Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 240 - 237: Where is the Immortal? Protector Nine Soldiers!

Chapter 240: Chapter 237: Where is the Immortal? Protector Nine Soldiers!

Following Wang Yuan’s command, the solemn Yama Hall instantly vanished.

Xue Donglou’s footing disappeared, and he violently fell into a huge pot of boiling oil.

Sizzle—!

"Ah! Innocence, Innocence!"

Xue Donglou wailed miserably from his mouth, being fried in the oil pot until his bones charred and his flesh fell apart. After his soul body recovered, he was subjected to tongue pulling, finger clipping, being sawed in half from the groin, and trampled into mincemeat by livestock...

Although the protection of his "Yin Morality" meant that the knife mountain and sea of fire within the Yama Hall did not harm Xue Donglou too severely,

it was like boiling a frog in warm water; with every punishment, his consciousness became more muddled, and his "Yin God" cultivation also declined a bit, trapping him deeper in the "Ghost Realm."

And after every punishment, Wang Yuan always managed to find a new reason for punishment to initiate the next one.

Watching Xue Donglou’s continuous wails, he gradually even forgot his own name, losing memory, now no different from a newly dead ordinary ghost soul.

This indicated that the heat was sufficient, ensuring that he wouldn’t suddenly awaken from the crisis of complete death.

Boom!

After enduring the ten great tortures of the Yin Department, Xue Donglou was dragged back to the court by two Yin Soldiers.

Perhaps those with strong spirits and steadfast Dao hearts could have a small chance to break free from the increasingly potent "Ghostly Spell."

But Xue Donglou, born with a golden spoon, clearly wasn’t among them.

By this time, he was completely befuddled, muttering to himself, "I am guilty, I am guilty," he couldn’t even cry out in injustice anymore.

The will of the people is iron, the laws are like a furnace, and so is the Yama Hall.

Here, there are only two options: confess or suffer unspeakably as you confess.

The "Yin Morality" atop Xue Donglou’s head could deceive the "Yin Law," but it couldn’t fool the Living Yama himself!

A glint of cold light flashed in Wang Yuan’s eyes as he threw out his order token:

"Since the ghost convict has confessed, come, guards, chop him up for me by hand!"

When it was necessary to utilize the "Ghost Realm" to strip Xue Donglou of his power, of course, he would genuinely adhere to the "Yin Law;" but once the objective was achieved, he immediately kicked the "Yin Law" aside.

Burning bridges after crossing them, turning his face and refusing recognition is precisely what he does.

After all, Wang Yuan had mixed in the Imperial Dragon Government Office for so long, his shamelessness honed to perfection, not only did he not see it as a disgrace, but he also took pride in it.

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

A group of ready Netherworld Ghost Soldiers, upon hearing the command, immediately drew their swords, bringing with them a stern ghastly wind, and ferociously descended upon the vacant-eyed, delirious Xue Donglou.

Crack!

In an instant, numerous blades fell.

Even though Xue Donglou instinctively struggled to survive, he sadly forgot that he was essentially a "Three Corpses Worm God."

In the blink of an eye, he was chopped into mincemeat.

This time, Xue Donglou never managed to stand up again.

Sitting upright in a commanding position, Wang Yuan looked down at the pile of broken flesh on the ground and sneered:

"You wanted the Water Virtue Dragon Scale Armor of my little concubine, didn’t you? I want your ’Water Virtue Dragon Qi’ too, hand it over!"

With a grasp, the dense "Water Virtue Dragon Qi" from Xue Donglou’s body immediately turned into wisps of smoke falling into Wang Yuan’s palm, forming a sparkling green dragon pearl.

When a "Yin God" is still alive, the powers of a Living Yan could not restrain him, but after killing him, "Stealing Fortune" was naturally within reach.

Wang Yuan didn’t need to, like Emperor Jianming, extract Qingyan’s dragon energy in small amounts over a long period to maintain his kingly status.

Not minding a one-time deal, he also didn’t need to leave any survivors.

This batch of Water Virtue Dragon Qi, whether to use it to solidify the foundations for his younger aunt Long Shao or to use it for "water generating wood" to make up the deficit for his elder aunt Qingyan,

or to support Jinghuan’s Flood Dragon status, was all good stuff, naturally not to be missed.

Of course.

Xue Donglou’s whole body was a treasure, his Water Virtue Flood Dragon, inherently a top candidate for the "Water Official" in the world.

But for Wang Yuan, the "Five Senses" wasn’t solely about talent.

The "Five Senses" and Wang Yuan’s fate were bound together, intertwined in life and death, even more closely related than spouses or children, comparable to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.

Once one person achieves Dao, it’s possible for all related to ascend too.

If this was made known, most magicians in the world probably wouldn’t consider becoming a "Yin Official" as a punishment.

Even if the "Yin Official" once consumed humans, he could accept that, but having such a disgusting creature burrow into his body, with a head full of sores and feet oozing pus, and later having to ascend to Dao tied together with it,

Wang Yuan felt his life would never be clean again.

Squeak—!

Immediately afterward, a "Divine Power Talisman" from the broken body of Xue Donglou emitted a low insect hum.

Constantly twisting, it transformed into a pure white, high-browed, bulgy-eyed, wide-necked, winged "Deceit Monster," but it was an exquisitely beautiful White Jade Cicada.

An "Enlightenment Immortal Light" converted it.

[Deceit Monster · White Jade Cicada]

Ability: Cicada Shedding and Rebirth (Scapegoat), wearable close to the body, best to keep in the mouth, can substitute your death once when a fatal crisis arrives, reusable.

Precept Taboo:

[One, exclusively for princes.

Historically, the jade cicada was often used by nobles and princes as a tongue suppressor after burial.

They generally believed that since cicadas emerge from the earth, the deceased holding a jade cicada represents the rebirth of the cicada and the immortality of the soul.

Therefore, only those with blue and purple fortunes, the distinguished ones, can tame a White Jade Cicada; it is ineffective for others.]

"[Section II: The cooling interval for ordinary cicadas burrowing underground is equivalent.

It generally spans prime years of 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, etc.

This is because the factors of a prime number are only 1 and the number itself, allowing cicadas to surface without encountering others of their kind, thereby avoiding competition for territory and food.

This means that the first cooling period is two years, the second is three years, and so forth.]"

Even after witnessing the formation of the Deceit Object, Wang Yuan still felt uneasy, and he extracted the Divination Bone that had transformed from the deceased Strategist Bei Lang Qi (Chapter 95).

Effect: It can only answer with good or bad omens, but it is one hundred percent accurate when the Taoist ability of the individuals concerned is lower than that of a Yellow Seal Mage. There’s only one more chance to use it.

Question: What is the present fortune of Xue Donglou?

The half-wolf-like divination bone cracked, splitting along its third crease.

Ominous!

Then it completely crumbled into bone dust, scattering in the wind.

"Whew! Although it cost me some of my Yin Morality, I’ve finally managed to completely kill off this scoundrel."

Once bitten by a snake, twice shy of ten years for a well rope, Wang Yuan finally took a long breath, feeling like the cry of a crane in a breeze.

He waved his hand to dissolve the Ghost Realm, returning to the real world, his Yin God retracting to his body.

Wang Yuan looked around at the completely devastated Prime Minister Xue’s mansion, bodies strewn everywhere, now turned into ruins, and momentarily felt lost.

He was only trying to get back at the No-Life Dao and planned to take over Dengzhou’s government scene first.

He hadn’t expected that his stimulation of the Old Almanac would lead to the complete annihilation of the No-Life Dao’s evildoers, including three Yin Gods, thus also resolving the crisis of his little concubine.

Moreover, he had turned a misfortune into a blessing, achieving a breakthrough to the Yin God realm.

With the ability to Drive Objects in hand, and clutching the Fengdu Iron Enclosure’s Abyssal Ghost King Banner, soon to be refined by the Earth Que Golden Book, he was now unstoppable within the Yin God realm!

But this also indirectly resulted in the birth of the Yellow Seal Strange Immortal·Yellow Robed Boy.

Plus, the "gifts" dropped by the Age Star before it disappeared would likely attract various fearless demons and deceitful monsters.

Furthermore, with the second month of February drawing near, the No-Life Dao would undoubtedly launch a counterattack.

Just thinking about the situation he and his colleagues were about to face gave Wang Yuan a headache, and he cursed inwardly:

"Is Zhou Wenrui a fool who just eats without working? So much time has passed; when will our reinforcements finally arrive?"

...

Imperial Capital, Yunjing City.

Xue Jiexi, who had been busy all night because of the "Passage of the Age Star," walked out of the palace at dawn, his face furrowed with worry, muttering to himself:

"Nine Soldiers! This Taoist organization, which has remained dormant during over two hundred years of peace in Great Yan, is it about to reemerge because of this celestial event?

This matter must be urgently reported to the No-Life Dao."

The celestial event over Dengzhou had stimulated Zhou Wenrui even more than Xue Jiexi had imagined.

Last night, he immediately issued an imperial edict, setting aside his status as the ruler of a nation, and sought assistance from the hidden Nine Soldiers.

As one of the most powerful figures in Great Yan and one of the highest-ranking undercover agents of the Sect within the Dynasty, Xue Jiexi of course knew what the emergence of the Nine Soldiers meant.

This organization can be traced back to before the Hundred Schools of Thought were fully activated with "knowledge."

The so-called full activation of "knowledge" was just the last barrier between "normal" and "distorted," and it was completely destroyed back then.

In fact, the struggle between Heaven and Earth had been ongoing for many years already.

Even before Mu King was bewitched by the West King Holy Mother which led to the opening of the Underworld and the birth of the Small Book of Life and Death, the conflict had already existed.

The Taoist Ability cultivation world has always been arguing about what the first type of activated "knowledge" really is.

But among the upper echelons of the Dynasty and the major Tao Lineages, a relatively reliable saying is circulated.

The first "activated" knowledge or study was called — "Slaughter Science"!

Remember, the Yan Han Nation is extremely abundant in Martial Virtue, and is top-notch among the world’s warrior nations.

The fundamental study that formed is this "Slaughter Science," which in the thousands of years to follow is called "Military Science."

The Slaughter in "Slaughter Science" refers to butchers, which in those ancient times meant professional soldiers.

The so-called Nine Soldiers are a group of war Taoists who have mastered "Slaughter Science."

It is said that when Taoists descend from the mountains to face national disasters, the Nine Soldiers unsheathe their swords to save the world!

Whether it’s the "Dragon Qi Technique" or the current system of Daoist Soldiers protecting the Human Clan Dynasty, they originally all stemmed from the Nine Soldiers organization.

Initially established by nine masters of "Slaughter Science," it has over thousands of years absorbed all the Immortals who achieved longevity through Corpse Dissection.

They have always conflicted with the ever-growing Killing Tree and the Heavenly Officials, maintaining the fragile balance of this world.

For thousands of years, Red County Shenzhou has endured countless turbulent times, and the fact that it has not fallen apart is precisely due to the Nine Soldiers who blocked the Heavenly Gate!

But the Killing Tree has had countless opportunities to start over.

Whereas humanity only needs to fail once, and everything will be over.

Now it depends on who grows faster and who can suppress the other first!

"’The No-Life Old Buddha’ once mentioned in the knowledge he gave me that if an isolated system is left as it is, it will only become more chaotic and disordered.

And our world is exactly such an increasingly chaotic system!

Thus, time is on the side of the chaotic and mad Killing Tree, and humanity will eventually be doomed.

I didn’t do anything wrong, no, I didn’t make any mistakes; better grain shortfall than extinction!

I just wonder, how is my son Donglou doing right now?"

Xue Jiexi looked towards Dengzhou, deeply concerned, and decided to immediately dispatch a trusted Military Leader from among the ranks to investigate the situation in Dengzhou."