Chapter 219: All the Demon Slayers Are Dispatched

The next day.

The Demon Slayer Division.

It was still a little dark.

Zhang Cheng came to the Ministry of Finance early and stood at the door waiting.

The first person he saw was Li Mu, who came forward to say hello cordially, as if there was no conspiracy behind his back.

"Senior Zhang, morning."

Zhang Cheng handed over an invitation and said, "Old Zhang, I'm going to resign today. I'll reserve the venue at Chunfeng Pavilion tonight. Don't forget it."

"Senior Zhang is leaving Monobu?"

When Li Mu heard this, he said with a look of reluctance: "Originally, I still had many doubts about cultivation and wanted to ask Senior Zhang for advice, but now it seems that I don't have enough opportunities for this junior."

"We will meet if we are destined."

Zhang Cheng didn't say much. If he hadn't won the fate of immortality, he would have kicked Li Mu out of the Demon Slayer Division when he found the opportunity...

The level is different now. Even if you haven't become an immortal yet, you still have to learn to look down from a high place...

This feels very good!

After that, every time a colleague came, Zhang Cheng would solemnly send an invitation and explain that there was no need to pay the bill.

Zhang Cheng has been in the Ministry of Property for decades. Every time he goes to Chunfeng Tower, he is always treated by others.

Kuaishou Liu reluctantly said: "Brother Zhang must leave?"

"What? Can't bear to leave Lao Zhang?"

Zhang Cheng was quite proud. It seemed that he was still very popular.

"Brother Zhang, please draw some more pictures!"

"roll!"

Zhang Cheng said this, took out a few scrolls of paintings from his arms, and said: "Lao Liu, you have been in the fourth level of martial arts for thirty years. I really want to condense the exterior scenes and learn more from Lao Zhou."

"How can we compare with Zhou Zhenren? Standing together, our temperament makes us look like a bitch."

Kuaishou Liu tied the scroll, took out a booklet from his sleeve, and said: "The latest monster search record on the market includes dozens of more fox monsters and snake monsters. Wow, it makes people sleepless at night!"

After "The Punisher's Tale" became popular, many similar books became available on the market, and they also included many simple and useful ways to ward off evil spirits.

After Souyaolu became popular, the content became more and more... unsightly!

"Lao Zhang needs this exactly!"

Zhang Cheng put away the demon search record. He was planning to travel south. It would never go wrong to get to know more fox demons.

To the north of Daqian is the Demon Kingdom, where righteous monks will die. To the east is the vast sea, which is a hundred times more dangerous than the land. To the west is the Jinpeng Demon Kingdom, which is cruel and extremely repulsive to the human race.

Only Qingqiu in the south has the most human monsters and is not exclusive to human monks.

In this way, methods such as using traps, assassinations, and sneak attacks will be much easier to use.

Invitations were sent out one by one, and the news of Zhang Cheng's resignation finally reached Master Chen's ears.

"Lao Zhang is leaving?"

Chief Chen looked confused. As a direct leader, how could he be the last to know.

So he hurried to the Wu Zang Department and saw Zhang Cheng, surrounded by eight courtesans, saying goodbye to many colleagues.

"Lao Zhang, it's not going to take a few more years, why do you want to leave so suddenly?"

Chief Chen said: "Prince Chu has just issued an order to mobilize all the Demon Slayer Division to carry out official duties. You are Mononobu Tinghai... a seven-foot man!"

When the others heard this, they quickly asked what official business it was.

"It has nothing to do with you. At least he is an expert in refining the gods. His merits have increased five times compared to usual."

"That would be great!"

When everyone heard that it had nothing to do with the Qi Refining Realm, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

There is nothing good about the Demon Slaying Department's official duties. The closest one is the Southern Xinjiang battlefield, and countless people died during the Qi refining period.

Merits and other merits have to be alive to be useful.

"If you don't want to go, I won't go. Lao Zhang, I will resign now."

Zhang Cheng finished writing the invitation letter and handed it to Master Chen along with the Chunfeng Tower invitation.

The minor officials in the Ministry of Materials have no rank or grade, so they can just ask Master Chen to approve the dictionaries.

"Oh well."

Chief Chen took out his seal and agreed to the request for a dictionary on the spot.

Zhang Cheng took out his waist badge, returned it to Master Chen, and sighed: "Decades have passed by in a flash. Lao Zhang took the first step. The mountains are high and the rivers are long. Please take care of me!"

"Take care of yourself!"

"See you later!"

Everyone in the Ministry of Monuments knew and heard about Zhang Cheng's situation to some extent. He had stopped at the threshold of Yangshen and could not make any progress for a hundred years.

According to the lifespan of the God of Refining, there are still at most thirty to fifty years.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a sadness of separation between life and death.

There are more than one masters of Mononobe Refining God, but Zhang Cheng is the most down-to-earth. He can share any good things with everyone, and he can solve any difficulties his colleagues have with just one sentence.

"You all look sad, what do you mean?"

Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Old Zhang, I'm going to find my destiny in immortality. When we meet again in the future, you all have to call me Immortal Leader!"

"Yes, yes! Immortal!"

"From now on, I will offer a statue of the Immortal to my family."

"Chang Immortal, do you want to go to Chunfeng Tower?"

The atmosphere instantly became lively.

After getting off duty in the evening, a group of people went straight to Chunfeng Tower.

Chunfeng Tower, which is open on New Year's Eve, closed its doors today for the rare occasion and only received guests from the property department.

The customer who has been the owner of the hotel for generations is about to leave for a long distance. Due to emotional reasons, Chunfeng Tower has to give him a gift. Most of the girls in the building have never forgotten Zhang Zichang.

"Now I will teach you the immortal way, which will be painful at first but will be happy later...Feast on the eight seas, sneak for nine days, and climb to the immortal palace..."

"...we keep our lives together, refine the golden elixir, and Xiaju ascends!"

"...My fate is up to me, heaven and earth are uncertain!"

On the stage, I sang selected excerpts from the legend of the gods, one verse at a time, and Zhang Cheng was beaming with joy.

The new owner, Mr. Liu Sanye, was wearing a short silk coat, bowed over with a wine glass in hand, and said, "Mr. Zhang, the mistress and the master told me that you are going to a farewell banquet. Let me propose a toast to you on his behalf."

"No wonder Lao Ma has such a long face that he can't pull him off."

Zhang Cheng drank it all in one gulp and said, "I won't go see him specifically to save you from starting another fight. Tell me, don't die too early without seeing the glory of Lao Zhang!"

"As commanded."

Master Liu bowed and stepped back. He was not qualified to comment on the grievances of the master of refining the gods.

A night of feasting.

After finishing the hundreds of jars of wine prepared by Chunfeng Tower, they went to pull a few more carts.

When daybreak came, everyone circulated their zhenqi to dissolve the alcohol. When they looked up at the main seat, Zhang Cheng and Zhou Yi had disappeared.

…

Tiancheng Villa.

Bamboo forest courtyard.

Zhang Cheng and Zhou Yi sat opposite each other, waving their hands to set up a soundproof ban.

"Old Zhou, to tell you the truth, Lao Zhang and I do have a destiny, and I need to go to the outside world to slay demons. Life or death during this trip is unpredictable. If I don't return for fifty years, I still want to take care of the Zhang family."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly and said, "Brother Zhang, don't worry, come to the bamboo forest to practice when you have time."

"This way, there will be no worries. If you can really become an immortal..."

The rules of merit and virtue appeared in front of Zhang Cheng's eyes, and he said: "I will introduce you, Lao Zhou, to that immortal, and also seek a fairy fate."

"Brother Zhang, I can't tell which one of us will become an immortal first."

Zhou Yi waved his hand, and a large dark cloud appeared above his head. The Yin Shen emerged half of his body from his head and immediately hid back in Zi Mansion.

"This, this, this..."

Zhang Cheng pointed at Zhou Yi Yin Shen with disbelief on his face, which was even more exaggerated than his immortality.

"I've come to realize in recent days that the Yang Fire has passed. As long as you gradually adapt to the True Sun Fire, you can advance to day travel."

Zhou Yi also didn't expect that by visualizing the Soul-Destroying Bell every day, he could train the Yin Shen so quickly.

The dozen or so types of Yang Fire that were originally collected, combined with the magical power of sitting on fire, can be easily overcome.

Zhang Cheng's eyes were deep and he asked: "Old Zhou, do you remember when you started copying scriptures?"

"In the fiftieth year of Jingtai, on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the first volume was copied from "The Sayings of Master Fubo of the East China Sea"."

Zhou Yi still remembered that when he was copying, he happened to meet Bai Yutang escaping from the prison, leaving an ink mark on his first volume of Taoism.

Bai Yutang is now a young talent from the Six Gates of Luojing. Unfortunately, he is afraid of his wife. He occasionally sneaks out to drink with Zhou Yi and others, and has to change clothes and take a shower when he returns.

Originally, Zhou Yi wanted to introduce Bai Yutang to the path of Taoism. With his determination and integrity, he would definitely kill countless demons after he succeeded in practice.

Years ago, when he saw that Li Hongling had a big belly, and it was deduced that she was a dragon and a phoenix, Zhou Yi immediately stopped thinking.

Some roads are difficult to walk. It sounds great and noble, but in fact it is full of bones.

"It is now March of the fifty-sixth year. In just six years and two months, we have caught up with Lao Zhang's 300 years of cultivation..."

Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "Old Zhou, it's better not to tell anyone about this, so as not to cause some trouble. Being gifted is not just a gift, it's not in line with common sense!"

Zhou Yi nodded and said: "The gathering of Yinshen caused a lot of turmoil back then. Traveling in the sun is not like concentrating, so it is easy to cover up. Now only Brother Zhang knows about it."

Condensing Yin Shen can even be said to be talent, chance, and understanding. There is indeed a precedent for concentrating one's mind in an epiphany.

The promotion from day tour to night tour is different. You must first increase your soul power to a sufficient amount, and then exercise the Yin Shen's toughness and constantly try to enter the fire.

There are no big bottlenecks during this period, but it requires enough time to accumulate.

"I originally planned to leave some treasures for you to defend yourself, but it seems that I won't need them now."

Zhang Cheng said: "Alchemy master, second-grade Yin Shen, as long as you don't provoke old monsters, there will be no danger at all. If you provoke old monsters, these things will not work. It's better for Lao Zhang to use them himself."

Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Haha, Brother Zhang needs to work harder. Maybe he will be able to gather the Yangshen in a few years."

To advance to the Yang God in the Sun Travel Realm, you need to refine a large amount of pure Yang spiritual energy, reconcile the Yin God with pure Yin attributes, and achieve a state of balance between Yin and Yang.

Ordinary Lian Shen Zhenren does not have pure Yang spiritual objects at all, so he can only rely on refining the purple energy of the morning sun every morning, and over time, he will be promoted to Yang God.

Experts in refining gods from large sects may have a few pure yang spiritual objects, which are regarded as the sect's secrets, and they can only take some when the yin god turns to yang and breaks through.

The pure yang spiritual thing in Zhou Yi's hand can't be used up even if he eats it, drinks it, feeds it to his pets every day.

Zhang Cheng held it in for a long time and was speechless. Thinking of his fate as an immortal, he raised his neck and said proudly.

"What's so great about Yang Shen? Lao Zhang, I want to become an immortal!"

…

After Zhang Cheng left, the Ministry of Finance did not change much.

Chen Ying frowned for a few days, but finally regained the vigor of a young man under the warmth of the ladies and sisters.

Within a few days.

The Demon Slayer Division issued an official order.

All the experts in refining the gods have a share, and it is said that there are also experts from the Immortal Salary Department and the Internal Affairs Department.

The three immortals jointly enforced the law and captured the White Lotus Demon who was causing trouble in Daqian.

"Old Devil Chiyan, elder of Sanyang Temple, third-level cultivation, conspired to preach in Jinning County, Feiyun Prefecture. He is good at fire magic and proficient in fire escape. His weakness is that he was eager for success in his early years and broke his heart by refining red lotus poisonous fire. Pulse, Yin Shen..."

"The red lotus poisonous fire, the secret magical power of Sanyang Temple, specializes in polluting magical weapons and souls. It can be relieved by taking Tianyi Lingshui Pill..."

"You can set up the Taiyi True Water Formation to restrain the fire spells, and the illusion spells to attack the Yin God..."

Zhou Yi looked at the information in the file in front of him and didn't know how to describe it. He knew exactly where the old demon Chiyan was about to appear, the stronghold of Sanyang Temple, how many disciples there were and what their cultivation levels were.

The weaknesses of the martial arts and magical powers are considered top secrets of the sect, and they are actually recorded.

If I have to describe it, it is the game wave SS strategy guide.

There are three other people who have the same mission as Zhou Yi, including Chen An, the legalist great sage from the Ministry of Things, Linghua Zhenren from the Immortal Bureau, and Yan Xiong, the captain of the Demon Slayer School.

Four immortals, Zhou Yi is good at alchemy, Shen An is good at immobilization, Ling Hua is proficient in formation, and Yan Xiong is a martial arts master.

When everyone met, they all discovered the mystery.

Shen An said: "I suddenly feel a little sympathetic to the old demon Chi Yan. I don't know which fellow disciple betrayed him!"

"Hehe, that's hard to say. The masters of the three immortal divisions are all out..."

Yan Xiong said half of the words, and everyone behind him understood.

The official duties received by others are not much different from those of Zhou Yi and others. In this way, betraying fellow disciples or sources of information is interesting.

"Those are not things we need to consider. According to the requirements of the file, the old demon must be captured alive. If he is killed, the merit will be halved."

Ling Hua said: "We still need some materials to arrange the formation. How about gathering at the Demon Slaying Division in three days and going to Feiyunzhou together?"

"Good!"

Three days passed in a flash.

The Demon Slaying Division raised four escape lights and flew straight to Feiyunzhou.

Jinning County is located in the northern part of Feiyunzhou.

Having just experienced the rebellion of the rebels, they have not yet recovered. Along the way, they saw many ruins of deserted villages.

A hundred miles away from Jinning City, Zhou Yi and his four companions fell into the light of escape, and their bodies changed into four demon-slaying lieutenants.

Yan Xiong, the leader, galloped towards the city on horseback. When they were close to Jinning City for more than ten miles, there were some pedestrians and merchants on the road.

The soldiers guarding the city saw the demon-slaying lieutenant dressed up, and they didn't even dare to check the waist badge. They quickly opened the carriages of the people at the door and let Yan Xiong and his four companions in.

All the way to the Demon-Slaying Division Branch, Yan Xiong reported his identity and was assigned to the command of General Liu Mao as a newly recruited demon-slaying lieutenant.

This was done because there were spies from Sanyang Temple in the Jinning Demon-Slaying Division Branch, and even if it was just a demon-slaying lieutenant, they had to be on guard. If Yan Xiong and others were reported to the old demon Chiyan, it would arouse some suspicion and many changes would happen.

The base of Sanyang Temple is the Xiao family, one of the three major families in the city.

The reason why the Xiao family was able to rise quickly was because of the support of the Sanyang Temple. After dozens or hundreds of years, the entire Xu family was full of Sanyang Temple disciples.

The purpose of the Red Flame Demon's trip was to turn the Xu family into a branch temple and officially put it under the jurisdiction of the sect.

That day.

Zhou Yi and the other four came to the vicinity of the Xiao family, surveyed the terrain, and arranged the formation.

According to the intelligence, the Red Flame Demon will come to Jinning City in at least three days and at most ten days.

Linghua drove the True Water Array and the Illusion Array flags into the ground, and activated the formation plate to cover the entire Xiao family mansion.

Shen An left a text in a secret place, which could be activated at any time to prevent the old demon from escaping.

Yan Xiong communicated with the two to coordinate strategies. In the upcoming battle to capture the demon, he was the main force in the battle with the Red Flame Demon.

Even if it was four against one, Yan Xiong and others were still on high alert.

Zhou Yi had nothing to do after distributing the elixir. He had never been so nervous to deal with a master of spiritual cultivation. He used to crush him to death.

Yan Xiong saw Zhou Yi wandering around, and he was very conspicuous outside the Xiao Mansion, which might arouse the vigilance of the demons.

"Master Zhou, you are not good at fighting, why don't you go to the city for a walk."

"The Xiao family has many businesses and shops in the city. You can go and have a look in advance to avoid missing anything."