I Possess a Scroll of Demon-Subduing Records

What does he rely on?

The power of the Wang and Xie families is only one factor; the key issue is that the prefects of various counties in Xiangzhou have become ambitious. Lu Ningchuan was sent by the emperor, and many of the prefects wanted to get on the Liang King's side.

Lu Ningchuan still believes he lost because of his scheming and his family background, but he doesn't realize that what made him lose was the instability of his backing. The Liangwang Group's move against him was just a test.

As for Wang An, he didn't belong to any camp; he just happened to be there and became the big knife that cut down Lu Ningchuan.

It doesn't matter, everyone can take what they need.

It's just a pity that Lu Ningchuan still doesn't know who his enemy is.

"Since you insist on letting me leave, then I will leave today. My things are packed. Governor Lu, I hope we will meet again in the future."

Lu Ningchuan didn't understand the deeper meaning in Wang An's words, taking it as a threat, and scoffed, "It'll be difficult to see me again in the future."

He was subtly mocking Wang An for becoming a commoner after being dismissed from office, implying that seeing him again as an official wouldn't be so easy.

Wang An sighed and shook his head, saying no more.

As he said, everything was ready and they could leave at any time. It seems that Wang An had indeed anticipated being kicked out.

Even in his downfall, he maintained his composure and gentlemanly demeanor until Wang Liang returned, panting heavily.

Wang Qian, who was following behind Wang An and was furious with Lu Ningchuan, couldn't help but scold Wang Liang when he saw him like this: "Where have you been? What are you doing running around outside at this hour!"

Upon closer inspection, it was also discovered that Wang An had some small bruises on his face.

"And what happened to the injury on your face?"

Wang Liang blushed and said, "I knew I was leaving, so I went to say goodbye to some people I knew before. I didn't expect that one of them was unlucky enough to be seen by her husband, who chased after me and hit me a few times."

Wang An: "..."

At this moment, the gentleman's aura underwent a subtle change...

P.S.: I saw a really hurtful quote today: "xxx's grades are xx times better than yours, even though the number of favorites is about the same."

I'm at my breaking point; my mental state is crumbling.

I just know that complaining and releasing new content at once won't attract people who read pirated versions, so I just vented and got emotional.

Chapter 171 Returning Mountain Immortal

Wang An's hands trembled slightly; he was thinking of hitting the child again.

However, with outsiders present, he held back, only sighing helplessly, "Let's go."

People's joys and sorrows are not shared. Lu Ningchuan felt even more pleased watching the farce unfold before him. Wang Qian was furious. He had just had a heart-to-heart talk with Wang Liang yesterday, telling him to grow up, and today he had embarrassed his father. It was truly infuriating.

Lin Yi, peeking from the rooftop, found them amusing.

That Wang Liang is a real character.

At this point, he went to say goodbye to his old flame. I don't know whether to say he's loyal or clueless. The funniest thing is that he got beaten up.

Wang Liang returned to the group in a disheveled state, and the caravan immediately set off. Clearly, Wang An had long been prepared to be kicked out of the prefect's mansion, but it was late at night, and he did look rather dejected.

Lin Yi sighed, then suddenly remembered that he had also been kicked out, and his mood became somewhat complicated.

"We are different after all. I'm just making a strategic shift. Lady Poison can only watch my dust!"

Lin Yi flipped through the Demon-Slaying Manual again. At this moment, Madam Poison had already arrived at the place where he used to live.

The courtyard still smelled strongly of cooking, and the aroma of roasted meat lingered for a long time, but there wasn't a single ghost in sight, inside or outside the house.

Judging the movements of prey is a basic skill for hunters, and Madam Poison could tell at a glance that Lin Yi had left not long ago.

It seems there really is a mole in her life. But I wonder how this mole got in touch with Lin Yi, why he would betray her, and what benefits Lin Yi could offer.

Looking back on her pursuit of Lin Yi, only the big moth knew about it, so it seems she was the mole.

She'll eat her when she turns around; now, Madam Poison has decided to pursue Lin Yi first.

She refused to believe that Lin Yi could have run off to anywhere in such a short time.

"Mountains form the warp, waters the weir, a net stretching across the land and the sky!"

The Poison Lady spewed out a large mouthful of white mist, which quickly merged into the ground. In places unseen, this white mist spread at an extremely fast speed. This was the Poison Lady's innate supernatural ability; within the spider web, no prey could escape her perception.

If this supernatural power can be cultivated to its highest level, then one can truly use heaven and earth as a net, and the vast world will be nothing more than a spider's web.

Unfortunately, Madam Poison's current cultivation level is not high enough, and she can only control a radius of 500 miles.

This is already quite a feat. Using this supernatural power consumes a lot of energy. If she hadn't been furious, Madam Poison wouldn't have done this.

It seems unlikely that Lin Yi could have run more than 500 miles in such a short time.

Indeed, Lin Yi did not run more than 500 li. He stopped running when he reached Xingsha City. But coincidentally, Xingsha City was the core of Xiangzhou, the place with the strongest imperial fortune in the province, and also the most popular place.

The Poison Lady's supernatural powers and magic would be greatly reduced in this kind of place, but she didn't care too much. Lin Yi couldn't possibly run back to Xingsha, could he?

This search left Madam Poison feeling frustrated.

She couldn't sense any aura from Lin Yi at all, and she couldn't even detect the auras left by the other people here using her supernatural powers.

That's strange, can Lin Yi really run 500 li?

"Ah! I will definitely kill you!"

Enraged, Lady Poison let out a deafening roar that shook the surrounding area, causing the magistrate of Xiangxiang County to tremble in fear.

Good heavens, have I been having the worst luck lately? There was a bandit passing through, killing so many people and leaving them at the gate of the Jingye Division. The head constable of the Jingye Division is dead and we haven't met a successor yet. Now another vicious person has arrived.

I don't know what kind of demon or monster it is, but the roar alone is quite frightening.

The Demon King's power was terrifying, so much so that the people of the entire county were trembling with fear, not daring to make a sound for fear of being targeted.

However, the submission of the weak will not have much influence on the thoughts of the strong; whether to kill or not depends entirely on the strong's decision.

Unfortunately, Madam Poison is currently very angry.

"You're really good at running, aren't you? You can even carry the people around you while you run. Then why don't you carry the whole county while you run!"

In her anger, Madam Poison conceived a wicked idea.

She's going to massacre the entire city!

She had previously reprimanded her subordinates for killing too many people because she didn't want to make a big fuss and wanted to make a fortune quietly. But she didn't know who leaked the news, and now everyone knows about the Demon Emperor's Secret Realm. Not only have her plans been thwarted one after another, but she can't even catch a single person.

She was determined to make Lin Yi pay the price.

If she can't catch Lin Yi, she'll kill everyone in the places he's been. She wants to see what Lin Yi will think when he finds out.

It would be strange if a righteous cultivator like this didn't develop inner demons.

At the same time, she also wanted to escalate the situation further. Now that all the demon kings knew about the Demon Emperor's Secret Realm, it would be difficult for her to monopolize it. Rather than fighting alone, she would rather drag all the demon kings into the mess.

Since she'll have a hard time overcoming her next tribulation anyway, she might as well go all out one last time.

The moment the idea came to her, Madam Poison thought about it more and more and more, finding it so wonderful that she directly exhaled a mouthful of poisonous mist.

Another gust of wind will blow the poisonous fog throughout the city.

With her toxicity, this single puff of poisonous mist would be enough to kill everyone in the entire county.

"Tremble, mortals! After you descend to the underworld, do not hate me. Hate a man named Lin Yi, for he has brought you this calamity!"

The Poisonous Lady's voice echoed throughout the city. Most people didn't understand what was happening, and their heads were buzzing. But they knew from the meaning of her words that something was wrong. For a time, every household could only hide at home and tremble with fear.

With a wave of her hand, the poisonous mist was about to dissipate when a huge mouth appeared out of nowhere and swallowed all the mist, leaving nothing behind.

The large mouth quickly retracted, returning to its normal appearance, and a dwarf old man appeared before Madam Poison.

He was only a little over a meter tall, with a hunched back, bald, an exaggeratedly large mouth, and eyes as small as mung beans. His features made even the demon Lady Poison exclaim what kind of monster this was.

This is ugly in a unique way.

"Who are you!"

"This humble Taoist has returned to the mountains and greets fellow Taoists."

Gui Shan bowed respectfully. Humans are known for their civility and politeness; even when they are enemies, they are very courteous when they meet.

Lady Poison could tell from the fact that Gui Shan had been poisoned by her but was unharmed that this person was probably a first-rank human expert. She had been guessing about his origins, and now that she heard him introduce himself, she realized that he was the only rogue first-rank cultivator.

For a rogue cultivator to achieve the highest rank, it is extremely difficult, as they have neither a lineage nor a lineage to follow.

However, Gui Shan had quite a few opportunities. He studied the Spring and Autumn Annals under a famous Confucian scholar and listened to Zen teachings in Buddhism. So he still has a shaved head. He also studied Taoist practices at the famous Longhu Mountain. Although he is called a free practitioner, he has actually learned from the strengths of various schools of thought.

It is said that this Master Guishan was an extremely rare genius, so the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism all looked up to him and, without being bound by sectarian prejudices, passed on their Taoist teachings to him.

Madam Poison had never seen Gui Shan before; this was the first time she had seen him. She had thought he would be a handsome middle-aged man, but she never expected him to be such a uniquely ugly, short man.

Could it be that the person Bai Lianxian met before was him?

Thinking of Bai Lianxian's affected manner, Madam Poison felt a bit more pleased.

"Are you trying to stop me?"

"Whether I stop you or not, don't you have any self-awareness? If you can't find anyone, you take it out on mortals. Aren't you ashamed? I thought you would leave quickly, but I didn't expect you to be so tactless. Do you want to fight? If you do, I won't hold back and I might break your legs."

Poisonous Lady: "..."

What a refined and easy-going Taoist priest who has returned to the mountains!

She had seemed quite polite at first, and Madam Poison only intended to say a few polite words and leave, but unexpectedly Gui Shan seemed to want to fight her.

So what if we fight? Does she think she's afraid?

It's said that Lady Poison was unlucky. Daoist Guishan wasn't usually this short-tempered, but a few days ago, when the Demon King made some unusual moves, he also stopped one of them. But before he could even make a move, the female demon saw him and was so frightened that she ran away on the spot, shouting from afar, "How can there be such an ugly person? It's terrifying!"

Gui Shan remained stunned for a long time, and even now, after withdrawing into his own shell, he is still seething with anger.

Having cultivated for many years and engaged in countless battles, this was the first time he had scared off a demon king upon their first meeting.

Despite his victory, he couldn't feel happy at all, so he was filled with anger. Today, he happened to see a female demon committing atrocities, which reminded him of what happened last time, so he naturally became more talkative.

Even the strong have pride, and when provoked like this, they naturally start fighting immediately.

Although Lady Poison was not among the nine great demon kings, she possessed the strength of a demon king.

Today, all the anger that had been building up over the past few days finally erupted. Being tricked by Lin Yi, mocked by Bai Lianxian, and having a quarrel with Guishan Daoist, Madam Poison felt extremely aggrieved.

So everyone thinks they can bully me?

Alright, let's see who's the best!