The child was covered in blood, and his eyes were filled with endless resentment. Even just looking into his eyes made one's mind waver, as if one's soul was about to leave one's body.
"Yin Yang Soul-Slaying Heavenly Demon!"
The monk exclaimed in surprise. He had not expected that the ancient demon would be successfully refined so easily, and he had not even noticed it appearing behind him.
Fortunately, the monk had made preparations in advance. During the refining process, he used his own blood essence as a guide, giving him complete control over this ancient demon. Otherwise, he might have already died at the hands of the Yin-Yang Soul-Slaying Demon.
The monk reached out and grabbed the red gourd, secretly relieved. Just now, the small hand that had been resting on him had emitted a bone-chilling coldness. If his cultivation hadn't been decent, he would probably have been severely injured by the Yin energy.
Thinking of this, the monk dared not hesitate any longer. He poured his powerful magic into the red gourd, and then a child's cry was heard.
"Wow!"
Just now, the Yin-Yang Soul-Slaying Demon Child appeared before the monk. The two-foot-tall demon child had a chubby, round face and wore a red bib. He was quite cute and at first glance looked like a mischievous five-year-old child, which made people unable to help but be captivated by him.
However, its crimson body and the endless resentment emanating from its eyes made it clear that this was definitely an extremely ominous creature.
The monk pointed, and the ghost child immediately transformed into a streak of blood-red light, lunging towards the corpses of the children in the underground space.
As the demonic child flew past, the blood and corpses on the ground all turned to ashes, and the essence of the flesh and blood was completely devoured by the demonic child.
After absorbing the essence of flesh and blood, the ferocious aura emanating from the Heavenly Demon Child became even more intense, almost to the point of materialization.
Moreover, whether it was an illusion or not, after absorbing so much blood and flesh essence, the ghost child seemed to have grown up, from two feet tall to three feet tall.
The Heavenly Demon is a forbidden entity, not meant to exist in this world. Once it is born, it will inevitably incur the wrath of heaven and earth, and a heavenly tribulation will be cast down to destroy it.
However, the monk somehow obtained a divine talisman that isolated the resentful energy fluctuations stirred up when the Yin-Yang Soul-Slaying Demon was born, preventing it from being detected by heaven and earth, thus allowing the ghost child to escape a calamity.
"Ha ha!"
The monk looked at the Heavenly Demon before him with immense satisfaction, his face filled with pride. With this Heavenly Demon in hand, he could even put up a fight against the celestial gods and immortals.
With a pat on the crimson gourd, the ghost child transformed into a beam of red light and disappeared into the red gourd. The monk then casually hung the crimson gourd on his waist.
"You scoundrel, you killed the Buddha's black tiger mount. It just so happens that the Buddha's ghost child has been born. Today, I'll use you as my first target, hahaha!"
The monk laughed loudly and walked out of the underground space.
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"Hanwen is back. How did it go? Did you find any trace of that evil path?"
Upon seeing Xu Xian return, Li Gongfu immediately went to greet him.
Don't even mention it!
Xu Xian, covered in sweat, sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, gulped it down in one go, and wiped his mouth.
"I searched the entire area of Qiantang County, covering nearly a hundred miles, but I couldn't find a single clue!"
"Let's not talk about that, brother-in-law. Magistrate Su saw the tiger demon's corpse, so he probably didn't say much, right?"
Li Gongfu's happy expression immediately turned somewhat gloomy.
To be honest, whenever there's a problem that can't be solved, Xu Xian always manages to handle it with ease.
Once or twice, Xu Xian became omnipotent in Li Gongfu's mind, as if he had become a guardian deity. Li Gongfu was filled with blind worship for his brother-in-law.
However, this time, Xu Xian returned empty-handed.
Li Gongfu was unable to accept it all at once.
"What am I going to do now? The county magistrate has given me three days left. Although I have already killed a tiger demon, I have not found the mastermind behind it. How am I going to explain this to the county magistrate? And how am I going to explain this to the 500,000 people in this county?"
Li Gongfu slumped down, his face ashen.
"Could it be that I must resign my post and return to my hometown to atone for my sins?"
Seeing this, Xu Xian comforted him, "Brother-in-law, don't worry, there are still three days left. If it really doesn't work, I'll go up the mountain to ask the abbot for help. He's very powerful and will definitely have a solution!"
Upon hearing this, Li Gongfu couldn't help but picture a figure as ethereal as a god in his mind. What made his heart pound was that the figure seemed to have come to life, its eyes fixed on him.
"Huh? We have to trouble the Immortal Master? Hmm... Hanwen, wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate to do that?"
Li Gongfu shuddered, his face showing a mixture of excitement and hesitation as he spoke.
"It's alright. The abbot has always taught me to take it upon myself to subdue demons and monsters, to have the world in my heart, and to be upright and righteous!"
Xu Xian waved his hand and said, "Moreover, these evil people are harming our fellow villagers right under the nose of my Qingxu Temple, acting lawlessly! They are disrespecting my Qingxu Temple! If the abbot finds out, he will certainly not let this go!"
At this moment, Xu Xian exuded a powerful confidence, as if no difficulty was too great and no enemy too ferocious.
Li Gongfu pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.
Xu Xian is right. The evil sects have come to our doorstep, which is tantamount to slapping Qingxu Temple in the face. If Xiao Ning does nothing or even retaliates, he will only be looked down upon.
Although Li Gongfu was unaware of the rules of the cultivation world, the principles were the same. Having been in officialdom for a long time, Li Gongfu was quite knowledgeable and experienced, so how could he not understand?
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After emerging from the underground plaza deep in the mountains, the monk used a secret technique to follow the last trace of the tiger demon's aura before its death, riding on a layer of water mist, heading straight towards Qiantang County.
"You scoundrel! Hiding in the county town? Do you think that old bastard City God can protect you? Perhaps today I, the Buddha, will kill the City God as a sacrifice to show off my skills!"
After sensing the situation, the monk discovered that the murderer who killed his beloved tiger demon was hiding in Qiantang County.
He gave a disdainful smile, and then swaggered straight into the city.