Chapter 91: Suppression

Although the Blood God Cult has broken up and scattered throughout Ning Province, it doesn’t mean all Jianghu forces in Ning Province are in league with them.

However, Feng Xieyun happened to disappear in Pianguan City, and according to Wu Bingjian, there must have been someone assisting him.

As the only Jianghu force in Pianguan City, the Lin family is very suspicious.

Chen Yuan scanned the members of the Lin family.

The Lin family was large, with nine branches in total, and the heads of six of those branches were in the Lunhai Realm.

It might not be the entire Lin family associated with the Blood God Cult, but it was very likely one of the branches.

“Master Lin, you say the Lin family hasn’t colluded with the Blood God Cult, but can you guarantee that all nine branches of your family have no connection to them?”

Chen Yuan shook his head and said, “One may know a person’s face but not their heart. Let me search now. If I find something, I will only execute the members of that specific branch; the rest of the Lin family will be considered innocent.

But if it’s exposed later, the charge of colluding with the Blood God Cult against your Lin family will be set in stone.”

As soon as these words were spoken, members of the other Lin family branches immediately erupted.

“Master, do not listen to this fellow’s nonsense! There’s no way anyone from the Third Branch would collude with the Blood God Cult!”

“Our nine branches are one entity. Master, if you let the Town Martial Hall in to search, it will be the Lin family’s reputation that suffers!”

Lin Jingshen, the head of the Second Branch, had the most fiery temper. He pointed directly at Chen Yuan and shouted angrily, “I call you ‘Lord’ out of respect for the Town Martial Hall. Otherwise, what right does a junior like you have to act so insolently before the Lin family?

Do you know how Pianguan City came to be? It exists only because my Lin family established ourselves here!

The Lin family came before the city. Back then, the imperial court had to beg our Lin family just to establish a government office in Pianguan City.

Which of your Town Martial Hall’s past Garrison Commanders hasn’t been polite to my Lin family?

Ask Fei Bin beside you—does he dare to search the Lin family?

A mere junior of the Town Martial Hall dares to be so insolent to my Lin family? Simply outrageous!

If you want to search the Lin family, have your Inspector Du Tianfeng come, or your White Tiger Hall Master Feng Wushang!”

Chen Yuan shook his head slightly; the grassroots issues within the Town Martial Hall were indeed quite serious.

How long had it been since the Town Martial Hall took control of Ning Province? Yet their prestige had fallen so far that these local powers no longer respected them.

Behind Chen Yuan, Lu Li and the others had instinctively gripped their weapons, looking at the Lin family members as if they were already dead.

It might have been fine for the Lin family to be so arrogant toward other Garrison Commanders.

But to be this arrogant toward Lord Chen was simply asking for death.

The blood of those three families in Linyuan City hadn’t even dried yet. Only Qiao Haiduan had been quick enough to kneel, which was the only reason he escaped with his life before Lord Chen.

“Refusing a favor when offered! You chose the hard way!”

As Lu Li and the others expected, Chen Yuan didn’t bother wasting more words. With the ring of a blade being unsheathed, surging black Devilish Qi erupted, and a blade light like a bolt of white silk slashed directly at Lin Jingshen!

Seeing Chen Yuan take action and Lu Li’s group charging forward, the other Town Martial Hall members had no choice but to join in.

Anyway, Lord Du had said he would take responsibility for whatever happened.

“How bold!”

Lin Jingshen snorted coldly. A longsword appeared in his hand as he thrust forward. The frigid Sword Qi immediately let out a series of piercing whistles; the sword light was shadowless and extremely violent.

The Lin family’s secret art: Fourteen Swords of Heavenly Wind!

This Lin family sword technique was also a fast style. Its power was awe-inspiring and its forms complex; it was an Earth-Grade sword technique.

But under the overwhelming Devilish Qi of Chen Yuan’s strike, the countless sword lights were instantly suppressed, and all the sword forms were torn apart by the Azure Dragon Blood Drink.

Even the longsword in his hand was snapped by Chen Yuan’s blade!

After entering the Lunhai Realm, with the vast Internal Energy and True Qi in his Lunhai as a Foundation, an ordinary Lunhai Realm Martial Artist like Lin Jingshen was hardly a match for him even for a single exchange.

If Chen Yuan’s Lunhai could be called a “Sea of Wheels,” then the Lunhai of a Martial Artist like Lin Jingshen could at best be called a “Little River.”

Seeing the blade already upon him, Lin Jingshen’s expression was filled with utter horror.

They were both in the Lunhai Realm—how could his opponent’s power be so terrifyingly strong?

Even if he practiced a Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique, it shouldn’t be this exaggerated.

Lin Jingshen had actually guessed part of it correctly.

Chen Yuan did indeed practice a Heaven-Grade technique, but more than one.

Lin Jingshen pressed his fingers together like a sword, erupting his Internal Energy and True Qi through finger force to execute the Fourteen Swords of Heavenly Wind.

At the same time, he rapidly retreated backward.

Beside them, Lin Jingcheng hadn’t expected Chen Yuan to strike without warning.

Once he reacted, he immediately called another Lunhai Realm Martial Artist from the Lin family to attack Chen Yuan from both sides, hoping to help Lin Jingshen escape the danger. The Lin family’s Fourteen Swords of Heavenly Wind were incredibly swift. As the attacks from the three Lunhai Realm masters arrived simultaneously, Chen Yuan formed a hand seal, and a brilliant, dazzling golden Buddhist light instantly erupted around him.

Powerful Buddhist True Qi vibrated the void, erupting in deafening Buddhist chants and Sanskrit singing that sounded like a great bell, resonating in the hearts of the three men.

The Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche!

As the mantra was uttered—suppressing evil, breaking demons, and removing obstacles—the True Qi surrounding the three men was directly shattered by its power, and their heads began to ring instantly.

Lin Jingshen bore the brunt of it, directly jarred by the overbearing power of the mantra until he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Before he could recover his senses, a blade light like a passing swan arrived before him and sliced off his head!

The eyes of the many Lin family Martial Artists turned bloodshot.

Six Lunhai masters were the Foundation of the Lin family; who would have thought one would die the moment they clashed today?

Before Lin Jingcheng and the other Lunhai Realm Martial Artist could react, Chen Yuan suddenly turned around and unleashed the Xuantian Finger.

The vast and surging finger force was like the Nine Heavens descending, pointing directly at the other Lunhai Realm Martial Artist.

He had just been left unsettled by the Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche. Seeing such a powerful finger force descending, he frantically surged his True Qi and struck out with both palms repeatedly, turning them into astral wind palm force.

This was the Lin family’s Heavenly Wind Continuous Palms, where the palm force was unending, one wave following another.

But under the extremely powerful force of the Xuantian Finger, it was useless even if he struck out a hundred palms in an instant.

The Xuantian Finger force instantly pierced through those palm strikes, directly shattering both of his arms!

In the blink of an eye, two of the Lin family’s Lunhai masters were either dead or crippled. Lin Jingcheng’s eyes were crimson as he roared. His blood and Qi burned fiercely as he unleashed boundless Sword Qi, sweeping toward Chen Yuan like a storm.

At this moment, Chen Yuan suddenly sheathed his blade and formed a hand seal. Surging Devilish Qi vibrated the void, emitting shrill, mournful wails.

As the seal descended, the vast Devilish Qi seemed to manifest as a supreme Heavenly Demon, surging forward instantly to crush all power before it!

The demonic sound vibrated, shattering True Qi, followed by an explosion of Devilish Qi. That immense power completely tore apart the Sword Qi storm in Lin Jingcheng’s hands, sending him flying backward as he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

This Move was a technique Chen Yuan had evolved through the power of Myriad Heavenly Demon Manifestations from the Tathagata Freedom Demon Secret Canon; he named it the Great Heavenly Demon Seal.

The Heavenly Demon is formless, manifesting in a thousand ways.

As Chen Yuan’s Realm improved and he learned more Cultivation Techniques, he gained a deeper understanding of the power of Myriad Heavenly Demon Manifestations.

The Great Heavenly Demon Seal was something Chen Yuan realized while practicing the Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche, combining it with the power of Myriad Heavenly Demon Manifestations.

Sanskrit sounds can shake the heavens, and demonic sounds can also pierce the ears.

Using the principle from the Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche of vibrating the void with Buddhist True Qi, Chen Yuan could also produce demonic sounds by vibrating the void with pure Devilish Qi.

This demonic sound had the effect of decomposing and shattering True Qi. If the distance was close enough, it could also pierce the ears and directly attack the opponent’s mind.

And at the final moment of the Devilish Qi explosion, Chen Yuan integrated some of the force-exertion techniques from the Xuantian Finger.

Although its individual power wasn’t as strong as the Six-Syllable Vajra Mantra of Guru Rinpoche or the Xuantian Finger, its consumption was far lower than both.

When the power of Myriad Heavenly Demon Manifestations is cultivated to its limit, all manifestations return to one, evolving into the Freedom Demon Manifestation, which will be even more terrifying.

The Moves Chen Yuan had realized now, such as the Demon Blade Slash and the Great Heavenly Demon Seal, were all laying the Foundation for the future Freedom Demon Manifestation.

The potential upper limit of this Cultivation Technique was even higher than Chen Yuan had previously estimated.

Just as Chen Yuan was about to strike again to cripple Lin Jingcheng for interrogation, an extremely dense blood Qi suddenly came from behind him.

Sensing this power, the members of the Town Martial Hall all looked delighted.

The Lin family really was in league with the Blood God Cult!

Lord Chen really hadn’t targeted the wrong people!

The members of the Lin family, however, were stunned. They never imagined that a clansman would actually be in league with the Blood God Cult!

Chen Yuan looked back, and the person who had attacked was someone he hadn’t expected: it was Lin Jingcheng’s daughter, Lin Yingying.

“Father! Run, quickly!”

A blood line condensed on the thin sword in Lin Yingying’s hand. She thrust it toward Chen Yuan while shouting at Lin Jingcheng.

She was only in the Blood Moving Realm and couldn’t even project True Qi. Her blood and Qi power could only be attached to the longsword in her hand; she couldn’t kill with blood lines like Gu Hongyuan.

Chen Yuan reached out directly. With blazing Buddhist light, he revealed his Glazed Vajra Body and gripped the longsword.

Dazzling Buddhist light erupted instantly, obliterating the blood Qi on it and snapping the longsword.

Then, Chen Yuan grabbed Lin Yingying by the neck and hoisted her up.

“Let go of my daughter!”

Lin Jingcheng had also been full of disbelief when he saw Lin Yingying reveal a Blood God Cult technique, clearly unaware of it. But seeing her captured, he ignored his injuries and charged at Chen Yuan with his sword again.

Chen Yuan casually pointed a finger at Lin Yingying’s Dantian, shattering it instantly.

Lin Yingying let out a cry of agony, and with a sudden “wah,” a large amount of blood gushed out.

Chen Yuan tossed her to Lu Li. Turning around, he slashed down with the Azure Dragon Blood Drink, the swan-like momentum instantly shattering the longsword in Lin Jingcheng’s hand.

With his left hand, he formed the Great Heavenly Demon Seal. As the seal landed, Lin Jingcheng was sent flying again, his chest bones shattered as large amounts of blood continuously gushed out.

By now, the Lin family’s Lunhai Realm Martial Artists fighting Wu Bingjian and the others could no longer hold on.

They had originally been righteous and confident, believing the Town Martial Hall was intentionally causing trouble.

But they hadn’t expected that someone in the Lin family really was colluding with the Blood God Cult. Their minds were shaken, and they were already at a disadvantage.

Then, with their head heavily injured and out of the fight, some of them even wanted to flee. But Chen Yuan wouldn’t give them the chance. The power of the Fish Dragon Transformation suddenly erupted, and Chen Yuan personally stepped in to help Wu Bingjian and the others heavily injure and capture the Lin family’s Lunhai Realm Martial Artists one by one.

With the Lin family’s leaders all heavily injured by Chen Yuan, the other Lin family Disciples lost their will to resist, dropping their weapons and surrendering one after another.

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