Chapter 220 Law Enforcement Elder Guards the World (34)

Zhong Jin reminded, “Xingyun, I’ve seen in Master’s study that they might have had their blood and essence drained, been controlled, or even parasitized. I suspect it’s parasitism. Xingyun, use your spiritual energy to probe their spiritual platforms. The rest, form the array formation!”

“Understood,” Fang Xingyun agreed.

Shen Zhuo followed them in forming the hand seals, but the array formation he created with Sheng Tingfeng was in black.

The old man had seen many things in his time. He had heard about the demonic cultivation disciples in the Divine Movement Sect and had found them to be good people. Today, he was just curious and watched them closely.

Fang Xingyun’s spiritual energy was sent into the children’s spiritual platforms. He soon detected a mass lurking within.

The mass was highly sensitive. Upon sensing external spiritual energy, it retaliated swiftly.

The children’s eyes suddenly opened, glowing with a ghastly green light. Vines sprouted from their bodies, aggressively attacking the group.

Zhong Jin shouted, “Drop!”

The pre-arranged array formation activated simultaneously, and Fang Xingyun deftly dodged the vine attacks before quickly rejoining the array formation.

Layers of restraints descended, and before the demon could wreak further havoc, it was suppressed. The vines thrashed wildly against the restraints but to no avail.

Zhong Jin commanded, “Isolation restriction, activate!”

The group performed their hand seals in unison.

“Drop!”

At Zhong Jin’s command, an isolation restriction was set up within the room. This prevented others from entering and stopped anything inside from transmitting messages out.

The old man was nearly petrified. The ghastly things emerging from the children’s bodies were unnerving and terrifying.

Kong Qing asked anxiously, “Senior Brother Fang, what’s the situation?”

Zhong Jin replied, “We shouldn’t discuss this here. Let’s leave for now and talk about the details tonight.”

Fang Xingyun added, “Junior Brother Zhong is meticulous. We should listen to him and exit first.”

Some demons had a special connection between their sub-bodies and their main bodies. For certain demons, even array formations couldn’t fully contain them.

After leading the old man out, Zhong Jin asked, “Can you take us to see the deceased children?”

The old man guided them to a household where the parents wept with bloodshot eyes.

The old man explained the situation, and the father opened the coffin. “Esteemed immortals, please take a look. I beg of you, kill that demon.”

Fang Xingyun inspected the body once more, and then, without a word, closed the coffin and returned.

“We will fulfill your wish,” Fang Xingyun assured.

The old man then took them to several other households to gather more information. Afterwards, he brought them to the inn prepared for their stay in town.

The old man asked, “Have the esteemed immortals identified the demon?”

Fang Xingyun shared his findings. “As Junior Brother Zhong said, the children’s essence, blood and flesh have been drained. I have never seen such a demon before.”

The old man asked, “Are the esteemed immortals unable to deal with it?”

Sheng Tingfeng reassured him, “Don’t worry, old man. Just because we haven’t seen it before doesn’t mean we can’t handle it.”

Zhong Jin was about to speak but noticed Shen Zhuo standing at the edge. He asked, “Junior Brother, I can’t recall clearly. Do you remember what was recorded in the book?”

Shen Zhuo succinctly replied, “The Jadewood Demon.”

Su Wen inquired, “What kind of demon is the Jadewood Demon?”

Zhong Jin explained, “Yes, that’s what I recalled seeing somewhere, and Junior Brother Zhuo’s memory is sharp. This demon is quite rare and is known as the Jadewood Demon. Its flower is its seed. When the seed touches a child, it takes root and parasitizes in the child’s spiritual platform, feeding on their flesh, blood and essence. It cannot parasitize in an adult’s body, so it controls children to lure adults and then devours them.”

Shen Zhuo’s eyes darkened slightly. Zhong Jin clearly remembered it well and had deliberately asked him to say it.

The old man shivered with worry and said, “Such a terrifying demon, the esteemed immortals must eliminate it!”

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