Chapter 6: The Road to the Ninth Order Chapter 2 The Birth of Obsession
Although the sky was gloomy, Wang Cheng, the master of Dongming Mountain, was in a very good mood at the moment because his master came to Cheng'an Prefecture.
"Master, try this." Wang Cheng enthusiastically held a jar of fine wine. In the pavilion nearby, a woman in a white robe was leaning against the railing with a wine glass in her hand, watching the fish in the pond swimming freely.
"What kind of fine wine is this?" The woman in white robe took a glance.
Wang Cheng chuckled and said, "I know that you like fine wine, Master. I have been collecting fine wine over the years. This jar is Baihua wine that has been sealed for fifty years." As he said that, he held the jar of fine wine and placed it on the table.
"Wang Cheng, you are thoughtful." The woman in white robe smiled slightly, "I know I like Hundred Flowers Wine."
"If Master likes it, I will naturally try my best to find it." Wang Cheng said flatteringly.
"I'm a little disappointed to see you this time." The woman in white robe said softly.
Wang Cheng's expression changed slightly.
"When I saw you eleven years ago, you were at the limit of the Earth Demon stage. Now you are still at the Earth Demon stage." The white-robed woman shook her head, "You should know that demons also have a lifespan, which is the same as that of humans. When the lifespan is reached, they will naturally turn into ashes."
"Yes." Wang Cheng nodded.
"You should be over fifty years old." The woman in white robe said, "I advise you to break through to the Heavenly Demon before the deadline. That way, even if you die, there will be another world. If you are just an Earthly Demon... even if you die, it will be nothing."
"I can vaguely feel that as long as I become a demon, there will be great benefits!" Wang Cheng also said.
"Yes." The white-robed woman smiled, "This world has a lot of protection for us demons! With obsession, we can be immortal! As long as we become a demon, even if the deadline is up, there will be another opportunity. Demons are the pride of this world! We are the masters of this world, and countless humans are the nourishment for our growth."
Wang Cheng nodded: "What about the demon-conqueror?"
"Demon-subduing people? They are our calamity." The white-robed woman said, "They refine the demons in their minds, so why not refine them... As long as we can win, we can absorb their spiritual insights and grow again."
"In fact, sometimes when you reach a bottleneck, there is a way to break through." The woman in white robe looked at Wang Cheng.
"Please teach me, Master." Wang Cheng looked forward to it.
"Practice cruel methods." The white-robed woman's eyes seemed to be filled with blood. "To force others is also to force yourself!"
"A cruel method?" Wang Cheng was shocked.
"You can't live without being crazy."
The woman in white robe said calmly, "We are demons, so we must be crazier!"
“The result of going crazy will attract many powerful demon hunters. So you have to force yourself to either go crazy and break through to become a Heavenly Demon, or die under the strangulation of the demon hunters.” The white-robed woman said, “Even if you are killed, if you can win during the soul refining, and severely damage the demon hunters’ minds, you can take the opportunity to escape! By absorbing the nourishment of the demon hunters’ minds, you have the hope of going one step further and becoming a Heavenly Demon.”
Wang Cheng understood.
Madness, first of all, is to break through , secondly, even if it fails, if the mind demon can win, there is still hope of breakthrough.
"Your life span is not far away." The woman in white robe said softly, "Think about it carefully."
"Yes." Wang Cheng nodded slightly.
"Only if you become a Heavenly Demon can I introduce you to Lanyu Tower." The woman in white robe said, "Every member of Lanyu Tower is a Heavenly Demon. Our opponents... are all high-level demon subduers. They are not the weak demon subduers you met in Cheng'an Mansion."
"A demon-suppressing person at a high level?" Wang Cheng also knew that demon-suppressing people at the seventh to ninth levels were demon-suppressing people at a high level. Each of them possessed the power to destroy the heavens and the earth, and was extremely terrifying. He could be crushed to death easily.
The woman in white robe smiled gently.
In her eyes, Cheng'an Prefecture City is not worth mentioning.
"Bang, bang, bang." Suddenly there was a gentle knock on the door in the distance.
Wang Cheng frowned and looked over, and saw an old woman knocking gently on the door at the garden gate.
"Master, I'll go see what's going on." Wang Cheng apologized, and the woman in white robe waved her hand and continued drinking.
Wang Cheng's figure blurred and he had already reached the door.
"What's the matter?" Wang Cheng frowned and said in a low voice. He had already issued a strict order that the master should not be disturbed unless it was important. Since his subordinates still came to report, it meant that there was something important.
"Mountain Master." The old woman suppressed her excitement and whispered, "The demon-conqueror Wu Ming is back."
Wang Cheng immediately felt murderous intent in his heart. The death of the Blood-Clothed Demon God Guan Muyu had already made him burn with anger. However, Xu Jingming had been outside the city recently , and even the entire intelligence network of Dongming Mountain could not determine his location.
"Finally I'm back." Wang Cheng's murderous intent exploded. Thinking of his master's words just now, 'You can't live without being crazy', his eyes turned red. "This must be God's will. God made me crazy! This demon-suppressing man... maybe he is the chance for me to become a demon!"
Wang Cheng's figure blurred as he returned to the white-robed woman and bowed slightly: "Master, I am going to go out and perform that cruel method."
The woman in white robe looked at him in surprise: "Oh? You figured it out so quickly?"
"There's someone I really want to kill, and he's back." Wang Cheng said.
"Okay, I'll accompany you. Let's see how you perform cruel methods." said the woman in white robe.
"I will definitely not let Master down." Wang Cheng smiled slightly and bowed.
"Let's go."
The woman in white robe was very interested in the so-called "cruel method" and was eager to take a look.
…
The land prices within a few miles around Xu Jingming's residence have skyrocketed. Because of his reputation, no evildoers in the surrounding area dare to approach him.
Inside one of the houses.
A man with a sword walked into the house, and a woman who was taking care of her children immediately poured a bowl of warm tea and offered it to him: "Husband, have a cup of tea first."
"Okay." The man with the sword smiled and held the tea bowl. He sipped from the bowl and wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth. He smiled and handed the tea bowl to the woman.
"How was the caravan's outing this time?" the woman asked. "Is everything okay?"
"It went pretty smoothly."
The man with the sword laughed and said, "Although we encountered a demon on the road, it was just an ordinary demon. Only a few demon-killing arrows were enough to injure her severely and scare her away."
The woman was worried after hearing this: "Being a caravan guard is a quick way to make money, but it's also dangerous. Our family has made quite a lot of money over the years. How about... changing jobs? With your ability, you can support your family in the city."
"I still have to send our children to the martial arts school." The man with the sword looked at the two babies lying in the wooden tub with gentle eyes, "I still have to earn more money."
"But every time you go out, I'm worried," the woman said worriedly.
"I'm Li Jinge. I've been on the edge of a knife for so many years, and I know how to deal with danger." The man with a sword said confidently.
"My son is back?"
A sound was heard from inside the residence, and an old woman came out with a hunched back.
"mother."
Li Jinge walked over immediately.
Just when Li Jinge was accompanying his wife, children and mother, Dongming Mountain Master Wang Cheng and his master came to this street.
…
On the street.
Wang Cheng looked at the house in the distance and said to the woman in white robes beside him , "Master, the most conspicuous house over there is the house of Wu Ming, the demon-conqueror."
"Just do your thing and don't worry about me." The woman in white robe stood on the street, looking at everything in front of her calmly.
"good."
Wang Cheng nodded.
At this moment, there are teahouses, restaurants and other places on the streets, with many residential houses inside and many pedestrians on the road.
Wang Cheng looked at the house in the distance, his eyes filled with more and more murderous intent: "Wu Ming, the demon-conquering master, I'll give you a greeting gift first."
"Demonic energy of heaven and earth, come!" Wang Cheng desperately drew the demonic energy between heaven and earth. For a moment, endless dark demonic energy appeared in the originally gloomy sky, instantly filling the area of several miles centered on Wang Cheng.
Such a huge area was instantly enveloped in the dark evil aura.
All humans were attacked by evil spirits, and their bodies began to decay instantly.
"Dad, I want to eat candied haws." A little girl held her father's hand, but when the evil spirit came, both the father and daughter were corroded by the evil spirit.
“No——” Father’s eyes turned red.
"Dad." The daughter looked at her father and was quickly corroded into bones.
My father also turned into bones.
Within a radius of several miles, a large number of pedestrians and ordinary residents in houses were invaded one by one, and all fell into despair and fear.
Many people tried their best to enter the city, just to live a peaceful life. However, today, they encountered the most terrifying demon in the entire Cheng'an Prefecture - the Lord of Dongming Mountain!
"Go crazy." The woman in white robe stood on the street, watching this scene, with . "The demon is going crazy, and the demon hunter will also go crazy to kill us. In this madness, we must either break through or die."
A mere disciple of the Earth Demon is worthless.
What she needs is a companion of the devil.
now--
In that house.
Li Jinge was sitting beside a wooden basin with his mother, teasing their two children. The woman was watching the scene with a smile on her face and turned around to prepare food.
"My mother brought me from the village to the city, raised me, and worked hard until now. I bought the best house in the city and live close to the powerful demon hunter. I now have a wife and children." Even though Li Jinge experienced many dangers outside, he was always full of fighting spirit.
"You two little guys, grow up quickly. Then your dad will teach you martial arts. Then you can go to the martial arts gym and learn martial arts from powerful martial arts masters." Li Jinge gently shook the wooden basin.
The two babies in the wooden basin stretched out their little hands and giggled.
But at this moment, dark evil energy appeared from everywhere, corroding the body of his wife who was preparing meals, as well as the bodies of his mother and two children.
"No, no——" Li Jinge, who was serving as the caravan's guard, understood instantly. The talisman in his arms burned instantly, but it only slowed down the speed of the evil spirit's erosion slightly, allowing him to see with his own eyes his mother, his wife, and his two children turning into bones under the evil spirit's erosion.
"No!!!"
Li Jinge's eyes turned red in an instant and tears of blood flowed.
Everything he had worked for all these years, everything he loved most in this world, was gone.
"Demon, devil!" Li Jinge bit his teeth until they bled, but no matter how painful and angry he was, the demonic energy finally corroded his body.
"Devil, devil! They all deserve to die, deserve to die." Li Jinge turned into bones while roaring softly. His mouth moved as he turned into bones. Finally, a skeleton fell down completely.
…
The attack came too suddenly. Xu Jingming was sitting there eating a delicious meal, and Wu Qi was eating with him.
"Master, when you are outside, whether it is eating or sleeping, it is not as good as at home." Wu Qi said, "There is no need to fight too hard to defeat the demon. You should also take care of your body."
"Okay, Uncle Seven." Xu Jingming was also very hungry and was eating with relish.
Everyone in the mansion was very happy that their master Xu Jingming had returned.
Cheng Daniu was so excited just chopping wood! Liu Fu beside him also joked with him.
Aunt Zhang was still in the kitchen preparing other food. The master wouldn't be back for several months, so of course she had to show off her cooking skills to the best of her ability.
The two maids, Liu Sanya and Gu Yu, were waiting not far away, ready to bring the food over at any time.
At this time——
The dark evil aura appeared from nothingness, suddenly and without any warning.
"Not good." Xu Jingming's face changed. He waved his hand and golden light spread out, repelling all evil spirits. In the blink of an eye, it illuminated the entire Jin Mansion.
However, except for Wu Qi who was standing next to Xu Jingming, everyone else, including Liu Fu, Cheng Daniu, Aunt Zhang, Liu Sanya, and Gu Yu had been partially eroded by the evil spirit. Each of them had lost some flesh and blood, and white bones were exposed in many places.
"Master." In despair, they all looked at Xu Jingming, hoping that the all-powerful master would save them.
But Xu Jingming remained silent.
They were all ordinary people. Parts of their bodies had lost their flesh and blood and turned into bones. Even many of their internal organs were gone. They were beyond saving.
"Young Master." Wu Qi was anxious.
The third eye between Xu Jingming's eyebrows had opened, and he could see clearly in all directions. The area within a few miles around him was completely shrouded and corroded by dark demonic energy. Within this area... countless people died, their flesh and blood corroded and turned into bones.
Xu Jingming watched in silence.
Outside the city, he saw the scenes after some villages were massacred.
From the intelligence, he also knew about the scenes where the devil caused disasters.
But……
"Wu Ming, you killed all the demons in my Dongming Mountain. Today, I come to kill you to avenge them." The voice of Wang Cheng, the master of Dongming Mountain, resounded throughout the demon realm.
Xu Jingming looked at the entire Demon Realm with his eye between his eyebrows. In the Demon Realm, besides himself and Wu Qi, there was only the man on the street. At this moment, his eye could not see the woman in white robe.
"Master of Dongming Mountain?" Xu Jingming asked.
"It's me." Wang Cheng, the Lord of Dongming Mountain, took a step and covered more than a hundred meters. In just three steps, he arrived at the gate of Wu Mansion. The entire gate and courtyard wall of Wu Mansion exploded, and Wang Cheng, the Lord of Dongming Mountain, walked in calmly, "I'm here to kill you."
"Kill me?"
Xu Jingming felt very depressed when he saw the countless white bones covering several miles around him.
These people were all implicated by themselves.
They thought that living around the Demon Subduer Wu Ming would be much safer. But this time, because the Lord of Dongming Mountain was seeking revenge... they were all buried with him.
There are also the maids and servants in his own house.
"If you want to kill me, why kill countless ordinary people first?" Xu Jingming's eyes were cold.
"Does the devil need a reason to kill humans?" Wang Cheng, the master of Dongming Mountain, stretched out his right hand, and his arm immediately expanded and turned into a terrifying black snake, swallowing Xu Jingming.
Xu Jingming looked at him coldly, and a huge golden net appeared. Each rope of the golden net was thick and flashed with mysterious runes. The nodes between the ropes were like miniature stars. The golden net enveloped the Lord of Dongming Mountain and the black snake transformed by the arm.
…
In the residential area.
A wisp of innate demonic energy gradually formed in Li Jinge's bones.
"I'm alive?"
Li Jinge was just a wisp of obsession at the moment. He observed himself, a wisp of demonic form...obviously no longer a human being.
"I have become a demon?"
Li Jinge stared blankly at the skeletons lying beside him: his mother's, his wife's, and the tiny skeletons of his two children in the wooden basin.
"Wu Ming, you killed all the demons in my Dongming Mountain. Today, I come to kill you to avenge them." The voice of the Lord of Dongming Mountain echoed throughout the Demon Realm, and Li Jinge also heard it.
Li Jinge looked into the distance.
After it became an obsession, his observation range became very large. He clearly saw Wang Cheng, the master of Dongming Mountain, walking towards Wu Mansion and talking with Xu Jingming.
"The Lord of Dongming Mountain, Wang Cheng, came to kill the Demon Subduer Wu Ming, and my family was affected?" Li Jinge laughed softly, "I see."
"The demon should die, and the demon hunter is also the source of the disaster."
“They are all the source of trouble.”
"Hahaha……"
"Since God has made me a demon," Li Jinge said madly, "I want this world to have no more demons, and no one to subdue them."
This wisp of innate demonic energy quietly escaped into the earth, leaving no trace.
When each demon was just born, it was just a wisp of obsession, and was the most fragile! At this time, it was also protected by the entire world! The newly born demon's obsession... no one could peek. This kind of protection continued until the demon body was formed for the first time and it completely turned into a demon.
Under the wanton slaughter of the Lord of Dongming Mountain, five demonic obsessions were born, including Li Jinge. However, it was obvious that Li Jinge's obsession was the most terrifying and indestructible.
