115: Chapter 115 Exorcising Demons

White Fox Jiu actually didn't know if this old ghost had any clues about Dao Xun.

But since she ran into him, she might as well interrogate him; what if he did? It wouldn't take much effort anyway.

She tightened her five fingers.

Black Demon struggled desperately, his legs kicking wildly in the air, his hands clutching the hand clamped around his neck.

But that hand, fair and slender, appearing fragile, was as cold and hard as iron pincers.

It was impossible to pull away.

The black mist under the hood churned violently, squeezing out a raspy "Heh, heh" sound.

"Fellow... Fellow Daoist White..." he struggled to spit out a few words, still trying to explain, "I... I really was just... passing through..."

White Fox Jiu looked at him, her gaze indifferent.

"Passing through?" her tone was playful, the end of her sentence rising slightly, "Weren't you just saying you were going to perform Alchemy?"

Black Demon couldn't speak.

Less and less air flowed into his throat.

He could only shake his head desperately, the black mist in his hood gradually dissipating.

Fortunately, he wasn't a physical entity; if he had a face, he was certain it would have turned red by now.

But White Fox Jiu was no longer prepared to waste words.

She was going to perform a Soul Search.

The simplest and most direct method.

Her Divine Sense reached out, preparing to pierce into Black Demon's Sea of Consciousness.

Black Demon's whole body shuddered violently.

He felt that cold Divine Sense and knew what would happen next.

Under a Soul Search, everything in his mind would be turned inside out.

The Sect's location, the Sect Master's status, and...

The news of the Dao Seeking Demon Venerable's resurrection.

No.

He absolutely could not let her know.

A look of ruthlessness flashed in Black Demon's eyes, and he decisively detonated the Spirit Sea within his body!

"Boom!"

The moment the Spirit Sea exploded, a violent force surged from his Dantian, crashing wildly through his Meridians.

His body began to swell, and terrifying cracks appeared on the surface of his skin, with blinding blood-red light leaking through the fissures.

"Trying to self-detonate?"

White Fox Jiu's tone carried a hint of disdain.

"It's not that easy."

She suddenly unfurled nine snow-white fox tails behind her.

Each one was fluffy and soft, like the first snow above the clouds.

But the moment they unfurled, the surrounding air suddenly froze!

It was as if an invisible, massive force was squeezing in from all directions, sealing this space into an airtight cage.

Black Demon's swelling body froze.

The force that was about to explode was suppressed firmly within his body, unable to move.

His eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

White Fox Jiu didn't waste any more words.

Her Divine Sense pierced in.

She didn't need to check all his memories; that would be a waste of time. She only needed to see the most recent ones.

If he had had contact with Dao Xun, she would surely find a clue.

Memory fragments flashed rapidly before her eyes.

Images of Black Demon walking within the Blood Fiend Sect.

Dim corridors, blood-red lanterns, and tall halls built of black stone.

Images of Black Demon speaking with Disciples.

Those Disciples bowed their heads, full of respect.

Images of Black Demon standing before the Pill Tower.

The tower was hundreds of feet tall, entirely black, with red light leaking from its body.

Black Demon and...

White Fox Jiu's movements suddenly stopped.

The image froze.

Dao Xun was kissing a woman in red.

The kiss was very passionate; Dao Xun's eyes were closed, his hands around the woman's waist.

The woman's head was tilted back, her arms around his neck; the two were as intimate as conjoined twins, like the most in-love people in the world.

This was the scene when Jiang Xun first met Jiang Hongyuan at Musong Mountain.

White Fox Jiu's pupils shrank suddenly.

She felt something slam hard against her chest.

It hurt so much she couldn't breathe.

Before she could look closer, the image suddenly cut off.

The Black Demon in her hand shriveled at a visible rate, his skin shrinking, flesh dissolving, and bones weathering.

In the blink of an eye, a living person had turned into a grayish-white skeleton.

It was Corpse Dissolution.

Black Demon had used some secret method to extinguish most of his Primordial Spirit at the last moment and then escaped.

White Fox Jiu held the skeleton, stunned in place.

She maintained that posture, motionless.

The wind blew her white hair, her golden anklet swayed slightly, and the sound of the golden bells didn't stop for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, she slowly loosened her hand.

The skeleton fell from high in the air, crashing into the black clouds below and vanishing.

White Fox Jiu stood suspended in the air, the nine fox tails behind her swaying slowly.

She stared at the churning black clouds below, her mind filled with the image from just now.

Dao Xun and another woman.

Kissing.

Kissing so devotedly, so lingeringly, so disgustingly...

She suddenly felt very annoyed.

She wanted to tear something apart, she wanted to scream, she wanted to cry.

She didn't know why she had become like this.

Was it jealousy? Or hate?

Why did seeing that image make her heart feel so stifled?

Why did she feel wronged?

On what grounds?

On what grounds was he only avoiding her?

It was the words he said and the things he did that made her fall for him bit by bit.

But now?

He was kissing someone else, lingering with someone else.

Forgetting her completely.

White Fox Jiu stood above the black clouds, her hand hanging at her side trembling slightly.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found her throat couldn't make a sound.

Because of the myriad of emotions, she couldn't find any words to vent them.

A long time passed.

Only then did she make a sound.

With a tremor she didn't even notice herself:

"To win one's heart, and never part until our hair turns white?"

"Heh! One Yan Qingning wasn't enough, so another one came along?"

Her tone held irritation, dissatisfaction, and grievance.

It was also a question, a complaint...

The scholar in her memory held his books, looking like he was talking eloquently.

White Fox Jiu clenched her hands tightly, "The principles you teach are truly quite different."

But no one responded to her.

Only the sound of the wind and the terrified cries of the commoners below.

The eight small black banners shrouding Qinghe County were slowly rotating, and the Blood Refining Array was beginning to take shape.

It turned out that Black Demon had scattered the eight treasure banners at some point, preparing to absorb the blood Qi of Mortals for a desperate struggle.

It just wasn't used.

At that moment, a sound of rushing air came from the distance.

Three figures flew rapidly from afar toward the black clouds.

They were all Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivators.

The leader wore a deep black official uniform, with a golden python Dragon embroidered on the chest and a golden medallion hanging from his waist.

They were people from the Demon Suppression Division.

The leader stopped thirty yards away from White Fox Jiu and raised his hand to signal the two behind him to stop.

He looked at the scene before him.

The black clouds shrouding the entire city, the eight sinister black banners, and the white-clothed woman standing on the clouds with white hair fluttering and nine tails swaying gently behind her.

Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.

Then a massive sense of absurdity filled his heart; what kind of rotten Luck was this, to encounter the legendary Void-Piercing Great Demon?

He turned his head stiffly to instruct his subordinates, his voice extremely fast.

"Quickly go back and send word upward, saying that the traces of the Dongxu Realm Great Demon White Fox Jiu have been discovered, and request the Capital to send support immediately."

"Hurry!"

The subordinate beside him also broke into a cold sweat upon hearing "Void-Piercing Great Demon." He didn't dare delay for a second and immediately cupped his hands, "Yes."

Then he turned into a streak of light and disappeared.

The other subordinate also wanted to leave but was stopped.

"You and I are both recipients of the incense Luck, with the Imperial Court backing us, what is there to fear?"

This sentence was purely to cheer himself up.

If they ran now, the Luck would backlash, and their end would certainly not be pretty.

So they had to do their duty to the best of their ability.

The two suppressed the fear in their hearts, simultaneously charging their escape Magic Treasures.

The leader gripped the saber at his back and looked at White Fox Jiu, "I am Chen Ping of the Qingming Prefecture Demon Suppression Division... may I ask why Senior is here?"

White Fox Jiu turned her head and glanced at him.

Just one glance.

The Demon Suppression Envoy's whole body went stiff, as if he were being watched by some prehistoric beast, forgetting even to breathe.

White Fox Jiu did not answer.

She simply withdrew her gaze and continued to look into the Void Realm.

"Where is the Blood Fiend Sect?" she asked.

The two Demon Suppression Envoys were stunned.

"I am a member of the Immortal Path, recognized by the Nine Sects," White Fox Jiu added, "I have come specifically to exorcise demons."

As her voice fell, she raised her hand and gave a gentle wave.

The eight small black banners shuddered violently at the same time, then all exploded! Turning into black smoke that filled the sky and was scattered by the wind.

The black clouds shrouding the city began to recede, and daylight leaked down bit by bit.

The Demon Suppression Envoy stood with his mouth open, watching this scene, unable to speak for a long while.