91: Chapter 91 Master Su, save me

He and Cang Mingyue exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock and anger in each other's eyes.

They followed the direction in which the crowd was being dragged, sneaking along silently, and finally arrived in front of the Prefectural Governors Residence.

The scene before them was even more shocking.

The gates of the Prefectural Governors Residence were wide open, and a raging fire had already ignited within, its tongues of flame licking the night sky and staining half the heavens a ghastly orange-red.

In the open space in front of the residence gates, several enormous vats filled with an unidentified black, pasty substance were prominently displayed.

Inside, one could vaguely make out chunks of flesh that had not dissolved and human hair.

The patients and corpses that had been snatched were being tossed into the vats by the officials and cultivators, who wore expressionless faces.

A thick, impenetrable demonic aura was permeating from those vats.

It writhed like a living thing, feeding into the burning Prefectural Governors Residence.

To be precise, it was feeding into the bodies of several people in the sky.

"It... it is Essence Harvesting."

Having reached this point, Cang Mingyue, as a member of the demon race, finally recognized the situation.

"Most evil demons actually cultivate by devouring human flesh."

"But some demon clans find this method of directly eating human flesh to be too inefficient."

"So, some human alchemists have chosen to cooperate with these demon clans."

"The alchemists developed a drug; as long as humans consume it for a long period, they can transform from ordinary mortal bodies into natural Caldron Bodies."

"After consuming it, tossing these people into a giant caldron to refine their flesh and blood helps the demon clans better digest the energy within them..."

Cang Mingyue did not continue, but Su Chen already understood the gist of it.

The epidemic was, in all likelihood, caused by the government itself.

The so-called "miracle drug," aside from superficially suppressing the illness while actually exacerbating it, could also transform the commoners who took it into "Caldron Bodies"!

The government and the Penglai Sect were never saving people from the start.

They were screening and collecting "dregs," committing such inhumane acts.

The commoners who were taken away earlier were likely already at the bottom of these medicine caldrons.

"Wait, what about Ye Yuan?"

Su Chen suddenly remembered the reason he had abandoned his date with Cang Mingyue to rush here.

He subconsciously looked up.

A familiar black figure was fighting a bloody battle there.

It was none other than Ye Yuan.

His hair and beard were standing on end, and it seemed as though fire were about to erupt from his brows and eyes.

He held no sword, relying only on his bare palms to channel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into fierce, unparalleled sword qi as he fought frantically against four figures.

Those four were the new Prefect, a Penglai Sect elder, and two guards with formidable auras.

The Prefect and the Penglai Sect elder were both at the peak of the Sixth Order martial artist level, and the two guards were at the entry level of the Sixth Order.

Such a combination, logically, should not be at such a disadvantage against a martial artist like Ye Yuan who had just broken through to the Seventh Order.

But Ye Yuan himself was a freak among freaks.

At this moment, they could no longer maintain their human disguises, and under Ye Yuan's desperate attacks, they successively revealed partial demonic characteristics.

Some had horns on their heads, some were covered in scales, and others had eyes glowing with eerie light; their demonic aura soared to the heavens.

Su Chen frowned.

The former Prefect of Donglai Prefecture, although appointed by the Imperial Court, had a demon body hidden beneath his human skin.

However, that person had already been slain by Su Chen.

And now, the new Prefect appointed by the Great Ning Imperial Court was also a demon in human skin.

Even an elder within the Penglai Sect, an established immortal sect in East Lai, was actually a demon in human skin.

Thinking back to the incident where Zhao Feng, who made it his mission to slay demons, was framed by the Imperial Court.

Su Chen felt increasingly that the extent to which the Great Ning Imperial Court had been infiltrated by demons was likely far too deep.

Although Ye Yuan was brave, he was, after all, fighting four against one.

Several wounds deep enough to see bone had been added to his body, and blood had stained his robes red.

Yet he seemed not to feel the pain, and his offensive grew increasingly frenzied.

It was a completely suicidal style of fighting.

He seemed to be buying time for something.

Or, perhaps, he was carrying out a belated, desperate reckoning.

A reckoning for his late friends who dared to resist.

A reckoning for the commoners who died at the hands of the government and demons.

A reckoning for the unfair world that had been complained about for so long.

And also a reckoning for himself, who clearly had the heart to save the world but had always been hesitant.

Amidst the sea of fire and chaos on the ground, Su Chen also unexpectedly discovered a familiar, slender figure.

Ye Jingjun.

She was acting like a madwoman, holding a broken sword she had picked up from somewhere.

She was desperately trying to break through the layers of obstruction, rushing toward the Prefectural Governors Residence, rushing toward the figure battling fiercely in the sky.

"Father! Father!"

Her cries sounded so weak amidst the clamor, yet so heart-wrenching.

She did not understand.

What exactly happened to her father, and why her father had suddenly stormed the Prefectural Governors Residence.

Why the Prefect and the immortal masters, who usually appeared so upright, were actually demons, and why the scene before her had turned into such a hellscape.

Why they were now so determined to put her father to death.

She only wanted to rush to her father's side, ask him why, and pull him out of that desperate situation.

But she was too weak. Countless officials and demonized cultivators surged toward her like a tide.

No matter how exquisite her swordsmanship was, or how biting her Heartless Sword intent was.

In the face of absolute disparity in numbers and strength, it appeared so pale.

She had already sustained multiple injuries; her white clothes were stained with blood, and her steps were staggering.

It looked like she was about to be hacked to pieces.

"Master Su... save me... save my father..."

In her despair, Ye Jingjun made her final plea.

The girl's originally blood-red vision slowly began to clear.

That's right.

Even though Su Chen had carried her to see Cang Mingyue, even though he had been taken away by Cang Mingyue.

When encountering a life-and-death situation like this, the person she could think of first, the one who could save her.

Was still Su Chen.

Tears mixed with blood flowed down.

Just at this critical moment.

"Jingjun, duck!"

A cold, sharp shout rang in her ears.

She was all too familiar with this voice.

It was the same as the voice that scolded her when she practiced sword.

It was clearly feigned severity, yet it could not hide the gentleness deep within the tone.

One white and one blue figure, like immortals descending to the mortal world, fell from the sky.

It was none other than Su Chen and Cang Mingyue.

"There isn't much time left for shapeshifting today; we really need to end this quickly."

The moment Su Chen landed, he unhesitatingly took from Cang Mingyue.

The main body of the su chen sword.

His white clothes billowed, and a dazzling, massive sword qi containing the supreme truth of the Sword Dao.

Like the Milky Way cascading down, it crashed toward the demon soldiers and officials besieging Ye Jingjun.

Where the sword qi passed, severed limbs flew, and the demonic aura melted away like ice and snow, instantly clearing a large area.

Cang Mingyue landed beside Ye Jingjun, her azure hair dancing, and her ethereal singing voice rang out once again.

With Su Chen there, she did not need to use actual hard-hitting combat moves to fight the enemy.

But she was no vase; possessing powerful support abilities, she could provide massive buffs to Su Chen during the battle.