Chapter 103: You Should Thank Me

Blood Demon Sect?

When Du Caiyue saw the blood-red eyes of those black-clad men surrounding and attacking Chen Ming, she was simply overjoyed.

It truly was like searching high and low only to find it effortlessly.

For the past few months, the entire Six Doors Authority of Qingfeng City had been searching for members of the Blood Demon Sect, yet they had found nothing. And now, these people actually appeared before her voluntarily.

A colossal merit had simply fallen into her hands.

However, Du Caiyue did not act immediately, but patiently observed.

Blood-red eyes meant that this was merely a group of "Blood Slaves", who had little rationality left.

The one truly controlling these Blood Slaves was the actual disciple of the Blood Demon Sect, still hiding in the shadows.

Anyway, these Blood Slaves had mentioned capturing him alive earlier, so Chen Ming’s life was not in danger.

Letting him suffer a bit might be a good thing.

Du Caiyue suppressed her aura while scanning every possible hiding spot around her.

After a moment, she suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Those eight fearless Blood Slaves attacked together, yet had failed to subdue Chen Ming.

On the contrary, several of them had already been killed by him.

In just a few breaths’ time, four Blood Slaves were down.

Chen Ming had sustained a few wounds, seemingly serious, but they were merely superficial.

He fought more fiercely as the battle went on, cutting off another Blood Slave’s head with a single sword strike, bathed in blood, like a war god.

This—

Du Caiyue was stunned, her jaw nearly dropping."This... how... is this possible?"

Blood Slaves were not easy to deal with. Though lacking reason, they were fearless and relentless.

The most troublesome part was the Blood Demon True Qi within them—filthy to the extreme, comparable to poison techniques.

Once it invaded the meridians, it was extremely hard to expel.

Chen Ming had only broken through to Sixth Grade a few months ago, yet under siege from eight Sixth Grade Blood Slaves, he had already slain five.

Had she not seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.

When Chen Ming unleashed another sword technique, Du Caiyue's gaze narrowed slightly.

That strike actually enveloped all the vital spots of three Blood Slaves simultaneously.

Such refined swordsmanship, such deep attainment—it left her in awe.

Three flashes of blood light streaked past.

The last three Blood Slaves were struck simultaneously, each developing three bloody holes in their bodies, collapsing with a thud.

"It’s a Pure Yang technique!"

In Du Caiyue’s mind, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck through."Could it be—"

A name flashed through her mind.

《Blazing Sun Divine Art》!

So that’s it!

No wonder...

"What a sword technique!"

Suddenly, a voice of admiration rang out, followed by wild laughter."Hahaha... from now on, it’s mine!"

Got you!

A glint of cold light flashed through Du Caiyue’s eyes as she finally locked onto the opponent’s location.

With a loud bang, the carriage shattered into pieces, and her figure turned into a shadow, pouncing toward a large tree.

"Fourth Grade—"

The voice from before turned to one of alarm and fury, letting out a sharp cry."Du Caiyue, why are you here—No—"

...

After Chen Ming had killed all the enemies in front of him, a torrent of immense memories surged forth, Level upon Level, drowning out his last bit of rationality.

By the time he came to his senses, he saw Du Caiyue standing not far away, with someone lying at her feet, observing him with a strange look in her eyes.

Chen Ming ignored her and first checked his injuries.

One cut on his shoulder, another on his back, one on his thigh, and one on his calf—four in total.

It wasn’t due to being outnumbered.

In reality, those eight had little coordination; at most, only two or three could strike at him at once.

His injuries were because his sword technique wasn’t proficient enough in the beginning.

After killing a few, he had allocated his experience points into the《Vermilion Bird Sword Technique》, raising his swordsmanship by several levels.

When he killed the final three, it had become quite effortless.

Fortunately, all the wounds had already stopped bleeding. Judging by how they felt, there were no signs of poisoning.

Chen Ming opened the panel for another look.

【Level: 42】

【Current Points: 60000】

【Cultivation Methods: 《Iron Horse Stance》 (Fifth Level - Perfected), 《Three Suns Body Tempering》 (Ninth Level - Perfected), 《Six Suns Qi Nurturing》 (First Level 79652/100000)】

【Martial Techniques: 《Three Talents Fist》 (Mastered), Eight Trigrams Saber Technique (Mastered), Zhuang’s Flying Knife (Mastered), Swallow Returns Sword Technique (Mastered), 《Vermilion Bird Sword Technique》 (Proficient 191321/200000)】

"That means, killing a Level 40 enemy yields twenty thousand experience points."

Chen Ming quickly calculated the result.

In just a short moment, he had reaped one hundred sixty thousand experience points.

"Killing still grants experience the fastest."

He sighed inwardly.

Just then, Du Caiyue’s voice entered his ears."First time killing someone?"

Only then did Chen Ming look at her and questioned,"Why didn’t you protect me earlier?"

Du Caiyue replied flatly,"You should be thanking me. That battle just now will benefit you for a lifetime. If you hadn’t been pushed to the brink of death, your swordsmanship wouldn’t have improved so much."

You thought I was going all out?

Actually, I was allocating points.

Chen Ming complained inwardly, not wanting to dwell on it further. He looked at the man lying on the ground and asked,"Who is this person?"

"A true disciple of the Blood Demon Sect. Those eight Blood Slaves were all under his control."

"Blood Slaves?"

Chen Ming’s gaze turned sharp.

Du Caiyue patiently explained,"When the Blood Demon Sect refines Human Pills, the residue is made into Blood Pills. These Blood Pills look exactly like Human Pills on the outside, but their effects are far inferior, with severe side effects. Take too many, and it will erode the mind. The Blood Demon Sect uses secret techniques to control these people—those are Blood Slaves. Normally, they appear no different from ordinary people, but when activating their energy, their eyes turn blood-red."

Chen Ming was greatly shocked after hearing this.

After several hundred years, these secrets about the Blood Demon Sect were likely only known to the Six Doors Authority and the top powers.

Previously, he had asked Zhuang Xiaotian to investigate the Cult of Eternal Life, but hadn’t uncovered any of this information.

Du Caiyue tore off the man’s mask and asked,"Do you recognize this person?"

Chen Ming looked carefully for a moment. The man appeared to be around thirty, pale-faced and beardless, completely unfamiliar. He shook his head and said,"Never seen him."

"Then why did he ambush you?"

Du Caiyue scrutinized him up and down."And you even knew in advance that someone wanted to harm you, which is why you came to me for protection."

Chen Ming smiled bitterly."If I had known the ones ambushing me were from the Cult of Eternal Life, I definitely wouldn’t have taken the risk of leaving the city."

Du Caiyue was not so easily fooled. She asked directly,"So, how did you know someone wanted to harm you?"

Chen Ming said,"If I said it was intuition, would you believe me, ma’am?"

Intuition?

Du Caiyue believed some people had keen intuition. But just based on that, to use up the favor of a Fourth Grade expert, and someone from the Six Doors Authority at that? Who was he trying to fool?

Just then, the sound of hoofbeats came.

Around twenty or thirty riders galloped toward them, all dressed in black—the Six Doors Authority. But their movements were agile, unlike typical Ninth Grade fighters.

As they approached, everyone reined in their horses and rushed to Du Caiyue, kneeling on one knee."Lord Du!"

Du Caiyue ordered,"Take all eight bodies back and identify each one. Quickly!"

"Yes, ma’am."

"Also, leave behind five horses."

"Yes."

The black-clad men took the bodies and departed at once.

Only then did Du Caiyue say to Chen Ming,"Let’s go."

Chen Ming walked over to the carriage. Aside from the corpses of two horses, the coachman’s body also lay nearby. He lifted the coachman’s corpse and placed it on a horse.

Then he walked over to Zhang Mingkai’s body, feeling a bit heavy-hearted.

That blunt and straightforward man had actually suited his taste.

That’s why he liked to bring him everywhere.

Who would’ve thought he’d end up getting him killed.

There were already few honest people in this world, and now there was one less.

Chen Ming picked up Zhang Mingkai’s body and placed it in the carriage, tying it down with rope so it wouldn’t fall out during the journey.

Throughout the entire process, Du Caiyue simply watched quietly, without interrupting.

……

By the time the two arrived at the city gate, it was already closed.

Fortunately, Du Caiyue was a Fifth Grade Inspector, which convinced the gatekeepers to open the gate.

Otherwise, they would have had to spend the night outside the city.

Once inside, Du Caiyue brought the Blood Demon Sect disciple back to the Six Doors Authority.

Chen Ming, on the other hand, led the two horses carrying the bodies back to Xiushui Street and knocked to open the door to his home.

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