"What does this phrase mean?"

This so-called Demon Seed, every time it seizes control of Feng Yucheng, it's just to draw a picture and say a sentence, and it's always these five words—Anchor Point Is In Position.

"I don't know."

"Then you're useless to keep around. Little Wan, give him..."

"I think the Demon Seed seems to be calling out to something. Like it arrived first, acting as a beacon to guide others here."

"That's exactly what I was thinking. Great minds think alike."

"……"

Chen Yi decided not to let Feng Yucheng's soul disperse into nothingness for now, merely imprisoning him inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

This guy's experiences were somewhat bizarre; he might be useful later.

Chen Yi lowered his head to look at the black bead on the ground.

"This thing just feels... unlucky. But I can't destroy it either..."

Just as Chen Yi was pondering how to deal with the Demon Seed, Black Wind spoke up.

"Boss, I feel like I could eat it."

"Eat what?"

"This bead."

"Don't joke around. Even my Martial Arts can't destroy it. You think your grass-eating horse stomach can dissolve it?"

"I don't know why either, but I really want to eat this bead when I see it... Maybe it's just my imagination." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Chen Yi looked at Black Wind, then looked at the Demon Seed.

Black Wind was a very peculiar species.

He was neither horse, nor demon, nor Exotic Beast. You could say his origins were unknown.

Chen Yi had tried teaching him human cultivation techniques, but it didn't work.

On the way back from Qian Province, he'd also captured a few demons and asked them to teach Black Wind demon cultivation techniques, but that didn't work either.

Since he was having this unique feeling now, why not let him try?

"Go ahead and eat it. But don't force it. If it feels wrong, spit it out."

"Yes."

Black Wind's hooves clip-clopped as he walked over to the Demon Seed.

He lowered his head, stuck out his tongue, and rolled the Demon Seed into his stomach.

"How do you feel? Can you digest it?"

"I don't feel uncomfortable at all. It melted as soon as it entered."

"Is that an adjective, or a statement of fact?"

"It really melted, went straight into my belly."

"Well, this..."

What kind of legendary stomach is this?

However, what surprised Chen Yi even more came next.

Black Wind suddenly felt unbearably hot and restless, as if he had a body full of strength with nowhere to vent it, about to erupt.

Chen Yi suspected the energy within the Demon Seed was too great for him to absorb, so he told him to run around to burn it off.

But when he started running, black flames erupted from beneath his hooves. Every step he took ignited the ground, leaving long trails of black fire in his wake.

His running speed was also worlds apart from before!

Like a gust of wind, he darted effortlessly through the mountains and forests!

After he circled the mountain they were standing on and returned to Chen Yi, he had already adapted to this new power.

"Boss, I think I evolved!"

Chen Yi couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"A treasure steed, a true treasure steed..."

Who would have thought that taking down Feng Yucheng would yield such an unexpected harvest.

At this moment, the most depressed person was Feng Yucheng.

His soul imprisoned within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, witnessing all this, he couldn't help but question his life.

He had exhausted his entire life, stopped at nothing, even discarded the bottom line of being human, all to become stronger and break free from the Demon Seed's control.

And yet, a weird, talking horse that came out of nowhere just swallowed the Demon Seed in one bite!

And digested it into his own power!

"Fate, how unjust you are..."

Some people achieve enlightenment in the Dragon Field; Feng Yucheng achieved enlightenment inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

With Feng Yucheng's death, the silent terror that had shrouded Baiyun County also came to an end.

There might still be demon troubles in the future, but no one would have to take the blame for demons anymore.

After dealing with Feng Yucheng, Chen Yi supervised Tiger Boss, who had been spared, making him go to the gates of Baiyun County town to surrender himself.

The guards at the gate, seeing a demon walk out, hurriedly called for backup.

Tiger Boss raised his hands high, indicating he was there to surrender.

Zhang Miao was at the county office, upholding justice for the families of those who had been wrongly accused and putting Magistrate Cao on trial.

Hearing that a demon had voluntarily appeared, he immediately took men to tie Tiger Boss up securely and brought him into the county office.

The commoners of Baiyun County town were also witnessing a living demon for the first time, and one kneeling in the courtroom as a tainted witness, no less.

For a time, it became a spectacular sight.

Crowds swarmed to watch outside the county office, many even climbing onto courtyard walls and trees just to witness the strange spectacle of humans judging a demon.

"Inspector, sir, you must uphold justice for this lowly demon!

I've lived in Baiyun Ridge since I was born; I'm a native demon of Baiyun County!

I'm not the same type as those demons who sneak in from the Great Wastes or Eastern Wastes just to get a bite of human..."

Zhang Miao slammed the gavel.

"Stop rambling and get to the point!"

"Yes, yes... Sir, the cases you just mentioned were indeed committed by us demons of Baiyun Ridge.

But we were also instigated! The mastermind behind it all was that Feng Yucheng, the Chief Commissioner of your county's Demon Slaying Division!

To refine Blood Demon Pills, he forced us to kill people every day, because those pills require large amounts of fresh human blood as a catalyst, otherwise they can't be refined..."

Tiger Boss laid out all the details of the dark dealings between the Baiyun Ridge demons, Feng Yucheng, Magistrate Cao, and others.

The watching commoners grew more and more shocked, more and more furious as they listened.

"The Chief Commissioner of the Demon Slaying Division actually colluded with demons to harm people! How could such an absurd thing happen in this world!"

"That fat magistrate aiding and abetting is even more despicable! Knowing those poor folks were honest, hardworking farmers, he still falsely accused them of murder, beheading some, conscripting others! His heart is too vicious!"

"And we thought demon troubles had decreased in Baiyun County these years. Turns out it was just whitewashed into this filthy state! Pah!"

In the courtroom, after Tiger Boss had confessed all the crimes, Zhang Miao asked.

"Tiger Demon, we hadn't located you. Why didn't you choose to flee, but instead returned to testify against the crimes of Feng Yucheng and Cao Xiu?"

The Tiger Demon recalled how Chen Yi had coached him.

"I know my strength is lowly. I didn't dare run. Even if I ran, I'd be hunted, living in fear my whole life. If I surrender, I can at least be imprisoned in the Demon Suppression Tower and have a stable old age."

His tone was like reciting from memory. Zhang Miao's brow furrowed slightly.

"So there is indeed a master helping the people of Baiyun County..."

Zhang Miao could sense a powerful hand manipulating the situation, proactively uncovering the collusion between officials and demons in Baiyun County.

A few days ago, when commoners stopped him in the street to plead their grievances, Zhang Miao knew someone must be guiding them from behind.

He originally thought it was just a clever person offering advice.

Now it seemed this person could also coerce the Tiger Demon into submission, definitely a Martial Artist of no small strength.

Zhang Miao acted swiftly and decisively.

That very day, he overturned and cleared the names for all the wrongful cases.

Those victims of the wrongful convictions still imprisoned were naturally released.

As for those already beheaded, Zhang Miao could only try his best to compensate, allocating some silver from the county office's treasury to their families.

"This is a true Honorable Blue-Sky Magistrate!"

The commoners of Baiyun County cheered.

Chen Yi watched silently from the crowd. Seeing the dust settle, he turned with a dashing flair, his achievements and name deeply hidden.

"Time for the fourth simulation!"