I Cheated While Cultivating

Pingzhou County City.

Prefectural Governor Pei Hongdao personally welcomed the two Star Officers from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.

The meeting was, of course, secret.

Although the harm caused by the demonic calamity was already significant, even causing considerable panic, due to the nature of demon entities, it still could not be made known to ordinary people or even common martial artists.

Zhou Heng and Cheng Jianjian had naturally come in their capacity as members of the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, as “Ziwei” and “Beidou.”

Inside the government office of the prefecture.

Pei Hongdao did not even have the time to offer a banquet to entertain the guests, instead, he led Zhou Heng and Cheng Jianjian straight to the study where he usually handled official affairs, and said with a serious expression, “Star Officers, please forgive my negligence. The situation is urgent, and there’s no time left.”

“Hmm, Lord Pei, there’s no need to apologize for that. We’ve already seen the situation in Pingzhou,” Zhou Heng nodded slightly, saying, “However, we can only see the surface. We still need Lord Pei to describe the specifics.”

“That’s right, the priority now is to eliminate the demon entities.” Cheng Jianjian also nodded, adding, “I wonder when these demon entities were discovered, and what impact have they caused?”

In fact, after Zhou Heng and Cheng Jianjian arrived in Pingzhou County City, they had spread out their Divine Sense to conduct a search, but they only detected the overwhelming Demonic Qi permeating the void and couldn’t locate the source of the Demonic Qi.

This meant that either the demon entity had reached the level of a great demon, capable of transforming itself into an intangible Dharma principle, further enhancing its characteristics between the tangible and intangible, making it more difficult to detect, or there were many demon entities in this area, and most of them had successfully opened up independent “demon realms” within the dreams of living beings to hide their tracks.

Either situation was extremely tricky.

Moreover, according to the information conveyed from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, this outbreak of the demonic calamity was not limited to Pingzhou County City; within the entire Pingzhou territory, various prefectural cities and counties were also experiencing the surge of demon entities of varying scales.

This was a very serious matter.

“Thank you, Star Officers.” Pei Hongdao nodded, his voice grave, “About a month ago, near County City, there were strange cases of people falling into a deep sleep. The bailiffs dispatched by the county to investigate also fell asleep.

“The County Head realized the situation was far from simple and reported it to the prefectural city. But the people in the prefectural city couldn’t resolve it either, so it came to me. That’s when it was determined that demon entities were responsible.

“However, by that time, other areas had also started having incidents. Fortunately, the ranks of the troublesome demon entities were not high, and with my Cultivation Realm, I was able to deal with them, so I didn’t report it to the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.

“But ten days ago, Pingzhou County City was suddenly shrouded in Demonic Qi, followed by a surge of powerful demon waves across various places. I used my Dharma Body to investigate and caught a glimpse of a demon shadow above the county city, trying to quickly drive it away…

“I’m ashamed to say that in just three breaths’ time after engaging with that demon shadow, I began to feel dizzy, with a splitting headache, and even my Dharma Body started showing signs of contamination. I had no choice but to retreat and report the situation here to the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.”

Due to the breaches in the barrier of the ninety-nine regions in recent years, leading to frequent breeding of demon entities, the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer was severely understaffed. RÄŊŎＢÈS̩

Thus, in most cases, the local officials would try to handle it themselves first, attempting to seal the demon entities and then report to the people of the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer. A Star Officer would come to eliminate the demon entities.

Usually, only in serious situations, when the local officials are powerless, like the current situation in Pingzhou, they would truly seek help from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, asking for Star Officers to come and assist in quelling the demons.

“Pei Sir has been an Absolute Fourth Rank for many years, a Great Grandmaster who ranks on the Earth List, yet he was defeated in just three breaths?” Cheng Jianjian was somewhat doubtful and uncertain.

Even if the spirit contamination of Demon Entities is generally strong, capable of overpowering Martial Artists of the same level, the speed of Pei Hongdao’s defeat still surprised her.

After all, Pei Hongdao was not only the Prefectural Governor of Pingzhou County but also the contemporary Family Head of the Pingzhou Pei clan, heir to an ancient and powerful legacy, his strength far surpassing that of an ordinary Great Grandmaster.

Such strength being effortlessly defeated by that Demon Entity, it was evident that the Demon Entity’s power must be extraordinary.

“The main defeat was on the spiritual level,” Pei Hongdao sighed. “I can sense that the essence level of that demonic shadow shouldn’t be too high; it definitely hasn’t reached the level of a great demon comparable to a Celestial Man, but its spirit force’s corrupting power is extremely strong, and my Dharma Body couldn’t bear it.”

“This is the characteristic of Demon Entities, but for it to be so formidable that even Pei Sir’s years-cultivated Dharma Body cannot cope, this Demon Entity is not simple.” Zhou Heng nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and then said, “Beidou, protect me with your charms, I will use astral projection to probe the reality of that Demon Entity.”

“Okay,” Cheng Jianjian nodded.

“Master Ziwei, this…” Pei Hongdao hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, “The spirit contamination of that Demon Entity is extremely strong, are you going directly into astral projection without making any preparations?”

Having clashed with the Demon Entity, he knew of its formidable strength on the spiritual level; with his Dharma Body unable to contend with it, how could this Star Officer, merely at Sect Fifth Rank, confront it with his Dharma Phase?

Although Pei Hongdao was fully aware that since the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer had sent a Sect Fifth Rank and a Secret Six Rank here, they must believe these two could resolve the demon tide in Pingzhou, he still couldn’t imagine how such cultivation realms could combat that powerful Demon Entity.

He had initially thought these two had brought some secret treasure or even Divine Weapons from Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, but now it seemed that “Ziwei” actually intended to directly project his spirit and manifest his Dharma Phase to confront that Demon Entity head-on…

This was beyond Pei Hongdao’s comprehension.

“Going into astral projection to investigate that Demon Entity’s reality is the best preparation,” Zhou Heng said as he sat down cross-legged, smiling. “Pei Sir, rest assured, I know my limits.”

He understood Pei Hongdao’s concerns, but at this time, any explanation was pointless; once they dealt with the Demon Entity, all worries would naturally dissipate.

“Pei Sir need not worry,” Cheng Jianjian also stood beside Zhou Heng, protecting him, and smiled, “Master Star always does things with certainty, do not worry.”

“This…” Pei Hongdao hesitated to speak and finally could only sigh, “Star Officer Sir, that Demon Entity is extremely dangerous, please be cautious.”

“Mm, thank you,” Zhou Heng nodded slightly.

He then closed his eyes and with a gentle push of his hairpin, a stream of pure Qi burst from the top of his head, transforming into a cloud of auspicious mist, which flew into the sky and entered the Demonic Qi enveloping the skies of County City.

The pure Qi separated by Zhou Heng gently swayed and immediately transformed into a young Taoist figure.

Though the Taoist’s face was indistinct, he embodied an aura of the Dao, as if he were the origin of all things, inclusive of everything.

In his hands, he held a Jade Ruyi, interwoven with purple and gold, and a Treasure Mirror that swirled with black and white Qi; around his waist hung a Golden Small Seal.

“I wonder if this Demon Entity can withstand a few of these?”

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