“Oh, so that’s how it is.”
Li Hai, inside the giant Qilin, almost couldn’t hold himself together after hearing Xu Shuo and Gao Guang’s words.
He said, somewhat speechless:
“I didn’t expect the Demon Slayer Division’s provincial and municipal branches to be so troublesome. I didn’t even know about this in the Central Capital. Hmm—this formalism is truly harmful.”
As soon as Li Hai spoke, Xu Shuo and Gao Guang immediately cupped their hands again, respectfully replying with deep emotion:
“The Young Military Supervisor is right, we humble subordinates feel the same way.”
As they spoke, the two subconsciously glanced at the Qilin patterns on the silver-black giant Qilin’s surface.
But with just that one glance, they were shocked by how lifelike and vivid these Qilins were.
Especially the sharp, slender horns at the head of these Qilins, which emitted a dangerous aura that made the two of them tremble all over.
It was as if looking at them for just a moment longer would immediately result in their heads being separated from their bodies.
So, after just one glance, Xu Shuo and Gao Guang quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look again, only sighing in their hearts:
“The Young Military Supervisor is indeed the Young Military Supervisor; even his carriage is so extraordinary.”
They, however, did not know that once the twenty-four Qilin Head Flying Blades of Li Hai’s Sky Steel Kirin scattered and struck in all directions with full power and speed,
Then all buildings, flying beasts, and Martial Artists and Sorcerers within a radius of several tens of li would be cut and chopped into thousands of pieces.
Only Martial Dao Grandmasters, Fourth Realm Sorcerers, and high mountain peaks could resist and block it.
As for the Qi cannon on top of the Qilin Zither, that was a higher-level great killing weapon.
In front of such a killing weapon, ordinary Grandmasters or Sorcerers, even a thousand-zhang high peak, would be reduced to nothing.
“Xu Shuo, Gao Guang.”
Li Hai’s voice came from inside the Qilin Zither, “Do you two want to continue staying here, or do you want to leave this place now?”
Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo and Gao Guang were immediately startled.
Then, before the two could speak, Li Hai said again:
“If you want to stay here, I will protect you all. If you want to leave here, I will send you two out of this Yellow Springs Ghost Land immediately.”
The two instantly understood Li Hai’s meaning: the Young Military Supervisor wanted to grant them a meritorious deed.
Just think, if they left this place now, their superiors would at most only offer a perfunctory Condolences later.
Besides that, there would probably be nothing.
But if they stayed here, accompanying the Young Military Supervisor throughout the entire process of slaying ghosts and eliminating demons,
Then even if they couldn’t help much at all, they could still get a bit of credit.
Although the credit would definitely be very, very small, the matter they participated in was significant.
One must know that this was the Yellow Springs Domain, an extremely dangerous ghost land that only appears once every few decades or even a hundred years.
With this level of experience, their future prospects would definitely be much broader than those of ordinary Wood Rank Commandants.
After quickly understanding these implications in their minds, Xu Shuo and Gao Guang immediately knelt on one knee in excitement,
Bowing and cupping their hands towards the black Qilin, they said with extreme respect:
“Xu Shuo! Gao Guang! Thank you, Young Military Supervisor, for your guidance!”
They would not doubt whether Li Hai could eliminate the evil ghosts of this Yellow Springs Domain.
Why would they doubt?
The Young Military Supervisor was the foremost talent in both sorcery and martial arts throughout history; getting rid of a ghost was simply a piece of cake for him.
This was the thought of Xu Shuo and Gao Guang.
In fact, not only did these two think this way, but almost everyone up and down the entire Demon Slayer Division, and even many people throughout the Great Jing Dynasty who knew Li Hai’s name, would think this way.
One could only say that Li Hai’s power had become too deeply ingrained in people’s hearts.
“Hahahaha~”
A light laugh came from the carriage, “Convenience for others is convenience for oneself. You two just follow along and watch how I eliminate ghosts and subdue demons.”
For Li Hai, such a small matter was purely effortless, but for Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, it was enough to change the trajectory of their lives.
So, why not do it?
“Understood, Young Military Supervisor.”
After Xu Shuo and Gao Guang respectfully bowed upon hearing this, they stood one on each side of the giant Qilin.
Immediately, the Dao Ge Four lifted the Qilin and rapidly walked deeper into the thick fog again.
Xu Shuo and Gao Guang followed along.
During their journey, they were surprised to find that the Young Military Supervisor’s Qilin Zither was clearly moving extremely fast, so fast that the surrounding scenery changed rapidly in an instant, making it impossible to tell if they had traveled hundreds or thousands of zhang.
Yet, the two of them, by simply walking, could quickly keep up with the giant Qilin, without any risk of falling behind,
Nor did they feel any fatigue, as if a thousand pairs of wings had grown on the soles of their feet.
Thus, the two couldn’t help but exclaim that the Young Military Supervisor was truly divinely powerful and boundless in his abilities.
At the same time, as their group rapidly traveled, the countless dark and countless evil ghosts and wandering souls on all sides, as well as the equally countless human-faced insects hanging on large patches of spiderwebs above their heads,
All vanished completely into nothingness or returned to human form and flew out of the ghost land, amidst the ethereal swaying sounds of the jade pendants around Li Hai’s Qilin Zither.
Thus, in a short period, this Yellow Springs Domain became much emptier.
It was after this turn that, combining the many characteristics of this Yellow Springs Ghost Land, Li Hai roughly deduced what kind of Yin Soldiers and ghost creatures might exist deep within this evil domain.
“Entering the evil and bitter Dao with boundless compassion.”
Inside the Qilin Zither, Li Hai recalled the many documents he had read in the Demon Slayer Division’s database, and murmured indifferently, “Transforming hundreds of thousands of people in a city into human-faced insects that lack complete minds and don’t need to eat or drink—hmm—this is something only a Yin Soldier-level ghost, the Compassionate Evil Bodhisattva, would do.
It seems that the predecessor of this Yin Spirit, when alive, must have been a person of great kindness, and when such great kindness encounters the deepest insult and trampling, it will not turn into great evil, but instead become incredibly extreme, so extreme that it distorts and mutates into a profoundly twisted compassion.
Once the direction is wrong, one will go further and make deeper mistakes. Once compassion is twisted, it will also become a chilling evil.
That’s why this Compassionate Evil Bodhisattva would imprison all the citizens of Peach City, turning them into a group of insects without minds or need for food and drink, thereby ensuring that there would never be any conflict or hatred among them for all eternity.
Tch, this ghost Bodhisattva is just like Uchiha Madara.”
Shaking his head in emotion, Li Hai slightly raised his hand, pinched his fingers to form a seal, and calculated carefully, muttering:
“Hmm, this Compassionate Evil Bodhisattva should be hidden in this area.”
After speaking, with Li Hai’s Qilin Zither as the center, all the thick fog and darkness within a few thousand zhang radius instantly dispersed under his will, and the surroundings became incredibly clear, with sunlight spilling down from the sky.
“Huh, how did the fog disperse, and the sun came out!”
Meanwhile, Xu Shuo and Gao Guang, standing on either side of the Qilin Zither, who were astonished by the immense changes in the outside world, suddenly saw something more than a thousand zhang away to the southeast...