Chapter 61: Blessings and Fate, Sins and Merit

Inside the house.

Lin Chuan presses one hand against the brow of the victim, Yu Lian; behind him, nine snow‑white fox tails sway, and his soul power locks the whole room.

Yu Lian's features quickly turned ferocious; a black qi burst from her body and fled into the distance.

For an ordinary cultivator, this black qi would be hard to catch, but in Lin Chuan's eyes it had nowhere to hide.

Lin Chuan did not suppress the black qi; he followed it straight to the demon cultivator's main body.

As he expected, the demon cultivator's main body was very close to Yu Lian's home, actually hiding in an abandoned dry well.

""Again the Demon‑Slaying Office? Why are you ruining my fun?!""

The demon cultivator let out a hysterical roar.

Lin Chuan looked at the demon cultivator, who was still holding an infant wrapped in thick cloth; the visible face looked extremely strange.

The infant had no eyes; its empty sockets were like a bottomless black hole.

""Ghost infant!""

Lin Chuan, in the cycle of Forbidden Love, was also born a ghost infant, naturally lacking one soul and one po.

The infant before him seemed even worse—no breath of life, its lingering soul clung to by a grudge.

""Don't you dare speak of my child!""

The demon cultivator let out a mournful howl: ""It's all you! All of you made my child like this! Damn you! You damned bastards!!""

Lin Chuan's single word ""ghost infant"" completely enraged the demon cultivator, who grabbed the child with one hand and lashed out with a whip in the other.

Lin Chuan did not answer the demon cultivator's words; the Yun Xin Shen Sword left its sheath, and he displayed a sword technique utterly unrelated to the Soaring Sky realm, executed to perfection.

After just a dozen exchanges, the demon cultivator in the Detachment Realm was subdued.

Hum!

Accompanied by a sword's resonance, the Yun Xin Sword shot forth, piercing the demon cultivator's left shoulder and pinning him to the stone wall of the dry well.

The demon cultivator still wanted to struggle, but Lin Chuan's finger had already fallen upon the ghost infant's brow.

""Move again and I'll kill him.""

As Lin Chuan's icy voice rang out, the demon cultivator dared not move.

Using the ghost infant's life as a threat, this tactic worked well.

Although the ghost infant was already dead, only a grudge keeping its lingering soul, in the mother's eyes the child was still alive.

""No! Don't kill my son!""

The demon cultivator begged desperately.

Lin Chuan moved, sealing the demon cultivator's spiritual power, binding his hands and feet, and snatched the ghost infant from his arms.

As for why the demon cultivator caused trouble, he had no intention of asking.

Most likely the demon cultivator's child had suffered some injustice or hardship, driving him to extremes.

Perhaps there was an even greater mastermind behind the scenes.

""If you want your son to live, just come with me honestly.""

As for the investigation, the Demon‑Slaying Office would naturally assign others; Lin Chuan didn't want to waste time on it.

……

The next evening.

Lin Chuan brought the demon cultivator and the ghost infant back to the Yandu Demon‑Slaying Office and personally handed them over to Imperial Director Zhu Zhengzhi.

""The mission finished much sooner than I expected, and you even took him alive—good, good.""

Zhu Zhengzhi praised Lin Chuan highly: ""Did you ask why the demon cultivator caused trouble?""

""No.""

Lin Chuan shook his head: ""I only take responsibility for capturing people.""

Zhu Zhengzhi was surprised; ordinary demon‑slaying envoys who captured a rioting demon would certainly interrogate them first, and if they elicited major clues, that would count as an achievement.

He had never seen anyone who could hold back from asking.

He could only understand it as this kid having a powerful background and not caring at all about minor merits.

""The mission is done; if Imperial Director has no other orders, this junior will go back to sleep."" Lin Chuan yawned.

Zhu Zhengzhi's face darkened,

""You brat, is sleeping the biggest thing under heaven and earth?""

Lin Chuan said solemnly:

""I'm really not interested in the demon cultivator's backstory; my elder sister said that at my innocent age I should avoid worldly wickedness as much as possible.""

""Inno… innocent?""

Zhu Zhengzhi's mouth twitched: ""Calling you an old sly fox would be praising you.""

From Lin Chuan's person, he could see no trace of innocent inexperience.

Even though Lin Chuan is young, his actions are mature and his demeanor steady—utterly unbecoming of a youth.

""Alright, you may go.""

Zhu Zhengzhi waved his hand; assigning Lin Chuan this task was itself a test of his competence.

The cultivation world is chaotic and complex; mere talent isn't enough—how one conducts oneself and handles affairs is also part of cultivation.

From this affair one can see that Lin Chuan will truly pursue worldly cultivation, and his specialty is scheming against others.

This kid, his heart is black as can be!

""Thank you, Imperial Director; I take my leave.""

Lin Chuan clasped his hands, turned and left; upon reaching the door he turned back and said, ""By the way, Imperial Director, please keep an eye out for the things I asked for.""

""Get lost, get lost, get lost! Scram, you calf!""

The Imperial Director laughed angrily, "If you don't leave, I can't help but beat someone."

Thank you again, Imperial Director.

Lin Chuan bowed again with clasped hands and hurried away.

He returned home.

Lin Chuan first had the cook prepare several dozen simple dishes, then he and the maid Lü Ya ate their fill, washed up, and only then went to the bedroom.

Not feeling sleepy yet, he lay on the bed and began to think.

The concept of Demon Cultivator has always existed, whether in the small world of the dream reincarnation or in the real world Nine-phase World.

The difference is that in the Fo Zi Jing Shi reincarnation, the Demon Cultivator's calamity and the merit cultivated by the Three Teachings practitioners are equivalent.

Other worlds are not like that.

In the Nine-phase World, one can still reach the pinnacle even taking the form of the demonic path.

Heavenly Dao also never punishes Demon Cultivators for this; at most, some righteous cultivators, concerned for the world, take it upon themselves to slay demons and eradicate evil.

The two are opposed, and this has nothing to do with Heavenly Dao.

In the Fo Zi Jing Shi reincarnation, all Three Teachings practitioners rely on merit for cultivation, especially emphasizing the Fo Men.

Outside the Tianshui Huangchao protected by the Pure World Lotus, however, demons and monsters run rampant.

Such a pattern further proves the uniqueness of the Fo Zi Jing Shi reincarnation world.

With many thoughts in mind, Lin Chuan fell asleep and once again entered the dream reincarnation of the Fo Zi Jing Shi.

【You hold a Zen staff, wear a cassock, step across the border of the Tianshui Huangchao, and tread into a world plagued by demons and monsters.】

【Your goal is the Pure World Lotus in the western realm of Biyan Shijie.】

【Outside the Tianshui Huangchao, many people still live, but without the protection of the Pure World Lotus, they easily become fodder for the Demon Tribe.】

【Not long after setting out, you encounter a Heixiong Yao.】

【The Heixiong Yao's target is precisely the sarira transformed by your Shifu Fahai Heshang; after noticing, you beat it to death with wild punches and physically performed its rites on the spot.】

【Three days later, you encounter a Hou Yao again, who says the mountain is too boring and wants to go with you to the western realm of Biyan Shijie.】

【You say: "Demon monkey, aren't you afraid that this poor monk will perform your rites on the road?"】

【The Hou Yao says: "I've heard of your story; you are not an ordinary monk, you don't kill good demons."】

【You ask: "Where did you hear about this?"】

【The Hou Yao says: "From two snake spirits."】

【You think, this monkey is quite simple, so you agree to his request to join the party, conveniently letting him carry your load.】

……

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Monkey·Little Demon debuts.