Seeking Justice

Auras from the distance had not yet arrived at the mountain.

A golden light suddenly descended, and in the blink of an eye, the figure of the Golden Light Divine Lord appeared.

"Fellow Daoist, I have already brought the spiritual item and the magic art. Here you go!" The Golden Light Divine Lord's hand shimmered with spiritual light, about to send it towards Chen Ming.

A flash of blue light flickered in Chen Ming's eyes, and he saw only a few spiritual items with shallow spirituality within the spiritual light.

"The Golden Light Divine Lord is trying to fool me with these?" Chen Ming sneered.

The Golden Light Divine Lord frowned, suddenly used his magic power, and shouted, "Fellow Daoist, why are you acting like this? That woman harbors a demon with a strong demonic aura, who knows how many people it has devoured. How dare you harbor it? You should quickly disperse her!"

Looking at the Golden Light Divine Lord's sanctimonious appearance, Chen Ming couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I knew you'd arrive so promptly. So it was all to put on this act!"

As soon as Chen Ming's words fell, the auras from the distance arrived, just in time to hear the Golden Light Divine Lord's shout imbued with magic power.

Three female cultivators with flowing robes arrived. One was a yellow-clad woman, who appeared older and was at the Contemplation Realm.

The other two were younger, wearing pink clothes, and were both at the Qi Gathering Realm.

"As expected, this is a place of filth and corruption. After searching for a long time, we have finally found the demon that killed 137 people in the city. It was hidden here!" one of the pink-clad female cultivators said indignantly.

The Golden Light Divine Lord sneered at Chen Ming, retreated, and stood with the newcomers. "I am Golden Light. My dojo is not far from here. Are you three fairies from the Chayi Sect?"

"Did you come because you sensed a demonic aura here?"

The yellow-clad woman glanced at the Golden Light Divine Lord. Seeing his upright features and pure incense and fire, she believed him at first. "I am Xie Yurou from the Chayi Sect. Fellow Daoist, do you know this person's origin and background?"

"This Taoist temple was originally the cultivation place of the heretical path cultivator Ling Yangzi. Later, for some reason, it was taken over by the current Xuan Mingzi. I don't know anything else."

"I had some dealings with Ling Yangzi before, and then I reached a consensus with Xuan Mingzi. I came today to deliver, but I stumbled upon him harboring a demon. I even advised him a few words just now!"

The Golden Light Divine Lord spoke with a righteous demeanor, showing no flaws on his face.

"Since he harbors a demon, he must be in league with it!"

"The bloody case in the city has been encountered by our Chayi Sect, and we must have a fair explanation!"

Xie Yurou's expression was solemn as she spoke, but she had her own considerations in mind.

She had only heard from the Golden Light Divine Lord that Chen Ming had no background support and that this Cuiping Mountain was snatched from someone else.

It was a perfect opportunity to let her two disciples practice, designate Chen Ming as a demon and kill him, and then have the Golden Light Divine Lord spread the word.

By then, the Chayi Sect's reputation for punishing evil and promoting good would surely be secured.

"Well done, Golden Light Divine Lord. Well done, Chayi Sect!"

"In just a few words, I've become a fiend, do you really think I'm easy to bully?" Chen Ming shouted angrily.

"You demon, wasn't the bloody case in the city committed by this old woman and the fiend!"

"And weren't you the one sheltering them here?"

The two female cultivators in pink clothes, their faces filled with anger, shouted sternly.

The Golden Light Divine Lord also added fuel to the fire: "Fellow Daoist Xuan Mingzi, you might have good intentions and be unaware of the matters below the mountain, but you are indeed sheltering a fiend. Moreover, a fairy from the Chayi Sect is here, can she be mistaken and wrongly accuse you?"

"The Chayi Sect is a righteous sect, its sect leader, Fairy Caiyi, has a lineage from a great sect and is herself a great cultivator in the Spirit Condensation Realm, with seven fairies in the Contemplation Realm under her!"

"With such strength, how can you resist? Hurry and hand over the fiend, and give Fairy Xie an explanation, perhaps you can still keep your life!"

Chen Ming sneered: "If they are so powerful, then I can't let them live!"

With a turn of his hand seal, the mist surrounding the Taoist temple suddenly became violent, instantly turning into poisonous smoke and rushing towards the Golden Light Divine Lord and the three female cultivators from the Chayi Sect.

"Xuan Mingzi, are you enraged and losing control!"

The Golden Light Divine Lord manifested his Dharma body, emitting golden light, blocking the poisonous smoke outside.

On the other side, Xie Yurou circulated her mana, and the yellow dress she wore emitted a faint radiance, protecting herself and her two disciples.

"You're also a cultivator from a heretical path, how dare you act fiercely in front of me!" Xie Yurou said coldly.

As she spoke, her fingers danced, pointing out mysterious radiance, dissipating the poisonous smoke released by Chen Ming bit by bit.

"Absorb!"

Chen Ming suddenly sacrificed the Spirit Devouring Jar. The Red Spirit Worms inside the jar opened their large mouths, emitting an invisible suction force.

This suction force was specifically aimed at the soul!

The Golden Light Divine Lord and Xie Yurou felt their souls ache, as if they were about to leave their bodies. They quickly circulated their mana to resist, their spiritual senses returned to their positions, and their souls stabilized.

However, the two female cultivators in pink clothes in the Qi Gathering Realm could not resist. They had not cultivated their souls, and their three souls and seven spirits were immediately pulled out, leaving their bodies.

Seeing this, Xie Yurou was startled. She could not care for herself and sacrificed a Yellow Light Flying Shuttle, sending it towards Chen Ming.

Hearing the flying shuttle breaking through the air, Chen Ming's eyes flashed with green light, and two streams of Azure Wood Life and Death Gas flew out, blocking the shuttle!

Seizing this opportunity, Xie Yurou recited an incantation and drove the three souls and seven spirits of her two disciples back into their bodies.

However, their souls had left their bodies and had been tainted by the poisonous smoke.

As the poisonous smoke returned to their bodies with their souls, it immediately took effect.

The two female cultivators in pink clothes were only in the Qi Gathering Realm, how could they resist? Their face skin began to rot, and then the rot started to spread.

"Ah~"

The two let out heart-wrenching screams.

"What a fiend, such vicious methods!"

"How dare you treat my Chayi Sect disciples like this!"

Xie Yurou hurriedly circulated mana, cutting off the two disciples' pain and healing them.

But Chen Ming's poisonous smoke, refined from the poison of the Hundred Thousand Eight Thousand Insects, was not easy to undo.

Golden Light Divine Lord saw Chen Ming's methods and knew it was bad.

He was not in his own divine domain, so many of his techniques were difficult to use. If this continued, once Chen Ming was free, and they fought, his Dharma Body might be damaged.

Golden Light Divine Lord frowned and had an idea.

He let out a scream: "Ah~ Xuan Mingzi, what vicious methods you employ!"

After shouting, Golden Light Divine Lord retreated continuously, as if Chen Ming's poisonous smoke had forced him into a desperate situation.

Suddenly, Golden Light Divine Lord screamed again and transformed into a golden light, fleeing.

Golden Light Divine Lord's performance stunned Chen Ming, who then realized he was faking his escape.

How could Chen Ming let him go? He recited an incantation towards the Spirit Devouring Jar.

The Red Spirit Worms in the Spirit Devouring Jar, upon receiving Chen Ming's command, had the petal mark on their brows flash. They autonomously drove the Spirit Devouring Jar, causing a pair of illusory wings to sprout from its body, chasing after Golden Light Divine Lord!

"You demon, fiend, with your vicious methods, how dare you!"

Xie Yurou, whether she couldn't see through it or was fooled by Golden Light Divine Lord's acting, was still angrily scolding Chen Ming.

Chen Ming found it amusing. If all the Chayi Sect disciples were like this little fairy, he wondered how they had survived until now without being annihilated!

"You want justice, but who will give justice to this old woman and her daughter?"

"What kind of justice is this justice you speak of!"

"The Chayi Sect is not close to here. How did you know about the events in the city? Who led you here?" Chen Ming asked coldly.