I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 727 - 414: Incense Fire Spirit Pill! Demon Suppression Commander!_3

Chapter 727: Chapter 414: Incense Fire Spirit Pill! Demon Suppression Commander!_3

The Holy Dew City Commander grasped the sword hilt and said in a low voice: "So, you’ve come to the city, entered my territory, and flaunted your strength?"

"I need a list from you."

Lin Yan said: "I’m not one for extravagance, but since I have a request, I’ve prepared this table of food and wine."

"You killed my men, yet still come asking for something?" The Holy Dew City Commander sneered.

"He wasn’t one of your men." Lin Yan shook his head slightly.

"A Thousand Households under my Demon Suppression Department isn’t mine? Then whose man is he?" the Holy Dew City Commander asked.

"His master was the previous commander, the current General Hall Guardian," Lin Yan replied.

"..." The Holy Dew City Commander paused for a moment and then asked, "What list do you need?"

"The current General Hall Guardian previously served as the Colonel stationed at Mountain King Manor. I need the list of all Colonels who guarded Mountain King Manor after him!" Lin Yan said calmly.

"You have a grudge against him?" The Holy Dew City Commander suddenly asked.

"No grudge. He simply deserves to die!" Lin Yan responded.

"You still intend to kill the General Hall Guardian?" The Commander’s expression shifted slightly.

"If someone deserves death, then they must die!" Lin Yan stated indifferently.

"Why?" the Commander asked.

"At Mountain King Manor, the sacrificial rituals shifted from passive to active, initiated by him. Deceiving his superiors and misleading those below for eighteen years, this led to the present situation where the Mountain Lord is on the verge of breakthrough, ready to devour the entire village," Lin Yan answered.

"What?" The Demon Suppression Commander’s complexion changed, and he quickly said, "No, even if the earlier Colonels were placed by him, the later Colonel Lu Fang was dispatched by me personally..."

"Colonel Lu Fang died as soon as he arrived at Mountain King Manor." Lin Yan said.

"Inspection Envoys under my command visit Mountain King Manor every two to three months on the shorter end, or at least every six months..."

The voice abruptly stopped as the Commander’s expression turned complicated.

The Demon King at Mountain King Manor had transformed from a tiger into a demon.

Those devoured by the Mountain Lord might become Chang Ghosts.

The Mountain Lord’s cultivation rivaled the Creation Peak. Inspection Envoys in the Refining God Realm might not be able to discern it.

"..."

The Demon Suppression Commander fell silent for a moment, then said: "So this is why you destroyed Mountain King Manor, slew the Mountain Lord, and killed Thousand Households Peng and his subordinates?"

"Correct," Lin Yan replied. "And the list of Colonels stationed at Mountain King Manor is classified within the Demon Suppression Department. That’s why I came to find you!"

"Why trust me?" the Commander asked.

"After the previous Commander was promoted to General Hall Guardian, you were reassigned here and sent an incorruptible man like Colonel Lu Fang..." Lin Yan laughed softly and said, "So I deduced you’re not one of his people."

"I’ll investigate the list myself. If it’s true, I’ll clean house," the Commander said, his face darkening slightly.

"Looks like you believe me now," Lin Yan said with a smile.

"The Demon Suppression Department’s General Hall has delayed issuing a wanted order because of three reasons."

The Commander spoke: "First, you have strong backing interfering with the Demon Suppression Department! Second, your strength approaches that of a Human Martial Saint, and the General Hall refrained from a bounty to recruit you!"

After a slight pause, he continued: "Third... the General Hall is aware of the truth regarding Mountain King Manor and considers you innocent."

"However, the reason I’ve chosen to temporarily trust you involves a fourth point."

"Although you killed Thousand Households Peng and over three hundred people, you didn’t slaughter them all."

"If you had completely slaughtered everyone and meticulously erased all traces with your cultivation level, my Demon Suppression Department might not have traced it back to you!"

"I want to know, knowing full well that leaving survivors would attract the Demon Suppression Department’s attention, why did you spare these over seven hundred people?"

"Surely, it wasn’t to provoke the Demon Suppression Department?"

"..."

Listening to the Commander’s inquiry.

Lin Yan calmly responded: "Thousand Households Peng deserved death. The three hundred others were his trusted aides, insisted on fighting, and therefore had to die."

"As for the remaining seven hundred, my original intention was to hand them over to Prince Zhen Nan for a thorough investigation and judgment."

"But later, upon inquiry, I found that those three hundred were Peng’s former subordinates."

"And those over seven hundred were soldiers assigned to him after his promotion to Thousand Households in the Demon Suppression Department."

Upon hearing this, the Holy Dew City Commander made a sound in acknowledgment.

"These over seven hundred people were assigned from under my command."

The Commander slowly said: "They are battle-hardened elites from the eastern coastal lines, having earned merits in battle. Six years ago, they were transferred into the Demon Suppression Department! If you had killed them as well, I would have risked imprisonment today and fought you to the death!"

Lin Yan quietly observed him and suddenly sighed.

This Holy Dew City Demon Suppression Department Commander reminded him of the former Commander of High Willow City’s Observatory.

Sparing those over seven hundred Demon Suppression Department soldiers was also due to recalling his past, when he served as a Little Flag within the Observatory.

If a Martial Artist, committed to demon-slaying and protection, joined the Demon Suppression Department, faithfully followed orders, only to discover their superior was the true perpetrator of evil...

And lost their life as a result, wouldn’t that be unjust?

"These over seven hundred Demon Suppression Department soldiers were merely deceived by Thousand Households Peng. Fundamentally, they are just like Colonel Lu Fang."

Lin Yan slowly said: "They are elites who have fought on Deceit Nights, battled against evil, and safeguarded the Human Clan’s peace! Thus, they don’t deserve to die..."

"That answer is enough to convince me."

The Holy Dew City Commander slightly cupped his hand toward Lin Yan and bowed deeply: "You have respected my Demon Suppression Department and spared my over seven hundred brothers. I shall return the courtesy."

He straightened up and added, "However, regardless of everything, the fact remains that you executed Thousand Households Peng and killed over three hundred Demon Suppression Department soldiers!"

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