The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 537 - 308 Demon God Ran Tong

Chapter 537: Chapter 308 Demon God Ran Tong

"Brother, it’s this item!"

The martial monk from the Law Enforcement Hall stopped in his tracks, pointing ahead.

Li Yan and Cheng Jue heard this and both furrowed their brows upon looking.

Indeed, hidden beneath the meat stall’s backyard was a not-so-small secret chamber, concealed by the Qimen Formation, and the washing of pig offal filled the yard with stench, causing passersby to avoid the area.

Thus, this group had managed to remain hidden until now.

Underground, this secret room was quite spacious and divided into two areas, one for living, with a simple earthen bed and oil lamp.

The other was used for worshipping.

Against the wall stood a two-meter long offering table, not only covered with Five Offerings and incense candles, but also densely piled with cat skulls.

On the offering table, there also sat a Divine Statue, its upper body resembling a middle-aged man, with white beard and black eyebrows, dressed in black robes, with bare feet revealing huge chicken claws.

It was obviously not any True God.

And on the tablet above, it clearly read "Venerated Seat of the God Ran Tong."

"Which obscure god is this, do you recognize it?" Cheng Jue asked with a frown.

Li Yan, standing beside him, suddenly had a vacant look in his eyes.

The Hook Paper heated and trembled, fog swirling around.

Was this another mission?

Li Yan immediately understood and quickened his pace through the fog.

Ahead, a Black Well emerged, covered in blood-colored oracle bone script, and entwined with bronze chains, with thick blood water swirling and bubbling inside.

Another Demon God was escaping!

Li Yan knew instantly what had happened.

No wonder Lady Liu could control so many Cat Ghosts; she must be worshipping an Evil God, practicing the Secret Technique from the "Eternal Immortal Vault."

It made sense that he didn’t recognize that Evil God.

The "Eternal Immortal Vault" contained seventy-two Evil Techniques, representing the seventy-two Demon Gods suppressed during the war of Sealing God.

But this book, amidst the chaos of Qin and Han with Gu, when Fang Xian Dao was almost annihilated by the court, had already scattered throughout Divine State, some lost, and some secretly passed down.

The book Yu Linzi on Taibai Mountain had given him was just intelligence gathered by the Proper Xuan Sect over the years, recording only the characteristics of evil techniques, and it was incomplete.

A new Demon God had been discovered, and its Demonic Qi had already fled from Luo Feng Mountain.

Li Yan’s expression was grave, his hands placed on the well’s edge.

Soon, the blood water churned, and a vision appeared before him:

Still situated on a large, square piece of sandstone, covered with numerous Blood-Colored Talismans suppressing it, inside was encased a bronze coffin.

Within the bronze coffin lay a black-clothed man, his feet giant chicken claws, with white hair and black eyebrows, identical to the external Divine Statue.

What shocked Li Yan even more was that the man’s limbs, Dantian, heart, and forehead had originally been impaled with bronze spikes, symbolizing seven layers of sealing.

However, now the spikes in his heart, forehead, Dantian, and even both hands had left his body.

This Demon God had already escaped five streams of Demonic Qi!

Once all seven seals were released, he could completely escape!

This scene made Li Yan’s back chill.

Just then, as if sensing something, he looked towards the Demon God’s head, only to discover that its eyes had opened at some moment, staring in his direction, the corners of its mouth turning upwards, revealing sharp teeth.

Even stranger were its eyes.

A layer resembling the membranous nictitating membrane of a bird rapidly opened and closed again, as if blinking!

Li Yan was startled, and the illusion before him immediately vanished.

Above the Black Well’s blood water, a scroll appeared, just as he had expected, detailing the origins of this Demon God:

"This demon was originally an Ancient Mountain God from the era of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, transformed by an Ancient Witch, named Ran Tong. Later changed into a Demon God, suppressed after the war of Sealing God, suppressed beneath the morning enduring Military City’s Heavenly Palace...

"Left behind ’Tongyou Longevity Technique’ in the ’Eternal Immortal Vault,’ falsely claimed to be a True God, occupied incense offerings, taught Evil Techniques, allowing his Demonic Qi to escape..."

Lines of text made Li Yan’s heart pound.

This Demon God Ran Tong turned out to be a Mountain God from the era of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, somehow involved in the war of Sealing God, and subsequently suppressed.

The details were vague, seemingly hiding some information.

Of course, what was more terrifying was the nature of this Demon God.

He excelled at the art of Tongyou, controlling various ghosts and spirits, and even the longevity method passed down utilized the power of ghosts to transform into old shade people.

"Old shade people" resembled zombies, but unlike zombies, their bodies could still move normally, even more flexibly, akin to a type of living dead.

Practicing this method could gradually restore youth, but once one’s allotted lifespan was exhausted, the Yang Qi inside the body would disperse, Yin Qi amassing, only able to reside underground where Yin Evil Qi gathered, unable to see sunlight day after day.

As their Dao increased, they also hid deeper.

Another point, this Demon God Ran Tong was very good at hiding.

He not only stayed in remote and desolate places, disguised as various True Gods and Mountain Gods, but also shifted among various forms, taught controlling ghost techniques, and beguiled people into worshipping him.

In the Great Song, the Ghost Sect worshipped a variety of gods.

But whether it was Hubei’s "Sharp-eyed God" or the "Twisted-eye God" of the capital at the time, they were just his incarnations.

This Demon God Ran Tong was his true form!

Moreover, the techniques he taught varied, just like Lady Liu, mainly focusing on Cat Ghosts.

Using such deceptive techniques, he had already escaped five streams of Demonic Qi, with only two more seals needed to break before he could free himself.

The illusion completely vanished, just momentarily.

As Cheng Jue had just finished asking, Li Yan said with a grave expression, "This is the Demon God Ran Tong, big trouble!"

Having said that, he quickly turned and dashed out of the yard.

Outside, a light rain was drizzling, and blood flowed on the streets.

The surrounding area had been cordoned off by government officials, with the public peeking out and whispering to each other, visibly shaken.