Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 497 - 75: Hero with the Divine Whip [Seeking for monthly tickets!]_1

Chapter 497: Chapter 75: Hero with the Divine Whip [Seeking for monthly tickets!]_1

"You must be tired after all this time, right?"

"Not too bad, though my arm is a little sore."

"What about the whip?"

"It’s fine, quite sturdy."

"We were lucky to have you this time, otherwise I don’t know how we could have dealt with so many people."

"It’s all part of my duty."

"..."

In the twilight, the Regent Residence, normally bustling during the daytime, had finally quieted down. Chu Liang sat on the steps of the courtyard, taking a moment to relax.

Most of the people in the Regent Residence came to inquire one after another. This time, Chu Liang had almost single-handedly saved the whole city from the paralyzing poison, a truly heroic act.

If it weren’t for his timely alert, the scale of the poisoning would be anything from ten to a hundred times worse. Moreover, if he hadn’t single-handedly found the antidote, few of those poisoned could have survived.

Despite all this, dozens of people still lost their lives in this incident.

The other major contributor was Jiang Yuebai, also from Shu Mountain. She brought back Asura Leaf powder, which was crucial to saving lives, as well as the young lad with the Medicine Jar from Black Pine Ridge. If it weren’t for the Medicine Jar that only existed externally, it would have taken much longer to expose the mastermind behind all this.

After capturing Poison Master Song, the people of the Regent Residence quickly forced the antidote to the paralyzing poison out of him, which indeed contained Asura Leaf. Jiang Yuebai returned to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons with the boy who had the Medicine Jar and the people from Regent Residence, harvesting some medicinal herbs before coming back.

Empress Feng went to play with Xue Muyu. The beautiful lady’s attraction obviously outshined her disciple, leaving Chu Liang by himself.

Before long, Ji Zidian came over and told Chu Liang about the case.

"Aside from the poison master, the main culprits were a couple," Ji Zidian told Chu Liang, "Yang Buju and Xiao Wuyan."

"What matching names." Chu Liang commented upon hearing this.

Ji Zidian then briefly explained their backgrounds.

That Yang Buju was once a disciple under the Penglai Sect, and even a personal disciple of the Penglai Sect Leader, Daoist Cang Sheng.

A century ago, a horrific incident occurred in the Immortal Cultivation World. The then Sect Master of the Sea King Sect was ambushed by several giant demons while excavating a secret realm in the Northern Sea, narrowly escaping death.

After a narrow escape, he thoroughly investigated the source of the leak on this covert operation. It turned out that the information first reached Penglai Upper Sect and then spread from the Eastern Sea. The one behind all this was Yang Buju, a disciple of Penglai.

Colluding with evil forces to assassinate the Sect Master on the Righteous Path caused outrage in the Imperial Court and the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. Everyone believed that a mere disciple couldn’t handle such a matter on his own, pointing fingers at Daoist Cang Sheng, who was behind Yang Buju.

Penglai Upper Sect soon apprehended Yang Buju, asserting that he had been seduced by outsiders. They were willing to execute Yang Buju.

Of course, it was seen as a sacrifice for greater good at the time.

However, what happened next was somewhat disconcerting. On the eve of Yang Buju’s execution under the sect’s rules, a group of Mars felons raided Penglai in the night and rescued Yang Buju.

In the decades that followed, Yang Buju and another Mars felon, Xiao Wuyan, married and committed many shocking crimes, gradually convincing people that he might have been seduced by Mars to betray the Sect Master of the Sea King Sect. After all, such moves to provoke conflicts between major forces were things that Mars has been doing openly and covertly over the years.

Yang Buju was proficient in Escape Technique, while Xiao Wuyan was skilled in Illusion Technique. Together, they are pervasive and difficult to defend against.

If the Regent Leader hadn’t located Poison Master Song this time, leading them to also find this couple, the people of the Imperial Court and the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands wouldn’t even know what Xiao Wuyan truly looked like.

And thus, the thread of the case became clear.

As soon as the expedition plan to Roupu Country was determined, the people of Mars got wind of it. They also knew that there would be an event showcasing the prisoners after the victorious return of the army. They reached out to Poison Master Song from Black Pine Ridge to request a deadly poison.

Poison Master Song harbored grudges against the Red River Sect and wanted them to kill several members of the Red River Sect first. When Xiao Wuyan was killing, she happened to find Chu Liang. Perhaps because he had a history with Mars, Xiao Wuyan chose to frame Chu Liang for the murder.

They didn’t directly attack Chu Liang because they originally needed a scapegoat to shift the attention of the City Warden Office away and clear themselves. Chu Liang’s presence around the crime scenes was a perfect fall guy.

Doing so also aligns with Mars’s usual style. Rather than killing a young disciple, they’d prefer to stir up discord between Shu Mountain and the City Warden Office.

If the conspiracy had been successful, the Regent Residence would have been under pressure to deal with Chu Liang, and Shu Mountain would have no choice but to protect him. No matter who emerged victorious in the end, the relationship between the two sides would inevitably fall apart.

They even thought that if the situation escalated, Shu Mountain might infiltrate the Regent Residence to rescue him. But the idea of a ’night raid on Yu Capital City’ was something that even the Mars faction dared not think of.

While the Regent Residence devoted its attention to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons, they moved all the Medicine Jars to Yu Capital City, aiming to cause heavy damage on the day of presenting the prisoners.

Even the Bone Tooth being a gift from Roupu Country was tampered with by them. Normally, prisoners entering the Imperial City would undergo thorough inspections, and anyone poisoned wouldn’t make it to the Main Hall. However, they smeared the "rigid corpse poison" on the Bone Tooth. The people from Roupu Country would be poisoned during the presentation and the onset of the poison would begin at the banquet. This devious maneuver successfully caused chaos in the palace.

The meticulous scheme should have worked well, except she happened to meet Chu Liang. Sending Chu Liang to the Regent Residence might be the decision that Xiao Wuyan regretted the most.

Jiang Yuebai in Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons and Chu Liang in the Regent Residence, it can be said that the two of them together completely shattered this conspiracy.

...

After recounting the series of conspiracies, Ji Zidian couldn’t help but shiver, "Thankfully you were the one who came this time. If it had been anyone else, Yu Capital City probably wouldn’t have been spared the chaos."

"I believe that even if I hadn’t come forward, the Regent Leader would have found a way to quell the turmoil," Chu Liang replied with a smile.

He did not believe that he deserved all the credit. At the very least, as soon as he gave a subtle hint, the whole Regent Residence was mobilized, which showed that they were very vigilant during large-scale celebrations.

"But it’s true that the rigid corpse poison couldn’t be cured, and at least thousands of civilians would have inevitably died." Ji Zidian smirked, "By the way, many people have already written you thank-you notes, and some have even sent banners."

Some of the people who were saved early, recovered quickly after the poison was detoxified, and prepared their thanks for Chu Liang, which were sent to the Regent Residence. However, Chu Liang had been busy and the people in the Regent Residence hadn’t brought them over yet.

At Ji Zidian’s shout, someone from the Regent Residence immediately brought over the stack of thank-you notes and several banners.

Chu Liang unfolded them with a smile, revealing several red banners embroidered with golden letters.

"Benevolent skill of the magical whip ..."

"The divine whip unblocks acupuncture points, the saint hand brings spring breeze ..."

"Grateful for Warrior Chu of Shu Mountain’s divine whip, helping my wife find her smile ..."

The smile on Chu Liang’s face gradually faded. Why did these words look so strange? Couldn’t we simply give some money? No matter how much, gold and silver represented a kind gesture.

"From now on, you can hang these banners on the wall of your home to let people know of your heroic deeds with the divine whip." Ji Zidian laughed heartily.

The smile never disappeared. It just moved from Chu Liang’s face to his.

"Haha," Chu Liang gave a forced laugh.

I don’t think so.

I fear that I won’t be able to hold my head high for the rest of my life ...

After putting away these items, Ji Zidian said, "It appears that you and your master are truly the nemesis of the Mars. Although the Imperial Court has been hunting Mars fugitives for many years, they’ve only managed to kill a handful of them in more than a decade. The last time, your Master killed one of them, and this time, luckily, you captured one. Be careful in the future, the people of Mars might be watching you."

"I’ll be careful," replied Chu Liang, nodding.

The reason why the Imperial Court’s previous gains were few was largely because, after the unrest eighty years ago, Mars suffered heavy losses and remained dormant for several decades, rarely revealing themselves.

Recently, their activities have picked up again, but it’s unclear if this is because they’ve accumulated enough power or if they’re just taking advantage of the current unrest in the Nine States.

Xiao Wuyan has now been sent to the Sky-north Prison. It’s expected that some results will be obtained from his trial.

In Yu Capital City, there are prisons on all four sides, the most famous of which is the Sky-north Prison in the north. This prison houses all the top cultivators.

In a world where pure strength equals power, prisons are extremely important. If they’re not impregnable, they’ll be as vulnerable as the City Warden Office where Chu Liang was previously kept — a target for easy break-ins.

The Sky-north Prison, however, is the sturdiest prison in the Four Seas and Nine Continents. It’s jointly suppressed by the Heavenly North Prison King and another person in charge of the Tianyuan from Regent Residence — both of whom are cultivators of the Eighth Realm.

It provides an absolute guarantee of security.

As the two were chatting leisurely, someone suddenly called out, "Young Hero Chu, an edict has arrived from the palace... They’re asking for you and your master to enter the palace."