Chapter 171: Nine Grades County Magistrate

"Jinpeng, what on earth have you done!"

The two demons roared instantly, their voices resounding throughout the entire Ten Thousand Demon Ridge. This caused the many demons and Weirds within Ten Thousand Demon Ridge to hear them and become even more panicked; could it be that the three great kings were planning to usurp the throne?

"I am right here."

Jinpeng tore through the Void, the corners of his mouth stained with blood, and said with a very weak aura. Going to the Present World in advance to cause chaos was, after all, a violation of the rules, so even if the projection were destroyed, it would still backfire on the original body.

The two demons were slightly startled upon seeing Jinpeng's miserable state.

They suppressed the fire in their hearts and spoke in cold voices. "Third Brother, what on earth happened? Why are you so severely injured? Why did you trigger the Heavenly Wrath of the Yin World?"

"You must give us an explanation!"

Upon hearing this, Jinpeng fell silent, thinking of that thing which emitted light, purified Yin Qi, and was completely unreasonable, and thinking of that terrifying punch from Li Heng, then he slowly spoke to explain.

Soon, the two demons finished listening to Jinpeng's explanation and fell into silence.

Was it certain that Jinpeng was not lying?

In the Present World, there was a powerhouse capable of purifying such vast and dense Yin Qi? What kind of joke was this? Why didn't he say that a great expert of the Dharma Aspect Realm had directly reached across the Yin World and the Present World to slap his original body to death?

Was this kind of thing certain not to be from a storybook novel?

"Third Brother, is what you said true?"

Qingshi said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, Jinpeng sneered in his heart; just a moment ago they called him Jinpeng, now they called him Third Brother—did they really think he was unaware of the dissatisfaction in their hearts? However, it was not the time to tear off the mask, so he spoke slowly.

"If you do not believe me, you can split off a projection to see."

"The Yin World leading to the Present World is currently gradually healing, and they might still be in the same place; opportunities must not be missed."

Upon hearing this, the two demons cursed inwardly.

Did they really think he was a fool? If such a person and such means truly existed, a single slap could blast their projections to pieces, and they would also end up in the same miserable state as Jinpeng was now.

Why would they want to get slapped for no reason?

"Fine, I believe you, Third Brother."

"I believe you too."

The two demons said, barely managing to believe Jinpeng's words. After all, the Heavenly Wrath of the Yin World brought no benefits to Jinpeng and would even implicate them, so it must have been a genuine accident.

However, they changed the subject.

"Third Brother, how do you think this matter should be handled? Now that the state of Heavenly Wrath has appeared, the three of us, and even the demons and Weirds in Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, are likely plagued by bad luck and will be targeted by the Yin World."

"After all, this matter was also caused by you."

Qingshi said gloomily. As soon as his voice fell, a bolt of Blood-colored Thunder Dragon suddenly descended from the sky, striking a snake demon that was walking through Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, its body charred to ash.

The three demons' expressions were ugly; this was a naked warning.

If they did not find a way to compensate for the loss of so much Yin Qi, they would become people abandoned by Luck. At that time, as long as they remained in the Yin World, they would be subjected to endless targeting.

This was equivalent to a fantasy version of Final Destination.

Jinpeng suppressed the restlessness in his heart and took a deep breath. "There is no other way now; we have no retreat. Let's do as we did before: kill if we must, and plunder if we must!"

"I don't believe that the Present World is so big that we will run into that person again!"

He said viciously.

The two demons were startled upon hearing this; no way, again?

Because of this incident, the Yin World had lost so much Yin Qi that it wanted to send down thunder to strike them dead. If they continued to lose more, they wouldn't be able to survive either, and would have to obediently stay where they were and get struck by lightning.

"What, Big Brother, Second Brother, are you unwilling?"

"But what if you are unwilling? Do you have a way to make up for the vacancy of so much Yin Qi? Even if you multiply the three of us by one hundred times, we couldn't afford it; we can only go to the Present World to plunder!"

"We don't necessarily have to plunder back that Yin Qi; as long as we can assist the Yin World in turning a portion of the Present World into a Ghost Domain and pulling it back to the Yin World, that would be a great merit!"

Jinpeng continued, his eyes filled with madness deep within.

The two demons fell silent upon hearing this; this was indeed a way...

After a long time, Qingshi spoke, sighing deeply.

"I still have a Token here given by Hanging Mountain. Jinpeng, use this Token to call the surrounding forces to gather; we cannot let Ten Thousand Demon Ridge bear this alone!"

As soon as the words fell, the blood color in the sky faded quite a bit.

It was just that within Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, many demons and Weirds were choking on water, bumping into walls while walking, and some starving Weirds eating human flesh directly exploded themselves...

Present World, in front of Beiguo County city.

Ma Suxuan and the others did not show any joy upon seeing the Yin Qi recede and the demons die. Because no matter what, this could not change the fact that Beiguo County was completely finished.

Li Heng flew to the center of the city, sensing everything around him; there was no sign of life, only dead silence and corpses, or remains that had been eroded by Yin Qi until only white bones remained.

He shook his head slightly; this was a dangerous World indeed.

He descended from the sky and arrived at the altar where Chen Jinhai had presided over the ritual earlier. He glanced at it and saw Chen Jinhai's corpse, as well as the Official Seal that was flickering with light.

The person was dead, but the Official Seal still remained?

Li Heng was slightly surprised.

Back then, when Ren Hai went mad, the Official Seal had shattered directly. It seemed that Ren Hai had really run into a major event and encountered something even more terrifying than death?

While secretly guessing in his heart, he picked up the Official Seal.

Immediately, the Official Seal shone brightly. Li Heng smiled slightly and instantly arrived in his own spiritual sea, seeing a figure standing before him: the County Magistrate of Beiguo City, Chen Jinhai.

"You are the owner of this body, right?"

"I am a Nine Grades County Magistrate of Great Li. I am now borrowing your body for a use; I am sure you will be honored to do so!" Chen Jinhai said with a smile, his figure mixed with the Luck Light of the Official Seal, pouncing toward Li Heng.

Before he died, he had let his soul reside in the Official Seal, seeking a glimmer of survival. He did not expect that a naive fool would actually pick up the Official Seal, allowing him to obtain a glimmer of life.

Although possessing a body to be reborn was very unfair to this person.

But who cares; as long as he was alive, that was all that mattered.

Moreover, he was a Nine Grades County Magistrate of Great Li, and a clean official at that. In the future, he would surely be transferred to the Capital to become a pillar of the nation and rule the world; he was much more noble and useful than a commoner without an official title.

In order for him, a useful person, to reappear in the Present World.

I can only wrong this unlucky fellow!

At the same time, he did not believe Li Heng could resist his possession and devouring; he himself possessed the Luck Light of Great Li, and even if this person were an Innate expert, he could not withstand the Luck of Great Li!

Moreover, how could an Innate expert be so easily encountered?

A trace of disappointment appeared in Li Heng's eyes.

"I thought it was some useful information, so I let it in; I didn't expect it to be a Dead Remnant." He shook his head, waved one hand, and with a flash of light in his sea of consciousness, Chen Jinhai's soul instantly turned into nothingness.

A mere Ninth Grade County Magistrate dared to try and possess him?

He was simply courting death!

Let alone a Ninth Grade County Magistrate, even the Great Li Emperor would not be able to.

His figure flashed and disappeared from his mental sea of consciousness; one could only vaguely see, beneath the sea level of the sea of consciousness, a magnificent Great Sun floating, capable of rising at any moment to illuminate Heaven and Earth!

His spirit returned to Reality.

He saw Ma Suxuan and the others flying over tightly, landing before him, looking around as if trying to search for survivors.

"Stop looking, everyone is dead."

Li Heng was uninterested and shook his head, throwing that Official Seal into Ma Suxuan's hands. At the same time, with a thought, he let the power of the Great Sun Dharma Image spread to the entire city and even the entire county.

Thereby delivering the souls of the dead, letting them sink into the ground.

He noticed.

Beneath Beiguo City, there was also an ocean of yin energy, within which the souls of the human race floated, everything intact.

Hearing this, Ma Suxuan sighed faintly.

What has been going on lately? Such a degree of mutation and Disaster has actually appeared. Could this be a sign that a greater catastrophe is about to arrive? I wonder if the Prefecture has any reaction.

Thinking of the matters at the Prefecture, her expression revealed anger.

Now that no news has come from the Prefecture, it is definitely a deliberate neglect; it is likely that some fellow is obstructing it from within, suppressing the news—it is simply disgusting to the extreme.

Several names floated through her mind, and she made up her mind that when she returned to the Prefecture, she would definitely settle the score with them!

She came back to her senses and discovered that Li Heng had already left.

Beijun Prefecture, Jinhua City.

Third Division Chief Jin Feihai stood before his desk, frowning. He had thought he could use the lives of a county's people to force Ma Suxuan to step down, but he didn't expect this fellow to be so lucky as to actually succeed in protecting Bei'an County?

He thought of his subordinates and the news coming from various intelligence networks, and could not help but feel puzzled. Who exactly was the powerhouse who protected Bei'an City? In the moment of crisis, there was even a so-called magnificent Great Sun that appeared?

Jin Feihai shook his head, feeling this was too absurd.

This was likely just a means to fool the ignorant masses, just an illusion. He had never heard from childhood to adulthood that anyone could touch the Great Sun; this was common knowledge in the cultivation world, and it could only bluff ordinary people.

However, even so, he could not let Ma Suxuan have peace.

If he waited for her to return and discover that it was he who was targeting her, and learned that the group of subordinates she relied on had also been placed under house arrest by him to restrict the transmission of news, she would stop at nothing to retaliate against him.

He naturally did not care about Ma Suxuan's strength.

But the Ma Family behind her gave him a headache.

What legitimate method could be used to solve this problem? While deep in thought, a sound rang out from outside the room. "Division Chief, news has come from Bei'an City again, saying it is a major event!"

"Come in."

A Demon Exorcist wearing the Demon Suppression Division uniform, with a Golden Light Precious Saber at his waist, walked in and handed a Jade Slip to Jin Feihai, the surface of which had a thin sealing restriction.

Jin Feihai took it.

He casually broke the restriction and browsed the information within with his mind, suddenly stunned, his pupils shrinking—everyone in Beiguo County, next to Bei'an County, was dead? Died in a sudden outbreak of yin energy?

Joy appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said "good" three times.

This was simply Heaven helping me!

"You spread the information from this Jade Slip, let everyone in the entire Prefecture know, and at the same time add some groundless speculation to it. For example, why did so few people die in Bei'an County, where the yin energy was most severe, while everyone in the neighboring Beiguo County died..."

"The more of this speculation, the better, hurry!"

He instructed the Demon Exorcist before him, then walked to the window, looked at the Sun in the sky, and revealed a confident smile.

"Let's see how you, Ma Suxuan, get out of this situation!"