Chapter 371: Youâre Just Here to Pick a Fight!
âWhat thick demonic aura... they still havenât taken care of the monsters here?â
A young man with a pencil-thin mustache landed in front of the C Province Exorcist Division.
Barely a second after his feet hit the ground, three subordinates followed, descending from the sky and standing behind him.
Li Buyi.
A disciple of the Kunlun Immortal Palace, and Wang Shouyiâs Senior Brother.
They were both admitted into Kunlun Immortal Palace ten years ago.
But unlike Wang Shouyi, he wasnât an orphanâhe was sold by his own parents.
His original name was Li Buyi ("Not Easy"), but after being sold to traffickers so his parents could pay off their debts, he renamed himself Li Buyi ("Unrighteous").
So the first thing he did after leaving the mountain a month agoâwas find his now well-off birth parents and slaughter the whole family, including the children born after, the family cat, and even the dog.
Among the new generation of disciples at Kunlun Immortal Palace,
he was notorious for his cruelty, coldness, and ruthlessness.
Yet, like Wang Shouyi, he was highly valued by Her Eminence.
âC Province Exorcist Division.â
Li Buyi looked up at the characters above the entrance, a mocking smirk creeping across his face.
âWang Shouyi, so this is the organization you joined? You canât even keep the monsters in checkâhow pathetic.â
âMove out!â he barked to his subordinates.
âWang Shouyi may be my Junior Brotherâand your Senior Brotherâif he canât handle the monsters, itâs on us to step in and help out, right?â
âSenior Brother Li is absolutely right!â
âEliminating demons is our duty. What Wang Shouyi fails to do, we shall finish!â
The three henchmen chimed in with gusto, following him into the Exorcist Division.
âMy Senior Brother? Li Buyi? What is he, exactly?â
Chen Huaian raised an eyebrow, giving a triple dose of disdain.
Wang Shouyiâs mouth twitched. He coughed awkwardly. âUh⦠to put it bluntly, heâs a jealous, monster-intolerant, drama-stirring, cold-blooded psycho with decent talent and strength. HonestlyâI canât stand him.â
âOh.â Chen Huaian nodded. Then asked, âWell isnât that perfect. Since heâs come to my turf, if he causes trouble, this Venerable One will just kill him. Helps you eliminate a competitor. Howâs that sound?â
Wang Shouyiâs face changed.
He was just about to say âYou canât!ââ
After all, Li Buyi was a Kunlun disciple. Killing him would be declaring war on Kunlun.
He had zero confidence in protecting the Senior if Her Eminence flew into a rage.
But before he could speak, a voice rang out behind themâ
low, sharp, and brimming with suppressed anger:
âOh? Kill me? Whoâs got that big a mouth?!â
Li Buyi took three stepsâcovering a hundred metersâand stood before the crowd.
The staff of the Exorcist Division couldnât even stop him. Didnât even touch the hem of his robe.
His eyes passed over Chen Huaian quicklyâthen landed on the massive beast beside him, soaked in overwhelming demonic aura.
âWell, well, well! So there is a monster you people didnât take care of!â
Li Buyiâs heart tensed at the sheer pressure radiating off Hakyryu.
But at the same time, a wave of greed surged in his chest.
Such dense demonic aura was a clear sign of a high-bloodline beast.
And this one was clearly tamedâsitting there obediently.
A beast like this was priceless.
Take those curved black horns, for instanceâjust those could make elite magic weapons.
He could easily fabricate a reason:
âThe beast poses a threat. Kill it.â
Whether the C Province Exorcist Division liked it or notâ
he didnât care.
He had Kunlun Immortal Palace behind him. And Kunlunâs word was law.
Kill the beast, walk away, and maybe theyâd thank him for it.
Having made up his mind, Li Buyi put on a righteous face and pointed at Hakyryu.
âJunior Brother Wang, whatâs going on here? Her Eminence said monsters are deceitful and evilâthey must be eradicated! And yet here you are, sheltering such a powerful one under the C Province Exorcist Division?â
Wang Shouyi frowned.
He hated Li Buyiâs sanctimonious crapâbut one thing he said wasnât wrong:
Her Eminence had decreed that beasts should be exterminated to harvest resources.
She also said there was no such thing as a "good" monster.
Even if one existed, Immortality Seekers had no business allying with them.
In short:
Not of our race? Kill it.
No need for debate. No betrayal to worry about.
Wang Shouyi stepped forward, placing himself between Hakyryu and Li Buyi.
He forced a smile.
âSenior Brother, there are exceptions to everything. This monster isnât some wild, untamed creature. Itâs a house cat raised since birth by my Senior. It awakened its bloodline after the spiritual revival. Itâs extremely obedient and has already signed a contractâthereâs no threat.â
âJunior Brother Wang, are you under some kind of mind control?â Li Buyi sneered. âYouâre seriously spewing this kind of bullst? Have you forgotten Her Eminenceâs teachings? That no monster is without threat? Do you even remember the rest of the sayingââNot of our race...â** what comes after that?â
Wang Shouyi was just about to respondâ
but Chen Huaian waved him off.
âEnough. What are you blabbing on about? This guyâs just here to stir up trouble, isnât he?â
His tone was casual. âAnd if youâre here to pick a fightâthen weâll fight. If a fight doesnât settle it, weâll kill a few people. That usually cools hot-headed punks down.â
Those words dropped like a boulder.
Both Wang Shouyi and Li Buyi went completely silent for a second.
Wang Shouyi gave Chen Huaian a desperate side-eye. His heart was in a panic.
Heâs trying to help the Seniorâso why is the Senior adding fuel to the fire?!
Li Buyi stared at Chen Huaian, expression shifting. Then he laughed:
âTo be so arrogant inside the Exorcist Division⦠you must be the famed Governor of C ProvinceâGovernor Chen?â
âAre we fighting or not.â Chen Huaian gave him three flat words.
Li Buyiâs smile faded. His face turned cold.
So confident in your own strength, huh?
He could sense Chen Huaianâs cultivationâlate Foundation Establishment.
There were four Golden Core cultivators present:
Himself and one of his lackeys.
The other two were Wang Shouyi and the beast.
Wang Shouyi was his fellow discipleâhe wouldnât interfere. And if he did, it would be limited.
So really, the Exorcist Division only had one combatant: the beast.
He had two mid-Golden Core cultivators and two peak Foundation Establishment ones.
No matter how he sliced it, they could handle one beast.
And if they trampled this so-called Governor,
theyâd teach him a painful lesson.
Show him that Immortality Seekers are to be revered, not questioned.
âI am Li Buyi of Kunlun Immortal Palace.â
He clasped his hands with a polite bow.
But his words were anything but courteous:
âSince Governor Chen insists on keeping that beastâI will be forced to take harsher measures!â
With that, he drew his sword and pointed it at Chen Huaian.
âGovernor Chen, draw your sword!â
Chen Huaian glanced at the grey mist swirling even heavier above Li Buyiâs head than Wang Shouyiâs.
He smirked to himself.
âTo deal with you, this Venerable One doesnât even need a sword.â
His lips curled.
One hand remained in his pocket, the other tapped twice on his phone screen.
A subtle spatial fluctuation rippled before him.
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