Demon Slayer

Miss Lei seemed to have guessed Ji Qing's thoughts as well. She said calmly, "My appearance has made you laugh, Young Master. But this is the result of my sect's martial arts; everyone in the sect is like this."

Ji Qing nodded. Lei Yu's sect seemed rather unusual.

However, what Lei Yu looked like had nothing to do with him.

"What about the internal cultivation technique?"

Lei Yu directly tossed him a booklet.

"I can't give you my sect's martial arts. This is an internal cultivation technique I acquired while traveling the Jianghu. Though it is third-rate, it is a top-tier third-rate internal cultivation technique. The Internal Force cultivated from it is exceptionally pure, making it perfect for laying a foundation."

Ji Qing glanced at the internal cultivation manual. Three large characters were written on its cover: "Pure Origin Technique."

Ji Qing casually flipped through it.

The greatest feature of the Pure Origin Technique was that the Internal Force it cultivated was incomparably pure.

Even Ji Qing's Supreme Yang Inner Force probably could not match the purity of the Internal Force cultivated by the Pure Origin Technique.

This truly was a superior internal cultivation technique for building a foundation.

Its only flaw was that it was upright and mild, making it far too slow to cultivate.

But that flaw had no effect on Ji Qing whatsoever.

He had Origin Points. As long as he got started with the Pure Origin Technique, he could directly raise it to perfection.

Internal cultivation required a certain amount of time before one could get started, so Ji Qing naturally could not begin cultivating it now.

He was currently the one being "hired."

Take someone's money, rid them of their troubles. Since he had accepted the internal cultivation manual, he had to satisfy Lei Yu.

"Miss Lei, what do you need me to do?"

"Young Master Ji, I need you to confirm something. Was the annihilation of my Lei Household the same as the annihilation of your Ji Manor?"

"Take me to the Lei residence."

Lei Yu immediately led Ji Qing into Lei Family Fortress.

There were quite a few people in Lei Family Fortress. Ji Qing even saw some villagers greeting Lei Yu.

They clearly knew Lei Yu.

Before long, the two arrived at a desolate courtyard.

Weeds had already grown all around the main gate.

Lei Yu pushed open the door and led Ji Qing inside.

The courtyard was overgrown with weeds.

"All sixty-eight members of my Lei Household died!"

Lei Yu said through gritted teeth.

Ji Qing strode quickly into the house.

He saw mottled bloodstains on the walls.

So much time had passed that the bloodstains had already turned black.

"Buzz."

Suddenly, the Demon Record in Ji Qing's mind trembled faintly.

Ji Qing knew the Demon Record well. A tremor of this degree meant there was a trace of demonic aura nearby.

Where there was demonic aura, it meant... there was a demon!

Or there had once been a demon!

Ji Qing opened the Demon Record in his mind.

He discovered that the page trembling was the first page.

In other words, the page belonging to the Skin-Peeling Demon!

The answer was obvious.

The Skin-Peeling Demon!

The entire Lei Household had been killed by the Skin-Peeling Demon!

"Swish."

Ji Qing opened his eyes.

"That's right. Skin-Peeling Demon, I've finally found traces of you..."

Lei Yu's eyes widened. "Young Master Ji, what did you just say?"

"Miss Lei, there can be no mistake. The Lei Household was most likely wiped out by the Skin-Peeling Demon! It is exactly the same as the destruction of Ji Manor. I could smell the Skin-Peeling Demon's aura with my eyes closed. There is no mistake."

"Skin-Peeling Demon?"

Lei Yu nearly crushed her teeth.

"The Skin-Peeling Demon is skilled at concealing its aura. It has numerous avatars and a cunning nature. The ones I killed back then were merely several of its avatars; the true body of the Skin-Peeling Demon vanished without a trace."

Lei Yu clearly believed Ji Qing's judgment.

She was no ordinary person either, so she naturally knew that demons existed in this world.

When the Lei Household was exterminated, Lei Yu had felt that something was unusual. It seemed not to have been done by humans, but she had been unable to determine it for certain.

Until now. Ji Qing had come and confirmed that the Skin-Peeling Demon was the true culprit!

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Ji Qing's ears twitched slightly.

He heard a set of footsteps outside.

Lei Yu had clearly heard them too. The two exchanged a glance, then immediately hid in the corner of the room.

Outside the Lei residence, a young man and woman dressed like wandering sorcerers arrived at the entrance.

"The aura has extended all the way here. It must be right."

"This courtyard seems uninhabited. Let's go in and take a look."

Holding a compass, the two entered the Lei residence courtyard.

The compass pointed toward a room, and the two cautiously walked inside.

"Clang."

A dazzling blade light tore through the pitch-black room.

The two holding the compass could not help blinking.

But in that instant of blinking, the young man's heart gave him a frenzied warning, as though he were in extreme danger.

The young man forced his eyes open and saw a magnificent blade light, breathtakingly beautiful.

Yet that beautiful blade light reached him in an instant.

The blade light was indeed beautiful, but it was even more deadly!

"Not good!"

The young man immediately bit his finger, drew a talisman in the air, and shouted, "Golden Light Protects the Body!"

"Buzz."

A golden radiance appeared over the two without warning.

At the same time, the blade light had vanished. The sharp blade fell upon the young man's neck, only to be blocked by a thin layer of golden light, unable to advance even an inch.

Ji Qing frowned.

The Internal Force within him erupted once more.

Unfortunately, no matter how he erupted with Internal Force, he could not break through the golden light around the young man.

"It's useless. What I used is demon-slaying arts, not martial arts. Your ordinary Jianghu martial arts are of no use against us..."

Before the young man could finish—

"Let me!"

Lei Yu sprang out of the darkness in a single step.

Her enormous body was like a mountain of flesh, yet she was incomparably agile at this moment, charging madly toward the young man.

"Boom."

Lei Yu slammed fiercely into the young man.

Even with a layer of golden light protecting him, the young man could not withstand Lei Yu's impact. He was sent flying by her and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Brother..."

The young woman reacted much more slowly. Only then did she come to her senses and hurried over to help the young man up.

"Pfft..."

The young man spat out a mouthful of blood. As for the layer of golden light around him, it had long since vanished.

It seemed the young man's so-called demon-slaying arts were not all that miraculous.

Lei Yu had shattered them with one collision.

"A Second-Rate Martial Artist... Stop at once! We are not people of the Jianghu. We are Demon Slayers. Jianghu grudges have nothing to do with us!"

The young man shouted, and only then did Lei Yu stop.

Ji Qing and Lei Yu emerged.

He glanced at Lei Yu beside him.

Ji Qing truly had not expected Lei Yu to be so violently ferocious once she made a move.

If he had taken that collision just now, even if he did not die, he would have been crippled.

Lei Yu was actually a Second-Rate Martial Artist?

She was even very strong among Second-Rate Martial Artists!

"You just said that you are Demon Slayers?"

"That's right. We are Demon Slayers from Jiangzhou, pursuing a demon here. My name is Chen Luo, and this is my younger sister, Chen Lin."

"Demon Slayers... There are indeed rumors of Demon Slayers in the Jianghu. But those Demon Slayers are all elusive and highly skilled. You two count as Demon Slayers?"

Lei Yu said with a cold sneer.

She had traveled the Jianghu for many years and was an old hand of the Jianghu. Her knowledge and experience far surpassed Ji Qing's.

If this young man and woman wanted to make up lies and muddle through, it would not be so easy.

"How shameful! To tell you the truth, my sister and I caused a great disaster. We accidentally released the Blood Demon suppressed within our Lineage. In order to redeem ourselves through merit, even though we have yet to reach the level where we can travel abroad to slay demons, we had no choice but to come out and pursue the Blood Demon."

Chen Luo explained sincerely.

"Blood Demon? Not the Skin-Peeling Demon?"

Ji Qing suddenly asked.