Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 456 - 35 Blood Moon 【Seeking monthly votes!】 _1

Chapter 456: Chapter 35 Blood Moon 【Seeking monthly votes!】 _1

Within the large Immortal Sects, the relationship between fellow disciples also varies in closeness. In the Heavenly Gang Sect, Yun Chaoxian and Tang Shi’s Master are fellow disciples, but not direct successors.

The deceased this time is Tang Shi’s direct senior brother, the disciple personally taught by her master many years ago.

Despite the senior brother having left Heavenly Gang Sect over a decade ago, Heavenly Gang Sect is a sect that is extremely protective of their members. No matter how long you have been away, as long as a matter arises that concerns you, the sect will step in.

Actually, most Immortal Sects take on this responsibility, but the Heavenly Gang Sect has an unusually strong inclination towards it. It’s unknown whether it has anything to do with the Heavenly Gang Sect sharing the same mindset.

When no leads could be found, Yun Chaoxian suggested seeking Chu Liang’s help.

Initially, Tang Shi’s master doubted, "Is that Shu Mountain disciple really effective?"

"He might be effective, and if he really isn’t..." Yun Chaoxian spoke with extreme confidence, "I will intervene."

"Good." Tang Shi’s master nodded: "Then I will try to find him."

Thus arose the scene where Ji Lingyu and Tang Shi came to Shu Mountain to seek Chu Liang’s help.

For Heavenly Gang Sect’s matter, Chu Liang naturally gave unconditional help. If there were a ranking list among the Immortal Sects for trustworthy people, the Heavenly Gang Sect brothers would undoubtedly rank first.

They are simply righteous.

So he quickly arranged some matters at the Red Cotton Peak and immediately departed with them to Zhennan Region’s Mountain. Thanks to the Reincarnation Rune, over the days, it had provided Chu Liang with a large number of lower-level staff, so manpower was no longer scarce.

Kaoshan City was not far away, and the three had already arrived there by evening on the same day.

Tang Shi’s master was already waiting at the inn.

"Junior Chu Liang greets the senior."

Even though he had been invited to help, Chu Liang was still the first to offer a polite bow.

"Ah, we invited Warrior Chu here, so you don’t have to be so formal."

Tang Shi’s master is named Yan Qihu, he appears to be a strongly built middle-aged man with prominent features, however, he is already over a hundred years old.

He personally greeted them downstairs.

Just standing there without moving, he exuded an ominous power reminiscent of a beast lurking in the shadows.

A century ago, the Heavenly Gang Sect had eight Yan brothers, all were martial arts geniuses, known as "Yan Family Eight Tigers," our guest ranking seventh among them.

Unfortunately, the Yan family failed to produce talented successors, and by this generation, there were not many outstanding disciples. However, the previous generation’s eight tigers still remain the mainstays of the Heavenly Gang Sect.

Like Yan Qihu in front of us, he is a great martial artist of the Seventh Realm.

The martial artist of the first six realms holds all the advantages, but in Heaven’s Gate’s Three Realms, they are clearly weak, resulting in very few masters of the Seventh Realm.

But every one of them is a renowned character.

"Not at all, fellow disciples from the Heavenly Gang Sect and I are best friends. As long as any matter requires my attention, I will surely respond immediately." Chu Liang replied with a smile.

"Very well." Yan Qihu slapped Chu Liang’s shoulder hard, "Us martial art practitioners do not bother with formalities, when someone in your family dies, then you can see how we perform."

"..." Chu Liang was torn between laughter and tears.

You can either speak more softly, or use less force, either one is fine.

Thereafter, everyone seated in a room, Ji Lingyu, as one of the few people in the room with a clear direction, began to explain the case to Chu Liang.

...

"The deceased is called Wei Feng, once a personal disciple of Senior Yan, who has been away from Heavenly Gang Sect for over a decade," Ji Lingyu narrated, "In recent years, he has been performing offerings outside Zhennan Region’s Mountain."

Many people need to enter Zhennan Region’s Mountain to harvest spirit plants or explore the secret realm. When don’t have enough strength to enter alone, and there are no senior members of the sect who can assist, they need to hire external escort.

However, this external escort cannot be a person with no background, or else people inside Zhennan Region’s Mountain can be killed and looted with no resort. The best scenario is to have someone from large Immortal Sects, with their reputations providing some guarantees.

Wei Feng was a trusted candidate for offerings who came from a major Immortal Sect and had a strong reputation.

Especially people from Heavenly Gang Sect are even more trustworthy... They tend to have fewer ulterior motives.

"Yesterday, an anomaly occurred in Kaoshan City..." Ji Lingyu paused before continuing, "According to the observers, the moon turned blood red."

"Blood Moon?"

"Correct," said Ji Lingyu, nodding as she continued. "Soon after the Blood Moon appeared, there were three violent deaths in the city. Three of the city’s masters turned into demon beasts, attacking anything in sight."

Turned into demon beasts...

Chu Liang found the matter to be increasingly bizarre as he heard more.

"Wei Feng was among these three, one at the peak of the Fifth Realm, and two from the Sixth Realm. Nobody in the city could subdue the three of them who rampaged around the city. Soon after the Blood Moon disappeared, the three men fell to the ground and spontaneously died."

Chu Liang squinted and meditated.

The arrival of the Blood Moon... transformation into a demon beast... dying instantaneously. These were all master martial artists of Fifth and Sixth Realm, how could they die so easily?

"Right now, there’s a lot of buzz in the city, everyone is speculating whether these three were half-demon bloodline, hence they transformed into demons and committed murder." Yan Qihu continued, "I do not know about the other two, but I know Wei Feng’s parents and I’ve been taking care of him since he was small. It is impossible for him to have a trace of demon blood. As to why they turned into demons, there must be some hidden truth to it."

After listening to them, Chu Liang nodded and said, "I have a general understanding of the situation, let’s go see the bodies."

All three bodies were kept at the City Warden Office in Kaoshan City, Yan Qihu, holding a position in the Heavenly Gang Sect, naturally had the privilege to inspect them.

Despite it being late, he, with a few others, immediately rushed over.

The City Warden Office was in a state of frenzy due to this event, fervently hoping that they could solve this baffling case on their own. Hence, they welcomed them inside wholeheartedly.

Chu Liang saw the three bodies laid side by side.

"Wei Feng was a martial artist of the Sixth Realm... This person called Liu Ming, was a cultivator at the Peak of the Fifth Realm... This one’s name is Fang Zhongshan, he was a cultivator of the Sixth Realm." The City Warden Office staff introduced their identities one by one.

Chu Liang naturally wasn’t proficient in autopsy, but he could feel a thin layer of demonic aura enveloping the corpses. It seemed that the talk of them transforming into demons was indeed true.

"Did you find out why they turned into demons?" Chu Liang asked, "Were there any signs of poisoning?"

"No," the staff shook his head and replied, "We already had a medical examiner from the Regent Residence look at it, and no signs of poisoning were found."

Chu Liang lifted the white cloth and glanced at the bodies. There were large patches of gaping wounds on all three bodies, but they didn’t look external. It was as if something had swollen from inside and burst their bodies open.

Wei Feng was a sixth realm martial artist, his physical body could endure the weight of a mountain.

Just what kind of force was able to tear his body apart?

After giving it some thought, he changed his line of questioning, "Did these three individuals have any contact or common characteristics before they died?"

"We’ve been looking into that as well, but it’s still unclear," the staff from the City Warden Office shook his head again, "Wei Feng and Liu Ming were offering cultivators that lived in Kaoshan City, while Fang Zhongshan was the sect leader of a small sect in the Southern Region. These kinds of people usually keep their movements confidential, hence it’s difficult for us to investigate."

Chu Liang nodded in understanding.

These people who were hired to enter the mountains for spirit plant collection and secret realm exploration would indeed keep information confidential for the benefit of their employers.

However, it was now causing difficulty in the investigation.

If conventional means of investigation wouldn’t work, Chu Liang thought he could visit Second Lady Gu’s tavern. She might have more information there than the City Warden Office.

Just as he was pondering, there was a sudden commotion from outside.

"It’s red... It’s turning red again!"

"Hm?"

He looked up towards the sky outside to see that in the deepening night, the color of the moon was gradually changing to a bright red... a red as vivid as blood!

"Roar--"

Following that, a shrieking howl resonated!

"This is bad!" the office staff exclaimed, "I fear another person has transformed into a demon!"

"I actually want to see what exactly is happening." Yan Qihu furrowed his brow, his body swiftly rising up into the air.

When the problem can be solved by taking action, the Heavenly Gang Sect naturally proves to be reliable.

In the lunar sky, a muscular silhouette half covered in scales appeared, its massive roar accompanying a leap. It was undoubtedly a half-transformed demon in the shape of a human! The person’s eyes were crimson, his facial expression twisted in pain as he screamed and darted up into the sky.

"Roar..."

Soon his gaze lost all humanity, showing only a blazing red, as if he was looking for prey.

Then in the next second, there was a snapping sound."

Yan Qihu’s silhouette suddenly appeared behind him, squeezing the neck that held his fate.

"Roar!" The man roared even louder, but he was unable to break free.

Chu Liang and others hurried after and saw Yan Qihu single-handedly holding onto this half man, half monster creature. By now, this man had fully transformed into a lizard-like creature about a yard in length, covered in scales.

He should have had the power of the fifth realm and his strength only increased after the transformation. His struggle was deafening like thunderous rumbling. But in Yan Qihu’s hands, there was no use.

"What on earth is happening..." Even though Yan Qihu could easily subdue him, he couldn’t make any sense of it.

But Ji Lingyu, with her brilliant Xuanyuan Pupil eyes fixated on him, seemed to have some clue. She exclaimed in shock:

"Nightmare?!"

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