Nine Yang Limitless Art, Third-tier Great Demon Huang Fugui

The next day, news that the Skin-Peeling Demon had been slain in one second by "King Yama Lin" spread through the entire Demon Suppression Division once again.

This time, no one was shocked anymore.

Everyone had gone numb.

In their eyes, it seemed there was no demon, monster, ghost, or fiend in this world that King Yama Lin could not solve with a single slash.

If there was, then two slashes.

And Lin Feng finally received the generous reward for the Four-star Mission as he had wished.

Twenty thousand Merit Points!

His purse swelled once more.

At the same time, Ling Yue'er, the City Lord's Mansion's young lady, officially launched her grand and vigorous "pursuit of King Yama Lin" plan.

She practically mobilized the entire City Lord's Mansion to unleash a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree, no-dead-angle "sweet offensive" on Lin Feng.

Every morning, the moment Lin Feng opened his door, a tableful of spirit-energy breakfast worth a fortune, meticulously prepared by the City Lord's Mansion's head chef, would inevitably be waiting outside.

At noon, whenever Lin Feng accepted missions at the Mission Hall, Ling Yue'er would inevitably act like a personal maid, serving tea and water, kneading his shoulders and pounding his legs.

At night, when Lin Feng returned to his courtyard to rest, Ling Yue'er would move over a little stool and sit outside his door, claiming she was "standing guard for Big Brother Lin," when in truth she was propping up her chin and mooning over him.

The whole affair turned the Demon Suppression Division upside down, with everyone casting sidelong glances.

Everyone looked at Lin Feng with eyes full of envy, jealousy, and hatred, wishing they could take his place.

That was the City Lord's Mansion's young lady!

The number one fair, rich beauty of Nan Yan Commandery!

As long as one married her, one could lie flat for the rest of one's life and ascend directly to the peak of life!

Yet faced with this "happiness" that could drive any man mad, Lin Feng's own reaction was...

"Annoying."

He only felt as though one head had become two.

He did not need any of this.

What he needed were demons and monsters!

Bandits!

Those "little cuties" he could chop down in exchange for experience!

Not some "deadweight" clinging to him all day, chirping nonstop and hindering his monster-grinding efficiency!

Finally, after Ling Yue'er had harassed him for three straight days, Lin Feng could endure it no longer.

That day, when Ling Yue'er once again brought a bouquet of Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Flowers, supposedly picked from the depths of the Myriad Demon Mountain Range and capable of reviving the dead and growing flesh on bare bones, before him.

Lin Feng looked at her expressionlessly and said flatly:

"Miss Ling, please do not come bother me again."

"Ah? Why?"

The smile on Ling Yue'er's face froze as she said aggrievedly, "Big Brother Lin, do you dislike me?"

"I just think we are not suited for each other."

"How are we not suited? I can change!"

"You are too noisy."

"I can stay quiet!"

"You are too weak."

"I... I..."

Ling Yue'er was choked speechless by that K.O.-style remark. Her eyes reddened, and tears began to swirl in them again.

"I... I can become stronger! Big Brother Lin, can you teach me how to cultivate? As long as I can stay by your side, I am willing to do anything you ask!"

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Lin Feng's heart remained utterly unmoved. He even felt like laughing.

He shook his head and delivered a line worthy of being recorded in history—the words of an ironclad straight man.

"Sorry, I am not interested in women."

"I am only interested in... slaying monsters."

Lin Feng's earth-shattering declaration of ironclad straight-manhood was like a depth charge dropped into a tranquil lake, instantly stirring up a massive uproar throughout the Demon Suppression Division.

"Holy shit! What did I just hear? King Yama Lin said he is not interested in women?!"

"He is only interested in slaying monsters? My heavens, what kind of fresh and unconventional reason is that? Is that something a human being can say?"

"No wonder he is so strong! He used all the time others spend flirting and whispering sweet nothings to grind monsters instead! A model for our generation! A model for our generation!"

"Wuwuwu... My heart is broken! I thought Lord Lin was merely aloof and cold, but he... he is actually single by sheer strength!"

The Demon Slayer Envoys, men and women alike, all fell into profound shock.

And Ling Yue'er, the person at the center of it all, was petrified on the spot.

She stared blankly at Lin Feng, her mind utterly empty.

Not interested in women?

Only interested in slaying monsters?

What... what kind of ferocious wolf-and-tiger words were those?

In all her life, this was the first time someone had rejected her for such a reason!

And she actually... could not find any reason to refute him!

Because he was telling the truth!

Looking at Lin Feng's cold face, which seemed to be plainly declaring, "Don't come near me. I have work to do," Ling Yue'er's grievance and unwillingness instantly transformed into an unprecedented, fierce competitive spirit!

"Fine! Fine, Lin Feng!"

Ling Yue'er wiped away her tears. Not only was she not discouraged, she clenched her little fists with fighting spirit blazing in her eyes.

"Don't you just think I am weak, noisy, and unable to help you slay monsters?!"

"Today, this young lady is laying down her words! From today onward, I am going into seclusion! I am going to cultivate! I am going to become stronger!"

"When I emerge from seclusion, I will definitely become even better at slaying than you! Then let us see what excuse you will have left to reject me!"

After saying that, she picked up the flowers from the ground and turned away without looking back. Her brisk, fiery figure carried a trace of tragic grandeur.

A grand and vigorous pursuit drama thus temporarily came to an end in such an unexpected fashion.

Lin Feng finally got some peace and quiet.

He entered the martial arts repository once more.

It was still that goateed old man. Upon seeing Lin Feng now, there was not only reverence in his eyes, but also a trace of... sympathy.

"Lord Lin, you have come again?"

"Yes, I am exchanging for a cultivation art."

Lin Feng handed over his token and merit voucher.

"Ah..."

The old man sighed. As he handled the procedures, he said in a complicated tone:

"The martial path is certainly important. But the affections between men and women are also part of life's scenery. That young lady from the City Lord's Mansion has looks, background, and a heart wholly devoted to you. Why must you..."

Lin Feng interrupted calmly. "Before I can kill an Immortal on Land with one slash, romance is too much of a waste of time."

The goateed old man: "..."

He felt that after living to such an old age, he might as well have lived a dog's life.

Lin Feng could not be bothered with this nosy fellow and headed straight up to the third floor of the martial arts repository.

This time, his goal was very clear.

A cultivation art more advanced than the Blazing Heaven Sun Art!

Above the True Qi Realm lay the Dan Yuan Realm.

And to condense a Dan Yuan, a powerful cultivation art was an indispensable foundation.

Very soon, on the top level of that solitary black bookshelf, he discovered an ancient manual sealed within a purple jade box, emanating an aura of utmost yang and rigid power.

Four large characters danced across the cover like dragons and phoenixes.

Nine Yang Limitless Art!

An advanced version of the Blazing Heaven Sun Art.

This cultivation art represented the ultimate manifestation of the pure yang path. Those who cultivated it needed to possess a body of utmost yang.

Upon reaching great mastery, one could condense Nine Yang Dan Yuan, burn mountains, boil seas, and wield boundless might!

Exchange price: 20,000 Merit Points.

"This is the one!"

A blazing light flickered in Lin Feng's eyes as he completed the exchange without hesitation.

With the cultivation art in hand, the next step was cultivation.

But cultivation required time, and the fastest way to increase his strength remained...

Grinding monsters.

He turned his gaze toward the Mission Hall once again.

Yet to his disappointment, after his recent period of "frantic harvesting," the high-star missions in the Mission Hall had almost all been swept clean by him.

All that remained were one-star missions like finding cats and dogs or investigating neighborhood disputes, with pitifully few merits.

Lin Feng pondered whether he should head outside and wander around.

Just then, a familiar voice exploded in his mind like thunder!

"Master! Master! This little one is back!!"

Rumble!

Before the voice had faded, yellow winds howled outside the Demon Suppression Division, blotting out the sky and covering the earth!

A terrifying demonic aura so powerful it made people suffocate descended without warning like a storm!

The aura was so dense that it made the winds and clouds change color and silenced heaven and earth!

The entire Demon Suppression Division instantly sounded its highest-level alarm!

"Enemy attack! A Great Demon is attacking!"

Countless Demon Slayer Envoys rushed out from their residences and stood ready, their faces filled with horror and gravity.

Even the Manager was alarmed. With a flicker of his figure, he appeared above the courtyard, his grave gaze fixed on the source of the all-devouring yellow winds.

With such imposing might, the arrival meant trouble!

But the instant Lin Feng heard that voice, he was first stunned, then a strange smile appeared on his face.

At the center of the yellow winds filling the sky, a streak of light descended at a speed comparable to lightning, landing with perfect precision before Lin Feng.

That arrogant, domineering demonic aura had come swiftly and vanished just as swiftly. The moment the streak of light landed, it dissipated into thin air.

When the light faded, it revealed a...

A bipedal weasel dressed in a tattered Daoist robe obviously several sizes too large, with shifty eyes, a hunched back, and a face piled high with fawning smiles.

It still had that sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked appearance, but the bearing of the entire demon had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

Its tiny mung-bean eyes now gleamed brilliantly, sparkling with vigor.

Though the terrifying pressure of a peak Third-tier Great Demon around it had already been restrained, it still made the surrounding air freeze solid.

It was Huang Fugui, returned from seclusion!

The swaggering, heaven-and-earth-defying entrance just now stood in an extraordinarily stark contrast to the wretchedly fawning image before them.

Looking at Lin Feng, it was so excited that tears filled its eyes. It immediately bowed down, prostrating itself with all four limbs on the ground.

"This unfilial descendant Huang Fugui pays respects to the Old Ancestor! May the Old Ancestor enjoy immortal blessings forever and live as long as heaven itself!"

Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division: "..."