35: Look closely, this is how the Dragon-Binding and Sealing Sword Technique is used.

Changcun Village, within a dilapidated wattle-and-daub courtyard.

The Blue-clad Village Woman tightly embraced her two children, tears welling in her eyes: "My husband, if we sacrifice to the Mountain God, the Han family will have no descendants! Even if I die, I must escape with my children!"

The hunter Han Wan silently smoked his dry pipe, and after a long while, said: "All the exits are guarded by them, and there are scouts everywhere. Where can we escape to?"

At this moment, a mysterious armor figure stepped into the small courtyard.

"Truly hard to find." Li Jiangchen had asked all the way, but the villagers all avoided answering. Finally, a few pieces of malt candy from a child's mouth yielded the address.

"My lord from the Demon Suppression Division!" Han Wan's eyes lit up instantly, as if he had seen a savior, and he rushed to greet him.

"Officer of the Demon Suppression Division, Li Jiangchen." He found a bamboo stool and sat down, asking, "Are you Han Wan?"

Han Wan cupped his fists in a salute, nervously glanced outside, and quickly closed the door.

'Quite cautious,' Li Jiangchen mused.

As soon as the door closed, Han Wan knelt with a thud: "I beg your lord to save my entire family!"

"Get up and speak." An invisible Sword Intent supported Han Wan, preventing his knees from bending and kneeling. "Tell me about that Mountain God."

"Replying to my lord, that Mountain God calls itself 'Mountain Tai Sui', and has occupied Fire Cloud Cave for over a hundred years. Several years ago, I once went hunting in the mountains and accidentally saw it. Its body was like a small mountain, covered in scales and armor, and one claw could shake the earth and dry up the fields," Han Wan quickly said.

'Shaking the earth, drying up the fields... it's a demon skilled in earth-elemental Dao arts,' Li Jiangchen judged in his heart.

At this moment, his gaze swept over the bare walls of the house, with only a few animal skins hanging on them. There were no tiles on the roof, which was covered with thick thatch.

'So poor, how could they afford to invite a Demon Sealer? If not Han Wan, then who invited them?'

At this moment.

At the Village Chief's home.

The table was piled with wild game like Roe Deer Meat and Mountain Rabbits, emitting a fragrant aroma.

Master and Earthen Birth, uncle and nephew, sat to the side. Earthen Birth stared at a plate of Roe Deer Meat on the table, sniffing the rich aroma, his stomach already rumbling.

Village Chief Han Feng was holding a black wine jar and pouring wine for the two: "It's just village brew from the mountains, I hope you two don't mind."

Master glanced at the back hall, then asked meaningfully, "Village Chief, since you invited us to seal the demon, why are the villagers so unwelcoming?

As soon as my nephew and I entered the village, we were almost driven away."

"Alas, Master Wang, you don't know. The mountain villagers have been sacrificing to the Mountain God for over a hundred years. In the past, they also invited several Demon Sealers to subdue demons, but it always came to nothing. In the end, it was always our Changcun Village that suffered, retaliated against by that Mountain Tai Sui.

Ordinary villagers naturally dare not resist, and this extends to hostility towards outsiders."

Han Feng explained: "This old man knows your abilities. After dinner, I will lead you two to Fire Cloud Cave to subdue the demon."

Hearing this, Master nodded, silently drank a cup of village wine, and immediately frowned: "What strong wine."

"Haha, in this mountain wilderness, there's not much presentable, only these few wild game dishes and our family's ancestral village wine are worth offering to guests. Please enjoy, you two."

Han Feng said with a fawning smile, clapped his hands, and two beautiful village women came up to serve wine.

Taking advantage of this interval, Han Feng went to the back hall.

"Father, there's trouble. That Officer of the Demon Suppression Division actually went to Han Wan's family. I'm afraid he'll ruin things," a robust young man whispered.

Han Feng's expression immediately darkened, and a murderous glint flashed in his eyes: "This person is truly seeking death.

After we deal with these two, we'll find an opportunity to feed him to the Mountain Tai Sui as well."

"This... but he's from the imperial court," the young man said with a look of alarm.

"What's there to fear? The one who acts is the Mountain Tai Sui, it's a demonic calamity, it won't be traced back to us.

Moreover, with an additional Officer of the Demon Suppression Division, a great blood and flesh tonic, the gold rewarded by the Mountain Tai Sui will only be more.

At that time, we'll move the entire family into the city, buy a few residences there, and take one or two concubines. Isn't that a hundred times better than this bitter mountain peak?"

As these words came out, the young man's worry immediately turned to joy, a smile appearing on his face: "Father is still the most brilliant."

A moment later, Earthen Birth, unable to hold his liquor, fell straight onto the table.

"This wine... so potent..."

Master mumbled, and then also slumped onto the table.

Unbeknownst to them, the wine in his sleeve was seeping from his fingertips, dripping onto the ground.

All of this fell into Han Feng's eyes from the shadows. He immediately sneered inwardly, then returned to the Mountain Tai Sui idol enshrined in the back hall and pulled the bell in front of the idol.

The bell emitted a crisp sound. Before the clear tone had faded, the ground churned, and an armadillo with scales and a pointed snout drilled out of the earth.

"Mountain God, all the offerings are ready," Han Feng knelt on the ground, fawningly.

"Hmm, one Innate, one through the meridians. A bit old, but the meat will be chewier." Mountain Tai Sui stepped into the front hall. As he extended his sharp claws, a sharp killing intent met him head-on.

"Prodigy, die."

Master, who had been slumped on the table, slammed the table and stood up, drawing a long sword from his sleeve and stabbing straight forward.

Clang—

Who knew that Mountain Tai Sui's scales were even harder than refined iron? When the long sword struck, sparks flew, but it only left a shallow white scratch.

Seeing this, Master's heart sank.

This demon's scales were too hard.

"A bunch of good-for-nothings, couldn't even administer the knockout drug properly. After this matter is settled, your clan will offer two more robust men," Mountain Tai Sui snorted coldly.

Upon hearing this, Han Feng's face instantly turned pale.

"Hehehe, the Innate Martial Artists this Mountain God has devoured are no less than ten. You are the most astute one.

However, you will still die!"

As he spoke, a profound yellow aura appeared in Mountain Tai Sui's palm. Master only felt the ground beneath his feet become as sticky as a swamp, and he was subtly sinking into it.

"Damn it." Master quickly bit the tip of his tongue, forcefully spat out a mouthful of vital blood onto the magic sword, and immediately the magic sword glowed brightly.

"Dragon Restraint Sealing, go."

A brilliant Sword Qi shot out from the magic sword, transforming into a yellow dragon-shaped phantom, and lunged straight towards Mountain Tai Sui.

Mountain Tai Sui was terrified, instinctively knowing he couldn't take it head-on. Its claws churned, and it drilled straight into the earth, the ground bulging and moving rapidly.

"Earth Escape Dao Art!" Master's face was solemn, his eyes fixed on the moving mound of earth.

Whoosh—

A long, barbed tongue broke through the earth, like a pink whip, suddenly stabbing towards Master's heart from behind.

"Not good." Just as Master was about to dodge, the mud beneath his feet had transformed into a pair of earthy yellow hands at some unknown point, firmly restraining him, rendering him unable to move.

At this critical moment, the qi of heaven and earth converged, forming a pure white giant palm that effortlessly grasped the hideous long tongue.

No matter how Mountain Tai Sui struggled, it could not move an inch.

"Rare, to meet a descendant of the Wang family." Li Jiangchen walked from outside to inside, one step at a time.

"Watch closely, the Dragon Restraint Sealing Sword Art... this is how it's used."

He pointed a finger, Sword Qi surged, and the yellow Dragon roared across the ground, drilling into the earth, swallowing Mountain Tai Sui whole, transforming into a yellow sphere the size of a fist.

The Sword Qi exploded.

Mountain Tai Sui instantly turned into a bloody pulp.

Master was dumbfounded.

His family's ancestral sword art... why could this person use it?

And his mastery was so terrifying!