At the first sight of the boy, Wang Ping'an felt as though a heavy hammer had struck his soul. His head rang, and his mind went blank.
Behind the boy before him, he seemed to see mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Such terrifying killing intent could only have come from endless slaughter.
In a single instant, the boy's terrifying presence overwhelmed Wang Ping'an. His expression went slack and his pupils lost focus, as though his soul were so frightened it wanted to leap out of his body and flee.
Yet the boy's gaze remained locked on him, as though imprisoning his soul.
The boy's voice was cold.
"You spend your days swindling others, claiming an adeptus's name. You claim to exorcise evil without actually destroying it, disregarding the safety of all living beings. Continue, and you will reap what you have sown, lured by evil into eternal ruin."
The boy finished speaking.
"Jingle, jingle~"
The melodious, mysterious ringing of a bell echoed across the plain.
Azure Flowing Wind rippled with the ringing, dispersing the evil aura that permeated the area.
The Blue-Dressed Girl appeared with the Flowing Wind.
"Who are you...?"
The girl's ringing bell and Flowing Wind brought a little comfort to Wang Ping'an's terrified soul.
He looked at the girl and the boy and asked in astonishment.
At his question, the Blue-Dressed Girl floating in midair could not help looking rather pleased with herself.
She planted her hands on her hips and grinned. "I am the Immortal Venerable Who Hears Cries and Subdues Evil."
"As for this one, he is the Guardian Yaksha, the Conqueror of Demons!"
"What..."
Wang Ping'an was dumbstruck.
He had never heard the adeptal title [Immortal Venerable Who Hears Cries and Subdues Evil].
But the girl's breathtaking beauty, her pure, otherworldly presence,