Kill Them All

"Merit Divine Power!!!"

The weak-souled demonic youth exclaimed in shock.

"You are merely a rogue cultivator in the Mid-Stage Qi Refinement, how could you possibly grasp such a precious Divine Power technique?"

Divine Powers were originally techniques that only Golden Core True Persons could master. Even the major sects had some methods that allowed for the cultivation of nascent Divine Powers at lower stages, but these mostly required precious materials and extremely stringent conditions.

Not only did Lu Yan display a nascent Divine Power, but it was also an extremely rare Merit Divine Power technique.

Merit Divine Powers typically weren't skilled in offense, but their life-saving abilities were top-notch. Even powerful spells found it difficult to break through a Merit Body Protection Divine Power.

Especially against demonic soul secret techniques, curse-killing arts, and karma techniques, Merit Divine Powers were almost their natural nemesis.

Let alone a cultivator like him, merely in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, even a Golden Core True Person casting a curse might not be able to break through the Profound Yellow Merit Fire.

Precisely because he deeply understood the profoundness of Merit Divine Powers, Lu Yan, a mere Mid-Stage Qi Refinement cultivator, mastering such a powerful nascent Merit Divine Power made the demonic youth somewhat incredulous.

"You are definitely not a rogue cultivator! Which sect are you from?"

"Zhengxuan Sect? Hanging Temple? Or are you a remnant of the Moral Sect?"

Upon hearing the words "remnant of the Moral Sect," a faint light flickered in Lu Yan's eyes.

But on the surface, Lu Yan showed no reaction. He simply waved his hand, drawing down a ray of Merit light onto the numerous Fierce Ghosts being burned by the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

These Fierce Ghosts had previously transformed into a giant ghost along with the Blood Beard Main Soul. They were burned by the demonic youth's Red Lotus Karma Fire, and the karma fire would not dissipate as long as the karma remained.

However, in the face of the Merit light, the karma fire born from that top-grade spell seemed to have met its natural enemy. Under the suppression of the Merit light, it quickly extinguished, allowing the numerous Fierce Ghosts to finally escape the burning karma fire.

Having done all this, Lu Yan held the Hundred Soul Banner and slowly walked towards the demonic youth.

Lu Yan, walking ahead with his Merit Body Protection, was like a divine being descended upon the world, while behind him, the Ghost Domain churned and a hundred ghosts followed. This scene, which should have been incredibly contradictory, found unity in Lu Yan.

The demonic youth stared blankly at the scene before him. What he couldn't understand was that cultivating Merit Divine Powers required a massive amount of Merit, and Lu Yan, holding the Hundred Soul Banner, looked more like a demonic cultivator than he, a disciple of the Red Lotus Demonic Sect.

How could such a cultivator accumulate such a massive amount of Merit?

"Could it be that killing those spirit-blood wild beasts increases Merit?"

The demonic youth fell into deep suspicion, but there wasn't much time left for him to think. Lu Yan had already arrived before him.

Looking down at the remnant soul before him, Lu Yan spoke:

"Tell me your identity, the purpose of the Red Lotus Demonic Sect sending you here, and the trouble associated with that Storage Bag."

As he spoke, the Ghost Mist transformed into a black chain, wrapping around the demonic youth's soul. The chain, emanating Yin energy, was bone-chillingly cold, as if it could directly freeze a person's soul.

The demonic youth had sacrificed a large portion of his soul to cast the curse, and his soul was already weak at this moment. Under the Yin energy, his face appeared deathly pale.

Somewhat to Lu Yan's surprise, he hadn't even uttered any threatening words. Under the ghost energy chain, the demonic youth began to spill all the information like a broken dam.

"My name is Cheng Yu, and I am an inner disciple of the Red Lotus Demonic Sect.

More than ten years ago, a branch of the Red Lotus Demonic Sect secretly avoided the Azure Parasol Sect's investigation and entered the Southern Border territory. Their purpose was to secretly decipher an ancient ruin in the Southern Border territory.

The location of the ruin is deep within Witch Mountain, but in the past few months, a large number of spirit-blood wild beasts have died in Witch Mountain, causing many forces to turn their attention to Witch Mountain.

Elder Mo, who is in charge of deciphering the ruin, believed that once this matter spread, people would search Witch Mountain, which could lead to the discovery of our sect's secret deciphering of the ruin. Therefore, he issued an order to investigate this matter.

I voluntarily took on this mission and came to the border of Witch Mountain to investigate the situation."

"As for that storage bag, it belonged to a direct descendant of the Mo Family. The Mo Family holds a certain status within the Red Lotus Demonic Sect. Their family has one Golden Core Elder and seven Foundation Establishment cultivators. It was their family that spearheaded the secret effort to decipher the ruins.

Precisely because the Mo Family dedicated the entire family's strength to the important matter of the ruins, the people of the Mo Family lineage within the sect secretly relocated to the Witch Mountain area. That Mo Family direct descendant was one of them.

More than half a year ago, news suddenly spread from the Mo Family that a family member had gone missing. Once a Mo Family member's identity as a Red Lotus Demonic Sect disciple was exposed, it was highly likely to attract the attention of the righteous path, thus affecting the deciphering of the ruins. After the news spread, it once caused the main sect elders to be furious.

The Red Lotus Demonic Sect cultivators secretly investigated and only noticed that the Mo Family direct descendant had disappeared within the territory of the Azure Parasol Sect. Fearing that too much commotion would attract the attention of the Azure Parasol Sect, the sect could only secretly investigate this matter."

"I unexpectedly discovered those spirit talismans in the Azure Valley Market. After some inquiries, I confirmed the clue from He Luyuan and found your location.

Having He Luyuan lure you out of the market was also to prevent the exposure of relevant information, but I didn't expect this idiot to lead a fierce tiger to me."

As he spoke, Cheng Yu's gaze turned sinister as he looked towards the courtyard that had long turned into ruins. There lay a body that had long since stiffened.

The moment Lu Yan summoned the Hundred Soul Banner, He Luyuan's soul was directly torn apart by the numerous fierce ghosts, and his body was frozen by the Yin energy.

If not for this, Cheng Yu would have wished to use his remaining soul to cast a curse and take He Luyuan with him.

Under Cheng Yu's narration, Lu Yan finally understood the entire sequence of events.

"Red Lotus Demonic Sect, Mo Family..."

Lu Yan's gaze became even deeper.

Seeing this, Cheng Yu sneered:

"Don't worry, the Red Lotus Demonic Sect is one of the major demonic sects. As long as you don't expose your Merit Divine Power yourself, such a behemoth won't have the time to bother with an ant like you.

As for the Mo Family, they are still in charge of the ruins. As long as you don't actively wander in front of them, it's even less likely they will rashly attack."

Glancing at Cheng Yu, Lu Yan gently shook his head and said indifferently:

"Perhaps you've misunderstood some things. I'm just thinking about how to eliminate everyone from the Mo Family and the Red Lotus Demonic Sect."

Cheng Yu's expression froze. He seriously looked at the deadpan Lu Yan.

"Your talent for jokes is much stronger than your cultivation talent."

Lu Yan naturally wouldn't explain anything about version updates to Cheng Yu. He just opened his mouth and asked:

"Where are the ruins that the Red Lotus Demonic Sect is deciphering?"

"There is a formation of the Red Lotus Demonic Sect on the periphery of the ruins. Even Golden Core cultivators cannot find the exact location, and I cannot say clearly where it is specifically."

His words paused slightly. Cheng Yu condensed a drawing with his soul power. It was a bald man with a fierce appearance.

"He is the person in charge of the branch, a Great True Person in the late Golden Core stage. If you can find him, you can confirm the location of the ruins."

Lu Yan memorized the appearance of the bald man and spoke again:

"One last question, do you know anything about what happened in the Bamboo Forest Market a few months ago?"