Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chen Qiankun coughed forcefully twice, without turning his head, "That's why people truly cannot afford to stay idle, I will go write that letter right now."

He briskly walked in a different direction.

As expected of a cultivator in the Embrace Pill Realm, despite his age, he was still able to walk as fast as the wind, vanishing from sight in just a few breaths.

Jiang Qiulan's expression remained calm as she slightly raised her eyebrows.

Although the old General was somewhat clumsy in his cultivation and not very powerful, it was precisely because of this that he was far more cautious than other Demon-suppression Great Generals. He would never allow a moment of carelessness to lead to any trouble in Qingzhou.

After all, asking for help from younger colleagues was, when mentioned, always a blow to one's prestige.

But if he felt that the situation was at the slightest out of control, such as when he sensed a demon at Qingfeng Mountain, even if the demon had done nothing, he would still immediately ask the Silver Bell Demon Catcher to send a message to Yushan Prefecture.

To be able to say such nonsensical things at this moment.

It seemed he was truly brimming with confidence.

Jiang Qiulan looked towards Shen Yi, and it was clear that the old General's confidence came from the young lady in front of him.

The young lady's lips curved slightly, "I'm very curious as to what the old General saw that made him set aside his usual worry and caution."

"I think he's being quite cautious."

Shen Yi watched Chen Qiankun walk away, inexplicably admiring the other's ability to feign ignorance convincingly.

"Actually, there's no need to have General Chen send a message."

Jiang Qiulan slowly approached, "I had originally planned to come to the Yangchun River to solve this matter and then look for you."

Shen Yi, puzzled, looked back at her, "Hmm?"

"About seven or eight days ago, notable demons within the Qingzhou area suddenly began to withdraw."

Jiang Qiulan's voice carried a hint of confusion, "Is this related to you in any way?"

Since their last parting, she had been thinking that Shen Yi needed Demon Cores, and it happened that her own realm had reached a bottleneck, making sitting idly pointless. She planned to ask other Demon-suppression Great Generals if there were any traces of demons in other prefectures.

However, the responses she received were surprisingly consistent.

The demons that ravaged the Twelve Prefectures had vanished without a trace in just a few days.

Only the Howling Moon Demon King could have accomplished this.

It was as if the old Demon King had deliberately given the Demon-suppression Bureau and the demon catchers a break, allowing them to take a breather.

"..."

Shen Yi looked down in thought for a moment and shook his head, "It has nothing to do with me."

The timing didn't match up.

At that time, he had just finished killing the Azure-faced Lions and the Rabbit Demon, unless General Jiang could also perfect the Xiaoyao Riding the Wind Technique and rush to inform the Demon King, there wouldn't be such a quick reaction.

"I have an uneasy feeling."

Jiang Qiulan seemed to have grown accustomed to revealing her true thoughts in front of Shen Yi, "With the young Demon King wounded, according to their usual practice, they would never give the Demon-suppression Bureau a chance to catch a break, but now, they are doing the exact opposite, even arranging for Old Jiaolong to assassinate General Chen..."

If Shen Yi hadn't been there, there was a high likelihood the attempt would have been successful.

Then the Demon-suppression Bureau would have been thoroughly enraged.

Here lay Jiang Qiulan's confusion; why would Howling Moon withdraw the demons and then provoke the Demon-suppression Bureau? Surely he didn't intend to lure out Jiang Yuanhua.

The Howling Moon Demon King had been in a standoff with the General for so many years, didn't he already understand that General Chen could endure anything as long as it didn't involve Qingzhou?

"..."

Shen Yi furrowed his brows tightly, they had just killed the fifth one when the demons began to retreat.

This was not good news.

Once they gathered, they would naturally discover that several of their Embrace Pill realm leaders were missing. Even if they didn't know it was his doing, they could deduce that Qingzhou had developed the ability to assassinate them silently.

Such a pity.

As long as there are enough Demon Cores and life essence, both the Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon and the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Devouring possess the potential to directly break through to the next realm.

According to Shen Yi's earlier calculations, the number of demon lords under the command of the Howling Moon Demon King should be more than sufficient. With his current strength, as long as he had enough information, assassination would pose almost no risk.

Now it was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable.

Jiang Qiulan captured Shen Yi's expression in her eyes and pursed her red lips slightly. Indeed, she was not the only one who felt that something was off.
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She said quietly, "I want to stay with you for a while."

The last time they had chatted casually, her realm had inexplicably made progress.

"..."

Shen Yi gathered his thoughts, and after a brief consideration, he understood this woman's intention, feeling a bit speechless, "I already said, the same effect would be achieved if you replaced me with a block of wood there."

This must be her hitting a bottleneck again, resorting to a desperate search for a solution, isn't it?

"After all, I have nothing else to do."

The curve of Jiang Qiulan's lips became more pronounced, "With General Shen here, even General Chen doesn't need my help. If I'm not mistaken, the three demon lords you said you eliminated earlier must be from Tingyang County, right?"

"You really are impressive," her voice lost some of its detachment and gained a crisp and pleasant tone.

"Not bad," he replied.

Shen Yi always felt he had had this conversation before.

She might as well follow if she wanted to.

Coincidentally, he also had nothing to do at the moment.

Since becoming a Silver Bell Demon Catcher, Shen Yi was experiencing, for the first time, the awkward situation of having no demons to kill.

He turned and walked toward the dwelling of the widow and the madman.

The two had long since tidied up one of the rooms spotlessly clean.

In the courtyard, Patriarch Chen was holding a pen, still pondering over how to write the letter so it would appear extremely indifferent yet make other generals from Twelve Prefectures envious.

Until the girl clad in profound armor stood behind him with her hands behind her back, calmly watching him write, "I actually have my part in it."

Chen Qiankun coughed twice and crumpled the letter paper intended for Yushan Prefecture with embarrassment.

Fang Heng stood up with respectful greetings, secretly laughing to himself, for in Qingzhou, there truly was no one who dared to defy the presence of this elder sister.

In the room with the door tightly shut.

Shen Yi was not resting but was taking out the Demon Core of Old Jiaolong from the Silver Bell.

The demons suddenly exhibited abnormal behavior.

Although unaware of the reason, it certainly couldn't be anything good.

His strength had already taken a qualitative leap, but if facing a real Demon King, he still seemed somewhat inadequate.

The Nine Transformations of the Immortal Demon already had a Jiaolong, so he planned to use this Demon Core for the Heaven-Devouring Elixir Devouring.

He opened the panel and filled the Outer Elixir with the Jiaolong Core.

The vast life essence of the demonic being started to ebb away.

A hundred years... six hundred years... thirteen hundred years...

Shen Yi did not know how dull and boring the world inside the panel was, but within his sight, the Dao Seed pulsating with vitality was now taking shape at a frightening speed!

An inner core, perfected in the Embrace Pill Realm with Old Jiaolong's inner essence, contained nearly seven thousand years of cultivation. It continuously replenished the deficits of the Fiendish External Elixir, nourishing the Dao Seed through this Outer Elixir.

The ferocious demonic power was entirely devoured by Shen Yi's Dao Seed.

Along the bloodlines spreading from the Dao Seed, a body and head began to take shape, becoming more and more solid, curling up inside the inner core like a sleeping infant.

[In the two thousand six hundred and seventieth year, you successfully condensed a Dao Fetus on your Dao Seed. Demonic power comes from heaven and earth, and the Dao Fetus formed from demonic power is a creature naturally born from the world. You quietly watch its blurred face, and a surge of uncontrollable excitement finally wells up in your heart.]

[Just then, you suddenly discover that it opens its eyes and gives you a mocking smile.]