And the remaining two Deputy Town Demon Envoys were even more pathetic; these two had their courage completely shattered by Sun Xuan’s soul-shaking saber strike.

Because among the dozens of Qingdan Sect Martial Artists that Sun Xuan had just slashed to death with a single strike, the strength of several among them was not much lower than theirs.

This showed that if Sun Xuan wanted to kill them two at this moment, the two of them wouldn't even be able to block a single saber strike.

At this moment, the two of them were already frightened to the point of speechlessness. Under the terror of death and irresistible fear, their bodies knelt on the ground, trembling like a sieve.

After hearing Yuan Dong's words, a trace of contempt couldn't help but flash across Sun Xuan's face.

Sun Xuan just gave a light laugh and said:

"Yuan Dong, oh Yuan Dong, with trash like you, do you even deserve to be this official's saber?

Goods like you only deserve to be the ghosts under this official's saber!"

As soon as his voice fell, Sun Xuan's figure did not move, but the long saber in his hand, wreathed in dragon-shaped black Qi, was suddenly raised, and then fiercely hacked toward Yuan Dong and the other two across the air.

"Hum!"

In an instant, only a humming sound was heard, and a piercing Saber Qi surged wildly from the evil dragon saber in Sun Xuan's hand.

The three-story Qingyuan Restaurant was split straight down the middle by the huge Saber Qi unleashed by Sun Xuan.

As for Yuan Dong and the other two, their faces were filled with despair and remorse; under the piercing Saber Qi, they were directly torn into fragments.

After the Saber Qi swept past, a series of cracking sounds rang out over the Qingyuan Restaurant that had been split in two.

Following closely, with a loud rumble, the entire Qingyuan Restaurant, under the ravaging of Sun Xuan's Saber Qi, could no longer support itself and collapsed.

Billowing dust and smoke soared into the sky, and this tranquil Qingyuan Restaurant completely collapsed into a pile of ruins.

Just at the moment when the Qingyuan Restaurant was directly smashed apart by Sun Xuan's single saber strike, a panicked figure directly soared into the sky, making use of the dust filling the sky.

Then, he fled rapidly toward the horizon.

This figure was none other than Qingdan Sect Sect Master Li Changtian.

At this moment, in Li Changtian's heart, remorse, anger, fear, and bewilderment intertwined, making him want nothing more than to flee this place as quickly as possible.

Then escape Qinghe County, go to another place to live under an alias, and plot a comeback another day.

The Qingdan Sect had already been completely abandoned by Li Changtian at this moment.

In fact, under his several command arrangements, the Qingdan Sect had already been completely crippled.

Whether he abandoned it or not didn't really matter anymore.

Amidst his panicked and bewildered flight, Li Changtian didn't even know why his originally fine grand ambition and hegemony had suddenly fallen to this state.

To say that he, Li Changtian, did not work hard or strive forward definitely wouldn't make sense.

Ever since he inherited the position of Sect Master of the Qingdan Sect, he had governed with diligence, striving to elevate the Qingdan Sect to a higher level.

When contending for the true spirit artifact that might exist in that underground space and ranked on the chaos myriad spirits ranking, he had exerted countless efforts and energy.

During the turbulent and power-shifting period in Qinghe County, he stepped forward, formulated plans, and prepared to lead the Qingdan Sect to victory amidst the chaos, completely taking control of Qinghe County.

For today's ambush and killing of this newly appointed Town Demon Envoy, he had paid an even greater effort, making extensive preparations in the early stages.

But in the end, not only did he gain no benefits, but his dream of dominating Qinghe County alone was also completely shattered.

Even the Qingdan Sect, which was already heavily damaged in Origin Qi, was now completely destroyed in his hands.

Li Changtian couldn't figure out why on earth he had walked to this step today.

Actually, this matter couldn't be blamed entirely on Li Changtian; it can only be said that sometimes, choice is truly greater than effort.

Choose correctly, and without working hard, you can easily lie down and win.

Choose wrongly, and the harder you work, the faster you die.

And this unlucky fellow Li Changtian was also unfortunate enough to make the wrong choice in both decisions determining the fate of the Sect.

Causing him to flee in panic like a stray dog at this moment, while the Sect he had stayed in for a lifetime was almost completely ruined.

"Run, can you run away!"

Suddenly, a voice, as if transmitted from the netherworld, resounded in Li Changtian's ears.

Making Li Changtian, who was fleeing in panic, have his wits scared right out of him.

Following closely, a piercing saber light rose from within the dust filling the sky outside the collapsed Qingyuan Restaurant.

Then it fiercely slashed vertically through the air toward Li Changtian, who hadn't fled far yet.

Seeing this while in mid-air, Li Changtian was scared out of his wits, and without saying another word, he summoned the Qingdan Sect's qingdan cauldron to block above his head.

After the qingdan cauldron was summoned, it immediately emitted a burst of cyan spiritual light. Once the cyan spiritual light emerged, it immediately shielded above Li Changtian's head like a canopy, protecting Li Changtian tightly.

Although this qingdan cauldron was not bad, and even not far from becoming a true spirit artifact on the chaos myriad spirits ranking.

But since it wasn't listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking, that meant its power was still insufficient.

At least right now, after Sun Xuan used the skill attached to the evil dragon saber—which was listed on the chaos myriad spirits ranking—the Evil Dragon Slash across the air, the qingdan cauldron could not resist it.

Especially since the one using the evil dragon saber at this moment was still Sun Xuan, an expert whose physical strength had grown to a somewhat terrifying degree.

Under the blessing of gigantic and peerless strength, amidst the heaven-splitting might of the evil dragon saber, only a resounding explosion was heard.

Under the saber light, the canopy cast by the qingdan cauldron was directly slashed and exploded.

Following closely, the Evil Dragon Slash, with its power undiminished, landed directly on the main body of the qingdan cauldron.

"Ah!"

Sensing that the cyan light canopy was instantly shattered by the saber light, the remaining power of the saber light acted upon the qingdan cauldron without hesitation.

Li Changtian immediately let out a long roar to the sky, and then desperately poured the True Yuan of his entire body into the qingdan cauldron without hesitation.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

Hearing a series of teeth-aching cracking sounds, the qingdan cauldron, under the support of Li Changtian's full-body True Yuan and after resisting the saber light for a brief moment, finally could no longer hold out.

"I hate this!"

Sensing the arrival of his doom, Li Changtian roared in despair.

Pity that human effort ultimately could not fight against destiny; after struggling for a moment, under the slash of Sun Xuan's evil dragon saber, the qingdan cauldron finally exploded with a loud bang.

Li Changtian was also directly smashed to pieces in this powerful explosion, shattering away into the mid-air.

Li Changtian, who had dominated Qinghe County for many years, ultimately fell into the hands of Sun Xuan at this very moment.

"Whoosh!"

After slashing Li Changtian to pieces with a single strike, Sun Xuan, standing in the ruins of the Qingyuan Restaurant, gently waved his sleeve, and instantly a fierce wind blew up, directly sweeping away and scattering the surrounding pervading dust.

Revealing the two of them, Sun Xuan and Chu Lin, standing amidst the ruins.

Everything experienced today completely shattered Chu Lin's worldview.

At this moment, Chu Lin was thoroughly and completely subdued by Sun Xuan.

Right now, Chu Lin finally understood in his heart that the strength of their newly appointed Town Demon Guard commander—their newly appointed Town Demon Envoy—was simply unfathomable.

Even Town Demon Envoy Lü Qing, who had just been promoted to serve as the Left Town Demon Envoy in the prefectural city, was far from being as strong as this new Town Demon Envoy, Sun Xuan.

After all, the facts were right before his eyes: Qingdan Sect Sect Master Li Changtian, whose strength was not much weaker than Lü Qing's, was blasted to pieces right before his eyes by Sun Xuan's single saber strike in mid-air.

Chu Lin estimated that Lü Qing couldn't possibly withstand that heaven-shaking saber strike from just now either.

Toward Sun Xuan, Chu Lin was completely convinced.

"Let's go, return to the Town Demon Guard, assemble the army, and completely annihilate the Qingdan Sect!

From now on, I want only this official's voice to exist within this Qinghe County."

After the words fell, without waiting for Chu Lin to reply, Sun Xuan directly waved his hand and brought Chu Lin soaring straight into the air, flying rapidly toward the direction of Qinghe County City.

Inside the assembly hall of the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard, sounds of emergency assembly bell chimes rang continuously.

Town Demon Guard reservists shuttled rapidly through Qinghe County City, gathering all the surrounding idle Town Demon Guards toward the Town Demon Guard garrison.

After not much time passed, the surrounding Town Demon Guards had all gathered inside the assembly hall.

Sun Xuan sat in a domineering posture on the main seat of the assembly hall, his sharp eyes scanning across the hall.

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, Sun Xuan directly opened his mouth and said to the crowd:

"Today, gathering you all here, there are a total of three matters.

First, the four Deputy Town Demon Envoys including Yuan Dong and Liu Suo colluded with outsiders, intending to harm this envoy, and have now been executed by this envoy.

Today, this envoy advises you all here: do not engage in any petty actions or small schemes behind our backs; otherwise, Yuan Dong and the other three will be your role models!

Second, starting from today, Chu Lin is promoted to the position of Deputy Town Demon Envoy.

Third, the Qingdan Sect does not know what is good for them, actually daring to collude with the four traitors Yuan Dong and plot to murder an imperial court official.

Although Qingdan Sect Sect Master Li Changtian has already met his demise under this envoy's hands, there are still remnant evils remaining within the Qingdan Sect.

Starting immediately, all Town Demon Guards and the bulk of the Town Demon Guard reservists are to march troops to the Qingdan Sect, leaving not a single person alive from top to bottom, and kill them all without exception.

Set out!"

As soon as the voice fell, Sun Xuan said nothing more. With a direct wave of his hand, he led the crowd of Town Demon Guards and Town Demon Guard reservists heading rapidly toward the location of the Qingdan Sect's Sect.

Sturdy horses stepped out a series of dense hooves sounds. Seeing this, the passing merchants and pedestrians immediately dodged to the surroundings one after another.

Meanwhile, inside the Qingdan Sect's Sect garrison outside the inner city, these Disciples remaining behind in the Qingdan Sect who did not follow Li Changtian to ambush at the Qingyuan Restaurant did not know that Li Changtian and the others had met with trouble at this moment.

Because all the Qingdan Sect Disciples who went to ambush and surround Sun Xuan, including Li Changtian, had already been completely slaughtered by Sun Xuan.

With no one returning to the Sect to report the news, the crowd of Qingdan Sect Disciples naturally did not know that Li Changtian and the others had gotten into trouble.

Otherwise, these Qingdan Sect Disciples remaining behind in the Sect would not be leisurely doing whatever they pleased as if nothing happened just like now; instead, they should have long since scattered in all directions and fled for their lives individually.

It was a pity that these remaining Disciples of the Qingdan Sect were already facing impending catastrophe at this moment, yet they were still completely unaware of it.

On both sides of the Qingdan Sect's majestic mountain gate, two Disciples were currently keeping watch out of sheer boredom.

Suddenly, a series of rumbling sounds came from afar and grew closer, becoming louder and louder.

Hearing these rumbling sounds, the two Qingdan Sect Disciples on watch couldn't help but look at each other, both seeing a trace of a puzzled expression in the other's eyes.

"Li Er, what kind of commotion is this? Why do I feel like even the ground beneath our feet is slightly trembling!

Could it be that some Demonic Beast tide is surging toward our mountain gate?

If that's the case, things are going to be troublesome.

Sect Master Li went out on business and hasn't returned, and he also took away most of the elite Martial Artists within the Sect.

If we really encounter a large-scale Demonic Beast tide, just relying on us people, we simply won't be able to hold it off!"

Hearing this, the other person on watch named Li Er also flashed a trace of a worried expression on his face.

After pondering for a short moment, Li Er opened his mouth and said to that person:

"Gao Qing, it shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

How about we first go report to the remaining Sect high-level officials and let the Sect send some people to investigate?"

As soon as Li Er finished speaking, he suddenly discovered that Gao Qing did not answer, but instead stared into the distance of the mountain gate with an expression of absolute terror, his entire face turning deathly pale.

"I say Gao Qing, what is wrong with you?"

Looking at Gao Qing's expression of absolute terror at this moment, Li Er couldn't help asking with some confusion.

Then he turned his head and looked in the direction Gao Qing was staring at.

Upon this look, he saw a large number of people riding on horses and wearing Town Demon Guard attire rapidly approaching the mountain gate of the Qingdan Sect.

And the rumbling sounds they had just heard were precisely caused by a large number of horses trampling on the ground.

"Let's go quickly, something is wrong; let's hurry and report this matter to the Sect's high-level officials!"

Facing this scene, Li Er reacted first, then called out to Gao Qing with a horrified expression, and took off running toward the interior of the Qingdan Sect's Sect.

Gao Qing's reaction was not slow either. Facing this large group of Town Demon Guards who clearly came with ill intent, Gao Qing instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Therefore, under Li Er's call, he also said nothing more and sprinted directly toward the interior of the Qingdan Sect's Sect.

"Third Elder, something has happened! A large group of Town Demon Guards is slaughtering their way toward our Qingdan Sect's mountain gate!"

The person with the highest status currently remaining behind in the Qingdan Sect was none other than this Third Elder before Li Er and Gao Qing.

At this moment, this Third Elder was drinking tea and reading a book, looking carefree and content.

But upon hearing Li Er's panicked voice, the mouthful of tea he had just drunk into his mouth immediately spat out with a "pfft" sound.

Seeing a trace of panic on this Third Elder's face, he opened his mouth and said to Li Er and Gao Qing:

"What did the two of you say?

A large force of Town Demon Guards has slaughtered their way here?"

Hearing this Third Elder's question, Li Er and Gao Qing immediately nodded.

Upon seeing Li Er and Gao Qing nod, the Third Elder's originally rosy complexion immediately turned deathly pale.

Unlike low-level Disciples like Li Er, the Third Elder knew what Li Changtian and the others had gone to do.

Coupled with the Town Demon Guards currently slaughtering their way into the Sect, this could not help but make the Third Elder's heart sink uncontrollably.