Embers of Sword

Chapter 31 Demonic Fire
"Fire!"

"There's a fire! A big fire!"

In the middle of the night, the sudden and raging fire in Xu's mansion attracted the attention of countless people.

Several sword lights shot up into the sky, followed by an endless stream of water-controlling talismans and fire-extinguishing array patterns.

When his adopted son Xu Jing, who was on night patrol, heard the news, the fire had already been put out.

The Xu Mansion was burned down completely.

Xu Jing entered the mansion and moved away the huge rocks that had collapsed the house. He only saw the corpse of a woman that had been burned to charcoal and was no longer in human form.

"Sister Shen..."

He fell to his knees with a thud, supporting himself with his hands, unable to believe the sudden bad news.

It took Xu Jing a long time to recover.

How could this be?

He was only away for a moment, how could the Xu Mansion become like this!

A ray of sword light slowly fell down.

"This is demonic fire. There is a trace of phoenix fire in the sparks at the scene."

Above the sword light, a yellow shirt was suspended.

Xu Jing raised his head, his eyes red, and gritted his teeth and said, "Lord City Lord, are you saying... there are demon cultivators setting fire to Tai'an City?"

"……Yes."

The Lord of Tai'an City sighed and consoled him, "Who would have thought that someone would be so bold as to set fire to the Xu Mansion? That person came and went without a trace. I immediately sealed the city gates, but I couldn't detect the corresponding aura at all. I have reported what happened tonight to my superiors. Now Qingzhou has strictly prohibited it. The Hunyuan Instrument is gathering the secrets of the world, so there must be some clues. I just don't know when the Imperial City Department will reply... Mr. Xu, I am sorry for the loss."

"Wait, where's my stepfather?"

Xu Jing suddenly remembered another important thing.

The Lord of Tai'an City sighed again.

After a while.

Xu Jing was taken to the outside of Tai'an City. He looked at the small pile of ashes in front of him.

"This is your godfather."

This sentence seems a bit ironic and absurd.

The Lord of Tai'an City sighed and said, "Xu You's death was similar to Shen Yan's. He was burned to ashes, and not even a complete body was left... Judging from the remaining demonic fire here, this atrocity was probably committed by the same demon cultivator."

Qingzhou is under closure and the demon cultivators are under strict investigation!
Now this evil cultivator is killing people wantonly in Tai'an City, totally disregarding the laws of the Great Chu King!
"Demon cultivator... Demon cultivator..."

Xu Jing suddenly raised his head.

He ran wildly towards Tai'an City and went straight to the mansion where Xie Zhen was staying.

But from several miles away, he saw the flames rising into the sky and the thick smoke. When the door of the house was broken open, he realized that the place had already been burned to ashes.

"Who lives in this house?"

The Lord of Tai'an City followed on his sword, and when he saw this scene, he frowned and asked.

"My godfather entertained several guests tonight, and they are staying here..."

Xu Jing saw this scene and looked disappointed: "I thought the demon cultivator you mentioned was related to them."

"This is how the same thing?"

The Lord of Tai'an City spoke quickly.

Xu Jing briefly recounted what happened tonight.

The Lord of Tai'an City listened silently, and then asked: "You said that Xie Zhen has no vitality in his body, but is good at the art of talismans?"

"Yes."

Xu Jing laughed at himself and said, "Thinking about it carefully, he is unlikely to be the murderer. He is just a Qi Refiner. Even if he knows some talismans, how can he be a match for my adoptive father?"

"That's true. But tonight, there was more than one fire in Tai'an City... From the City Lord's Mansion to the city gate garrison, there was a smell of evil fire everywhere."

The city lord frowned, thinking that this matter was very strange, with a weird feeling everywhere.

Although the City Lord's Mansion and the garrison station were set on fire, there were few casualties.

However, several garrison soldiers fell into a coma and have not woken up yet.

Although the Xu Mansion seemed to have suffered heavy losses, only Shen Yan died.

If the demon cultivator really wanted revenge, why did he only attack the Xu Mansion?
The houses where the guests mentioned by Xu Jing stayed were burned to ashes...How could these mortals withstand the erosion of the demon fire? Even their skin and bones were burned to nothingness. Not a single clue could be found at the scene.

"Strange, so strange."

The Lord of Tai'an City was thinking in his heart.

The thing he couldn't understand the most.

It’s Xu You.

How could the dignified Lord of Tai'an City die silently outside Tai'an City?

……

... "Rest here."

He ran all the way without looking back, and made sure that there were no pursuers behind him.

Deng Baiyi chose to stop the team at the foot of a barren mountain to rest.

She held Jiang Huang in her arms. The little guy was still sleeping soundly...she had no idea what was going on.

Except Jiang Huang, no one could sleep.

"Isn't Mr. Xie going to fight City Lord Xu?"

Deng Chicheng was a little anxious.

He knew that Xu You was not a good person.

But he is an important figure after all. He wouldn't be so eager to kill people just for a few pills, right?

"..."

Deng Baiyi said unhappily: "What city lord? This is the deputy!"

"To be appointed by Da Chu to guard a city, regardless of whether he is the chief or deputy... is this something we can afford to offend?"

Deng Chicheng held the banknote tightly in his arms anxiously, and said with some regret: "No, I have to return the silver. This thing is too hot to hold."

Deng Baiyi looked at her weird father helplessly.

"No need to pay it back."

At this moment, a light voice echoed at the foot of the barren mountain.

"Xu You is already dead. If you really want to return it, burn it for him."

Hearing this, Deng Chicheng's face suddenly turned pale.

A bloodstained white robe slowly came into view.

Earlier, Deng Chicheng thought Xie Zhen looked gentle and innocent, but now he felt something was wrong! He was clearly an extremely dangerous killer!
Kill those big monsters in Yuzhu Town!
Kill the leader of the ghost cultivators who controls the big demon!
Now...the official stationed in the city appointed by Da Chu was also killed!
"You're back?"

Seeing that reassuring familiar face, Deng Baiyi finally felt relieved.

She didn't feel too much about Xu You's death.

All the way east.

Everyone's life and death depends on Xie Zhen's thoughts.

She believed that everything Xie Zhen did had a reason.

"Um……"

Xie Xuanyi, who had never been used to explaining himself, thought for a moment and said softly, "Xu You and Shen Yan are both demon cultivators. If we don't kill them, we will all die."

"Demon cultivator?"

Deng Chicheng was stunned.

Xie Xuanyi laughed: "This Miss Shen is a ruthless person... For the sake of the demon country, she killed her own relatives and personally wiped out the entire Lingluo Mountain family."

Deng Chicheng looked pale.

She personally exterminated the entire Ling Luo Shan clan? Is this woman so cruel?
Although Shen Yan doesn't look like a good person...

But he could never have imagined that Shen Yan could be so crazy!
Recalling the previous trip to Qingzhou, he and Shen Yan traveled together and sat in the same carriage!
Deng Chicheng felt a surge of fear, cold sweat broke out on his back, and his entire clothes were wet.

Deng Baiyi was confused and asked, "Shen Yan is fine, but Xu You is the deputy city lord of Tai'an City... Is he also a demon cultivator?"

Her expression was quite complicated.

The news that Xie Zhen brought was truly shocking.

No wonder I reminded myself beforehand not to rest and to travel overnight.

"Although he has a human body, he has the heart of a demon. Such a person is more terrifying than a pure demon." Xie Xuanyi said calmly.

Deng Baiyi sighed softly.

She suddenly realized a very serious problem.

"Wait, you killed them...what now?"

Shen Yan is a descendant of a famous family in Lingluo Mountain.

Xu You is the deputy city lord of Tai'an City.

Both of them were people of status and position...especially the latter. The death of such an imperially appointed official stationed in the city would definitely attract attention.

Deng Chicheng spoke subconsciously: "Of course it's to report and expose."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Xuanyi.

The latter looked completely blank.

"Hey, hey, hey...no way?" Deng Chicheng had a bad feeling in his heart.

"I'm sorry, the next step is to run away."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly, "The identities of these two demon cultivators cannot be solved by simply reporting them. I have cleaned up the clues in Tai'an City, so there won't be any problems in the short term... Before the Imperial City Division comes to our door, I will change everyone's identity, a safe identity that won't cause trouble."

　Squeak again squeak~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)