After learning about the Demon Slaying Division's various welfare policies, especially the nearly endless demon-slaying missions, Lu Jun felt his blood boiling with excitement.
However, Lu Jun didn't agree immediately.
After all, the other party had used him before, and Lu Jun still felt a bit awkward about it.
Besides, joining an organization was something that required careful consideration.
He needed to properly assess whether this Demon Slaying Division was reliable or not.
So, Lu Jun merely made excuses, saying he needed time to think it over.
The blind old man didn't show much disappointment.
Thinking it over wasn't a complete rejection; there was still a chance.
"Senior, your Demon Slaying Division must have ways to track demons, right?" Lu Jun asked softly, in a voice only he and the blind old man could hear.
The blind old man glanced at the little demon trembling not far away and instantly understood Lu Jun's intentions. The smile on his face became even brighter.
Good heavens!
He doesn't need me to teach him anything.
This is practically a born demon-slayer!
"Yes, child, yes."
With that, the blind old man subtly slipped two talismans into Lu Jun's embrace, whispering, "These are Child-Mother Tracking Talismans. As long as you stick the child talisman onto a demon, the child talisman will merge into the demon's body, and the mother talisman can detect the child talisman's location at any time."
Lu Jun's eyes sparkled. A good item.
Lu Jun approached the trembling young demon and gently patted its back, saying, "You can go. I don't kill the old, the young, the weak, or the infirm..."
The young demon froze for a moment, seemingly surprised that this madman before him would let it go so easily.
"Aren't you going to scram?"
Lu Jun's gaze turned dangerous, and he raised his knife.
The young demon shivered and quickly said, "Got it, master! May you live long and prosper, be as fortunate as the East Sea, have many children, and a harem of wives..."
In an instant, the young demon blurted out every idiom it knew.
Then, it scurried away.
"Alas, Lu Jun, you're being foolish. Demons are not to be trusted," Li Tuo walked over and sighed. "If you let them go, they won't be grateful; instead, they'll plot revenge..."
"As the saying goes, 'As long as the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn.' If you don't cut the grass by the roots, it will grow back next year!"
Previously, Lu Jun and the blind old man's conversation had been conducted in secret, so Li Tuo hadn't seen it.
Lu Jun raised an eyebrow, pulled the mother talisman of the Child-Mother Tracking Talisman from his sleeve, and dangled it in front of Li Tuo.
"I said I wouldn't leave any of them alive."
With that, Lu Jun returned to the blind old man's side and continued their conversation.
Li Tuo muttered, "So ruthless... But didn't you just say you don't kill the old, the young, the weak, or the infirm..."
The young demon fled all the way until it reached a spacious cave in the wilderness.
At this moment, ten weasel demons who had escaped earlier had already gathered in the cave.
"Little Three also escaped... It seems these are our last kin," the elder demon said with emotion as he saw the young demon at the entrance. "I never thought our Weasel Demon clan would be reduced to so few..."
"Damn Lu Jun! He's simply a lunatic!" Among the demons, there were those who grumbled indignantly.
"Yeah, I'm just amazed. Even the mad dogs of the Demon Slaying Division don't chase like this. This guy is even crazier than a mad dog!"
"Who's saying no? I spent over a month with him before, and I never saw him hack people like this. Usually, he'd be panting just carrying a chicken basket, and when he cut down a demon, it was like a dog seeing a hook stone..."
At this moment, the elder demon in the cave sighed, "Alas, my kin, don't lose heart."
"As the saying goes, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river; do not bully a demon for being weak...'"
"No matter how strong Lu Jun is, he's still just a human. His lifespan is at most a hundred and eighty years. Even if he becomes a Law Seeker and his lifespan increases, it's still nowhere comparable to us demons."
"As long as we continue to accumulate strength, develop in secret, do not forget our hatred, and cultivate by eating humans."
"Thirty years later... we will gather our forces to avenge our clan..."
"Ninth Master, thirty years later he'll be forty-eight, which is a prime age for a Law Seeker..."
"Then fifty years! A hundred years! Damn it, if we have to, we'll wait until he dies, drag his corpse out, whip it, urinate on his grave, and kill all his descendants! I refuse to believe that our noble and supreme Weasel clan can't deal with a mere human!" the elder weasel demon roared in anger.
The many demons fell silent.
After a while, the elder weasel demon looked at the young weasel who had just entered at the entrance, a rare look of affection appearing on his face.
"Little Three, how did you escape?"
The young weasel demon named Little Three replied, "Lu Jun said he doesn't kill the old, the young, the weak, or the infirm, so he let me go."
The cave was silent for a moment, and the demons froze.
"Lu Jun is that kind and principled?"
"It seems his character is alright. When I was still human, he even showed me Aunt Huang San bathing in the back hills..."
Xiao San continued, "If you ask me, we don't need to fear Lu Jun. He doesn't kill the old, the weak, the sick, or the disabled anyway. Uncle, you're old. Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Seventh Uncle... you all had your legs, ears, and arms cut off by Lu Jun while fleeing."
"We are all old, weak, sick, and disabled now. One hit and we die, one touch and we're injured. Lu Jun is a man of principle, he definitely won't attack us. He can only watch us attack him."
"Therefore, I think now is the best time for us to get revenge!" Xiao San's eyes flashed with determination, and he even waved his fist.
The demons and monsters fell silent, looking at the young demon before them, feeling like the creature had a problem with its brain.
The elder weasel demon's eyes gleamed. It rolled its eyes once and looked at Xiao San, "Did you encounter anyone else on the way?"
"Mm, there were also three Demon Slayers..."
The cave fell silent all at once. The demons and monsters stared at each other.
Xiao San's expression was dumbfounded.
"Run!"
The elder weasel demon immediately shouted.
In an instant, the demons and monsters in the cave scrambled towards the entrance.
However, upon seeing the figure at the cave entrance, they all stopped in their tracks.
The young man was clad in blood-soaked clothes, but not a single drop of the blood was his own.
He still held his ancient, simple long saber in his hand, a faint, enigmatic smile on his face.
"My dear villagers, where are you all headed?"
The many demons and monsters let out terrified screams out of fright.
Lu Jun remained silent, simply swinging his saber.
"Wait! Are the lives of demons and monsters not lives? Why are you so selfish, not allowing us demons and monsters to exist in this world!" a demon protested.
Lu Jun swung his saber, and the demon's head flew off.
"Do we demons and monsters truly deserve to die?!" a demon questioned.
Lu Jun swung his saber, and the demon's limbs were severed, blood gushing out like a fountain.
"Can we demons and monsters truly not coexist peacefully with humans?" a demon pleaded.
Lu Jun swung his saber, and the demon was chopped into large chunks of flesh.
"You... you! You're utterly inhumane! Even setting aside everything else, don't your human race have any faults!" a demon roared in anger, "If your human race could offer us some useless members of your own kind as sacrifices at regular intervals, how could we demons and monsters possibly slaughter you all in large numbers!"
Lu Jun laughed.
He laughed out of anger.
This demon was eventually minced into paste by Lu Jun.
Not far from the cave.
"Golden Robe, didn't that Lu Jun already refuse us? Why are we still waiting for him?" Li Tuo asked, looking at Lu Jun entering the cave.
"He said he'd consider it, that's not a refusal, is it?" the blind old man said nonchalantly.
Li Tuo muttered inwardly.
If an adult doesn't explicitly agree, isn't that a refusal?
"Golden Robe, do you think Lu Jun can really defeat so many demons and monsters?" Fang Yilin asked curiously.
The blind old man chuckled twice, "Have you forgotten the bodies from Huang Family Village?"
Li Tuo shivered.
That scene could truly be described as a river of blood.
Less than half an incense stick's time later.
Lu Jun emerged from the cave.
The scent of blood around him had grown even more intense, as if he had been soaked in it. His eyes seemed to be coated with a layer of red light, flashing with an excited gleam.
"Senior, you're still here?" Lu Jun said.
The blind old man replied, "Heh heh, didn't you say earlier when we were chatting? Your family was wiped out by the demon plague, leaving only you."
"With all your skills, why don't you come with us to Yunzhou? It's a provincial capital, after all, and it wouldn't tarnish your talent. If you want to do something later, this old man still has some influence and can help introduce you."
"Coincidentally, we have an extra horse here."
Li Tuo pouted, thinking inwardly: What extra horse? That was clearly bought from a nearby village after I ran for a mountain or two...
Lu Jun pondered for a moment and finally chose to agree.
Lu Jun summoned the wind around him and ascended onto the horse prepared by the blind old man.
Under the bright full moon, with the clatter of hooves on the ground, they galloped towards their next destination, Yunzhou.
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