Vajra Temple

"Speak quickly!"

Lu Feng began to regret leaving the prisoners alive.

"Say... say what?"

The monk's mind went completely blank; he was utterly unable to form a coherent sentence.

"Why are there fourth- and fifth-tier demonic beasts here? And why are you here?"

"The fourth-tier leopard king and the fifth-tier bear king were originally demonic beasts raised in the back mountains of my Vajra Temple. It was the sect leader who ordered them to cause trouble at Precipice Peak, luring the Grandmaster of the Demon-Slaying Bureau to their deaths, thereby weakening the Demon-Slaying Bureau's strength!"

"What is your sect leader's cultivation level?"

"Our sect leader is a Celestial Person Realm expert!"

"Tell us clearly, in detail, the number of people and their cultivation levels in your sect."

A moment later, a flash of sword light appeared.

[Congratulations, host, on successfully defeating the Grandmaster Half-Demon. You have gained 500,000 Demon Points.]

[Obtained 1000 Low-Grade Origin Crystal.]

Having asked all the necessary questions, Lu Feng finished off his opponent with a single sword strike.

From the monk, Lu Feng learned that in addition to the sect leader Huixing, who was at the Celestial Person Realm, the Vajra Temple also had two vice Great Grandmaster Perfection, as well as five or six ordinary Great Grandmaster.

According to this logic, the strength of the Vajra Temple is no less than that of the North City Demon-Slaying Bureau.

Moreover, the sect leader, Huixing, was only Great Grandmaster Perfection at the peak of his cultivation, and his disciples only recently learned of his breakthrough to the Celestial Person Realm.

Unfortunately, Su Xuanqing left the Demon-Slaying Bureau at this crucial moment, Vajra Temple chose this opportune moment to launch its attack, clearly indicating malicious intent.

Lu Feng put all the corpses of the demonic beasts and Half-Demon into his storage bag.

"Let's go back and discuss this with Xiao Tianqi before making a decision."

He thought to himself, then activated his True Essence, used the Walking on Air, and flew towards the Demon-Slaying Bureau with all his might.

Upon arriving at the Demon-Slaying Bureau's main hall, they happened to bump into Chen Hu and his group, who were heading towards Commandant Su's residence.

Lu Feng strode forward, and the others looked surprised when they saw him.

"Sir, have you finished your business?"

"Hmm. I also need to see Xiaolian, let's go together."

Having said that, Lu Feng took the lead.

"Xiaolian? It's one thing to call her that outside, but this is inside the Demon-Slaying Bureau, and Lord Lu is calling her that too?"

Sun Xiaomei and the other two muttered to themselves.

The group had originally planned to ask Chen Hu to inform the higher authorities and see if they could report what had happened that day.

Judging from Lu Feng's tone, he was actually going to take them directly to see the Captain.

The group then entered the main hall of Commandant Su's residence. At that time, Xiaolian was handling daily affairs.

"Lu Feng? He's back so quickly, has the matter been resolved?"

Upon seeing Lu Feng and the others enter, Xiaolian immediately put down what she was doing and quickly walked down the steps.

"It's mostly resolved. I'll tell you more about this later; let's talk about their situation first."

Lu Feng pointed to Chen Hu and the others behind him.

"What's up?"

Xiaolian turned to look at Chen Hu and the others.

Seeing this, Sun Xiaomei and the other two immediately lowered their heads. Chen Hu stepped forward and said:

"Reporting to the captain, the situation is like this..."

Chen Hu recounted the events of the day in the Black Pine Forest in detail.

Xiaolian's face immediately darkened upon hearing this.

"Someone come here!"

A martial arts master at the Hua Jin Realm immediately entered from outside the hall.

"Investigate immediately! I want to see who has the audacity to steal credit and profits on the Demon-Slaying Bureau's territory!"

"Yes!" The messenger accepted the order and left.

Then, Xiaolian turned to Chen Hu and said, "I will seek justice for you regarding the theft of your second-tier demon beast. Give me the token."

Chen Hu quickly handed over the token.

Xiaolian then transferred five hundred merit points into the token.

"Here are five hundred merit points. Go and redeem them first. I'll handle the rest. This shouldn't happen again."

Upon hearing Xiaolian's words, Sun Xiaomei and the other two were filled with disbelief.

Wasn't the captain supposed to be stern and strict? This is completely different from the rumors!

"Alright, you can go now."

"Yes!"

Chen Hu and his companions bowed and withdrew.

"I never imagined that the Captain would not only be so handsome, but also speak so gently! He's completely different from the legends!"

As soon as they stepped out of the main hall, Sun Xiaomei couldn't help but sigh to the group.

"That's because there are adults around! Otherwise, we wouldn't even have the right to see her!" Lin Miao glanced at Sun Xiaomei, puffed out her chest, and looked proud.

"Alright, let's go to the quest hall and turn in the quest."

The group then headed towards the mission hall.

Inside the main hall.

"What? That fourth-tier Demon King ran away?" Xiaolian Lian asked after the group left.

"No, I've already killed him."

"That is?"

"See for yourself."

As he spoke, Lu Feng took out several corpses from his storage bag.

"This... this is Fifth-Tier Demon Lord?! And... two Grandmaster from the Vajra Temple?!"

Xiaolian never imagined that the Precipice Peak was so dangerous—on the surface there was a fourth-tier Demon King, but in secret there was also Fifth-Tier Demon Lord.

If an ordinary Grandmaster had accepted this mission, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Thinking of this, she looked at Lu Feng again.

In just three hours, the Fifth-Tier Demon Lord had been killed by him.

"Your current cultivation level..."

Xiaolian asked in a low voice.

"Just broke through to Great Grandmaster. But that's not the point. Didn't you notice anything else?"

Xiaolian pouted upon hearing this. She was only at the Hua Jin Perfection, and who knew when she would be able to break through to the Grandmaster Realm.

"Then what's the key point?" she said somewhat defiantly.

"Those two are Half-Demon!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing Lu Feng's words, Xiaolian's expression changed drastically, and she immediately leaned closer to examine the two monks.

Sure enough, their blood was dark red, completely different from that of normal people.

"He really is Half-Demon!"

"By the way," Lu Feng asked, "Wasn't the case at Vajra Temple already dealt with by the higher authorities? Why is Vajra Temple still around?"

"I know about this. Back then, the Sacred Hall personally sent people to the temple to investigate thoroughly, and they executed a Great Grandmaster- Half-Demon and several other Grandmaster- Half-Demon on the spot, which brought the matter to a close."

"Judging from this, there's Half-Demon hiding in the Vajra Temple."

Upon hearing what Xiaolian said, Lu Feng frowned slightly.

All the disciples of the Vajra Temple he encountered were Half-Demon. He suspected that there were still some escapees in the Vajra Temple, and he even suspected that the Vajra Temple's leader, Huixing, was Half-Demon himself!

"Are you aware that Huixing, the abbot of Vajra Temple, has broken through to the Celestial Person Realm?"

Hearing Lu Feng's words, Xiaolian nodded.

"I only heard about it recently. So this matter is difficult to handle now, and the Master is not here..."

"It's alright. I came to see you mainly to inform you that the demon threat at Precipice Peak has been eliminated. However, we still need to send more people to secretly investigate within the jurisdiction of the Demon-Slaying Bureau."

Xiaolian is only a temporary captain now, and if this matter really needs to be dealt with, she will ultimately have to discuss it with Xiao Tianqi.

"I understand, I'll be more careful."

"Alright, then I'll go find Uncle Xiao and report this to him."

Lu Feng then left Commandant Su's residence.

He arrived at the Demon-Slaying Bureau, only to be told that Xiao Tianqi and two other Deputy Si Zheng were discussing matters.

Lu Feng had no choice but to wait outside Xiao Tianqi's cave.