Chapter 29

After giving his orders, Lin Chuan hurried straight to the county office.

As soon as he reached the county office gate, a wave of dry heat surged at his chest.

The Daoist Qingyu had previously given him a Fuyun Pearl, which aids cultivation and brings good fortune while warding off misfortune.

The Fuyun Pearl was now flashing with red light.

This is an omen of great misfortune!

There is danger inside the county office!

If it were ordinary times, Lin Chuan would surely keep his distance, but his sister was still inside the county office, so he had no choice but to brace himself and rush in.

"The county office is a restricted area; outsiders keep out!"

The bailiff outside the gate blocked Lin Chuan's path.

"I am Lin Chuan, the Junior Head of the Lin Clan Merchant House; I need to explain the matter of Lin Yangyang to the prefect—let me in."

The worst possible outcome would merely be exposing his trump card and leaving the Great Yan Dynasty.

Lin Chuan could still bear that outcome.

"No."

The bailiff would not budge an inch.

The Fuyun Pearl kept flashing red, and a perilous aura was spreading.

Boom!

At that moment, a terrifying aura erupted from within the county office, and the two gatekeeping bailiffs fainted on the spot.

Immediately afterward, a headless corpse smashed onto the main gate.

Lin Chuan looked closely and saw that the headless corpse was actually the magistrate of Youshui County.

The perpetrator was probably a demon!

For years, minor demons have caused trouble incessantly, but major demons rarely appear, and no demon would dare to move against imperial officials—yet now this rule has been broken.

Lin Chuan drew his CloudHeart sword.

He had even brought the CloudHeart sword, having prepared for the worst.

As he drew the sword, his aura also grew.

The cultivation meridians within his body reopened, reaching a full sixteen channels, his foundation solid; one more step would bring him to the Soaring Sky realm.

Without my sister's suppression, I am still an unparalleled genius.

Just as that thought arose, Lin Chuan saw the source of the battle not far off—three people, each with an aura stronger than his.

One of them was his sister Lin Yangyang, who had already entered the Soaring Sky realm.

The other two, identifiable by their attire alone, were the prefect and county commander of Youliang County.

But the county commander could no longer be considered human.

He had a pair of black wings, scales covering half his face, and greenish eyes—clearly a half-demon.

The half-demon county commander had at least reached the level of the Embryonic Transformation realm.

The prefect was somewhat weaker, but likely also at the Embryonic Transformation realm.

"Another one has come."

"Today I, Grandfather, will have a hearty feast!"

Upon seeing Lin Chuan, the half-demon county commander let out a teasing laugh, flickered his form, and lunged to kill him.

"Chuan'er, run!"

Lin Yangyang panicked, but could not keep up with the half-demon's speed.

The prefect had no intention of rescuing anyone; he only wanted to use Lin Chuan as bait, buying time for the Demon Slaying Office's reinforcements.

Lin Chuan was about to go all out when his CloudHeart sword suddenly let out a sword resonance, then, as if stimulated, it actually flew him away.

In the astonished gazes of Lin Yangyang and the prefect, the merely Vessel-Opening Lin Chuan, relying on his superb swordsmanship, fought the Embryonic Transformation great demon to a standstill.

Invisible sword intent shook the vast sky.

"A Sword Cultivator!"

"He is a Sword Cultivator!!"

"Can a Sword Cultivator be this fierce?!"

The prefect stared wide-eyed, unable to believe it.

A genius Sword Cultivator can kill across realms as easily as eating meals; he had heard such rumors, but had never seen a pure Sword Cultivator.

He never expected that his first encounter would be so shocking.

Lin Yangyang was also dumbfounded; without even mentioning what cross-realm fighting meant, she couldn't even understand the sword technique her younger brother displayed.

Even Lin Chuan himself was bewildered.

At this moment, every move and stance of the sword technique he was using was extremely familiar to him, yet he had never actually employed it.

This familiarity came only from a dream.

But here! This is the real world!

"What's going on?"

"Is it self-practice from a dream? Is the cheat perhaps too overpowered?"

Lin Chuan felt as if he had been forcibly entrusted.

He was using the CloudHeart sword, yet executing the moves of the Burning Silence Sword Manual, and the two matched perfectly.

No one noticed that, in the void above the Heavenly Dome, two women with maxed-out jealousy values were engaged in an invisible struggle.

"A Chuan reincarnated, accompanied by the CloudHeart sword forged with my heart's blood; it seems A Chuan's past-life memories, though sealed, still do not forget our bond."

Yun Zhi Yi scattered invisible blessings and fortune, infusing them into the CloudHeart sword; this also counts as fighting side by side with A Chuan once again.

On the other end, the unwilling Mo Sangyu then used great magical power to form an invisible hand, grabbed Lin Chuan's hand, and hand-in-hand taught him the Burning Extinction Sword Technique, revisiting memories.

My lord indeed has not forgotten me; even after reincarnation, he is still practicing the Burning Extinction Sword Technique; it seems my lord will soon recover his memory!

At this moment, Yun Zhi Yi and Mo Sangyu both saw hope.

Their gazes pierced through the cloud layer in a standoff; neither would yield to the other, only hoping that my lord's memory would quickly recover, to give the woman opposite a stern rebuke.

Let the woman opposite see just who Lin Chuan truly loves!

Thus, the Half-demon County Commander became the sole victim of the scene.

Lin Chuan grew stronger the more he fought; in battle, spiritual energy permeated his entire body, fully integrated, and with ease he stepped into the Soaring Sky Realm.

No! Impossible!

Who are you?

The Sword Heritage has long been exceedingly rare; within the Great Yan Dynasty, it's impossible to have such a genius Sword Cultivator!

The Half-demon County Commander went mad.

If we fail, not only will we be unworthy of our own faith, but we will also implicate countless brothers and sisters in the clan.

However, the ending is already decided.

Capture him alive!

The battle dragged on too long; the reinforcements of the Demon-Slaying Office have arrived.

Two four-mark Demon-Slaying Office officers each employed their techniques, wanting to capture the Half-demon County Commander alive; the latter's eyes turned blood-red, and he began frantically burning his lifespan.

His body kept swelling, emitting a heart-rending sound,

The Demon Tribe shall endure forever! The Human Race must perish!!

Lin Chuan, seeing this, frantically retreated.

In his sight, the Half-demon County Commander was like a balloon inflated to its limit, and with a boom it exploded.

The Demon-Slaying Officer who arrived a step late had an ugly expression.

Damn it!

One of the Demon-Slaying Officers, furious, punched the county office wall, causing the already dilapidated wall to collapse to the ground.

The others gathered around.

Prefect Yu Tai Shui frowned, 'The demons have been eliminated, casualties are still within controllable limits; why must the Demon-Slaying Officers be so angry?'

The Demon-Slaying Officer shook his head, 'We received word from the Imperial Director that the Four Great Demon Kings of Yunmeng Ancient Forest have all disappeared.'

And within the borders of each dynasty, a bloody storm is gradually rising.

The Imperial Director is the head of the Demon-Slaying Office, holding the rank of first grade, does not participate in court affairs, and only obeys the emperor's sole command.

The Imperial Director suspects that the demon tribe of Qingyun Prefecture intends to stir up war again; his repeated actions perhaps are plotting something.

Recently, the rebellious demons have shown abnormal unity, preferring death to submission, unlike before, which makes us feel chilled to the bone; this is certainly not the demon tribe's usual conduct.

What's more unexpected is that even the County Commander has been infiltrated by demons.

The Demon-Slaying Officer's words revealed much information.

The days of great chaos across the world seem to be coming again.

The Demon-Slaying Officer shook his head with a soft sigh, 'Alright, not speaking of those, this time thanks to the Prefect and the two Daoist Friends for suppressing the demons; otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.'

Prefect Yu Tai Shui waved his hand, 'Being able to break the demons' plot is all thanks to Lin Shi Jiedi; they deserve the chief merit, while my duties are merely what is expected.'

Also!

Yu Tai Shui's gaze fell on Lin Chuan, and he smiled, saying, 'This young brother is indeed a Sword Cultivator; just now he single-handedly blocked the demon.'

You Demon-Slaying Office, you must show sincerity.

Sword Cultivator?

The Demon-Slaying Officer's eyes lit up.

Only then did he realize that the youth before him was merely a cultivator at the early stage of the Soaring Sky Realm.

Merely an early-stage Soaring Sky Realm cultivator, yet he could fight a late-stage Embryonic Transformation great demon; this is truly astonishing, at least he has never seen such a genius.

Uncovering such a genius, if reported to the Imperial Director, would definitely be a great merit!