26: End of Chapter 26

Tong Town. Inside an inn.

Ever since those three letters were sent out, Pei Qingyun had stayed in the inn.

He did not know that the appearance of these three letters had caused an earthquake of magnitude eight within the Evil Suppression Bureau.

From the Great Commander of the Evil Suppression Bureau down to the ordinary Evil-Suppressing Guards, everyone was anxious because of this matter.

How many people had spent the night sleepless because of this.

As the culprit behind it all, Pei Qingyun, on the contrary, had a good night's sleep in his dreams.

The sky was slightly bright, and a few streaks of fish-belly white appeared on the distant horizon. The ink-colored earth had been quietly diluted by the morning light, gradually revealing a few glimmers of brightness.

Facing the faint dawn, Pei Qingyun also woke up from his deep sleep.

This night, he slept very soundly, but also very peacefully.

Since his Transmigration so many days ago, Pei Qingyun had not slept much, averaging less than three hours a day.

Yet under these circumstances, he had slept for the entire night.

The effect of this night's deep sleep was significant.

Pei Qingyun could feel that his spirit and energy seemed to be strengthening, but even more so, there was a sense of mental satisfaction.

Facing the glimmering light, Pei Qingyun slowly stepped out of his room.

"Being able to sleep for so long this time is thanks to the running around these past few days. However, for the next few days, there won't be any good days."

...

Time flew by. In a blink of an eye, it was the assembly time set by Pei Qingyun.

After quickly counting the heads, Pei Qingyun's group set off for the mopping-up area again.

Although less than one-third of the area remained to be cleared, Pei Qingyun knew deeply the difficulty of this latter half of the journey.

Of course, the hardest part was the final joint operation.

After a day of rest, everyone's spirit and energy had returned to their best state.

As for those who might have taken this opportunity to indulge themselves, there were none.

The mopping-up operation was so dangerous that no one would treat their own life as a joke.

After verification, the number of people was exactly the same as the day before. The reason no one took the opportunity to slip away was not that they didn't want to.

They were not alone. One could run away, but the temple could not.

Once they ran, their Family and the forces behind them would inevitably be liquidated by the Evil Suppression Bureau.

Moreover, they might not be able to leave safely themselves.

"Everyone is here, Old Ancestor. Do you think we should set off?" Pei Tianlin asked.

"Since everyone is here, let's set off." Pei Qingyun nodded and rode his horse towards the outskirts of the town.

...

Half an hour later, the Pei Family group arrived at the final stop of this operation.

Due to the danger of this final battle, Pei Qingyun reformulated the combat plan.

"From now on, form groups of two. If you encounter a situation you cannot solve, immediately ask the nearest group for help. Remember, everyone must act according to the plan."

"Understood."

Under Pei Qingyun's arrangement, dozens of people were quickly divided into more than a dozen groups.

By forming groups of two, they could look out for each other. This would not only increase the safety factor of the team but also allow them to complete the mopping-up in the shortest possible time.

The ten people from the Pei Family were divided into five groups by him. As for the people from other forces, they had to find their own teammates.

After a brief commotion, the groups were basically formed. Only two people remained as single-person squads.

"Family Head He, Family Head Mu, are you two intending to act alone?" Pei Qingyun asked with good intentions.

"Thank you for your concern, Old Ancestor Pei. There is no one suitable, and I am more comfortable alone," Family Head He said.

"Family Head Mu, is that your intention as well?" Pei Qingyun looked at the other person.

"Yes," Family Head Mu said.

Seeing that both of them had said so, Pei Qingyun couldn't be bothered to care. Both of them were from major Families in Wuyang County, and their strength was at the Late-Stage Divine Strength Martial Artist level.

With such strength, it was not impossible to act alone in the outer areas where the Demon disaster had broken out.

Moreover, even if the two of them really died, what did it have to do with him?

Pei Qingyun would only provide rescue under the premise of ensuring the task was completed. He focused more of his energy on his own clansmen.

Just like that, more than a dozen squads began to act separately.

Unlike the situation in the previous few days, the quality and quantity of the Demons here were more than a notch higher.

Even with two-person squads, the speed of advancement was still a bit slower than expected.

However, time was still ample, so Pei Qingyun was not in a hurry.

If the losses here were too great, the subsequent joint operation would not be a good thing for him.

Under Pei Qingyun's arrangement, the entire mopping-up mission went quite smoothly.

Three days passed in a flash.

Pei Qingyun's side had already completed the mopping-up task, and he had even finished it a day ahead of schedule.

Overall, this outer mopping-up operation only took five days.

The only thing that made people feel sorry was that two people had inevitably died in these two days. This ratio was something Pei Qingyun could accept.

In total, three people died in the Pei Family team, accounting for about one-tenth of the total number.

The mopping-up operation was dangerous by nature. Even for a Divine Strength Martial Artist, if they were not careful, death was a very normal occurrence.

This was still based on the fact that he had intervened many times; otherwise, the situation would only be more serious.

It was no wonder that the Evil Suppression Bureau required that the Five-Viscera Martial Artists of their three major Families must be present.

Otherwise, just mopping up the outer areas of this Demon disaster would be enough to cause a headache.

"I don't know how the other families are doing, but I imagine it's about the same. The other families are not weak, so they have likely finished early as well," Pei Qingyun thought secretly.

"I just didn't expect that a casual reminder from me would lead to such a big commotion. The other two families must be on pins and needles."

Thinking of this, Pei Qingyun couldn't help but sneer.

The Evil Suppression Bureau made such a big move, and his Pei Family was involved again. At this time, even if he really went to explain, the two families would suspect whether there was a conspiracy in it.

After this incident, presumably the two families must have deeper precautions against him.

However, there was one point that Pei Qingyun had not expected.

The fall of Yuyang Town was actually related to Ling Ziwen; this result was somewhat unexpected.

But why would Ling Ziwen do this?

On this point, Pei Qingyun still could not figure it out.

The responsibility for the fall of a town was not a small matter. It could be said that no one in Wuyang County could fully bear this responsibility.

Once the imperial court learned of this, the light punishment would be demotion and exile, and the heavy punishment would be the confiscation of property and extermination of the Family.

As the Chief of the Evil Suppressing Department, Chen Yuanba would inevitably have to bear a large part of the blame. In addition, the Magistrate of Wuyang County also had some responsibility.

It was not hard to imagine why Chen Yuanba had been making frequent big moves in the past few days, making many families feel even more panicked.

According to the situation Pei Qingyun understood, just in these few days, several of Ling Ziwen's confidants had been executed, and dozens of people were implicated.

If it were not for the fact that this was an extraordinary period, he would have no doubt that Chen Yuanba would have stirred up an even bigger storm.

But even so, Chen Yuanba had not found any clues about Ling Ziwen.