After killing Chen Ti, Fang Jian's gaze shifted to the other four people, and he said calmly, "Fellow Daoists, do you wish to avenge this Abbot Chen Ti?"

Fang Meng, the head of Yunhe Monastery, said with an extremely grim expression, "Master Hongqing, how could you kill Master Chen just because of a disagreement?"

Fang Jian looked at Fang Meng and said, "You're wrong. He used his magic weapon to capture the demon while I was slaying him. I warned him three times, but he ignored them all. As the saying goes, three times is enough. Did he think I, Fang Jian, was joking when I destroyed the Gucang Temple on Jianta Mountain?"

When the four heard this, their expressions changed slightly. Fang Jian had said many things when he destroyed the Gucang Temple, but what Fang Jian was referring to at this moment was naturally the sentence "The good days when Taoism and Buddhism could not be punished are over."

Fang Jian looked at the four people and said, "If you four fellow Taoists do not want to seek revenge, then please do so."

Feng Ye, the head of Jiuhe Temple, glanced at the green gourd in Fang Jian's left hand, then said to Fang Jian, "Master Hongqing, you killed my Taoist cultivator for no reason. We will definitely report this to the Heavenly Court."

"I say it again, Chen Ti obstructed the Heavenly Judge from enforcing the law and violated the Heavenly Law, so I will kill him!" Fang Jian's face turned stern, and he turned the magic power in his right hand. A flame rose and burned Chen Ti's head to ashes.

The four of them were so captivated by Fang Jian's aura that they remained silent for a moment. Fang Jian glanced at them and said, "As for suing me in heaven, that's up to you."

After saying this, Fang Jian took back the Ding Yuan Pearl and the Fractal God-Destroying Pestle and said, "Next time I enforce the law, it's best not to run into you."

Then, a golden cloud flashed under Fang Jian's feet, and he immediately flew towards Jueyin Mountain. The starlight in the sky also disappeared in an instant, leaving only four people standing in the air, at a loss.

"What should we do now?" After Fang Jian left, Tuixia Temple's abbot Lu Qing asked helplessly.

After a moment's silence, Yang Jin, the abbot of Longtai Monastery, said, "Even though we are Golden Immortals, this magical treasure is extremely powerful. We are probably no match for it. Moreover, he is a Celestial Official, so we must be cautious..."

"Let's go back and report to the leader." Fang Meng said, "That's the only way."

Feng Ye glanced in the direction Fang Jian left and said, "The Dongsheng Divine Province is no longer what it was before. Under this person's rectification, the Heavenly Court's control over the Dongsheng Divine Province has greatly increased. We should go back and report to the leader."

Everyone nodded in agreement, but Yang Jin was still a little puzzled and asked, "Why did the leader ask us to capture this formless demon?"

As members of the Zhenyang Taoist Alliance, they knew very well that what Fang Jian said before was just empty words. The Wuxiang Demon had never killed any members of the Zhenyang Taoist Alliance. They didn't even know of the Wuxiang Demon's existence before.

Feng Ye heard this and said, "Have you all forgotten what the leader said during his sermon?"

The three of them were slightly startled, and then Fang Mengyan said: "All kinds of laws are the great way. Good, evil, demons, and monsters, can be understood by analogy?"

"That's right." Feng Ye nodded and said, "The demons of the outer ways are cunning and difficult to deal with, and they are naturally shielded from the secrets of heaven. If we can comprehend the methods of the demons of the outer ways, wouldn't it be a great help to us in achieving the higher way in the future?"

"But..." Yang Jinyan said, "In this case, even if we comprehend the methods of the Outer Path True Demon, after practicing, won't we also become Outer Path True Demons?"

Tuixia Monastery Master Lu Qing said, "That's wrong. We are followers of the righteous Xuan Sect, and we embrace all teachings. A righteous mind leads to a righteous teaching. How can we say that if we participate in the teachings of the heretic, the true demon, we are the heretic, the true demon?"

"That's exactly the truth." Feng Ye said, "The Dao Ancestor opened up the Great Dao, and the Demonic Dao is also within it, but they are simply incompatible with living beings. We are just trying to comprehend and learn from them, so what's the problem?"

After Feng Ye finished speaking, everyone nodded. This was exactly the reason. Unlike Buddhism, Taoist disciples learned from and understood everything in the world during their practice and were never restricted to one method.

In other words, Taoism is more inclusive. Taoism has many Taoist methods and spells, which were borrowed by Taoist predecessors from some innate demons, monsters, and evil monsters, and then modified and passed down.

To give a simple example, a set of skills in the hands of a righteous person can be the most yang and powerful, but in the hands of an evil person it can be the most yin and evil. Therefore, there is no right or wrong in Taoism; it all depends on the person.

Afterwards, the four of them left this place and returned to Yangyan Temple to report.

...

After Fang Jian left, he threw the green gourd directly into the editor and refined it with Hongmeng Dao Qi.

However, after refining it, he discovered that this green gourd had no secret hall. It was just an ordinary spiritual gourd that was refined into an ordinary magic treasure.

But it's just right. When the time comes, there's no need to release the formless demon to kill it. I can just destroy the formless demon and the green gourd together. There's no need to feel bad about it.

Fang Jian came to Jueyin Mountain and told the Jueyin Mountain God and others that the formless demon had been subdued and they should be more careful in the future.

Afterwards, he left Jueyin Mountain with the farewell of Jueyin Mountain God and others, and flew all the way to Lingxia Mountain.

He hadn't been to Lingxia Mountain for ten years, but from what he heard from various cultivators over the years, he knew that Lingxia Mountain had developed very well in recent years.

So a few days ago, Cen Biqing sent him a letter, asking him to go and claim the merit.

It's a good deed. Fang Jian has been running around for the past ten years, and all the merits he has gained come from the salary of a fifth-rank immortal official. Up to now, he has only accumulated more than 100 strands of Hongmeng Dao Qi, which is still a huge gap from the 7,200 strands of Dao Qi needed to re-edit the Thai Emperor's Qi Brick.

When Fang Jian thought of the merit, his heart was filled with eagerness. Fairy light flashed around him, golden clouds moved under his feet, and he flew towards Lingxia Mountain at an extremely fast speed.

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