The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 173 The Bai Family's Request
The Bai family's invitation was delivered to several people.

Although four people were invited, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the invitation was directed at Su Yan.

"What's the Bai family's plan?"

Du Yuan looked puzzled. Bai Yun looked at Su Yan and said calmly, "Ask him."

Su Yan played with the invitation and said, "It has nothing to do with me, it's just that they pushed too hard."

Strangling the robber cultivators and clearing out the bandit warriors around the four towns was not a big deal.

The people from the three towns of Ma, Lin and Zhou should have given an explanation to the Beast King Sect.

However, during the process of clearing out, they gradually relaxed their actions.

We have cleared out the robbers in Luzhai Mountain today. Should we leave some troops behind to garrison and eliminate future troubles?

We killed a group of notorious robber cultivators yesterday, so should we publicize it in the city?
The reconstruction of the city was proceeding in an orderly manner, but the Ma, Lin and Zhou families all contributed money.

There may not be many industries left on the surface, but they are secretly infiltrating Baishan Town.

Although the Bai family wanted to take the lead in the reconstruction, they also wanted to keep the power of Baishan Town firmly in their hands.

But in Baishan Town, their force is no longer the strongest.

Now facing the pressure from three parties, we naturally have to think of a solution.

"Let's go, we're going to the banquet tonight."
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The main residence of the Bai family. After Baishan Town was recovered, this place was renovated by people ordered by the Bai family.

Although some traces of the post-war period can still be vaguely seen, the tall lintel and vermilion door panels have long been restored, giving it a magnificent appearance.

There was a steward waiting at the door. As soon as Su Yan and his three companions arrived, they saw the steward coming to greet them eagerly.

"Please come in, sir. The young master and the second master have been waiting for a long time."

The manager was also a second-level warrior, and looked to be about fifty or sixty years old. He should be an elder of the Bai family.

He led the four people inside, passed through two courtyards, and arrived at the hall.

A banquet had already been set up in the hall, and the table was full of delicacies, all of which were ingredients from wild beasts, including some second-level wild beasts.

Bai Lingyun had already stood up to greet him, and even his second uncle Bai Yan stood up and bowed.

"Ling Yun has met the four senior brothers and sisters."

He clasped his fists and bowed respectfully, "I should have met with several of my senior brothers and sisters long ago, but due to the events of Baishan Town, I was unable to do so in time. I hope you will forgive me."

Bai Pan was originally an outer disciple of the Beast King Sect. Although he had been away from the mountain for many years, he still had ties to the sect, so Bai Lingyun was being polite when he spoke like this.

"You're too polite, Junior Brother Bai."

Su Yan was welcomed to the main seat, Bai Yun was intentionally placed in the deputy seat, and Bai Yan, Bai Lingyun and others took their seats in turn.

After everyone settled down, Bai Yan said, "The fact that Baishan Town was able to be recaptured from the wild beasts was entirely due to the sect's help. Young Master Su is incredibly powerful, truly worthy of being Master Long's disciple."

The colorful sedan was carried by everyone. Although Bai Yan was a martial artist who had reached the great success of the Condensation Stage, he did not show any arrogance in front of Su Yan.

Everyone was so selfless that they forgot about themselves. Bai Lingyun was only in his early twenties. After this disaster, he had just entered the realm of true artistic conception.

As they drank, they frequently mentioned their desire to join the sect and take part in the assessment after the affairs of Baishan Town were settled.

"In his early twenties, he has condensed his true intentions and is a member of the Barbarian Bull Power technique. The entrance examination is not difficult."

Su Yan just smiled and praised patiently.

After three rounds of drinks, he still didn't take the initiative to ask about anything outside the party.

Bai Lingyun and Bai Yan looked at each other, feeling a little bitter in their hearts.

"But I'm afraid I can't go."

Bai Yan frowned, his face bitter.

Bai Lingyun, who was standing by, suddenly stood up, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed: "Brother, please save our Bai family."

This change came suddenly.

Even the wine glass in Du Yuan's hand was suspended in mid-air, and he had no time to put it down.

Su Yan just raised his eyes slightly: "Get up and talk."

Seeing that he remained calm and composed, Bai Lingyun sighed inwardly, feeling a little sad.

"Lingyun, please get up. Master Su allows you to speak."

Bai Yan gave Su Yan an excuse, and he simply said, "Although Senior Brother Bai Pan is gone, Brother Bai Yan is still here. He is a great success in the Condensation Stage, so he is not weak either."

"The Ma, Lin, and Zhou families are pressing forward. With the sect stationed there, they dare not do anything. If it's three months later, I'm afraid..."

"The sect cannot protect any disciple indefinitely."

Su Yan said lightly.

The sect is not a charity. He raised his eyes slightly, with a smile on his face: "You two should know this better than me."

It is true that Bai Pan was born into a sect as a disciple. He paid the most offerings to the sect every year and was also the most punctual.

But this does not mean that they will completely side with the sect.

Their offerings were in exchange for the protection and support of the Beast King Sect. This was also the reason why the Bai family was able to develop so rapidly before the incident, even though there was no Danqiao Zhenren in charge.

"The sect's offerings will be paid by the Bai family in the future. The Bai family will pay an additional 20% and the sect will split it in half."

It used to be 30-70, but now it’s 50-50.

This is the sincerity of the Bai family.

Moreover, this is only on the surface.

Since we can invite you, Su Yan, here, there will definitely be a generous reward for your support later.

However, Su Yan didn't seem to care and just said calmly: "Not a bad chip, but this is not what I want."

He fixed his gaze on Bai Yan and said calmly, "The talisman for victory was destroyed, the city wall formation was broken, and there's no news about the Bai family's main formation. Brother Bai Yan, do you think this is reasonable?"

Bai Yan's heart sank, and he smiled bitterly: "It's unreasonable."

"Speak up. The more you speak, the easier it will be to forget about the past."

"We really don't know who destroyed the city. We only know that they were extremely powerful, and their methods were somewhat similar to those of the Holy Soldiers. They destroyed the key to victory with just one strike."

At this time, Bai Yan had already made up his mind to tell everything.

He pulled out a scroll of accounts from his bosom and said in a deep voice, "I don't know the details of the city's destruction, but here are the accounts of the smuggled funds from the four towns of Hanying Peak. The Bai family is willing to apologize to the sect and return all the Yuanshi owed within ten years."

Su Yan took over the account and just glanced at it. The so-called smuggling was the income of these four towns, and every aspect of it had been tampered with by them.

There is a number on the books, which is reported to the sect as tribute, and another number is kept privately, which is the real profit.

He flipped through the pages one by one, and the paper made a scraping sound as it passed through his hands.

At the banquet, the sound of him turning pages of a book could be heard.

Bai Yan and Bai Lingyun looked nervous, fearing that Su Yan would get angry.

"Your Bai family is less greedy..."

Su Yan's voice made them both jump. "According to you, when Ma Tianhong and the other two were clearing out the Tribulation Cultivators, they spared those who had a good relationship with them?"

There are quite a few accounts, all of which are transaction channels and secretly operated industries that have been discovered openly or secretly.

The Bai family also has some, even some robbery cultivators, who are also their black gloves.

But the Ma, Lin and Zhou families are also doing the same thing.

Although the information provided by Bai Lingyun and others is incomplete, it can already prove that the backgrounds of the three families are very shady.

"Yes, the robbers from Luomapo, Niu'er Mountain, and Fuqing Mountain... have all done things to them. They have all been hiding in the mountains for the past few days."

Bai Lingyun gritted his teeth and told the story. Although the Bai family also had a share, the remaining three families were even more excessive.

If the sect investigated further, the three families would definitely be in a worse situation than him. "If you want us to deal with the disciples of the three families, this thing alone is not enough."

It's not that easy to use the sect as a knife.

"There's another piece of news. Three months ago, four inner and outer disciples came to Hanying Peak to carry out a mission. Not only did they die near Jianxuan Peak, but they also went to the Laohuang Temple in Mawang Town before going to Jianxuan Peak."

"Is this true?"

Du Yuan stared at Bai Lingyun and asked, "Why didn't you tell us before?"

Bai Lingyun's expression changed slightly, and he immediately explained, "I opened my father's secret room and discovered a clue in it these past two days. There's a big problem hidden in the Old God Temple, and there's still a clue in the Ma family's smuggling that has never been revealed to the public, but its profits are endless."

Bai Pan died in battle, so naturally he didn't have time to give the secret room and the things inside to his own children.

This explanation is barely acceptable.

Originally, Bai Pan wanted to find out the situation in Majia Town to see if he could get a piece of the pie, or directly bring down the Ma family.

But the sudden beast tide disrupted his plan.

"Go to the sect and accept your punishment. Bai Yan will be the acting head of the sect, and you will also be held responsible for this matter. Within three days, the disciples in charge will be sent to Fengcheng to train in martial arts for three years."

"Yes"

Bai Lingyun was shocked and agreed.

Su Yan stood up and walked out with the four people, and then they left the Bai family's gate.

Everyone paused for a moment, and Su Yan said, "Senior Sister, Senior Brother Du, Senior Sister Chen Yao, each of you will lead a small team of mountain guards. Go with them to Liulianchuan, Songling Mountain, Jinmei Valley, Heibailin... and kill all the bandits in these places. Don't spare a single one."

"it is good!"

Bai Yun nodded, summoned his contracted beast, the evil jade tiger, and headed straight towards the military camp.

Du Yuan and Bai Chenyao followed closely behind and immediately followed.

Su Yan smiled and said to himself, "We have to muddy the waters."

He released the six-winged blood centipede and stepped on its head.

It soared into the sky and disappeared into the night with Su Yan in the blink of an eye.

The six-winged blood centipede was like a blood-red meteor, passing through the night sky and heading straight towards the locations just pointed out.

On Lujiao Mountain, among the trees and strange rocks, there are lights in a small village.

The six-winged blood centipede flew down and directly knocked down several wooden houses.

"Who dares to act wildly here...Su Yan!"

Before he could finish his words, the bandit leader recognized Su Yan and his face changed drastically.

"You recognized me. That's great."

Su Yan grinned, swept across with his star-picking hand, grabbed him in his hand, and crushed him into pieces.

The six-winged blood centipede roared towards the sky and spit out billowing poisonous fog, covering the entire village.

In less than half an hour, the entire mountain stronghold was slaughtered. Su Yan turned around and went to the second place where the robbery cultivators gathered, and also massacred them.

Even with the strength of the second level of the True Realm, it is impossible to stop his attack.

Bai Yun, Du Yuan, Bai Chenyao and the others were a little slower, but they also raided various mountain strongholds, killing countless people all night long.

The residents of Baishan Town, including the heads of the Ma, Lin, and Zhou families, did not receive the news until early the next morning.

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Mawang Town, Ma Mansion.

"Ping Pong!"

The teacup was smashed directly to the ground by Ma Tianhong, and Ma Tianhong's beard was shaking with anger.

"The Bai family is crazy. They actually smashed their rice bowl."

Things that are not on the scale can be covered up and passed over.

Once it is weighed, it can’t even weigh a thousand pounds.

In the future, if the four towns of Hanying Peak still want to deceive the sect through smuggling, concealing profits, raising gloves, etc., it will probably not be so easy.

"The Bai family kid is trying to survive by cutting off his arm..."

Lin Zifang, who was standing by, said in a sinister tone, "That Su Yan was quite cruel. He beheaded and dismembered my cousin from the same clan overnight, and the entire village was wiped out."

"Didn't I send you something? You're really an ungrateful person who turns your back on me?"

Zhou Yaokun's eyes were uncertain.

"not necessarily"

Ma Tianhong calmed down a bit, knocked on the table, and said in a deep voice: "The Bai family has made the matter public. As a disciple of Danqiao Zhenren, Su Yan naturally needs to make some response, and it should be a warning to us."

"warn?"

Lin Zifang looked puzzled.

Ma Tianhong said, "It's been several days since the thieves were strangled. It's certainly a good result, but it's not what he wanted."

Su Yan came here with only one thing in mind, and that was to find the culprit who destroyed Baishan Town.

The evil beast is just one of them, the more fundamental reason is those who destroyed the city defense formation.

They took advantage of the campaign to eliminate the robbers and build up a lot of their own forces.

But no explanation was given at all.

Su Yan would naturally be dissatisfied, and there was no guarantee that he would not be even more greedy and deliberately use this to remind them to pay tribute.

"Humph, you greedy thing."

Lin Zifang snorted coldly: "If he wants to explain, then give him an explanation."

"It should be sufficient."

Zhou Yaokun reminded that the person who could destroy Baishan Town could not be a small fry.

"It's up to him to decide whether the portion is sufficient. We just need to satisfy him."

What Lin Zi meant by the dialect was that Su Yan was fed.

No matter how greedy you are, there must be a limit.

"Then try again."

Ma Tianhong stroked his brows and said, "This time, a few of us will go there secretly and invite him to be our guest..."

Before the three of them could finish their words, the sound of hurried footsteps was heard.

Ma Lixue rushed into their room, looking anxious, and said, "Su Yan has come to Mawang Town, leading a team of mountain guards straight to the Old God Temple, and has already surrounded the place!"

what?
Ma Tianhong's expression changed, and Lin Zifang and Zhou Yaokun's expressions also looked strange.

Lin Zifang asked, "What is he doing there?"

Ma Lixue looked anxious and said, "It is said that there are thieves and monsters hiding in the Old God Temple, who have killed the disciples of the Beast King Sect. We will take them all back for interrogation today."

Ma Tianhong said: "This is coming for us, let's go and take a look immediately."

The three of them stood up suddenly and walked quickly outside.

They walked like the wind, anxious in their hearts, and directly crossed half of the town and rushed to the Laohuang Temple.

When I arrived, I heard a roar.

"Kill! Get out!"

(End of this chapter)