Mountain Patrol Military Officer
Chapter 447 - 354: Aren’t You Afraid of Lord Chen? _2

Chapter 447: Chapter 354: Aren’t You Afraid of Lord Chen? _2

Soon, Chen Yuan stood on the ground and felt a slight tremor, which lasted only for the duration of a breath. The disturbance quickly vanished as if it had been an illusion.

Chen Yuan carefully sensed his surroundings, then he used his Dharma Eye to glance deep into the well, and at those Demon Gu. In his field of vision, the worms that moved like sparks of fire now seemed like red-hot iron suddenly quenched by water, turning black and curling up into a ball, falling into silence.

The effect was immediate!

Chen Yuan nodded and thought it was time to find and kill the Human Demon!

He pressed down his conical bamboo hat, brushed the snowflakes off his shoulder, then clasped his hands behind him and turned around.

Lian Nichang, who was waiting a few feet away, stepped forward, "Brother."

"The Demon Gu have been suppressed; next, we should seek out the Human Demon. A group from the Fang Family has arrived in Qingshan County; you said it was a Fang Family Ancestor who first discovered the matter of the Demon Gu?" Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, lifting them in a hint of an arc.

"Um, after I received the news of Elder Wu’s disappearance, I hurried back. In front of Brother’s courtyard, I encountered Miss Qingzhu. Miss Qingzhu informed me about the Demon Gu..." Lian Nichang repeated the general situation, adding more details this time, including the part where she met the Fang Family Ancestor.

Chen Yuan listened thoughtfully and after a moment said, "You met with the Fang Family Ancestor, confirmed the matter of the Demon Gu, then sealed off all the water access points in the city, followed by the incident at the Mountain God Temple. It seems the other party already knew you would come, which indicates that they are aware of all your actions."

"Let’s go, I want to meet this Fang Family Ancestor. Perhaps, he has had contact with the Human Demon, and we may find some clues."

"Moreover, the Human Demon in Qingshan County does not yet know of my presence. Since Martial Vault was captured by me yesterday and lost contact, it must have alarmed that Human Demon. If the creature becomes suspicious, it’s likely to suspect these Fang Family members."

"However, whether my conjecture is right or wrong, we still have to give it a try!"

Chen Yuan said lightly, making his speculation.

Regardless of whether his guess was right, the presence of these few people in Qingshan County made them all destabilizing factors, and naturally, he would seek them out.

And this so-called Fang Family is said to be looking for the Night Navigation Ship. The group that Chen Yuan encountered on his way from Tianxiong Pass had the same goal.

Indeed, there was a kind of inexplicable coincidence!

"Before meeting with the Fang Family Ancestor, Nichang, you heard from Miss Qingzhu that her Old Master had unfathomable strength, had reached the peak of Martial Vault for many years, just that his closed-door cultivation failed, and he was seeking an opportunity for a breakthrough. Brother, you should be careful," Lian Nichang reminded him at this moment.

"Oh?"

....

And just as Chen Yuan used the bronze seal to execute the Imperial Decree, causing the Demon Gu in Qingshan County to fall into silence,

A few minutes earlier, at the Mountain God Temple on Songqiao Mountain, two hundred li northeast of Qingshan County, a figure wearing a Lotus Crown walked out of the dilapidated temple, eyes gloomily fixated on a pond with a diameter of dozens of meters outside.

Inside, it was half-filled with snowmelt!

The ground surrounding the pond was cracked with fissures as thick as arms, spreading for hundreds of meters.

Traces of last night’s battle had almost been washed away cleanly by the rainwater, but some remnants remained.

Last night, Ren Tianxing, realizing something was amiss when Li Boya, who had gone to kill, did not return for a long time, suspected there should not be any mishaps in killing a Mountain Patrol Military Officer and an old man.

He became suspicious, and in the latter half of the night, he started to search in the direction where Li Boya had disappeared. After some effort, he arrived here.

This place was a mess, a great battle had taken place, yet he couldn’t find any useful clues, as if someone deliberately erased them.

Ren Tianxing’s intuition told him that something happened to Li Family’s Martial Vault!

To make a Martial Vault vanish, his eyes couldn’t help but flash with darkness. Was it that old monstrosity from Qingshan County?

Just as Ren Tianxing’s Demon Eyes flashed gloomily, suddenly, his golden pupils shrank to the size of golden threads, then began to twist insanely like worms.

His Demon Eyes instantly felt as if pierced by needles; a severe pain struck, causing him to let out a pained grunt and involuntarily close his eyes. The next second, the Human Demon’s eyes welled with golden tears.

After a long while, the Human Demon opened his eyes, which now looked exceedingly terrifying.

The golden pupils had shrunk to the size of pinpoints.

"Who?"

Ren Tianxing let out an enraged and shocked hiss from his throat, the pin-sized golden pupils emitting a terrifying brilliance.

"Why can’t my Gu Mother connect with Qingshan County?"

He realized that something happened to his Demon Gu in Qingshan County, which caused the mother in his eyes to suffer a heavy blow.

At the same time, it aroused his suspicion.

Based on the reaction of the Gu Mother, most of the Gu worms I planted must have encountered some problem, but my Demon Gu is widespread across Qingshan County; this shouldn’t be happening. What in the world is this? This definitely cannot be achieved by ordinary means.

The Li Family’s Martial Storage’s martial artist disappeared last night, and now there are issues with my Demon Gu too. Ren Tianxing was shocked and angry; is it that dying old fellow from Fang Family who’s making a move?

Just because they both ignored each other’s warnings?

"Seeking death!"

Ren Tianxing was almost gnashing his teeth, his jagged fangs becoming visible as he let out a low, inhuman growl from his throat, his terrifying pupils flashing with madness.

He decided not to care anymore.

He originally planned to use the people of Qingshan County as a lure for a sacrifice, to avenge the vendetta of Five Treasures Mountain and to open the channel, but now it looks like it’s going to cost him a great deal.

But what of it, they are all doomed anyway.

When the time comes, the whole of the Shu region, even the entire Worldly society, will know what he has done.

Thinking this, Ren Tianxing laughed manically with a ha-ha,

And then, his figure slowly disappeared into the air, without a trace.

Only that terrifying and spine-chilling laughter continued to linger amidst the wind and snow, shaking the mountains and forests.

...

"Who are you?"

"What are you kidnapping us for?"

"I am an official from the north city, and I have a close relationship with Lord Zhang, the County Magistrate; what on earth are you doing..."

"...."

Qingshan Inn, within a guest room, over a dozen people began to gradually wake up from the floor, including men, women, the elderly, and children.

There was a portly lord dressed in a landlord robe, as well as common folk in coarse hemp clothes.

After everyone woke up, they saw several imposing Great Han soldiers guarding the door, and in front of them, an Eight-legged table.

At the front of the table, sat a woman in a pink dress, with a glamorous complexion!

"Shut them all up!"

Looking at these Troublemakers, her eyes filled with condescension and a scrutinizing gaze, she uttered impatiently.

No sooner had she spoken than a man dressed in black flashed across the room, moving rapidly among the crowd.

Soon, several cries of pain were heard.

A few of the outspoken and agitated commoners suddenly collapsed to their knees, being pressed down in obvious pain.

This scared the rest of them.

Uncertain of what had befallen them, they shrank back, their eyes lowering in fear, daring not to make a sound.

Seeing that things had quietened down, the woman nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, the black-clad man who had taken action earlier approached the woman and bowed, saying, "Miss, these people have all been selected from Qingshan County. It’s said that they have all dreamt about that boat—not just once or twice—and for some, the details remarkably coincide, it doesn’t sound like a fabrication."

"Hmm, well done! You may go down and receive your reward later."

"It’s my duty, to relieve our Ancestor of worries!" the man in black bowed again hastily.

The woman smiled and said, "Good," then turned her gaze towards the cowering and kneeling inhabitants of Qingshan County, her expression quickly turning cold.

"I’ve heard that everyone in Qingshan County had been aboard that boat, and then, after waking up, you dreamt of it again?"

"If you can help find these locations, there will be a substantial reward. If you have knowledge and fail to report, then I apologize in advance."

At this moment, a man who looked like an Old Master stood up straight and proper,

"Life is but a dream; who among us can tell true from false. This is Qingshan County, which has its own laws, aren’t you afraid of being reported? This is not a place you can insult at will!"

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