The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 343 Slaughtering the City and Gathering Corpses
"No trace of the Poison Man Sect was found in Qingxiu City, Honghu Cave, Tianjing Mountain, Xiaoshan City, Huangjiang City... After the two Poison Man Sect groups in Qingxiu City and Wushan City went into the Qingxiu Mountains, they disappeared."

The Twenty-Four Divisions of the Demon-Suppressing Guards, numbering only a little over a thousand, have suffered casualties in several battles.

These thousand-odd people are certainly useful in battle, but using them to find someone is simply a pipe dream.

Su Yan listened to Zhai Long's report with a cold expression and asked, "Are you saying that tens of thousands of poison corpses and at least three thousand members of the Poison Man Sect were able to completely disappear into the mountains?"

Zhai Long immediately shook his head: "I'm afraid someone is helping them in secret."

"Then let's investigate."

Su Yan's eyes were icy cold. He said, "The Poison Man Sect cannot refine poisonous corpses without purchasing a large amount of spiritual herbs and poisonous plants. There are definitely not many forces in the Northern Wilderness City with such strength. We should investigate every pharmacy and medicine store in every county town, as well as every family and force whose main business is alchemy, mountaineering, and herb cultivation."

Zhai Long flinched, and Su Yan's gaze swept over him: "Why can't you do it?"

"I'm going right now!"

Su Yan's move to cut off the source of the problem also meant that so many forces within the Northern Wilderness County became the targets of investigation.

Even as a veteran of the Demon Suppression Guard, Zhai Long had rarely seen the Lord of the Palace dare to make such a big move.

Zhai Long strode out of the government office and immediately found Yang Kun and his brothers, Ling Yu'er, Zhao Qi'er, and others.

"Gentlemen, our lord has instructed us to investigate the major players in the medicinal herb business in this city, and to thoroughly investigate the medicinal herb trade in the Northern Wilderness Prefecture. How about we split into four groups?"

"Can"

Yang Kun frowned slightly, then said, "There are only two businesses dealing in medicinal herbs in the city: Tianyuan Medicinal Herb Pavilion and Xiyun Pill Shop. However, they make a living by growing medicinal herbs in mountains and fields, and their landholdings are spread throughout the Northern Wilderness Prefecture. There are also the Mu family and the Tian family. How about my brother and I, along with Ling Yu'er, investigate Tianyuan Medicinal Herb Pavilion, while Wulike and Wuyun investigate Xiyun Pill Shop?"

Zhai Long had no further objections and replied, "Then I'll go to the Li family, and Old Man and Zhao Qi'er will go to the Tian family. Let's get started immediately."

The group, leading their demon-suppressing guards, rode out and headed straight for four different locations, while the city's defense troops and yamen runners were also mobilized.

The hurried footsteps echoed on the city's bluestone streets, producing a clear, rhythmic sound that resonated as if pounding on everyone's hearts.

Everyone knows that the Demon Suppression Guard is stationed in the Northern Wilderness City to suppress the remnants of the Poison Man Sect. The leader of the Guard is a notorious killer. Anyone with even a slight connection to the sect will not be able to escape and will become part of the Jingguan (a mound of corpses).

"I wonder who they've got their eye on?"

The people in the city didn't even dare to open their gates, but carefully observed the movements of the demon-suppressing guards.

However, upon closer inspection, it became clear that the Demon Suppressing Guards were heading straight for several pharmacies within the Northern Wilderness City.

"Yang Kun is in charge of the flag, and Ling Yu'er is in charge of the flag. What do you mean by this?"

Outside the Tianyuan Medicine Pavilion, the Pavilion Master, Ancestor Tianyuan, stood in front of the two. His face was ashen, and his eyes were filled with anger as he forcibly suppressed his rage.

"Pavilion Master of Tianyuan Pavilion, I have come to investigate the medicinal herb accounts of Tianyuan Medicine Pavilion on the orders of the Prefectural Governor. Please do me a favor."

"convenient?!"

The Heavenly Garden Ancestor laughed in anger: "The accounts of my Heavenly Garden Medicine Pavilion are the foundation of the pavilion. You say you want to investigate, so you want to investigate? Has the Great Li Dynasty lost all its laws? This is truly going too far."

The aura of the third level of the Danqiao realm suddenly pressed down, and the massive figure of the Teng Shu Niu True Meaning appeared behind them, pressing down on Yang Kun and Yang Lun.

Yang Kun and Yang Lun are not yet Danqiao martial artists, although they are very close, they are not.

With such cultivation, if he weren't the captain of the Demon Suppression Guard, he would have already kicked the two of them out...

Yang Kun and Yang Lun did not retreat at all in the face of his oppression, and the true meaning of the locust-faced ghost sheep rose up behind them.

The locust-faced demon sheep was about thirty or forty feet tall, with long, blood-red hair all over its body. Its horns were like knives, and it had a sheep's head and a worm's face. Its upper body had three arms that looked like locust claws, and its lower body had sheep hooves covered with armor.

The appearance of this eerie truth sent chills down the spines of many.

What's even more astonishing is that, with the two brothers joining forces, their true intentions merged and transformed into a hundred-foot-tall locust-faced demon sheep. With a single hook of its claws, it tore a blood-red gash in mid-air, tearing a gash in Teng Shu Niu's true intentions.

Although they are not at the Danqiao level, they are brothers from the same origin, and when they join forces, they have the strength of a Danqiao.

The two beast-storing bags trembled, and buzzing blood bees flew out, enveloping the entire Tianyuan Medicine Pavilion like a blood-red curtain.

At this moment, Ling Yu'er also released her true meaning. Behind her was a red fox transformed into a ferocious insect, its eerie beast eyes filled with murderous intent.

Upon seeing this, Ancestor Tianyuan's heart sank: "Fine, investigate then. I hope the three of you will not reveal the accounts."

"Of course, it's only for investigating the case, nothing else."

The situation is beyond their control. Even if Ancestor Tianyuan could fight the three of them, he couldn't change anything afterward. The key was the Lord of the Mansion standing behind Yang Kun and the others.

Tianyuan Medicine Pavilion resigned itself to its fate. On the other side, at Xiyun Pill Workshop, Wulike and Wuyun, relying on their True Intent Flame Armor Fire Crows, transformed into ferocious insect warriors and defeated the workshop's owner, Li Xiyun.

The two naturally began to investigate the alchemy workshop's accounts and the coming and going of medicinal herbs.

Zhai Long went straight to the Mu family. Although the Mu family had two Dan Apertures, they were even more direct in the face of the arrival of the Demon Suppression Guards, opening the main gate wide and welcoming Zhai Long in for investigation.

Only Zhao Qier and the old man arrived at the Tian family's house, only to find the gate tightly shut.

"Where are the Tian family members? The Demon Suppression Guards are investigating a case; come out and cooperate immediately!"

Zhao Qi'er and the old man exchanged a glance, realizing that something was wrong.

Even if someone is slow to react, they should have noticed the movements of the Demon Suppression Guards by now.

The Tian family mansion was completely quiet, without any movement whatsoever.

"Bleeding bees".

Zhao Qi'er and the old man took out the beast storage bag, and one by one, the demon-suppressing guards under their command released the blood bees.

Swarms of blood bees instantly leaped over the high walls of the Tian family's residence, surging in like a crimson torrent.

"Such powerful insect-repelling methods! Do you two gentlemen not take the Tian family seriously at all?"

As the sound came, a green flying sword swept across the wall, its blade gleaming green, instantly slaying thousands of blood bees.

The green sword hovered above the main gate, its buzzing sword energy causing everyone's brows to twitch.

"Tap Tap"

Footsteps approached, the middle door opened, and an old man with a withered face and sunken eyes strode out.

"Ancestor Tian Yan?!"

The city guard commander in the distance stared wide-eyed. The old patriarch of the Tian family had changed into this state, his skin and flesh tightly wrapped around his bones, as if a gust of wind could blow through his ribs.

An eerie feeling spread.

This is bad news; there's something wrong with the Tian family.

"Such a strong aura of death! What is the relationship between your Tian family and the Poison Man Sect?!"

Zhao Qi'er sensed traces of corpse refining on Tian Yan's body. The dense aura of the poisonous corpse was like a tattered rag soaked in venom that had been stuck in a sewer for three days and three nights.

"My Tian family has never laid a hand on the Demon Suppression Guards. Since you entered Northern Wilderness City, we have cooperated with you, so why do you want to wipe us out?!"

Tian Yan spoke each word clearly, his deep green eyes gleaming like two poisonous needles as he stared intently at Zhao Qier and the old man.

"Hmph, the remnants of the Poison Man Sect deserve to be killed by everyone. If Tian Yan wants the Tian family to be safe, quickly tell us about the Poison Man Sect." "Tell us?"

Tian Yan burst into laughter: "Alright, I'm telling you, one day from now, one of the three cities—Beiyuan City, Wushan City, and Dongli City—will be massacred. Go and stop them, hahaha!"

Zhao Qi'er and the old man's expressions changed drastically. As soon as Tian Yan's voice fell, the sound of flesh tearing suddenly came from his body, bones cracked, and streams of oily flesh, like tar, kept gushing out.

Its mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and countless cracks on its body grew increasingly foul, and its entire body was covered in green oil, instantly transforming it into a monster.

"Golden Lion Nine Slashes!"

Zhao Qi'er acted decisively, and the old man coldly rebuked her: "Those below the Danqiao level, step back!"

He slammed the golden hammer and pipe into the ground, and instantly the shadow spread out, drawing out hair-like threads that whooshed and shot towards the surrounding walls, eaves, and rooftops, sealing off the streets and alleys within a hundred feet in an instant.

Zhao Qi'er activated her Shadow Spider bloodline, transforming into a Shadow Spider warrior, clad in armor. Behind her, the jet-black Golden Lion of Mount Fuyue unleashed a massive blade, hurtling straight towards Tian Yan's body.

Ancestor Tianyan suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with hatred: "Destruction of the Corpse!"

His body swelled up dramatically, his three cores were destroyed, and he instantly transformed into a ten-foot-tall, blue-skinned monster.

Holding the spirit sword, he swung it directly, the clang ringing out, blocking the Golden Lion's Nine Slashes.

Very strong!
Zhao Qi'er and the old man immediately sensed something was wrong; the old ancestor Tian Yan in front of them had probably reached the strength of Zhuxingtian.

Trading one's life for strength.

"Hold him back."

The two of them, without prior arrangement, used their manipulation of shadows to seal off the area.

Ancestor Tianyan flew over and unleashed a dark green sword aura, severing the shadow thread.

It took hundreds of shadowy threads to barely stop the sword energy.

Zhao Qier and the old man dodged left and right, then leaped forward to attack.

"You two are so ignorant and arrogant! Today you will both be buried with me!"

Ancestor Tian Yan let out a low, hoarse voice and threw a punch that landed squarely on Zhao Qi'er.

Zhao Qi'er used her insect armor to block, while the true meaning of the Golden Lion of Mount Fuyue stood in front of her.

However, the force of this attack was beyond her tolerance, and she was sent flying.

His insect armor shattered, and his blood churned within him.

The old man with the ghost-faced crow flew over and unleashed thousands of jet-black feather blades.

The sharp feather blades landed on Tian Yan with a soft thud, piercing his body.

Even so, Patriarch Tianyan seemed to feel no pain, and his movements were completely unhindered.

He turned around abruptly, his green beast eyes fixed on the old man: "A natural martial physique, truly enviable. If I had a natural martial physique, why would I need to cooperate with the Poison Man Sect?"

He grabbed the old man's golden hammer and pipe and slammed him into the ground.

The two of them, even when working together, were no match for Tian Yan, the Old Ancestor, and were completely unable to stop his actions.

His gaze immediately shifted to the Demon-Suppressing Guards, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and he muttered, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Like a green phantom, he slashed through the shadowy barrier in front of him and rushed towards the Demon Suppressor Guard step by step.

A swarm of blood-red bees blocked his path. The Demon Suppressing Guards had already formed an array, and the powerful true energy under the control of Zheng Tu, Yuan Bao, and Tang Wen formed the phantom of the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, which was actually a battle beast formed by the battle formation.

"Boom"

The phantom of the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust collided with Ancestor Tianyan. This attack instantly shattered the entire street and high walls, leaving the ground in a mess as if it had been swept by a giant iron plow.

The body of the Old Ancestor Tianyan embedded itself in the old Tian family mansion, smashing the grand courtyard to pieces. The walls collapsed, the buildings crumbled, and countless clouds of dust rose up.

"You have ruined the Tian family!"

Old Ancestor Tianyan suddenly erupted, transforming completely into a wild beast.

"Again, slow him down."

Zhao Qi'er and the old man entered the battle, immediately transforming their battle beasts into three: the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, the Subdued Mountain Golden Lion, and the Ghost-Faced Crow. They charged forward and engaged in a fierce battle with Ancestor Tian Yan in the old house.

Facing three opponents alone, each of Tianyan Patriarch's attacks unleashed power capable of shattering mountains, while the dense corpse poison continuously eroded the three beasts.

The old Tian family house continued to shake, tearing open huge cracks.

Even with the Demon Suppression Guards in formation, the combined number of Demon Suppression Guards under the two men was only about three hundred.

As their strength gradually dwindled, the forms of the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, the Subdued Mountain Golden Lion, and the Ghost-Faced Crow became increasingly illusory, and they gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

At this moment, the true energy within Zhao Qi'er and the old man was also gradually depleted.

The two had only recently broken through to the next level. Even though they had acquired innate martial bodies and their true essence and physical bodies were more robust, they were still limited in number.

"You two step back, we'll deal with him."

Just then, Zhai Long, Ling Yu'er, Wu Like, Wu Yun, and the Yang Kun brothers arrived one after another.

Everyone had entered the state of ferocious insect warriors, their bodies clad in insect armor, their eyes like daggers, and they immediately joined the battle.

Zhao Qier and the old man quickly withdrew, allowing Zhai Long and the others to take advantageous positions and surround Tian Yan.

In an instant, the balance of power shifted, and Ancestor Tianyan was completely suppressed.

Other Danqiao martial artists in the city, including Tianyuan Patriarch, Mu Family Patriarch, Li Xiyun and others, rushed over. Seeing the scene before them, they were filled with lingering fear.

The patriarch of the Tian family not only had ties with the Poison Man Sect, but had also become so terrifying.

Knowing that the Tian family was in decline, everyone was waiting for the patriarch Tian Yan to fall so that they could divide up the Tian family's power.

But who would have thought that this dying old man would still have such desperate methods?

Even if they joined forces, they probably couldn't defeat Zhu Xingtian.

Whoever touches the Tian family will die.

So, since Zhai Long and the others have lower cultivation levels than him, can they really deal with Ancestor Tian Yan?
The Tianyuan Ancestor and the others were filled with doubt. Upon closer inspection, they saw Zhai Long using his baleful aura as a blade to pierce the body of the Tianyan Ancestor.

Wulike and Wuyun summoned towering flames, scorching every wisp of corpse energy.

Ling Yu'er, Yang Kun, and Yang Lun continuously released blood bees, while simultaneously using malevolent energy as a catalyst to launch a joint attack.

Everyone saw the changes in their bodies, their eyes wide with disbelief, because Zhai Long and the others had undergone physical transformations, clearly becoming martial bodies.

Are these twenty-four departments really that powerful?
In less than a quarter of an hour, Tian Yan's last bit of true energy was completely depleted right before their eyes, and he collapsed to the ground, dead beyond any doubt.

(End of this chapter)