Huangxiu

Chapter 1163 Argument
Destroying the statue of the evil lord was indeed the most satisfying and yielded huge rewards.

It's comparable to killing a giant monster.

Huang Zhengyang slowly turned his head and glared at him: "Mr. Chu, continue, this one!"

Chu Zhiyuan drew his sword, and the Shadowless Divine Sword gracefully swept past another statue.

"Snapped!"

A thin line appeared, which transformed into a golden line, followed by several cracks.

"Wow!"

The cracks expanded into countless fissures, eventually turning into a pile of fragments.

He sheathed his sword and smiled at Huang Zhengyang.

Huang Zhengyang looked at the shards on the ground, his expression returned to normal, and he looked Chu Zhiyuan up and down before finally settling on the Shadowless Divine Sword.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled and drew the Shadowless Divine Sword, handing it to him.

Huang Zhengyang took it, swung it a couple of times to feel its weight, then brought it close to his eyes to examine it closely, and then flicked it with his finger, producing a dragon's roar.

He concentrated his true essence into the sword and slashed it towards the statue beside him.

"Ding……"

The Shadowless Divine Sword was flung away.

Huang Zhengyang froze as if he had been electrocuted.

Chu Zhiyuan leaped into the air and caught the Shadowless Divine Sword in mid-air. As he fell, the tip of the sword grazed the statue.

"Snapped!"

"Wow!"

It turned into a pile of fragments once again.

"Is that the Demon-Subduing Blade?"

Huang Zhengyang recovered and was able to move freely, looking at Chu Zhiyuan.

Clearly, this was not due to the sword, but to the person.

This is a peculiar technique.

He speculated that it was the Demon-Subduing Blade.

Chu Zhiyuan's Demon-Subduing Blade is incredibly powerful, specifically designed to subdue demons and monsters, and may also be able to suppress evil spirits.

"Indeed." Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "It seems that my Demon-Subduing Blade has already spread."

"It should only circulate among our Demon Extermination Division and Monster Extermination Division," Huang Zhengyang said. "It lives up to its reputation!"

When he heard the news, he didn't yet have such a profound understanding of the Demon-Subduing Blade.

Only after witnessing it firsthand did I understand why Chu Zhiyuan was able to rise to prominence so rapidly.

This Demon-Subduing Blade is indeed a rare and extraordinary skill.

The Exorcism Division has always been troubled by these evil deity statues.

I always felt that keeping them would be a disaster, possibly attracting the power of those evil deities.

But I couldn't destroy it; it was like a thorn stuck in my heart.

Now a solution has finally been found.

"Si Zheng, are we going to destroy all of these?"

Chu Zhiyuan drew a circle with the tip of his sword, encompassing the entire courtyard.

“Keeping them is a disaster,” Huang Zhengyang said.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Then shall I make my move?"

"Can it be destroyed all at once?" Huang Zhengyang said, "If not, then we'll do it little by little."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "Keeping it is indeed a disaster. Perhaps the Evil Lord has some strange methods that can be used on the statue."

“That’s exactly right,” Huang Zhengyang said solemnly.

He also had this concern.

Chu Zhiyuan gracefully swept past the statues, the tip of his sword lightly grazing their brows.

Wherever he went, statues collapsed into piles of fragments.

After he turned around and returned to the original spot, the huge courtyard no longer had the statue of the Evil Lord.

All that remained was a pile of rubble.

Huang Zhengyang let out a long breath, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the sensation.

He felt the freshness of the air, the abundance of spiritual energy, and the lightness and joy of heaven and earth.

A smile involuntarily spread across his face, growing wider and wider until he finally burst into laughter.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled as he sheathed his sword and looked at him.

Huang Zhengyang's smile faded, and he remarked with emotion, "Without these things, the surroundings are completely different."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I feel the same way. The air was cold and suffocating before, but it's completely different now."

Huang Zhengyang nodded vigorously: "Exactly! It's cold and suffocating!" He deeply agreed with Chu Zhiyuan's words, feeling that they were very accurate.

Huang Zhengyang said, "If we can get another statue of the Evil Lord, we'll need Mr. Chu's help."

"It's my duty!" Chu Zhiyuan laughed. "Master, these statues are very eerie."

"They are the gateways to the power of the extraterrestrial evil lord. Destroying them is the only way to truly sever the channel for the power of the extraterrestrial evil lord!"

"I see." Chu Zhiyuan said slowly, "Then how did these evil lords find this place?"

“Some say it existed in ancient times.” Huang Zhengyang shook his head: “Others say it was introduced later.”

"It existed since ancient times?" Chu Zhiyuan asked, puzzled.

"It is said that these evil lords originally lived in our world. Later, they left, but they still left seeds in this world, allowing power to descend here."

"What kind of seed is that?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.

Huang Zhengyang said coldly, "Their cultivation methods are those evil lineages!"

"These traditions can't be eradicated?"

"As long as people's hearts are greedy, they cannot be eradicated... These evil arts are too tempting. Even those who are not talented enough can still make rapid progress in their practice, becoming stronger than those with good aptitude. Who can resist that?"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly: "It is indeed too tempting, but does the imperial court have no way to counter it?"

How to resolve this?

“Vigorously promote the consequences and harms of evil practices, what kind of pain will occur if you practice them, how you will become someone else, lose your emotions, become selfish, cold-hearted and bloodthirsty, and even kill your own relatives and friends.”

Huang Zhengyang said, "Killing one's own relatives and friends is a bit of an exaggeration."

These demons kill others without treating them as human beings, but rather as elixirs for cultivation. However, they would not do such a thing to their own relatives and friends.

If you're going to devour someone's essence and blood, you should also devour others, not your own relatives and friends.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "This is how publicity should be done. It needs to be exaggerated to be effective. This way, at least some invisible pressure can be created, making people think twice."

"It's not very useful, is it?" Huang Zhengyang said.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Isn't it better than doing nothing at all?"

He comes from the modern world and knows how effective such propaganda can be.

The effect will be amazing.

He has already discovered that this world is extremely lacking in propaganda about heretical sects and demons.

The people regarded evil sects and demons as monstrous floods and beasts, and were terrified of them, but they also secretly wanted to join them and become one of them.

This is obviously not normal.

A heretical sect is a heretical sect; it should be hated and despised by everyone.

Huang Zhengyang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we can give it a try and see how it goes."

This doesn't take much effort; all it takes is a word to the various government offices to spread the word about the evil of the heretical sect.

Chu Zhiyuan asked, "Then what was the version that was introduced later?"

Huang Zhengyang frowned and said, "It is said that these evil lord statues appeared in a strange place. After being brought out, they obtained the evil power inheritance through the evil lord statues."

He shook his head and said, "I believe the first explanation more. What kind of heritage do these statues have?"

The Bureau of Exorcising Evil invited many experts and extraordinary individuals to study these statues of evil deities.

The results showed no power descending and no inheritance being activated.

Even some evil methods failed to activate its legacy.

Therefore, the former is more credible.

Chu Zhiyuan fell silent.

"What does Mr. Chu think?" Huang Zhengyang asked. "Which one is more credible?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Could it be that both versions are correct?"

Huang Zhengyang frowned.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Seeds were left behind in the past. Using this method, one can obtain the inheritance from the statue."

He learned some secrets through the memories of his clone, Zhu Lingyun.

The extraordinary skill that Zhu Lingyun practiced was a secret technique taught by the statue of the Evil Lord, and it could not be passed on to outsiders.

Even the master and sect leader could not pass on the knowledge.

"..." Huang Zhengyang frowned and pondered.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "The most crucial thing is to remove these statues."

Huang Zhengyang sighed, "The statue is in their lair. These demons are very cunning and hard to find."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slowly: "Our four sects will do our best."

Huang Zhengyang smiled proudly: "Let's see how we do this time."

The four major sects are strong, but they are still far inferior to the Exorcising Evil Division.

At the same time, he became vigilant and knew he needed to keep the guys in the department on high alert, lest they actually lose to the four major sects.

(End of this chapter)