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Anling Prefecture, the prefectural city.

Just as Mu Yang and Yuan Yin were returning, undercurrents were surging outside the Demon Slaying Division of the prefectural city.

The crowds that usually come and go in front of the city gates gathered on both sides and stopped to watch.

The black-armored guards responsible for patrolling gathered in front of the city gate and confronted a group of foreign monks.

At the very front of the group of monks was an elderly monk who was over seventy years old.

He wore a gold and red robe and held a thick monk's staff.

Although his face looked old, his body was muscular, stretching his wide robe taut.

His eyes were frighteningly bright, like those of an angry Vajra.

This person is none other than Master Xuyuan, the abbot of Jingang Temple, who is famous throughout Liangzhou!

Behind him stood a dozen or so monks from the Vajra Temple, each with fierce brows and an intimidating aura.

Although their numbers were far fewer than those of the Black Armor Guards of the Demon Slayer Division, their imposing presence was in no way inferior.

Clearly, his cultivation level is quite high.

"Master Xuyuan, you've come uninvited today and even dared to block the gates of my Demon Slaying Division. Are you trying to think that my Demon Slaying Division is without capable men?!"

At the gate of the Demon Slaying Division in the prefectural city, a sixth-level Domain Seeker shouted sternly.

Beside him stood Lu Zongsong, expressionless, but already holding the Mandarin Duck Axe in his hand.

Just now, Xu Yuan led a large group of monks to the gate of the Demon Slayer Bureau, demanding an explanation for his deceased disciple.

He tried to reason with them and invited them into the inner city for a chat, but the old monk refused to go and just stayed in front of the gate.

This caused a large crowd to get stuck, disrupting normal traffic flow.

"Amitabha!"

Master Xuyuan stepped forward and proclaimed loudly, "I have come here only to seek justice for my poor, unjustly killed disciple!"

"Several months ago, your company besieged the Ghost Lantern Temple. My disciple, Mingjing, was supposed to help you persuade Jingchan, but your Demon Slaying Division, without distinguishing right from wrong, killed my poor disciple as well. This is simply outrageous!"

As he spoke, Xu Yuan seemed overcome with grief, and a glistening tear welled up in the corner of his aged eyes.

He seemed not to hear, and cried out in a sorrowful voice, as if to express the injustice in his heart:

"I have come here for no other reason than to seek justice!"

"Hand over the murderer who killed my disciple!"

At the same time, the monks behind Xu Yuan also shouted in unison, "Hand over the murderer!!"

Seeing this scene, even the passersby around began to whisper among themselves.

Of course, they only whispered among themselves, and no one dared to echo their sentiments.

After all, this is the main gate of the Demon Slaying Division of the prefectural city. Anyone with a brain would dare to cause trouble here.

"you!"

The sixth-tier Domain Seeker was furious upon hearing the surrounding noise.

He raised his hand, his eyes wide with anger, pointing at Xu Yuan, but his tongue was tied, and he had no idea what to say.

And hand over the murderer?

It was clearly your disciple who attacked our Demon Slaying Division first. You have no shame!

"I killed that person."

Just as the envoy was getting angry, Lu Zongsong, who was standing beside him, took a step forward.

In an instant, the surrounding chatter fell silent, and then...

"Isn't this General Gu's disciple, Lu Zongsong, or Lu Xunyu?"

"So it was Envoy Lu Xun who did the killings. Then he definitely didn't make a mistake. Everyone knows our cold-faced little killing god is cold on the outside but warm on the inside!"

"Indeed, indeed! Last year, a fifth-tier demon appeared in our area, and it was Lord Lu who traveled a great distance to kill it!"

"Last time there was a bandit outbreak in our area, it was Lord Lu who stepped in to resolve it. He didn't keep a single penny for himself; he left all the silver confiscated from the bandits in the county, which allowed our entire county to survive the winter!"

"I saw through this old monk's hypocrisy and his attempt to distort the truth long ago. I suspect he's just trying to extort money from the Demon Slayer Bureau!"

"........."

Hearing the discussions of the passersby around him, Xu Yuan, who was standing at the front, was slightly taken aback.

It seems they never expected this situation to arise.

He knew that Lu Zongsong was quite famous in Anling Prefecture, but he didn't expect his fame to be this great.

In fact, not only Xu Yuan, but even the sixth-level domain seeker did not expect that his general's disciple had such a good reputation.

Lu Zongsong, however, did not show any change in expression.

Ever since he achieved a certain level of cultivation, he would go out to do missions every now and then.

Whether it's dealing with demons, dealing with gangs in the martial arts world, or occasionally taking care of bandits when passing through areas plagued by them.

Because he was not short of money, he did not specifically collect his harvest, but left it all to the local government.

Faced with the evil-suppressing general's followers, the local government dared not embezzle the funds and instead used them entirely for the benefit of the people.

As time went on, Lu Zongsong's reputation spread far and wide among the people.

In some smaller places, out of gratitude, people even built shrines in honor of Lu Zongsong and would offer incense to him from time to time.

Of course, Lu Zongsong was unaware of these things.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

His actions were not for anyone's gratitude.

It was simply because he felt he should do it.

"The late emperor said that even if the emperor breaks the law, he is no different from a commoner. Even though Envoy Lu Xunyu is a high-ranking general in charge of suppressing evil, he should still be punished if he makes a mistake!"

After his initial surprise, Master Xuyuan quickly composed himself and invoked the late emperor's words in an attempt to gain the upper hand.

Without giving Lu Zongsong time to react, he suddenly shone with golden Buddhist light.

That was built with the ultimate technique of Vajra Temple—the indestructible Vajra Crystal Body!

Unlike Mingjing, who only had a sixth-level cultivation, Xuyuan, who had long since broken through to the seventh level, had an exceptionally dazzling golden Buddhist light.

The gilded Buddha statue seems to radiate brilliant golden light under the blazing sun.

"Oh no, that old bastard's going to make a move!"

Upon seeing that the other party had actually attacked Lu Zongsong, the sixth-level Seeking Domain Envoy was immediately terrified.

But with his sixth-level cultivation, how could he possibly stop Xu Yuan, who was at the seventh level?

Just then, a loud shout rang out from inside the city.

"You old bald monk, how dare you lay a hand on my disciple right in front of me!!"

Suddenly, a tall, middle-aged man dressed in a moon-white robe flew out of the city.

The newcomer was none other than Gu Changkong, the Deputy General in Charge of Suppressing Evil in Anling Prefecture!

"Gu Changkong!"

Seeing Gu Changkong appear, Xu Yuan seemed to have anticipated it, and his figure, which was rushing towards Lu Zongsong, suddenly stopped and quickly retreated.

Then, a person dressed in black robes shot out from the crowd.

As he ran, a gust of wind blew off his hood, revealing a middle-aged man with long, gray-white hair and sharp, eagle-like eyes.

"It's you!"

After seeing the man's face clearly, Gu Changkong finally understood why Xu Yuan had the confidence to cause trouble in front of his door.

So he was a lackey of the Six Doors!

That's right, the man was one of the top constables of the Six Doors stationed in Liangzhou.

Eighth-tier martial artist, 'Sky-Splitting Eagle' --

Xiao Yu!