Chapter 136: Recruitment

The Xuanyin Blade should be an attack carrying an extreme cold attribute.

The Shijiang Technique is a skill that turns corpses into zombies for one's own use.

As for Ghost Stealth, it is a skill related to invisibility.

This is also the speculation Sun Xuan made after observing the Sword-wielding Female Corpse previously parasitized by the xuanyin sword.

Sun Xuan's mind stirred slightly, and the xuanyin sword in his hand immediately melted into his body, entering his Dantian Qi Sea.

Since the Li family residence had become like this, Sun Xuan no longer had any need to stay here.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan moved his footsteps and then walked out of the Li family residence.

"Bang!"

Walking to the main gate of the Li family residence, Sun Xuan waved his hand, and the heavy door instantly burst open with a loud rumble.

At this moment, the daylight was already growing slightly bright, and the pedestrians on the street were slowly increasing.

When Sun Xuan opened the gate of the Li family residence, the scene outside made Sun Xuan narrow his eyes slightly.

Outside the door at this moment stood several people, the foremost of whom was wearing a black robe embroidered with gold and stepping on cloud-patterned boots.

With sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his pair of eyes were like cold stars as they tightly stared at Sun Xuan, who had pushed open the Li family gate.

Behind this person stood several men wearing gray robes, each looking extraordinary in Aura.

At this moment, these people faintly surrounded the gate of the Li family residence, looking as if they were waiting for something to come out.

"Everyone, you're blocking the way!"

After being slightly silent for a moment, Sun Xuan spoke softly with a somewhat deep look in his eyes.

As soon as Sun Xuan's words fell, the few people blocking the main gate seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and their expressions were no longer as tight as before.

Seeing this, a trace of doubt flashed through Sun Xuan's heart.

"Just what kind of people are these?"

However, Sun Xuan's doubt did not last long before the leader spoke to Sun Xuan:

"Friend, we are people from the imperial court's Town Demon Guard. My name is Zhu Shan. Because we noticed that the situation in the Li family residence was not right,"

"we brought people here to check it out."

"Friend came out from the Li manor, I wonder if you discovered anything unusual inside."

After saying this to Sun Xuan, the person who claimed to be Zhu Shan of the imperial court's Town Demon Guard stared closely at Sun Xuan's face to size him up.

It was as if he wanted to discover some new world from Sun Xuan's face.

Hearing this, a trace of an inexplicable look flashed in Sun Xuan's eyes.

"So they are people from the imperial court. However, the imperial court's people coming to inspect the Li family's situation is also an opportunity for my strength to advance further!"

Sun Xuan couldn't help thinking this in his heart at the moment.

The organization known as the imperial court's Town Demon Guard came to investigate immediately after noticing that the Li family's situation was not right.

It seemed to be an organization specially dedicated to suppressing all kinds of eerie events.

In such an organization, wanting to come into contact with all kinds of eerie events and combat situations would definitely not be rare.

And Sun Xuan could rapidly elevate his own strength by means of picking up attributes.

After raising the strength of this physical body to its limit, Sun Xuan's true body could absorb all of it to enhance his own power, and then return to the Renegade Immortal World.

Furthermore, it's good to enjoy the shade under a big tree, and the imperial court was definitely the tallest and largest tree in this Great Wei Dynasty.

Once able to join this Town Demon Guard, many things would be much more convenient to handle in the future.

At the very least, regarding the death of Deacon Wei of the Qingdan Sect, once he joined the imperial court's Town Demon Guard,

presumably even if the Qingdan Sect had suspicions about him, they would not dare to openly make a move against him.

Over the years, although the Great Wei Dynasty was somewhat turbulent, it was still far from reaching the point of collapse.

Let alone an unrated minor Sect like the Qingdan Sect that showed off its might in a single county, even a hegemonic faction that dominated an entire prefecture would not dare to openly challenge the Great Wei Dynasty.

Of course, the Baihuo Cult was an exception.

However, the founding tone of the Baihuo Cult was rebellion, and all members of the Baihuo Cult hid in the shadows. Even if the Great Wei Dynasty wanted to uproot them, it would be extremely difficult to accomplish.

As for those factions surviving under the sunlight, they still had to abide by the rules of the game of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Sun Xuan couldn't help but form the idea of joining the imperial court's Town Demon Guard.

And he had already advanced to the Realm of a 9th-grade Martial Artist at this moment. In a single county, no matter which faction it was, they shouldn't refuse his joining.

But as the old saying goes, being invited in by others versus shamelessly begging to go in yourself still had different meanings.

Therefore, Sun Xuan prepared to play a game of playing hard to get, flexing his muscles a bit to these Town Demon Guards so that they would invite him to join in person.

Thinking of this, a smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of Sun Xuan's mouth as he spoke:

"The Li manor was targeted by a Spirit-Parasitized Body, and at this moment the entire Li family has been nearly wiped out."

"The true spirit artifact that parasitized the corpse is something I have secretly tracked for many years."

"This time I also lurked among the Li family's handymen, and that was how I lay in wait and forced it out."

"Just a moment ago, that Spirit-Parasitized Body was slain by me, and the true spirit artifact has also been refined by me!"

Although Sun Xuan's voice was soft, falling into the ears of Zhu Shan and the others, it was like a thunderbolt.

Spirit-Parasitized Body? true spirit artifact?

Zhu Shan simply doubted if he had heard wrong.

He had served in the Qinghe County Demon Suppression Guard for so many years and had experienced many eerie events of all sizes.

But things like true spirit artifacts and Spirit-Parasitized Bodies were truly rarely encountered.

There were many ways to give birth to eerie anomalies and demons, and being parasitized by a true spirit artifact to become a Spirit-Parasitized Body was merely an extremely rare method among them.

Although Zhu Shan guessed that an eerie event had occurred in the Li family, what he never expected was

that the cause of this eerie event turned out to be a Spirit-Parasitized Body produced by the parasitism of a true spirit artifact.

Thinking of this, the gaze Zhu Shan cast at Sun Xuan no longer had the calmness from before.

Instead, it was mixed with a look of astonishment and envy tinged with a hint of eerieness.

"If it is truly as Friend said, then I must offer my congratulations!"

After being stunned for a long while on his face, Zhu Shan spoke to Sun Xuan with a sour tone.

In the gazes of the gray-robed subordinates behind Zhu Shan looking at Sun Xuan, besides the undisguised look of envy, there was also a trace of awe toward a strong person.

After all, these people of theirs were merely reserve members in the Town Demon Guard.

Among ordinary Jianghu Martial Artists, they could still be considered experts of some size, but after all, their souls and bodies had not merged to become ranked strong individuals.

Moreover, the minimum requirement to refine a true spirit artifact was to be a ranked strong individual.

Once these reserve members of the Town Demon Guard managed to enter the ranks, they could immediately become official members of the Town Demon Guard.

Furthermore, the person in front of him had refined the true spirit artifact only after slaying the Spirit-Parasitized Body parasitized by the true spirit artifact himself.

This showed that the person before him was an expert even among ranked Martial Artists.

For an ordinary 9th-grade Martial Artist to want to slay a Spirit-Parasitized Body, even a Spirit-Parasitized Body parasitized by the most ordinary true spirit artifact, was not such a simple matter.

Subsequently, after slightly calming his fluctuating mood, Zhu Shan spoke to Sun Xuan once again:

"I wonder what Friend's honorable name is. Could you take this humble one to inspect the condition of the Li manor once more?"

"After all, this humble one is on official business and still has to report back to Lord Town Demon Envoy!"

At this moment, Zhu Shan's tone no longer had the stiffness from when he first arrived, but instead became somewhat polite.

And since Sun Xuan originally harbored other motives, when the other party asked him to lead the way to inspect the Li family's condition, Sun Xuan naturally agreed.

Anyway, aside from a bloody and messy battlefield, nothing was left in the Li family.

Sun Xuan first spoke up, saying:

"I am Sun Xuan. Since Brother Zhu wants to inspect the state of the Li manor, I will lead the way for Brother Zhu."

As Sun Xuan spoke, his body leaned to the side of the main gate. After making room, he made a gesture of invitation toward Zhu Shan and the others.

After hearing Sun Xuan's words, Zhu Shan and the others did not relax their vigilance toward the Li manor.

With vigilant expressions on their faces, Zhu Shan and the others passed through the gate one by one and entered the Li manor.

The first thing that came into the field of vision of Zhu Shan and the others was the carnage caused by the Headless Zombie Steward Liu in the front yard.

Blood was splashed everywhere on the ground of the front yard, and severed limbs and broken bodies were strewn all over the floor.

The scene was simply too ghastly to look at.

Seeing this, although Zhu Shan and the others frowned, they didn't say anything.

Having stayed in the Town Demon Guard for so many years, it wasn't as if he hadn't seen scenes more tragic than this.

After confirming that this was indeed done by eerie demons, he stepped forward and walked toward the interior of the Li manor.

Along the way, he didn't see many living people, but he frequently saw corpses.

The few Li family members who survived by luck had their wits frightened out of them at this moment, and nothing of value could be asked from them at all.

However, what Sun Xuan said at the gate was indeed correct; the Li family residence had truly been wiped out.

As they walked, Zhu Shan's vigilance also slowly let down.

The situation in the Li manor was similar to what Sun Xuan had described, and Sun Xuan's claim of refining the true spirit artifact after slaying the Spirit-Parasitized Body seemed mostly true.

However, when Zhu Shan walked into the courtyard where Sun Xuan had previously slain the Sword-wielding Female Corpse, his expression suddenly changed.

"Wei Mingyuan!"

"Why did he die here?!"

Seeing this, Zhu Shan pointed at the corpse of Deacon Wei lying face down on the ground with a shocked expression, asking Sun Xuan with a look of disbelief.

Sun Xuan was also somewhat surprised. The head of Deacon Wei that had been chopped off by the Sword-wielding Female Corpse had been casually blasted to pieces by Sun Xuan because he feared it would undergo corpse transmutation.

With just such a headless corpse, he hadn't expected Zhu Shan to still be able to recognize it.

It seemed that this Deacon Wei also had some fame within Qinghe County.

Seeing Zhu Shan ask, Sun Xuan could only answer:

"This person is also a ranked Martial Artist, and should have been invited by the Li family head to rescue the Li family."

"At the time I arrived here, he was fighting the Spirit-Parasitized Body to the final moment."

"However, this person was obviously not a match for that Spirit-Parasitized Body and had his head sliced off by a sword from the Spirit-Parasitized Body."

"Then his head was also stepped on and exploded by the Spirit-Parasitized Body with a kick."

"I had just arrived here at that time and didn't have time to rescue this person."

"As for this person's identity, I do not know."

Zhu Shan, who was listening to the description in Sun Xuan's words from the side, couldn't help but fall silent at this moment.

Originally, when he heard Sun Xuan say that he had slain a Spirit-Parasitized Body and refined the true spirit artifact parasitized within it, he had kept sighing in his heart about how lucky Sun Xuan was.

If it were changed to him, he would definitely be able to obtain a true spirit artifact as well.

However, after Zhu Shan saw the corpse of Deacon Wei, this thought vanished completely in an instant.

Deacon Wei Mingyuan of the Qingdan Sect was someone he was far too familiar with.

After all, as the Qingdan Sect was one of the three major factions of Qinghe County, Zhu Shan was extremely familiar with the ranked experts within it.

And this Deacon Wei, because his martial arts Realm was the same as his at the 9th-grade Middle Stage,

and his strength and methods were not much different, Zhu Shan was especially familiar with him.

Especially since not long ago the two of them had still stirred up a bit of conflict and fought right in the street.

And the final result was that neither Wei Mingyuan nor Zhu Shan could do anything to the other.

What Zhu Shan never expected was that Wei Mingyuan, a person whose strength and methods were on par with his, had just died here like this.

Viewed this way, this Spirit-Parasitized Body—even if it were changed to him coming to fight it—would probably meet an end no different from Wei Mingyuan's.

And Sun Xuan, who was able to slay the Spirit-Parasitized Body, immediately became unfathomable in Zhu Shan's eyes.

After a slight silence, Zhu Shan's attitude suddenly became somewhat respectful as he spoke to Sun Xuan:

"Even Wei Mingyuan died at the hands of this Spirit-Parasitized Body."

"Brother Sun is able to slay the Spirit-Parasitized Body and refine the true spirit artifact; your strength is truly extraordinary."

Hearing this and seeing that Zhu Shan didn't suspect anything because of Wei Mingyuan's corpse, Sun Xuan gave a casual laugh and said to Zhu Shan:

"Brother Zhu is joking. Being able to slay the Spirit-Parasitized Body, I merely managed to do so by luck."

Originally, Sun Xuan was still worried that there might be some close relationship between Wei Mingyuan and Zhu Shan.

If that were the case, his plan to join the Town Demon Guard would completely fall through.

However, facts proved that Sun Xuan was overthinking completely.

Zhu Shan was merely surprised that Wei Mingyuan, whose strength was not much different from his, was slain by the Spirit-Parasitized Body.

As for Wei Mingyuan's headless corpse, it was placed so rigidly right there, and Zhu Shan didn't even have the slightest intention to go up and tidy it up.

But thinking about it, it made sense; among the three major factions of Qinghe County, due to matters of interests and so on, usual conflicts definitely wouldn't be small.

The relationships among their subordinates wouldn't be very harmonious either.

After hearing Sun Xuan's words, Zhu Shan just gave a smile and didn't take it seriously at all.

After being slightly silent for a moment, he spoke once more:

"Brother Sun, your strength is so powerful, and you are all alone."

"Why not follow this younger brother to join the Town Demon Guard, cut down demons, stabilize the common people, and repay the imperial court?"

Hearing these words, Sun Xuan couldn't help muttering secretly in his heart:

"It's here!"

Facing an expert like him among ranked Martial Artists, who was all alone, hadn't joined other factions, and even mastered at least one true spirit artifact,

for the Town Demon Guard to step forward to recruit him was only natural.

Formal members of the Town Demon Guard like Zhu Shan also had the task of recruiting fresh blood for the Town Demon Guard.

The higher the strength and stronger the ability of the person recruited, the more rewards one would obtain.

At this moment, after making comparisons, Zhu Shan found that Sun Xuan's strength was extremely formidable and he even held a true spirit artifact in his hand.

If he could recruit him into the Town Demon Guard, the reward he could obtain would definitely not be small.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shan naturally extended an olive branch to Sun Xuan.