Chapter 136: The Descent of the Ghost Domain

Beside her, Ma Suxuan looked at this array and sighed with emotion.

"It has been a long time since I saw this kind of radiance. I never expected that we would have to activate this array today. I hope it can hold for a while."

Though she said this, she could not help but shake her head, feeling uncertain.

"Can this array only purify Yin Qi?"

Li Heng said calmly.

Ma Suxuan was taken aback and explained, "This array indeed can only purify Yin Qi, but you must not underestimate this point. Among the thousands of arrays, those capable of purifying Yin Qi are extremely rare."

What did he mean by "only"? One must respect such a grand array.

She sighed inwardly, feeling that Li Heng was young and impetuous, completely ignorant of the ways of the world, and naturally unaware of the difficulty of purifying Yin Qi, especially that of an entire city.

This... Li Heng appeared somewhat speechless.

No wonder this World was plagued by demons and monsters, with Weirdness running rampant; even Yin Qi was hard to resolve, let alone those demons and Strange Monsters.

However, since the grand array had already been raised and the speed of purifying Yin Qi was neither fast nor slow, he reckoned it could hold for a while. He was too lazy to intervene, avoiding the leakage of too many details and creating complications.

"Now that the array is raised, Bei'an City is temporarily safe. It is still night, so you should go back and rest as soon as possible. I have a premonition that this great change will arrive within a few days; we must be prepared."

She urged him.

Li Heng nodded, took his leave of Ma Suxuan, and turned to depart.

The neighbor of Bei'an County, Beiguo County.

It was already midnight, but the County Government in the center of Beiguo City was still brightly lit. The County Magistrate of Beiguo County, Chen Jinhai, was gathered with several advisors and clerks to discuss the recent nighttime homicides.

Just as the discussion was lively, Chen Jinhai suddenly frowned.

He took out his Official Seal, which had been gathering dust for a long time, and probed it with his spirit, his expression slightly startled. His neighbor, Bei'an County, had actually raised its Protective City Array? They were really willing to burn money.

He felt a bit of emotion in his heart and could not help but shake his head.

"My Lord, what is the matter?"

A clerk nearby saw Chen Jinhai fall silent and hurriedly asked. Could it be that the Lord already had ideas and clues? During this period, many people had died in the city at night, and their states of death were extremely miserable.

"It is nothing, nothing. Continue."

Chen Jinhai shook his head and pushed the matter to the back of his mind. In any case, the situation in their Beiguo County was not as dire as that in Bei'an County; it had not reached the point of needing to activate the Protective City Array.

Activating it rashly was simply having too much money and burning it!

Activating the Protective City Array was a major undertaking.

All the counties within Beijun felt it. However, most shook their heads and sneered, unimpressed. A small number, although they sensed the danger contained in the information, all smoothed their brows after sensing the Yin Qi in their own counties.

This level of Yin Qi concentration was simply not worth worrying about.

The Prefecture of Beijun was named Jinhua.

At this time, in Jinhua City, inside the Demon Suppression Division.

The Third Division Chief, Jin Feihai, stood before the window, looking at the bright moon on the horizon, standing with his hands behind his back. His aura was heroic and extraordinary, and his eyes flickered as if he were thinking about something.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the door.

"My Lord, Bei'an County has activated the Protective City Array. At the same time, the Second Division Chief has sent information saying that a great movement will occur in the near future, the Ghost Domain of the Yin World is gradually drawing closer to the Present World, and she requests support."

"Bei'an County? The Ghost Domain is drawing closer to the Present World?"

Jin Feihai listened and smiled slightly; this was a major event.

"The Grand Division Chief is still in seclusion. Such a major event should be decided by him. I think you should understand." He said indifferently.

The person outside the door was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke.

"Yes, My Lord."

It just so happened that a great change had occurred in a small county, and it just so happened that Ma Suxuan was there. Jin Feihai could not help but smile triumphantly; it was truly a heaven-sent opportunity that would allow him to topple Ma Suxuan!

Trading a county for the position of Division Chief—that was a good deal, was it not?

He knew what this kind of great change meant.

He wanted to see how Ma Suxuan would prevent the fall of Bei'an County. If she could not, a county falling into a Human Ghost Domain was a dereliction of duty grave enough to make Ma Suxuan lose her position as Second Division Chief! Even if that bitch had the Ma Family backing her, it would not work!

However, this bitch still had some foundation in Jinhua City...

He frowned, thinking of a solution.

The next day at noon, Li Heng returned from his cultivation state. The progress of the deductions for the Taiyuan Scripture, the Martial Sutra, and the Pure Yang Soul Refining Secret Technique had reached thirty percent, and the harvest was substantial.

But Li Heng frowned slightly, not feeling happy.

Now, Bei'an City was shrouded by the array, and the Yin Qi had returned to normal levels. However, from the divine avatar at the Sanshan Gathering, he received a sense that the Yin Qi between Heaven and Earth had already overwhelmed the Yang Qi.

What did this mean?

Li Heng knew very well: the catastrophe was erupting!

In fact, besides him realizing this, the True Qi Realm Grandmasters and high-level officials in Bei'an City had also reacted. Early in the morning, they had gathered at the Demon Suppression Division to think of countermeasures.

In the guest hall, Ren Hai looked relieved.

Last night, he was still regretting having rashly listened to Meng Lingyun's words to activate the array. He had been thinking about whether to just secretly turn it off; even if a great change were to happen, it would not be that fast.

But overnight, he did not know what had happened.

The concentration of Yin Qi had suddenly accelerated, let alone erupted directly. If he had not activated the array in advance to purify the Yin Qi in the city, many ordinary people would not have been able to withstand this change.

They would either die suddenly or be half-dead; he reckoned many people would have died.

"I sent people out to investigate. The Lanzhuang Gang outside the city has undergone a mutation, forming a Ghost Domain. There are many Resentful Souls wandering about, and some commoners who passed by there and were rushing to enter the city early have basically all died."

"As for those mountain villages... I will not say much more."

"They are already beyond saving!"

Meng Lingyun said in a deep voice.

"You all probably already understand the seriousness of this matter. However, you do not need to panic. I have already reported this matter to the Prefecture, and I believe information will arrive soon."

Ma Suxuan spoke coldly, pacifying the crowd.

"You may all rest assured; Division Chief Ma is an Second Heaven powerhouse. Even if a Weird wave were to truly appear outside the city and assault the walls, she would still be able to keep Bei'an City safe. The most important thing now is to maintain stability and not let the common folk in the city fall into chaos! You all understand what I mean."

As the County Magistrate.

Ren Hai felt it necessary to speak, and thus he opened his mouth.

These martial arts hall masters, gang leaders, and wealthy merchants all nodded in unison, knowing the gravity of the situation. Yet, in their hearts, they secretly regretted it; had they known it would come to this, they would have been better off evacuating Bei'an City as soon as possible.

For instance, the neighboring Beiguo County would have been a good choice...

After discussing some matters, the group dispersed and began to take action.

Ma Suxuan wore a look of worry; this mutation was faster than she had imagined. She had thought this was something that would only appear in a few days, but she had not expected it to erupt overnight—it was fast to the point of being abnormal.

Could there be some hidden hand behind this?

She hoped the Prefecture would send a reply as soon as possible, she sighed inwardly. Even as an Second Heaven, she had no confidence when facing this kind of situation.

If the Yin energy were merely dense and a Weird wave appeared, that would be fine. As an Second Heaven, she could resist a Weird wave and protect the peace of the region. But if a Ghost Domain from the Yin World were to overlap with the Present World and manifest in the world, then everything would be Unknown.

No one knew what kind of things would walk out of these Ghost Domains.

"Suxuan, don't worry."

Meng Lingyun walked up and patted her shoulder.

"I have already ordered the Demon Exorcists within the Demon Suppression Division to head outside the city to investigate the situation and, incidentally, to purge some of the Weird that are approaching Bei'an City. The mutation has only just begun, so it is not yet too dangerous outside the city."

"However, the strange thing is that the Weird inside the city seem to have disappeared."

Thinking of this, Meng Lingyun said with a strange expression.

Where is the place with the most well-informed news in the Demon Suppression Division? Li Heng did not know about the Demon Suppression Divisions in other places, but for the Demon Suppression Division of Bei'an City, it was naturally the Merit Hall where missions were accepted.

Thus, he arrived at the Merit Hall and saw Demon Exorcists coming and going. Seeing this situation, Li Heng felt a bit nostalgic; it had turned directly into an airport terminal during the Spring Festival travel rush of his past life.

It seems the Demon Suppression Division has reacted.

He found Wang Donglai, but because there were too many people in the Merit Hall, Wang Donglai was no longer as leisurely as before; he was busy and flustered, not even noticing that Li Heng had come before him.

Li Heng did not mind.

He looked at the various files on the counter, his expression growing increasingly grave. Wild mountains turning into Grave Mountains, vermilion coffins everywhere? Lanyue Creek, a branch of the Tongtian River, blocked by a massive Ancient Residence?

Why does this feel so familiar?

Right, back then, when his divine sense peered into the Void, he glimpsed many hidden places, among which were the scenes of these Grave Mountains and Ancient Residences. Could it be that those Weird places have already manifested in the Present World?

How could it be so fast?

While he was thinking, Wang Donglai finally reacted and became aware of Li Heng, hurriedly opening his mouth to apologize, "Brother Li, I was too busy just now and didn't see you, I am truly sorry. I don't know what is going on now, but so many mutations have appeared overnight."

Li Heng ignored these matters and pointed at the files, speaking. "Where did this information come from? Is it guaranteed to be True Reality?"

"You mean these? They were all investigated by those Demon Exorcists who went outside, but for the sake of safety, they only took a look from afar and didn't dare to go over at all. It might be a bit exaggerated."

Wang Donglai shook his head, expressing doubt.

Could a mutation of this level appear overnight?

Ghost Domains everywhere outside the city? How could that be possible.

Li Heng frowned; exaggerated? He did not think so. When he saw these hidden places back then, they were far more terrifying than what these words described, chilling one to the bone and being incomparably eerie.

It seems he must go and see for himself.

"I will take this mission."

"Mission? Brother Li, you have misunderstood. This is just intelligence investigated by those Demon Exorcists, not a mission. Currently, the Demon Exorcists only have one mission, and that is to investigate the mutations outside the city."

Wang Donglai said, shaking his head.

"That works too, I'll take an investigation mission."

Wang Donglai was slightly stunned, "Brother Li, you don't intend to risk your life and wander around these Grave Mountains and Ancient Residences, do you? That won't do. It's not like it used to be; the area outside the city has basically changed into a different World."

"Thanks for the reminder, I will be careful."

This... Wang Donglai smiled bitterly in his heart; it was still the same as before. Saying he would be careful, but in reality, he wouldn't be careful at all. One could only say that this Brother Li was truly bold because of his high skill.

"Fine, since Brother Li insists, I will not stop you."

He sighed with emotion and registered the information for Li Heng.