"Is that you?"
Wang Xuan immediately recognized the young man behind him!
It was the woman from the Demon Slayer Division whom he had seen at Wang Tianfeng's place during the day!
He had even secretly observed her then and discovered that she was a woman.
"Luckily, I nearly died."
Wang Xuan replied with a bitter smile, planting his pudao into the ground to support himself as he tried to stand.
But the moment he moved, searing pain shot through his entire body. He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed again.
Zhou Laifu's punch after Demonization and breaking into the Dragon Serpent Realm would have shattered an ordinary Iron Skin Realm martial artist to pieces.
But Wang Xuan possessed Copper Skin Iron Bones. His defense had already surpassed the Iron Skin Realm, which was why he had withstood the fatal blow.
Even so, he had still suffered severe injuries.
Seeing this, the woman could not help but chuckle. With a flip of her hand, the three-inch sword vanished, replaced by an emerald jade bottle.
"This is medicine from our Demon Slayer Division. It is highly effective for healing. Take it, and your injuries will recover within half an hour."
As she spoke, the woman tossed the jade bottle to Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan did not refuse. He immediately caught the bottle, opened it, and poured out a green pill the size of a pea.
Wang Xuan swallowed the green pill in one gulp. The instant it entered his body, it dissolved into a gentle yet vast medicinal force.
He could clearly feel that, the moment the medicinal power spread, the injuries inside his body began healing rapidly. Even his damaged internal organs were being restored.
"What a miraculous pill!"
"As expected of something from the Demon Slayer Division!"
Wang Xuan sighed in admiration, then immediately closed his eyes to heal.
Seeing Wang Xuan treating his wounds, the woman from the Demon Slayer Division did not disturb him. Instead, she walked over to inspect the corpses of Zhou Laifu and the others.
Half an hour later.
Wang Xuan opened his eyes.
"That felt incredible!"
"The hidden injuries in my body have all healed!"
"And I feel like this pill even cleansed my body once, as though it had washed my sinews and cleansed my marrow!"
A sharp gleam surged through Wang Xuan's eyes as he muttered to himself.
He had stepped onto the Martial Path entirely because of the Crimson Panel. He had never cultivated any technique to regulate the qi and blood within his body.
It could be said that his formidable strength had relied entirely on brute force and the Mountain Severing Saber Art!
But!
After taking the pill, he felt the circulation of qi and blood within him become several times smoother, while his body felt exceptionally light.
Wang Xuan did not know that what the woman had given him was actually a Minor Marrow Cleansing Pill.
It could heal injuries and also clear and regulate his meridians.
"Are your injuries healed?"
Noticing that Wang Xuan had awakened, the woman turned her head and asked.
Wang Xuan stood up and cupped his hands. "I am Wang Xuan. Thank you, Young Master, for saving my life. My injuries have already healed!"
Since she was disguised as a man, she clearly did not want others to know she was a woman. Naturally, Wang Xuan would not expose her.
The woman nodded at his words, then looked at Wang Xuan with some curiosity. "You are quite bold. You were only at the Iron Skin Realm, yet you dared break into a Pity Life Sect altar."
"And you even provoked so many Demon-Humans and messengers from the Pity Life Sect. If I had not been here today, you would probably already be dead."
"I want to know why you did it."
"Are you... not afraid of death?"
Wang Xuan shrugged. "Of course I'm afraid of death, but this man had a grudge against me. Either he died, or I did."
"Besides, back at the altar, if I hadn't acted, those girls and children would probably already be dead."
Since she had brought up the altar, it meant that she had been secretly watching him ever since he entered Zhou Laifu's residence!
So Wang Xuan did not hide anything.
The woman's gaze shifted slightly. Clearly, she had not expected Wang Xuan's explanation to be so blunt and straightforward!
"You are quite interesting."
"It is a pity that your aptitude is somewhat poor, and you are already too old. Otherwise, you could have entered the reserves of our Demon Slayer Division."
The woman suddenly said this, leaving Wang Xuan stunned.
"You may act recklessly, but you are not a bad person. This is my token."
"If you ever have the chance to visit the Imperial Capital and run into trouble, you may use this token to find me. I can help you once."
As she spoke, the woman suddenly tossed a token to Wang Xuan.
The token looked like neither copper nor jade.
A single bold, powerful character was engraved upon it.
Li.
Wang Xuan caught the token. It felt somewhat warm in his hand and carried a faint fragrance.
Though he did not know who the woman truly was, judging by her appearance and bearing, her background was certainly more than that of an ordinary Demon Slayer Division member.
"Thank you, Young Master."
"May I ask Young Master's name? If I reach the Imperial Capital someday, I will know how to find you."
Wang Xuan asked with cupped hands.
At his words, the woman's face suddenly reddened slightly. She turned her head aside and said, "My name is Li Qingyi."
"Li Qingyi. A fine name."
Wang Xuan thought to himself.
As expected of someone from the Imperial Capital. The name truly had refinement.
"Come quickly! The demon aura came from this direction!"
"They're over here!"
At this moment.
A sudden clamor rang out through the mountain forest.
One torch after another suddenly lit up amid the woods.
Very soon, armored soldiers holding torches arrived from every direction.
Wang Xuan turned to look and saw Chen Feng arriving with reinforcements.
And Yang Tianfeng had unexpectedly come with them as well!
This surprised Wang Xuan somewhat.
When Yang Tianfeng and the others arrived and saw the corpses of Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans covering the ground, they all could not help but suck in a breath of cold air!
"Wang Xuan greets Lord Centurion!"
At this moment, Wang Xuan stepped forward and cupped his hands toward Yang Tianfeng.
Yang Tianfeng also spotted Wang Xuan and was immediately taken aback.
After receiving Chen Feng's report, he had immediately rushed over with men.
But when they reached the Zhou residence, they had found only the ruined altar and the girls and children who had been captured by the Pity Life Sect.
As for the Pity Life Sect members, they had already vanished without a trace.
Yang Tianfeng then led his men into the mountain forest, following the direction of the demon aura.
Along the way, Yang Tianfeng saw the corpses of Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans and assumed Wang Xuan had already died.
Yet he had not expected Wang Xuan to still be alive!
"It's good that you're alive!"
Yang Tianfeng patted Wang Xuan on the shoulder.
His gaze then fell upon Li Qingyi, and he immediately understood how the corpses of Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans all over the ground had come to be.
"So it was Young Master Li who killed these Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans!"
"Thank you for acting, Young Master Li!"
However.
Li Qingyi shook her head and pointed at the ground.
"Other than these few whom I killed, all the other Demon-Humans were killed by this fellow alone. It had nothing to do with me!"
The moment she said this.
The mountain forest fell silent in an instant!
All these Demon-Human corpses on the ground had been Wang Xuan's work?!
There were at least twenty of them!
And judging by the surging demon aura they emitted, they were likely all experts comparable to the Iron Skin Realm!
Wang Xuan had killed them all alone?!
Everyone instantly sucked in a breath of cold air, their eyes practically bulging out as though they had seen a ghost!
Chen Feng's eyes widened even further, his face filled with horror!
Yang Tianfeng's gaze sharpened as it landed on Wang Xuan.
"Iron Skin Realm..."
"This kid broke through!"
When he had met Wang Xuan that morning, he had examined Wang Xuan's Martial Path cultivation. Wang Xuan had only been at the Stone Hide level!
Yet now, he had reached the Iron Skin level!
But even at the Iron Skin Realm, it should have been impossible for one person to deal with so many Demon-Humans. By all reason, after Pity Life Sect Demon-Humans underwent Demonization, their strength was enough to rival demons!
Martial artists of the same level were no match for them at all!
But now...
"Li Qingyi has no reason to deceive me. Besides, the two of them did not know each other before. Could this really have been done by this kid alone?"
Yang Tianfeng thought to himself.
His eyes could not help but grow several degrees hotter!
"Looks like I've found a treasure this time!"
"Perhaps he... can let me return to the Imperial Capital!"
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