Chapter Thirteen: The Red-Blooded Old Demon

The Fourth Law Enforcement Team was led personally by Team Leader Yan Zhong. The team consisted of four members: Qu Yi, Li Yu, Hu Han, and Yang Yin.
After hearing Yan Zhong’s announcement, Qu Yi was convinced that the three of them—Yan Zhong, Hu Han, and Yang Yin, who all came from the Guangyuan Gate—wanted to take this mission as an opportunity to get rid of him and Li Yu. However, Qu Yi wasn’t worried at all. Experts at the Distracted State were no longer of his concern; he had many ways to end their lives.
After announcing a series of tasks, Yan Zhong disbanded the team, instructing those assigned tasks to prepare immediately and head to various parts of the cultivation world to carry out their duties. Then, with a smile, Yan Zhong led Qu Yi, Li Yu, Hu Han, and Yang Yin to the busiest area of the Law Enforcement Hall—the Teleportation Hall.
The ten major cultivation sects on Liupan Star each had their own law enforcement teams to eliminate evil elements that threatened their interests across the cultivation world. Therefore, these ten sects naturally provided facilities to allow their law enforcement teams to travel quickly to various planets.
As such, each cultivation sect arranged a dedicated spatial teleportation array to directly transport them to cities with spatial teleportation arrays on the six continents.
Now, the five of them entered the spatial teleportation array and were teleported together to Sihai City on Qianhua Continent.
Later, they used another spatial teleportation array in Sihai City to first reach Taiqian Star, then chose the fastest route, passing through one spatial teleportation array after another, to reach Liupu Star.
A month later, after continuous teleportation, the five of them finally arrived at their destination—Liupu Star.
Liupu Star was a very special planet. It had four continents, all of which were plateau regions. The lowest points along the coastlines where these plateau continents met the ocean were still a thousand meters above sea level—completely different from the beaches, plains, and marshes found on other planets. As a result, the mouths of rivers on each continent formed magnificent waterfalls, which gave rise to the name Liupu Star.
The four continents of Liupu Star were called Dongliu Continent, Xiliu Continent, Nanpu Continent, and Beipu Continent, located in the east, west, south, and north respectively.
At this time, Yan Zhong and his four companions arrived at the Dongliu Continent and landed at the Jin Heng Sect, a branch of the Taiyuan Gate on Liupu Star.
Bingyi Zhenren, the sect leader of the Jin Heng Sect, personally came out to welcome Yan Zhong and his group. They then went to the Jin Heng Palace, where they sat down to talk.

“Venerable Bingyi, upon receiving the distress message sent by your Jin Heng Sect, our Tai Yuan Sect sent us five of us to handle this matter. Now, please tell us in detail about this Red-Blooded Old Demon,” Yan Zhong said with a smile.

Venerable Bingyi, with an elegant appearance and upright character, practiced wood-elemental cultivation techniques and was now at the mid-stage of the Divided Mind realm.

“Captain Yan Zhong, this Red-Blooded Old Demon wields the Blood-Devouring Demon Art. He suddenly appeared recently, seeking out cultivators to devour them alive and extract their essence. He is now at the late stage of the Divided Mind realm. None of the sects on Flowing Water Star can match him, and since he moves around constantly across the four continents, we can’t track him at all. We live in constant fear that he might come to our Jin Heng Sect,” Venerable Bingyi said, sweating slightly—clearly shaken by recent events.

After hearing this, Yan Zhong frowned, realizing he needed to take this seriously. Those who practiced demonic arts were usually cruel and fierce, with strong combat skills. Even being at the same late stage of the Divided Mind realm, Yan Zhong wasn’t sure he could defeat the Red-Blooded Old Demon.

“Venerable Bingyi, can you describe the Red-Blooded Old Demon’s appearance, his cultivation techniques, and the places where he’s appeared before?” Yan Zhong asked earnestly, wanting a comprehensive understanding of him.

Upon hearing this, Venerable Bingyi waved his hand, instructing a disciple from Jin Heng Sect behind him to bring a record jade slip.

Soon, the disciple returned, holding a jade slip in his hand.

Yan Zhong took the slip and scanned it with his spiritual sense, gaining a general understanding of the Red-Blooded Old Demon’s activities on Flowing Water Star.

“He has no fixed abode and acts unpredictably. Once he strikes, he destroys entire cities and sects,” Yan Zhong summarized softly.

Venerable Bingyi wiped his forehead and nodded repeatedly.

Suddenly, Yan Zhong stood up and looked at Qu Yi and the other three, smiling. “Well, since the Red-Blooded Old Demon is elusive, you four should go to one continent each. Once you spot him, return immediately to report to me. Oh, by the way, I’ll give each of you a bottle of our Tai Yuan Sect’s unique ‘Fragrant Mist Powder.’ As long as the Red-Blooded Old Demon comes into contact with it, he won’t be able to escape our pursuit.”

With that, Yan Zhong produced four jade bottles and handed them to Qu Yi and the others.

Venerable Bingyi, hearing Yan Zhong’s words and seeing the four bottles, seemed relieved. No longer worried about the Red-Blooded Old Demon, he smiled softly.

Immediately afterward, Qu Yi, Li Yu, Hu Han, and Yang Yin flew out of Jin Heng Palace and headed in four different directions to search for the Red-Blooded Old Demon across the four continents.

Captain Yan Zhong, on the other hand, remained with the Jin Heng Sect, waiting for news from the four of them.
…
Qu Yi flew nearly 50,000 li, moving beyond Yan Zhong’s spiritual perception range, before stopping on a mountain peak and sitting quietly.
After a long while, a dark figure flew swiftly from afar—it was Li Yu.
“Master, I’ve gotten rid of Hu Han and Yang Yin. I’m here now,” Li Yu said calmly as he landed on the peak.
At this moment, only Qu Yi and Li Yu were there, and Li Yu still had to reveal his true identity.
It turned out that when Qu Yi left the Jin Heng Palace, he had already sent a spiritual message to have Li Yu join him.
Qu Yi stood up and smiled. “Li Yu, I asked you to come here so you could escape danger. Do you know who the Red-Blooded Old Demon is?”
Hearing this, Li Yu was confused and didn’t understand Qu Yi’s meaning.
“Master, do you really know who the Red-Blooded Old Demon is?” Li Yu asked cautiously.
Qu Yi nodded with a smile and replied indifferently, “The Red-Blooded Old Demon is none other than True Man Bing Yi. You all couldn’t detect him, but I possess a special ability that even True Man Bing Yi can’t hide from.”
Hearing this, Li Yu was so surprised that his mouth opened wide enough to fit a fist inside.
In fact, this was also an ability of the Artifact God. He already had a spiritual perception at the mid-stage of tribulation, so no matter how good True Man Bing Yi’s disguise skills were, he couldn’t escape.
“Well, this time Yan Zhong called us here. As you know, those three from the Guangyuan Sect want to use the Red-Blooded Old Demon to get rid of us. Since they don’t know True Man Bing Yi’s true identity yet, let’s make use of the Red-Blooded Old Demon to eliminate Yan Zhong and the others at the same time,” Qu Yi said calmly.
After hearing this, Li Yu was surprised again. He didn’t expect Qu Yi to speak so casually about eliminating Yan Zhong and the others, as if they weren’t even worth his attention.
“Yes, Master. I’ll follow your orders,” Li Yu said with a bow.
Qu Yi nodded and pulled Li Yu into the Miniature Realm Sphere, where they practiced together.
Under the control of the Artifact God, the Miniature Realm Sphere turned into dust and rose with the wind, flying back to the Jin Heng Sect.
…
Inside the Jin Heng Palace, True Man Bing Yi and Yan Zhong watched as Qu Yi and the others left.
“Captain Yan Zhong, our Jin Heng Sect has a wonderful place for rest. There’s a Golden Spirit Spring there, which should be beneficial for your cultivation,” True Man Bing Yi said with a smile.

Huanzhong’s eyes indeed lit up upon hearing this. He knew the gold-based cultivation techniques he practiced and was also aware of the effects of the Golden Spirit Spring—its waters contained a form of gold energy that, once absorbed by the body, could wash away impurities and refine the body’s gold energy.

“Great, great! True Man Bingyi, rest assured. With me here, that Red-Blooded Demon won’t be able to escape,” Huanzhong said with a bright smile.

Immediately afterward, True Man Bingyi instructed his disciple to take Huanzhong away.

As Huanzhong flew away, a subtle glint flashed in True Man Bingyi’s eyes, and a faint smile appeared on his lips. Then, he flew back to his cultivation chamber, erected a spiritual barrier to prevent others from sensing his presence, before opening a secret door to enter his private room.

Inside, True Man Bingyi picked up a red ring from a jade pedestal and marked it with his blood. The ring then disappeared into his body, causing him to rapidly transform. His appearance became ferocious, with snake-like blood streams winding all over his body, filling the entire chamber with a bloody aura.

“The Blood Spirit Ring… Excellent! Ever since I obtained it two years ago, I’ve been constantly devouring it to accelerate my cultivation. In just two years, I finally broke through to the early stage of Unity. This time, I deliberately sent word to draw five members of the Taiyuan Sect’s enforcement team here. They don’t realize that I need to devour them to advance to the early stage of Fusion. It’s a shame that only I know about this brilliant plan,” said the monster whose body was covered in flowing blood.

It turned out that True Man Bingyi, having obtained the Blood Spirit Ring, gained the ability to absorb the vital essence of others, turning their hard-earned true energy into his own to rapidly advance his cultivation.

“The feeling of having power is simply exhilarating. Hmph, I’ll start by devouring those two in the early stage of Unity, then those two in the later stage, and finally Huanzhong. Let Huanzhong enjoy the Spring for now; devouring him last should be quite satisfying,” cried True Man Bingyi, now transformed into a blood monster.

Soon, the blood streams on the monster’s body retracted into his body, and True Man Bingyi’s original appearance returned. The Blood Spirit Ring fell out again, indicating that he had severed the spiritual connection between himself and the ring once more.

A while later, True Man Bingyi emerged from his secret room, removed the spiritual barrier, and flew out of the Jin Heng Sect with lightness and vigor.

At that moment, a speck of dust fell on Master Bingyi and flew away with him.