Chapter 30: Taichu (Part 3) I actually passed this trick to you...
In the meeting hall, Xu Yunting and Luo Yin were both bound by immortal chains and knelt on the ground. The person before them simply looked down at them and said, "Our sect's disciples were killed by demonic cultivators. These two cultivators came from elsewhere and might be demonic cultivators in disguise."
The other elders of Taichu Sect were all silent. After all, after the Sect Leader went into seclusion, Elder Yi was the most prestigious among them all. Except for Lu Qingyi, the Sect Leader's disciple, no one dared to comment on what he said.
Elder Yi was about to speak and send the two to the Discipline Hall for strict interrogation when a female voice came from outside the door, "Wait a minute."
A moment later, Lu Qingyi, dressed in the attire of the chief disciple, appeared. In her hand, she clutched the long, white silk ribbon that served as her lifeblood magical instrument. "Elder Yi, these two are distinguished guests who have traveled from afar. I'm afraid it would be impolite to behave this way."
Although Lu Qingyi came alone, her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant. Furthermore, her status as the sect leader's true disciple was evident. Even Elder Yi, who was so proud, could only say, "Qingyi, you must understand that a sect disciple has been murdered, and their wounds are emitting demonic energy. These two outsiders are the most suspicious. I simply wish to send them to the Law Enforcement Hall for questioning."
Lu Qingyi sneered at this, "How could Elder Yi not know the methods of the Law Enforcement Hall?"
The other elders were all shrewd people. They just watched the two people confront each other and did not easily take sides.
Yi Xu looked into her eyes. He had always been dominated by Mingyue Zhenren in the past, and now her disciple was still like that. Moreover, Lu Qingyi was just a Jindan cultivator. How could he be willing to accept this?
"Then in your opinion, how should we deal with these two people?" Yi Xu asked.
Lu Qingyi looked at the two people bound by the Immortal Binding Chains. They seemed to want to speak but no sound came out, clearly under a silencing spell. "Since Elder Yi suspects they are demonic cultivators, I happen to have a magical instrument that can identify the aura of demonic cultivators. I would also like to ask the elders to bear witness and determine whether these two are demonic cultivators or not."
Lu Qingyi took out a jade pendant and said, "This object is extremely pure. As long as you inject spiritual energy into it, even a trace of demonic energy will contaminate this jade pendant."
She handed the jade beads to the two of them and asked Xu Yunting and Luo Yin to inject spiritual energy into them, but the jade beads did not change color.
Lu Qingyi put away the jade pendant and said, "So, Elder Yi, do you believe that these two guests are not demonic cultivators?"
Yi Xu could only grit his teeth and say, "It turned out to be a misunderstanding. However, the sect still needs to investigate the demonic cultivators who sneaked in. For the time being, you two should stay in the guest room."
Lu Qingyi nodded and stepped forward to help the two of them untie the immortal chains. "Elder Yi is right."
The three of them left the meeting hall, and Lu Qingyi finally lifted the silence spell for them. "I'm sorry, I've caused trouble for you two."
Seeing her like this, Xu Yunting couldn't help but ask, "How could that be? It was clearly Fellow Daoist Lu who saved us."
Luo Yin was more perceptive than her, "Elder Yi was so aggressive just now, just looking for a scapegoat."
Lu Qingyi looked at Luo Yin with a hint of admiration on her face. "Yes, there are demonic cultivators infiltrating the sect. Elder Yi wants to establish himself in front of everyone, so he naturally wants to catch these demonic cultivators. But whether they are real or fake is not important to him."
Xu Yunting hadn't been away from the sect for long, and this seemed to be his first real realization of the wickedness of human nature. "How could it be...are the elders of a major sect also like this?"
While the three were talking, Chi Wanyin and Jia Lan also appeared. Seeing that Xu Yunting and Luo Yin were safe, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
Chi Wanyin bowed to Lu Qingyi beside her and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Lu, for saving them both."
Lu Qingyi smiled and shook her head. "Why thank me? This incident all stemmed from the internal strife within the Taichu Sect. Ultimately, it's the sect's fault. However, now that things have come to this, I can only do my best to make amends. The most urgent task is to find the murderous demon cultivator."
Chi Wanyin nodded after hearing this, "That makes sense."
Lu Qingyi then looked at Xu Yunting and Luo Yin and said, "However, it would be best if these two fellow Daoists did not leave at this time. After all, Elder Yi has already spoken. Although I am now in charge of the sect on behalf of our Master, you have all seen his dissatisfaction with me."
Xu Yunting was also hearing about demon cultivators for the first time. With her current state of mind, she had no chance of winning against a demon cultivator. She immediately said, "Then Fellow Daoist Luo and I will stay in the guest room and not go anywhere."
Luo Yin also nodded in agreement, but after a moment's hesitation, she said, "If I can't leave, then Galan won't leave either, not to mention we have to protect Fellow Daoist Xu."
Chi Wanyin said, "It's okay. Fellow Daoist Lu and I will go and investigate this matter. You guys take care of yourselves."
Lu Qingyi obviously agreed to this suggestion. After watching the three people leave, Lu Qingyi said, "Fellow Daoist Chi, let's go check out the place where the body was found first."
Chi Wanyin nodded, and the two of them walked to the house of an ordinary Taichu Sect disciple. There was nothing unusual in the room, and the previous bloodstains had probably been cleaned up. However, Chi Wanyin frowned and said, "There is indeed a faint demonic aura in this place."
Perhaps because she had been a demon cultivator in her previous life, her perception of demonic energy was a bit sharper than that of ordinary cultivators. After thinking for a moment, she asked Lu Qingyi, "When was the body of that disciple discovered?"
Lu Qingyi said, "The disciples of the Taichu Sect all have to attend morning prayers during the day. The other disciples saw that he was late leaving his room and missed the prayers, so they went in to look for him. Who knew that his body was already on the bed, obviously he had been dead for a long time."
Chi Wanyin pondered for a moment, "The demon cultivator who killed this disciple must have committed the crime at night. It's a pity that the body is not visible at this time, and we don't know what method he used. However, to be able to kill an outer sect disciple so quietly, his strength is probably not to be underestimated."
The outer disciples of the sect are at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, and only a Golden Core cultivator can take someone's life without anyone noticing.
Chi Wanyin identified the direction of the faint demonic aura, opened the window of the room, and jumped out. Lu Qingyi followed closely behind her.
With this little bit of demonic energy, Chi Wanyin and Lu Qingyi found themselves in a pine and cypress forest, but as they went further ahead, it seemed as if someone had set up a restriction.
"Where is this?" Chi Wanyin asked Lu Qingyi.
Lu Qingyi raised her hand and touched the restriction. "The back mountain is also a forbidden area of the sect. Only I and the elders of the sect can break this restriction."
Chi Wanyin couldn't help but frown. Could it be that Lu Qingyi's death in the previous life was not just due to sect infighting, but there was also a traitor in the Taichu Sect?
While he was thinking, the restriction was lifted. Chi Wanyin summoned the peach wood sword, and the two of them headed towards the dense forest deeper in the back mountain.
The dense forest in the back mountain was very complicated. Fortunately, Chi Wanyin was tracking the demonic energy, so the two of them did not get lost. However, Lu Qingyi could not help but send a message to her while they were running, "If we meet that murderous demon cultivator, we'll have to be careful." After all, demon cultivators are more unscrupulous than righteous cultivators, and most of those who are possessed by demons are people without any ties. In extreme cases, they may even self-destruct.
Chi Wanyin nodded naturally and replied to her, "I understand." No one knew the methods of the demon cultivators better than her.
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Zhu Yu was in a good mood at the moment. Last night he sneaked into the Taichu Sect and killed a cultivator, which just satisfied his desire for killing.
But apart from killing people, he had a more important task. Thinking of the instructions given to him by the voice before this trip, he took out a crystal from the storage bag with a serious expression.
The man instructed him to bury this item secretly in the Taichu Sect. He had already done everything as instructed. Now the only thing left was this last place. Thinking of this, Zhu Yu moved his fingertips.
The crystal fell straight into the deep pit he had dug using his spiritual power. After filling the pit, he breathed a sigh of relief. However, a moment later, he noticed that there seemed to be two monks approaching here.
Zhu Xi hid the obvious part, his eyes flashing with bloodthirsty light, and said excitedly: "Hehe, someone comes to my door again."
Faced with several poisonous insects attacking from behind the tree, Chi Wanyin and Lu Qingyi had to stop.
Chi Wanyin was the first to cut off the poisonous insects, but they still had some power after being cut off. Chi Wanyin hurriedly said to Lu Qingyi, "Stand back."
The two of them retreated a few feet, and Lu Qingyi frowned and shouted, "Whoever is playing tricks here, come out."
A purple-robed monk slowly walked out from behind the tree, his hair tied into a ponytail with coral beads. He exuded a demonic aura similar to the one the two had seen when they were tracking him before.
"It was you, the evil cultivator, who killed my sect's disciples?" Lu Qingyi spoke first.
Zhu Yu touched his chin and said, "Are you talking about the monk from last night? Let me think about it, his scream before dying was really beautiful, wow."
Lu Qingyi stopped talking nonsense with him and took out the white silk in her hand. The white silk looked weak and insignificant, but it was actually extremely hard. When it passed across Zhu Yu's cheek, it left a blood mark.
Blood trickled down his cheek. Zhu Xi smelled the bloody scent. He detected the two's realms and became even more excited. "Ha, you so-called righteous people also practice bullying the weak with your numbers?"
More poisonous insects crawled out of his body and attacked the two of them. Perhaps he himself had become a container for the poisonous insects.
"This evil cultivator is simply a madman. I will deal with these poisonous insects, and you go kill him." Chi Wanyin waved his sword to kill the poisonous insects while transmitting a message to Lu Qingyi.
Lu Qingyi nodded, and the white silk, as sharp as a knife, attacked Zhuxi again.
Zhu Yu did not dodge. His hands touched the white silk. Even though his hands were covered with wounds and bleeding, the blood did not drip as before, but turned into poisonous insects, trying to cut Lu Qingyi's white silk.
Lu Qingyi used Bai Ling to resist the attack of the poisonous insect, but the power of the poisonous insect transformed from Zhu Yu's blood was completely different from the one Chi Wanyin faced. Although Lu Qingyi tried her best to resist, she was still cut by a small wound.
As he smelled the blood of others, his expression became more and more excited, even to the point of being insane.
Seeing Zhu Yu's excited expression, Chi Wanyin realized something was wrong and turned the peach wood sword to stab him.
Zhu Xi dodged the sword. In a moment, he took out the crystal clear poisonous insect from his body and swallowed it.
Zhu Yu's pressure seemed to be gradually getting stronger, and his realm, which was originally the same as the two of them, rose to the Nascent Soul stage.
Chi Wanyin realized that it was the effect of the insect, but this kind of improvement must have a time limit and a huge cost. She and Lu Qingyi just needed to delay for enough time.
"That's right, this is fair." Zhu Xi said with a smile.
Gu worms, enough to cover the sky and the sun, surged out of his body. Chi Wanyin and Lu Qingyi were naturally unable to resist. Lu Qingyi frowned, took out a talisman and chanted, "Xun represents wind."
After Fu Li disappeared, a wind wall formed to cover the two of them, and the terrifying poisonous insects naturally could no longer get close to them.
Zhu Yu, however, said with doubt, "That old ghost Lu Qianji actually passed on this trick to you."
He continued to release poisonous insects to attack the wind wall. If Lu Qianji used this method, he would probably be helpless. However, the person in front of him was not at Lu Qianji's level, so it was only a matter of time before he broke the wall.
Sure enough, with the continuous impact of the poisonous insects, cracks began to appear on the wind wall. Lu Qingyi then took out two more talismans. If it weren't for the fact that her magic cultivation level had risen, she would not have wanted to use this trick easily. After all, it would consume a lot of her physical and spiritual energy.
"Gen represents mountain, Li represents fire," Lu Qingyi chanted again. The instant the talisman disappeared, a ball of fire burst through the wind wall and attacked the insect. The insect, which had been moving, seemed to be frozen in time. The blazing flames incinerated everything it touched. Lu Qingyi suppressed the fishy-sweet smell that spread from the corners of her mouth.
In the end, all the poisonous insects were burned to ashes. Zhu Yu naturally showed regret on his face, "What a pity." But no one knew whether he was talking about the two of them or the poisonous insects.
Looking at the corpse of the poisonous insect, Zhu Yu had transformed into a giant scorpion with a purple glow.
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