Land Sword Immortal: Eighty Years as the Guardian of the Sword Pavilion
Chapter 315 – Shu Mountain disciples, a body of righteousness

Chapter 315 – Shu Mountain disciples, a body of righteousness

Meng Fan arrived at the Demon Extermination Hall, casually picked up a task, and then headed down the mountain.

As a deacon of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect, leaving the mountain required registration. Meng Fan didn't bother to find an excuse, so he simply took a task from the Demon Extermination Hall and went down the mountain directly.

The task Meng Fan picked was a demon-slaying mission.

In Qingyue Forest, a demonic beast had been appearing frequently, often injuring people.

After the local residents reported this issue, it was eventually assigned to the Demon Extermination Hall of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect.

The task had just been posted today, and Meng Fan happened to come across it.

The reward for this task wasn't much, just a hundred Spirit Stones. Meng Fan took this task because Qingyue Forest was not far from Huoyun Town.

It was on the way!

Apart from Shu Changsheng of the Sword Pavilion and Senior Disciple Luo, Meng Fan didn't tell anyone else he was going down the mountain, including Senior Disciple Jin.

In fact, although Meng Fan had gone down the mountain several times, this was his first time doing it alone.

He bought a carriage and drove it by himself towards Qingyue Forest.

Qingyue Forest and Huoyun Town were in the same direction.

Since Meng Fan had taken this task, he planned to deal with the demonic beast first on his way.

According to the intelligence, it was a tiger demon with strength equivalent to a human cultivator at the Heavenly Origin Realm, which was why the reward was only 100 Spirit Stones.

Such a minor demon was a piece of cake for Meng Fan, not worth mentioning.

The carriage sped along for an hour before Meng Fan suddenly realized that he was alone this time and didn't need the carriage.

It was slowing him down!

He had developed a habit of buying a carriage every time he went down the mountain.

Realizing this, he slashed the reins with a burst of Sword Qi, abandoning the carriage.

Then he rode the horse, speeding towards Qingyue Forest.

As night fell, Meng Fan passed through Longyan Town and decided to rest there for the night.

He didn't need rest, but the horse did, or it would collapse from exhaustion.

For three consecutive days, Meng Fan traveled during the day and found an inn to rest at night.

On the fourth day, he arrived at a place called Xueguang Town.

This place was already close to the Huoyun Mountain Range, not far from Huoyun Town and Qingyue Forest.

In fact, this area was already under the control of the Fengyun Demon Sect!

In Xueguang Town, Meng Fan sold his horse.

Since he was near Huoyun Town, he could travel faster on foot than on horseback!

Meng Fan planned to go to Qingyue Forest the next day, deal with the demonic beast, complete his task, and then fully focus on gathering information about his master.

In the evening, Meng Fan dined in the inn's hall.

He ordered two pounds of braised beef, two side dishes, and two pounds of strong liquor.

He had to admit, the food and drink outside were much better than those at the Shu Mountain Sword Sect's canteen.

Although the Shu Mountain Sword Sect was one of the three great sword sects in the Northern Region, the food there was as bland as the meals at Meng Fan's school in his previous life, with no flavor and hardly any oil.

Of course, those with some status wouldn't eat the canteen's mass-cooked meals.

For example, Liu Yanping's family had no shortage of chefs and servants.

But Elder Lin, who lived alone, didn't care about such things. Besides him, only Senior Disciple Luo and Meng Fan lived in the Sword Pavilion.

Moreover, Elder Lin had long practiced inedia and had no desire for food!

In the inn's hall, Meng Fan ate and drank while listening to the conversations around him.

With his hearing, he could even hear the kitchen staff talking clearly.

Although he knew these people were unlikely to have information about his master, Meng Fan still intended to gather some information.

"Did you hear? Last night, the concubine of Lord Lu died."

"Died? How did she die?"

"I heard she committed adultery and was beaten to death by Lord Lu."

"No, you're behind the times. The concubine wasn't beaten to death by Lord Lu but by his main wife."

"That's all nonsense. The latest news I got is that Lord Lu's entire family was killed, not a single survivor."

"This incident was so terrible that the authorities didn't reveal the truth."

"The whole family dead? How is that possible? Who could be so heartless?"

"Don't believe me? Go see for yourself. Lord Lu's mansion has been sealed off, and no one is allowed near."

...

In the inn, since someone brought it up, almost everyone was now discussing Lord Lu's family.

After all, such a massacre was rare and naturally a hot topic!

But as he listened, Meng Fan frowned slightly.

He had an instinctive feeling that this wasn't just a simple case of revenge.

His intuition told him it was related to demons, which was a sort of professional instinct.

However, Meng Fan was here to gather information about Elder Lin and didn't want to get involved in other matters, so he didn't bother to check out Lord Lu's mansion.

Although demon-slaying was the duty of Shu Mountain disciples, Meng Fan wasn't the type to compulsively seek out demons to fight.

If he happened to encounter one, he wouldn't hesitate to act. He wouldn't ignore demons harming people.

But now that Lord Lu's family was already dead, he couldn't possibly investigate each case; that was the authorities' job.

But sometimes, the more you want to avoid something, the more it comes to you.

In his previous life, this seemed to be called some kind of law, but Meng Fan couldn't remember.

That night, while meditating on his bed in the inn, Meng Fan sensed a strong demonic aura.

More importantly, he also smelled blood.

This indicated that a demon was harming people!

As a Shu Mountain disciple, Meng Fan couldn't ignore such a situation.

He extended his Divine Sense to see what kind of demon was causing trouble.

If it was within his capability, a demon below the Summoning God Realm, he would definitely act to slay the demon and save lives.

But if it was a demon at the Summoning God Realm, Meng Fan wouldn't risk his life. He wasn't that noble!

Meng Fan's Divine Sense detected the presence of a demon in the northeast part of the town.

Lu Mansion!

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the mansion of Lord Lu, which people in the inn had been discussing earlier.

Meng Fan's intuition was correct; Lord Lu's family had indeed been killed by a demon.

What was worse, the demon had already killed Lord Lu's family last night and had returned tonight.

It was like a wolf that kept coming back to a sheep it had already skinned.

Lord Lu's family was already dead, and the blood Meng Fan sensed came from the soldiers patrolling the mansion.

Out of a squad of eight soldiers, three had already been killed, and the remaining five were huddled at the gate, trembling.

They weren't trying to escape because they found that the wooden gate had suddenly become as hard as a stone wall!