Maoshan World: The young marshal starts!

Chapter 270 Human Demon, Longevity Technique
"Your grandmaster sent a message to inform you to prepare. Once this matter is completely settled, it will be time to take action. You should also be prepared."

Uncle Jiu looked at Guan Shaoqing and said.

Guan Shaoqing is now one of the most powerful fighters in Maoshan. The only one who can rival Guan Shaoqing is probably his senior brother Shi Jian.

Moreover, Guan Shaoqing had experience fighting against Manchu zombies.

Therefore, if Maoshan were to coordinate with Longhushan, Gezaoshan, and other forces to take action against the Manchus, Guan Shaoqing would definitely need to get involved.

"Master, rest assured, I have already made preparations for this matter. Just let me know when to take action."

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing immediately expressed his opinion.

Even if his sect didn't tell him, he would definitely take the initiative to get involved, since it's all merit points, especially the Manchu zombie instance. Who knows how many zombies the Manchus secretly raised and how much merit points they would have, but it certainly wouldn't be small.

"Well, you should keep this in mind. I called you here to talk about this. Now that we've finished, you can make your own arrangements if anything comes up."

Uncle Jiu nodded.

"Young Marshal!"

Just at this moment.

His guards arrived with a shadow guard from the Jingwu Guard.

"Meet the young marshal."

The shadow guards immediately bowed and greeted Guan Shaoqing.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing nodded and asked directly.

"Reporting to the young marshal, according to the Shadow Guard, evil spirits have appeared in Taixing Town."

The Shadow Guard immediately reported that the Jingwu Guard's Shadow Guard had already learned about the demonic incident in Taixing Town.

Just two days ago, Mao Jian and his disciples were arrested by the Taixing Town security team as murderers. That night happened to be a full moon night, and Mao Jian used magic to swap souls with a dog, which caused him to go berserk and turn into a werewolf, causing chaos at the Taixing Town security station.

After this incident, the Taixing Town security team finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and the story of the demon began to spread.

The Jingwu Guard also received the news.

Guan Shaoqing had already given orders to his subordinates to report any news of demons or ghosts immediately.

Therefore, the Jingwu Guard reported the matter to Guan Shaoqing.

"Tell me the details."

Guan Shaoqing immediately became interested upon hearing this.

Yes, that's how it is.

The shadow guard immediately recounted the entire incident in detail, including the identities of Mao Jian and his disciples, as well as the origins of the demon.
All of this information was obtained by the Taixing Town security team through interrogation of Mao Jian and his apprentices.

In order to deal with the demons and protect themselves.

Mao Jian and his apprentices, who were arrested, did not hold back at all when questioned by the Taixing Town security team.

After listening to the report from the shadow guard under his command.

Guan Shaoqing was also startled.

"A demon?!"

Isn't this just the plot of the movie "The Devil Is One Step Ahead" from my previous life?

Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but feel happy, because according to the original novel "The Demon's Path," the human demon in the movie was quite powerful. Based on the movie's portrayal, the human demon's strength after successfully transforming into a demon reached at least the Golden Core level.

Moreover, the demon also controls a large group of zombies. Although those zombies are not very strong, their numbers are extremely large, probably several hundred if not a thousand.

If all of this were resolved, it would be a huge amount of merit points.

"The art of immortality? I never imagined that there would be people in the world who practiced this art."

Uncle Jiu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but speak up after hearing this.

"Master, do you know the secret of immortality?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Shaoqing couldn't help but look at Uncle Jiu. "Hmm." Uncle Jiu nodded upon hearing this: "This technique first appeared in the early Tang Dynasty, and it was even popular for a period of time, but it gradually disappeared afterward because the drawbacks of this technique were too great, and the sacrifices made for the so-called immortality were too great."

Then Guan Shaoqing explained the longevity technique to Guan Shaoqing. Those who practice the longevity technique can only release animals to accumulate merit and cannot kill animals to create sins. Releasing animals to accumulate merit can increase one's lifespan, while killing animals to create sins will reduce one's lifespan. Moreover, the stronger and longer the life of the creature killed, the longer the lifespan will be reduced.

For example, if someone were to kill a thousand-year-old tortoise or crush a thousand-year-old tortoise egg, anyone practicing the art of immortality would basically die on the spot.

Furthermore, the so-called "releasing animals to accumulate merit" and "killing animals to create sins" in the longevity technique are completely indiscriminate in terms of good and bad. For example, even if someone is an extremely wicked person, killing them would shorten the practitioner's own lifespan.

Mao Jian's master did not kill the demon, but only suppressed and sealed it, most likely because he himself had cultivated the art of immortality and could not kill.

However, the condition of only being able to release animals and not kill them is undoubtedly too unreasonable and lacks distinction between good and evil. Moreover, it is undoubtedly too demanding to insist on not killing animals and only releasing them. In this way, one would have to be careful not to step on ants while walking.

Therefore, the art of achieving immortality disappeared after being popular for a period of time in history.

Because 99% of cultivators would find such longevity unacceptable.

The immortality that cultivators pursue is one of great freedom and ease, not the kind of immortality that is cautious, restrained, and bound by shackles.

Just like Uncle Nine, he would absolutely not be willing to cultivate the art of immortality for the sake of eternal life; he would rather die.

Moreover, after the Tang Dynasty, the art of immortality gradually disappeared.

That's why Uncle Nine was surprised that there were still people practicing the art of immortality.

"I see. In that case, the art of immortality is indeed worthy of its name." Guan Shaoqing immediately understood upon hearing this, but then shook his head and said, "However, such immortality is not worth having."

"Do you know that demonic man, Master?"

"Hmm." Uncle Nine nodded again: "I do know a little about the human demon as a teacher. The appearance of the human demon is mainly derived from the longevity technique. The longevity technique is based on releasing animals and accumulating merit, while the human demon simply falls into the demonic path in pursuit of longevity and achieves longevity by devouring the lifespan of others."

"However, a human demon cannot just devour anyone's lifespan. It must find someone whose birth chart is the same as theirs. It is said that if a human demon can devour the lifespan of 49 people whose birth charts are the same as theirs, it can completely transform from a human into a demon, live forever, and its strength will not be lower than the Golden Core level."

At this point, Uncle Nine also spoke with a serious expression.

"If it is truly the work of a demon, then it must be eliminated to prevent it from wreaking havoc on the human world."

Guan Shaoqing nodded upon hearing this: "Don't worry, Master, I'll take care of this matter right away. It'll also be a good opportunity for me to stretch my legs."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu immediately nodded and said no more. He had complete confidence in his disciple, Shaoqing, taking action.

Afterwards, Guan Shaoqing chatted with his master, Uncle Jiu, for a while in the mortuary before getting up and leaving.

He was preparing to deal with the matter of the human-demon.

However, before that, Guan Shaoqing went back to eastern Guangdong and called Yue Qiluo.

"Walk."

Guan Shaoqing called out to Yue Qiluo.

Since Guan Shaoqing took the initiative and they had sex last time, their feelings for each other have grown stronger day by day.

"what?"

Yue Qiluo ignored him when she heard this.

Although she and Guan Shaoqing had established a relationship and their feelings for each other were growing stronger, Yue Qiluo still maintained an arrogant and unconvinced attitude towards Guan Shaoqing on the surface. In particular, she always wanted to turn the tables and teach Guan Shaoqing a lesson when they had in-depth conversations, but unfortunately, she was too weak and was always defeated by Guan Shaoqing.

"Want to do something fun together? A wild human demon has appeared in our eastern Guangdong region. Do you want to go and see it?"

Guan Shaoqing continued with a smile, having long been accustomed to Yue Qiluo's arrogant attitude of saying one thing but meaning another, so he didn't care at all.

"A demon?!"

Yue Qiluo, who had previously been somewhat indifferent to Guan Shaoqing, suddenly became interested upon hearing this.

A demon?
She hasn't even met them yet.

Rare item.

"Let's go."

Immediately, Yue Qiluo also got up and the two of them flew together towards Taixing Town.

(End of this chapter)