren’t you only in your twenties according to the records of the Sky Observation Bureau?"

"Almost twenty-three."

Lin Yan spoke evenly.

His true identity in this life, his real age was not yet eighteen.

But as Wu Chang, in the records of the Sky Observation Bureau, his age was listed as several years older.

"..." The old garrison commander’s face changed unpredictably, and after a long pause, he took his saber and walked outside.

"What are you going to do?" Lin Yan asked, noticing this and frowning.

"To die outside," the old garrison commander glanced at him and said, "I will draw them off. Once it’s light, you leave, don’t stick around for battle... With your talents, you shouldn’t fall here."

"Knowing my current cultivation, you still think I’d die here?" Lin Yan asked, raising his eyebrow, "Are there any Qi Refinement Realm figures among those from Tribulation Ash pursuing you?"

"A thousand steps away, to sever my hand, he must be of the Qi Refinement Realm."

The old garrison commander exhaled and said, "Moreover, there are at least three high-ranking members of Tribulation Ash coming!"

Lin Yan pondered and said, "You really are significant."

The garrison commander sighed, "It’s not that I am unworthy of urgency, but it concerns the survival of Feng City, and this clue to the key is of utmost importance."

"Of course, there’s an even more important reason that has drawn these three great powers together."

"Originally, Tribulation Ash had three Vice Sect Hierarchs. About two years ago, one of them was exposed and the Li Shen Sect personally led troops to exterminate them, along with a large Pure Land, obliterating them altogether."

"These three are vying for the vacancy of the Vice Sect Hierarch."

"Whoever can kill me and sever the intelligence of the ’key’ will be making a merit within Tribulation Ash and gain the upper hand."

At this, the old garrison commander exhaled and looking at Lin Yan, said, "With your age and having reached the Qi Refining Realm, you surpass the former Li Shen Sect; you should not die because of an old man. Tomorrow...you will have to fend for yourself."

He stepped forward, intending to enter into the darkness.

But Lin Yan stopped him.

"With my current cultivation still above yours, the hope of escaping alive is, after all, somewhat greater than yours."

Lin Yan’s tone was calm as he said, "Even so, one should at least die understanding why, shouldn’t they?"

"..."

The old garrison commander, silent for a long while, then said, "Residual Prison Mansion, in the Eastern Hills Six Domains, the Seventh Mountain Range, has a small city."

"In this small city, three hundred miles to the east, there originally were six Pure Lands."

"But since last year, three more Pure Lands have been progressively added."

Pausing, his face grave, he continued solemnly, "Tribulation Ash suspects that the key to awaken the Heavenly God King lies within those three Pure Lands."

"Newborn Pure Lands?"

Lin Yan showed a look of surprise.

"Not exactly newborn Pure Lands."

The old garrison commander said, "From what I know, those three Pure Lands all suffered deaths in the past, leading to sinister omens."

"Up to this day, about a sexagenary cycle has passed, time has eroded the ’contamination,’ gradually bringing them back."

"In about two or three more months, they will be completely restored, clearing the abnormalities, making them fit as dwelling Pure Lands for the Human Clan."

"I remember, sixty years ago, those three Pure Lands successively experienced disasters, which consequently led to their destruction."

"But the specifics of how they were destroyed are now hard to verify."

The old garrison commander said gravely, "The upper echelons of Tribulation Ash are aware of the truth from back then, hence they have prepared for a long time, just waiting for the sexagenary period to pass, for the Pure Land to revert to its original state, then they plan to seize the town object inside!"

"The town object inside that Pure Land, is that the key Tribulation Ash is seeking?"

Lin Yan asked thoughtfully.

The old garrison commander nodded slightly.

"At least according to the secret message that I intercepted, that’s what’s speculated."

"Understood."

"Wu Chang, if you really do make it back alive, take the news back to High Willow City, report to the Supreme Commander."

Pausing, the old man bowed deeply, saying somberly, "Today, I am the one who implicated you into this perilous situation, I will strive to die further away, luring them farther..."

"Is there no possibility that we both might not have to die?"

Lin Yan, stroking the Night Glinting Saber, looked into the darkness ahead and said, "One of the three high-ranking members of Tribulation Ash, is he a Cultivator?"

"This person wears a ’black pig’ mask and is at the pinnacle of the Refining Essence Realm, but the Evil Spirit he worships has reached a ferocious level."

The old garrison commander’s tone was heavy as he slowly said, "It is said that even his own Refining Essence Realm Qi-Blood cannot sustain this ferociously powerful Evil Spirit! Thus, he needs to capture nine living people daily to meet the ’Evil’s’ needs, avoiding further devouring of his own Qi-Blood!"

The Evil Spirit with developed sentience is called an evil spirit!

A powerful evil spirit is entirely capable of threatening the life of a Martial Artist in the Refining Essence Realm!

And attaining the ’ferocious’ level is usually handled by a temple priest personally in High Willow City!

"He should be arriving soon."

The old garrison commander spoke deeply, "His Worshiping Evil Method, having cultivated to this step, can even allow him, with the ferocious level Evil Spirit, to navigate through the darkness."

Lin Yan nodded slightly.

He had quite an understanding of the Worshiping Evil Method recently.

A Cultivator can utilize the Evil Spirit they worship by using the evil Qi to cover themselves.

Thus, they can make the demons of the night think it is prey that has already been marked by another ’Evil Spirit,’ and thus they dare not compete for it!

Yet, ordinary Cultivators dare not do this.

Because in the night, there are much more powerful evil entities trying to snatch the prey, snatch food from the tiger’s mouth.

It might even mean that their own worshipped Evil Spirit could be devoured as prey.

But reaching a ferocious level, the Evil Spirit has become very powerful in the darkness!

Thus, unless very unlucky, this ’black pig’ member of Tribulation Ash is good enough to walk in the night, confidently so."

"With the methods of Tribulation Ash, even if tonight they set the Pure Land ablaze, it wouldn’t be beyond them."

The old garrison commander took a deep breath, "It’s time for me to go."

As his voice fell, he felt his shoulder being tapped twice.

Then he heard Wu Chang’s voice rise.

"Buy a pot of wine from the merchant, wait for me to come back and drink it."

"What?"

"The weather is getting cold, heat the wine a little."

"You... come back..."

The old garrison commander’s pupils dilated, only to see the young man, sabre in hand, charging into the darkness.

His face changed dramatically, just about to chase after him, yet a voice came from within.

"My master wants to drink, but I have no money."

The voice of the Little White Ape was clear, eerily speaking, "You have to pay for the wine, I won’t drink your wine for free, I’ll roast a snake for you to eat."

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