Chapter 56: The Way of Heaven is Natural

At the hour of dawn, the sky had just broken.

A great change had occurred over at the Sanshan Gathering, and things were not easy here in Bei'an City either. Because of the rising concentration of Yin energy in the surroundings, no one knew how many Evil Demons and Weird entities had been drawn out.

Inside the Demon Suppression Division.

Meng Lingyun looked at the dense piles of files before him, which resembled a mountain of books and a sea of questions, and could not help but feel a headache. Even though he had rushed back early and made preparations, there were still many homicides that should not have happened, especially in the Outer City, where an entire boat of people had died.

In the South City, a Flower Boat burned without fire; water could not extinguish it, no one escaped, and in the end, not even the remains could be found.

In Cheng Bei, a scholar turned into a dried corpse overnight.

In the East City, shattered body parts were found in a restaurant, with only the head missing. Finally, it was found at a pier in the West City, the head facing downstream of the Tongtian River, as if it were fleeing...

All four districts of the Outer City had already suffered incidents.

However, fortunately, nothing had happened in the Inner City.

Meng Lingyun sighed in his heart.

Just the rise in the concentration of Yin energy had caused so many things to happen. It seemed that this Wave, this opening of the Node, might be even more violent than it was twenty years ago.

He furrowed his brows and calculated the time; according to the usual custom, shouldn't the people from the noble families be arriving soon?

But if the people of the Wang Family found out that the Earth Temple they had built had been turned into that state by that fox Ren Hai, with almost no one offering sacrifices and no one maintaining it, would they be so angry they would fly into a rage?

He rubbed his temples, feeling his headache grow worse.

Forget it, forget it; it was better to leave this matter for that old fox Ren Hai to worry about. Today, he had to ensure the defense of the Outer City and seal off the locations where Weird events had occurred to prepare for the unexpected.

Just as he was about to pick up a file to review.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the door to the room was rudely pushed open and slammed against the surrounding wall. Because of the force, the door was even disfigured, missing a corner.

"Who is it? So hurried and rash, what kind of decorum is this!"

Meng Lingyun furrowed his brows, feeling very displeased.

"Laomeng, something terrible has happened!"

A man who was eight feet tall, with a very sturdy build and stubble, his Demon Suppression Division uniform stretched tight by his robust muscles as if he were wearing a size too small, strode in, his expression grave as he spoke.

It was the Deputy Division Chief of the Bei'an City Demon Suppression Division, Xiao Hua.

Meng Lingyun was slightly stunned, his expression immediately turning grave.

He knew Xiao Hua's ability; he was ranked in the second stage of the True Qi Realm, the Burst Qi Realm, and his innate Qi was fierce and unparalleled. He had previously fought and killed a True Qi Realm Weird entity with his own hands.

For him to feel that something terrible had happened.

Then it was clearly something terrible!

"Something has happened at the Sanshan Gathering. According to those who escaped, in the dead of night, everyone at the Sanshan Gathering fell into an inexplicable sleep, and they didn't wake up until around the hour of the Ox."

"But the strange thing is... it seems no one died."

"Or rather, those who died only did so because they were too panicked, fell to the ground, and were trampled to death by the terrified crowd."

Mentioning this, Xiao Hua's expression was somewhat strange.

"But you should know, that is not the point."

Meng Lingyun nodded with a grave expression.

"To be able to make everyone at the Sanshan Gathering fall into a death-like sleep, there must have been a giant Ghost Domain enveloping the Sanshan Gathering; otherwise, such a phenomenon would be absolutely impossible."

"That is the most Terror-inducing part!"

Meng Lingyun appeared somewhat shocked.

"You say... has that peerless Great Demon escaped?" Xiao Hua swallowed his saliva, his expression grave.

"Impossible. If she had escaped, everyone at the Sanshan Gathering would have found it hard to escape death!"

"Perhaps, she can only interfere with the world temporarily? Didn't the people from the noble families say the seal was very secure back then? Why has she come out now just as the Yin energy concentration has risen?"

Meng Lingyun thought of a certain past event, his expression ugly.

"What should we do now?"

Xiao Hua felt a sense of powerlessness rise up.

Although he was very green twenty years ago and had not personally experienced that battle, he knew very well that the Terror of that level was simply not something they could handle.

"Report this matter to the General Administration."

"And then wait for the people from the noble families to arrive; we can only wait."

Meng Lingyun was silent for a moment, then said with melancholy.

Xiao Hua's expression stiffened, and he also nodded with difficulty. He knew the implication in Meng Lingyun's words, which was to ignore the Sanshan Gathering and disregard the life or death of everyone there.

This matter was very cruel, but it was also the best choice.

How did that saying go? No need to run for a small earthquake, and you can't run from a big one. Applied here, it was a True Reality of this situation; they could only hold their ground in Bei'an City now.

Meng Lingyun looked through the window at the sky, which had just broken into a fish-belly white, and a sense of powerlessness suddenly rose in his heart. Li Xiaozi, I hope you are still alive...

He sighed with some sorrow in his heart.

On the official road leading to Bei'an City.

A young Daoist boy, dressed in a blue-purple Daoist robe and wearing a Yin and Yang crown, was riding backward on a thin, small donkey, traveling along it. His face was youthful, only about fifteen or sixteen years old.

But the strange thing was.

Behind him.

A group of young men riding sturdy horses, dressed in very luxurious robes and adorned with ringing jade pendants, were following slowly. They were cautious and did not dare to overtake this little Daoist in the slightest.

On both sides were the beautiful scenery of green mountains, and the light of dawn shone upon the cloud-shrouded mountains and forests. But this little Daoist did not look at it at all; instead, he lowered his head and performed some profound and difficult breathing.

With every breath in and out, there was a distinct charm.

The territory of Great Li was vast, its foundations were rotten, and on the official road, there were naturally hungry refugees. When those refugees saw this group of people with the little Daoist, their eyes lit up.

They approached directly, wanting to beg for some food.

The youths behind did not dare to obstruct him at all.

They looked down upon these lowly wretches who were not even as good as peasants, but last time, because these wretches wanted to beg and were obstructed and kicked by them.

This Little Martial Uncle had taught them a lesson, then kindly gave those wretches and refugees some food, making them lament that Little Martial Uncle was still too soft-hearted.

"Have mercy, give a... have mercy..."

These refugees kept uttering words of supplication, which made the youths behind feel a wave of disdain. So what if you were given food? You still won't live for many more days; do you really think you can find other cities? The mountain forests are so Weird.

The words of begging made this little Daoist boy open his eyelids.

"Do you... want something to eat?"

The Daoist boy spoke in a kindly manner.

Seeing the Daoist boy's kindly expression, these refugees felt he was an easy person to talk to and nodded vigorously.

"I see."

The little Daoist scratched his head, looking somewhat troubled.

"Let this little Daoist calculate."

The little Daoist closed his eyes, used his fingers to perform a calculation, and then opened his eyes, his gaze brightening.

"You are truly lucky; it turns out the Heavenly Dao wants you to return to nature, no wonder you could run into this little Daoist."

Return to nature? These refugees were very confused.

"Dust to dust... earth to earth..."

The little Daoist chanted, and immediately the bodies of all the refugees stiffened. Then a gust of wind blew by, and their bodies turned directly into powder and drifted away with the wind, returning to nature.

The youths behind saw this scene and shivered. What is going on with this Little Martial Uncle? Why did he suddenly kill them? Wasn't he kindly giving them food before?

Could it be that everyone who joins the Dao Sect is a lunatic like this? Clearly, they are all from noble families; before he made them call him Little Martial Uncle, and now he is killing people directly—what is the meaning of this?

These youths were puzzled.

"How much further is it to Bei'an City?"

After clearing away these refugees, the little Daoist boy nodded in satisfaction; it seemed he was one step closer to the Heavenly Dao and nature, so he spoke happily.

"According to the map, it is not far."

The youth in the lead behind said respectfully.

"Mm, then let's continue on; call this little Daoist when we arrive." The little Daoist nodded in satisfaction and continued to lower his head, performing a certain mysterious breathing technique.

Sanshan Gathering, southwest direction.

At this moment, Li Heng arrived in front of Jing'an Village.