This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 122 After a fate worse than death, when the soul is scattered.

Zhong Bai ignored Lei Yan's pleas for mercy. At this moment, Zhong Bai wished he could beat Lei Yan to death!
One after another, the thunderous whips fell, and from the initial cries and pleas for mercy, Lei Yan and Magistrate Gao gradually lost their voices and could only crawl on the ground with difficulty...

Seeing this, Zhong Bai stopped whipping Lei Yan and instead struck Magistrate Gao with his whip. In an instant, Magistrate Gao died!

Even so, Zhong Bai did not stop. The whip fell again, and this time, a soul was forcibly separated from the corpse of Magistrate Gao. The moment the lightning touched the soul, it directly shattered the soul.

Shi Jian stood by and watched this scene. He had to admit that he truly admired Zhong Bai's ruthlessness. Of course, Shi Jian also understood that he probably wouldn't have fared any worse in his own place. The main problem was that what Lei Yan and the county magistrate had done was simply too heinous.

Zhong Bai gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, withdrew his thunder whip, and slowly walked to Lei Yan, who was still clinging to life.

Upon seeing Zhong Bai approach, Lei Yan trembled violently and weakly cried out, "Zhong Bai, you can't kill me! You can't kill me! Even if I die, it's up to the Maoshan Elders, the Enforcement Hall, and the Sect Leader to decide. You...you..."

"what!"

Zhong Bai was too lazy to waste words with him. He stepped on Lei Yan's back, and in an instant, Lei Yan's spine broke. The pain returned, making Lei Yan feel like he was dying.

"Do you still want to live to be tried at Maoshan?"
That's wishful thinking...

Zhong Bai's tone was icy. Putting aside the fact that before he went down the mountain, Qian Yuan Zhenren, representing the elders and the sect leader of Maoshan, told Zhong Bai not to defile the land of Maoshan, even with Zhong Bai's current identity as a Maoshan Daoist and an enforcement elder, he could directly judge Lei Yan!
"Lei Yan, your actions are intolerable to Heaven and Earth. You are unworthy of being a Maoshan disciple. Effective immediately, your Maoshan disciple status and cultivation are revoked. You are to be executed on the spot!"

After Zhong Bai finished speaking, he stomped down hard again under Lei Yan's horrified gaze, and instantly, Lei Yan's internal organs were all crushed.

Death doesn't mean the end.

Zhong Bai raised his hand again and inhaled at Lei Yan, capturing Lei Yan's soul directly.

"I will not interrogate you, but don't think you can die easily with your secret..."

With the use of the Soul Searching Technique, Lei Yan's memories were easily extracted by Zhong Bai.

After finishing, Zhong Bai looked at the dazed Lei Yan soul and instantly refined it with the Nine Nether Soul Transformation Technique!
Shi Jian, who witnessed the whole thing, swallowed hard. He had to admit that Zhong Bai truly provided a one-stop service for both the body and the soul.

After doing all this, Zhong Bai flicked two streams of Samadhi True Fire from his fingertips, which landed on Lei Yan and Magistrate Gao, instantly turning their corpses to ashes.

“Let’s go, Senior Brother. Lei Yan has already confessed here, but there are some things in his memories that still need to be confirmed. Besides that, we two need to clean up this mess.”

Lei Yan is dead, but the innocent people who died have not yet received an explanation.

This matter needs to be cleaned up, and Zhong Bai also extracted something interesting from Lei Yan's memories!

Evil is hidden in the darkness of night, only to be revealed at dawn.

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Dangdang Dangdang!
As dawn broke, the sound of gongs echoed throughout Fenggang County.

"Fellow villagers, I come from Maoshan. As you all know, there have been zombie outbreaks in Fenggang County recently. I would like to offer some assistance to families with missing persons."

Shi Jian stood on a high platform by the street, with several boxes of gleaming silver beside him.

"Fellow villagers, please inform all families with missing persons to come here."

Lei Yan's mortuary had been burned to the ground by Zhong Bai, and Zhong Bai and Shi Jian didn't care about the money; it was all the people's money meant to save their lives.

From Lei Yan's memories, Zhong Bai roughly knew the identities of these people, so he simply handed the matter over to Shi Jian.

Zhong Bai didn't intend to tell the people about Lei Yan and the county magistrate's actions. Even if the people believed it, it would probably ruin Maoshan's reputation. Handling it privately was the best outcome, at least for Zhong Bai...

Shi Jian took this matter very seriously and distributed the silver in full. There was no fraudulent claim, since it was impossible to cheat in front of the Thunder and Lightning King.

There was no one in the county government office last night, and Zhong Bai handled the matter so thoroughly that no one knows that the county magistrate and Lei Yan have died.

Inside an inn in Fenggang County, Shi Jian pushed open the door and entered. He saw Zhong Bai, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, open his eyes and ask him a question.

"Senior Brother, has everything been taken care of?"

Shi Jian nodded, "Junior Brother Qianhe, don't worry, I have already distributed the silver to the families of the missing people."

"That's good. We can't publicize what Lei Yan did, so we can only handle it privately. But the matter isn't over yet!"

As he said this, Zhong Bai's eyes held a subtle glint.

From Lei Yan's memories, Zhong Bai extracted a key piece of information: Lei Yan had a connection with a special race in Xiangxi in order to evolve his natal corpse from a jumping zombie to a bronze-armored corpse. This special race was none other than the Ghost Cave Clan, which was the object of Liu Guang Zhenren of Maoshan Pill Hall's longing!

Shi Jian was somewhat curious. He didn't understand why it wasn't over yet, since Lei Yan and the magistrate had already been dealt with, and even the magistrate's trusted subordinates had been personally taken care of by Shi Jian last night.

Seeing Shi Jian's confusion, Zhong Bai smiled faintly and said, "Does Senior Brother know about the Ghost Cave Clan?"

Shi Jian frowned and began to recall the classics he had read.

"The Ghost Cave Clan... I've actually heard of them. I heard that the Ghost Cave Clan has a treasure that the Chief Elder of the Pill Hall, True Person Liuguang, has always coveted."

However, the Ghost Cave tribe basically does not communicate with the outside world, and it is even impossible to determine their location, so the Ghost Cave tribe remains very mysterious to this day.

"What does my junior brother mean...?"

“That’s right! Senior Brother, Lei Yan’s memories contain information about the Ghost Cave Clan.” Taking a deep breath, Zhong Bai began to explain carefully.

"Lei Yan has been stationed in Fenggang County for more than ten years. No one knows how he met the Ghost Cave Clan. In any case, Lei Yan had a deal with the Ghost Cave Clan."

The other party helped him evolve the Jumping Zombie into a Bronze Armored Corpse, while Lei Yan helped the Ghost Cave Clan purchase some items from the outside world.

However, Lei Yan still doesn't remember ever seeing the true face of the Ghost Cave Clan members; they only conduct transactions every three months as agreed.

Upon hearing this, Shi Jian immediately became interested. The Ghost Cave Clan was very mysterious, especially their treasure. Shi Jian had only heard his master mention it once. Even the then-headmaster of Maoshan Sect wanted to obtain this treasure. How could Shi Jian not want to broaden his horizons?
"Junior Brother Qianhe, just tell me straight, are we going to go and kill our way into the Ghost Cave Clan?"

"Cough cough!"

Zhong Bai felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Senior Brother, it's not that serious. The Ghost Cave Clan isn't exactly a bunch of heartless people. They're just guilty of possessing a treasure. If possible, we should try to take the treasure."

Shi Jian smiled brightly. The Ghost Cave Clan is different from ordinary people. In the cultivation world, there is no judgment of fairness, justice, or morality. Whoever has the strongest fist is considered to be the truth!
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The next day, Zhong Bai and Shi Jian left Fenggang County and entered western Hunan.

With only a few days left before Lei Yan's transaction with the Ghost Cave Clan, Zhong Bai and Shi Jian needed to make preparations.

Maoshan.

In the Hall of Law Enforcement, after receiving a letter from Zhong Bai, Master Qian Yuan's emotions were somewhat complicated after reading its contents.

He truly hadn't expected Lei Yan, this disciple of Maoshan, to be so outrageous, committing countless transgressions.

Even though Zhong Bai had killed him on the spot, and even dealt with the ordinary people involved in the matter, Qian Yuan Zhenren still felt unsatisfied.

However, upon seeing the mention at the end of the letter about the Ghost Cave Clan's presence in Lei Yan's memories, Qian Yuan Zhenren's expression immediately turned strange.

The reason is simple: Hua Ling, who had contact with Zhong Bai back then, was chosen by Liu Guang Zhenren of the Pill Hall because she was burdened with the curse of the Ghost Cave Clan.

A few days ago, True Person Qian Yuan heard that Hua Ling had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining and could locate the Ghost Cave Clan's location using her divine soul.

Master Liuguang was overjoyed by this and boasted about it to his fellow disciples.

Now, if Zhong Bai finds the location of the Ghost Cave Clan before Liu Guang Zhenren has even performed his soul location, hehe, Qian Yuan Zhenren thinks he might be able to extort a hefty sum from them.

As for taking the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, the supreme treasure of the Ghost Cave Clan, to be honest, Master Qian Yuan had no such intention. Not to mention that even if he possessed the Ghost Emperor Divine Flower, he would not have a chance to break through to the Golden Core True Monarch realm. Moreover, given the decades-long friendship between the two brothers, Master Qian Yuan did not intend to do so.

However, now is not the time to inform Master Liuguang...

"Senior Brother Liuguang, I hope you can find the location of the Ghost Cave Clan first!"

Inside the Pill Hall.

Master Liuguang suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes and looked at the empty surroundings in front of him, and was immediately puzzled.

"Strange, why do I have this feeling that someone is plotting against me?"

Master Liuguang was somewhat puzzled, but before he could cast a divination for himself, he saw Hua Ling respectfully walking in from outside the hall.

Fortunately, the Flowing Light Immortal never performed divination or fortune-telling.

"Disciple Hua Ling greets Master!"

Upon seeing Hua Ling arrive, Master Liu Guang's expression was incredibly kind.

"Haha, Hua Ling, don't be so polite. We've known each other for a long time. Tsk tsk tsk, your Qi Refining Level 4 is almost stable. In a few more days, you'll be able to perform soul positioning."

At that time, the curses on you and your two senior brothers will be broken!

Upon hearing this, Hua Ling was also somewhat delighted.

Several years have passed, and Hua Ling now possesses an ethereal beauty, perhaps because the Pill Hall itself is somewhat otherworldly.

At this moment, Hua Ling's every move was truly like a fairy descending to earth. The mischievous Hua Ling girl of the past has completely transformed!
Hua Ling chuckled softly, then said, "Master, this disciple will stabilize my Qi Refining Level 4 cultivation as soon as possible."

Looking at Hua Ling's obedient appearance, Master Liuguang became more and more satisfied.

Perhaps when Hua Ling first became a disciple of Maoshan, Master Liuguang only used her as a tool to locate the Ghost Cave Clan.

Now, with Hua Ling's talent in alchemy and cultivation being demonstrated, Master Liuguang feels that his judgment back then was really good!

"Alright, alright, my disciple Hua Ling, there's no need to rush this. I've already waited seven or eight years, so a month or two won't make a difference."

The important thing is that you, my disciple, lay a solid foundation; breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage in the future is not impossible!

"Disciple understands!"

Master Liuguang was very pleased with this.

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