Clarifying the Heart and Purifying the Spirit (Not a Group Jump)

In the pitch-black night, one couldn't see their hand in front of their face; it was already deep into the night.

All the streets in Jiu Nan Town were deathly silent.

Every household's doors were tightly shut, not daring to make a sound, for fear of attracting demons. They didn't even dare to snore while sleeping.

Even the night watchmen who usually patrolled late at night had vanished.

But in the darkness at this moment, two figures were rapidly crossing the low rooftops, one after the other, finally stopping on a particular roof.

"Senior Brother, what is it?"

Pan Yu followed her Senior Brother, Pan Shi, as he moved swiftly using his movement technique. She hadn't expected him to suddenly stop.

"Shh!"

Pan Shi made a shushing gesture to her, his gaze fixed on the street below the rooftop. He then quickly crouched down.

"There's a demon! Quickly, squat down!"

He immediately said to his junior sister behind him.

Pan Yu obediently squatted down and followed the direction of Pan Shi's gaze, but she saw nothing.

The quiet, dead street was empty.

"Where is it? Why can't I see it?"

Excitement flickered in Pan Yu's eyes, but she was somewhat disappointed when she found nothing.

"You can't see it because your magical power is weak, you're still in the mortal body, and your true eyes haven't opened. Naturally, you can't see the true form of demons."

"Once you pass the Resonance Stage and reach the False Eater Realm, invisible to mortals like me, you'll be able to spot these guys easily."

"But I really want to see what demons look like. We came out of the sect, and we haven't seen any demons on the way yet! Senior Brother~ Please help me~"

Pan Yu pleaded in a low voice, shaking Pan Shi's arm, looking pitiful.

Pan Shi sighed. He couldn't do anything about his junior sister, so he nodded in agreement.

"Close your eyes!"

Pan Yu immediately closed her eyes, both happily and obediently.

Beside her, Pan Shi extended three fingers, then reached towards his eye sockets and dug forcefully.

A bloodshot eyeball was immediately dug out. The nerve tissue connected to the eyeball snapped, hanging limply in the empty socket. Bright red blood flowed down his nose bridge.

Pan Shi felt the pain and let out a cold gasp.

However, to maintain his senior brother's demeanor in front of his junior sister, he didn't react too much.

Holding the eyeball in his right hand, he formed a few hand seals with his left and gently pressed the eyeball onto Pan Yu's forehead.

The eyeball seemed to take root, immediately attaching itself to Pan Yu's forehead. The black pupil trembled and slowly began to focus.

"Alright, you can open your eyes now."

After doing all this, Pan Shi finally spoke to his junior sister.

Pan Yu opened her eyes and looked excitedly at the street below the house. She immediately saw a distorted figure, like a walking corpse, slowly approaching a civilian house.

Pan Yu curiously observed the so-called demon, the pupil within the eyeball on her forehead gently rotating.

"Is this a demon? Although it looks neither human nor ghost, it doesn't seem that scary."

"It's not as frightening as the props in horror movies I see in my hallucinations."

Her intense curiosity vanished after seeing the demon's true form, finding it far from what she had imagined.

It wasn't as stimulating as the horror movies she saw in another world during her cultivation practice when she entered hallucinations.

"You can't say that. Don't judge it by its appearance. This is at least a demon in the False Eater Realm. Even I might not be able to deal with it. You must never underestimate it based on its looks."

Pan Shi immediately said softly, admonishing her earnestly.

He knew his junior sister was talking nonsense again but didn't pay it any mind, clearly having grown accustomed to it.

Because his junior sister's cultivation method was unusual, she often fell into some kind of hallucination, seeing things from another illusory world.

Therefore, words he couldn't understand often came out of Pan Yu's mouth. Over time, he and other disciples in the sect stopped paying attention.

Hearing Pan Shi's words, Pan Yu nodded and said nothing more.

The demon below didn't notice the two of them. It had already reached a tightly shut civilian house and stood there motionlessly.

"What does this demon want to do?"

Pan Yu asked with some confusion.

She had only recently been accepted as a disciple by their master and didn't understand many things, so she could only rely on her Senior Brother Pan Shi for answers.

"What else could it want? It must want to eat people!"

"Although these demons and we cultivators are similar on the path of cultivation, they cannot suppress their inner desires. Their minds are filled with flesh and blood, while we can at least maintain our sanity."

Pan Shi explained softly.

Cultivators had always looked down on these demons. Although they all cultivated with their flesh and blood, there was a significant difference between good and evil.

He then looked at the residential building the demon was facing. While the entire town was dark, this house was brightly lit, clearly with a lamp on.

The people inside this house must have a screw loose. Daring to light a lamp in this situation was practically asking for death.

After just one glance, Pan Shi lost interest. He could guess what would happen next without even thinking about it.

Once the demon entered the house, the people inside were definitely doomed.

In contrast, Pan Yu, standing beside him, seemed a little worried. This was her first time encountering demons devouring people.

"Should we intervene and save the people inside?"

Pan Shi immediately shook his head without a second thought.

"Putting aside whether your senior brother can fight this demon, even if I had the ability, I wouldn't get involved."

"Junior sister, don't forget the purpose of our trip. Master instructed us not to have any mishaps on our way to the Communal Feast Convention."

"From what I know, the entire Jiu Nan Town is White Buddha Temple's territory. The appearance of demons in this town must be related to White Buddha Temple. We absolutely cannot stir up trouble as we pass through here. Those bald donkeys are not to be trifled with."

"After the demon finishes and moves far away, we should also leave here quickly and not let it discover us."

Seeing Pan Shi refuse without hesitation, Pan Yu couldn't say anything more. She could only look down at the house with a hint of pity in her eyes.

Compared to the peace and happiness of another world she saw in her illusions, the current state of this world was far too chaotic.

If she could choose, she would rather give up cultivation and live as an ordinary person, slacking off in that illusory world, than to witness these disgusting things in this world.

If it weren't for the need to protect herself in such chaotic times, she wouldn't have embarked on the path of cultivation.

Unfortunately, that world was just an illusion, not a reality, and she didn't have the ability to choose her own birth.

On the rooftop, the senior brother and junior sister fell silent, quietly lying in wait, anticipating the demon below to finish and leave.

And at this very moment, coincidentally, it was the house they were watching, the one with the light shining from within.

Yang An sat on his bed, waiting from dusk until late at night, and nothing happened.

Just as he was feeling a bit bored, he felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him. Unknowingly, his mind became hazy, his body felt weak, as if he couldn't control himself and was about to collapse onto the bed.

Even a long, drawn-out ringing appeared in his ears.

This drowsiness came very suddenly. Before this, Yang An hadn't felt the slightest bit sleepy. Under the red glow of the Lighting Method, he was completely energetic.

Just as he felt this grogginess and his body involuntarily started to slump onto the bed, his vision was instantly filled with a red firelight, and an icy, bone-chilling cold spread throughout his body.

The red firelight immediately dispelled this state, the Mind-Clearing and Spirit-Calming ability of the Lighting Method was constantly in effect.

Yang An jolted, instantly waking up, his heart pounding wildly.

The moment he regained consciousness, he reacted quickly, reaching under his pillow for the small knife he had prepared.

This sudden feeling of grogginess...

It was exactly the same as last night!

It was clear that the demon had arrived!