12: Lian Nishang (seeking votes and collection)

At the same time,

That night.

Yunlu County, Feixian Sect Sub-Altar.

A room, lit by candlelight.

Inside the room, a beautiful woman with delicate features was sprawled on the ground, her face filled with terror as she stared at the humanoid monster covered in scales, her eyes wide with shock.

“Mon…monster…”

“What’s wrong? The Divine Sect saved your family from suffering. Didn’t you say you would dedicate everything to the Supreme Heavenly Venerate of Salvation? Are you scared already? The Heavenly Venerate is compassionate and enlightens the world, manifesting as a demonic outsider. Is your heart not sincere?” The man, covered in dark scales with triangular vertical pupils, sneered condescendingly.

“I…I didn’t. Please, Divine Emissary, let this humble girl return.” The woman stammered, fearfully kneeling and kowtowing.

“Return? Too late!” The human-demon grinned hideously, fiercely grabbing the woman by her hair and lifting her up.

Then, its mouth split open.

A scream pierced the air.

Subsequently, a chilling crunching sound, “Ga beng ga beng,” echoed in the room.

At this moment,

“Dong dong dong”

A knocking sound resonated in the night.

A sect member respectfully relayed a message.

“Altar Lord, your subordinate has an urgent matter to report.”

The next second,

With a creak,

The door opened by itself without wind.

The sect member cautiously stepped in, bowing.

He was immediately clamped by a grotesque arm around his neck and lifted forcefully.

A pair of pale green vertical eyes were filled with ferocity.

“You better have good news for me.”

The subordinate sect member looked at the Altar Lord, who still had remnants of blood and flesh around his mouth, like a demon. His body shivered, and he stammered in terror:

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Thud.

The human-demon casually threw the subordinate sect member aside, and its hideous demonic appearance receded like a tide.

Soon, it transformed into a sharp-faced middle-aged man with broken eyebrows, a narrow face, and a sinister, viper-like expression.

This person was precisely the man who had appeared at Wuli Temple earlier, standing behind the ghost-faced man.

The subordinate quickly scrambled up, knelt on one knee, and reported:

“Altar Lord, that person has been found.”

“This is a portrait of that person!”

Saying so, he quickly offered it with both hands.

Upon hearing this, the Feixian Sect Altar Lord swiftly made a single-handed gesture.

He spread out the paper.

A portrait of a heroic man leaped onto the paper.

Seeing the man in the portrait, a crimson glint flashed in the Feixian Sect Altar Lord’s eyes.

It was this fellow who had killed the two Protectors, who were second only to him in the sub-altar, causing him to face immense pressure now.

His role as a Puppet was truly infuriating.

He almost gritted his teeth:

“Have you found out who this person is?”

“That, your subordinates haven’t… haven’t yet.”

“Hmm?” The middle-aged man’s eyebrows shot up, and a chilling aura surged forth.

Frightened, the subordinate quickly blurted out:

“Reporting, Altar Lord, this person appeared in the neighboring Qingshan County. At that time, a family was suspected to have died from our Divine Sect’s Immortal Gu. This person, on that morning, brought a head to offer as a sacrifice. Many people saw this person then, and their description matches the thief who attacked our Divine Sect that night. And we inquired about that head, it was the Black Robed Protector’s.”

“It’s just that our Divine Sect doesn’t have many people in Qingshan County yet, so we haven’t been able to find this person.”

“Hmph, then send out people and find him for me.”

“Yes!”

The subordinate responded, preparing to withdraw.

Just as he was about to open the door,

“Wait!”

A deep shout.

“Altar Lord, do you have any other instructions?” The subordinate asked cautiously.

But he saw the middle-aged man’s brows furrow, and a sense of alarm surfaced in his heart.

He suddenly realized,

It seemed too quiet outside!

“Didn’t I order a full alert within the altar today? Why is there no sound of patrolling guards?”

He asked, frowning.

The subordinate was stunned.

Just as he was about to speak,

But the next second,

“Boom”

The door exploded, and his head burst open like a watermelon.

A sword light flew in like lightning.

In an instant, it extinguished all the lights in the room.

The room immediately plunged into darkness.

And the Altar Lord instantly erupted in rage, letting out a roar,

“There was a path to heaven, but you didn’t take it; there was no door to hell, yet you insisted on coming! Today, this Altar Lord will kill you!”

He thought it was that arrogant fellow again.

He directly transformed into his demonic body, black scales grotesquely pushing through his skin, emitting a teeth-grinding sound.

His pupils suddenly contracted into vertical slits, glaring at the darkness like a wild beast.

“Swish”

A sword light illuminated the room.

Like a thunderbolt piercing the sky.

It revealed a woman’s eyebrows, and a flash of red clothing.

Breathtaking.

Killing intent was chilling!

“Who are you again?” The Feixian Sect Altar Lord saw that it wasn’t his anticipated target, and his pair of eerie green vertical pupils flickered with uncertainty.

He actually felt a heart-pounding sensation from this woman.

“The new Patrolling Mountain Commandant”

“Lian Nishang!”

“Today, I kill you.”

The clear, cold voice was like pearls dropping onto a jade plate.

As her words fell, the sword light, frosty and cold, transformed into a thin white line.

Emitting a piercing shriek, it slashed straight forward.

The Feixian Sect Altar Lord was enraged and let out a furious roar.

His demonic body surged, and the scales gleamed with a heavy metallic luster.

In an instant,

The sword light swept past.

And the Feixian Sect Altar Lord’s eyes widened. After two guttural “Gaga” sounds from his throat, he split into two halves from the middle, then was completely shredded by the Sword Qi.

In the darkness, the woman turned to leave.

Suddenly, she turned back.

From the shattered wood debris, she picked up a portrait.

The man in the painting had sword-like eyebrows and temples, eyes like bright stars, and blood-stained clothes.

The next second, the woman vanished from the spot.

And after only a dozen breaths, a black shadow appeared out of thin air in the room.

It sensed the scattered sharp Qi in the room.

“Sword Intent!”

A grating sound of metal rubbing against metal echoed darkly.

Under the moonlight, an evil ghost mask, gleaming with the cold light of metal, appeared.

“Good, good, good!”

A piercing laugh, like a demon unleashed from its cage.

Filled with malice and fury!

… … .

Qingshan County, a peaceful night.

Chen Yuan looked at the automatically extinguished green lamp, then looked up at the sky outside, which had unknowingly brightened.

He gave up.

Couldn’t understand it.

Then let nature take its course.

As long as he utilized the characteristics of this item well, it would be fine.

He would try the effect tonight.

At this moment, a commotion came from next door.

The scolding of a woman could be heard.

“What’s big and what’s thick, I’m asking you!”

“You said your poop is thick, you little bastard, are you trying to infuriate me? See if I don’t beat you to death today!”

“I want your poop to be thick. You little bastard, you can’t say two words without mentioning poop, can you?!”

Immediately followed by a boy’s wailing and the sound of a door opening.

Chen Yuan listened and smiled knowingly.

It seemed that the mother and son were fighting over their studies again.

Indeed, teaching children to study is the same everywhere.

He tidied up, then went to wash up.

Wearing a white undershirt, his hair was casually tied with a wooden hairpin.

Then he began to sit cross-legged in meditation.

Yesterday’s progress was zero.

His Cultivation could not fall behind.

It might not be as fast as adding points, but Cultivation is like sailing against the current, accumulated bit by bit.

Currently, he was still a little short of Qi Perfection.

He needed to reach Perfection as soon as possible, as soon as possible.

Then step into the third realm, Body Profound!

That was the true strength belonging to a Patrolling Mountain Commandant!

By then, he would no longer need to be so cautious.

(PS: Is anyone watching? Squeak if you are, being alone is tough!)