Begin immortality by slaying demons

“A letter from the mountains.”

A sudden streak of light into the courtyard interrupted Shen Yi's thoughts.

Ye Lan landed steadily, her face showing some anxiety: “They say there's news from the Northern Continent, and several Immortal Sect leaders are to gather to discuss important matters.

The peak masters feel the matter is significant and they might not be able to handle it alone, so they're asking you to return as soon as possible.”

“……”

Before she finished speaking, Zhi Kong's expression changed drastically.

Even though he was just a small ascetic within the Bodhi Sect, he knew that the Northern Continent was where the Three Pure Ones taught the Dharma.

It could be said that it was the main place for the disciples of the Three Immortals to reside and cultivate.

Now that the Three Immortals Sect's gaze has fallen upon the Southern Continent, they will inevitably notice the fall of the Divine Void Ancestor.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously glanced to the side.

Zhi Kong had seen many people who could cause trouble, but someone who simultaneously provoked the Bodhi Sect, the Three Immortals Sect, and that group of demons… each was a deadly matter, and they all happened to coincide.

Even someone with a firm will might have the thought of simply slitting their own throat to make things easier.

However, Shen Yi merely listened quietly, lost in thought, with no great panic in his expression.

The two did not dare to interrupt, and could only sigh inwardly.

That restrained young man from the past was now increasingly calm in the face of adversity, his performance even surpassing those Zhennan Generals who had held high positions for many years.

“Understood.” Shen Yi slowly stood up.

“Shall we return now?” Ye Lan quickly approached him.

As a titled general, she was competent enough.

Even though Yan Lao's division of the family initially meant that the risk she took far exceeded the imperial aura rewards she received, and even with the fallback of Divine Void Mountain, Ye Lan had never thought of leaving.

But everything must be considered in context.

Now, the situation of the Divine Dynasty obviously could not be salvaged by one person's strength.

In this situation, she suddenly didn't want Shen Yi to continue wallowing in this quagmire.

“You… don't owe the imperial court anything.”

Ye Lan recalled the subconscious reactions of those people when Zhi Kong delivered the secret letter to Yan Lao that day, hesitated for a moment, and then earnestly raised her eyes.

As soon as these words came out, even Zhi Kong, who cared about the common people, looked over with a complex expression.

If things could not be done, it would be a better choice to preserve oneself for future use.

“When did I ever say I owed them anything?”

Under their gazes, Shen Yi smiled wryly.

“Then…”

Ye Lan took a deep breath, only to see the young man take out a jade slip, casually record his aura, and hand it over: “Send the message over first, there's not much time left.”

The content of the jade slip was very simple, it was the same one received by the Thousand-Legged Black Dragon brothers.

As for whether it was true or false, it would be left to the others to discern for themselves.

Although Shen Yi possessed the cultivation of both an Immortal Venerable and a Bodhisattva, he was not a true god or Buddha, but merely a cultivator, unable to be perfect in every aspect.

He didn't even mention the Divine Void Mountain matter.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Ye Lan and Zhi Kong could only watch as the thin young man pushed open the door and entered the room.

There were no heroic words, only a light smile, but it contained a desperate stance that all the members of the Demon Subduing Division could not muster, leaving no room for retreat!

“Lord Shen… is more worthy of that lotus platform than the many monks in the Southern Sumeru.”

Zhi Kong put his palms together and muttered to himself, then respectfully bowed towards the closed door.

And inside the house.

Shen Yi sat quietly on the edge of the bed, and a six-winged flying insect buzzed out.

His mind was not as calm as it seemed on the surface.

The first thing Shen Yi did upon receiving this news was to communicate with Divine Void Ancestor using his divine soul, to see if the other party could use the body of the Zhenshi Stone, and with the help of the Divine Void Dao Fruit, barely muddle through.

However, the answer he received was negative.

If someone really came from the Northern Continent, it would definitely be a Mixed Origin Grand Luo Golden Immortal, a top behemoth transcending the two realms.

Wanting to deceive the eyes of such an existence was a completely different concept from deceiving the Southern Emperor.

After having a clear idea in his mind, Shen Yi calmed down instead.

Just like he said before, there was no time left.

In such a big matter as attacking the Southern Continent, the Southern Emperor actually only gave the demon venerables a mere half-month to react, and only issued the order abruptly when the day was approaching.

If the time spent on the road was included, it would completely avoid the possibility of these demon venerables leaking the secret.

And the order received by the Thousand-Legged Black Dragon brothers… was again Songfeng Prefecture, the old place where the three demon clans suffered a great loss.

As for who the fellow travelers were, and how many were sent in total, it would only be known when they arrived.

The Southern Emperor's operation directly made Shen Yi's most accustomed means ineffective.

In a mere half month, let alone going back to fool a Mixed Origin Grand Luo Golden Immortal, even rushing back to Divine Void Mountain would be a bit too late.

Since that was the case, he simply didn't think about it and focused on doing the things at hand.

As for the matter of preserving his life mentioned by Ye Lan and others…

Shen Yi silently looked out the window.

As early as when he left Southern Sumeru and planned to go to Bajigu, he had actually made a decision.

He really didn't owe the Divine Dynasty anything.

But to have him, who had finally gradually sent the common people of Hongze to Shenzhou, the legendary immortal realm of the human world.

Among them were Senior Xuanqing, several sect leaders such as Nan Hong, and the Bānshān Sect Leader, who were willing to risk their lives to fool around with him, and also Jiang Qiulan, Nie Jun, and Li Qingfeng, old friends who had always been by his side since the Nanyang Treasure Land.

Now, they were scattered all over the Divine Dynasty.

Under such circumstances, to have Shen Yi watch this immortal realm be destroyed again.

He probably couldn't do such a thing.

Do his best.

……

Great Southern Continent, Songfeng Prefecture.

“Half a month?!”

Feng Xi stepped out and took the jade slip.

“Half a month was the news before this humble servant came… calculating the days, there should only be four hours left.”

Ye Lan's face was calm to the point of being abnormal, and she respectfully stepped back two steps.

After leaving Jianyang, although she ran desperately day and night, her heart was quietly tied to that deserted courtyard.

The young man who had avenged the blood feud of her master with the Thousand Tribulation Golden Pill now vaguely had the posture of being buried with the Divine Dynasty.

Whenever she thought of this, Ye Lan would recall the first time she met him at the Land Temple in Jianyang Prefecture.

If at that time, she could have used the reason that the other party was too rough and fierce in handling the matter of the Jade Dragon Sect's Green Plum Taoist ordering his disciples to carry magic weapons to intercept the rain, and pressed him to death in the position of Demon Slayer.

To play the villain and make him disgusted with the Divine Dynasty.

Then perhaps these things would not have happened today.

“……”

Feng Xi no longer had the energy to pay attention to the strangeness on Ye Lan's body, her red lips trembling slightly as she looked back.

Inside the hall were Yang Mingli and Yan Lanting.

Fortunately, after the last discussion, the two had not had time to leave this place.

At this moment, there was no need to summon people again.

But with just the three of them, could they really stop a full eight demon venerables?

“Is it the news sent by General Nanyang again?”

Perhaps the last incident gave Yang Mingli too much of a blow, and he seemed much calmer at the moment.

After receiving Feng Xi's affirmative response.

The old man, whose body was full of twilight, slightly tidied up his clothes and stood up: “His news has never been wrong, since that's the case, then let's set off.”

The simple words 'set off' seemed to contain another meaning.

Yan Lanting smiled helplessly and stood up as well.

The two had fought for most of their lives, but at this time, their thoughts were surprisingly consistent.

No matter what method they chose to assist the Divine Dynasty and save the Great Southern Continent.

But ultimately, after the two of them consumed so much imperial aura of the human world for so many years, they should give back to this human world.

The three Generals Who Guard the South coincidentally did not ask about Shen Yi's whereabouts.

Perhaps they all harbored thoughts similar to Ye Lan's in their hearts.

If they could leave a glimmer of hope, that would actually be good.

If they asked and discovered that the other party was also in danger, that would be truly regrettable even in death.

"I'll go too."

Just then, a clear voice rang out from behind them.

They turned back in puzzlement.

They saw Ye Lan extend her palm, a red thread wrapped around her finger, hanging a lustrous yellow jade pendant.

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"He even left this item for you."

Yan Lanting raised his eyebrows, a rare smile appearing on his old face.

In the next moment, several figures instantly swept across the sky, transforming into long rainbows, their powerful auras startling the entire capital city!

The world all knows that there are powerful figures sitting in the Southern Continent, protecting the Divine Dynasty.

However, due to the Demon Subduing Division's past secretive nature, these beings comparable to Bodhisattvas and Immortals are all nameless.

Now that they reveal their auras, it is also indirectly announcing to the world how critical the situation in the Southern Continent has become.

Apart from Songfeng Prefecture, the yamen of the surrounding prefectures gradually sensed the existence of this soaring aura. The officials turned grim and immediately put down their affairs, hurrying to grasp the equally lustrous yellow seals.

One city passed it to another.

Before long, most of the Southern Continent, a full dozen prefectures, saw their imperial aura become turbulent and mighty, converging towards Songfeng Prefecture.

A single jade slip from Shen Yi could cause so many prefectures to become empty, completely abandoning their defenses.

It was enough to see the extent of the Demon Subduing Division's trust in this General Who Pacifies the South.

For cultivators who have reached the Third Rank, a hundred years is but a blink of an eye, but these short four hours gave several Generals Who Guard the South a feeling that each day was like a year.

The sky gradually dimmed, and the night descended like a ravenous maw, crushing the lamps in the capital city.

Even those with the greatest courage were now as docile as children, curling up in their cold blankets, tightly closing their eyes, with only the sound of soldiers marching through the streets in their ears, not knowing if they would still be able to see the sun the next day when they opened their eyes again.

The Grand Luo Immortals could see through the night, but they could not capture the aura of those in the same realm in the deep night.

Therefore, even figures like Yan Lanting and Yang Mingli now rarely felt the same unease as ordinary people.

They stared intently at the horizon, not willing to miss the slightest anomaly.

The city walls were deathly silent.

Until a rumbling thunder suddenly sounded from a place of unknown distance.

That was the breathing of a giant beast.

The eyes of the two old men instantly turned cold, while Feng Xi narrowed her eyes slightly and took out the section of Wutong wood.

Behind the three, Ye Lan slowly drew her long sword, her white teeth already biting through her lip, the scarlet at the corner of her mouth dazzlingly bright.

Shen Yi had given her the strength to stand before Immortals and Bodhisattvas.

Correspondingly, she had to summon the courage to match that strength.

With the cultivation of a Fifth Rank Taiyi Immortal, she would draw her sword against a Demon Venerable!

That heavy breathing even stirred the imperial aura in the sky. In the next moment, a demonic aura even redder than the scarlet at Ye Lan's lips soared into the sky, tearing through the imperial aura like a pillar of heaven.

"One."

Yan Lanting muttered. As his voice spread, it was followed by a second blood-red pillar of heaven, a third… then it stopped abruptly!

"Only three came?"

Yang Mingli frowned, looking at his two colleagues with some puzzlement.

Even without the Demon Subduing Order, the auras that these three Great Demons were currently displaying were enough to destroy half of the Southern Continent like crushing dry weeds.

But this was clearly a significant difference from the number mentioned in General Who Pacifies the South's confidential letter.

However, Yang Mingli did not receive a response, only seeing his colleagues' pupils suddenly constrict. He instinctively turned his head to look, and then his expression turned to astonishment.

The two powerful demonic forces that had pierced the clouds first were actually twisting together, like two giant dragons obscuring the sky and sun, while the last one had transformed into a fierce bird.

What truly surprised the Generals Who Guard the South was that the three demonic forces were inexplicably entangled together.

Double Dragons Devouring the Sparrow!

The night was torn apart, turning into a sunset-like spectacle, winding for tens of thousands of miles.

At the same time, the thunderous breathing also turned into deafening roars and wails. The turbulent aura ravaged the earth like a hurricane. Even across an unknown distance, the majestic Songfeng Prefecture City trembled violently, and the imperial aura reinforcing the city walls rapidly began to collapse.

Yan Lanting suddenly stepped out with his right foot, stabilizing the great city, but he did not intend to leave the city: "Don't be fooled!"

Although he didn't know what these Demon Venerables were up to, he absolutely could not fall for a trick to lure them away from the mountain.

This tragic battle lasted for half the night.

It made several Generals Who Guard the South somewhat confused. With a final sparrow's cry, the two demonic dragons bit the bird demon's wings together, then tore it apart violently!

"Roar!"

Scarlet demonic power rained down on the world, proclaiming the fall of a Demon Venerable.

Then… the world returned to an eerie silence.

The two demonic dragons never appeared again, as if they had turned and left.

The morning light was faint.

Gradually making the figures on the city wall clear.

Yan Lanting maintained his forward stance, Yang Mingli clenched his fists, Feng Xi slowly put down the Wutong wood in her hand.

Ye Lan was still clutching the sword hilt, so much so that her palms were numb.

They stared blankly into the distance, still not daring to believe that this demon disaster had ended just like that.

"Why… is it like this?"

Yan Lanting suddenly had bloodshot eyes and looked back.

No one responded.

But everyone knew in their hearts that if anything bizarre happened in the Southern Continent now, as long as they thought about General Who Pacifies the South, they could probably guess eight or nine out of ten.

Moreover, the news of the demon clan attacking Songfeng Prefecture was originally sent by him.

However, Yan Lanting did not have the slightest joy on his face. Instead, he roared again, his spittle flying in an out-of-control manner: "Why did only three come?!"

"…" Yang Mingli and Feng Xi's faces were numb, their bodies stiff.

If General Who Pacifies the South's information was correct, then it proved that at least five more Demon Venerables had come to Great Southern Continent tonight, but they were not in Songfeng Prefecture.

Then where were they?

The reason for Yan Lanting's loss of control, apart from wondering where the remaining Demon Venerables were, was obviously more about wanting to know where Shen Yi was.

Clang.

The long sword suddenly fell to the ground.

Facing the gazes of the three Generals Who Guard the South, Ye Lan staggered back, feeling a sense of fainting rushing to her mind. She now realized why Shen Yi had asked her to deliver the message.

In the entire Great Southern Continent, whether it was the Demon Subduing Division or the court officials, only he could grasp the whereabouts of the demon race.

"Jianyang Prefecture…" At the moment when tears welled up in her eyes, the girl finally leaned weakly against the city wall.

Hearing these three words, Yan Lanting had already soared up with a roar. Without saying a word, his figure disappeared into the horizon.

Only Feng Xi and Yang Mingli were left, exchanging a glance.

In the night when they were standing there foolishly, Jianyang Prefecture might not have been as peaceful as Songfeng Prefecture.