A life of idleness in the world of demons

Chapter 54. Taking Office
"Sigh~"

"Sigh~~"

The horses neighed, their wheels whizzed, and their hooves kicked up clouds of dust, propelling the carriage at breakneck speed as it bounced and tumbled repeatedly along the mountain road.

But there was no one in the carriage.

After confirming that the "prospective prefect of Shanyang Prefecture" was dead, the Celestial Master and the Taoist boy hesitated almost without hesitation. The Celestial Master grabbed the Taoist boy and used his earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape into the ground) technique to instantly disappear.

Only the frightened horse-drawn cart remained, speeding forward.

High up, amidst the fierce mountain winds, Ning Xuan was gazing into the distance.

He wore a grey robe and an ordinary mask that could be bought at any ordinary market.

To assassinate the prefect, one must, of course, conceal one's face.

With his physique of 15, his high vantage point, and the "Triple Shadowless Blade" with its triple power, he killed Huang Cihe in the carriage from five miles away.

He came on his way.

He had originally been lying in ambush on the main road, but after using a little trick to discover that the person in the carriage wasn't Huang Cihe, he hurriedly headed towards the side road. Luckily, his perception was now extremely sharp, otherwise the ambush would have truly failed.

Now, he has succeeded.

However, it cannot be considered a success.

Because he originally intended to kill the Heavenly Master and the Taoist boy together.

He was certainly capable of killing those two.

He was fully prepared to kill the two men, because he had a premonition that they were the same two who had invaded the Ning residence while he was away.

These two have been identified by him and are doomed to die.

But they didn't die; not only did they survive, they escaped right under his nose.

Although the Celestial Master's Earth Escape technique is extremely fast, if he focuses all his senses and chases after him, even if the Celestial Master's Earth Escape technique is incredibly fast, he will still need to rest and will eventually stop. In that case, he can still catch up and kill the two of them.

But he not only didn't chase after them, he even stopped and stood quietly in place.

The throwing knife that killed Huang Cihe circled back into his hand.

Then he looked into the distance.

Or rather, he was always looking into the distance.

His gaze never left Huang Cihe, and it never left him after Huang Cihe committed suicide.

On that desolate, crumbling, gray, bare rocky peak, amidst the murky sand and dust, stood three figures, all wrapped up tightly and their faces concealed, just like him.

The three figures were looking at him.

I've been watching him ever since he killed Huang Cihe.

Even though the figure on the left had concealed itself, he could still vaguely recognize it, for it was Zen Master Baiyue!
Zen Master Baiyue held a staff, his body was wrapped in a wide white robe, and he also had a mask on his face.

The Zen Master Baiyue, who descended from the "Frozen Hell," did not deal with the Celestial Masters and Taoist disciples around the "Frozen Hell," nor did he challenge the boundaries set up around it to allow demons to invade human territory and feast on them. Instead, he did not unite with more demons to run rampant in the surrounding area. Instead, he concealed his appearance and quietly came to the outskirts of Shanyang Prefecture, which is very far away from the "Frozen Hell," and stood guard on the path that Huang Cihe took to take up his post.

This behavior is quite bizarre.

No matter how hard Ning Xuan racked his brains, he couldn't understand what Bai Yue Zen Master could possibly expect from Huang Cihe. Moreover, among the three demons who came, Bai Yue Zen Master wasn't even in the middle, which meant that Huang Cihe was most likely just a deputy.

Just as the two were staring at each other, the demon in the middle turned its head slightly as if to say something, and then Zen Master Baiyue suddenly took a step forward and slapped the Zen staff with its claw.

The staff shattered instantly.

With a wave of his hand, Zen Master Baiyue sent the fragments of his staff flying like a sudden downpour towards Ning Xuan.

Ning Xuan gripped the Three-Layer Shadowless Blade, focusing intently on the incoming fragments.

Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and he moved swiftly, choosing to dodge, because he could feel that each fragment of the staff contained the full force of Zen Master Baiyue's attack.

Although his physique was much stronger than that of Zen Master Baiyue, he was still at the second rank and had not undergone a qualitative change, so he could not withstand so many attacks from Zen Master Baiyue.

As he moved, the fragments of the monk's staff were already falling. He swung his throwing knife, striking quickly to deflect the fragments.

The thin throwing knife and the shattered fragments of the Zen staff should have made a crisp sound when they collided, but in reality, each strike was like thunder. If an ordinary martial artist were here, just hearing the sound at close range would cause their eardrums to rupture and their blood to flow freely.

No matter how fast he swung his arms, he still couldn't stop all the fragments.

Soon, fragments pierced through his blade and struck him.

Wherever it struck, the gray robe tore to shreds, and the flesh on the skin instantly became denser, transforming into scales.

Bang bang bang bang bang!
A series of sharp rays struck him and bounced back, swirling in the air and appearing as fragments.

Zen Master Baiyue moved his five fingers again.

The fragments of the staff that were hanging in mid-air came together again, forming the shape of a shattered staff.

It waved its hand again.

The shattered staff shot towards Ning Xuan again.

This time, Zen Master Baiyue's method of attack was different.

Previously, it was like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, emphasizing wide coverage, but you would only suffer one attack from Zen Master Baiyue each time. Now, however, as long as you are touched by that staff, you will have to endure dozens or even hundreds of consecutive attacks from Zen Master Baiyue.

Compared to that, Ning Xuan's "Triple Shadowless Flying Knife" is not appealing at all, because he can only stack it three times, while Zen Master Baiyue can stack it dozens or even hundreds of times. They are not even in the same league.

No wonder that in the nightmare, Zen Master Baiyue kept looking for its weapon.

The Baiyue Zen Master with weapons and the Baiyue Zen Master without weapons represent two different levels of combat power.

Ning Xuan certainly didn't want to face the attack from Zen Master Baiyue.

In the next instant, he switched to the "Ghostly Monkey" Heavenly Demon Talisman.

Although the Ghostly Monkey's constitution is only 3.5, and it can only provide Ning Xuan with an additional constitution bonus of 1.75, its innate demonic technique is [Invisibility Technique].

[Invisibility Technique]: Transform into nothingness, hide one's shadow and trace, making it difficult to see one's form.

To see through this stealth technique, one's qi and blood strength must far surpass his.

Ning Xuan knew Baiyue Zen Master very well and knew that his physical constitution was only 10, and he did not have the ability to see through him.

Therefore, in the eyes of Zen Master Baiyue, Ning Xuan suddenly disappeared.

When its staff came down, it had already lost its target.

Its attack missed, and just as it was about to strike again, the figure in the middle grabbed its wrist and shook its head.

Zen Master Baiyue raised his hand and the shattered staff returned to its original state, coalescing into a single entity.

Three figures glanced in the direction Ning Xuan had disappeared, then turned and rushed towards the carriage carrying Huang Cihe's corpse.

Ning Xuan naturally dared not linger any longer. Both sides had clearly only touched the point and were holding back. If they were to truly fight, he felt that he would not be a match for those three demons.

However, having achieved his main objective, he should head back now.
After that, we just need to wait and see the intelligence from General Qin's Mansion and Shanyang Prefecture.

He was eager to return home.

He knew that at home, Xiaojie must have already arranged for many fresh and beautiful young women to wait for him.

He could drink fine wine while being served by young women.

Fine wine and beautiful women are always wonderful, and you'll never get tired of them so easily.

Several days later.
Ning Xuan received the news.

Huang Cihe, the prefect of Shanyang Prefecture, has taken office.

The top scholar had waited five years and must have been working hard. Now, full of vigor, he began to quell the demonic calamities in Shanyang Prefecture as soon as he took office.

(End of this chapter)