Swordholder

Chen Yuan's hands were stained with black blood.

He frowned, then grabbed the headless corpse of the ghost hand with his left hand and wiped it on its clothes with his right.

boom!

After wiping his hands, he casually tossed the headless corpse onto the ground, then produced two more fireballs.

One landed on the head, and the other on the corpse.

boom!

The two fireballs burst into flames instantly, releasing a pungent, acrid smell.

Those few Wuxiang Guards were immediately stunned.

One of them angrily pointed at Chen Yuan, "You...you actually killed our Grand Pharmacist?"

Li Wei, who had been harboring rage for some time, rushed over and, with overwhelming force, killed those Wuxiang Guards as well.

Chen Yuan unleashed several more fireballs, which also incinerated the corpses of the Wuxiang Guards.

In the huge room, several flames crackled and rose, illuminating Zhu Xin's gloomy and uncertain expression.

Chen Yuan, Li Wei, and Nuomi positioned themselves in a triangular formation, keeping a close watch on Zhu Xin.

If Zhu Xin doesn't fight alongside them, they'll have no choice but to fight to the death.

Seeing their sudden act of murder and their current aggressive and defensive posture towards her, Zhu Xin's face immediately darkened.

Her enormous breasts heaved violently as she glared at Chen Yuan and roared, "You guys are really something! You've got guts!"

She practically gritted her teeth as she spoke, her voice filled with anger.

The reason I brought Chen Yuan and the others here was to help them obtain the Demon Transformation Pill, not to cause trouble.

Now that Chen Yuan has killed the Great Pharmacist Ghost Hand, things are in big trouble.

"If I don't kill him, do you think he'll let Nuomi go?"

Chen Yuan asked coldly.

Zhu Xin's face immediately froze.

Clearly, given Ghost Hand's fanatical attitude towards researching alien species, he would never give up.

Then Chen Yuan and the others would have to be on guard against Ghost Hand's sneak attacks at all times.

"Auntie, didn't you say you were my mother's best friend? Are you perhaps one of those bubble-skin sisters?"

Nuomi pleaded pitifully, "He's going to capture Nuomi and force-feed her all sorts of drugs for experiments and research. How can Nuomi possibly survive?"

"..."

Zhu Xin was speechless, but in the blink of an eye, she seemed to have made a decision and walked outside.

"Where to!"

Chen Yuan and Li Wei looked at her warily.

"If we're going to do it all, let's go all the way and kill them all, then frame the Swordholder!"

Zhu Xin spoke with a murderous intent.

Chen Yuan and Li Wei froze, but their expressions quickly brightened.

kill!

The four of them immediately charged out. With their formidable fighting prowess, no one here could match them.

The guardians of this place were all bewildered.

They died without understanding why Prefect Zhu Xin and the White-Haired Demon Slayer had killed them.

After the people here were all slaughtered, the remaining research subjects were basically neither dead nor alive.

Among them are both human and other races.

But Chen Yuan and his men didn't dwell on it. After looting all the resources, they coldly said, "Give them a quick death!"

"good!"

Li Wei nodded, and the two of them set the place on fire.

Looking at Chen Yuan's cold expression, Zhu Xin chuckled and said, "As expected, you have guts, but no compassion either."

"Heh, I thought you would save these research subjects."

Chen Yuan glanced at him and said indifferently, "Those research subjects were tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost. Death is a kind of relief for them."

"hehe!"

Zhu Xin gave a cold laugh and didn't say anything more.

As Chen Yuan watched the Divine Blood Division being engulfed and melted by the raging fire, his eyes blazed with fury.

In that situation, he had absolutely no confidence in his own moral principles.

He doesn't believe that, under such harsh conditions, he can still maintain his principles and always be a good person.

Now, all he wants is for his loved ones to be safe and well, and he worries about his own family first, such as Nuomi and Li Wei.

As they grew older, they came to Chen Zhaoning, Chen Qingcang, and the Chen family, and so on.

When I become stronger and can protect more people, perhaps I will think about changing the world.

As for the boasts he once made to Chen Qingcang, even if they were to be realized, it would have to be done step by step.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan's eyes flickered with uncertainty.

"Let's go, everyone go back."

Zhu Xin didn't know what Chen Yuan was thinking. He only knew that the young man in front of him was not bound by morality, nor was he a pedantic person.

He has his own code of conduct.

After a moment's thought, Zhu Xin spoke again, "I'll handle the cleanup here at the Divine Blood Division."

"And you should use the resources plundered from the Divine Blood Division and the Yang family to quickly improve your cultivation."

"Next, we just need to wait for the appointment letter from Wangdong Prefecture."

Chen Yuan looked at Zhu Xin and nodded in agreement.

He also wants to advance to the Great Perfection of the Yellow Court as soon as possible in the coming period.

The potions, pills, and various beast blood obtained from the Divine Blood Death are countless.

This time, he made a big profit.

Unfortunately, they still couldn't find the potion that had mutated Li Wei.

For the next period of time, Chen Yuan and the other two shut down the Human Desire Tower and focused on cultivating inside.

The entire Tianshan County was once again in an uproar due to the destruction of the Divine Blood Division.

In particular, how many exotic medicinal substances were lost?

That's simply immeasurable.

Even more shockingly, after investigation by Prefect Zhu, it was discovered that the Divine Blood Bureau was actually destroyed by that group of madmen from the Heaven and Earth Sect.

"Damn it, there's no peace. We killed off a wave of the remnants of the Sword-wielding Cult, and now a bunch of Heaven and Earth Cult lunatics have arrived?"

"Damn it, those cultists are truly insane. They even destroyed the Divine Blood Division. It's quite possible, after all, only they could do something like that!"

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The city of Tianshan was even more lively, with countless cultivators in restaurants discussing the matter.

Especially the traitors within the Yang family, the remnants of the Sword-wielding sect, and now, a new group of followers of the Heaven and Earth Cult has emerged!

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Wangdongfu City.

Inside a magnificent hall.

boom!

A table was instantly smashed to pieces by Yang Zhen.

This dignified regional official was now filled with rage.

"You bastard, Chen Yuan!"

Yang Zhen held a letter in his hand, his lips twitching, and a chill rose in his eyes.

The Lord of Wuxiang Court on one side narrowed his eyes, his expression complex.

He knew what had happened.

Information relayed by informants in Tianshan County indicated that Chen Yuan had repeatedly used Yang Zhen's title as the prefect to intimidate others.

Most people believed that Chen Yuan was Yang Zhen's man.

This is what enabled him to stabilize several crises.

Chen Yuan, in particular, was extremely arrogant, killing and slaughtering his way through the land!

This led all the high-ranking officials in Tianshan County to believe that Chen Yuan had a powerful background.

When Yang Zhen learned about this, he felt extremely unhappy.

Someone actually used my power against me?

"Please calm down, Your Excellency."

Zhao Ming spoke in a complicated manner.

"snort!"

Yang Zhen snorted coldly, "As the prefect, I govern the entire Wangdong Prefecture. Over the years, I have accumulated great power and influence, and the number of people I have killed is countless."

"Heh, for so many years, no one has ever dared to take advantage of my power. Chen Yuan, you're not old, but you've got guts!"

Zhao Ming's gaze was gloomy, and he said in a hoarse voice, "That kid Chen Yuan is indeed quite capable, especially him. I don't know how he hooked up with that stinky woman Zhu Xin, but he actually came to me to ask for credit, saying that Chen Yuan has made great contributions in the war and that he should be promoted to Wuxiang Grand Master."

"The Yang family is definitely not a spy for the Swordholder!"

Yang Zhen spoke in a somber tone.

He also knew about Zhu Xin's letter requesting commendation.

"But Zhu Xin presented the witnesses and evidence exceptionally well, especially her commentary: Chen Yuan is a demon, not a human, and is a future pillar of the Great Xiang Empire. Talent should not be buried; he should be greatly promoted and given importance."

"Even Zhu Xin's family spoke up for her."

Zhao Ming stopped talking and looked at Yang Zhen, waiting for Yang Zhen's advice.

Yang Zhen stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the geomantic soil on the wall. He took a deep breath and regained his composure.

After a moment, he spoke in a somber tone, "Is it true that Chen Yuan is a demon?"

"Indeed, many people saw him after he turned to demonic power, with a full head of white hair, horns growing on his head, and his eyes radiating demonic light."

Zhao Ming said with a shocked expression.

Yang Zhen didn't speak, but closed his eyes, as if he was thinking.

After a long while, he opened his eyes, a sharp glint in them, "Then let him be the chief director."

Zhao Ming looked puzzled and said, "But the Chen family already has a senior official."

Let Chen Guohai die in the line of duty.

Yang Zhen narrowed his eyes. "Also, isn't he going to be the Grand Director? Then let him go to the Western Frontier Prefecture."

At this point, a dangerous glint appeared in Yang Zhen's eyes. "I wrote a letter to that person in the Western Frontier, saying that I was sending him a powerful medicinal herb."

Zhao Ming gasped in shock. "That guy in the Western Frontier is definitely short of the Human Pill if he wants to break through to the Dao Platform and become a True Monarch!"

They might actually like the nourishing medicinal herbs that Lord Yang sent.

Yang Zhen, with an expression that said Chen Yuan was doomed if he went to the Western Frontier Prefecture, said...

"Didn't that stinky woman Zhu Xin say he's a pillar of the nation, someone whose talent shouldn't be wasted? Hmph, then let him go to the Western Frontier Prefecture and shine there."

He emphasized the words "shining light and generating heat" very heavily.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ming's eyes gleamed. "Lord Yang is wise."

"Go ahead and tell Niu, Sun, Gou, and Lu to do it cleanly, just like they did with Chen Guoshan."

Yang Zhen spoke again, his expression ferocious:

"You want to be the chief director? Hmph, fine, then let's see if your other chief director dies."

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