The Blade-Wielding Legend

Chapter 1597 - 811: Shocking Secret (Part 2)

Only a white silhouette could be seen, constantly appearing and disappearing ahead, like a ghostly figure drifting under the moon.

Slight carelessness, and it would vanish without a trace.

The other party’s escape skill seemed to be mixed with some kind of illusion technique, occasionally splitting into shadows that scattered.

Li Yan’s nostrils flared as his smell superpower was pushed to the limit, firmly locking onto the other party’s scent.

He felt no fear, instead rising with a sharp battle readiness.

As a living Yin messenger who restrains demonic qi criminals, even if the current sensation was intermittent, he still had the "Thunder God Transformation" and the "Earth Official’s Absolution of Sins Treasure Decree" as backup.

He was not afraid of a direct confrontation with the opponent.

Unknowingly, he followed the trail to the top of a small mountain by the lake.

Moonlight spilled like liquid silver, casting a cool silvery glow over rocks and vegetation.

Foot of the mountain, Hangzhou City’s outline emerged in the mist, and the myriad household lights flickered like stars in the night.

The woman in white finally stopped, her back to Li Yan, standing quietly at the cliff’s edge, her white clothes billowing in the night wind as if to ride the wind away.

Li Yan also halted his movement ten zhang away, his gaze like lightning, locking firmly on the other party.

What puzzled him was that even when so close, the unusual movement of the Hook Paper in his arms did not intensify, but rather weakened, as if the woman was enveloped in a peculiar force field that isolated her from Netherworld sensations.

This anomaly made suspicions grow in his heart.

The woman in white slowly turned around.

Moonlight illuminated her exquisitely beautiful yet bloodless face, the two-inch long green strand of hair on her right brow gleaming with an eerie luster.

Then the woman’s eyes appeared indifferent, and she spoke slowly: "Chasing shadows under the moon, pursuing relentlessly by the water. Why, sir, are you so stubborn?"

Her voice was ethereal and melodious, surprisingly akin to Kun Opera, as if speaking was singing.

Li Yan sneered and said gravely, "Stop pretending to be confused. Naturally, it’s to send you back to the Netherworld!"

"Netherworld?"

The woman’s dark eyebrows furrowed slightly, showing confusion, "Netherworld? What you say, sir, I do not understand. Since my naive inception, I have been on the island of the rising sun, accompanied by sea waves and adorned in cherry snow, never have I set foot in the Netherworld."

Li Yan’s eyes were sharp as blades: "Wang Yuzhen! How dare you, an Ancient Demon God, play games with me?"

Though he spoke boldly, doubt rose in his heart.

Along the way, he had captured a lot of demonic qi, mostly fierce and violent, yet this was his first encounter with such a case.

Upon hearing the name "Wang Yuzhen," a strange, faint light flashed in the woman’s eyes, appearing both bewildered and searching.

Instead of being angry, she stepped lightly forward half a step, her lips parting slightly as she curiously asked, "Wang... Yu... Zhen...? Is this my name? Since you know so much, sir, can you solve my confusion? Who exactly am I?"

This reaction was unexpected to Li Yan.

Amnesia?!

The Seventy-two Demon Gods are immortal, even the Netherworld Yin Bureau can only suppress them, how could one have amnesia?

Li Yan’s mind was further puzzled, yet his face showed no change as he partially explained and partially tested, "Stop there, don’t move!"

"You are one of the Ancient Seventy-two Demon Gods. Before the Battle of God Sealing, you demon gods ravaged the Human World, bringing misery to beings. After the battle, you were eternally suppressed in the Netherworld!"

"Later, Fangshi uncovered the Battle of God Sealing relics and wrote the ’Eternal Immortal Vault,’ spreading endless evil!"

As he spoke, he stared coldly at her face, "The ’Eternal Immortal Vault’ says you appear as a childlike girl, with moth crown and splendid attire, an extraordinary bone structure, blue hair on the right brow, exquisite beauty, clad in blue clothes and red footwear, often hiding in empty houses and secluded cliffs, charming young lads, ninety percent of whom perish!"

"Skillful in poetry and songs, especially adept at bewitching minds at dusk!"

"You are the essence of a three-thousand-year-old White Snake!"

As he spoke, he observed her expression closely.

As his voice fell, silence enveloped the mountain top, with only the sound of the wind weeping.

The woman in white listened quietly, and the confusion and bewilderment on her face gradually faded, her gaze becoming calm.

She raised her slender hand, fingers gently brushing the green hair on her brow, "Three-thousand-year-old White Snake Spirit? Consequences of the Sealing God? Escaped prisoner of the Netherworld? What you say, sir, is grand and magnificent, yet like flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water."

The way she spoke always carried a theatrical tone, yet it was not an affected one.

Therefore, hearing it didn’t feel awkward, but rather had a certain charm.

But Wang Yuzhen’s gaze was cold as she spoke, "I am neither spirit nor monster, nor an Ancient Demon God. I... am merely a rootless drifting spirit, a Shikigami created by Secret Technique."

Speaking thus, she cast her gaze down towards Hangzhou, her eyes turning hollow: "The Wang Yuzhen you speak of... that immense demonic qi, that overwhelming resentment... perhaps there is indeed such an origin. Yet my form is not its original body, created by Xu Fu’s descendants using that demonic qi as seed, supplemented by Japan’s secret ’Human God Birth’ method, fused with the grudging spirits of many geisha..."

"Since birth, I have grown within the Curse Altar, only breaking free outside Leifeng Pagoda, listening to the folk’s songs of the white snake, moved by my origin..."

The statement was like a thunderclap on flat ground!

Li Yan’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Artificial Demon God?!

Stealing the essence of Ancient Demon God’s demonic qi to create a Shikigami?

Such a method, utterly unprecedented.

In the past, whenever the demonic qi of Demon Gods appeared, it was always seized by absolute superior beings, and those around would sacrifice themselves in pursuit of its power.

The Jianmu Organization, they actually came up with such a method.

No wonder the Hook Paper’s sensor was intermittent.

The opposite was born from demonic energy, but it is no longer the original Demon God.

If this method is used on a large scale, wouldn’t it be possible to release all seventy-two Demon Gods, even using them as weapons!

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt a chill in his heart.

The Jianmu Organization hides in Japan, unafraid of the Divine Land Heavenly Court’s Yin Bureau decrees, and acts recklessly. Who knows what monsters they have produced.

Crack!

Without a moment’s hesitation, Li Yan grasped the Duan Chen Blade, and said coldly, "No matter what identity you have, having harmed so many people, you must give an account, come with me!"

This matter is too large, if spoken of, no one is likely to believe it.

If the person is captured and then notified to the entire Divine Land Mystical Sect, it can gather strength to eliminate the Jianmu Organization quickly.

"Harm people?"

The woman glanced indifferently, "Those people are not dead, just unwilling to wake up upon seeing the closest person. As for those remaining Japanese, they wanted to capture me as a slave, naturally deserved to die."

"Also, from now on I will be called Bai Suzhen..."

As she spoke, her entire outline quickly faded, merging into the moonlight.

Swish!

Li Yan exerted force on his feet and instantly approached.

However, a faint fragrance mixed with the smell of snake hit his forehead, almost knocking him over.

Meanwhile, "Wang Yuzhen" had already vanished without a trace, whereabouts unknown.

Li Yan was not disheartened, he slowly sheathed his blade and looked down at Hangzhou City.

This woman, like a ghost, although powerful, is also unrooted and the biggest possibility is that she returned to Hangzhou City...

......

The Lin Family’s old mansion in Yu Hang, the candlelight was bright.

"What?!"

"How is that possible!"

Listening to Li Yan’s words, everyone’s face was full of disbelief.

After all, this matter, even within the Mystical Sect, sounded like a fantasy.

"There’s nothing impossible about it."

Li Yan said solemnly, "The Daluo Law Realm is mysterious beyond measure, Astral Bane affects the Human World. Even the heavenly Immortals and Buddhas may not know all the mysteries of this world, Immortal Master Erlang can appear out of thin air due to people’s incense fire mind power, what’s one more Bai Suzhen?"

"Tsk tsk..."

Sha Lifei shook his head speechlessly, "Could she have run off to West Lake to find her Xu Xian?"

"Who knows."

Li Yan said solemnly, "She did not lie, the people bewitched by the song have all awakened. The Yu Hang Temple Priest incident was also clarified, it was accumulating wealth that killed people, with a guilty mind, the song triggered heart demons causing madness, indeed had not actively harmed anyone."

Wang Daoxuan said thoughtfully, "This woman has already understood human affairs in such a short time, after this is done, she will be even more difficult to find."

"No matter."

Li Yan stood up and said, "Hangzhou is the Prefecture City, with ample power from the Mystical Sect, and the Yue Wumu Temple suppressing it, as long as she acts to harm people, she will be discovered sooner or later. What’s more crucial is this intelligence, tomorrow I will write to Qiankun Academy, Wudang, and Qingcheng’s Master."

"Knowing the seriousness of this matter, they will surely take precautions."

As he spoke, his eyes turned cold, "Tonight, first interrogate that animal, to find out where the thing is."

What he was referring to, of course, was "Qin Chuan."

Upon arriving at the woodshed behind the Lin Family, he saw the fellow securely bound with thick ropes, a silver needle inserted into his Dantian.

As Shi Laonian said, this guy is neither human nor ghost.

One eye had become a snake pupil, half his body covered with scales, trembling under a black robe.

Long Yan’er summoned the sesame gu again, and after just a few moments, the fellow confessed everything.

The Wild Boar Beast of Tianmu Mountain was indeed tampered with by him.

Whether him or those demon partners, in the Ghost Theater Troupe they were all at the bottom of the ladder in terms of strength, naturally they could not defeat Shi Laonian.

Thus, they matched poison, and invited Japanese to harness "Wang Yuzhen’s" power, refining the poison.

Using his familiarity with the Wild Boar Beast, Qin Chuan personally administered the poison, driving the Spirit Beast mad.

"Humph! Wolf-hearted and dog-lunged thing..."

Sha Lifei looked down upon the fellow greatly, giving him a fierce slap and questioned, "Where is the thing Granny Qing left?"

Qing Chuan was slapped dizzy, his mouth full of blood, quickly replied:

"Don’t hit, don’t hit! I... I offered it to those Japanese..."