Wait a minute, where is my master?

Evening.

Outside Shangjing City, amidst the ruins of Prince Chun.

Among the remnants of broken walls, two figures, a man and a woman, were hiding.

These two were Demon Sect Elders who had infiltrated the area from the valley.

Demon Sect's Third Elder, Yan Meishan, opened her eyes, excitement evident on her charming face as if she had just released some pent-up frustration.

"Is everything taken care of?"

Ye Wuyang, who was by her side, asked the question.

The Third Elder nodded and hummed affirmatively through her nose as a response.

"Those avatars you had in Shangjing City were your work over many years, and now they're all destroyed. You're still so happy?"

Ye Wuyang looked at his companion, puzzled by her expression.

Earlier outside the valley, Yan Meishan had realized some of her avatars were inexplicably missing. Initially, she thought they had been exposed and killed by the Great Xia officials due to their abductions of the Shangjing citizens.

But later, after activating some of her avatars for observation and analyzing the information provided by insiders in Shangjing City, she discovered her avatars hadn't been killed early, but instead were all rescued by that little Taoist who had stood her up, using some unknown method.

Out of sheer frustration, she had detonated all her avatars in Shangjing City.

"Tch—you don't understand. One of my avatars exploded right in front of that little Taoist's face."

While saying this, the Third Elder was extremely excited. Even though she knew the explosion couldn't hurt him, the thought of the scene still brought her a wave of satisfaction.

"Heh—you say that self-destructing an avatar didn't hurt the little Taoist. What good did exploding in front of his face do?"

Indeed, Ye Wuyang couldn't comprehend the Third Elder's mad sense of satisfaction.

"Heh—fishing must be done with patience and resilience~~"

The Demon Sect's Third Elder used her trump card.

Ye Wuyang: "..."

Seeing that he had no comeback, Yan Meishan wore a smug smile, about to press her advantage with a few more mocking remarks. Suddenly, her expression changed, and she pulled out a golden jade booklet from the storage treasure on her chest.

The Life and Death Book.

This was the Demon Sect Elders' record book for the life souls of Hall Masters and elite disciples.

The Third Elder flipped to the first page of the small golden jade book, where three dim jade beads represented the three Hall Masters under her command. The dimness of the beads indicated that these souls had been extinguished.

Yan Meishan didn't linger on the first page and hurriedly flipped to the next.

The second page had many more jade beads, entirely covering the page, with three-quarters still glowing.

However, these glowing beads were rapidly going dark.

Seeing this, the Third Elder quickly pulled out a Communication Jade Token and sent a message to her subordinates.

This page recorded her elite disciples, all currently infiltrated within Shangjing City and not yet withdrawn.

Ye Wuyang also noticed the anomaly and withdrew a similar booklet.

His first page, where the Hall Masters' life soul beads were, wasn't dark, but the second page was just like Yan Meishan's Life and Death Book.

"Something has happened in Shangjing City."

Ye Wuyang said solemnly.

Just as Yan Meishan was about to speak, her Communication Jade Token suddenly lit up—it was a reply from her subordinate.

"Elder, there have just been several explosions in Shangjing City. After the explosions, a little Taoist, seeming to know our identities, started killing our brethren one by one!!"

The Third Elder read the message and fell silent.

She thought it was her control over the avatar to explode in front of the little Taoist that had triggered his retaliation.

Ye Wuyang, who had also received a message from his subordinates, looked up at Yan Meishan and accused her, "Look what you've done! These elite disciples being killed are the cornerstone of our Demon Sect!"

Clearly, he too believed that it was because the Third Elder had sent the avatar to explode in front of the little Taoist that had triggered the retaliation.

"I....."

Yan Meishan was about to retort when her Communication Jade Token lit up again.

"Elder, that little Taoist is beside me, he wants me to tell you that he..."

"Crack!"

The Third Elder decisively crushed the Communication Jade Token in her hand.

Muttering indignantly to herself,

"It was just a little explosion in front of you, was it really necessary?"

...

Inside Shangjing City, Xiao Xiang Pavilion.

In a certain elegant room, a large hole was torn through the wall, leaving the place in disarray.

Exquisite meals were scattered all over the valuable carpet, juices flowing everywhere.

On the accompanying bed, three scantily clad and pitiful female cultivators were hiding.

In the very center of the room, where the dining table originally stood, Jin Xu's right hand flickered with golden lightning as he looked down at the Demon Sect Cultivator kneeling before him.

This Demon Sect Cultivator, dressed like a wealthy young master, wore a fearful expression and was also holding a Communication Jade Token.

The little Taoist calmly brought his right hand closer to the other, speaking softly, "Did they reply to your message?"

"Re...re...replied to the Taoist Master, the..the other side hasn't replied yet."

The cultivator dressed as a wealthy young master replied tremulously, then added, "Taoist Master, you just promised me that as long as I sent that message, and the other side responded, you would spare my life."

The little Taoist nodded indifferently, then quietly waited.

A moment later.

Jin Xu looked at the Demon Sect Cultivator again.

The other party looked extremely troubled, then, attempting to please, said, "Taoist... master, should we wait a bit longer?"

The young Taoist shook his head expressionlessly, not waiting for the other to say anything more, his Spiritual Sense solidified into a rod and stabbed into the other's Sea of Consciousness.

A moment later, Jin Xu walked out of the broken hole and left the Xiao Xiang Pavilion.

"Aaaahhhhhh!!!!!"

Only then did the three scantily clad, pitiful female cultivators on the bed scream out.

...

On the streets of Shangjing City.

A group of cultivators, wearing the uniforms of watchmen, were waiting there.

Zhang, the watchman responsible for assisting Jin Xu's actions, saw the young Taoist emerge and hurriedly greeted him.

"One Demon Sect follower, already dead. I also smashed a wall and overturned a table of dishes, remember to compensate the owner of this Xiao Xiang Pavilion,"

Jin Xu instructed one by one.

"Yes, young Taoist,"

Zhang the watchman nodded and sent two subordinates to negotiate with the brothel's owner.

These men were temporarily requested by the young Taoist from Xia Yunzhao.

After Little White was injured, he enveloped Shangjing with his Spiritual Sense, using view Qi to search for cultivators suspected of being Demon Sect followers. Once he locked onto a location, he would use his ability to strike and kill them.

Actually, he had intended to capture a few alive, as his Spiritual Sense had swept through the entire city of Shangjing without finding that unfamiliar woman's face he had seen in the seed.

However, possibly because his manner of appearance was too stunning, the Demon Sect followers, upon seeing him, chose to attack instead.

Then...

They were all blown up by Jin Xu with one punch, not one able to withstand a second punch.

After blowing up more than a dozen Demon Sect followers, the young Taoist realized this approach wasn't quite effective, so he sent a message to Xia Yunzhao and asked for a team of watchmen to follow him.

One reason was for clean-up. Since those hidden among the city's Demon Sect followers ranged widely from street vendors to the wives and sons of Cultivation Families.

There truly was no telling how these people got involved with the Demon Sect.

The second reason was because this was Shangjing City, the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty. Jin Xu rampaging through someone's home, even if it's to kill Demon Sect cultivators, still required informing the hosts.

When Xia Yunzhao heard Jin Xu's request and the reasoning, he promised full support and immediately sent Zhang the watchman, who had previously met the young Taoist.

A moment later, the two watchmen who went to negotiate in the Xiao Xiang Pavilion came out, indicating that the matter was handled.

The young Taoist flashed and activated his move, drawing a rectangle in the air and headed straight for the next hideout of a Demon Sect follower.

Tonight, either the mysterious woman would show herself, or he would wipe out all the Demon Sect followers in Shangjing City!

Zhang the watchman, standing at the door of the Xiao Xiang Pavilion and seeing Jin Xu disappear, felt moved.

Look at others!

A few days ago, he was still being taken to prison for breaking the No-fly Array in Shangjing City, and now, for the convenience of the young Taoist to kill Demon Sect cultivators, Shangjing City had disabled the No-fly Array.

This promotion in treatment was too swift.

But actually, it's good that the Array is disabled; otherwise, who knows how many more holes Jin Xu might have punched through it.

Zhang the watchman was pondering aimlessly when he heard Jin Xu's transmission in his ear again.

The young Taoist was calling him to another restaurant to handle aftermath; the chef in the restaurant's kitchen was a Demon Sect follower.

"Let's go, gentlemen, to the back kitchen of Piaoxiang Building!"

...

The night passed.

The morning light was faint, and the dew was just beginning to rise.

The young Taoist, after a night of busyness, dragged his weary body back to the spacious residence of the Seventh Princess.

His body wasn't tired, but he was mentally exhausted.

Last night, Jin Xu not only cleared the city of Demon Sect followers. Based on the shade of their malevolent Qi, he even helped the watchmen catch several deeply hidden wanted criminals.

The public safety in Shangjing City was now incomparably excellent.

Unfortunately, in the end, he still hadn't found the woman he saw in the seed.

Even after he subsequently threatened a few followers and transmitted messages to their superiors, it was like casting stones into the sea.

As the saying goes, every debt has its debtor.

So the young Taoist planned to rest up a bit and then continue to expand his search area. If he couldn't find the woman in Shangjing City, he would look around the neighboring areas; for now, he hadn't yet felt the boundary of his Spiritual Sense's reach.

This was a good opportunity to test it.

The young Taoist entered the residence, and a figure with short grey hair lunged directly at him.

"Temple master~"

Jin Xu caught Little White, preventing the other from hurling into his arms.

"Are you okay now?"

"Yes, temple master, the life energy in me is so strong! I'm as lively as a dragon after just one night. By the way, temple master, did you catch the mastermind behind the explosion?"

The husky rushed out excitedly as it smelled the young Taoist.

"Not yet, but it should be soon."

Jin Xu shook his head.

He looked at Little White bubbling with energy, deep in thought.

With Guan Ling's vibrantly thriving branch life energy, he wondered if it would also work on Xu Qian.

Thinking this, the young Taoist continued carrying the husky into the courtyard.