Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 356 A temple is a good place of practice

"call!!"

At sunrise.

Chu Tianshu stood in the hall on the second floor of the villa, his feet apart, his left hand stretched out in front, pressing down lightly, and his right fist twisted in the air, forming a fist stance.

With his breathing.

The air trembled beneath his left palm, heated slightly, and transformed into wisps of air that rose gently upwards from between his fingers.

His right fist was positioned high, right where the air currents were rising. His five fingers were loosely clenched, and his palm was concave. The air currents flowed into the center of his right fist like weary birds returning to their nests.

This was something he had come up with in the past few days while studying Liu Yan's corpse and blood energy, and he was trying it out in his palm thunder and hand seal techniques.

Just in time, when practicing the "True Skill of Chasing the Sun," one needs a sophisticated method of guiding qi and blood to relieve the burden on the body and mind.

Practice can be done without neglecting either.

As of today, apart from Liu Yan's body, which Chu Tianshu hid on the second floor, there are still some remains.

The remaining bodies in the villa courtyard have been collected and dragged away by Shen Yan's team members.

Logically speaking, sealing off this empty crime scene and leaving one or two people to guard it would be enough.

In fact, their entire team remained here.

Chu Tianshu considered that the residual aura of Liu Yan and the Night Bright Cult Leader was quite strong here, making it more beneficial to ponder things related to Liu Yan and the others.

Seeing that he was reluctant to leave, Shen Yan and the others did not dare to insist on his departure, so they had no choice but to accompany him.

These past few days, Chu Tianshu's three meals a day have been prepared by Shen Yan and others.

"Brother Chu, have you eaten?"

Yun Gu's voice reached Chu Tianshu's ears.

"We had rice cakes for breakfast today. What did they prepare for you? It's not some high-end brand kimchi again, is it?"

Chu Tianshu did not stop his practice, but silently channeled his true energy to his mouth and tongue, using the skill of transmitting sound secretly to respond from afar.

"Fortunately, after I declined the option of having kimchi and barbecue with every meal, the meals they bring me now are quite delicious."

Yun Gu and Chen Ying did not appear in front of Shen Yan and the others from beginning to end.

That day, Shen Yan led a team to collect the bodies, while the two of them went to find their respective incense-offering attendants, and soon they both gathered on this mountain.

Their rented accommodation was only a few hundred meters away from Chu Tianshu's.

If there is any unusual movement over there, Chu Tianshu's hearing will be able to detect it immediately.

Because they were neither too far nor too close, Yun Gu suddenly had an idea and used his secret telepathic communication technique.

In the past few days, the three of them have been communicating via telepathy.

To be honest, for experts in forbidden techniques, within a range of no more than a kilometer, the ability to transmit sound secretly allows them to communicate at any time with extremely high confidentiality, making it more convenient than mobile phones and talismans.

"We eat, drink, and talk about martial arts every day. We're all like-minded and at similar levels. When we talk, we get excited and time flies by. If we have a cigarette in our spare time, it's truly a heavenly life."

Yun Gu paused for a moment, probably smoking again, before continuing.

"But as the saying goes, forgetting war is dangerous, and being prepared for danger in times of peace is even more so. We still have three opponents lurking in the shadows, two of whom are evil spirits."

"Brother Chu, hasn't the opportunity you mentioned—the one to lure the snake out of its hole and set up an ambush—arrived yet?"

Chu Tianshu's hands moved slowly. His right hand flipped over and pressed down lightly, while his left hand hooked into a fist and steadily lifted up.

After taking a few deep breaths, he looked further down the mountain.

During the more than twenty days of feigning compliance with the Night Cult Leader and others, Chu Tianshu occasionally went down the mountain for walks and discovered that talismans had been secretly laid out in the streets below the mountain.

It was well hidden, but it couldn't escape the eyes of Nan Hua.

After confirming the characteristics of the talismans up close and memorizing their aura, Chu Tianshu could pinpoint their location even from his villa halfway up the mountain.

That was clearly a complete set of detection runes; once properly arranged, it could be activated.

The person who can preside over such a ceremony must be someone forbidden from doing so; they are most likely used to find a lone incense-offering boy.

However, now that Chu Tianshu has discovered it, as long as the talisman array is activated, he can follow the clues and take the opportunity to find the location of the central hub.

When the time comes, we'll charge in and catch the main force off guard.

“That’s strange. Before I fought Ye Ming, I saw that the aura of the talisman was already very extensive, like a spider web that was about to cover the entire Busan.”

Chu Tianshu said, "Why have several more days passed, and the attack still hasn't started?"

Chen Ying transmitted her voice: "The one in charge is most likely Madam Wang. Could it be that her ally secretly betrayed her, colluded with the owners of those three bubble-like figures, and killed her?"

"Even if she fights against two opponents, as long as she fights to the death, we will surely be able to sense her dying breath."

Yun Gu reminded him, "I think it's more likely that the three of them have colluded to use other means to deal with us, so they abandoned this talisman array."

Chu Tianshu also largely agreed with this view.

But in that case, we'll have to find another way to find competitors.

"Mr. Chu!"

Shen Yan started shouting in the courtyard again.

Chu Tianshu withdrew his thoughts, then finished his practice, raised his palms above his head, then flipped them back down to his dantian, exhaled all his turbid breath, and walked forward. Approaching the window, he saw Shen Yan's excited expression.

"Minister Han wants to meet with Mr. Chu to thank him for his contributions to Busan's security."

"The location is to be at the temple on the top of Shenyue Mountain. The minister is available today, but if Mr. Chu is not available today, we can choose another time. What do you think?"

Although South Korea has many religious sects, especially some emerging groups, it also has a strong Buddhist tradition. The president has received important guests in temples on many occasions.

The temple atop Sincheol Mountain is one of Busan's most famous temples.

Choosing a specific date and prohibiting unauthorized personnel from going up the mountain, with the entire temple being specially cleaned and tidied to receive distinguished guests, is enough to show the importance attached to the temple.

"Finally, someone has made formal contact?"

Chu Tianshu muttered to himself.

From a broader perspective, what he did in Busan was certainly reasonable.

Those he killed were indeed leaders and key members of the evil faction.

After collecting evidence, even if the overall characterization of their various sects cannot be determined due to the national conditions of South Korea, it is not difficult to characterize them individually.

However, no matter what, Chu Tianshu is a person from the Xuan Kingdom.

The people of Xuan Kingdom have eliminated a number of high-ranking criminals in South Goryeo territory, and they are not yet ready to leave.

In any case, there should be some influential figures in the local community who can make their voices heard, so we can get in touch with them and see what happens.

We can't really let someone like Shen Yan, who doesn't hold a high position, represent the image of Goryeo from beginning to end, can we?
Therefore, in Chu Tianshu's view, Minister Han's request for a meeting was perfectly reasonable.

However, Chu Tianshu's vigilance did not diminish at all.

Based on available information and personal experience, the upper echelons of South Korea were known for their lack of tact and integrity in handling affairs.

Didn't those people who gave the orders through Shen Yan's earpiece know that someone as skilled as Chu Tianshu could clearly hear what was being said through the earpiece?
They essentially gave Chu Tianshu that order to shirk responsibility right in front of him, and since then, they haven't even made a phone call or video call.

No way.

Did they really spend so much time holding internal meetings first, and then having each department pass the buck to the other?

They focused all their energy on shifting blame, neglecting Chu Tianshu, the real source of the trouble.
No matter what, it is a country that accomplished the Miracle on the Han River. Its rapid economic development back then was obvious to all. It shouldn't be so poor that the government has been reduced to this level... right?

Then we can only assume that perhaps they have other considerations and behavioral patterns that are so different from Chu Tianshu's understanding.

In this way, Minister Han's actions, which are too much in line with what Chu Tianshu considers normal conduct, may actually be even more abnormal.

"The guest does as the host does."

Chu Tianshu said, "Since he's free today, let's meet and have a chat."

Shen Yan quickly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll report it immediately."

After a moment's thought, Chu Tianshu sent a few words to Yun Gu and the others via telepathy.

On Shen Yan's side, one of his team members had already driven back in a nice car and parked it at the gate of the courtyard.

After Chu Tianshu went downstairs, he saw Shen Yan pull out his team members, act as their driver, and invite them into the car.

If you drive steadily and avoid traffic jams, it takes less than half an hour to get from here to Shenyue Mountain.

Mount Shin-eui is closed to tourists today.

In the temple atop the mountain, Minister Han knelt before the Buddha statue, devoutly closing his eyes in prayer. After a moment, he glanced at his watch.

Less than a minute later, he glanced at it again.

Knowing that Chu Tianshu might be approaching the foot of the mountain soon, he immediately got up, made an excuse to use the restroom, and left the monks and his bodyguards behind. Alone, he walked along the corridor to the backyard and quietly ran to the back mountain.

It's a small matter, really just a small matter.

It was simply sending out an invitation and setting the meeting place at Shenyue Mountain.

But even such a small matter made Minister Han quite nervous.

No one knows what abilities a truly forbidden human possesses.
But at least the records show that there was a veteran in the Special Arrest Division who was skilled in divination and fortune telling.

Many people in Busan's upper echelons dared not meet Chu Tianshu, fearing that if Chu Tianshu met them, he would be able to tell from their faces that they had previously associated with certain evil sect leaders.

Nobody wanted to gamble on whether Chu Tianshu could see through things and whether he would let him go for the sake of the bigger picture, but then secretly curse him to death later.

Minister Han couldn't help but look and naturally had to leave quickly.

Chu Tianshu's car had arrived at the foot of the mountain. He opened the car door and slowly stepped onto the stone steps.

After tourists were turned away, even the foot of the mountain became much quieter.

Chu Tianshu looked back at the nearby streets, then turned his head to look up at the mountaintop.

The outline of the main hall is faintly visible, with several upturned eaves, and the sound of bells can be heard.

"This temple is a good place for spiritual practice."

Chu Tianshu climbed the steps.

But it seems he has killed people in temple duels more than once before. Hopefully, this time the temple will not turn into a killing field.

(End of this chapter)