CH 87

Chapter 87: Weakening The Monster.

Edited by: Mochiusagi    

Geniuses were rare!

However, the definition of genius was also dependent on the context. As in it depended on the background, the organization and/or the place.

The Demon Suppression Division seeks those with talent, so most of the people that go with the Sects were the ones that were not picked by the Demon Suppression Division.

Of course, there were also some people who were unwilling to join the Demon Suppression Division, and insisted on joining the Sects. But then again, these people were in a minority.

After all, although the risk was very high in joining the Demon Suppression Division, the corresponding benefits were not small.

Just the status brought by being a part of the Demon Suppression Division, was not something that the Sects could give.

“Since this Zhou Win was able to escape, the strength of the monster should be around the Middle Stage. It’s definitely not too strong, otherwise she wouldn’t have had the chance to escape.”

“In a small level difference, monsters would crush Cultivators.”

Shen Changqing urged his True Qi and burnt the paper.

Actually, the only reason why monsters were much stronger than Cultivators on the same level was because monsters had no physical body. At the same time, monsters launched surprise attacks on the Cultivators; making them hard to guard against.

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“Zhou Qin only went into their ancestral residence last night, but the Heavenly Inspection Guard already got the news today. It seems that they have eyes and ears in the Zhou Family.”

From this, Shen Changqing gained more insight on the Heavenly Inspection Guard’s network.

But then again, the Zhou Family was a big family in Jin City. It was normal for the Heavenly Inspection Guard to send some people into the Zhou Family to act as eyes and ears.

After taking a simple bath, Shen Changqing got up and walked out of Tianyi Lou.

When he was in Lin’an City, his Slayer uniform was damaged and had not obtained a new set. So, in the meantime, he was wearing casual clothes.

There were both advantages and disadvantages in not wearing his Slayer uniform.

The advantage was that he could roam around low-key.

As for the downside, some annoying people would try and provoke him, thinking that he’s just a nobody with no backing.

Fortunately, regarding the latter, Shen Changqing had never met anyone like this.

Currently, he was walking towards the South side of the city.

The Zhou Family’s ancestral residence was on the South side of the city.

Naturally, Shen Changqing had to inspect the area.

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If the monster was indeed as he guessed, at the Middle Stage, then he doesn’t need to intervene with the Apprentice Slayers’ mission.

But——

In case the monster wasn’t a simple Middle Stage Ghost Level monster, Shen Changqing would lend ‘help’.

The area where the Zhou Family’s ancestral residence was located was considered to be the most prosperous area in the South side of the city. But upon arriving, Shen Changqing found that the surroundings were quiet and there was no one present.

Obviously, the news of there being a demon in the Zhou Family’s ancestral residence had been spread.

It was only natural for ordinary people to be instinctively afraid.

In front of the gate of the Zhou family’s ancestral residence, Shen Changqing saw a few talismans pasted on the closed door.

“If the monsters can really be dealt with this easily, then there’s no need to fear them…”

Looking at the talismans on the door, Shen Changqing sighed.

These were useless. People were just taking advantage of the opportunity to make money.

There might really be some talismans that could deal with monsters, as Shen Changqing had seen it being mentioned in the books, but there’s currently nothing that could do so.

Standing in front of the gate, Shen Changqing could clearly feel that there was indeed a monster inside.

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After a while, he went towards the courtyard wall, and then jumped inside.

As soon as he entered, a cold chill assaulted him from all directions, and the temperature drastically dropped.

Looking up at the sky, one could see the sun. Alas, the chill was still there.

“Such a dense Evil Aura! This monster’s strength is unusual…”

Shen Changqing frowned.

It was able to ignore the scorching sun during the daytime, and gave people such a gloomy, cold feeling. It’s definitely not something an ordinary Middle Stage Ghost Level monster could do.

Even a Late Stage one, wouldn’t be able to do it.

Looking around, there was nothing special. There was a long corridor in the front, which had guardrails.

Though for Shen Changqing, having or not having the guardrail was the same, as he could easily cross it.

“Indeed befitting of a big family, the place where they live is much bigger than others–“

Turning to the left along the corridor, and passing through several pavilions, Shen Changqing found that he still had not reached the end. He couldn’t help, but sigh.

Compared with the Zhou Family, the Zhao and Zhang Family were far worse off.

He then quickened his pace.

Soon, the vision in front of him became wider.

There were many rockeries and pavilions. Shen Changqing could clearly hear the sound of running water.

“It’s here!” 

When he arrived in the back garden, the Evil Aura suddenly became stronger.

Shen Changqing then saw some clothes peeking out from the rockery, and immediately walked over.

When he arrived, he clearly saw that it was a mummified corpse.

Judging from the mummified corpse’s clothes and vague appearance, the person should be a woman. It’s just because her blood was sucked dry, the corpse was seriously deformed.

Seeing this, Shen Changqing’s face turned solemn.

“Although the corpse has been drained of blood essence, it doesn’t smell. Meaning, her death happened not long ago. It’s been a while since someone came to the Zhou Family residence.”

“It doesn’t quite match the fact that there’s a corpse here.”

However, with the information that the Heavenly Inspection Guard gave him, he was almost certain of the source of the corpse.

It was not only Zhou Qin who visited this place last night, there’s also someone with her. 

With the corpse being here, it’s obvious that she was a casualty from last night.

Shen Changqing then retracted his gaze from the corpse and began to look at the surrounding environment.

He was no longer a fledgling, and he no longer had any intense reactions towards corpses.

At this time, the surrounding environment was quiet, and it was a little dark.

Soon, a faint white mist emanated from nothingness.

However, Shen Changqing didn’t do anything. He simply stood there, magnifying his perception, and trying to find the monster that hid behind the white mist.

The white mist surged, as if there was a giant beast hiding behind it.

A slightly cold wind blew, making his clothes sway.

Suddenly, behind Shen Changqing, a black figure appeared from the white mist. It’s short body moved slowly forward, without causing any disturbance.

It was only until it got close to Shen Changqing, that the figure stopped. It then raised its dry palm, like a snake lunging towards its prey.

At this moment, Shen Changqing turned around. The sudden change made the figure’s movements abruptly pause.

“So you are here!”

Shen Changqing smiled, his white teeth made his smile look bright.

In front of him was a short and thin woman with sunken cheeks.

Although he described it as an old woman, it looked more like an old monkey that looked like a human.

After being stunned, the monster quickly reacted. Its palm cut through the air and towards Shen Changqing’s chest. It wanted to rip it open.

In the eyes of outsiders, the strike was ghostly fast.

But for Shen Changqing, it was neither fast nor slow.

He stretched out his right hand and pinched the opponent’s wrist when it was less than an inch away from his chest.

Now that the [Iron Sand Palm] was complete, plus the [Impregnable Golden Body], Shen Changqing’s hands were comparable to legendary Cultivation artifacts.

Even if the monster carries a terrifying Evil Aura, it wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Wisps of smoke then began to emit from the monster’s clutched wrist.

Feeling the pain, the monster let out a miserable scream.

The next moment, Shen Changqing felt that his hand was empty. The monster had disappeared.

“Want to leave?”

“How can it be that easy?”

Taking a step forward, Shen Changqing shot like an arrow, as he launched a palm strike towards an empty space.

[Boom~]

“Ahhhh~!” 

A shrill scream sounded and the monster got out of its invisible state. Its body emitted a burnt smell. Obviously, it was heavily injured by the [Iron Sand Palm].

After hitting the ground, the monster disappeared again.

This time, Shen Changqing did not give pursuit.

With the attack just now, he had already dispelled a lot of the monster’s strength.

If before, the monster was about to break through to the Late Stage of the Ghost Level, then now, not to mention a breakthrough, it would have a hard time just maintaining the Middle Stage.

After doing these things, Shen Changqing left.