After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Zhou Yan asked and answered his own question.

The old Taoist Qingyang was bewildered. Qingxu, who had just dodged Zhou Yan's fatal blow, screamed in terror when he discovered that his senior brother's chest had been pierced.

Zhou Yan asked amidst the shouts.

"You've consumed women's menstrual blood your whole life, harming countless women. Have you ever thought that you would eventually die from it? This is retribution!"

Qingyang the old Taoist grasped Zhou Yan's Shengwu Sword, not to pull it out, but to hold onto it and prevent Zhou Yan from drawing it.

"Retribution?"

The old Taoist priest Qingyang retorted, looking at Zhou Yan as if he were a fool.

"This old Taoist priest cultivates the orthodox methods of the Xuanmen sect, observes the stars, eliminates demons and evil spirits, and protects all living beings. He has accumulated countless merits. What retribution is he to receive?"

Old Daoist Qingyang raised a group of young girls as medicinal residue, and countless girls died during the process of refining medicine, but so what?

They were just ordinary people, mere mortals who spent their lives scheming and plotting.

Even the current emperor, the Grand Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory, was using Gui water to refine elixirs, and the number of young girls they had harmed was countless.

The number of people killed by his own alchemy practice was relatively small. 7

I'm so kind-hearted.

The old Taoist Qingyang, who treated people as medicine, never felt that he had done anything wrong.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Yan who blamed himself that made Qingyang Daoist think that Zhou Yan was a bit muddle-headed.

Therefore, the old Taoist Qingyang shouted.

"You're the one who should get your comeuppance!"

Qingyang the old Taoist grabbed Zhou Yan's arm with his other hand, and bolts of lightning spread out from his body.

Qingyang the old Taoist roared.

"You wicked scoundrel, come down to the underworld with this old Taoist priest!"

The dense lightning bolts quickly covered Zhou Yan and Qingyang Laodao.

Qingyang poured all his magical power into the most powerful Five Thunder Talisman. He knew he was going to die, so he wouldn't let Zhou Yan live either; they would all die together.

After descending to the underworld, Qingyang Laodao believed that since Zhou Yan had killed such a kind person as himself, Zhou Yan would surely go to the Avici Hell, while he would be reborn into a good family and continue to live a life of luxury.

This is the difference between myself, a good person, and Zhou Yan, a bad person.

Lightning enveloped Zhou Yan and the old Taoist Qingyang.

The female Taoist priest, Qingxu, quickly left, using both hands and feet. When she was ten meters away, she turned back, tears streaming down her face, and watched her senior brother self-destruct with lightning in order to kill the demon.

Thunder magic is the foremost of all Taoist techniques, and its destructive power is unparalleled. Before his death, Qingyang unleashed thunder magic, clearly intending to ensure that Zhou Yan would be utterly destroyed and unable to survive.

My own senior brother sacrificed himself to eliminate the demon; it was an act of an ancient sage.

Qingxu made up his mind that once this matter was resolved, he would definitely report his senior brother's selfless act to the Imperial Observatory, so that the whole world would know that there was such a person in the world...

Amidst the thunder, Zhou Yan emerged unscathed.

Qingxu was dumbfounded for the second time.

Chapter Fifteen: The Five Senses

Thunder magic is the foremost of all Taoist techniques. Its destructive power, speed, and ability to restrain evil and heretical forces are unparalleled in the world.

In her decades-long life, the not-so-young Daoist nun Qingxu had witnessed the Grand Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory kill a mountain-moving ape with an arm by using the Five Thunder Orthodox Method, and had seen her master and senior uncle shatter a ghost king who had cultivated for a thousand years by using thunder magic.

I've also seen some evil spirits and ghosts; just hearing the roar of thunder is enough to paralyze me.

Almost as soon as the Thunder Magic was unleashed, all demons and monsters had to retreat and perish.

The Taoist sect's swift and decisive methods have never failed.

Even now, Qingxu saw Zhou Yan emerge from the thunder of her senior brother's self-destruction and stand before her.

"You...you...why?"

How could anyone possibly emerge from that level of lightning? Qingxu believed that even his own masters and senior uncles would have been utterly destroyed if their physical bodies had encountered such lightning.

But Zhou Yan walked out straight out without any reaction.

The lightning didn't even burn a single hair on Zhou Yan's scalp.

Zhou Yan beckoned, and the lightning from the Five Thunder Curse that Qingyang had summoned at the cost of his life obediently flew to Zhou Yan's side and coiled around him.

Qingxu remained stunned. The Imperial Observatory was not a Taoist sect that used thunder magic as its secret teaching, but Qingxu could swear that the extent to which Zhou Yan controlled the thunder so docilely was something she had never seen before, and even the Grand Observatory Chief might not be able to reach.

Zhou Yan grinned.

"Believe it or not, I am a disciple of the Antarctic Longevity Emperor."

The Antarctic Longevity Emperor is the source of all thunder and the ancestral essence of thunder. Since Zhou Yan has been favored by the Antarctic Longevity Emperor, ordinary thunderbolts dare not harm him.

Qingxu looked completely bewildered.

The Antarctic Immortal Emperor?

The Heavenly Emperor?!

"Oh, by the way, the Antarctic Immortal Emperor asked me to pass on a message to you."

"The Imperial Observatory is acting perversely and causing chaos among the people. One day, when the dynasty is destroyed and its people perish, they will not have a good death!"

Qingxu shuddered and roared angrily.

"You hu..."

Zhou Yan controlled the lightning that erupted when Qingyang died, which covered the female Taoist priest and turned her into ashes.

Thus, all the pursuers outside have been dealt with.

Zhou Yan looked at the two black-clad guards who had just come out of the mountain god temple.

Zhou Yan had previously set up an eye-catching mechanism in the mountain god temple: when someone walked in, a statue would crack open and its head would fall to the ground with a loud thud.

This 2nd note attracted everyone's attention and created an opportunity for a triple ambush. ÷≤4』,

This opportunity was fleeting; from the moment Zhou Yan committed the murder until now, only five seconds had passed. So when the Black-Clad Guards who had gone to the Mountain God Temple to test the lightning came out, they were horrified to find that their brothers and the two Celestial Masters from the Imperial Observatory had all fallen.

Zhou Yan walked over with the Shengwu Sword in his hand.

The two guards in black robes at the entrance of the mountain god temple looked at each other, then turned and ran in different directions.

They must be no match for someone who could defeat his own brother and two imperial astronomers so easily.

Zhou Yan looked around, pointed his finger, and the final bolt of lightning erupted from behind him, completely obliterating the two black-clad guards into mincemeat.

The battle is over.

Zhou Yan sat down on the ground, exhausted.

As dawn broke this morning, Zhou Yan suddenly remembered something: after killing Qingxu the Taoist priest, he had left the man's corpse behind.

Even with the criminal investigation technology of the East Sea Xia United Kingdom in that era, if a body was lost, not only would it be impossible to confirm death, but it wouldn't even be possible to determine whether the person was alive or not.

In some crime dramas, the investigation only begins when a body is discovered in the wild or somewhere else.

Once a body is found, even a few drops of blood on the body can guarantee the identification of the murderer.

To silence him, Zhou Yan, who had never dealt with murders in the past and had developed a habit of simply killing and leaving, went back to prepare to move the body of the old Taoist Qingxu out and bury it somewhere random.

Who knew that upon returning, he would discover that his murder had been exposed. ←」○△≈○

After that, they had no choice but to use this mountain temple as an ambush point to wipe out all those who came to hunt them down.

This time, Zhou Yan learned his lesson. He buried the people he had killed completely with soil, and then went out and killed all the horses that the Imperial Observatory and the Black-Clad Guards had brought, buried them properly, and left no trace on the ground.

By doing this, Zhou Yan estimated that he wouldn't have to worry about anyone trying to kill him for at least ten days.

If you're lucky, given the speed of information transmission in this era, it might take a month before the Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory notice something amiss and begin searching, and then it will take some time to find you.

At this time...

Zhou Yan reached out, and lightning danced at his fingertips.

Zhou Yan was favored by the two Heavenly Emperors, Thunder Spirit and Earth Spirit, so his cultivation of both earth magic and thunder magic was much faster than that of ordinary people.

Before coming, Zhou Yan had prepared the complete cultivation method of Shenxiao Dao.

If Zhou Yan is given six months, he might not be good at fighting, but he will definitely be able to use lightning techniques very skillfully.

If you can't beat them, can't you at least run away?

……

Ten days later.

Jingtian Temple in Beiyang County.

A Taoist priest with white hair and a youthful face, wearing a lotus crown, walked to the front of the Taoist temple. There were two young Taoist boys sweeping the ground at the entrance of Jingtian Temple. When the white-haired and youthful-faced Taoist priest arrived, one of the sweeping boys looked at the Taoist priest's lotus crown and his heart sank.

The administrative divisions of Da Meng are divided into six categories based on size: village, city, prefecture, state, and circuit. ∩×七＼≯→！ ◆￡

The Taoist priests wearing lotus crowns all come from the Imperial Observatory, which is one of the eight highest-ranking Taoist priests in the world. In a small place like Beiyang County, the Imperial Observatory Taoist priests who come from the Taoist priests are highly regarded.

A young Taoist boy came up and asked.

"Master Daoist, who are you?"

The old Taoist priest said softly.

"May I ask if the abbot of Jingtian Temple passed away ten days ago?"

The young Taoist sniffed and choked up.

"My master was murdered ten days ago. Now, a fellow Daoist from the Northern Prefecture has come to investigate, and I believe the murderer will be brought to justice soon."

The old Taoist priest hesitated.

"Has this fellow disciple in the Northern Prefecture not replied for ten days?"

The young Taoist's expression changed drastically.

"Perhaps, it's just..."

The young Taoist priest's forehead was sweating.

"That little thief can hide, but the senior disciples will need some time."

The old Taoist priest sighed.

"If that's all there is to it, then so be it. Now, take me to see Qingxu's body."

"Alright, please come in, Taoist priest..."

The young Taoist priest led the old Taoist priest into the mourning hall of Jingtian Temple and showed him the body of the old Taoist priest, Qingxu.

As the old Taoist priest emerged from Jingtian Temple, white clouds rose beneath his feet, and amidst the astonished gazes of the other Taoists, he flew away from Jingtian Temple and Beiyang County, eventually reaching a forest in the suburbs.

In the woods stood a middle-aged Taoist priest with a face as handsome as jade, dressed in a white Taoist robe.

In front of the middle-aged Taoist priest were several large pits, containing some skeletal remains.

The old Taoist priest flew to the middle-aged Taoist priest and asked.

"found it?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest shook his head.

"Neither Qingxu nor Qingming's bodies have been found, but..."

The middle-aged Taoist priest nodded his chin at the corpse in the pit in front of him.

"These appear to be the Black-Clad Guards who came with Qingxu and Qingming."

Among the corpses were broken goose-wing sabers, standard issue for the Black-Clad Guards.

The old Taoist priest sighed.

"Those two children are probably in grave danger."

The middle-aged Taoist priest waved his sleeve.

"It's alright, we can take revenge as long as we can."

The old Taoist priest nodded.

"Anyone who dares to harm our Imperial Observatory personnel will be thoroughly questioned before being skinned alive and their soul scattered!"