The villagers, who were dumbfounded at this moment, finally began to recover from their shock.

Looking at the young Daoist Xiao Lin before them, who appeared like an Exiled Immortal, someone suddenly took the lead and knelt before Lin Heng.

"Thank you, Daoist, for slaying demons and eradicating evil for our Li Family Village!"

With this exclamation, everyone tearfully echoed the sentiment.

In the past, everyone thought Daoist Xiao Lin was unremarkable.

But after the incident with Tie Zhu's family, and everything they witnessed tonight.

They understood.

They finally understood.

Daoist Xiao Lin was never ordinary; he just preferred to keep a low profile, not showing off in public.

But he was always working behind the scenes, silently removing evil spirits during deep, unknown nights, protecting the peace of this place!

How many such nights as these has Daoist Xiao Lin experienced over the years?

The villagers were unsure, but they suspected there were many, so many that it was heartbreaking!

"Uh... actually these demons came for me..."

Lin Heng wanted to explain but stopped himself.

But when he saw the expressions on the villagers' faces, from moved, to ashamed, to pained, and finally shedding silent tears.

Lin Heng ultimately decided not to interrupt their imaginations.

"Shaping my image isn't a bad thing," he thought to himself.

In the following time, Lin Heng disposed of the bodies of the two yellow-skinned demons, and in the process, he unexpectedly obtained two bottles of elixir from the demons.

Upon storing them in the System Space, he learned that these two bottles were a Third Grade Healing Treasure Medicine and a Third Grade Realm-Breaking Treasure Medicine!

The former did not particularly concern him.

But the latter thrilled Lin Heng immensely!

You must know, his current realm is at the peak of the Postnatal Realm, just a step away from Innate!

"Perhaps, this will allow me to breakthrough!"

Lin Heng's eyes were filled with excitement.

He bid farewell to the villagers and left the village without hesitation, returning to the Daoist Temple.

Then in the Ancestral Hall, he swallowed the elixir.

...

The night was deep.

The crowing of roosters and barking of dogs gradually faded, and the village returned to its tranquility.

At this moment, a young man took out his computer, his hands trembling as he uploaded the footage he just recorded to the local forum.

It was quite coincidental.

He had just returned home near sundown today.

The reason for his return was that the village gave his family some money.

Upon inquiry, he learned it was donated by a Daoist on the mountain.

Young Xiao Li was not an ungrateful person, so he took a train back to the village that day, intending to visit the Daoist Temple the next morning to offer incense and kowtow.

Unexpectedly, in the dead of night, he witnessed such a shocking scene.

A demon as big as a house, and a Daoist enveloped in golden light.

It was like a special effects blockbuster; he had only seen this in movies!

Though he had already heard from the villagers about the Daoist saving Uncle Tie Zhu's daughter.

He roughly knew in his heart that the Daoist had real skills.

But he never expected the Daoist's abilities to be this formidable?

That was a monster several stories high, capable of transforming into a City God-like evil spirit, and there were two!

But they were so weak in front of the Daoist!

Who would dare not believe the Daoist isn't a living immortal?

Unlike the villagers, who were only watching in shock, young Xiao Li recorded everything on his phone.

Now, he was so excited that he posted tonight's video in its entirety on the local Chang City forum!

Even though it was already 3 AM, many night owls still caught this video.

It immediately caused an uproar on the forum.

[Whoa, a Daoist fighting a demon? Is this the latest movie?]

[The scene looks so real, has domestic special effects development reached this level now?]

[No, I haven't seen any promotion for a movie like this recently. Can someone tell its name?]

[Name? There's no movie name, this really happened, it's not a film!!!]

Initially, some naive netizens thought it was a newly released blockbuster.

However, someone soon revealed on the forum.

[Guys, have you been offline for many years? Haven't you seen this Daoist in the video before?]

[In Su Xiaoluo's live stream, this Daoist was performing exorcisms live!]

[That's right, this is Daoist Lin from Qingfeng Temple on White Cliff Mountain, just outside Chang City. I went to offer incense just the other day!]

[And it's not just exorcising evil spirits, he saved a little girl that day as well. Honestly, it was my first time seeing the Bell Summoning Soul scene in person!]

[This Daoist is a living immortal, no joke!]

[Oh my, my dear Daoist husband, I just saw him during the day, who knew at night, he'd be out slaying demons again?]

[So excited!!]

Some people on the forum had visited Qingfeng Temple in the past few days.

They were somewhat aware of the Daoist's deeds and were correcting the mistaken netizens, affirming that this was not a movie scene but real,

and that the Daoist resided on the mountain just outside the city!

These comments were earnest and numerous.

This led many netizens to be half-convinced.

[If it's true, then this Daoist is too powerful, isn't he?]

[That demon is larger than a house, can transform, and still couldn't stand against the Daoist!]

[Could it be there's really a living immortal in our Chang City?]

[While some silly sisters are doubting, the smart and pretty young lady in me is ready to grab a taxi and see for myself!]

[I don't know if the Daoist's skills are real, but damn he's really handsome!]

...

...

On the other side.

At the crematorium in the northern part of Chang City, police lines have been fully set up.

Numerous Spirit Suppression Bureau members were standing by outside, ready to receive orders.

During this time, many were composing last words on their phones.

Eighteen brothers went in one after another, and not a single one came out alive. The only piece of information transmitted was that entering meant certain death for the physically weak!

This message was sent by the strongest member of the Spirit Suppression Bureau, aside from the Guardian.

He had just stepped into the Innate Realm half a month ago.

But in the end, after transmitting this message, it was as if he vanished into thin air, losing all contact completely.

This left the remaining members at a loss.

"Maybe only the Guardian can handle this personally!"

Someone suggested.

But another immediately objected.

"The Guardian still has unfinished matters, how could he make time for this?"

"Moreover, we still don't know the situation inside this crematorium."

"The Guardian is the pillar of Chang City, if he rashly enters danger and something happens, the situation in Chang City would become uncontrollable!"

"So should we just let it be?"

"The corpse-scent within this crematorium is growing denser by the day. If we delay further, who knows what kind of monster might emerge, making it even harder to deal with then!"

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