Slaying God: I, the insane and witty god

Lin Qiye walked towards the warehouse. Just as he passed the back alley of the martial arts field, he suddenly felt a fishy smell in the wind.

He paused.

The Demon Suppression Bureau keeps the Snow Lin to exorcise evil spirits, and even wild cats don’t dare to urinate there, so where does the fishy smell come from?

Looking up at the sky, the sun is still hanging on the corner of the eaves.

But the clouds in the east suddenly turned dark—not dark clouds, but dark clouds that looked like they had been dipped in ink.

They rushed towards Merlin in groups.

The words of Old Chen when he was cutting the plum branches suddenly rang in my ears: "The plum tree lives for a thousand years, not to bloom."

"It's to wait for someone—someone who can take its branches and chop off the moon."

He reached for the demon-slaying sword at his waist, and the cloud pattern on the scabbard hurt his palm.

Merlin is located at the northernmost part of the Demon Suppression Division, and not many people go there usually.

Last winter, Old Chen planted a hundred or so green-calyx plum trees there, saying that he wanted to wait for the red moon to appear so that he could use the fragrance of the plum trees to dispel the negative energy.

But it’s not even the ninth lunar month yet, and there are only bean-sized buds on the plum branches. Where does the fragrance come from?

The fishy smell became stronger and stronger, mixed with a hint of rust.

Lin Qiye quickened his pace and walked around the back wall of the martial arts arena. He saw that the bamboo fence beside the plum forest had fallen down in half.

There were drag marks on the snow—as if someone was being dragged by something and had dug their fingernails into the snow.

He squatted down and touched some snow to his fingertips.

The snow water was mixed with dark red. When I put it to my nose and smelled it, it was blood.

It's not human blood. Human blood is a bit sweet, but this one tastes bitter, like it's been soaked in snake venom.

“Who’s there?”

Lin Qiye had just straightened up when he heard a shout from behind him.

He turned around and saw a boy in a blue cloth shorts coming out of Merlin.

He held a fire stick in his hand, the tip of which was still stained with the green juice of the plum branch.

It was Ah Fu, the kitchen boy.

This kid usually squats in front of the stove to steal roasted sweet potatoes, why did he come to Merlin?

"Afu, why are you here?"

Lin Qiye took two steps forward, but Ah Fu retreated.

The fire stick was shaking: "I...I came to pick up plum branches. Old Chen said he wanted to dry them.

But I heard... I heard something gnawing at the tree! "

“Chewing a tree?”

"Yes!" Ah Fu's voice trembled.

"It made a crunching sound, like a dog gnawing on a bone."

"I looked into the woods and saw... I saw a man hanging from a plum tree!"

Lin Qiye put his hand on the scabbard: "What kind of person?"

"He was wearing black clothes, his head was drooping, and his neck...his neck had lots of eyes!"

Ah Fu suddenly screamed, "There it is!

Right behind you!

Lin Qiye spun around, and the moment the demon-slaying sword was unsheathed, a gust of wind arose.

The moonlight-white sword reflected a shadow—a man in black.

Hanging in the air three feet above the ground, his legs were as soft as noodles.

His head was tilted 180 degrees, staring at him with the three eyes on the back of his neck.

The three eyes were all grayish white, with no whites or pupils.

Pus was still oozing from the corner of his eye, which sizzled and smoked as it dripped onto the snow, burning a black hole in the snow.

"Zombie with dark pupils." Lin Qiye gritted his teeth and pointed his sword at the black-clothed man's eyebrows.

“Who raised it?”

The man in black didn't say anything, but his eyes on the back of his neck suddenly bulged out, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

Lin Qiye felt his temples throbbing.

Something sticky was drilling into my brain - it was the illusion of the Yin-Pupil Corpse.

I want to seduce his three souls and seven spirits.

He bit his tongue, and the smell of blood dispelled the chaos in his mind.

The demon-slaying sword was raised up, and the sword energy wrapped around the snow on the plum branch, and "swish" cut off the chain on the black-clothed man's ankle.

The chain was made of black iron, engraved with spells, and green smoke rose from the broken ends.

With a "clang", the chain fell to the ground, and the man in black fell into the snow pile with a "thump" and immediately became motionless.

Lin Qiye walked over and used the tip of his sword to pry open his clothes. Sure enough, there was a black lotus tattooed on his heart - the symbol of the Dark Demon Sect.

"Dark Demon?" Ah Fu huddled behind a tree, his voice trembling like a sieve.

"Aren't they suppressed in the north?"

Lin Qiye didn't answer.

He squatted down and picked up the broken chain. The spell on the chain was still emitting green smoke.

He had seen this spell in ancient books. It was called the "Soul-Locking Chain" and was specifically used to raise Yin corpses.

It takes 49 days of nourishment from the resentment of living people before a Yin corpse can become a force to be reckoned with.

"Afu, go to the kitchen to find Wu Hen." He put the chain into his arms.

"Tell Merlin there's a trace of the Dark Demon, and ask him to bring the talisman paper."

"I...I don't dare!" Ah Fu backed away holding the fire stick. "That thing was just gnawing at the tree!"

“What if…what if it comes back to life?”

"It can't survive." Lin Qiye put the sword back into the sheath.

"The soul-locking chain is broken, and the corpse has no means of nourishing its soul. It won't last more than half an incense stick.

It's safer for you to run now than to stay here."

Ah Fu gritted his teeth and ran towards the kitchen.

Lin Qiye looked at his back, then turned to look into the depths of Merlin.

The location where the Yin corpse appeared just now was exactly the direction of the "Moon City Gate" that Old Chen mentioned.

The red moon will not rise until seven days later, but the Dark Demon is making plans now, probably hoping to use the Yin energy of Moon City to pave the way.

He touched the chain in his arms and suddenly heard a "click" sound above his head.

Looking up, I saw that the thickest green-calyx plum branch was broken in half, and the broken end was white, as if it had been cut by some sharp weapon.

There was a black scale hanging on the plum branch - the size of a fingernail, shining with a cold light.

"It's not a Yin corpse." Lin Qiye pinched the black scales,

“It’s a demon.”

The dark devil and the demon are colluding?

That's not right.

The dark demons cultivate their souls, while the monsters cultivate their true bodies, and the two groups have never gotten along.

unless...

He suddenly remembered what Wu Hen had said: "When the gates of Moon City are opened, a cold wind will blow out. That wind is poisonous and will rot the skin if it touches it."

If the gate of Moon City could release dark demons and monsters at the same time, the mastermind behind it would probably turn the world upside down.

Lin Qiye put the black scale into the pocket of his Taoist robe and was about to walk deeper into the plum forest when he heard footsteps behind him.

He turned around and saw Wu Hen holding a cigarette in his mouth and a stack of yellow talismans in his hand.

The handsome young man followed behind him, with half a feather showing in his sleeve.

"What did you find?" Wu Hen stuffed the talisman paper into Lin Qiye's hand.

"That kid, Afu, ran faster than a rabbit and said you ran into some dirty creature in Merlin."

Lin Qiye pointed at the Yin corpse in the snow pile: "The Dark Demon's soul-locking corpse has Yin pupils on the back of its neck.

The chain is broken and now it is dead."

Wu Hen squatted down and kicked the Yin corpse's head with his toes: "The Dark Demon has been making a lot of moves recently."

"The Phoenix team discovered the Dark Demon's altar in the North Territory, and the Psychic team retrieved the Dark Demon's spirit-calling banner in the South River."

"So they want to spread out in all directions?"

The handsome young man came over and looked at the eyes on the back of the corpse's neck: "These eyes... look alive."

"It was originally alive." Lin Qiye took out the black scales.

"What I just picked up from the plum branch is a demon scale."

"What are the dark demons and monsters trying to achieve by joining forces?"

Wu Hen pinched the black scale and looked at it: "This scale belongs to the black snake."

"The Black Snake is of the Yin element and is best at burrowing into the ground."

"The gate to Moon City is underground. They might be trying to dig a tunnel to get in."

"Isn't the gate of Yuecheng in the sky?" asked the handsome young man.

"Old Chen said that Yuecheng has three gates."

“The gate of heaven is in the moon, the gate of earth is underground, and the gate of man is in the heart of man.”

Wu Hen returned the black scale to Lin Qiye. "If the underground gate is dug open and the cold wind blows out, the barrier of the Demon Suppression Division may not be able to stop it."

Lin Qiye looked into the depths of Merlin and said, "I was thinking of going in to take a look. Maybe I could find the entrance to the tunnel."

"I'll go with you." The handsome young man touched the feather in his sleeve.

"Feathers can block evil. If you encounter wind, I will help you bear it."

Wu Hen grabbed her collar and said, "Go back to the martial arts arena.

Cao Yuwei is teaching new disciples swordsmanship in the martial arts arena today. If you are not here, he must be suspicious.

The handsome young man glared at him: "I'm not a three-year-old child!"

"You are a beautiful girl, the laziest apprentice demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Department."

Wu Hen smiled and said, "If Cao Yuwei asks, just say you went to the kitchen to steal the braised beef."

"He said last time that you were like his second aunt's daughter, who was always good at stealing things."

The handsome young man snorted and turned to walk towards the martial arts arena.

He took two steps and turned back: “Be careful, both of you!

If you meet a strong one, blow the whistle!

The feathers in my sleeves can summon cranes. Once the cranes come, ten black snakes will be pecked into sieves!

Wu Hen waved at her, turned to Lin Qiye and said, "Let's go.

If the tunnel is really in Merlin, we must seal it before the red moon."

The two walked deeper into Merlin.

The plum branches grew denser and denser, and the traces on the snow became more and more chaotic—there were scale marks where snakes had crawled,

There were traces of blood from the dragging of the Yin corpse, as well as some strange claw marks, which looked like both wolves and humans.

"Stop." Lin Qiye suddenly grabbed Wu Hen's sleeve.

The plum trees in front of me all leaned in the same direction, and the snow at the roots had been peeled away.

A piece of bluestone was exposed, and dark brown water was seeping from the cracks of the stone, smelling like rotten fish.

Wu Hen squatted down and wiped the stone slab with talisman paper: "This is the demon-suppressing stele of the Demon-Suppressing Division."

"Ten years ago, a blood dragon was subdued. Later, the dragon was killed and the stele was buried here."

"The stele has been moved." Lin Qiye pointed to the scratches on the edge of the stone slab.

"Someone tried to pry it open with tools, but it didn't work, so they resorted to using demonic power to dig it out."

Wu Hen took out a fire starter and lit a piece of talisman paper. As soon as the talisman paper was brought close to the crack in the stone slab, it burst into flames with a "boom" and the flames were a faint blue.

"Yin Fire." He frowned.

"The Dark Demon's forbidden technique can only be overcome with something extremely yang."

Lin Qiye untied the demon-slaying sword from his waist: "The scabbard is made of lightning-struck wood, which is extremely yang."

"Let's try." Wu Hen put away the talisman paper. "First, lift up the stone slab and see what's underneath."

One of them held the scabbard while the other used talisman paper to start a fire. It took a lot of effort to pry the stone slab open.

There is a black hole under the stone slab, with no bottom in sight.

All I could hear was the whistling sound of the wind - it was not ordinary wind, it had a whistling sound, like someone was playing a bone flute.

"The dark wind from Moon City has blown out." Lin Qiye took out the feather and handed it to Wu Hen.

"Take it, and block the poison."

Wu Hen didn't take it: "You take it."

"I'm wearing the black iron armor from the Demon Suppression Division, so the evil can't get through."

Lin Qiye did not refuse and pinned the feather around his waist.

The two climbed down along the edge of the stone slab. The cave wall was covered with slippery moss and the shed skin of black snakes, which was sticky on their hands.

When you get to the bottom of the cave, the view suddenly opens up.

It is a natural cave with stalactites hanging upside down on the top of the cave.

The ground was piled with half a person's height of bones - some were animal bones, some were human bones.

There were also some strange bones that Lin Qiye couldn't name, and they were covered with fine teeth marks.

At the deepest part of the cave, there is a bronze mirror, the surface of which is covered with a layer of black ash.

There were seven oil lamps in front of the mirror. The oil was blood red and the wicks were human hair.