Chapter 230: Exterminating Demons

“I’ve given you everything you wanted. Now, can you release me as agreed?” The demon monk looked up at Lilith.
“Very well! But whether you can escape depends on your skills!” Lilith slowly moved behind him, gripping the dagger embedded in the monk’s heart. “I’ll count to three, then pull out the dagger. Let’s see if you can run faster or if they can chase faster!”
“Three, two…”
Just as Lilith reached two, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the demon monk—a young, handsome man. He smiled at the monk and, before Lilith could finish counting, thrust another dagger into the monk’s chest on the left side, causing him to groan in pain.
“One!” At that moment, Lilith finally pulled out her own dagger.
The demon monk tried to move but found he still couldn’t move. He turned to look at Lilith. “You…”
Lilith waved the dagger in front of his face. “I did as agreed and pulled out the dagger!”
“Unfortunately, the dagger in my hand was also forged using the life force of a hundred high monks. So, you still can’t move!” said the young man in front of the monk with a smile.
“You promised to let me go!” the demon monk roared at Lilith.
“I did let you go. It’s just you haven’t escaped yet!” Lilith acted as if it had nothing to do with her. “It’s not my fault!”
“You two are in cahoots!” the demon monk realized immediately.
“You’re not stupid!” Ye Feng didn’t deny it. “But from the start, you chose the wrong person to negotiate with. I’m her boss. It’s not up to her to decide whether to let you go—it’s up to me!”
“Hmph, just a minor figure in the Diversion Stage. I wouldn’t even bother using soul-trapping magic on you!” the demon monk looked at Ye Feng disdainfully.
“You won’t be able to use such dark magic anymore, because you won’t have a future!” Ye Feng produced a colorful stone-like object in his hand.
Seeing the stone, the demon monk showed fear. “I’ve given you everything you wanted. Killing me won’t bring you any more benefits—it will only attract enemies for you! Let me go, and I promise I won’t bother you again.”
“No, you definitely will come back for trouble. I’ve encountered this many times before!” Ye Feng shook his head smiling. “I won’t make the same mistake again. Only the dead won’t bother me!”

Ye Feng said as he pried open the Demon Monk’s mouth, then threw the colored stone into it. He lifted the monk’s chin slightly to close his mouth. After a while, the Demon Monk’s face began to turn red, his gaze growing more panicked, and he mumbled, “Don’t…” Ye Feng and the others ignored his pleas. After some time, his entire body was engulfed in flames, and he let out agonized screams… Before long, those screams turned into laughter. “Huh? Did it not work?” Ye Feng frowned slightly, while the others also stared in surprise at the burning man. “A bunch of fools! Do you really think I’d hand over that key so easily? I guessed from the start that if I gave it to you, you’d turn on me.” The Demon Monk laughed maniacally. “No one will ever know where I hid the real key! Gahahaha…” Ye Feng immediately looked at Lilith. She picked up the key in her hand—it had now transformed into a pentagon made of small branches. “Want the treasure? Without one key, I wonder how you’ll open the door to it! Gahahaha…” The Demon Monk’s laughter gradually faded until it disappeared altogether… Looking at the pile of black dust on the ground, Ye Feng frowned and crouched down to sift through the Demon Monk’s ashes, picking up the storage ring and dagger buried there. The relic had turned to ashes along with the Demon Monk and could no longer be found. “So you’re Blade Edge?” The two women examined Ye Feng curiously from head to toe. Even the unnamed powerful Seven Calamities Immortal beside them took a close look upon hearing the name Blade Edge. “You don’t have to stare at me like that!” Ye Feng said with a wry smile. “So stingy! Looking at you won’t make you lose any flesh!” the armored woman laughed. “I’m Lin Ruoying from the Flower Sect! The beautiful woman in white beside me is Chi Xue—our Holy Maiden!” “Why don’t you just say you’re the sect leader?” Chi Xue rolled her eyes at Lin Ruoying. “What’s there to say about being the sect leader? It sounds like something only an old woman would do. I don’t want others to think of me as an old woman right away!” Lin Ruoying argued. “Unlike a Holy Maiden—sounds noble!” “Then be a Holy Maiden instead! Why be a sect leader?” Chi Xue couldn’t help but laugh.

“It’s all because you refuse to be this damned sect leader. A gang can’t possibly have no leader! What’s the use of two holy maidens? To fight?” Lin Ruoying crossed her arms, looking as if she were giving a lecture.
“We need ladies!” Chi Xue signaled with her eyes to a few more men beside her at Lin Ruoying.
Lin Ruoying froze for a moment before lowering her arms. Muttering to herself, she said, “Right, we need to act like ladies in front of outsiders to maintain the image of our great sect!”
Only then did she slowly turn around, straightening her back, and glanced at everyone with a somewhat arrogant attitude before calmly saying, “Thanks to everyone’s help this time, we were able to kill this thief…”
“I suppose everyone came for the treasure key. Since the key is gone now, let’s all go! If you have time in the future, you’re welcome to visit our Huajian Sect.” Chi Xue interrupted Lin Ruoying.
“Don’t we not accept male guests?” Lin Ruoying whispered in Chi Xue’s ear, but those words were clearly heard by Ye Feng and the others.
“That’s just polite talk! If they really come, we can arrange a small room for them at the foot of the mountain!” Chi Xue glanced at the others sheepishly before continuing in a lowered voice.
“That row of small houses at the foot of the mountain? The ones the farmers used to keep pigs and sheep?” Lin Ruoying forced a smile at the group before pressing on.
“How would they know if you didn’t tell them?” Chi Xue looked annoyed.
Ye Feng and the others immediately decided they would never visit Huajian Sect again.
“Now that they’ve heard it, let’s go!” Chi Xue pulled on Lin Ruoying’s sleeve, ready to leave.
“I haven’t finished being a lady yet!” Lin Ruoying refused to leave.
“I’m asking you to act like a lady, not to become a nagging old woman. By the time you finish, it’ll be morning. If you want to sleep with these men, then stay!” Chi Xue was about to abandon Lin Ruoying.
“Then I’ll just go with you!” Lin Ruoying compromised out of necessity.
After watching the two leave, Ye Feng finally let out a long sigh. “The two leaders of Huajian Sect… Today, I finally got to see…”
“I wonder who the senior is…” Ye Feng turned to look at the man who had fought alongside Meng Shan earlier.
“I’m Gu Nan, a freelance cultivator. After failing my tribulation trial, I switched to being a free immortal and have been living in the mountains ever since—over seven thousand years now,” the man said with a smile. “It’s normal that you’ve never heard of me!”

“However, the name of your blade is truly heard everywhere!” Gunan also spoke highly of Ye Feng, “I never expected that your cultivation level would only be at the Distracted State!”
“Uh… well… I haven’t had time to practice, so my cultivation hasn’t progressed much,” Ye Feng said sheepishly. “Once I have a bit more free time, I’ll set aside some time for proper meditation.”
“I’ve heard of the sect leader and the holy maiden of the Flower Sect before, but it’s only today that I’ve met them in person. As for you, sir… which sect do you belong to?” Gunan turned his gaze toward Meng Shan. In the world of cultivation, those who are at the level of a Seven Calamities Immortal or above, or those at the level of a Spirit Immortal or higher, are considered the pinnacle of this world. Even if Gunan hadn’t met them all, he had at least heard of such people. But he couldn’t recall ever hearing of this man before.
“The Artificer Sect, Meng Shan!” Meng Shan’s reply was very brief.
“Since when has the Artificer Sect produced a warrior at the level of a Seventh-Stage Immortal? It seems the Artificer Sect’s ranking will rise quite a bit this time!” Gunan joked in surprise.
“Actually, Senior Meng didn’t spend much time in the Artificer Sect before, and after returning, he was mostly in seclusion, with little contact with the outside world,” Ye Feng explained. “It was only recently that he arrived on Agri Planet that I learned of his existence!”
“With Senior Meng’s strength, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to serve as the grand elder of the Artificer Sect. I never expected him to be so selfless, willing to contribute secretly to his sect,” Gunan exclaimed in admiration after hearing Ye Feng’s words.
“I’m not that selfless. I just dislike constraints and don’t want to be entangled by fame and fortune,” Meng Shan shook his head. “But after all, the Artificer Sect raised me, so I can’t just leave them behind. When they need anything, I must do my part…”
After talking with Meng Shan, Gunan turned his attention to Lilith.
“Beauty, if it weren’t for you today, I would still be under that guy’s control. Thank you!”
“A verbal thank you seems a bit too stingy, doesn’t it?” Lilith smiled at Gunan. “How about some tangible reward?”
“Ah.” Gunan was taken aback by Lilith’s words; he didn’t understand what she meant.
Lilith stepped forward, brought her mouth close to Gunan’s ear, and whispered, “A tangible reward is exactly this kind of thing!”

After saying that, she kissed Gunan on the side of his face, then turned and walked away quickly. Gunan was stunned on the spot, his face turning red as he didn’t know what to say…