"What does this sentence mean?"
This so-called Demon Seed possessed Feng Yucheng every time just to draw a diagram and say a single sentence, specifically these five words: "The anchor is in place."
"I don't know."
"Then there's no use keeping you. Xiao Wan, give him..."
"I think the Demon Seed is calling out to something. It's as if it arrived first to act as a beacon, guiding others here."
"That's exactly what I thought. Great minds think alike."
"..."
Chen Yi decided not to scatter Feng Yucheng's soul for the time being. Instead, he simply locked him inside the Myriad Soul Banner.
This guy's experiences were rather bizarre; he might prove useful in the future.
Chen Yi looked down at the black bead on the ground.
"This thing feels rather ominous, but I have no way to destroy it..."
Just as Chen Yi was pondering how to deal with the Demon Seed,
Black Wind spoke up.
"Boss, I feel like I can eat it."
"Eat what?"
"This bead."
"Stop joking. Even my martial arts couldn't destroy it. Can your grass-eating horse stomach dissolve it?"
"I don't know why either, but seeing this bead just makes me want to eat it... Maybe it's just my imagination."
Chen Yi looked at Black Wind, then at the Demon Seed.
Black Wind was a very peculiar species.
He was neither horse, nor demon, nor mutant beast. One could say his origins were completely unknown.
Chen Yi had tried teaching him human cultivation methods, but failed.
On the way back from Qianzhou, he had even caught a few demons and asked them to teach Black Wind demonic cultivation methods, but that failed as well.
Since he had a unique feeling about it now, why not let him give it a try?
"Eat it then, but don't force it. If something feels wrong, spit it out."
"Yes."
Black Wind's hooves clattered as he walked up to the Demon Seed.
He lowered his head, stuck out his horse tongue, and rolled the Demon Seed into his stomach.
"How does it feel? Can you digest it?"
"I don't feel uncomfortable at all. It melted right in my mouth."
"Is that a figure of speech, or a literal statement?"
"It really melted and went straight into my belly."
"Ah, this..."
What kind of legendary stomach was this?
However, what surprised Chen Yi even more was yet to come.
Black Wind suddenly felt an unbearable, scorching heat all over his body, as if he had an abundance of energy with nowhere to release it, ready to burst forth at any moment.
Chen Yi suspected that the energy inside the Demon Seed was too massive for him to absorb, so he told him to run around and expend some of it.
As a result, when he ran, black flames actually sprouted from beneath his hooves. With every step he took, he ignited the ground, leaving behind long trails of black fire.
His running speed, compared to before, was worlds apart!
Like a gust of wind, he shuttled freely through the mountains and forests!
By the time he ran a full circle around the mountain beneath their feet and returned to Chen Yi, he had already adapted to this new power.
"Boss, I think I've evolved!"
Chen Yi couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
"A precious steed, truly a precious steed..."
He hadn't expected to reap such an unexpected harvest from killing Feng Yucheng.
At this moment, the most depressed person was Feng Yucheng.
With his soul imprisoned in the Myriad Soul Banner, seeing all of this made him doubt his very existence.
He had spent his entire life resorting to any means necessary, even discarding his bottom line as a human being, all to become stronger and break free from the Demon Seed's control.
Who would have thought that a talking, weird horse from nowhere would just swallow the Demon Seed in one bite!
And even digest it into his own power!
"Oh fate, how unfair you are..."
Some attain enlightenment at Longchang, while Feng Yucheng attained his enlightenment inside the Myriad Soul Banner.
With Feng Yucheng dead, the silent terror that had shrouded Baiyun County finally came to an end.
There might still be demon troubles in the future, but no one would have to take the blame for demons anymore.
After dealing with Feng Yucheng, Chen Yi supervised Boss Hu, who had been kept alive, and made him go to the gates of Baiyun County town to turn himself in.
As soon as the guards at the city gate saw a demon walk out, they hurriedly called for backup.
Boss Hu raised his hands high, indicating that he was here to surrender.
Zhang Miao was currently in the county magistrate's office, seeking justice for the families of the wrongfully accused and putting Magistrate Cao on trial.
Hearing that a demon had voluntarily shown up, he immediately led his men to tie Boss Hu up securely and brought him into the county office.
It was the first time the commoners of Baiyun County had seen a living demon, let alone one kneeling in court as a tainted witness.
For a moment, it became a spectacular sight.
Crowds swarmed in, gathering outside the county office to watch. Many people even climbed onto the courtyard walls and trees just to witness the bizarre spectacle of a human judging a demon.
"Lord Inspector, you must seek justice for this lowly demon!
I've been in Baiyun Ridge since I was born. I'm a native demon of Baiyun County!
I'm not the same as those demons who sneak in from the Great Wasteland and the Eastern Wasteland just to get a bite of human flesh..."
Zhang Miao slammed his gavel.
"Stop rambling and get to the point!"
"Yes, yes, yes... The cases you just mentioned, My Lord, were indeed committed by the demons of Baiyun Ridge.
But we were instigated by someone! The chief culprit is Feng Yucheng, the Chief of your county's Demon Slaying Division!
In order to consume the Blood Demon Pill, he forced us to kill people every day. That Blood Demon Pill requires a large amount of fresh human blood as a catalyst, otherwise it can't be refined..."
Boss Hu spilled everything about the dark deals between the demons of Baiyun Ridge, Feng Yucheng, Magistrate Cao, and the others, detailing every single aspect.
The spectating commoners grew more shocked and furious the more they listened.
"The Chief of the Demon Slaying Division actually colluded with demons to harm people! To think such an absurd thing could happen in this world!"
"That fat magistrate aided the wicked, which is even more detestable! Knowing full well that those poor folks were just honest farmers, he still framed them for murder. Some were beheaded, others were exiled to the military. His heart is too vicious!"
"And here we thought the demon troubles in Baiyun County had lessened over the years. It turns out it was just whitewashed to cover up such filth. Pah!!"
In the court, after Boss Hu had confessed all the crimes clearly, Zhang Miao asked.
"Tiger Demon, we had not tracked down your whereabouts. Why didn't you choose to escape, but instead returned to testify against Feng Yucheng and Cao Xiu?"
The tiger demon recalled how Chen Yi had instructed him.
"I know my strength is meager, so I didn't dare to run. Even if I did, I would be hunted down and live in constant fear for the rest of my life. If I surrender, I can at least be locked in the Demon Suppression Pagoda and enjoy a peaceful old age."
The guy's tone sounded exactly like he was reciting from a script, causing Zhang Miao to frown slightly.
"There really is a master helping the people of Baiyun County..."
Zhang Miao could feel that an invisible hand was controlling the situation, taking the initiative to uncover the inside story of the collusion between officials and demons in Baiyun County.
A few days ago, when he was stopped in the street by the commoners crying out for justice, Zhang Miao knew that someone must be guiding them from behind.
He had thought it was just a clever person giving them ideas.
Now it seemed that this person could even coerce a tiger demon into submission, so he was definitely a martial artist of considerable strength.
Zhang Miao acted with lightning speed and decisive force.
On that very day, he overturned all the unjust cases and cleared the victims' names.
The victims of these wrongful convictions who were still locked up in prison were naturally released.
As for those who had already been beheaded, Zhang Miao could only do his best to compensate them by allocating some silver from the county office's treasury to their families.
"This is a true righteous official!"
The commoners of Baiyun County cheered loudly.
Chen Yi watched silently from the crowd. Seeing that the dust had settled, he turned around gracefully, hiding his merits and fame.
"It's time for the fourth simulation!"
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