Chapter 181
The boy's mouth twitched, and he threw the tile in his hand to the ground, then stood up quickly, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"I didn't expect that you, a small demon-suppressing lieutenant, would have such a powerful magic weapon in your hand."
Lu Ren snorted coldly, and then suddenly attacked, combining the Mysterious Step with the Xuanyang Finger, and the two second-level perfect martial arts were performed at the same time.
The boy had no time to react, and Lu Ren's two fingers pierced his chest like a sharp blade.
Lu Ren kicked him to the ground again, and then raised his knife and pressed the blade against his neck.
The boy no longer had the strength to resist at this moment, and kept wails of pain from his mouth.
Lu Ren had already deduced that the demon in front of him, who had transformed into the young master of Juyanmen, was only at the late stage of spiritual communication.
He could not be the real murderer who killed Shi Jinxiong, but more like a sentinel left here.
"Tell me quickly, who is the murderer and where is he now?"
The young man struggled to reveal his true form, a slender black snake.
The black snake curled up, spitting out scarlet tongue from time to time to lick the wound.
Lu Ren stepped on its vital point, and it immediately grimaced in pain.
"My patience is limited."
Lu Ren issued a final warning.
The black snake could not bear it, so it had to shake its tail and beg for mercy.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
Lu Ren slightly retracted his force on his foot, but did not let it go.
Black Snake took a breath, endured the severe pain on his body, and said: "The destruction of Juyanmen was done by the ancestors of the Sun family. It has nothing to do with me."
"Ancestor of the Sun family?"
Where did this person come from out of thin air?
Lu Ren showed displeasure and stamped his foot fiercely: "How dare you lie?"
The black snake was shaking with pain, and he hurriedly explained to Lu Ren: "The ancestor of the Sun family is not a human, but a demon. However, when he was young, he learned some of your human culture, so he named himself Sun Dasheng.
His children and grandchildren also took the surname Sun.
We all call him that when we see him on weekdays."
"Heh, what a big tone, dare to call yourself Sun Dasheng? Is he a monkey?"
The black snake responded repeatedly: "Almost, the ancestor of the Sun family is a demon ape, with extremely terrifying strength, and is a well-known existence in the entire miasma forest."
"Miasma forest?" Lu Ren couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard these two words, as if he thought of something.
"Do you know why that ancestor Sun wanted to exterminate the Giant Rock Sect?"
"I really don't know the details, but he said that he wanted to lure someone from the Demon Suppression Division to show up, and it seems to be related to the fact that several of his grandchildren were killed in the miasma forest some time ago."
Lu Ren nodded.
Everything made sense.
The person that the demon ape was looking for was him!
And the cause of the incident was related to his last trip to the miasma forest to hunt monsters.
Lu Ren vaguely remembered that among the dozen monsters he killed, there were indeed several ape-like monsters.
It turned out that the old thing was here for revenge!
The demon ape didn't dare to directly break into the county city to find someone from the Demon Suppression Division, so he chose this method of luring the snake out of its hole.
In this incident, the Giant Rock Sect can only be said to be an irrelevant victim.
It is even possible that Shi Jinxiong and all the disciples of the sect will not know why they died until they die.
I feel sad just thinking about it...
Anyway, all this was caused by him.
The dead cannot be resurrected, but he must seek justice for hundreds of innocent lives in Juyanmen.
"Why did that old guy ask you to stay here?"
"Wait for you to show up, and then do everything he can to bring you to see him."
Lu Ren looked at the black snake with cold eyes and asked, "Where is he?"
"Back to the miasma forest."
"Yesterday a team of people from the Demon Suppression Division came here to investigate. Where are they?"
"They were captured by the ancestor of the Sun family. I'm afraid they are in danger now..."
Hearing this answer, Lu Ren's heart suddenly sank.
Although he had expected it, he still couldn't help feeling angry when he heard the bad news.
After a moment of silence, Lu Ren asked again: "What realm is that old man in? How many descendants does he have?"
"The ancestor of the Sun family is in the middle stage of the Illusion Demon Realm. He has many descendants, and the strongest one has reached the realm of perfect spiritual communication. You'd better stay as far away as possible and don't go to seek death."
Black Snake advised kindly.
He thought that by doing this, he could win a little favor and sympathy from Lu Ren, so that he would let him go.
Obviously, he wanted more
.
Lu Ren had already obtained all the information he wanted, so this black snake was naturally worthless.
A cold light flashed, and a snake head flew out from in front of him. After the snake body twisted and trembled for a while, it gradually stopped moving.
[Killed a late-stage spiritual snake demon, with a total lifespan of 1,608 years, and the remaining lifespan of 1,300 and 50 years has been absorbed]
[Demon lifespan (spiritual realm): 1,350 years]
Lu Ren has never liked snakes, and has a natural aversion in his bones.
So even if it was a very valuable late-stage spiritual demon body, he had no intention of eating it.
As for taking it back to the Demon Suppression Division to exchange for merits, it seemed unnecessary.
After all, he is now second only to the head of the Huashui County branch, and there is no room for promotion.
So he took out the blood-eating bell, absorbed the remaining blood of the black snake, and lit a big fire, burning the entire Giant Rock Gate to ashes, including the disciples of the sect and the body of the snake demon.
As for Shi Jinxiong, he was a figure after all, and he died because of him, so Lu Ren gave him the greatest respect, found the bodies of his family, and buried them together in one grave.
There were many rocks around, Lu Ren found a piece of suitable size, cut it into a square stele with a knife, and then engraved the words "Tomb of Shi Jinxiong, the master of Juyan Sect, and his wife and children".
The snake demon advised him not to go to the miasma forest to seek death.
Indeed, if he only opened the meridians perfectly, he would have no chance of winning if he went to seek revenge on the demon ape in the magic realm.
But the black snake didn't know that his life span would become Lu Ren's biggest reliance in the future.
Before, because he lacked the life span of the demon in the spiritual realm, Lu Ren had to stagnate at the second level of perfection in both his skills and martial arts.
But now it's different. With this life span of more than 1,300 years, he has the confidence to compete with the demon ape.
After leaving the Giant Rock Gate, Lu Ren rushed to the Miasma Forest while starting to deduce the skills.
He currently only has one third-level Qi-refining skill, which is "Record of True Spirits Eliminating Demons".
This is derived from the second-level skill "The Scripture of the Longevity of All Spirits" that he currently has, and it is also the skill that best fits his current cultivation direction.
Without hesitation, Lu Ren poured a large number of lifespans of demons in the Spiritual Realm into it without any regret.
As long as he breaks through to the Qi Condensation Realm, will he be afraid of not being able to harvest enough lifespans in the Miasma Forest?
Lu Ren clearly felt that the deduction difficulty of the third-level skills is several times higher than that of the second-level.
This was originally within his expectations, so there was nothing to be surprised about.
[In the 272nd year, you entered the True Spirit Exorcist Record. You finally took that step. Your cultivation strength has made a leap forward and achieved a qualitative leap]
[In the 588th year, the True Spirit Exorcist Record has entered the proficient stage. Your cultivation has improved slightly]
[In the 905th year, the True Spirit Exorcist Record has achieved minor success! You are extremely excited about your breakthrough achievement]
.........
Until Lu Ren used up all his 1,350 years of life, his skills finally made another step forward, breaking through from minor success to mastery, and his own strength also reached a higher level.
[End of deduction]
[Demon life span (spiritual realm): 0]
[Current cultivation (Qi refining): middle stage of Qi condensation]
[Current cultivation (body forging): perfect bone tempering]
[Current martial arts:]
[True Spirit Exorcist Record (third-level mastery)]
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Although he used up all his life in one fell swoop, Lu Ren was still quite satisfied with the result.
As he was in the middle stage of Qi Condensation, he already had the confidence to have a direct conversation with the demon ape.
Coupled with the many trump cards he had, his chances of winning this trip were already 80% to 90%.