Junior Sister is skilled in subduing demons.

Chapter 6: Outsiders Arrive?

The early morning at Sanqing Mountain is refreshing and tranquil.

A thin mist floats gently among the mountains, like a mysterious veil, giving the mountains an endless sense of mystery.

Sanqing Blessed Land is like a sleeping giant, quietly lying in the light morning mist.

As the sun rises, everything gradually awakens, and a ray of sunlight shines into the room through the attic window.

Anzhi is still fast asleep, probably because he was too tired last night and forgot to get up early today.

Even the sounds of people exercising in the attic didn't wake it.

Thump~~~Thump~~~~Thump~~~~~
As the sound of needles "thump-thump-thump" grew closer, Anzhi opened her eyes. She clearly remembered that it was the sound of a cane.

Oh no, Uncle Fan is here.

Anzhi quickly got up and stuffed the bedding roll under the bed.

Fan Jin, leaning on his cane, came to Anzhi's room. He picked up his cane and knocked on the door: "Anzhi, why aren't you up yet?"

"Get up, get up, get up." Anzhi hurriedly opened the door, and looked at Fan Jin, who looked haggard, she was a little embarrassed: "I, I, I..." For a moment she forgot how to explain.

"Uncle-Master is going to the Sanqing Hall later. Remember to take some of the ancient books on my table." After saying this, Fan Jin turned around and looked at the distant sun, continuing, "Only by getting up at the crack of dawn can one achieve something."

Upon hearing this, Anzhi realized that Fan Jin was dissatisfied with him and was using words to reprimand him. So he said, "Thank you for reminding me, Uncle. I won't do it again, I won't do it again." After saying that, he didn't forget to step forward and help Fan Jin up.

Seeing that Anzhi's attitude in admitting his mistake was quite good, Fan Jin felt embarrassed to criticize and educate him further: "Uncle-Master is going to the Sanqing Hall later, so you stay in the courtyard and don't run around."

Anzhi gleaned something from the words "Don't run around," so he asked, "Uncle-Master, what happened?"

Fan Jin paused for a moment, then tapped the stone lion with his cane and said, "The eight spirit demons used to test new disciples in the back mountain disappeared overnight. I don't know if they were killed or escaped, so don't wander off."

Upon hearing this, An Zhi looked around in surprise. Wasn't this the person she had killed last night? But she still pretended to ask, "Ah? Then, wouldn't it be dangerous if he escaped?"

Anzhi said this, but he was actually very excited inside.

Fan Jin frowned and said, "Notify my uncle to go over there."

After saying this, Fan Jin leaned on his cane and walked out of the blessed land. Before reaching the courtyard, he didn't forget to continue to remind him: "Don't forget to put away my few ancient books."

"Alright, Uncle-Master!" Anzhi replied excitedly and turned to go inside, calling out, "Snake Baby, Snake Baby..."

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Sanqing Temple.

The building is magnificent, with the inner pillars supported by multiple giant red pillars, each carved with a lifelike golden dragon that coils around it, making it exceptionally spectacular.

Some disciples and elders of the Sanqing Palace have gathered here and are discussing the events of this morning.

Upon seeing Elder Fan Jin arrive, Ke Dasheng, the senior disciple of Sanqing Palace, came forward to report: "Uncle-Master, this morning I led fifteen people to the back mountain for assessment, but all the demons and spirits have disappeared. Luo Ling is leading people to search the entire back mountain."

Ke Dasheng, a demon hunter with seven coins, is the eldest disciple of the Three Pure Ones and wields the Jade Void Sword, one of the Three Pure Ones and Three Heroes.

As they spoke, Luo Ling led a group of female disciples back to the main hall. Seeing that the elders had already gathered, she exchanged a glance with Ke Dasheng and reported, "Uncles, we did not find any demon spirits in the back mountain."

"They must have escaped by some other means."

"It's also possible that someone wiped them out last night."

Faced with the various opinions, Elder Taiqing was quite angry. It was fine if the demon was destroyed, as it could be a story, but if it escaped from Sanqing Mountain, it would truly be an accident.

In particular, if demons escape from Sanqing Mountain and cause trouble outside, the reputation of Sanqing Palace will be greatly damaged.

Elder Taiqing was furious. He questioned Luo Ling without any politeness: "Luo Ling, yesterday, it was your female disciples who left last during the assessment, and this morning you were the one who led people in first. Did you not seal the stone gate?"

The stone gate is the only legitimate entrance to the back mountain. The loss of the demon spirit will definitely be blamed on Luo Ling from yesterday.

Master Taiqing is an elder of the Sanqing Palace, second only to Fan Jin. He is in charge of the security of the Sanqing Palace. He has a very bad temper and is very strict in managing people. Luo Ling and the younger disciples all dislike this elder.

Now that the demon spirit has gone missing, this is a very serious incident, and the sect leader, Master Yuxu, will definitely hold a grudge. Faced with Master Taiqing pointing the finger directly at Luo Ling, Luo Ling became afraid of this hot-tempered elder. If she talked back, she might be punished on the spot. She looked pitifully at her senior brother, Ke Dasheng, signaling for help to get out of the predicament.

Ke Dasheng and Luo Ling had an ambiguous relationship. Faced with the elder's accusation, he, as the senior brother, stepped forward to smooth things over: "Elder, it is too early to judge the demon spirit as lost without finding it."

“Yes, yes, I think they might have been wiped out.” After Ke Dasheng’s reminder, Luo Ling actually thought of some details: “We found signs of a fight, especially in Furong Cave in the back mountain, the signs of a fight are very obvious.”

The other disciples echoed this sentiment.

Elder Taiqing frowned and looked at Fan Jin with a hint of disbelief, asking, "Could it be? Outsiders have come to Sanqing Mountain again?"

This wasn't the first time outsiders had come to Sanqingshan, and everyone started gossiping about it.

After an unknown amount of time, the discussion still hadn't reached a conclusion, but it was more likely that the demon spirit had been destroyed.

Fan Jin nodded, sat down in his chair, stroked his beard, and said, "Find out the truth quickly."

"Yes!" Luo Ling bowed and left, her anger still burning.

As soon as she stepped out of the Sanqing Hall, Luo Ling angrily punched a stone pillar. She hadn't expected that the Taiqing Elders would question her about this matter in public without even clarifying the facts.

"Junior sister."

Suddenly, Senior Brother Ke Dasheng appeared behind Luo Ling, placing his left hand on her left shoulder and saying, "Junior Sister, are you sure there were signs of a fight at the scene?"

"You don't believe me either?" Luo Ling looked at Ke Dasheng with a wronged expression and questioned, "These old fogies don't believe me, and you don't believe me either?"

"No, no, I can distrust anyone, but I absolutely trust you! Hehe." After saying that, Ke Dasheng began to comfort him, "However, we do need to find out the truth quickly. It would be troublesome if the sect leader got involved in this matter."

Luo Ling smiled wickedly after hearing this, because she already had a plan: "Senior brother, release two fourth-tier demon spirits tonight."

"Ah! It's hard to control." Ke Dasheng said, expressing his concern despite his difficulty.

A fourth-tier demon spirit will become a monster after advancing one more level, and its abilities will be much stronger than those of a second-tier demon spirit. Luo Ling was clearly furious, and she wanted to use the Demon Hand to test or eliminate this outsider from Sanqing Mountain.

"What's so hard to control? Why don't you just bring people and follow behind?" Luo Ling was a little angry. Normally, Ke Dasheng would be her little junior sister, always following her around, but at this crucial moment, Ke Dasheng seemed unwilling.

"Hehehe, yes, yes, whatever Junior Sister says is right." Ke Dasheng said with a pleased expression.

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Sanqing Blessed Land, pavilions and towers.

Anzhi knew that something big was going to happen at the Sanqing Palace today, but it didn't matter to her anymore.

After finishing all the cleaning and archiving of ancient books in the morning, the spirit snake used the [Dreamscape] skill to take Anzhi into a dream to meet the demon slayer Meng Hong. Under Meng Hong's guidance, Anzhi digested the ten demon spirit seals she had obtained the night before.

As the midday sun reached its zenith, the mountains stood serenely beneath the blue sky, like silent behemoths.

Anzhi slowly opened her eyes. The joint training with the demon slayer just now made her feel that this was a real existence.

"How are you? Has anything changed?" The spirit snake asked with concern as soon as it saw Anzhi wake up.

Anzhi sat cross-legged on the ground, taking deep breaths repeatedly, still feeling unsatisfied: "Wow, one word: awesome! I can feel the spiritual power in my body increasing, it's very obvious, really."

An Zhi had never felt this way before. She used all her spiritual power to concentrate in her fingers and then pointed at the calligraphy and painting in the distance.

bump……

The calligraphy and painting suddenly exploded, startling Anzhi and the spirit snake.

"Hehe, this is what growth feels like. Keep it up! We'll go again tonight. I believe you'll soon become a demon hunter." The spirit snake kept encouraging Anzhi.

"Are there any other places? We can't stay in the back mountain forever." Anzhi also expressed his concerns. He was not strong enough yet, and if he was discovered, he might face the risk of being expelled from the sect.

The serpent pondered for a moment, then said with its head drooping, "No, I'll go check again tonight."

(End of this chapter)