Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 141 - 39 The Villains All Around 【double updates】_1

Chapter 141: Chapter 39 The Villains All Around 【double updates】_1

"This is quite the tricky situation..."

In the small cave, three people looked at each other, each feeling a tad awkward. One undercover agent sat there, two undercover agents sat across, and three undercover agents gathered in a circle...

Even their hats were now off since there were no "outsiders" here.

Everyone being an undercover agent is just the same as nobody being one.

"Ahem." Chu Liang cleared his throat lightly and looking at the monk called Pu Shan, he laughed, "I never would have thought... that there’s actually a high monk of Buddhism among us."

"High monk, I won’t dare to claim as, just a humble traveling monk." Pu Shan shook his head repeatedly and then laughed again, "I have specially cultivated the Chan practice of silence for the past few years, having very little interaction with people, not really involved in worldly affairs. This is why I descended the mountain for life experience training, never expecting that I would get entangled in such an intriguing story."

What?

Chu Liang couldn’t believe it.

You cultivated the Chan practice of silence?

Master, you could get a sunburned just by walking around in the sun, yet you claim to have cultivated the Chan practice of silence?

Seeing the bewildered expressions of the two, Pu Shan seemed to realize something and hastily explained, "It’s precisely because I cultivated the Chan practice of silence for thirteen years that after lifting the restriction, I had some backlash..."

That’s how it is, Chu Liang finally understood.

Having not spoken for thirteen years, he’s now compensating by being excessively talkative.

Buddhism in this world was introduced from an unknown place in the Far West. It has been around for just a thousand years, and its roots are still shallow.

However, with the profound philosophy and powerful Buddhist law, it has amassed a considerable base of believers. It has a wide reach and ranks alongside Taoism and Confucianism as one of the three major religions.

Buddhism has also established two of the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect and Ten Earth Sects respectively, which are the Yunque Temple in the former and Chonglou Temple in the latter.

The rapid development of Buddhism into one of the three main religions in just a thousand years is closely related to the strong support of the Yu Dynasty. The growth of Taoism once dominated the Immortal Cultivation World’s landscape, holding a strong voice.

The Emperors of the Yu Dynasty have been actively supporting the Confucian and Buddhist schools in response. Both the Ascending Dragon Academy of the Ten Earth Sects and Chonglou Temple were established with the backing of the Imperial Court. The full name of the Chonglou Temple is even Zhenguo Chonglou Temple.

As for the Yunque Temple, it’s a sacred place for Buddhism and stands at a more exalted status. Legend has it that the temple was built in the clouds, and hence it’s known as "Cloud Heavenly Palace, Highest Buddhist Law".

However, due to certain sectarian disputes, the Tianshu Pavilion advertises little about Buddhism. Thanks to the halo of the Imperial Court, Chonglou Temple is well-known, but Yunque Temple, one of the Nine Heavens, is barely understood by the public.

Yunque Temple, standing high above the clouds, seemed a bit detached from the world of cultivation. Therefore, even a young disciple like Chu Liang had little recollection of this temple. He knew of its name but not its people.

It was for this reason that even when Pu Shan displayed a series of Buddhist divine skills and magical artifacts during his battle with Luo Yao, the two could only make a rough guess, unable to thus determine Pu Shan’s origin.

"...So, I used the ’Heaven Reverse’ technique to reflect back his soul-extracting divine skill upon himself, trapping him instead in the Underworld Heavenly Book. This evil demonic cultivator eventually dug his own grave. That’s how I came into possession of the Soul Summoning Order." While Chu Liang was processing this new information, Pu Shan finished narrating how he obtained the Soul Summoning Order.

He had managed to stretch a story that could be told in two sentences into a half-hour narrative.

Chu Liang laughed politely, "With Brother Pu Shan joining us, our demon-slaying mission will be even more secure."

Then Luo Yao yawned, "I’m tired."

For a cultivator at her level, feeling tired was pretty rare. But after listening to Pu Shan ramble for half a day, it was no wonder she felt that way.

"It’s getting late anyway, so let’s get some rest." Chu Liang quickly said, seizing the opportunity to also get himself out of this, "Miss Luo is the only lady here, so why don’t you take the cave, we will go out..."

"No need." Luo Yao declined, then flipped open her white paper umbrella. A gentle white glow immediately enveloped her.

It appeared as if a pure white female ghost shadow was holding her in her arms. It seemed quite comforting.

"Resting here then..." Pu Shan looked at Chu Liang hesitantly, as if he still wanted to chat with him a little longer.

Chu Liang quickly said, "We have a challenge tomorrow, it’ll be good to get some rest earlier."

"Alright then." Pu Shan nodded regretfully. Lifting his hand, the phantom of the Mingguang Colored Glaze Big Bell covered him again, creating an enclosed space.

Chu Liang watched the two of them, realizing that he, too, couldn’t afford to lose face for Shu Mountain Sect. He lifted his hand, summoned the Green Leaf Magical Instrument, and a green light wrapped him like a rice dumpling.

Humph.

See, who doesn’t have one?

...

For them, the so-called "rest" time didn’t need to be long. If they slept until late in the morning, and the Earth Slaying Envoy arrived early, one look at these magical artifacts and the three of them would be completely exposed.

Before long, the three of them crawled out one after the other, sitting cross-legged in the cave. Pu Shan tried several times to chat with the other two, but only Chu Liang occasionally talked to him. Luo Yao kept a straight face and didn’t utter a single word.

The two were complete opposites - one was as cold as ice, and the other as passionate as fire. Chu Liang had a premonition that this joint journey would be quite bitter and sweet.

At the crack of dawn, the Soul Summoning Order vibrated again.

[Sha]: "I’m almost there."

[Sha]: "Get ready. After I arrive, we’ll go to meet up with the Guide Envoy."

[Fifty-Eight]: "Received."

[Sixty]: "Received."

[Fifty-Nine]: "Roger that."

[Fifty-Nine]: "We’ve been waiting respectfully for Master Sha for a long time."

The three had long made a contingency plan for the Earth Slaying Envoy. Firstly, if he didn’t detect their disguise, they wouldn’t act against him. They needed him to lead them to the main force as the Soul Envoys couldn’t bypass Earth Slaying Envoy to contact the higher-ups.

However, once they met the Guide Envoy and joined the main force of the Underworld King Sect, the Earth Slaying Envoy would be the first one they would need to deal with, as he would be the only one who could potentially discover their disguises.

After a slightly tense wait, a shadowy figure once again appeared outside the small cave.

The three uniformly went out to greet him.

Before they even saw the Earth Slaying Envoy, the Beheading Red Famous Sword in the White Pagoda shook first. Chu Liang was immediately relieved - it seemed this person from the demon cult was the real deal!

Extracting souls should naturally trigger the Beheading Red Famous Sword. The reason the previous two didn’t cause any reaction was that they were fake. He could only ignore the agitation of the Beheading Red Famous Sword for now — it wasn’t time to slay this monster just yet.

The Earth Slaying Envoy was also dressed in a black robe, but his protection wasn’t as thorough as the three of them. He was merely wearing an ordinary black robe, coupled with a few minor divine skills to conceal his face.

"Master Sha!" On seeing him approach, the three gave their salutations in unison.

"Hehe, it’s been a while." The Earth Slaying Envoy smiled lightly and turned his head, saying, "Follow me."

This proved Chu Liang’s earlier speculation. The Purple Gold Marquis’s subordinates didn’t know each other at all. The Earth Slaying Envoy was indifferent to his direct subordinates, as if they were strangers.

Because the likes of the Soul Envoys, being at the very bottom of the pyramid, had a high mortality rate - if one died, another new one would be recruited. A strand of the soul fire would inherit the predecessor’s Soul Summoning Order, so there was no familiarity between the upper and lower ranks.

The advantage of this management style might be higher efficiency, and it reduced friction among the lower ranks; but the disadvantage was that they didn’t know each other at all. If the Soul Summoning Order was broken, it would be easy to infiltrate their ranks.

The Earth Slaying Envoy led the three in a hurry across a large expanse of jungle and mountains, arriving at a precarious valley floor.

Standing on the hillside, they could see a dark shadow in the distance.

The Earth Slaying Envoy then instructed, "Be careful when you meet Lord Guide Envoy later."

"Yes!" The three of them replied in unison.

Thanks to the other two’s voices being loud enough, they covered up the slight tremor in Chu Liang’s voice, else a flaw might have been revealed.

Can’t blame Chu Liang for his poor psychological quality.

He wasn’t nervous about infiltrating enemy territory, but...was shaken.

That’s right.

After sensing the group of people down the hill, the Beheading Red Famous Sword in the space of the White Pagoda began to vibrate dramatically!

Intense murderous intent kept hitting Chu Liang’s consciousness, as if it was urging him time and again to slay evil with his sword. The fury of the Justice Sword surged.

It was about to explode!

They were all evildoers!