Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 114 - 114 113 In Dire Straits Extra for Alliance Hierarch Bingkejian

114: Chapter 113: In Dire Straits [Extra for Alliance Hierarch Bingkejian] 114: Chapter 113: In Dire Straits [Extra for Alliance Hierarch Bingkejian] This run had lasted over an hour; they had exited the West Mang Mountain area, yet dawn was still far off.

Even without unsheathing his sword, Hou Niao had never felt so tired!

This was the first time he’d been in such a sorry state.

When he handled criminal investigations, it was he who chased after others; after he began his cultivation journey and had strong backers, everything was rather smooth, except for that incident at Baiyang Forest.

But even in Baiyang Forest, he at least could swing his sword and express his feelings through it, whereas these ghosts wouldn’t even give him the chance.

He wasn’t angry.

After all, if you’d slaughtered thousands of someone’s descendants, wouldn’t you allow the elders to let out a sigh?

If he were lucky enough to survive this ordeal, the lesson would be to never, ever make an enemy of a creature of cultivation from a higher realm, and of course, this referred to a much higher realm.

The ghosts had been relentlessly pursuing him out of West Mang Mountain, continuing their unyielding chase over the Yinling Wilderness.

This wasn’t a city, where people could be seen at night.

The limited number of fortresses each tightly sealed their gates, with able-bodied men standing guard all night long.

People living here had no habit of being active at night, those who did typically ended up feeding the aberrant creatures.

The daytime belonged to humans, while the night belonged to Soul Ghosts and demons.

Hou Niao’s goal was crystal clear: he never took detours.

Since he wasn’t fast enough to shake off the ghosts, any twists or turns would be a waste of time and energy.

He ran past a medium-sized fortress.

The torches blazed upon the fortress walls, and the Fort Guards saw a man with unkempt hair running for his life, with successive bursts of technique lights striking his body.

Sometimes he stumbled and staggered, but miraculously, the man kept going without falling, maintaining his pace.

His determination to survive was so strong that it was astonishing to behold.

Not far from the fortress, there was a pond formed by the terrain, stagnant rather than flowing water, but it was large enough, and the water was relatively clean.

The human fortresses in Yinling had always been built near water sources, whether rivers or ponds.

This was an essential condition for survival, meaning they could not afford to travel too far to fetch water; it had to be within half a day’s journey.

Yinyue Castle was such a place, the human fortress closest to West Mang Mountain in the Yinling region with over a thousand humans.

Their Life Source was none other than Yinyue Pond, located not far away.

From atop the tall fortress walls, one could vaguely see the wide pond water reflecting a scaly glimmer under the moonlight.

Under the gaze of a group of Fort Guards, the man headed straight for the water and then dove into Yinyue Pond, disappearing without a trace, leaving only the fierce ghost on the shore, howling continuously, stepping to the edge of the pond few times but halting without moving forward.

Spirit beings like these were very sensitive to the Five Elements, such as a common aversion to fire, which could harm their existence.

However, what most people did not realize was that they feared water even more.

Water, as a medium, has a peculiar conducting ability that would cause their spiritual power to disperse endlessly in it, just like a lump of rock sugar thrown into water.

Of course, it also depends on the level.

Beings like ghosts could now roam in sunlight without much issue, though it would affect their power; similarly, water could impact them.

To be entirely unaffected by these elements, they would need to ascend to a higher level, and who knew when that would be.

After lingering by the pond for some time and realizing the human would not emerge, the ghost left in displeasure but ignored the nearby human fortress; it wasn’t that the ghost respected any principles but rather that they never bothered doing things meaningless to them.

The soul power of ordinary mortals was of no use to them, and, in fact, filled with all manner of cluttered elements.

Absorbing too many of these elements would lead to their demise without anyone else’s intervention, as they would spiral into mental breakdowns.

Seeing the hideous and ferocious evil spirit depart, the fort guards couldn’t help but gaze towards their Fort Captain, a strong yet beautiful woman.

To describe her with these two adjectives seemed illogical, but in the Yinling Wilderness, women had never been far from battle in defense of their homeland.

“We can’t go out!

We still don’t know if that evil spirit has left for good.

I don’t want to risk the entire fortress for the sake of saving one person!”

Those living atop Yinling were somewhat knowledgeable and not unfamiliar with cultivators.

They understood very well that saving a cultivator was a contribution to Yinling.

However, any action was predicated on the following: daylight!

A fort guard muttered softly in admiration, “Cultivators really are formidable, their bodies…

To still be able to run and jump after being beaten like that, I reckon they wouldn’t die even if they jumped into the water.

If I could have a body like that, our family’s Xiao Hua…”

The Captain glared fiercely at this talkative fellow, “Bodies are meant for fighting, not for running away!

To be cultivating to this extent, only caring about fleeing, being beaten until rolling and pissing yourself, without even the courage to strike back, not even once, what’s the use of a strong body with that kind of attitude?

It’s a complete waste of resources!”

Her subordinates were scolded into silence, and there was a reason for the Fort Captain’s attitude.

She had been stuck in the Energy Induction phase for many years, unable to break through due to the scarcity of resources in the area, and as she grew older, her hopes became more elusive.

There were many such people in the Yinling Wilderness, after all, with a population base like this, the result was a whole life spent in vain, fighting for their homeland.

What she despised the most were those with talent and resources who lacked the will to fight, like that cultivator holding the shiny longsword who from beginning to end never dared to turn back and thrust even once.

“Prepare the fastest horse.

We wait for daylight!”

However, before dawn came, they met with another unexpected event.

At the edge of their sight appeared another pair, a person and a ghost locked in a fight to the death.

This time, they saw it clearly because the party in the leather clothes had a lantern stuck on the back of his neck, illuminating both himself and his fierce opponent.

It was a handsome little monk with a pretty white and cyan-trimmed lantern; the lantern bore a large character for ‘Buddha’, signaling his identity.

Unlike the previous cultivator, who fled in panic with no ability to defend himself, this handsome little monk possessed a brave heart that belied his appearance.

He fought fiercely with his precept blade, exhibiting extraordinary Blood Courage.

His opponent was a ferocious soul ghost.

But due to limited knowledge, the people on the fortress couldn’t quite distinguish between specters and demons.

They only knew their appearances differed; their viciousness and cruelty were the same.

The little monk fought while retreating, gradually nearing Yinyue Pond.

Then, to the astonishment of all watching, he leaped into the water and disappeared from sight.

The demon’s reaction wasn’t different from the previous spirit’s; helpless on the shore, it hesitated several times.

After glancing at the distant dawn, realizing the little time it had left, it finally turned and left.

Two people had jumped into Yinyue Pond.

Was this a coincidence?

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