With the blessing of the Swiftness Talisman, Zi Yue traversed mountains and valleys, passing through many villages along the way.

Some villages were dilapidated and desolate, while others were still inhabited. In all these villages, there were clay sculptures of evil gods. Ziyue did not disturb them. She quietly affixed talismans to the clay sculptures to prevent the evil gods from absorbing incense offerings.

To prevent evil spirits from invading, Ziyue also left behind portraits of door gods, and she asked Wu Xuantian to protect these villages.

Half a day later, Ziyue, who was on her way, suddenly heard a chanting sound. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a desolate town. The town was filled with a sacred Buddhist light, and an old monk wearing a silver-white kasaya was subduing demons.

That was a four-eyed demon, stronger than the one Ziyue had encountered. Horns sprouted from its head. The old monk crushed the enormous demon with a single grasp from a distance.

When Ziyue arrived in the town, she looked at the tall, thin old monk and bowed, saying, "Junior Ziyue greets senior."

The old monk looked at Ziyue with a kind expression, put his hands together, and bowed in return, saying, "Amitabha, this humble monk is Wuxiang, young friend, there is no need for such formalities."

Zi Yue looked at the destroyed statue of the evil god in the town, her brows furrowed slightly, and she asked respectfully, "Master Wuxiang, do you know the origin of this evil god?"

Master Wuxiang nodded and said in a deep voice, "This evil god comes from beyond the heavens and was sealed by the locust tree planted by the Dao Ancestor many years ago. The seal must have loosened."

"I see."

Zi Yue smiled and said, "Master Wuxiang, if you are going to Old Locust City, we can go together."

Master Wuxiang frowned. "Young friend, Old Huai City is very dangerous. You'd better not go there."

Zi Yue smiled and said in a clear voice, "I'm not afraid, my senior brother will protect me."

Master Wuxiang looked around, not noticing the presence of anyone else, then looked at Ziyue and asked curiously, "Young friend, may I ask who your master is?"

Zi Yue didn't hide anything and answered with a smile, "I come from Longhu Temple, and my master is Zhang Fulong."

Upon hearing this, Master Wuxiang looked surprised. Ziyue blinked and asked in confusion, "Master Wuxiang, do you know my master?"

Master Wuxiang was taken aback at first, then smiled and nodded, "I met Master Zhang many years ago. At that time, I had not yet converted to Buddhism. I never expected that you were Master Zhang's disciple. I heard that Master Zhang had encountered some misfortune back then. I never expected that he was still alive. How is Master Zhang now?"

"My master is physically fine, but his mental state is somewhat abnormal," Zi Yue answered truthfully.

“After going through so much, he must be feeling terrible.” Master Wuxiang shook his head and sighed softly, then smiled and said, “If I have the chance in the future, I must visit Master Zhang at Longhu Temple.”

Zi Yue nodded with a smile and said crisply, "You are welcome to visit Longhu Temple anytime, Senior."

Master Wuxiang put his hands together and said, “Young friend, there are many evil cultivators nearby, and the people around are suffering terribly. I would like to trouble you to deal with the evil cultivators in the vicinity.”

"no problem."

Zi Yue smiled and nodded, "Master Wu Xiang, after we deal with the evil cultivators around us, let's go to Old Locust City together."

"good."

Master Wuxiang nodded slightly.

Ziyue and Master Wuxiang split up, agreeing to meet up in the town after dealing with the evil cultivators in the surrounding area.

After leaving the town, Ziyue threw out a stack of yellow paper, which turned into paper figures and flew in all directions.

Zi Yue sensed the presence of evil cultivators in a village near the town. When she entered the village, she saw rows of desiccated corpses, their blood drained from their bodies.

"hateful!"

Zi Yue frowned. There had been similar cases near Jin Yang City back then. She pinched her fingers and made a hand seal, finally running her sword finger across her eyes, which were originally clear and now shone with golden light.

With her keen eyesight, Zi Yue spotted the evil cultivator hiding inside the house through the courtyard wall. With a wave of her sleeve, talismans fell around the house.

Inside the room, the evil cultivator sensed danger. He opened his eyes, revealing scarlet pupils. Just as he was about to get up, bolts of tribulation lightning engulfed the room where he was.

Rumble!

The thunder roared, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Seeing the evil cultivator's soul scattered, Zi Yue finally left. The yellow paper figures she sent out successively discovered the evil cultivator's presence. "Master Wuxiang was right. There are so many evil cultivators around. What's going on?"

There was an evil cultivator hiding in the cave. He sensed danger and opened his eyes to see a cute-looking paper figure.

The yellow paper figure lunged at the evil cultivator. The evil cultivator's eyes widened, and before he could react, the paper figure grabbed his head.

The evil cultivator tried to tear off the paper figure attached to his face. As soon as he raised his hand, the runes on the paper figure lit up and flashed with lightning, followed by a thunderous sound.

On the distant lakeshore, the evil cultivator in red robes sensed something amiss. He took to the air and fled into the distance.

A whooshing sound came from behind him. The evil cultivator turned around and saw a peach wood sword pierce through his head.

"Hmph, trying to escape!"

Ziyue recalls the peach wood sword.

Because of the tribulation lightning, the commotion was great, and the evil cultivators in the distance sensed the danger and fled in all directions.

A wisp of breeze transformed into transparent wings, carrying Ziyue as she flew high above, searching for traces of the evil cultivators.

Whenever she discovers an evil cultivator, Zi Yue activates the Thunder Talisman to unleash tribulation lightning and kill the evil cultivator.

The strange natural phenomenon terrified the surviving evil cultivators, who fled in all directions toward Old Locust City.

After a period of cleanup, Zi Yue had dealt with the evil cultivators around her. He returned to the town, but did not see Master Wuxiang.

"Master Wuxiang hasn't returned yet?"

Zi Yue was somewhat puzzled. With Master Wuxiang's strength, he should have been able to easily deal with the surrounding demons. She searched around the town but did not find any trace of Master Wuxiang. However, the surrounding demons and evil cultivators had already been dealt with.

"Could it be that Master Wuxiang has already gone to Old Locust City?"

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