92: Chapter 92 Seeking Justice

This time, her singing was no longer as gentle as it had been when she sang for Su Chen; instead, it carried a rhythm of solemn killing intent and high spirits.

Ripples of water-blue light spread out from her as the center, enveloping Ye Jingjun and Su Chen.

Under the influence of the singing, Su Chen's originally massive sword energy split into two, with each part retaining the same power as the original.

Ye Jingjun, who was experiencing Cang Mingyue's assistance for the first time, felt a warm and massive power surge into her body.

Her injuries were healing rapidly, and her depleted spiritual power was instantly replenished.

"It's that mermaid maiden, and the white-robed sword immortal who slew the previous Prefectural Governor."

"They are helping us, killing those monster officials!"

"The Sea Demon is actually helping us deal with the monsters; the heavens have finally opened their eyes!"

"Three sword immortals, Mermaid Fairy, kill these damned beasts!"

The surviving commoners witnessed this scene; at first, they were in disbelief, but then they erupted into thunderous cheers and wails.

They finally saw clearly.

It was not some Sea Demon that truly brought disaster.

Instead, it was this government and immortal sect, in which they had always deeply trusted, that were merely wearing human skin.

And the Sea Demon they once feared and hated was fighting side-by-side with them at this critical moment.

Shame appeared on the faces of many.

However, the group within Donglai Prefecture who had taken the lead in supporting the slaughter of the Sea Demon and had insisted on smearing the Sea Demon's name...

...had long since believed the slanders of the government's "special medicine."

Most of them had now become nourishment for the monster race.

In the air, Ye Yuan seemed to be inspired by the shouts from below and the sudden reinforcements.

His robes fluttered, and he let out a heaven-shaking roar.

"Zhao Feng, watch closely."

"Today, I will seek justice for you, and for the wronged souls of East Lai!"

He actually abandoned all defense and threw himself forward.

At the cost of a severe injury, he forcefully took a blow from the Penglai Immortal Sect elder.

At the same time, his palms struck like swords, and the sword intent, containing his lifelong cultivation and endless grief and indignation, erupted outward.

In an instant, it pierced through the chests of the new Prefectural Governor and another monster guard.

Immediately following this, his figure twisted like a ghost.

With an incredible angle, he pierced the center of the last elder's forehead with a single finger.

The four monster powerhouses, whose cultivation was by no means weak, exploded in the air.

They turned into a rain of blood that filled the sky, only to be swallowed by the raging flames below.

The battle ceased, but the flames did not die out.

But Ye Yuan was truly and thoroughly burned out.

As a sword cultivator who had only just entered the seventh rank a few days ago, he had withstood four monster powerhouses alone and killed them all.

Ye Yuan naturally paid a certain price.

His originally unhealed body was now even more severely injured.

One could see his figure falling straight down from above the burning Prefectural Governors Residence like a kite with a snapped string, trailing a shocking stream of blood.

He crashed heavily into the open space of the front courtyard, which was filled with rubble and scorched earth.

It emitted a dull thud.

He took the su chen sword that Ye Jingjun hurriedly handed him, struggling to climb up.

But in the end, he could not truly stand up.

The originally dashing, black-haired, blind sword immortal now had a body hunched over like an old man.

If not for the su chen sword acting as a "cane," he would likely have collapsed on the spot.

"Father!"

Ye Jingjun cried out.

Cang Mingyue arrived right after, her azure eyes filled with worry.

She waved her slender hand gently, and a soft blue halo enveloped Ye Yuan.

Misty water waves flowed over the wounds on his body; while it was impossible to heal him in a short time, she could at least temporarily alleviate Ye Yuan's pain.

The surrounding commoners also gradually gathered around at this moment.

Their faces were a mixture of relief at surviving the catastrophe, gratitude toward Ye Yuan, and an even deeper confusion and fear.

They looked at the corpses of the Prefectural Governor and the elders on the ground, which were gradually revealing their partial monster forms.

Then they looked at Ye Yuan, who had fought a bloody battle and nearly perished with them.

Finally, their gazes fell upon the blue-haired girl who radiated an inhuman, ethereal beauty.

Their expressions were complex.

Many in the crowd had actually recognized her.

That inhumanly ethereal blue-haired girl was the Sea Demon that had once been active on the coast of East Lai Prefecture.

No one could have imagined.

The Sea Demon they had always misunderstood had, in the end, become the one to save them.

Several elders with gray hair and beards walked forward tremblingly.

They bowed deeply to Cang Mingyue, Ye Jingjun, and Ye Yuan.

Tears streamed down their old faces.

"Many thanks to the Fairy for saving our lives!"

"It was us old fools who were blind; we wronged the Sea Clan, and we wronged you!"

"If not for the Fairy, this mermaid lady, and Sword Immortal Ye stepping in with righteousness, we would all have become food for the monsters today!"

The sounds of gratitude were mixed with deep regret.

The fear and hatred for the Sea Demon, previously guided intentionally by the government...

...seemed so ridiculous and pathetic in the face of the bloody truth.

But they could even be considered lucky.

And some people were even more pathetic than them.

Those were the commoners who had already lost their lives in the medicine vats.

They believed until their deaths that the Sea Demon trying to save them was the culprit behind everything, while the government and the Penglai Immortal Sect, which had driven them to a dead end, were the ones coming to save them.

Cang Mingyue shook her head slightly and stepped aside to avoid the elder's heavy bow.

"Old one, you speak too heavily; eliminating demons and defending the Dao is simply my duty."

"The one who truly risked his life is Senior Ye."

Her gaze turned toward the dying Ye Yuan.

This was the second cultivator among the human race, aside from the one and only Su Chen, whom she considered worthy of respect.

The unyielding and decisive nature of this human sword immortal was completely different from the hypocrisy and cunning of the human bureaucrats she had in mind.

Ye Yuan raised his hand with difficulty and waved it, signaling that it was fine.

He "looked" blindly in the direction of Ye Jingjun, forcing a smile on his face that was extremely ugly yet carried a hint of relief.

"Jingjun, cough cough... Father is fine."

He gasped for air, as if every word he spoke exhausted all his strength.

"If I don't tell you some things now, I'm afraid I won't have the chance."

Truth be told, the current injuries were not fatal to Ye Yuan.

But he had already made that decision.

Once this decision was made, there was no turning back.

Ye Jingjun was startled, but seeing that Ye Yuan's complexion seemed okay, she let out a long sigh of relief.

"Father, aren't you fine? Don't scare me for no reason..."

Ye Yuan shook his head.

"Jingjun, I believe you must have many doubts in your heart."

"How the officials sent by the imperial court suddenly turned into monsters, and why I had to attack them."

"Listen, Jingjun."

"My actions today were not a momentary impulse."

"All this time, while I appeared to be in seclusion, I was actually secretly investigating within the Donglai Prefecture city."

"Those missing patients were not abducted by human traffickers."

"Instead, most of them were secretly sent into this Prefectural Governors Residence."

"Today, I saw it with my own eyes."

"The government servants publicly abducted sick commoners on the street and sent them into that evil monster-refining formation..."

He spoke intermittently, laying out the truth he had discovered over the past few days.