Can You Kill Them All?

Lu Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze sweeping quickly over the many Azure Parasol Sect disciples present.

These outer disciples of the Azure Parasol Sect were all at the Qi Refining stage, most of them in the late stage, and three had even reached Peak Qi Refining, just a step away from breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

Such strength could be considered decent among rogue cultivators, but within the sect, they were only one level higher than handyman disciples, at the bottom.

According to Xie Yun, investigating traces of the Demonic Path was not a simple job.

Demonic Path Cultivators had many methods, often using curses and secret techniques that harmed the soul. Even when facing a Demonic Path Cultivator with lower cultivation than oneself, one had to be extremely careful.

These outer disciples of the Azure Parasol Sect showed no solemnity on their faces, all looking down upon the many rogue cultivators. Some even commented on the female cultivators in the crowd, which further confirmed Lu Yan's guess.

The outer disciples of the Azure Parasol Sect knew very well that searching for Demonic Path Cultivators was just a pretense; the main purpose was to damage the reputation of the Azure Valley Market. In this situation, there was naturally no danger.

There was a commotion among the rogue cultivators. After a while, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator wearing yellow clothes and with an aged face walked out from the crowd.

The old cultivator cupped his hands towards Xie Yun and said:

"I am Bai Kang, a member of the Jade Forest Bai Family.

My Bai Family's young patriarch joined the Azure Parasol Sect many years ago and is now an inner disciple of the Azure Parasol Sect. I hope this senior will show mercy for the sake of my young master and allow this old man to leave?"

Bai Kang's words immediately caused a stir among the rogue cultivators.

"Jade Forest Bai Family?"

"That's a cultivation family with two Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

"Old Man Bai is actually from the Bai Family? Why have I never heard of it?"

"Heh heh! This Old Man Bai has been in the Azure Valley Market for several years, and no one has ever known his identity as a Bai Family member.

Now that he's facing scrutiny, he suddenly reveals his identity, wanting to slip through. It seems he has quite a secret."

Bai Kang didn't pay attention to the people behind him, but looked respectfully at Xie Yun, already having some expectation of the outcome in his heart.

As a cultivation family with a five-hundred-year inheritance, and with an inner disciple of the Azure Parasol Sect in the family, Xie Yun should give him this much face.

He could tell that Xie Yun was only in the early Foundation Establishment stage. Offending a cultivation family over such a small matter was not worth it.

But who would have thought that after hearing Bai Kang introduce himself, the indifferent expression on Xie Yun's face suddenly turned into one of surprise.

"Presumptuous!"

The vast Mana of a Foundation Establishment cultivator erupted at this moment. The massive Mana transformed into a large hand and heavily slapped down towards Bai Kang.

The bewildered Bai Kang didn't even have time to react before he was instantly suppressed by this giant Mana hand. His body instantly turned into a pool of flesh and blood, leaving a handprint several feet large on the ground.

After killing Bai Kang, Xie Yun righteously and loudly rebuked:

"A Demonic Path Cultivator actually dared to impersonate a member of the Jade Forest Bai Family and try to escape scrutiny by using Junior Brother Bai's name.

If Junior Brother Bai knew, he would surely draw his sword on the spot and slay you here!

As Junior Brother Bai's fellow senior brother, I naturally do not wish to see a Demonic Cultivator like you, who falsely uses Junior Brother Bai's name, continue to harm the world."

As he spoke, Xie Yun's right hand beckoned, and the Storage Bag from the pool of flesh and blood flew into his hand.

Mana dispelled the blood and minced meat from the Storage Bag. Xie Yun's divine sense entered it, observing the contents inside the Storage Bag.

After a while, Xie Yun's smile vanished. He let out a cold snort and said in a deep voice:

"Indeed, a Demonic Path Cultivator!"

With that, Xie Yun took out several talismans from his storage bag.

"This talisman is called the Essence Talisman. It is a talisman drawn using a cultivator's essence as a guide. After use, it can increase the efficiency of cultivation.

However, because excessive loss of essence can damage a cultivator's foundation, this talisman has long been prohibited from circulating on the market. It is a genuine Demonic Path talisman!"

Xie Yun's words immediately caused many rogue cultivators to show strange expressions.

The Essence Talisman has another name in the rogue cultivator market street, called the Blood Selling Talisman.

Although the Essence Talisman is explicitly prohibited from circulation, its high price is undeniable. Some rogue cultivators who are truly struggling will sell a portion of their essence, which is not much different from mortals selling blood.

Rogue cultivators are well aware that those who acquire these Essence Talismans are generally backed by cultivation families and sect disciples.

Only disciples from these major forces who do not have very good talent will use Essence Talismans to assist in accelerating their cultivation, in order to create a false image of a cultivation prodigy.

On the contrary, demonic cultivators completely look down on something like the Essence Talisman. What they want is not just essence; it's as simple as flesh, blood, souls, and they won't even spare the corpses after death.

In the eyes of rogue cultivators, linking the Essence Talisman to Demonic Path Cultivators is pure nonsense. However, from the perspective of a sect, it can be considered a reasonable explanation.

Lu Yan, who had witnessed the entire process, now fully understood Xie Yun's intention.

Bai Kang possessed the Essence Talisman. Once exposed, it could implicate that young master of the Bai family, so he proactively brought up his background, hoping to escape the scrutiny.

Bai Kang's actions made Xie Yun believe that the other party truly had something related to the Demonic Path on him, and he wanted to use this item to tarnish the Azure Valley Market and solidify this inspection operation.

Involving the struggle for the position of Direct Disciple, Xie Yun didn't care about a mere Foundation Establishment cultivation family and an ordinary inner sect disciple.

But to reduce trouble, Xie Yun still claimed that Bai Kang was a Demonic Path Cultivator, proactively distancing Bai Kang from the Jade Forest Bai Family and the Bai family's young master.

After killing Bai Kang, Xie Yun only found the Essence Talisman. However, the value of the Essence Talisman was only barely enough to provide an explanation to the higher-ups; it couldn't completely prove that the Azure Valley Market was allowing the Demonic Path to cause chaos.

The only benefit should be that after Xie Yun suppressed and killed Bai Kang, he intimidated many cultivators.

Even if these cultivators had other backgrounds, they didn't dare to speak up now, which saved a lot of trouble.

The restless crowd gradually quieted down. Some rogue cultivators with clean backgrounds had already walked to the market street entrance and proactively handed over their storage bags to the Azure Parasol Sect's outer sect disciples for inspection.

Most of those who still remained in place were like Bai Kang, with unclean backgrounds.

Among this group, naturally, was Lu Yan.

As the number of people gradually decreased, the outer sect disciples found two more people from the rogue cultivators and labeled them as Demonic Path lackeys.

One person's storage bag contained several magical artifacts with extremely heavy Yin energy, suspected to have been obtained from excavating a certain Yin tomb.

The other person had a damaged magical robe stained with Demonic Path aura, which looked like it had been stripped from a corpse.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that these two rogue cultivators had no connection to the Demonic Path, yet they were still labeled as Demonic Path individuals. This caused many rogue cultivators to feel a sense of empathy for their plight.

As for Lu Yan, he was observing all the cultivators at the market street entrance with his gaze, calculating in his mind.

If I use the Hundred Soul Banner, can I kill everyone present?