The Legend of the Demon Hunter

The Demon Hunter Association has done Xiao Zhu a favor. During the grand Beast King invasion battle at Novan College, if Wan Yixing had not come to the rescue in times of crisis, he, Xia Shi and even the entire Novan College would have been completely destroyed. With Xiao Zhu's character, he could not have stood idly by when the Xuanwu branch of the Demon Hunter Association was in trouble. However, he had a more important mission on his shoulders, which was to find Xia Shi.

Xiao Zhu hesitated for a moment, but had already made up his mind: "Senior Huojian, can I participate in this duel with the Red Lotus Sect together with you?"

Hearing this, Old Huojian looked at Xiao Zhu in disbelief, then showed gratitude on his face, but he finally shook his head and said, "Child, I can feel that you have strong spiritual power in your body. Although you have only completed four blood awakenings, ordinary hunter spirits may not be your opponent. But the three cardinals of the Red Lotus Sect are hunter soul level. You are so young, you still have a good time and infinite potential. I will go to this duel alone. When you become the Hunter King in the future, if you still remember this, then come back to avenge me and rebuild the Xuanwu branch, I will be very grateful."

"Senior Huojian, please listen to me. Actually, I also have selfish motives. A close relative of mine disappeared a few days ago. I have searched many places in the past half month, and the clues I have now point to the Red Lotus Cult. Now that I have arrived in Yuanwu City, it is the first time I have come into contact with the Red Lotus Cult's sphere of influence. This time I also want to take the opportunity to contact the Red Lotus Cult and understand their situation. If I cannot beat them in a duel, I am still confident that I can escape." Xiao Zhu explained truthfully.

"In that case, I won't say anything. But the life-and-death duel in the Yuanwu City Arena is by no means an ordinary competition. Unless one side admits defeat or dies, the opponent will not give up. So you must be careful at that time. If you are defeated by your opponent, just admit defeat decisively."

"And the missing relative you mentioned, what does he look like? Who is he to you?" said Old Huojian.

"Her name is Xia Shi, a woman about my age. She is a little taller than Xiaoya, very beautiful and gentle." When Xiao Zhu said this, his heart was filled with waves. He was worried about and missed Xia Shi.

After listening to Xiao Zhu's description, Old Huojian shook his head: "There are too many girls in Yuanwu City who meet these conditions. Does she have other characteristics?"

"After she got lost in Sanbianzhou that day, some people concluded that she was captured by the Red Lotus Cult. Senior, you have had close contact with the Red Lotus Cult. May I ask if their sect has ever detained young women?" Xiao Zhu asked.

After listening to Xiao Zhu's statement, Lao Huojian answered decisively: "Although the Red Lotus Sect is hostile to the Xuanwu Branch, from my understanding of them, they are definitely not a cult without bottom line, and they would not do such a thing as harming a girl. In fact, if you think about it from another perspective, you will understand. If they harmed civilians at will, how could they gain the trust of the people of Lingzhi Country and become the largest religion?"

What Old Huojian said was very pertinent, and Xiao Zhu also felt that it made sense, but this made things even more confusing. Just as Xiao Zhu frowned and thought, Old Huojian continued, "However, since the end of the war between the two sects, the Red Lotus Sect seems to be carrying out some grand plan. If your companion has something special, it is not impossible for them to target him and take him away."

Old Huojian's words woke Xiao Zhu up from his dream. Xiao Zhu instantly thought of Xia Shi's Shenyue bloodline. Could it be that Shenyue bloodline had some important role in the Red Lotus Sect, so they captured Xia Shi? But how should he explore the information inside the Red Lotus Sect? Perhaps only by sneaking into the Red Lotus Sect could he know what the grand plan that Old Huojian mentioned was.

Xiao Zhu once again realized the unusualness of Lao Huojian. Judging from the fact that he was a diamond-level member of the association, he should be a hunter soul who had completed five blood awakenings, but there was no spiritual power fluctuation on his body. Thinking of this, he asked the doubts in his heart.

"Senior Huojian, I have something to ask you. I can't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations from you. What is the reason?"

"Haha, so this is what you wanted to ask." When Old Huojian heard Xiao Zhu's question, he smiled indifferently, then took out an exquisite jade box from his arms. After opening the jade box, there was a white worm that looked like a spring silkworm inside.

Xiao Zhu had never seen such a bug before, and he looked at it in wonder for a long time but couldn't recognize what it was.

"This is the Hidden Spirit Gu. It can devour the spiritual power emitted by the demon hunter. By controlling how much spiritual power it devours, you can suppress the spiritual power emitted by yourself to a certain range, thereby misleading the enemy. For example... " After Old Huojian finished speaking, his body emanated weak spiritual power. If you didn't know him, you might mistakenly think he was just an ordinary low-level demon hunter.

Xiao Zhu had learned the art of concealing his breath, but it could only deceive people who were weaker than him. If he encountered a strong person, he would naturally have no way to hide under the other party's spiritual power detection. However, the Hidden Spirit Gu could actually prevent the other party from feeling any spiritual power when both parties were standing so close to each other. This was really unbelievable.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhu already had an idea about the next arrangement. He said, "Senior Huojian, can you lend me this Hidden Spirit Gu?"

"Oh? You want to use it?" Old Huojian closed the jade box and handed it to Xiao Zhu, saying, "Although this Hidden Spirit Gu is rare, it is not of much use to me, so I'll give it to you!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhu was overjoyed. He took the jade box and replied politely, "Thank you, senior!"

The next day.

Although the Yuanwu City Church was only a branch of the Red Lotus Cult in Lingzhi Country, the building was very spectacular. The spire of the church was more than seven or eight stories high, and the gate was five meters wide. In the middle of the square in front of the church stood one of the three iconic buildings of Yuanwu City, the Saint Statue.

Early that morning, two young people, a man and a woman, stood in the square. Judging from the spiritual power emanating from them, they were both junior demon hunters. In front of them was a Red Lotus member wearing a green robe.

"Do you want to join the Red Lotus Sect?" asked the green-robed cultist.

"Yes, please give us some guidance, senior." said the young man.

"Only demon hunters who have completed blood awakening can join the Red Lotus. Do you meet the requirements?" The green-robed cultist asked with arrogance in his tone.

"My sister and I have both luckily completed our blood awakening, and are now junior demon hunters. We have traveled thousands of miles from other places to Yuanwu City, just to join your sect. Senior, please tell us what to do next." The young man lowered his head and spoke in a more respectful tone.

"The Saint saves all living beings. It is rare that you have such a pious heart." The green-clad believer's tone softened: "Come with me. As long as you can pass the spiritual power test, the Holy Church will accept you."