The Lord of Void and Real-Chapter 319 - 315 Three Stars Demolishing Demons
Chapter 319: Chapter 315 Three Stars Demolishing Demons
Chapter 319: Chapter 315 Three Stars Demolishing Demons
Several days later.
At dusk, when the sun was yet to set in the west, red clouds were illuminated by the dying light, looking like they were dyed in blood.
The Shen family had finally left Qianhua County, known for its incessant rain, crossed through Yuqian Mountain Pass, and entered Yuyin County.
Unlike usual, Shen Luo was not cultivating inside the carriage but drove the carriage himself, letting the young coachman who had been driving for him for more than half a month sit on the other side for a change.
The coachman’s name was Wang Yuan, the son of the Shen Family’s former steward. His entire family stayed in the city when it fell, and only after pleading and begging from the old steward was Wang Yuan brought along.
“Master Shen, is that Yuqian Mountain?” Wang Yuan pointed at a faint and dark silhouette of mountains from afar and asked.
“Yes, it is.” Shen Luo glanced and nodded in acknowledgment.
“When I was young, my father told me that this used to be one of the significant herb collection areas for the Shen family. There were many elm trees on the mountain. Every season, the trees would be laden with sweet Yucash, the size of small copper cash coins. They can be eaten raw or cooked and those who ate them were sure to have good fortune.” A hint of nostalgia flashed in Wang Yuan’s eyes as he spoke.
“Yucash… I did eat them when I was young.” Shen Luo couldn’t help but recall his past at Wang Yuan’s words.
“How did they taste?” Wang Yuan’s eyes brightened up as he impulsively asked.
Seeing his anticipation, Shen Luo couldn’t bear to lie to him, finally answering, “It was too long ago, I can’t remember.”
In truth, he had eaten Yucash rice during his childhood, but there were many other delicious foods back then, so he wasn’t particularly fond of the taste, and had never found it to be sweet.
Unexpectedly, even such food had turned into an unreachable delicacy in the world a thousand years later.
“My father has not tasted it either, but every time he mentioned it, it made my mouth water. But I can’t imagine how it tastes,” Wang Yuan said with a bit of disappointment as he gazed at Yuqian Mountain in the distance.
“Aren’t there elm trees in Chunhua County?” After pondering for a bit, Shen Luo asked.
Without questioning why Shen Luo would know this, Wang Yuan shook his head and replied, “There is a two hundred-year-old elm tree, but it has long been withered and died.”
On hearing this, Shen Luo fell silent.
After all, over a thousand years, the small Chunhua County was able to grow into a city the size of a state city. What wouldn’t change?
As they were talking, the carriage in front of them suddenly stopped with a whinny of horses. Shen Luo’s nose twitched as he detected a heavy smell of blood and his eyebrows furrowed.
As soon as he jumped down from the carriage, he saw Shen Quan running back in haste.
“Elder Shen, please go and check the situation up front. There’s a problem,” Shen Quan shouted from afar.
Without any hesitation, Shen Luo rushed forward. The closer he got to the front of the team, the more intense the bloody smell in the air.
He made way through the Shen family crowd, only to see a large splash of blood on the ground. The color was dark, with dried up scabs forming on the surface, while human limbs were scattered in the distance. Many couldn’t bear the gruesome sight and sucked in cold air, and some even ran to the side, unable to stop their retching.
Looking at the severed hands and feet on the ground, even Shen Luo, who was accustomed to life and death, felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
“Senior Shen, we have briefly counted the bodies. There are over ten corpses, and most of them have their internal organs missing. It is rumored they were attacked by a beast,” Shen Yu reported.
Shen Luo didn’t say anything. He bent down to pick up the severed hand of a child to examine the severed edges. He then took out a yellow paper talisman and waved it in the air.
The yellow paper charm, containing the mountain crossing rune, made a slight sound but no illumination from it.
“It wasn’t done by a beast,” Shen Luo said, withdrawing the paper talisman.
“The mutilation of the bodies seems very irrational. It looks a lot like the work of a beast. Why do you say it’s not the beast?” Shen Huayuan couldn’t resist asking.
“I just used a mountain-crossing talisman to investigate. There is no trace of residual monster qi. And although the corpses were dismembered, if you look carefully, you will find that there were no obvious traces of monster teeth at the severed points,” answered Shen Luo without changing his expression.
Upon hearing this, Shen Huayuan immediately dug through the limbs and soon found an arm with tooth marks. After examination, he exclaimed, “These tooth marks… appear to be human?”
Hearing this, everyone else crowded to review, which led to an uproar.
“Even if humans kill, they do not resort to such brutal mutilation. In my opinion, they were most likely attacked by demonic beings, possibly humans transformed into demonic beings due to the invasion of demonic qi,” Shen Luo continued.
Upon hearing the mention of “demonic beings,” everyone concluded with subtle changes in expression.
“Elder Shen, I believe your analysis is most probably accurate. If there are indeed demonic beings lurking here, our original plan to rest overnight in the town up ahead might need to be changed,” said Shen Huayuan after considering for a while.
“Dealing with demonic beings is generally more troublesome than ordinary ghosts. If we can avoid them, we should. Let’s travel overnight, bypass the city of Qingyan ahead, and rest when we reach Jiyun Mountain,” responded Shen Yu with a frown.
“That seems good,” Shen Luo nodded in agreement.
So, everyone gathered the corpses and buried them. After that, they avoided the abandoned Qingyan Town and left through the ten-thousand-acre peach forest nearby.
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The outskirts of Qingyan Town, ten-thousand-acre peach forest.
The originally vibrant peach forest was now a spectacle of dried, crusted land. All over the ground were traces of black cracked soil. Surrounding all the peach trees were completely dead, and their dark branches looked like despairing hands reaching for the sky.
As night fell slowly, the surroundings were filled with shadowy, lifeless trees. As the night wind blew through the treetops, they made low whimpers like whispers. The Shen family members walked tensely through this depressing atmosphere.
Shen Luo and Shen Yu were riding in a carriage at the front of the group.
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“You don’t have to be so nervous. Being on edge for a long time isn’t good,” seeing Shen Yu’s stiff face, Shen Luo couldn’t help but remind him.
Since he started cultivating the Three-Star Demonic Extermination Technique and absorbed stardust into his body, he had been able to break through his internal prohibitions at an accelerated pace. Now, he had recovered to the mid-stage soul condensation, with a certain degree of divine sense that could be released outside. If there was any danger approaching, he could still detect it in advance.
“It is an old habit from the past. Whenever I leave Chunhua City, I would maintain constant vigilance in the outside world. It’s hard to change,” Shen Yu was slightly taken aback before laughing it off.
