Huangxiu

Chapter 1183 Jade Pendant
Since it is the power of the people's hearts, it naturally needs to win the people's hearts. How can it win the people's hearts?

That is what everyone hopes for.

It is not enough to merely display one's divine abilities in public; one must also save the nation from peril and alleviate its distress in order to win its hearts.

That's the case this time.

He glanced around.

The two people who ended up in the crowd were a father and a son.

Through the golden sword, he could sense the master in the hearts of every person he had returned to.

Among this group of people, two people stood out from the crowd.

Instead of gratitude and respect, they felt hostility.

The extrasensory perception didn't reveal that they were demons.

Then why are you hostile towards yourself?
Is it my fault for killing these demons and thus blocking their path to obtaining the Longevity Pill?

He ignored the corpses in the woods and drifted over to Ding Huanchun.

Ding Huanchun chuckled and said, "Mr. Chu, you are truly skilled! This is very gratifying!"

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "These demons don't have any strong experts, they are no match for us."

Ding Huanchun shook his head.

Although he didn't fight them personally, he could sense that these demons were no weaklings.

Even the weakest demons wouldn't dare to storm the city gates, lest they die in vain.

Ultimately, it was Chu Zhiyuan's cultivation method that countered these evil spirits.

In the blink of an eye, he killed more than sixty demons, and each of them was a master.

At this rate of efficiency, even if the Exorcising Evil Division is incredibly powerful, it cannot possibly defeat him.

He opened his mouth, wanting to bring it up again, truly indignant that the Exorcism Division used such methods.

Chu Zhiyuan spoke first: "This time it was a coincidence that they all came together. If we had killed them one by one, it would have been impossible to kill them so quickly."

“...That’s true.” Ding Huanchun said helplessly.

For Chu Zhiyuan, the most important thing is not to kill the demons, but to find them.

The advantage of the Exorcising Demons Division lies in finding evil spirits.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed and said, "I don't need the longevity pill since I'm alone. There's no need to fight for it. I'll kill as many as I can. Please help me send the corpses over."

"It's a small matter," Ding Huanchun said. "These guys are really crazy!"

“It is indeed strange.” Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

His gaze swept over the father and son, watching as they were gradually illuminated by the Candle Demon Eye.

The father and son appeared calm and showed no abnormality after being illuminated by the golden light of the eight Candle Demon Eyes.

The four city guards waved their hands.

The two walked inside, but Chu Zhiyuan suddenly appeared behind them.

He reached out and gently patted the young man's shoulder, smiling slightly, "May I ask who you are...?"

A wisp of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree's energy flowed into his shoulder.

The young man's body instantly flashed with golden light, as if a golden shield had been erected to block his arm.

A chilling aura suddenly appeared, like a towering mountain rising abruptly.

Chu Zhiyuan's gaze fell on his neck, and his supernatural senses detected a jade pendant there.

At this moment, the jade pendant, stimulated by the aura of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree, burst forth with golden light.

Beneath the golden light, his supernatural senses had already discerned his true aura.

Both the young man and the old man frowned and glared at Chu Zhiyuan, their expressions unfriendly.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "This is because there is a magical object protecting him."

"What are you doing!" The young man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a rugged appearance, and a deep voice. He glared coldly at Chu Zhiyuan.

The old man frowned and asked, "Sir, is there a problem?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head and said, "There is such a strange object in the world that can conceal the aura of evil spirits!"

"Evil?!" Ding Huanchun said hurriedly.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded slightly: "These two are both demons!"

"Nonsense!" the old man shouted angrily, "You're spouting nonsense! ...Could it be that you've taken a fancy to our protective treasure?!"

Chu Zhiyuan extended his left palm.

The young man raised his right hand, his five fingers spread wide like a chicken claw, faintly gleaming with a black light.

A golden light flashed across Chu Zhiyuan's left palm.

With a muffled thud, the young man froze, his right claw striking Chu Zhiyuan's right palm, but he stiffened for a moment.

This is the wondrous use of the Demon-Subduing Divine Tree's aura—to suppress the power of evil spirits.

Chu Zhiyuan reached out with his left hand and easily removed the jade pendant from his neck.

As soon as the jade pendant left his body, the young man's aura surged.

The four city guards who were using the Candle Demon Eye immediately shouted, "Demon!"

The golden light from their eyes shone on the young man, while black energy billowed around him.

This is the most typical sign of a demon. "You're courting death!" the young man shouted, lunging at Chu Zhiyuan.

The old man also rushed towards Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head, and the golden sword at his waist was drawn from its sheath, gliding lightly through the air.

A flash of golden light swept across their brows.

The two men froze, and the anger in their eyes vanished.

Chu Zhiyuan sidestepped their charge, watching them stumble and fall heavily to the ground ten meters away.

Chu Zhiyuan returned his sword to its sheath.

The strange power within the golden sword intensified once again.

This made him realize that public opinion is not something that can only appear once for a person, nor is it a fixed quantity.

Instead, it can change.

It can appear repeatedly on one person, and its intensity can vary.

This time, the people who had been there before once again rallied with the power of the people's hearts, and this time they were even stronger.

Clearly, they knew that if these two demons entered the city, the consequences would be severe.

The entire imperial city will become unsafe, and when people are caught off guard, that will be a real nightmare.

They were not even spared.

This is different from the previous situation where there were city guards protecting us.

With lingering fear in their hearts, they contributed even more public support.

Chu Zhiyuan pondered to himself, it seems that winning the hearts of the people is indeed a skill, and he needs to go back and learn a lot from Li Hongzhao.

Chu Zhiyuan glanced at Ding Huanchun.

Ding Huanchun's gloomy expression softened slightly, and he raised his voice, "Don't just stand there, keep sending people into the city!"

"Yes." The city guards all nodded.

They glanced at Chu Zhiyuan, then looked at the two men.

Several city guards then went to the woods in the distance to retrieve the corpse and placed it beside the city gate.

The sixty-odd corpses were lined up neatly, creating a powerful impact.

Ding Huanchun personally approached the old man, drew his sword, and slashed open the old man's chest, picking up a jade pendant and placing it in his palm.

It was just an ordinary jade pendant, about the size of a little finger, made of a rather common material.

There is only one pattern; otherwise, there is no design at all.

He tried to infuse his true essence into it, but found it was no different from an ordinary stone.

He looked up at Chu Zhiyuan.

The jade pendant in Chu Zhiyuan's hand flashed with golden light.

Ding Huanchun handed over the jade pendant he was holding.

Chu Zhiyuan took it, and the new jade pendant emitted a golden light.

Ding Huanchun exclaimed in surprise: "This...?"

Chu Zhiyuan said, "It needs a unique aura to be activated; otherwise, it will be suppressed... Brother Ding, sense my aura."

"Truly impressive!" Ding Huanchun exclaimed.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that Chu Zhiyuan was no longer a Venerable One, but rather a person with low martial arts skills.

His aura was slightly stronger than that of an average person, but not by much.

Chu Zhiyuan gave him one and kept the other in his sleeve: "Brother Ding, we're in trouble."

Ding Huanchun took the jade pendant with a gloomy face and slowly said, "Mr. Chu, how did you discover that they were strange?"

"It's just a gut feeling," Chu Zhiyuan said. "I just had a vague feeling that something was wrong... These demons weren't strong enough to break through the city gates."

Ding Huanchun frowned.

Chu Zhiyuan said, "Your many city guards are not just for show. They can retreat back into the city immediately. If they were not absolutely certain of success, why would they launch a futile attack? They only alerted you and prevented you from having another chance."

"So...it was to cover for these two demons to enter the city?"

"It was a sudden inspiration that made me think of these things. So I carefully observed the people who were about to enter the city and found something was wrong. I didn't dare to make a judgment, but I couldn't let this matter go unpunished. After trying it, I found that there was indeed a problem."

Chu Zhiyuan said.

This is also an approach that works backward from the result, making it naturally easier.

You can't just say that the Golden Sword can sense their hostility and thus discover something is wrong.

The evil spirit that orchestrated this event was far too cautious; man proposes, God disposes.

If we had let those two demons into the city directly, instead of launching a covert attack to increase the success rate, and hadn't made him use the Golden Sword, we might not have been able to discover those two demons.

The jade pendants on their bodies were so wondrous that they could completely conceal any demonic aura.

Did any evil spirits bring this jade pendant into the city before?
If it's the first time, that's fine. But if it's not the first time, how many evil spirits have entered the city?
How much destruction would these evil spirits cause if they were to unleash their destructive power, or become assassins?
Thinking about all this, Chu Zhiyuan felt heavy-hearted.

Ding Huanchun felt even more heavy-hearted and anxious.

After all, this matter was the responsibility of the city guards. If anything went wrong, not only would the imperial court lose face, but none of them who were guarding the city gates would be able to escape punishment.

(End of this chapter)