Killing Demons and Returning to the City

When Lin Jun returned to the mountain, dawn was almost breaking.

Yet not a single person present had left. They were all collecting the Pig Demon corpses.

"Young Master Lu, your information was wrong."

Lin Jun casually tossed the corpse of a little Pig Demon onto the ground and smiled.

Everyone present shuddered.

Lin Jun had gone there specifically to silence them.

What kind of person was he?

The little demons present all made up their minds: they absolutely could not provoke Lin Jun, this god of slaughter.

Lu Ling wiped the sweat from his forehead, incomparably glad that he had not angered Lin Jun before.

"My lord, the cultivation manual you wanted."

Lu Ling carefully handed it to Lin Jun.

"Rest assured, my lord. I found this manual in a mountain ruin. You needn't worry about the Demon Exorcism Bureau's rules."

Such ruins in a Transcendent Realm world were often hidden deep in the mountains and forests. As a deer demon who roamed those forests, it was not strange for Lu Ling to find one.

Lin Jun accepted the book and saw the words written upon it.

True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting

"Thank you."

Lin Jun's thanks left Lu Ling somewhat flattered. Someone so decisive and ruthless in slaughter could actually thank others?

"Oh, right. Can you sell this deer to me?"

Lin Jun patted the White Deer beside him.

Not only was this deer large, as tall as a horse, but it also had astonishing endurance and incredible speed. It was simply the perfect mount.

More importantly, it was very comfortable to ride and seemed to understand human nature.

"You jest, my lord. It would be this deer's blessing to follow you. I shall give it to you."

Lin Jun thanked him again.

After that, Lin Jun asked the villagers and demons to gather materials on the spot and make a flatbed cart. He loaded the Pig Demon corpses onto it and had the White Deer pull it toward Azure Forest City.

This White Deer was not only fast; its strength and stamina were excellent as well. One deer could pull four Pig Demons along and still seemed to have strength to spare.

"Follow me from now on, and you'll eat well and drink well."

Lin Jun vigorously rubbed the deer's head, feeling the smooth fur beneath his palm.

The White Deer sneezed, then obediently pulled Lin Jun and the Pig Demon corpses away from Phoenix Forest Mountain.

Only after Lin Jun had gone far away did Lu Ling finally let out a breath of relief.

At last, that god of slaughter was gone.

But then he began to smile again. Did this mean he had forged a connection with the Demon Exorcism Bureau?

"Lord Lu, the Demon Exorcist said he would attend the next Mountain Fair as well."

"Hehe, then let him come. It's only one more bowl and pair of chopsticks."

A bowl of Hundred-Herb Elixir in exchange for the protection of a powerful Demon Exorcist was worth it.

"My lord, aren't you afraid he'll kill demons like us?"

"What is there to fear? I haven't eaten anyone. You'd all best give up any thoughts of eating people too, understand?"

"Yes, Lord Lu."

At that moment, Lin Jun lay atop the deer's back, leisurely flipping through the True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting.

This was a genuine cultivation manual. Moreover, it was not a Mortal cultivation manual, but an Origin Transformation cultivation manual.

It directly made up for Lin Jun's weakness.

This trip had not been in vain.

Lin Jun opened the panel.

[Slayed the eldest Pig Demon, gained 1000 experience]

[Slayed the second Pig Demon, gained 900 experience]

[Slayed the third Pig Demon, gained 600 experience]

[Slayed a little Pig Demon, gained 100 experience]

[Current experience: 3400]

Current martial arts:

[Mortal martial art: Seven-Star Step (Beginner)]

[Mortal martial art: Flowing Swallow Saber Technique (Transcendent Realm)]

[Transformation-Origin Martial Arts: Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade (Mastery)]

[Origin Transformation cultivation manual: True Scripture of Body-Melting and Furnace-Casting (Not Initiated)]

Three thousand four hundred experience points—what abundant wealth.

His soul practically itched to begin cultivating immediately.

But he held himself back. Everything could wait until he returned to the city.

"Hey, look, that's Master Lin!"

When he passed through Liu Family Ravine, villagers who had just left their homes to work all looked toward Lin Jun.

"Master Lin has slain demons again."

"Village Chief, is Master Lin's statue finished yet?"

Lin Jun suddenly heard someone calling him. Looking down, he saw that it was the child from Liu Family Ravine.

"Master Lin, have some water!"

Lin Jun accepted the water the child handed him and drank it in one gulp, then rubbed the child's head.

"Thanks. Go on back."

By the time the sun had fully risen, Lin Jun arrived at the city gates.

"Stop! Show your... Master Lin? You—you went out to kill demons again?"

The city guard stared in shock at the cartload of Pig Demon corpses behind Lin Jun.

Good heavens, only one day had passed since the Bear Demon. Had Master Lin wiped out another den of demons in a single night?

Naturally, the city guard did not stop him, and Lin Jun entered the city without issue.

Unlike the previous time, when he had entered the city at night, Lin Jun was entering in the morning, when the streets were at their busiest.

The passing townspeople stared wide-eyed at the cart piled high with Pig Demon corpses.

They had never imagined that demons could be handled like meat upon a chopping board.

Old people and children alike followed behind Lin Jun's deer cart, curiously examining the Pig Demon corpses.

"They died horribly... There are even little demons among them."

"Master Lin was far too ruthless."

"What do you mean, ruthless? I say he went too easy on them!"

Lin Jun arrived at the Demon Exorcism Bureau just as Chen Feng was opening its doors.

"My lord? What is this?"

"When did you do this?"

Chen Feng felt as though his thoughts could not quite turn over. Yesterday, he had clearly seen Lin Jun uprooting trees. How had a single night passed, only for him to bring back another cart of demon corpses?

What exactly had happened last night?

Why did I not know anything at all?

And in just one night, why had Lin Jun wiped out four Pig Demons?

How had he done it?

Chen Feng's head was full of questions.

Lin Jun unloaded the cart of corpses at the entrance of the Demon Exorcism Bureau and borrowed a pig-slaughtering knife from the butcher shop next door.

"Same old rules—twenty copper coins per jin. First come, first served!"

Lin Jun had thought that, after last time's Bear Demon meat, people would be more eager to buy meat this time.

Yet not a single person stepped forward to ask.

Chen Feng smiled.

"My lord, why don't you take a look at what these Pig Demons look like?"

Only then did Lin Jun realize that these Pig Demons differed from the Bear Demon. They were closer to pig-headed humans.

Even humans found it disgusting to eat monkeys, let alone such humanoid creatures.

Having figured it out, Lin Jun could only bury the Pig Demon corpses.

What Lin Jun did not know was that, in the yamen across the street, Zhang He was grinding his teeth so hard they nearly shattered.

"You're quite capable, aren't you? How are things on Spiritual Insight's side?"

"My lord, Elder Spiritual Insight has received the letter. Barring any mishaps, she will make her move within the next few days."

Zhang He drew a deep breath.

"Tell her not to leave behind any evidence. I'll handle everything else."

"Yes, sir. This subordinate takes his leave."

Zhang He gazed from afar at Lin Jun, who was burying the Pig Demons, and muttered to himself.

"Lin Jun, Lin Jun... how wonderful it would have been if you had remained this ignorant and incompetent. You guarded Green Forest County for three years without a single demon invasion, gaining seniority, while we helped you put on the act."

"But why did you have to truly start doing a Demon Exorcist's work?"

"You killed these demons—how am I supposed to explain it to the other demons? How am I supposed to explain it to Lord Zhang?"