The more you believe me, the more real it becomes.

Chapter 29 Slaying Demons and Persuading the Heart
Du Yuan laughed as she took the decapitation blade and said:
"It's good that you've come to your senses. We can't let three years of good deeds go to waste! That's right."

Du Yuan, who was playing with the executioner's blade, slightly raised her eyes and looked towards the county government office.

Du Yuan's gaze could not penetrate the high walls and large tiles.

The same thing happened after the demon lost the black aura surrounding Magistrate Fang.

At this moment, both of them felt that the other was looking at them.

The difference is that Du Yuan's eyes are full of confidence and fearlessness.

The demon was completely bewildered and terrified.

"No, that's impossible. How could a celestial being make a mistake? What could be wrong?"

Even now, this wretched creature still doesn't know what went wrong.

In its calculations, it had already grasped all the advantages of timing, location, and popular support, so how could it possibly lose?

However, it knew that at this moment, it could no longer stay in the county government office and Qing County.

It was severely injured from a distance without even facing it head-on.

If they were to actually face off, it would certainly be no match for it.

So it had to escape, fleeing to the mass grave!
The black python suddenly appeared, but its scales were peeling off in countless places, and blood was seeping everywhere, indicating that it had been deeply injured by the previous shockwave.

Ignoring everything else, after revealing its true form, it flicked its tail and burrowed underground, heading straight for the mass grave!

Magistrate Fang, whose executioner's blade had been taken by Du Yuan, did not stand up. He remained bent over, still in that disheveled and disheveled state.

He asked tremblingly:

"Master, may I ask what exactly this demon you mentioned earlier is all about?"

I have a demon in my house, but why am I completely unaware of it?

Amidst all these doubts, a figure slowly emerged in Magistrate Fang's mind.

Startled, he looked up and met Du Yuan's gaze as she looked down.

"You've realized it? That's right, it's that one! It's that monster you picked up from the mass grave!"

She was picked up from a mass grave. During the magical duel, there was a woman's voice. She had just failed last night, and the next day, Magistrate Fang, who was clearly in trouble, arrived. Dark clouds lingered in the backyard of the county government. After Magistrate Fang's first wife died, he married her.

With all of these factors combined, how could it not be her!
Magistrate Fang let out a 'clunk' sound, his Adam's apple slid violently beneath his sweat-soaked skin, and a chill ran up his spine like a venomous snake.

The scene in the mass grave suddenly came to life: instead of seeing a pitiful woman on the verge of death under the willow tree, heartlessly abandoned by her parents because of her serious illness, she was clearly being deeply coiled by a large black python from the pile of bones!
His internal organs suddenly churned, and sour water mixed with the vegetarian noodles he had swallowed at noon surged up his throat—he dared not imagine where the soups and meals he had been eating for the past few months had come from, let alone what the tenderness of the night had been like.

With a loud "whoosh," Magistrate Fang knelt down on the execution ground, his face contorted, and vomited up countless filthy things.

Within a few short breaths, due to the overwhelming nausea, he vomited everything out of his stomach.

Even so, he still couldn't stop dry heaving.

This prompted Wu Dadao, the executioner standing nearby, to step forward and help him up.

But Magistrate Fang, suppressing the churning in his throat, kowtowed deeply to Du Yuan and said:
"This official was blind and foolish. First, he listened to the evil spirits, and then he offended the master. Although he has now realized his mistake, he knows it is too late. However, this official still dares to ask the Taoist priest to do something for the sake of the people of Qing County and subdue that evil creature!"

Du Yuan nodded and smiled:

"This is precisely my plan. Gentlemen, watch closely!"

Du Yuan slapped the decapitation sword in her hand.

This vicious blade, which had slain countless villains, instantly clashed and flew up in Du Yuan's hands.

The people were blinded by the red light and covered their faces as they staggered backward.

Just as he was about to cry out in alarm, he saw the strict laws transform into golden chains that tightly bound the red, malevolent light.

At this moment, Du Yuan shouted:
"go with!"

Du Yuan pointed her sword at the empty space, and the blood-red blade suddenly transformed into a crimson rainbow, dragging golden chains as it flew towards the location of the demon.

Putting aside everything else, this prodigy's innate earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical ability) is truly remarkable.

In just a few words, it ran out of Qing County and escaped into the mass grave.

Before it could actually escape to the place where it had placed the small bronze cauldron, it felt like it was being pricked by needles.

The next moment, an extremely domineering and ferocious aura forced it out from underground from a great distance.

Upon closer inspection, it was horrified to see the decapitation blade dragging a golden chain as it charged towards them! This caused the black aura around the blade to surge wildly, attempting to resist the deadly power of the blade.

But the black energy was met head-on, and it scattered like water hitting a rock.

All they could do was watch as the vicious blade came hurtling straight at them!
At this moment, disregarding everything else, the snake demon cried out in a hoarse voice:
"Immortal, save me!!!"

The sound could be heard throughout half of Qing County; it was extremely shrill and filled with profound despair.

But even if it hadn't been considered a discarded pawn, the person behind it would certainly not have come for it.

After all, they are just minor mountain demons, not worth mentioning.

All things in the world are merely chess pieces, and discarded pieces are ignored and simply placed on the board.

The decapitation blade crashed down, and the entire head of the black python flew off.

After being tossed around several times in the air, it vaguely saw its own headless body gushing blood.

When the last cycle ended, its head, with its last vestiges of consciousness, rolled to the skull altar it had built.

Only then did it realize the belated truth—the small bronze cauldron it had placed on the skull had already been smashed to pieces!
'It's lying to me. I'm a pawn to be discarded, not a minor repairman, but a major repairman?!'

Of the strange creatures Du Yuan encountered, the snake demon was clearly smarter than the horse demon.

It saw through the truth at a glance!
But the snake demon was clearly not as likable as the horse demon.

So the horse demon is still happily traveling and sightseeing with the horse caravan, while the snake demon has been beheaded and gone to his death!
Even amidst the mountains and rivers, the red stone, which had remained in its original form, unconsciously looked up at the silent surroundings. After a moment of confusion, it raised its hoof and scratched the back of the horse's neck, which was inexplicably itchy.

They happily began to eat the large white radishes that the caravan had specially brought for them.

Radishes, delicious! Caravan, good! Living Buddha, you didn't lie to the horses!
In Qing County, everyone, including the county magistrate and Qian Youcai, stared at the direction the precious sword had flown, unable to recover for a long time.

Such a bizarre thing was truly unprecedented in their lives!

The frozen atmosphere was only broken when Du Yuan spoke.

"Your Excellency, it's time to snap out of it."

The magistrate of Fang County, who had looked up in surprise, quickly regained his composure and bowed his head to apologize:

"Please forgive us, Daoist Master. We are mere mortals who have never witnessed such supernatural powers, and we lost our composure for a moment!"

"It's alright, it's alright. Even if it's just the magistrate, I must tell you a thing or two."

Magistrate Fang bowed his head even lower and pleaded:

"Please speak frankly, Daoist Master!"

Du Yuan put her hands behind her back and looked at the distant horizon, saying:

Do you know why I asked you to make three cuts?

"Because I offended a sage, and failed to recognize his greatness, so Daoist Master, you must distribute my merits and virtues?"

Du Yuan shook her head and said:
"No, no, how could I, a humble Taoist priest, ruin your fate for my own selfish reasons? I merely wish to offer you this advice."

"I am here today to remind you. You killed me, and I am protected by supernatural powers, but what about the others you have killed?"

The magistrate of Fang County looked up suddenly, still shaken.

Du Yuan turned around with his hands behind his back, looking at Magistrate Fang with utmost seriousness and said:

"You are a mortal being, unable to see the true nature of demons, and it is understandable that you are blinded by them. But you are also the parents of a county."

"Therefore, I must be harsh on you, for you hold the lives and well-being of countless people in your hands! And ask yourself honestly, did you truly not discover a single problem with that demon?"

The magistrate of Fang County was parched and didn't know how to speak, so he could only lower his head in shame.

Du Yuan reached out and helped Magistrate Fang to his feet, shaking his hand with utmost solemnity and saying:
"You're a good official, you'll definitely go far, so you must always remember that human lives are at stake!"

"Therefore, the two years of merit you caused me to scatter today will gradually return to you in the future, helping you to have a smooth career! But, please don't forget what happened today!"

The magistrate of Fang County stared blankly at Du Yuan.

After a long while, he hurriedly straightened his clothes, and after confirming several times that they were barely acceptable.

Then he solemnly bowed to Du Yuan and said:

"The corrupt official shall remember this!"

(End of this chapter)