Chapter 316: Chapter 314: The Revival of Qingqiu (Thanks to the Alliance Leader, the homebody apprentice master)_1
Tea splashed in all directions, soaking the hem of You Longtao’s robe.
He had exchanged his once customary profound armor for the long gown he favored when relaxing.
After his master left, You Longtao took control of all the Incense Willpower in Qingzhou and leapt to the position of Martial Immortal.
The Shen brothers had left him a stable and peaceful Qingzhou.
He thought he would not have to endure the pressures his master had faced, nor need to sacrifice anything to be a General who got everything his own way.
That was until half a month ago when the Fox Demon swaggered into Qingzhou City.
At the moment he saw it, You Longtao suddenly awoke from the joy of his breakthrough into the status of Martial Immortal.
The immense pressure was even more terrifying than when he, in the Embrace Pill Realm, faced the Howling Moon Demon King.
The Qingqiu Fox Demon had ultimately come in search of them.
You Longtao had anticipated this, but he could never quite understand why the death of just one Condensation Elixir Realm Fox Demon could involve such a formidable being.
He sent out plea after plea for help to the Imperial City.
But he only received a reply from the Demon Suppressing Division Headquarters, informing him that the Patrol Envoy was out on business and could not spare any efforts to attend to Qingzhou.
Beyond that, the letter vaguely hinted at another crisis looming over Great Qian.
The only thing to be thankful for was that the fox had not yet decided to attack; it was content to repeatedly humiliate these old soldiers, trampling the martial warriors who fought demons and guarded the county underfoot, and crushing their dignity.
The Demon-suppression Great General had, in the end, become a lackey serving the whims of the Demon.
You Longtao slowly turned around, calming the emotions of those around him with as steady a voice as he could manage.
He really was a very clumsy person.
His master had known to seek help from Consort Ji, but he couldn’t even think of such a disheartening strategy, only realizing once he sat in this position that feeling disheartened was better than freezing to the bone.
This was Great Qian’s territory.
Yet the backing of this Fox Demon seemed to be much stronger than his own and the others’.
As an experienced soldier, Chen Qiankun was the only one to step forward and take the order at this time.
He led his colleagues towards the exit.
This disgraceful task might continue for a long time since no one, even now, had thought about betraying the young man.
The name Shen Yi had become a taboo in Qingzhou, not to be mentioned or spoken aloud.
A’Qian crossed past Chen Qiankun in a huff and quickly walked out of the courtyard.
The old man shook his head helplessly, preparing to follow, but then he saw the small figure suddenly stop, looking up in disbelief.
He hesitated a moment before walking out in a few quick strides.
When he saw the familiar face, Chen Qiankun’s gray beard trembled slightly, “You… how have you come back?”
The young man had a tall figure and his appearance was still handsome.
Compared to before when he was alone, there were now several unfamiliar figures behind him, including a gentle and pretty woman, as well as middle-aged and elderly men standing with their hands behind their backs.
“Shen Yi pays his respects to the old general.”
Shen Yi gave a slight bow and then walked towards the courtyard.
Chen Qiankun, momentarily stunned, stretched out a hand to stop him involuntarily, “You can’t!”
Xu Wanyun looked at him puzzledly, allowing the old man to feel an unprecedented pressure… and this was when the woman bore no ill intent.
It was even more terrifying than Jiang Qiu Lan.
This young man, where exactly had he found such formidable experts to accompany him?
As he watched the group walk into the courtyard.
Almost all the Demon-suppression Great Generals held their breath, their backbone had returned. Hearing that the other party had become the Great Qian Patrol Envoy, they wondered whether he could make the Fox Demon restrain itself.
A’Qian quickly turned around, with Lin Baiwei, who was as stunned as she was, following her back into the courtyard.
You Longtao too saw Shen Yi, his breathing becoming abruptly rapid, and then his gaze shifted to the Fox Demon, falling into silence for a moment.
They had kept their silence, and yet now the very person they had been silent about had walked right in.
The shift in the atmosphere caused the white-haired elder to subtly change its previously lazy expression, as it slowly propped itself up to look at the several newcomers.
A’Qian’s face showed a few hints of confusion.
As a Yao hunter, she was most adept at examining words and observing expressions.
She saw that no matter whether it was Shen Yi or the people behind him, there wasn’t the slightest change in their expressions upon seeing the Fox Demon.
“Looks like it’s a fox from Qingqiu,” remarked A’Qing as she took out a booklet and hurriedly started to record something about the white-haired elder.
This scene caused You Longtao to fall into a stupor. Was the young girl being too childish, and moreover… why did she seem as if she was pressed for time?
The Fox Demon felt something was amiss, its inclination to worry about the woman’s disrespectful insult vanish, and it instinctively began to get up, “This seat is an elder of Qingqiu…”
It reacted incredibly fast, conjuring a spell.
Then the next moment, its wrist was firmly gripped by long and slender fingers.
The sound of bones breaking made one’s teeth sour.
“Ah!!” The white-haired elder howled in pain with a fierce expression.
Without even a sideways glance, Shen Yi came to stand next to it, releasing its wrist only to backhand slap it across its face.
A seemingly light reprimand of a slap directly caused the Fox Demon’s head to explode.
Blood and bits of bone spilled everywhere, staining the floor tiles a dark red.
Everyone’s eyelids twitched violently, and it took a while for them to confirm that this was not some kind of Illusory Form Technique used by the Fox Demon.
But in fact, its skull had been simply, brutally crushed by a slap.
They subconsciously looked towards Shen Yi’s palm, wondering what incredible power lurked between those clearly defined knuckles!
A’Qing sighed as if used to it, closing her booklet, another day without anything recorded.
Xu Hongde and the six ancestors of the Xu Family exchanged a glance, their pupils constricting.
Indeed, they hadn’t considered the Fox Demon a threat, just an Upper Realm Primordial at most, which they could suppress with a simple Formation, making it beg for death.
But Shen Yi hadn’t even summoned his Dao Infant.
He truly killed the Fox Demon with a single slap from his physical body.
“So this is Great Qian? What a beautiful sight,” Xu Wanyun finally relaxed her serious demeanor and looked around curiously now that the matter was settled.
“Not bad,” replied Shen Yi as he gathered the Fox Demon’s body, seldom indulging her with a response.
He then turned to You Longtao, “Is there anything else?”
Still immersed in the thick scent of blood in his nostrils, You Longtao was a bit slow to respond, “Nothing else… I guess.”
After all, the difference in strength was too great; if there was anything else, it wasn’t something that a Martial Immortal at the Initial Realm could detect.
Hearing this, Shen Yi pondered for a moment before saying to A’Qing, “Keep an eye on Qingzhou for me, I’ll be back to join you as soon as I can.”
A’Qing, who had been curiously examining the bells on Bai Wei and Lin Baiwei’s waists, seemed a bit disheartened upon hearing this, but she obeyed obediently, nodding, “Understood, Big Brother Shen.”
Xu Wanyun, however, couldn’t help but internally complain.
If someone had to look after a place, she, an Ultimate Realm Grandmaster, was obviously the best choice.
Clearly, in Shen Yi’s mind, A’Qing was far more reliable than herself.
A’Qian finally lifted her gaze from the scarlet on the ground, turning towards the girl whose aura resembled her own.
She can take care of Qingzhou?