Chapter 82
After a minor conflict that day, all the disciples of the Yan Yue Sect left. It would be awkward for everyone to be in the same room after such a small argument. Only a few people from the Qing Xu Sect and Tian Yu Mountain remained in the room. After noticing the unusual behavior of Zhou Xuanzhi and Shen Junning, Lin Jichen and a few Qing Xu Sect disciples discussed what had happened to these two and why they had suddenly changed their ways.
However, it wasn't appropriate to discuss this openly in front of the two, so they could only use the pretext of discussing the demonic energy tainted on them. The two sides quickly agreed that the medical practitioners from the Yan Yue Sect would take a look first, and if there was indeed a problem, they would immediately go to the sect leader for a solution.
Just then, screams were heard outside the door, followed by sounds of fighting.
Lin Jichen stood up and strode to the door, wanting to see what was happening outside. However, the door was pushed open by someone outside. A disciple of the Yanyue Sect, covered in blood, looked at the group and almost shouted, "There are demons! Run! Run!" before collapsing to the ground.
As he fell, Lin Jichen finally saw what was happening outside. It was a female demon with disheveled hair and exuding demonic energy, who was slaughtering the disciples of the Yan Yue Sect.
When the Qingxu Sect disciples arrived, they saw the female demon strangling a Yanyue Sect disciple by the neck, draining his life force until he was completely drained. Then she bit down on his neck and began sucking his blood…
"Is this a demon?" The Qingxu Sect disciples were somewhat dazed at the scene. They had never encountered demons like this in the capital; those demons still possessed reason. But what they saw now...
Lin Jichen shook his head, "She seems to be a cultivator." The woman was dressed in the clothes of the Yanyue Sect, and had a waist token at her waist. Every move she made was a Yanyue Sect martial arts technique.
The scene outside was horrific; blood was everywhere, and several disciples of the Yan Yue Sect lay lifeless on the ground. Lin Jichen and several disciples of the Qing Xu Sect drew their swords and rushed forward.
While the witch was sucking blood, a disciple seized the opportunity to stab her in the back with a sword, but an invisible force protected the witch, and the sword could not penetrate even a fraction.
The witch turned to look at the disciple and struck him in the chest with her palm. The disciple flew out and crashed into a stone statue before landing, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The witch became even more excited upon smelling the blood. She rushed towards the disciple, intending to suck his blood, but was quickly knocked away by a large group of Yan Yue Sect disciples who had arrived at the scene.
Zhou Xuanzhi and Shen Junning came out of the room at this time, but the female demon didn't even glance at them. Her target shifted to several Qingxu Sect disciples.
Watching the woman's movements, Lin Jichen was certain that every move she made was a technique from the immortal sects. Why would a demon know immortal techniques? Could she have fallen from immortality to demonhood?
Several people joined forces to cast a spell, trapping the demon in a small space. Several swords thrust at her from different directions, but all were blocked by an inexplicable force. The female demon was enraged, and she unleashed her full power, shattering all the swords. Several disciples wielding swords were also sent flying by the force.
The formation seemed unable to trap the female demon anymore, but one person noticed that a fragment of a short sword had just grazed the female demon's face, leaving a shallow cut.
This was an opportunity. Although they could hardly defeat this demon, spiritual energy could dispel its demonic aura. They released their own spiritual energy, hoping to dispel the demon's demonic energy. However, the demon before them was completely unaffected by spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy injected into her body had no effect whatsoever.
The female demon tilted her head, looked at the handsome man before her, grinned, and released even more demonic energy. The dense demonic energy made everyone present feel suffocated.
Without a second thought, Lin Jichen replaced his sword with a zither. With a flick of his fingers across the strings, several strings flew toward the female demon. Just as she was about to turn around, the "strings" bound her.
However, this "string" proved incredibly fragile in the face of the female demon; with a struggle, the string snapped.
Lin Jichen had no choice but to play the zither again. The "strings" began to attack the female demon, but something seemed to be protecting her, and each attack was deflected. However, there was still music playing, a sound that would make any demon dizzy and unable to move.
But the demon remained completely unaffected. She looked at Lin Jichen, the ferocity in her eyes sending chills down his spine. Such a gaze was usually reserved for demonic beasts preparing to hunt. To see it on a "human" was terrifying.
The Qingxu Sect disciples were relieved. While Lin Jichen was drawing the demon's attention, they took their positions according to the formation and threw the talismans held between their index and middle fingers at the demon. The talismans began to burn the moment they came into contact with the demon's surrounding demonic energy.
Lin Jichen also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, the outermost layer of demonic energy stopped burning after it was exhausted, and the demon was not harmed in the slightest by the talisman.
The members of the Qingxu Sect were now starting to doubt themselves. "What's going on?"
Why were our attacks completely ineffective?
Before anyone could think of anything, the female demon shifted her target to Lin Jichen. She barely dodged several attacks, and the music in her zither grew increasingly urgent, as did her attacks. The protective shield formed by the zither music was shattered by a single palm strike. Lin Jichen turned her head slightly, and the force of the palm strike left marks on her face.
Blood dripped onto the zither, and the zither played a great melody, attacking the female demon, but it had no effect whatsoever.
Because the woman was wearing the clothes of the Shiyan Yue Sect, the Qingxu Sect disciple asked the injured and fallen Shiyan Yue Sect disciple, "What magical treasures does your sect have that can achieve such an effect?"
A treasure that can't be harmed? The disciple thought for a long time before shaking his head. "I've never heard of such a thing." What kind of treasure in the sect could protect demons? It would be good enough if they didn't kill demons, how could they protect demons brimming with demonic energy?
Someone should have gone to report this. Besides, with such a commotion and such dense demonic energy, the sect leader should have noticed. They're on their way now. Just hold on a little longer. Lin Jichen kept telling himself this.
The smell of blood excited the female demon even more, and every attack she launched was deadly. Seeing the woman gradually losing her strength, the female demon increased the speed of her attacks.
Disciples of the Qingxu Sect stepped forward to help, throwing talismans at the female demon as if they were free. The talismans exploded upon encountering the demonic energy, but they still couldn't harm the female demon.
Zhou Xuanzhi and Shen Junning stood there motionless, as if frozen in place, their eyes fixed on the female demon. This was truly bizarre; neither of them went to help their junior brothers and sisters.
As if he had just thought of something, the disciple of Yan Yue Sect was about to do something when the powerful sect leaders entered.
Seeing their sect leader stand in front of the others, facing the female demon head-on, he didn't use any killing moves. Instead, he pointed two fingers at the female demon's head, and her eyes briefly regained their clarity before she collapsed to the ground. But the sect leader reached out and caught her, holding her in his arms.
All his previous guesses seemed to have been confirmed, but he really couldn't understand why the sect leader would do such a thing. That was a demon who had slaughtered so many of his fellow disciples!
Lin Jichen and the disciples of Qingxu Sect were also shocked by the scene before them. What was going on? This sect leader and this demon did not seem as simple as they thought.
"Wu Chenghao, is there anything else you want to say?" Wan Qihuai, the grandmaster uncle of Qingxu Sect, looked like an immortal with white beard and hair, but the majesty he exuded when he spoke made the whole room quiet down.
The elders of the Yan Yue Sect looked at Wu Chenghao with eyes full of disappointment and frustration. They wanted to say something, but in the end, all they could do was sigh. When they looked up and saw their disciple's corpse, they turned back to scold him, their fingers trembling with anger as they pointed at him. But when they saw him holding the female demon, looking utterly dejected, they couldn't utter a word.
Looking at the scene before her, and recalling Shen Junning and Zhou Xuanzhi's earlier guesses, Lin Jichen vaguely had an answer in her heart. She looked at Zhou Xuanzhi, wanting some confirmation from him, but saw that the person opposite her had a very strange expression. His expression was blank, and his eyes seemed bright when he looked at the demonic energy on the female demon. No, it should be said that he was greedy.
Lin Jichen approached Sect Leader Han Wenqing and pointed to the two people over there, saying, "Sect Leader Uncle, look at those two, something seems off!"
Everyone looked at Zhou Xuanzhi and Shen Junning, but the two seemed oblivious to the gazes around them. They continued to stare at the dark, demonic aura, their eyes filled with longing that even a three-year-old could sense.
The elders of the Yan Yue Sect were both shocked and remorseful when they saw the two people. He looked at Wu Chenghao, who was sitting on the ground with his head down, and said angrily, "Look at what you've done!"
Wu Chenghao then looked around. He saw his own disciple lying on the ground, and the two people opposite him with unnatural expressions. He lowered his head with regret, his arms around the female demon tightening.
Han Wenqing and Chu Shangyuan, the head of the Qingxu Sect, came to their respective disciples. Both of them cast spells on their disciples, causing them to fall unconscious. Then, they quickly struck several acupoints, and black demonic energy emanated from their bodies.
This is demonic energy, but when did they get infected by it? Lin Jichen looked at the source of the demonic energy of the Yan Yue Sect, at the woman being held by Sect Leader Wu.
Wan Qihuai was furious when he saw the two people tainted with demonic energy. He asked again, "Wu Chenghao, aren't you going to turn back? Look at this place! Look at how many of your disciples you've killed! Do you want the Yan Yue Sect to be wiped out? Do you have any respect for the ancestors worshipped in your ancestral temple?"
Wu Chenghao looked at the woman in his arms and smiled bitterly, "I can't turn back now. I can't let my wife die. She was originally a renowned fairy. She became like this for the sake of the human world. Should I erase all her past achievements and kill her? I can't do that."
"She is my wife, and I want to protect her," he said, embracing the woman tenderly.
The elder of the Yan Yue Sect was utterly unable to accept seeing his junior disciple in this state. "Open your eyes and see! The Yan Yue Sect is about to be ruined in your hands. Look at your disciples! What have they done wrong?"
“My wife did nothing wrong,” Wu Chenghao retorted. “Back then, my wife was also fighting against the demons. She was unfortunately infected by demonic energy while trying to save people. But what did those people do to my wife? When they saw the demons, they pushed my wife out and pushed her in front of the demons!”
Wu Chenghao grew increasingly angry as he spoke, "She was already tainted by demonic energy, and she didn't have time to expel it along the way. Then she was pushed in front of the demons... Who cared about her feelings? Who cared at all?"
"What a sharp-tongued Master Wu!" Wen Liangjiang, the leader of Medicine God Valley, sneered. "Is this your reason for betraying the people of the world?"
“The demonic energy in her body is getting deeper and deeper, and there is no way to remove it,” Wu Chenghao said in despair. “I tried all sorts of methods, but I couldn’t save her. Later, her sanity was eroded by the demonic energy, so I could only hide her away and not let her out, and not let you know.”
"It was at this time that Chonghua came to me. He said he had a way to restore my wife's sanity. Although she would eventually fall into demonic possession, it would be better than what she is now, wouldn't it?"
Lin Jichen felt that this Sect Leader Wu might have gone mad long ago, making a deal with the demons to restore his wife's sanity. He revealed the way to open Guancheng and even sold the Breath Soil and Shennong Cauldron to the demons, but his wife still hadn't regained her senses.
However, these were not things that a junior like her should concern herself with. She came to the sect leader's side, looked at Zhou Xuanzhi who had his eyes closed and was covered in sweat, and then looked back at Sect Leader Wu and his wife. In class, her master often said that she should let go when it was time to let go. If the roles were reversed and she was in the position of her own wife, what should she do?
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