All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 184 - 44 Rescue

Chapter 184: Chapter 44 Rescue

"What? The True Demon Sect has already occupied the Earth Pulse Node?!"

Upon hearing this news, even with the world outside blanketed in ice and snow, Zheng Mo was still startled into a cold sweat.

Although he had already considered that the True Demon Sect, having been in the city for so long, must have done something to send shivers down his spine, he never thought they would silently take over even their own Earth Pulse Node without making a sound.

Zheng Mo had no reason to doubt the message left by An Jing; the other party had no reason to lie to him, and besides, he could simply lead a team to check it himself later and would know the truth within an hour or two.

What Zheng Mo found most terrifying was that every daily report he received indicated that everything was normal!

What did this prove?

It proved that there were also spies from the True Demon Sect within the government!

Moreover, these spies might not hold high positions, but their numbers were definitely substantial, even capable of influencing an entire information channel!

"Indeed, I am not as competent as Shu Zheng, unable to grasp the many information channels within the city or control all the junior officials and government employees... But since when has the True Demon Sect infiltrated so deeply without making a sound?"

Taking a deep breath, Zheng Mo calmed himself down, "Perhaps they had infiltrated during Shu Zheng’s time, but they showed no signs back then... Certainly, there must be some forces within Kanming City that are but shells for the Demon Sect!"

And the martial force that he controlled, that is to say, within the Kanming City Guard and Patrol Officers, there were also colluders from the True Demon Sect!

"For now, I must not act rashly."

Suppressing the unease in his heart, Zheng Mo looked towards the three disabled Demon Sect martial artists.

From the wounds of these Demon Disciples, it was clear that the person who had defeated them was highly skilled in martial arts.

"Such fierce exerting force technique... is it actually from the Northern Barbarians? Indeed, it must be an heir from one of the great Northern Barbarian clans..."

Bending down to observe carefully, Zheng Mo murmured to himself, "If I had a few warriors like this under my command, why would I worry about Kanming City not being clear and just?"

He held the position of Cultural Scroll. The Cultural Scroll Heavenly Official specialized in regulating Feng Shui, summoning wind and rain, harnessing Earth Veins, manipulating array plates; in some sense, they were a combination of a Feng Shui Master and a Daoist Priest, with a part of a Talisman Master’s abilities as well.

Such powerful abilities naturally came with a price. The Cultural Scroll Heavenly Official had the capabilities of all the aforementioned professions, which meant they also shared all of their weaknesses.

Firstly, they must not leave their assigned Feng Shui Array Center (designated management area).

Secondly, because they must mobilize the forces of heaven and earth, their Inner Breath and Spirit Qi must move with the natural world, resulting in an extremely slow activation of Spiritual Power if they are not at their Law Altar (government office).

Lastly, a Heavenly Official’s abilities all rely on the ’Great Seal’ to be fully deployed, just like how a Talisman Master’s capabilities all lie in their talismans and artifacts.

Zheng Mo’s past partner was Shu Zheng, and with that Grandmaster leading the charge, he was able to comfortably regulate Spiritual Qi. By using the official seal to trigger the Great Formation, he could exert a power far beyond that of an ordinary Inner Strength Daoist Priest, even confining and suppressing three demons as powerful as Martial Meridians, and killing them all.

But without Shu Zheng, Zheng Mo now dared not even leave his mansion.

"Alas..."

Heaving a long sigh, Magistrate Zheng also knew why would such a person come under his command? A young Northern Barbarian with such skills would surely join one of the Five Sects of the Northern Barbarians, with eyes set on the Divine Repository.

Not to mention the backing of their great clan, the offer he could make was probably less than their monthly allowance.

"Where is the warehouse he spoke of?"

Snapping back to reality, Zheng Mo asked Manager Zhang, and soon received an answer, "The warehouse along the western city river, the storage facility used by Chongyi Building for transporting timber!"

"Chongyi Building?"

Zheng Mo’s mind raced, and while he didn’t immediately conclude that Chongyi Building was a Demon Sect stronghold, the possibility that ’Chongyi Building might already be infiltrated and controlled’ emerged in his mind.

As a major local trade association, Chongyi Building affected many aspects of life. If the True Demon Sect used it as a springboard to extend their reach into the government and even various parts of the city, it was a very plausible scenario.

"Old Wang, lead the team, let’s go,"

Without further ado, he led the team to set off. On his way to the warehouse, he took extra precaution, "Bring one Demon Disciple whose injuries are lighter, I want to interrogate him on the road!"

As for the other two, they would remain at the Yamen, to be interrogated by the specialized prison officers.

Zheng Mo could guess that the two left behind would surely die from excessive injuries during the interrogation due to various reasons, and he would not be able to find evidence that the interrogator was a disciple of the True Demon Sect.

But that no longer mattered, for knowing of the existence of the Heavenly Demon, he would inevitably be extremely cautious.

Before long, the team from the Kanming City officialdom was marching mightily towards the warehouse along the river in the west of the city.

By the time they arrived, the area surrounding the warehouse was bathed in a scarlet hue.

The warehouse guards, the martial artists of the Demon Sect, their headless corpses and heads were scattered and buried in the snow and blood, and from within the half-open warehouse doors, a trickling red stream gushed out, melting and then refreezing the ice and snow at the door, forming a pure expanse of blood ice.

"This..."

Even the experienced old head constable couldn’t help but show a subtle change in expression upon seeing this scene.

Head Constable Wang had also survived the blood-soaked battlefields of the Northern Border, having witnessed scenes a hundred times bloodier than this. He had even personally constructed the Capital Observatory on the site of an annihilated Northern Barbarians tribe.

But that was war, and war is different. Everything before his eyes was caused by one person, and this person...

Creak.

The half-open door swung open, revealing An Jing gently holding a girl with severed hands and feet tendons, breathing weakly, as he stepped out from the warehouse.

He looked up at the team, which had stopped in shock, and said calmly, "Do we have a physician? The children inside and the people who were trafficked are in very bad condition."

"This child hasn’t eaten for a long time, and her limbs are damaged; find some porridge to feed her."

"I am!"

The physician in the team suppressed the fear in his heart, stepped forward to check the child in An Jing’s arms, glanced at Zheng Mo for approval, and upon receiving a nod, took out a small bottle from the bag at his waist, one that An Jing was also familiar with, containing ’Jade Dew’ that he had drunk before.

However, the concentration of this Jade Dew was not high; it was a diluted sweet syrup used for quickly replenishing strength.

If it had been the An Jing of earlier, he might not have recognized the essence of Jade Dew, but the An Jing of now could confirm that the raw material for ’Jade Dew’ was indeed similar to the ’Evergreen Wood’ of the Tianyuan Realm, a Spirit Plant that could be cultivated on a large scale.

The method of making Jade Dew might not be a secret, but the method of cultivating such Spirit Plants most certainly was.

As the Jade Dew dripped into her mouth, blood returned to the pale face of the little girl, visibly restoring some color.

After entrusting the child to him, An Jing tilted his head to signal others, "What are you staring at? Come in and rescue the victims."

Upon hearing this, everyone snapped out of it and quickly sprang into action.

The scene inside the warehouse was akin to a living hell.

Bearing emotions of despair, decay, corruption, and hatred needed as ’catalysts’ by the Heavenly Demon, these children and others born on ’suitable dates,’ who were predestined to be sacrificial offerings, all bore injuries of one sort or another.

Most of them had their tendons cut in their hands and feet, which was somewhat better because in the world of Martial Arts, such injuries could be healed with medicine.

However, some of the trafficked victims were blinded, deafened... some boys had even been castrated, along with other cruel acts too unbearable to speak of.

In the whole warehouse, all the victims were so numb that they could not cry out until they learned that they had been rescued, then they suddenly erupted into heart-wrenching sobs.

And some were so overwhelmed with emotion that they nearly passed out, leaving An Jing no choice but to calm them down with Heart-cohering Talismans.