I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

"Wrong, it is innocent demons and monsters that should not be killed."

Demons and monsters do not all need to eat people to survive. For example, before the Turtle Prime Minister submitted to the Lord of Dongting, he was a law-abiding monster who lived in seclusion in a cave, seeking enlightenment and absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven, earth, sun, and moon. He was also cultivating himself.

This is how a proper demon's cultivation level is increased. When humans calculate the cultivation level of other races, they use these demons who cultivate normally as a reference. The calculation of cultivation level is not precise, but rather a vague range, but it is generally not too far off.

However, just as a person can make money by chance, a horse can also make money at night. Just like a person who earns money through honest work can never make as much money as those outlaws.

The cultivation level of harmful demons and monsters naturally increases more in a year than that of ordinary demons who diligently cultivate for a year.

Therefore, age is age, and spiritual attainment is spiritual attainment.

Just as a ghost with a hundred years of cultivation may only have been a ghost for a few years or decades, a demon with a thousand years of cultivation may not have actually cultivated for a thousand years.

Therefore, for demons, it is never a necessity to harm people; they simply choose to do so.

Therefore, Lin Yi had no psychological barriers to killing such demons.

He who kills will be killed by others.

Wang Jinxuan asked in confusion, "Are there demons and monsters in this world that don't harm people?"

"There definitely will be. Like you, you said you're a half-demon. Will you kill and drink blood in order to cultivate in the future?"

Wang Jinxuan shook his head repeatedly.

Although she accepted her identity as the son of the Demon Emperor, she couldn't accept that she was really like a demon. After all, she was raised as a human from childhood, and she felt that she was more of a human.

"That's settled then. Just learn from me, and I guarantee you'll become the greatest swordsman in the world!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jinxuan's face instantly turned red. Had Lin Yi secretly watched her dream?

Chapter 159 Dismissal from Office

Wang Jinxuan could only keep the idea of ​​being the number one swordsman in the world to himself, but for Lin Yi to say it out loud in front of everyone was a social death moment for him.

She blushed with embarrassment, wishing she could bite Lin Yi to death.

Knowing that she was the son of the Demon King and that powerful figures would come looking for trouble for her at any time, she now felt less awe and curiosity towards Lin Yi and only wanted to bite him hard to vent her anger.

Just because you have higher cultivation level, does that mean you can bully people at will?

Xiao Se said with a serious expression, "I think that since you want to teach Miss Wang to become the number one swordsman in the world, you must be more powerful than her, so Miss Wang can only become the number two swordsman in the world at most."

"You're all ganging up on me!"

Wang Jinxuan stomped her foot in embarrassment and walked forward angrily, while Lin Yi followed with a smile.

In the jungle, a pair of eerie green eyes stared at four delicate-skinned humans, drool practically dripping from their mouths.

What a sweet aroma! Especially that man; he smells delicious.

This is a black panther.

It had been lingering in Wuyun Ravine for some time now, and people often came to bring it tributes. It was happy to trade with people. Yesterday, it received a letter saying that another batch of excellent tributes had arrived today, so it couldn't resist coming out to take a look, only to find that there were only four people.

The quantity was a bit small, but the quality was good.

Grandpa Leopard was quite satisfied, so he decided to start by eating the man!

When wild animals hunt a group, they often choose to attack the weakest member, but if they want to wipe them out in one fell swoop, they will attack the strongest member.

Black Panther considered Lin Yi the most threatening, so he targeted him, carefully lying in wait and concealing his movements, and then struck a fatal blow when he got close.

The plan was as follows: the black panther had completely become invisible and concealed its aura, then pounced on Lin Yi. When it reached him, it was met with a flash of sword light.

It didn't even see how Lin Yi drew his sword before the body was separated from its head.

Wang Jinxuan was stunned. She was still chatting and laughing with Lin Yi when, in the blink of an eye, a large black leopard darted out and its head was gone.

The leopard was fast, but Lin Yi's sword was still faster.

From beginning to end, she did not sense any crisis.

At that moment, she suddenly understood why Lin Yi had told her so many times that this world was dangerous. If she had encountered the black panther alone, she could have made it half full.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a little demon."

Lin Yi spoke casually.

This black panther is already quite formidable. Despite still being in beast form, it has already cultivated for two hundred years. However, such cultivation is somewhat insufficient for Lin Yi at his current level.

Lin Yi gained a hundred years of cultivation and felt much better.

After viewing the black panther's memories, Lin Yi confirmed that it was indeed the monster that dwelled in Wuyun Ravine, and this entire area was its hunting ground, with no other minor monsters present.

However, after receiving the offerings from Manager Sun, the black leopard became too lazy to expand its territory and often just waited for food to be delivered to it.

Over the years, Manager Sun has fed more than a hundred people to the leopard's belly.

Manager Sun wasn't the only one who had dealings with Black Panther. What angered Lin Yi even more was that the head constable of the Jingye Division in the county town also had dealings with Black Panther.

Offerings are delivered regularly each month in exchange for the black leopard not attacking the county town.

Lin Yi looked like he was about to have a stroke.

If that were all, he wouldn't be angry. After all, the strongest constable in a county town is usually no more than the eighth rank. Asking an eighth-rank cultivator to deal with an old monster that is over a hundred years old is indeed asking too much of a man.

Moreover, this is a predator that has become a demon.

At the same level of cultivation, different types of demons pose different threats to humans.

Even before it became a demon, Hu could fight against a ninth-rank cultivator. The White Mountain Lord that Lin Yi and the others encountered in Qinghe Village had only fifty years of cultivation. With his speed, strength and skills, he was able to fight Guan Buping to a standstill and even made Guan Buping temporarily lose ground.

Lin Yi had sixty years of cultivation at the time, and if He Dong hadn't used his Ghostly Blindness technique in time, his sliding tackle probably wouldn't have succeeded.

If it were a tree demon or something similar, fifty years of cultivation would be nothing more than a casual strike, and it wouldn't be that dangerous at all.

Although the leopard is not as ferocious as the tiger, its combat power is still extremely strong. Even if Lin Yi only had two hundred years of cultivation, he would not be its match.

Therefore, it's not a big mistake for the head constable of the Jingye Division in the county to choose to pay compensation and beg for mercy in order to maintain peace in the county, since he had no other choice.

However, Zhou Jian, the head constable of the Jingye Division in this county, repeatedly asked Black Panther to help him eliminate dissidents. Whenever anyone in the Jingye Division disobeyed him, he would scheme to feed them to Black Panther.

Lin Yi saw things more clearly from Black Panther's perspective.

"Let's go. There's no need to go to Wuyun Ravine anymore. Let's go back to the county town. There are some leftovers that we'll have to deal with ourselves."

Xiao Se thought Lin Yi was referring to Manager Sun, and nodded in agreement.

Those who use unorthodox methods to harm others deserve to die!

After a brief moment of shock, Wang Jinxuan cautiously asked, "That sword strike just now was amazing. Can you teach me?"

"Of course, once we find a place to settle down temporarily, I will formally accept you as my apprentice."

Wang Jinxuan exclaimed "Great!" She never expected that she would finally become Lin Yi's apprentice.

Xiao Cao was a little confused by Wang Jinxuan's emotions, so she asked curiously, "Sister Jinxuan, why are you so happy?"

Wang Jinxuan's face flushed, and he replied perfunctorily, "Kid, don't ask so many questions."

Lin Yi: "???"

Is this something a child shouldn't know?

You have a problem!

……

Xingsha City, Prefectural Governor's Residence.

Wang Qian, feeling rather dejected, carried the wine jug to his second brother's room.

Wang Liang only knelt in the ancestral hall for two days; the rest of the time he stayed in his own courtyard and could not leave without Wang An's permission.

Wang Qian and Wang Jinxuan would come over to check on him from time to time to keep him from getting too bored.

"Neither my elder brother nor Jinxuan came yesterday. Did something happen at home?"

Wang Liang was also good at reading people's expressions. Wang Qian's thoughts were almost written all over his face, so Wang Liang could naturally tell.

"Let's have a drink."

Wang Qian didn't want to explain, so he poured wine for Wang Liang first.

"Big brother, don't scare me, what happened?"

Wang Liang had never seen Wang Qian act like this before; something must have happened in the manor, and something very serious at that.

"My father was dismissed from his post."

"How...how could this happen so suddenly?"

Wang Liang couldn't understand it for a moment. Wang An had managed Xingsha County so well. Over the years, the people had lived in peace and prosperity, and the county had flourished. With such achievements, he shouldn't have been demoted, let alone promoted.

Moreover, the Wang family was born into a prominent clan. Even though Xingsha was far from their ancestral home, they could still receive the family's protection. How could it happen so suddenly...?

Wang Qian sighed deeply and said, "All of this is related to Third Sister."

"Jin Xuan? What could she possibly do that's more impressive than me?"

Wang Qian: "..."

You're quite proud of yourself, aren't you!

"Third Sister is not actually our sister, but the daughter of the Demon Emperor. She was entrusted to our father by a friend. Over the years, although our father has been very careful, he still did not expect that Third Sister's identity would be exposed."

A demon king has set his sights on Jin Xuan, and has fabricated many rumors to slander his father. He has even threatened the lives of the entire city's population to force his father to hand over Jin Xuan.

Left with no other option, the father sent Jinxuan away and then sent a letter to the imperial court detailing the matter.

At this point, Wang Liang's eyes widened, his face filled with shock.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could Jin Xuan be a demon!"

Wang Qian also sighed and said, "The memorial was sent yesterday morning, and the official was demoted last night. Now the whole city is full of rumors that Father colluded with the demon race to frame loyal officials. Perhaps we will have to leave Xingsha City soon."

After discovering that Wang An had sent Wang Jinxuan away, Madam Poison was naturally furious. She immediately sent people around the city to spread the truth she knew. Even if some people didn't believe it at first, as more people talked about it, more and more people believed it.

This is a classic example of "three men can make a tiger" and "many voices can melt metal".

However, Wang An was quite decisive.

He had only one attitude: rumors, all of them are rumors. Someone must be slandering me! Someone is slandering me!

He was indeed demoted for colluding with the demon race, but what truly cost him his position was raising the son of the demon emperor. This was a serious matter. If the Wang family hadn't intervened, he would have been more than just demoted; he would have been escorted back to the capital, severely tortured, and ultimately beheaded.