Punishment Head, Grandmaster Figure

Qingxu Taoist Priest retracted his gaze, turned around, and left a sentence: "Tell him not to leave your courtyard."

Jiang Changsheng revealed a smile and continued forward, the Devil Master closely following behind.

The disciples of Dragon Arising Temple were already asleep. They did not cultivate immortality, could not hear the movements down the mountain, and did not have the high level of skill of Qingxu Taoist Priest, so they could not sense the fluctuations of true qi.

Jiang Changsheng led the Devil Master back to his courtyard and entered the house.

He sat cross-legged on the bed and said, "You will circulate your energy to heal your injuries while I question you."

The Devil Master did not dare to refute. After closing the door, he sat cross-legged beside the wooden table. Having been struck by Shadow Leg, his internal organs had suffered severe injuries. This trip up the mountain had cost him half his life.

"Are you a Heaven Arrival Realm expert?"

Jiang Changsheng asked the question he was most concerned about, as it would determine his attitude in future actions.

The Devil Master said with a wry smile, "I... I am indeed Sky Penetrating..."

"Compared to the Sky Penetrating expert in the imperial palace, who is stronger?"

"Naturally, he is stronger, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way to Jing City... Although we are both Sky Penetrating, I can only reach the Heaven Arrival Realm, while he is Sky Penetrating because most Jianghu people believe that Sky Penetrating is the strongest."

The Devil Master couldn't help but glance at Jiang Changsheng.

Jiang Changsheng asked, "What are my chances of winning against him?"

The Devil Master said without hesitation, "Naturally, you are stronger!"

"Don't speak falsely, or if I die, you will die. I have implanted the Life and Death Seal in your body, a technique that allows me to easily decide your life."

"I don't know... Twenty years ago, I challenged him. At that time, facing him was like facing you now, a complete defeat. How strong he is after twenty years, I estimate that the entire Great Jing martial world does not know."

The Devil Master said with emotion. In the eyes of ordinary martial artists, he was already an invincible expert, but only he knew that there were even more powerful experts. He had only taken advantage of the title of Devil Sect Master.

Jiang Changsheng continued to ask questions, and the Devil Master answered everything he was asked. If he didn't know the answer, he would explain the situation truthfully, and his attitude was considered sincere.

He brought the Devil Sect disciples here not to help Ghost Eye Evil King take revenge, but to be someone else's knife.

"That person calls himself Punishment Head, wears a mask, and has high martial arts skills. He is definitely a Heaven Arrival Realm expert. He has great power and claims that as long as the Devil Sect takes the opportunity to eliminate the powerful and influential people in the city and Dragon Arising Temple, he will support the Devil Sect and allow the Devil Sect to whitewash itself..."

The Devil Master said with a complicated tone, coughing as he spoke, his injuries were too severe.

Jiang Changsheng also knew the situation of the Devil Sect. Similar to the Chen Family, the Devil Sect was once the number one sect in the Chu Dynasty. After Great Jing overthrew the Chu Dynasty, the martial world also changed. The Devil Sect was ostracized by the current martial world because it had once sent disciples to support the Chu Dynasty, breaking the rules of the martial world, and the imperial court was also arresting them everywhere, making them like rats crossing the street.

The rules of the martial world state that martial arts sects must not participate in court disputes, let alone dynasty struggles, at least not openly. This is also a kind of self-protection system for the martial world.

Jiang Changsheng asked, "How dare you believe Punishment Head? Aren't you afraid he's deceiving you?"

The Devil Master replied, "He has the True Dragon Token. Seeing the True Dragon Token is like seeing the Emperor, so I suspect he is acting on behalf of the Emperor. I didn't expect that there are three Heaven Arrival Realm experts hidden in the small Jing City, no, four, including you..."

He regretted it extremely.

He shouldn't have listened to the words of the powerful and influential. If he had known this earlier, he might as well have led the Devil Sect to leave the Great Jing Dynasty. The world is vast, where could they not find a place to live?

There are actually two Sky Penetrating experts!

Jiang Changsheng secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he didn't act rashly. This was normal. No one would show all their strength, and the Emperor was the same.

The Devil Master's contact was Punishment Head. Apart from Punishment Head, he had not seen any other powerful figures, which meant that Jiang Changsheng could not get any information from him.

Jiang Changsheng suspected that the Punishment Head was the Emperor, but the Emperor had already taken a boat down to Jiangnan.

Afterward, he asked the Devil Master about the Devil Sect's situation.

The Devil Sect had hundreds of thousands of disciples, over a thousand First-Rate Experts, and more than fifty Peerless Experts. Besides him, there was also a Vice Sect Master who had reached the Heaven Arrival Realm, but the Vice Sect Master didn't come along, as he needed to guard the Devil Sect.

If the Devil Master didn't return, after a year, the Vice Sect Master would automatically succeed him as Sect Master.

The Devil Sect is quite strong!

Jiang Changsheng cultivated immortality, his strength surpassing martial artists, but his spiritual power wasn't endless. He also needed to cultivate his own power.

The Devil Master was a good start!

Jiang Changsheng smiled and said, "Do you think I am a mortal?"

The Devil Master was stunned, not understanding what he meant, but thinking of the earlier Taihang Sword, his back inexplicably turned cold.

Could it be…

"Judging by my appearance, how old do you guess I am?"

"Seventeen or eighteen… What is your actual age?"

The Devil Master asked cautiously, Jiang Changsheng becoming incomparably mysterious in his heart.

Jiang Changsheng's mind stirred, and the Taihang Sword on the table automatically unsheathed, circling in the room, scaring the Devil Master into trembling.

He didn't see how Jiang Changsheng made his move at all.

Before, he thought it was just a trick, like his Black Crow Ascends the Sky technique, all just to fool people, but now it seemed that wasn't the case!

Jiang Changsheng said, "I need people to work for me. If you are obedient, I can let bygones be bygones and even bestow upon you unimaginable benefits, for example…"

Jiang Changsheng stared at the Devil Master, teasingly saying, "You are already sixty years old, right? You just look young. With your martial arts practice, your body is full of hidden ailments. How many years can you live? Ten years? Twenty years? I think that's already the limit. Do you want to live longer? Do you want to pursue stronger power?"

The Devil Master's heart beat faster from the questions.

When people get old, what they fear most is physical decline, especially martial artists. Even the Emperor was searching for immortals all over the world, let alone the Devil Master?

That night, the Devil Master's heart was in turmoil.

Inside a dim palace, Eunuch Li stood in the hall, his face extremely gloomy.

In front of him, there was a figure with his back to him. That person was wearing purple clothes, a bronze mask on his face, and his long hair was coiled under a crown, both mysterious and full of nobility.

"The Devil Master disappeared, and most of the Devil Sect's people were lost?"

The purple-clothed figure asked, his voice indifferent, without any emotional fluctuations.

Eunuch Li gritted his teeth and said, "The Devil Master disappeared, either dead or captured. Fortunately, he didn't know much, but the other party has the ability to easily kill the Devil Master, we must reconsider him."

"Punishment Head, what exactly does His Majesty mean? Does he want to get rid of this son, or keep him alive? Why did he plant him in Jing City?"

The purple-clothed figure was the Punishment Head in the Devil Master's words!

The Punishment Head turned around, the bronze mask only revealing a right eye, the eye as cold as a snake, startling Eunuch Li into not daring to meet his gaze, kneeling down in fear.

"This servant deserves to die for presuming to guess at the Emperor's will!"

Eunuch Li lowered his head, trembling as he spoke, his tone filled with fear and trepidation.

Punishment Head stared at him and said, "What His Majesty thinks is none of our concern. His Majesty wants Dragon Arising Temple destroyed, and the Yang and Hong families annihilated, but all three tasks have been botched."

Eunuch Li kept his head down, not daring to breathe loudly.

Punishment Head continued, "From now on, the operation is suspended. You should select more experts from the Heavenly Prison and await my and His Majesty's instructions."

"Yes, sir!"

Eunuch Li quickly replied.

Punishment Head walked towards him, his figure suddenly disappearing, and then reappearing at the palace gate. He looked up at the bright moon and said, "Investigate which experts in the martial world have disappeared in the last ten years. For a small child of eighteen to reach the Heaven Arrival Realm, he must be a grandmaster. Choosing longevity may be related to the remnants of the previous dynasty. All those involved in the operation back then must be investigated."

Eunuch Li turned around and said, "This servant understands!"

Punishment Head then vanished before the gate, appearing and disappearing unpredictably.

The moon set and the sun rose.

At noon, in the courtyard.

Jiang Changsheng was using his spiritual energy to heal the Devil Master's injuries. The Devil Master had changed into a Dragon Arising Temple Taoist robe, looking like a weak old Taoist, without any of the Devil Master's evil aura or domineering presence.

Feeling the mysterious true energy within his body, the Devil Master was shocked.

"What terrifying power... What kind of martial art is this? His true energy is more than ten times stronger than mine..."

The Devil Master thought of what Jiang Changsheng had said last night, and his heart surged.

Perhaps this really is an opportunity!

Anyway, he couldn't understand how someone in this world could possess power far surpassing that of a Heaven Arrival Realm expert at the age of eighteen. Even the young leader of the Returning Origin Divine Sect was far inferior. This Taoist must be a celestial being descended to earth, not an ordinary person.

Jiang Changsheng withdrew his hand and said, "Go into the house to recuperate. The medicines on the table were all personally refined by me, and you can take them."

The Devil Master stood up, bowed, and then entered the house.

White Dragon left Jiang Changsheng's shoulder and crawled towards the house.

Jiang Changsheng stood up, gently brushed the dust off his Taoist robe, and then stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky and enjoying the sunlight.

Before long, two figures entered the courtyard.

It was Chen Li.

Behind him followed a constable, thin and weak, with his head lowered.

Chen Li quickly came to Jiang Changsheng and whispered, "Changsheng, I have something to say. Let's go inside."

"No need to go inside. There are only three of us within thirty feet, oh, and a snake."

Jiang Changsheng smiled. He had already seen through the constable's identity. He was the White-Clothed man from last night, with the exact same aura.

Cultivators are extremely sensitive to auras.

Chen Li was stunned for a moment, and said, "The person behind me is from the White-Clothed Guard, she is my friend. I asked her to kill the Devil Sect's evil doers, but I dragged her into a vortex of conspiracy. She has nowhere to go now, and I can't keep her in the Chen Family. The whole city is under strict guard, so I can only leave her with you. Can you agree? I'm begging you, as your brother."

Jiang Changsheng smiled and said, "Of course, don't worry, brother."

Chen Li breathed a sigh of relief, sweeping away the gloom on his face. He patted Jiang Changsheng's shoulder and thanked him.

He didn't stay long and left in a hurry, leaving only Jiang Changsheng and the disguised constable in the courtyard.

After sensing that Chen Li's aura had gone far away, Jiang Changsheng then opened his mouth and said, "What are your plans for the future?"

The constable took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, and said with gritted teeth, "Please, senior, teach me martial arts. I am willing to give everything!"

Last night not only subverted the Devil Master's understanding, but also shattered her faith. She suddenly felt that everything she had struggled for in the first half of her life was a joke.

Jiang Changsheng asked, "Really everything? What if I asked you to kill Chen Li?"

A Peerless Expert has come to rely on him, might as well accept her!

The constable said in a deep voice, "Kill. Although he has a heart of benevolence, he has no martial power, no means. Living will only drag more innocent people to the Yellow Springs."

"What is your name?"

"This little girl's name is Jian Xin... My surname is Hua."