146: Are you... Fang Huai?

After Fang Huai spoke, his fingertips flickered as a spiritual light barrier enveloped the Formation-Breaking Demon, preventing the baleful poison within its abdominal cavity from spreading outward.

At the same time, he said to Gu Yu, "I am quite interested in this Demonic Path Cultivator and plan to take him as my servant."

"Release the original Slave Seal on him, and I will apply a new Slave Seal."

Gu Yu hesitated, "This is not quite in accordance with the rules, is it?"

Fang Huai said angrily, "What rules or no rules? You can use him as bait to feed that Formation-Breaking Demon, but you can't transfer him to me?"

Fang Huai's voice was piercing, and the nearby Mortals heard it clearly.

The Mortals were shocked in their hearts; they never expected that a Profound Sword Sect Cultivator could actually commit the act of feeding humans to demons.

Gu Yu's face turned red. After saying 'As you command,' his fingers pinched a seal, and he chanted a complex Spell.

A moment later, a streak of white light entered Meng Yi's Sea of Consciousness, removing the Slave Seal engraved within it.

Meng Yi's eyes flickered as he looked at Fang Huai, seemingly lost in thought.

After Gu Yu finished, he said flatteringly to Fang Huai, "Junior Martial Uncle, please move to the City Lord's Mansion."

Fang Huai said with an indifferent expression, "No need."

Gu Yu was puzzled. For some reason, the Junior Martial Uncle before him had a sudden change in expression. He asked tentatively, "Does Junior Martial Uncle have other instructions?"

Fang Huai's fingers pinched a seal, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "I command the three of you to die now."

"What?"

The three from the Profound Sword Sect widened their eyes in disbelief, thinking their ears had collectively failed them.

Fang Huai rose into the air, his voice echoing through Linglong City, "The Profound Sword Sect prides itself as a righteous sect, yet it treats human lives like grass, using Mortal lives to satisfy the appetite of demons."

"Today, I act on behalf of the heavens to strike down these three demonic Cultivators here."

"From now on, as long as you believe in me, you will receive my protection and be safe from the harm of demons."

The three from the Profound Sword Sect were dumbfounded. How had they become Demonic Path Cultivators in their Junior Martial Uncle's mouth?

They turned to flee, only to see several spirit swords rising from beside Fang Huai and shooting toward them.

One Qi Refining Perfection and two Qi Refining Middle Stage—how could they be a match for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, especially since Fang Huai had achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?

In just one encounter, the three were pierced by the spirit swords and fell dead.

Fang Huai took out a soul banner and waved it, and the souls of the three were immediately collected into it.

Fang Huai killed the three Profound Sword Sect Cultivators with thunderous momentum, frightening the Mortals into fleeing in all directions.

At this moment, Fang Huai spoke again, "Though your relatives were consumed by the demon, there is still a glimmer of hope. Do you not want to save them?"

As Fang Huai's voice fell, the surroundings became deathly silent.

Finally, the first Mortal took the lead and knelt on the ground, shouting loudly, "Niu Er kneels to request the Immortal Master to save my wife and child!"

With the first person leading, countless others followed suit. For a time, the Mortals of the entire city knelt before Fang Huai, pleading for him to save them.

Fang Huai was very satisfied with this. At this time, he needed to perform a miracle to harvest faith.

"Everyone, do you believe in God?"

Fang Huai's words made everyone stop their movements and look toward him in unison.

"Cultivation is for Immortal Ascension, and above Immortals are Gods. Gods control all Daos and live as long as the heavens. I am the Incarnation of God in the Mortal world."

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After a session of brainwashing, Fang Huai saw that the timing was right and performed a technique, causing all the membranes wrapping the Mortals to rise into the air.

The membranes were sliced open by Wind Blades, revealing the Mortals inside who were still breathing.

At this moment, the attention of the entire city's Mortals was focused here. Fang Huai pinched a seal with his fingers, and countless strands of spiritual power were injected into the bodies of these Mortals floating in the air.

After a few breaths, the Mortals gradually woke up. Seeing themselves floating in the air, they immediately cried out in panic.

"What happened to us? Why are we in mid-air? Are we dead?"

"The Formation-Breaking Demon broke through the city protection array; we are all going to be eaten!"

"Help! Someone save us!"

The thoughts of these people were still stuck at the moment before they were poisoned by the Formation-Breaking Demon.

"You are safe!"

Fang Huai gave a sharp shout, which was infused with spiritual power that could clear the mind, instantly bringing these people's thoughts back to the present.

After placing the rescued Mortals on the ground, their relatives swarmed toward them.

There were cries, shouts, and the sounds of relief after surviving a disaster.

Without needing Fang Huai to explain, their relatives would naturally tell them what Fang Huai had done.

Li Zhu praised, "Brother, I didn't expect that besides your high cultivation, your methods of bewitching people's hearts are also top-notch."

Fang Huai tapped her head and smiled, "If you say that, does it mean you've been bewitched by me too?"

Li Zhu's face turned slightly red, and she turned her head away, saying, "How can a Cultivator make such a joke with a fox demon!"

The divine miracle had been displayed, and faith was beginning to form.

The next step was to return to Sanxian City to rendezvous with Wu Yue, and then find a time to place the Vow Fiend and Faith Fiend on these Mortals.

The Mortals were all saved, but those few Corpse Fiend Sect Cultivators had died within the membranes.

Under the perception of Fang Huai's Divine Thought, he learned the cause of their deaths.

The Servant Curse not only bound them to the blood jade tree but also tied their lives to those of Gu Yu and the other two.

If all three of them died, the servants would also die along with them.

"Profound Sword Sect... the leader of the Righteous Path..."

After leaving Li Zhu at the scene to clean up the aftermath, Fang Huai and Meng Yi went to the blood jade tree in the center of the city.

The blood jade tree was located within the Fiend-Gathering Array; it was only recently formed and was only about ten feet tall.

Fang Huai's fingertips lightly brushed the blood jade tree. When his finger moved to the center of the trunk, he suddenly exerted force to pierce the trunk and took out the Blood Jade Mother Worm from within.

The Blood Jade Mother Worm immediately struggled, but Fang Huai mobilized the Small Corpse Meteor Worm and instantly suppressed it.

A quarter of an hour later, sensing that the Blood Jade Mother Worm had completely submitted to him, Fang Huai placed it back into the blood jade tree.

He could clearly feel that under the influence of the Blood Jade Mother Worm, the entire blood jade tree had become much closer to him.

Just as he was rejoicing, he suddenly heard Meng Yi beside him speak, "Are you... Fang Huai?"

Fang Huai's expression froze. He paused and said, "You must have the wrong person. Who is Fang Huai?"

Meng Yi smiled awkwardly and said, "Please forgive me, Immortal Master. You look so much like an old friend of mine that I was momentarily dazed."

Fang Huai sighed inwardly. He also wanted to acknowledge Meng Yi and then drink and talk happily together.

But when he fought his way out of the Corpse Fiend Sect, he had made too many enemies among the Profound Sword Sect Cultivators. If the opponent knew soul-searching techniques and learned his location from Meng Yi, everything he had painstakingly planned would be ruined.

He sighed long in his heart, thinking that this brotherhood would have to be revisited in the future.

He took out several pieces of paper and quickly folded them into the likeness of the three Profound Sword Sect Cultivators, while simultaneously injecting several raw souls into them.

Meng Yi watched his paper-folding technique, and a look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

Fang Huai was not a Paper Man Peak Cultivator, and the destruction of the Corpse Fiend Sect back then was so sudden that he certainly wouldn't know this paper-folding technique.

"What was the name of that old friend of yours?" Fang Huai suddenly asked.

Meng Yi said, "That person's name was Fang Huai. Now, I don't know if he is alive or dead."

"Fang Huai?"

Fang Huai feigned a puzzled expression and smiled, "What a coincidence, I also happen to be surnamed Fang."

"Since you took me for an old friend, it shows we are destined. Take good care of this blood jade tree for me; I will have great use for it in the future."

"Additionally, I will give you control over these three paper men. Usually, hide them in the City Lord's Mansion and have them pretend to be those three Profound Sword Sect Cultivators."

"Furthermore, you must teach them the tone and mannerisms of those three Profound Sword Sect Cultivators to deceive the Profound Sword Sect's investigation."