Invasion Myth: Starting with the Schoolteacher

Chapter 463 Human-Demon Cooperation Environmental Protection Mission
Now that the storm has passed, some cleanup work needs to be done.

Taking advantage of the battlefield atmosphere filled with bloodshed, General Benbo took out a small gourd from his bosom.

He held it in his hand, removed the gourd lid, and pointed at it. From within the gourd emerged a beam of white light, as thin as a thread and over three or four zhang tall. Above the white light, a banner hung, its light radiating five colors and auspiciously reflecting a thousand rays.

This banner is no ordinary banner; it was personally crafted by the White Lady of West Lake, using the essence of the nine heavens' stars, the five elements' energy, and refined with earth fire for forty-nine days.

Function: Can contain the true spirits of demon races that have taken human form.

She went to great lengths to build Xiaoqing's team, and of course, she also received some well-meaning but misguided advice.

And the intention behind bringing it out at this moment is naturally...
"Brothers, the King is particular, and we can't be careless either."

"It's not that I want evil demons, but the newly surrendered humans still need to pledge their loyalty. For the sake of peace in Taihu Lake, let's offer up our true spirits first."

The leaders glared angrily at this bastard.

It was it that cried, it was it that surrendered, and it is it that is now making the proposal.

How come we didn't kill this bastard in that big battle?

Some old demons, realizing what was happening, became increasingly uneasy, breaking out in a cold sweat, even more terrified than during the battle, and obediently surrendered their true spirits.

Still reeling from the shock, they watched their colleagues, who had been named and executed earlier, dare not utter a word of anger, and reluctantly offered up their true spirits.

Then, General Benbo knelt on the water with tears in his eyes, pleading with the Azure Demon King to accept his loyalty, considering that they were all aquatic creatures of Taihu Lake.

The other spirits sighed. They'd already given away their true spirits; it would be crazy to keep holding on like this.

They also prayed to the king to accept the true spirit, since everyone had done it voluntarily.

Only then did Xiaoqing adopt a "why bother?" attitude and help up several leaders.

However, his facial expressions still need some work; he was genuinely beaming with joy.

Yu Bai's eyes were somewhat gloomy. This old bastard Gui Da had a whole set of tricks up his sleeve and was extremely shameless. No wonder he could get a mission from Hall Master Xu.

After the king accepted the precious banner, it stepped forward and led everyone to clean up the battlefield.

This time it's a real cleanup.

The battle may have seemed short, but the scene was extremely brutal.

Li Yingqi alone slaughtered so many that a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood appeared, and the tens of thousands of soldiers who followed him fought even more fiercely, leaving corpses strewn all over the field.

The stench of blood rose high above Taihu Lake, and a huge black tide appeared under the moonlight.

If it's not cleaned up properly, the fishermen in the area will go crazy tomorrow.

This is not a fish caught by heaven.

This is the battlefield of the demon race.

The residual malevolent energy is something that ordinary people cannot withstand.

When the fishing boats approach at dawn and see these enormous fish, turtles, shrimps, and crabs, they will be driven mad by the demonic aura emanating from them.

Therefore, Yu Bai's task was to clean up the entire lake surface, which stretched for dozens of miles, before dawn.

Demon cores, magical artifacts, weapons, and armor that can be reused are all categorized together.

There's no need to gather up the flesh and blood; just throw them all into the lake bottom and the surrounding waters.

With the fish and shrimp of Taihu Lake sharing the spoils, more intelligent demons will be born from them the following year. This is the way of growth for the demon race; everything is within flesh and blood.

Everything was in good order, and there was order even amidst the busyness.

Mud Dragon stood on the periphery, deep in thought, as if he had learned something new.

As one of Xiaoqing's three generals, it also wanted to improve.

Amidst the bustling activity, several small boats rowed over.

It turned out that the Taoist priest had brought a group of independent cultivators.

The atmosphere between the two sides was very strange, especially the human cultivators in the back who had not yet entered the Dao, who were really flustered.

By the moonlight, one could see the lake's surface covered with muscular mountains and monstrous bones. Fur lay matted like felt, and flesh rotted into dust. It was truly a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, reeking of foul stench.

The demons that are still alive are even more terrifying, each with huge, copper-bell-shaped eyes, bizarre bodies, and peculiar racial characteristics.

At midnight, Taihu Lake was like a kingdom of demons, and they were just bloodsuckers who had stumbled into it.

If it weren't for Master Mao's guarantee, I would never have dared to come. Of course, the reward was also an important factor; the rewards for merit in this large-scale event were very generous.

But I still panicked when I actually got here.

Humans eat fish, but fish also eat humans.

Upon seeing this, Xiaoqing gave a signal, and Li Yingqi swung his sword and killed dozens of drooling monsters.

The situation immediately became much more peaceful.

The leaders didn't care about the lives or deaths of these little sprites they had conjured; they were just mindless idiots who acted solely on instinct.

They diligently continued cleaning up the scene, extremely busy.

Xiaoqing was a little stunned; that wasn't what she meant. Oh well, it's about the same.

Just because these spirits didn't eat before doesn't mean they won't in the future. It's better to just let them die than to see them drooling like that.

"Master, let's start from the east."

The Taoist priest accepted the order and led the trembling, unaffiliated cultivators to begin chanting sutras for the deceased.

This place is a convergence of various energies, including bloodlust, resentment, battle aura, and evil spirits, which need to be eradicated by Buddhist and Taoist scriptures.

If it weren't for the tight schedule, they wouldn't have had to work together at this time.

The group was separated, and under the curious gazes of the demons, they took out their magical artifacts and went back to their old ways.

ding~~
"By imperial decree, your lonely soul is exorcised, all ghosts and demons, and all living beings are blessed."

ding~~
"Those with heads rise, those without heads are promoted; they are killed by guns and knives, or by jumping into water and hanging from ropes."

As the Rebirth Mantra resounded, the various auras on the battlefield were being continuously purified, and the peaceful spirit of Taoism began to take over this world.

Xuan Daoren is quite dedicated; since he's here, he has to work hard.

Just as they were chanting sutras, a shadow fell over the small boat.

"Excuse me, your boat is running over the fish skin."

"Excuse me, I'll cut it open right now."

"No need, I'll just give it a push."

"Thank you."

After the strange conversation ended, he realized that he had just been talking to a giant crab.
What...what...what's going on here?

His expression was somewhat disheveled, but he quickly composed himself and returned to his devout state of mind, so that he could recite the mantra for rebirth in the Pure Land.

Thus, with the joint efforts of the human and demon races, they barely managed to finish the work before dawn.

The remaining flesh and blood were thrown into the bottom of Taihu Lake by Xiaoqing, and the evil energy would require the Taoist priest and the others to work continuously for seven days.

But these are minor issues.

When the power of pure Yang appeared on the horizon, the Azure Demon King gave an order, and all the demons dived into the water to await further instructions.

The Taoist priest also led his men back to Suzhou to rest.

The vast lake returned to calm once more.

Xiaoqing looked at the empire she had built and felt a deep sense of emotion.

"Ah~~~~~"

"Ah~~~~~"

"Taihu Lake. My number one demon. Um, cough cough."

Unfortunately, he lacked sufficient knowledge and couldn't utter a single sentence despite trying for a long time.

With a final flick of his sleeve, he flew back to the Yuwang Temple with Li Yingqi in a fit of rage.

I'll start studying seriously once I become the Water Lord of Taihu Lake.

Xu Xuan never taught me those incredibly powerful words; he must have kept them from me.

(End of this chapter)