Sword Aura to the Heavens
Chapter 37 Encirclement

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Encirclement

Li Fan and Li Hongyi rode side by side on horseback. Li Hongyi felt a bit strange; why did her father suddenly say such things?

Her father had never mentioned her mother to her before. She turned her head back for a glance, her eyes showing some worry.

"Chuzhou, Cui Family."

Li Hongyi silently noted it down.

"Miss Li, your father’s spear skills are impressive," Li Fan said.

"Can you use a different title?" Li Hongyi replied, growing increasingly displeased.

"Sister Hongyi?" Li Fan teased, and Li Hongyi glared at him.

"Hongyi." Li Fan looked ahead and said, "If there’s a chance, I will go with you to find your mother."

Li Hongyi’s beautiful eyes flashed, also looking ahead. This time, she seemed to accept the title.

"Sure." Li Hongyi’s beautiful eyes showed a brilliant smile, happily responding.

Along the streets, demons continued to rampage. Amidst their laughter and conversation, their spear and sword danced, constantly killing beasts under them.

On the roadside, a child cried out with heart-wrenching despair. Li Fan and Li Hongyi rushed past, unable to do anything.

Li Fan thrust his sword into Chen Yuan before him, and the already despairing Chen Yuan let out a muffled groan.

"Who is the orchestrator?" Li Fan asked.

"Just kill me," Chen Yuan responded.

"Kill you?" Li Fan mocked, "Look up at the tragic state of Lin’an County. Do you deserve to seek death?"

With that, the sword cut across him, slicing through flesh and skin, causing the death-seeking Chen Yuan to howl miserably, his body convulsing violently in pain.

"There’s still some distance to Fulong Manor. Though I can’t cut you a thousand times, a hundred times is still doable," Li Fan continued, as his mana turned into a sharp sword that pierced Chen Yuan’s body again, gliding through.

"I’ll talk..." Chen Yuan sobbed in pain; Li Fan’s methods were more cruel than demons.

"The court wants to take action against Fulong Manor. The Chen family instructed us to cooperate. My Chen family is just in charge of the operations, not the masterminds. Please give me a quick death," Chen Yuan said.

"Is that so?" Li Fan sneered, stirring the sword again: "The matter of the City God Temple, you seem to have forgotten, that doesn’t seem to be recent either."

"Many families in Lin’an County are involved in trafficking women. County Magistrate Wang is also part of it. In Lin’an County, these are ordinary matters, unrelated to demons. As for where these demons came from, I truly don’t know," Chen Yuan said. "A young man from the Chen family by the name of Chen Yan, he surely knows something. You can find him if you want to know."

"Beast," Li Hongyi stared at Chen Yuan. To these upper echelons of Lin’an County, were human lives just trivial matters?

The government not only failed to remove the menace but even participated.

Petty men in high offices.

No wonder a scandal such as the City God Temple occurred, with these people colluding in Lin’an County, lawless.

Li Fan stared at Chen Yuan, the sword stirring, suppressing his inner killing intent.

In their eyes, these trivial matters were innocent tragic lives and family disasters.

Demons eat people, while people eat people!

The human heart is more poisonous than demons.

However, Li Fan believed Chen Yuan’s words. He likely wasn’t the mastermind, especially considering the presence of Third Realm demon cultivators among those demons, which Chen Yuan and the people of Lin’an couldn’t command.

"What about Li Mountain?" Li Fan asked, wondering why this matter involved Li Mountain.

"Li Mountain, that’s a higher level affair. I only know the court’s target is Li Mountain. The clan also said Li Mountain will fall, but the specifics are beyond my knowledge," Chen Yuan’s breaths were weak, only hoping for a quick death.

"When we reach Fulong Manor, retell all this in front of Lord Governor and everyone," Li Fan said.

As they spoke, suddenly Li Fan sensed a threat, mana gathering above them.

"Be careful," Li Fan shouted to Li Hongyi, grabbing Chen Yuan with one hand and leaping to the side, pulling Li Hongyi along mid-air, as a giant handprint came crashing down from the sky.

"Boom..."

A loud noise erupted, instantly turning the area into ruins.

Not far away, two figures stood on a rooftop, it was Chen Yan and the elder behind him who were in pursuit.

Their eyes fixed on the ruins ahead, suddenly a terrifying murderous Sword Intent emanated from within, spreading around and covering their location, a bone-chilling murderous intent falling upon them.

Chen Yan frowned, then saw a white-robed figure standing up from the ruins, coughing up a mouthful of blood, alongside Li Hongyi who also struggled to get up, her face pale, spitting out blood.

If it weren’t for Li Fan protecting her, that strike might have killed her.

Chen Yan didn’t expect that strike to kill Li Fan. His eyes were fixed on Chen Yuan, seeing him barely alive but still holding on.

"How are you?" Li Fan asked Li Hongyi beside him.

"I’m fine," Li Hongyi wiped the blood from her mouth, eyes fixed on Chen Yan in the distance.

Li Fan also looked that way, stepping forward a few paces from the ruins. Chen Yan’s brows furrowed, mana surging in him, a magical treasure emerging in his hand, sensing the Sword Intent growing stronger, possibly striking him at any moment.

Killing intent flashed in Li Fan’s eyes, as Chen Yan stared at him, involuntarily taking a step back.

Surprised at his own retreat, Chen Yan glanced down at his foot, looking grim.

He was forced back, frightened by a Refining Realm Cultivator.

With his head down, a fierce killing intent flashed in his eyes.

However, as he looked up, the killing intent vanished. He looked at Chen Yuan and said, "Chen Yuan, you still have family left in the mansion. I will take good care of them, and Luo Yun’s body will be handled well, sent to the Chen Family, into the ancestral hall, including you."

"Thank you, Young Master Yan," Chen Yuan responded lowly, still unaware that the Chen family had already been cleared out by Chen Yan.

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Li Fan knew things were bad. As soon as Chen Yan finished talking, his figure retreated, quickly moving out of sight.

With his talent and status, he didn’t wish to fight Li Fan to the death here, finding it unworthy to battle a mere Refining Realm Cultivator.

However, Li Fan was someone he must find a way to eliminate, but only after the matter with Li Mountain.

"When you and Chen Luoyun were captured by me, he didn’t show up, and just now he wished to kill you to silence you. Can you trust his heart?" Li Fan asked Chen Yuan: "Since he is worried about you revealing the truth, wouldn’t he also worry about others in the Chen family doing the same? What do you think he would do?"

Hearing Li Fan’s words, Chen Yuan felt a chill in his heart, but then hope rekindled. With so many in the Chen family, including people from various cultivation sects around Lin’an County, what was he worried about?

Could it be that Chen Yan would really kill them all?

Unaware of Chen Yuan’s thoughts, Li Fan continued running with him, while Li Hongyi beside Li Fan said, "This Chen Yan is sinister, strong, harbors killing intent towards you yet restrains it. Be careful of him in the future."

Chen Yan should be a Fourth Realm Qi Cultivator, at the Foundation Establishment Realm; in Lin’an County, such a realm is invincible.

Although Li Fan is gifted, he is still young, with cultivation merely at the Refining Realm, making being targeted by someone like this very troublesome.

"Rest assured. Precisely because he remains calm, he doesn’t dare kill me openly. Just now, he didn’t use all his strength, likely afraid I might die here," Li Fan said, even if there are rumors of Li Mountain collapsing, as long as Li Mountain stands for a day, the deterrence remains.

Just one Sword Intent made Chen Yan apprehensive, let alone with Li Mountain behind.

He understood well that without Li Mountain and the deterrence of the Sword Intent, he would have been dead in Lin’an County long ago.

Of course, if ever Chen Yan wanted to secretly kill him, then it would certainly be the end for Chen Yan.

The two continued their journey, with Li Fan dragging Chen Yuan along.

When Li Fan and Li Hongyi reached Fulong Manor, it had already been breached, its outskirts reduced to ruins.

Outside Fulong Manor, a large number of people from Lin’an City and cultivators gathered. The presence of the Demon Suppression Army and Demon Slayer Bureau kept demons away, making it an excellent refuge.

Those cultivators, some drawn by curiosity, others by chance upon hearing of the treasures supposedly scattered throughout Fulong Manor, though truth or not was unknown.

Inside the manor, the Demon Suppression Army was firmly entrenched at its forefront, with murderous intent soaring skyward.

Ahead, among the piles of ruins, a white-robed figure stood upon the phantom of a Jiao Long, his clothes stained with blood, black hair waving in the wind.

On either side stood the siblings Liu He and Liu Ji, transformed into their half-demon forms, half-human, half-serpent, large in size.

"Yu Qing, you unleashed demons, causing devastation among Lin’an’s people. If you cease now and surrender, withdrawing the beasts from Lin’an City, Lord Governor might grant you a swift death. But if you persist in your ways, you’ll be subjected to extreme punishment, slain by a thousand cuts." County Magistrate Wang Yuan stood there, looking up towards the white-robed figure, speaking loudly.

"You’re spouting nonsense."

Liu Ji glared angrily at County Magistrate Wang.

Blaming them for the demon rampage in Lin’an County?

At this moment, a commotion arose among the crowd, as the Demon Suppression Army cleared a path.

From the middle of the road, a middle-aged man rode slowly forward on horseback.

"Greetings, Lord Governor."

"Welcome, Lord Governor, to slay demons."

Voices arose around, shaking the eardrums of individuals.

"Please, Lord Governor, slay the demons," the people cried.

"Please, Lord Governor, slay the demons."

The voices grew louder, the grievances of Lin’an County’s people against the demons reaching the skies, cold and merciless eyes fixed on the white-robed figure atop the ruins, chanting, "Kill!"

"Kill, kill, kill!"

The atmosphere of killing intent pervaded, and even ordinary citizens, in large enough numbers, could amass a formidable momentum.

The sentiment of the people.

Liu Ji looked at the crowd, eyes bloodshot, suddenly bursting into laughter, appearing crazed. He looked at the white-robed man beside him, crying out with blood-filled tears: "Master, is this the result of years of our goodwill? I want to eat them."

Her blood-red eyes equally brimmed with murderous intent.

She wanted to kill those people, kill them all!

"Liu Ji, you are never allowed to eat humans, not even one," the white-robed man looked down at Liu Ji sternly commanding.

"Master..." Liu Ji’s heart was filled with grief and anger.

"Did you hear me?" the white-robed man’s voice was severe, allowing no dissent.

Tears rolled down Liu Ji’s eyes, "Yes, Master!"

"I will definitely do it," Yu Qing sighed inwardly.

Eating humans, then it would be the same as him, no turning back!

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