Chapter 68: The Little Yellow Book

On the waterway returning to Bei'an City, Li Heng withdrew his focus.

The great female demon and that person from the noble family were already fighting; it seemed they could not determine a victor for the time being, and he could not be bothered to pay much attention, as it was not him fighting for his life anyway.

He stared at the river beneath his feet. Wisps of Yin energy radiated from the water's surface, giving one a feeling of chill even in the daytime, under the illumination of the Sun.

This was not a good sign, and Li Heng frowned.

Although water is inherently Yin in nature, one must realize this was broad daylight, a time when Yang energy is flourishing. If it could radiate Yin energy even in the daytime, then what would it be like at night?

Could it be a Ghost Domain locking the river and swallowing human lives?

From this, one could see just how massive the great disturbance Meng Lingyun had spoken of earlier truly was! Li Heng could not help but sigh; as the great world was about to collapse, could anyone emerge to turn the tide? He expressed doubt.

After all, the rot between the dynasty and the Government.

Was already vaguely indicating something.

He shook his head, casting aside these distracting thoughts. For now, he had better look after himself first. His own strength had not reached the level of benefiting the world, so he could only seek self-preservation.

Time passed in a hurry as he traveled upstream.

Finally, at midday.

Li Heng successfully caught sight of the outline of Bei'an City.

He docked, disembarked, and returned inside Bei'an City.

Pedestrians on the street were in a hurry; the usual laughter and chatter had diminished by more than half, replaced by a sense of gravity, silence, and an atmosphere of "tension" permeating the air.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow in surprise; he had only been away for a few days, so had the situation in Bei'an City become that tense?

At this, he lost the appetite for lunch.

He walked straight toward the Inner City, intending to return directly to the Demon Suppression Division to obtain the soul-cultivation technique from Xu Yinghuan.

Upon reaching the Inner City gate, Li Heng was even more surprised.

Because the Guards here had been completely replaced by a new batch; their physiques were more robust, and their auras were more powerful. The Guard in the lead even had Qi and Blood like a furnace; he was in the Blood Exchange Realm.

Li Heng's expression turned grave.

Had the defenses of the Inner City reached such a level? It seemed something truly major had happened in Bei'an City. No wonder almost no one was managing the Sanshan Gathering; they were likely stretched too thin.

He displayed his Demon Exorcist Token, intending to walk into the Inner City.

At this moment, however, he was called to a halt by the lead Guard.

"Hold on, I ask this Demon Exorcist to come over for an inspection."

This lead Guard was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted with a fierce look on his face; he likely came from the background of a butcher. He pointed to a mirror beside him and spoke very politely.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow and walked in front of this mirror.

Li Heng's figure was immediately reflected in the mirror. The Guard took a look and could not help but heave a sigh of relief. "Very well, I ask the Demon Exorcist to please enter." He made a gesture inviting him in.

Li Heng nodded, said nothing, and entered the Inner City.

Did one now need to use a demon-revealing mirror just to enter the Inner City? He could not help but shake his head, feeling more and more that a storm was coming.

Quickening his pace, Li Heng returned to the Demon Suppression Division.

He pondered for a while and decided to head to the General Affairs Division. Xu Yinghuan had once said that he could obtain that soul-cultivation technique using his Token.

In that case, the technique should be deposited at the General Affairs Division.

This was also a long-standing custom of the Demon Suppression Division.

The casualty rate of the Demon Suppression Division had always been very high; one might go out on a mission and never return.

Therefore, to prevent the loss of their heritage, or perhaps to leave some mementos for their loved ones, they would always deposit some of their belongings at the General Affairs Division.

Once it was confirmed that a Demon Exorcist had died and their items remained unclaimed for a long time, those deposited items that had value would be confiscated and become rewards for other Demon Exorcists.

According to a rumor, the Library contained many techniques that were the relics of various Demon Exorcists. This could be considered the traces they left behind in the world.

At this time, at the Sanshan Gathering, near Jing Village.

That young Daoist boy was so angry he vomited blood.

"Evil Demon, why must you push so hard! Haven't I already guaranteed that I will absolutely never cause you trouble again in the future!"

The young Daoist boy roared.

He had ended up capsizing in the gutter after all.

During the second expansion of the Ghost Domain, he could not react in time and was directly trapped within it.

This thing called a Ghost Domain was equivalent to the home field of a Weird. The stronger the Weird, the more it could accomplish within the Ghost Domain, even distorting Reality!

An ordinary minor Weird, even if it possessed a Ghost Domain, could at most perform a teleport. But the Ghost Domain of the great female demon before him could truly be called a distortion of Reality.

The surrounding space pressed in toward the young Daoist boy.

"I can completely manipulate you and make you perish here, so why should I acknowledge your guarantee? As a person from a noble family, is your speech truly so naive?"

The figure of the great female demon was not visible, but her smiling words resounded throughout the entire Ghost Domain, echoing in the young Daoist boy's ears with great penetrating power, like a demonic sound piercing the brain.

"I admit you are strong."

"However, wanting to keep my life—that is impossible! Besides, do you really think I cannot see through your true state? You have not completely broken your seal at all!"

The young Daoist boy said very coldly.

"And so what? I have not completely broken my seal, yet I still beat you like a dog; that is the gap between you and me."

The great female demon spoke indifferently.

That Yin Demon Primordial Fetus was simply too important; it concerned her future schemes. If she could, she would absolutely not let this person from the noble family leave this place!

If this person went back and called for others...

She would truly find it difficult to deal with.

Outside the Ghost Domain, that group of noble youths watched from afar, daring neither to step in to help nor to flee directly.

They were not fools; they knew that a battle of this level was not something they could interfere with. They knew even better that for an existence of this level, killing them would be far too easy.

They might just be running when their heads would fall to the ground.

Simply put, he just acted as a bystander eating melon.

"Do not force this little Daoist to use his True Reality strength, you will regret it!" the little Daoist boy threatened with a gloomy expression.

"Tsk, do you really think I don't know your background?"

"It is nothing more than some filthy ritual among the noble families. Let me think, could it be the 'Rebirth Great Sacrifice'? Certain members of noble families who know they have no hope of breaking through will choose to let themselves undergo reverse growth, re-gestating their own bloodline and potential."

"No wonder I felt like I had seen you before."

"Thinking about it, you must be some old geezer from twenty years ago. It really was hard on you, but it is a pity that you are still going to perish here!" The female Great Demon's words gradually turned icy as she erupted with power.

The little Daoist boy's expression sank as he utilized his bloodline power.

"Evil Demon, you have ruined my twenty years of bitter cultivation, you will pay the price! By my Wang Family bloodline, I issue a Divine Dao decree!"

At this time, in the Demon Suppression Division, General Affairs Division.

Li Heng took out Xu Yinghuan's Token and handed it to the staff member. After confirming it, the staff member handed him the box containing Xu Yinghuan's belongings.

He left the General Affairs Division and came to a secluded corner to open it.

A plain, unremarkable little booklet with yellowed covers but a very delicate texture, bound with thin string, appeared before his eyes.