Li Ruowei was also from the Yan Kingdom, so Yang Sheng inquired about the Nether Spring Blood Demon from her.
According to Li Ruowei, the Youquan Blood Demon is a powerful demon that has existed in the Yan Kingdom for hundreds of years and lives in the Blood Tomb in the Youdu Mountains.
It is said that the Blood Tomb contains the corpse of an ancient powerhouse, and the true form of the Nether Spring Blood Demon is the spirit born from the blood flowing from that ancient powerhouse.
The Blood Demon of the Nether Spring is arrogant and domineering. Its strength can be said to be the top among the demon races in the Yan Kingdom. Many swordsmen and even experts from the immortal cultivation sects have tried to subdue the Blood Demon of the Nether Spring, but they all perished in the Blood Tomb.
However, the Blood Demon of the Nether Spring rarely leaves the Nether Capital Mountains. To be precise, he rarely even leaves the Blood Tomb, and he has no interest in recruiting subordinates. Therefore, although he is powerful, his level of threat is actually not very high.
Therefore, the Yan Kingdom designated the Blood Tomb in the Youdu Mountains as a forbidden area, prohibiting entry and exit. In recent years, the number of people who have died at the hands of the Youquan Blood Demon has not actually been that many.
However, recently, something unexpected happened. The Blood Demon of the Netherworld left the Blood Tomb and went on a killing spree in the Netherworld Mountains, slaughtering several cities and causing more than 100,000 people to perish at the hands of this monster, which shook the entire land.
Li Ruowei's hometown was the Yan Kingdom. Upon hearing the news, the girl rushed back without caring whether she was a match for the Youquan Blood Demon.
Of course, she might simply be worried about her parents.
Li Ruowei was a local, so she knew the roads in Yan very well. She led Yang Sheng and Cui Laodao through several small paths and finally came out of the mountains and arrived at Jingzhou Prefecture in Yan.
Compared to Liang, Yan is several times larger and does not have a sorcerer like Jin Ding Zhenren who brings disaster to the country. Although the recent emperors of Yan are not particularly talented or ambitious, they at least do not cause too much trouble. Therefore, Yan appears to be much more prosperous than Liang.
However, upon entering Jingzhou Prefecture, Yang Sheng discovered that the Buddhist atmosphere within the prefecture was very strong. There were several temples in the prefecture, and the monks who came and went were arrogant, accepting the incense money and worship offered by the people.
Yang Sheng also suspected that there might be some kind of heretical monk who had created a sect like the Yixian Sect, but upon closer inspection, it turned out not to be. They were all normal Buddhist temples, but the incense was very strong, even to the point of being fanatical.
The residents in the state capital did not appear to be forced; they offered incense and sacrifices willingly.
Yang Sheng asked with some curiosity, "Does your Yan Kingdom revere Buddhism and regard it as the highest authority?"
Li Ruowei also looked confused: "I don't know either. I've been away from Yan for three years."
However, the Yan state three years ago certainly wasn't like this.
The Yan state did not have a state religion; the status of Taoism, Buddhism, and other major religions was roughly equal.
Could it be that His Majesty has begun to venerate Buddhism in recent years?
Yang Sheng said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the Demon Extermination Alliance branch in the prefecture to gather some information before making a decision."
The biggest advantage of being a top-notch ghostwriter is that you have a high status and a lot of authority.
Now, whether Yang Sheng goes to a branch office or a sub-branch, he can basically browse through all kinds of materials at will and ask for their cooperation, etc.
Jingzhou Prefecture is a relatively large prefecture, so the Demon Extermination Alliance naturally has a branch here.
Moreover, this branch is quite large, with many ghostwriters coming and going, though most of them seem to be quite idle.
As soon as Yang Sheng showed off his title as the top ghostwriter, the branch managers immediately became enthusiastic and respectful.
"So it's Lord Yang, the 'Godslayer Spear'! I've long admired your name. I never imagined you were so young and valiant."
The head of the Jingzhou Prefecture branch was a chubby, middle-aged man with a comical face. Even when he offered compliments, it didn't come across as offensive.
Yang Sheng said in a deep voice, "To make a long story short, I came because the inspector from headquarters said that the Youquan Blood Demon was rampaging in Yan Kingdom. What is the situation now? Also, why is the Buddhist atmosphere in Yan Kingdom so strong? Or is it only Jingzhou Prefecture that is like this?"
The head of the Jingzhou Prefecture branch sighed and said, "Sir, you are too late. The patrol envoy's information may not have been updated in time. The Youquan Blood Demon was suppressed three months ago."
"What? The Blood Demon of the Nether Spring has already been suppressed?"
Yang Sheng frowned slightly.
In that case, wouldn't I have made a wasted trip?
The head of the Jingzhou branch continued, "At that time, the Youquan Blood Demon ravaged the Yan Kingdom and even slaughtered the prefecture. The court's powerful figures, experts from various immortal sects, and our Demon Extermination Alliance all mobilized, but they were unable to do anything about the Youquan Blood Demon."
Our Demon Extermination Alliance has five branch leaders in the Yan Kingdom, three of whom died at the hands of that Nether Spring Blood Demon. This monster's strength is truly astonishing.
Later, it was Abbot Cihang of Pudu Temple who intervened and suppressed the Netherworld Blood Demon. This news quickly spread throughout the entire Yan Kingdom.
Now, everyone in the Yan Kingdom, from the poorest people to the wealthiest merchants and officials, knows that only Master Cihang of Pudu Temple can save the Yan Kingdom.
Moreover, the Blood Demon of the Nether Spring was only suppressed, not killed, and it is still possible that it will wreak havoc on the Yan Kingdom again in the future.
Therefore, these people went to worship Buddha and revered the Buddhist lineage.
Now, a novice monk from Pudu Temple can become the abbot of a temple in another prefecture, and countless wealthy local merchants are eager to build temples for them.
The ghostwriters in our Demon Extermination Alliance are having a tough time these days. Whenever there are demons or evil spirits, everyone will definitely spend a lot of money to find monks from Pudu Temples in various places to solve the problem, rather than coming to our Demon Extermination Alliance.
"It's all the same exorcism, but those monks collect more than ten times the incense money for our exorcism alliance's missions, yet people still flock to them. It's utterly outrageous!"
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