Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 108 - Not Human
On the riverbank, the common people stared in astonishment at the dead catfish, but their eyes gradually regained their focus.

Now that the river monster is dead, does this mean they will no longer have to bear the heavy river sacrifice tax?
But then an angry shout rang out:

"How dare you! Who gave you permission to kill the River God?!"

The commoners turned to look and saw a middle-aged man wearing a red robe embroidered with mandarin ducks flying through the air, his face full of anger.

Upon seeing him, the common people immediately lowered their heads, for this was Yan Changchun, the magistrate of Qingye County.

Lin Le was fearless, instead pointing his spear at Yan Changchun: "Why can't I kill it? Evil gods and licentious worship should be destroyed!"

Yan Changchun's face was cold: "Who do you think you are? I personally appointed this river god. You say it's an evil god worshipped in a lewd way, where do you get your evidence!"

"Evidence? Using young boys and girls as sacrifices, you say this isn't an evil god's lewd worship?" Lin Le scoffed.

Yan Changchun waved his sleeve: "What nonsense are you talking about? Human sacrifice has existed since ancient times. How can it be an excuse for the licentious worship of evil gods?"

Lin Le thought about it and realized that there really wasn't such a rule in this world.

After all, extraordinary power originates from oneself, and there are countless examples of people who treat the weak as less than human.

In such circumstances, it is perfectly normal to treat people as sacrificial offerings.

He had simply mistakenly brought his past life's sacrificial beliefs into this world.

“Then we have it today.” Lin Le brandished his gun. “To sacrifice humans is to engage in the worship of evil gods and should be punished.”

"What arrogance! Do you think you can compare to the sages of ancient times?" Yan Changchun roared.

Lin Le beckoned to Yan Changchun with his finger: "If you're so capable, let the sages come out and judge for yourself whether I'm right or you're right?"

Yan Changchun laughed in exasperation: "Sharp-tongued, fine, then tell me, now that the River God is gone, how are these evil spirits to be dealt with?"

"Just kill them." Lin Le said casually, then waved his hand, and the red ribbon disappeared into the river. Then, with a lift, an iceberg containing many water demons was pulled out.

Bang! The iceberg hit the ground with a resounding thud, as if striking the hearts of everyone present.

"You useless trash can't kill these demons, I'll kill them!" Lin Le placed his hand on the ice mountain, and a red ribbon wrapped around it, followed by flames.

A sudden heatwave swept through the sky, accompanied by the wailing of numerous water monsters, dispelling the chill of late autumn and the gloom in the eyes of the common people.

"Just a bunch of little demons and ghosts. I don't know how you bunch of trash have survived until now." Lin Le waved his hand, and hundreds of flesh pills flew into the embroidered ball at his waist.

Yan Changchun's face was so gloomy it seemed like it could drip water. He stared intently at Lin Le: "I hope you can still say that big word tomorrow!"

He then turned and left.

He couldn't fathom Lin Le's strength, especially since the tiger catfish was killed so quickly, which meant that Lin Le had extremely strong combat power at least in the first city pass, and might even be able to touch the second level.

More importantly, he had a Foundation Establishment realm accomplice, and that ice was definitely not something he could create.

Two Foundation Establishment cultivators—with such strength, even with the official seal suppressing them, he might not be able to secure a victory.

But so what? Qingye County is a superior county, and he's not the only Foundation Establishment cultivator there.

Lin Le watched Yan Changchun leave with a playful expression.

He knew exactly what tricks Yan Changchun was up to.

"Alright, everyone disperse. Make sure to close the doors and windows tightly tonight, in case there are any remaining water ghosts causing trouble," Lin Le shouted to the civilians.

At that moment, a rotten egg was thrown at Lin Le, and someone angrily said, "You killed the River God, how are we supposed to protect our peace now!"

Using the magic ribbon to push aside the rotten eggs, Lin Le calmly looked at the person who suddenly jumped up.

Seeing Lin Le remain silent, some people grew bolder:
"That's right, that's right! Without the River God, the water ghosts will start eating people again!"

"Kill him, then let the water ghosts eat him first!"

"Yes, let the water ghost eat him!"

Lin Le suddenly chuckled softly, his voice not loud, but the chill in it silenced everyone.

"Come on." Lin Le beckoned with his finger, and all the Yin-Yang swords that were originally forming an array appeared and were pointed at the crowd.

A chill ran through everyone's hearts.

"Go." With that command, Xiao Jian fell into the crowd like water spilled from a cup.

Blood bloomed like flower buds, and the stench of blood filled the air.

Lin Le coldly watched the panicked civilians flee.

As mentioned before, extraordinary power resides within oneself, making it easy to disregard the weak and insignificant.

Lin Le has killed too many people, and now he has this problem too. The only thing that makes him better than others is that he only treats his enemies as less than human.

Turning around, Lin Le twisted his hand, reversing the Yin-Yang Sword, and used it to cut the tiger catfish, quickly peeling off its skin intact.

Lin Le lifted the embroidered ball and activated it. The layer of skin surged into the embroidered ball, and another side was repaired.

In addition to the previous two sides, Lin Le used the wealth of Black Ridge County to repair another side, making a total of four sides.

"That should be enough." Lin Le said, playing with the embroidered ball.

It's quite interesting about this hydrangea. Lin Le thought it ate evil energy like yin energy and resentment, but in reality it eats everything, including yang energy and yin energy.

It's just that they consumed too much of the earthly evil energy before, which is why the ghost soldiers or Taoist soldiers they summoned were so full of evil energy.

So, it mainly consumed the power of stars before?

Lin Le recalled that vast star map. This thing became more and more difficult as you progressed. The first leaf required one hundred human merits, the second leaf required two hundred, and the third leaf required more than three hundred.

This fourth leaf must be over four hundred, almost five hundred.

The further he went, the more Lin Le felt that he lacked comprehension.

Lin Le's gaze shifted, and he suddenly looked at Qing Li, who was gracefully emerging from the water.

Qingli's comprehension was already much better than his, and now that his bloodline has been sublimated, his comprehension will be further enhanced, making him even more terrifying.

Thinking of this, Lin Le felt a little envious of the demon race's bloodline power; it truly was a comprehensive amplifier.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Qingli said coquettishly when she saw Lin Le staring at her.

"Can you do me a favor?" Lin Le blinked.

Qingli's face immediately darkened, and she turned her head away: "I won't help."

"Fine, I won't help then." Lin Le also turned his head away.

Qingli turned her head and looked at Lin Le in disbelief: "Aren't you going to beg me?"

"So, will you help or not?" Lin Le asked.

"I won't help." Qingli turned her head away haughtily.

"Fine, I won't help then." Lin Le turned around and continued to process the tiger catfish.

Qingli immediately pouted her goldfish lips: "You stinky Ah Le, I'll help you, okay?"

"You should have said so earlier. You're not happy about the benefits." Lin Le tossed the embroidered ball to Qing Li. "Solve the riddle above."

Qingli took the embroidered ball, channeled her magic power into it, and then a vast star map flooded into her mind.

After Lin Le finished processing the tiger catfish, he looked at Qing Li and asked, "Hey, Qing Li, how did it go?"

"It's quite difficult. I've only solved the fifth one," Qingli said, frowning, clearly still pondering how to solve it.

"How many?" Lin Le blinked. "Five?"

“Yes, what’s wrong?” Qingli nodded.

"It's nothing, you can continue." Lin Le turned his head away so Qing Li wouldn't see his sour eyes from eating lemons.

At this moment, Lin Le realized that the gap in comprehension was truly difficult to bridge with time.

It took him decades to solve three sides, but Qingli solved four sides, and even a fifth side, in a quarter of an hour.

(End of this chapter)