Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 535 - 8 Provocation [Request for Monthly Votes!]_1

Chapter 535: Chapter 8 Provocation [Request for Monthly Votes!]_1

"This is bad."

Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai had been chasing along the trajectory of the famous Xue Yipin knife being blown off, keeping hot on its trail. Finally, they caught up with the knife in a secluded forest, but they were far from jubilant.

The good news was, they had found the knife.

The bad news was, there was a face underneath the knife...

A middle-aged man with skin as dark as ancient bronze was lying straight on the ground, with the famous Xue Yipin knife deeply embedded in his face, half of the blade buried within.

He was probably dead.

In the middle of nowhere, in the dead of night, to suddenly kill a living man was indeed quite misfortunate.

"Go through his belongings, see if we can find out where he lives, and send him home first," Chu Liang suggested.

Although there was no one around and they could just leave the body here, grab the knife and go without anyone knowing, this was clearly not something they were capable of doing.

The pair then searched the body and found it surprisingly hard... not stiff from death, but genuinely as hard as iron, making a clanging sound when knocked.

It appeared he was a cultivator, and a high level one at that. A physical body at this level was normally incredibly hard to penetrate.

But at the moment of the Phoenix Spirit Divine Fire’s explosion, it endowed the famous Xue Yipin with an enormous power. It itself was a virtually indestructible divine weapon and was known for its sharpness.

The slash was truly terrifying.

Nothing that Xue Yipin had cut before, be it the armor of fierce beasts, could resist the cutting power of this famous knife. Now, it seemed that men were no different.

They soon found traces of a storage ring on his hand and sent their divine senses into it, searching for something that could confirm his identity.

But what Chu Liang saw was all jars that held blood and organ matter, and some items that emit a demonic aura, which looked quite sinister.

This man didn’t appear to be an orthodox cultivator.

Among those items, he found something somewhat familiar.

"This letter..." He pulled out a letter that looked a bit familiar. Because the envelope was the same as the one found at Purple Gold Marquis’s place, he opened it and took a look.

"Copper Demon Ridge’s Big Boss possesses exceptional divine skills and should not remain just in a corner. We, Evil Dragon Mountain, cordially invite all of our Western Sea compatriots to gather in Yu Capital City during the Great Immortal Sect event. We shall unleash our powerful maneuvers, flip heaven and earth, and join together in this grand task!" The letter was still signed off as "Immortal Yuan Lu".

"So he was a demon cultivator," Chu Liang sighed in relief.

Indeed it was a grand event.

They weren’t even in Yu Capital City yet and had already directly killed one person and indirectly another.

Does the letter from this Immortal Yuan Lu feel a bit ominous?

Under this vast night sky, with just a kitchen knife, they accurately hit right in the face. If you said that it wasn’t retribution against demon cultivators, it would be hard to believe.

Now that they knew it was a demonic cultivator, they could handle it very casually. They first looted the magical storage tool and then left the body by the roadside after turning it over and finding nothing valuable.

They would deal with it when someone discovered it.

Given that this incident offended the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the fewer people who knew about it the better. Chu Liang did not plan to go through the Regent Residence and would directly return the knife privately to Xue Yipin.

After the loot, the two flew back to Yu Capital City.

At this point, they did not realize that there were a few pairs of eyes silently watching them from a distance.

Four young people from Copper Demon Ridge, after looking around in the air for a while, finally confirmed that something seemed to have happened to their Second Master. They immediately landed to search and quickly found this place.

But they were just a step slower than Chu Liang and his group.

Seeing Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai going through the Second Master’s corpse, the Third Boss wanted to rush forward and fight them immediately.

However, the three followers held him back.

"Third Boss! Don’t be impulsive!" one of the followers urgently said, "If they can kill the Second Master so easily, how can we be their opponents?"

"Yeah!" another follower echoed, "The Second Master had already forged the Invisible Dharma Body of the Copper Demon, yet he was killed instantly. This is unthinkable!"

"Killing all four of us would probably only take a moment," the third follower added.

The red-haired Third Boss suppressed his rage in his chest, and after a while, he finally gritted his teeth: "Remember these two people, we must avenge the Second Master!"

"Avenge!" The three men stood on the spot and said in unison.

"Let’s go!" the Third Boss commanded.

"Yes!" The three followers turned and ran.

The four of them then left without looking back.

...

The two of them returned to the palace on the top of Emperor Qiu Mountain first, and together they checked the items within the storage ring. Given the current situation, returning the knife wasn’t urgent; they could go to the World’s Famous Chef whenever they had some free time the next day.

During the inspection, several others from Shu Mountain also came to ask, and naturally, there was no need to hide anything from them. The pair simply narrated the events of the night.

The demonic cultivator appeared to be highly skilled, but the valuable things in his magical storage tool weren’t many. Compared with the Nine States Land, the Western Sea was quite desolate.

The bottles and jars from the storage device were lined up, revealing blurry organs inside, which all looked like they belonged to some exotic beast.

"This demonic cultivator is probably from Copper Demon Ridge in the Western Sea. These are the materials required for his cultivation," Ling Ao suddenly said.

"Huh?" Chu Liang looked at him, the name Copper Demon Ridge was indeed mentioned in the letter, "You know about it?"

"When I decided to embark on the path of body cultivation, I have studied all the body cultivation inheritances in the Four Seas and Nine Continents." Ling Ao said, "The Copper Demon Invincible Dharma Body of the Copper Demon Ridge is indeed a formidable divine skill. Its fame is unknown due to the demanding resources it requires, resulting in the sect’s limited power."

He picked up one of the jars, which contained a large purplish-black eyeball.

"The Copper Demon Invincible Dharma Body requires special blessings for every inch of the flesh. This should be the eye of the Kui Beast, a rare exotic beast, used to bless the eyes."

"This is the tendon of the flying dragon, used to temper the bones and muscles."

"This is the hoof of the Thunder Mountain Ancient Bull, used to bless the feet."

"This is the whip of the Mountain-Splitting Tiger, used to..."

At this point, he suddenly paused.

"Save them for hot pot." Chu Liang silently collected these jars.

Other than that, there were jade slips containing cultivation techniques. After browsing, they were pretty much as Ling Ao described.

The techniques of Copper Demon Ridge were not particularly secret, but the cultivation materials required were difficult to obtain. Hence, even if outsiders knew, they would not practice them.

In addition, there were some demon sect weapons that nobody seemed particularly interested in. After sorting out, the valuable items were all these exotic beast organs.

"Alright, we should get some rest." Wang Xuanling said, "The Immortal Sect Conference begins tomorrow. Let’s head over early."

After speaking, he suddenly looked at Chu Liang and smiled, "You guys did well today, but be more careful next time. It would be hard to atone if you mistakenly hurt a good person."

"It was my recklessness." Chu Liang responded.

"No worries. Just be more cautious next time." Wang Xuanling smiled again, then turned to leave.

"Does Uncle Master Wang seem a bit strange to anyone else?" Jiang Yuebai whispered.

"Indeed." Chu Liang nodded, "He seems unusually gentle. In the past, even if he didn’t scold us for such a thing, he would’ve definitely admonished us."

Xu Ziyang said: "Our master probably loved the food we brought back tonight."

This remark reminded Chu Liang.

So he had eaten his words.

He could imagine the scene. The elder certainly complained about buying such expensive food while happily enjoying every bite.

...

The next day, the first round of the Immortal Sect conference, the great selection of the Four Seas, officially began.

There were more than six hundred participating forces in this tournament. The imperial court set up several arenas just outside Yu Capital City. It is expected that after three days of eliminations, eighty-one forces will be selected for the next round.

The rule was that each force sent three people to compete, best two out of three. The losing party was eliminated. If you win, you compete again the next day. The forces that won three days in a row could advance.

The entire process was simple but brutal. Each force’s daily matches were life-and-death battles, so they inevitably went all out. Some forces were particularly strong and could let their main force not participate, and just send three others to defeat all their opponents.

Either way, the scene was bound to be intense.

So many people from Yu Capital City came to watch, despite each force only competing once a day. But on the first day, there were over three hundred matches to be held. Each stage had to arrange for dozens of matches, ensuring a thrilling experience.

When Wang Xuanling brought the Shu Mountain people, it caused quite a commotion. After all, Shu Mountain was considered a heavyweight team in this tournament.

There were waves of cheering from the crowd. Most of them were chanting "Jiangjiang" and "Immortal Jiang", some were chanting the "Hero with the Divine Whip", and there were a few shouts for "Xu Ziyang".

There were only a few scant cries for Ling Ao, probably saying something like "Little Baldy, move aside! Don’t block our view of Jiangjiang..."

After a while, they finally spotted the Xuanxin Sect’s team sitting on the sidelines and immediately went over to greet them.

"It was hard to find you guys here, sorry we were late." Wang Xuanling looked at the people of Xuanxin Sect sitting there and asked, "Aren’t you guys the first to go on stage? Has it not started yet?"

Chen Xuanlu looked up and said, "Senior Brother Wang, it’s already over."

Upon looking at the disciples beside him, their faces were ashen.

"Huh?" Wang Xuanling was slightly taken aback.

Xuanxin Sect’s team may not be strong, but all the selected participants managed to reach the Fourth Realm, they were not low level. Also, Liu Yunzheng was considered an outstanding young man among the cultivators in the capital circle.

Based on previous years, breaking into the top 100 was not out of reach.

How come...

It only took them a moment to find Xuanxin Sect. If it had already ended, it could only mean they were devastatingly defeated.

"Our first round opponent was the team from Fuyao Country." Chen Xuanlu looked across the stage and said solemnly, "They were too strong."

Chen Xuanlu wasn’t someone who hadn’t experienced the world. Whether as a disciple or now as a sect leader, he had attended a fair number of Immortal Sect Conferences. Losses weren’t unusual, but it was rare for him to be so shaken to describe an opponent.

Following Chen Xuanlu’s gaze, Chu Liang’s eyes crossed to the other side of the stage. A young man dressed in black, carrying a knife on his back, with a wicked smile on his face, was also looking at Chu Liang.

It was clear he recognized Chu Liang.

Because when their eyes met, the young man suddenly raised his hand and made a throat-cutting gesture towards Chu Liang.

Ha.

How arrogant.