Do You Know How to Capture a Villain? - Chapter 73.1

Ji Qingzhou knew that Xuanyun Sect sent its disciples down the mountain for training and for them to make a career. Whether it was killing demons or exploring hidden realms, these were good opportunities for them to make a name for themselves.

She had never thought about making a name for herself, so she spent time thinking about what she should do.

They first settled down in a market near Xuanyun Sect. In the teahouse, Ji Qingzhou cupped the hot tea cup in her hand, sipped it, and turned her head to look at the white scenery outside the window.

“Wondering what to do after coming down the mountain?” Shen Rongyu asked Ji Qingzhou with his eyes fixed on her.

“Yes,” Ji Qingzhou replied. She knew nothing about this cultivation world.

“Didn’t Elder Qiao ask you to find demons and kill them?” Shen Rongyu remembered something. “The remnants of Huang Shi are still out there, and the Earth Vein Ghost Qi still exists. Slaying demons and devils is a good way to earn points.”

Ji Qingzhou remembered Ye Duanhong’s appearance when he killed the Xiao. Her long eyelashes drooped slightly, and she whispered, “That would be too cruel.”

“Zhuozhuo, that’s useless benevolence.” Shen Rongyu’s voice was as cold as the snow outside the teahouse.

“Oh,” Ji Qingzhou replied, holding the teacup in her hand. She was still taking sips, seemingly agreeing to Shen Rongyu, but she didn’t change her mind at all.

She thought that she could explore the unknown and hidden realms. Those realms were passed down since ancient times, and they must have been left untouched. She should be fine going there alone.

However, Shen Rongyu just looked at her for a long time before saying, “The negative energy in human beings can be distinguished from the Earth Vein Ghost Qi.”

“Is that so…” Ji Qingzhou quietly listened to Shen Rongyu’s speech.

“As in the case of that Xiao, the resentment of human beings before death can be drawn from its body, and then the Xiao can disappear. What remains is pure Earth Vein Ghost Qi, which will sink into the ground. Thus, human resentment can be transmuted, letting it quietly dissipate in this world,” Shen Rongyu informed her unhurriedly. He knew that negative energy and Earth Vein Ghost Qi can be stripped from evil creatures. This was a recognized fact.

“Then Elder Ye… Why didn’t he strip them off and transform them?” Ji Qingzhou asked a somewhat stupid question.

“The negative energy will eventually dissipate after the resentment of human beings is stripped off and transformed. However, it is much more troublesome than killing the Xiao directly,” Shen Rongyu replied.

“Dying as a demon is fundamentally different from dying as a human being,” Ji Qingzhou commented under her breath.

“But for the outsider, the result is the same, isn’t it?” Shen Rongyu retorted lightly. “As long as the final outcome is what they want, then the middle process is not important.”

“Humans are the same as animals and plants. From birth to death, if the process in between is not important, then it is better not to be human.” Ji Qingzhou lowered her gaze and gulped the tea in her mouth in one go.

“But Zhuozhuo, you can seek out demons and transform them your own way,” Shen Rongyu said. He clasped his hands together, supported his chin and gazed at her.

“Uh…” Ji Qingzhou raised her head suddenly, seemingly struck by an idea.

“If you don’t transform them, they will be killed by others, or… kill others,” Shen Rongyu added.

“Can I?” Ji Qingzhou doubted herself; she had never done such a thing and was totally clueless about the process.

“You can give it a try.” Shen Rongyu said slowly, “Ye Duanhong gave me a task, which is to go down the mountain and track down the evil aura that killed Elder Jiang.”

“We might as well track the evil aura together. If he is alive, he must be a powerful demon.” Shen Rongyu knew that the master of the evil aura was none other than him, but Ye Duanhong handed the task to him, so he could only catch a random powerful demon that he found an eyesore and report the completion of his mission thereafter.

“All right,” replied Ji Qingzhou. She took out a compass-shaped device. It was the magic treasure that Elder Qiao Shu had given her to track down evil spirits. It was called the “Devil Tracking Compass”. There were many big and small devil tracking compasses. The small one she had in her hand could at most track evil devils at the Nascent Soul stage.

She activated the Demon Tracking Compass, and the needle on it kept spinning at an even speed with no tendency of stopping, which meant that within the detection range of the compass, there were no evil demons with a cultivation base lower than the Nascent Soul spawned by the Earth Vein Ghost Qi.

“Which direction are you going?” Shen Rongyu looked at Ji Qingzhou with narrowed eyes, his tone lazy — It didn’t matter which direction he went, because no matter where, he could just find a random unlucky evil demon and turn it in on their return.

“Hmm… the north.” Ji Qingzhou personally picked a direction.

“Okay, let’s go.” Shen Rongyu left the teahouse together with her, and they flew towards the north. Ji Qingzhou observed the changes in the Devil Tracking Compass along the way.

After they left, the cultivation city was still lively, but in a certain inn in the city, at the end of the corridor of the first floor, a black figure appeared, as if pure black Qi had condensed into his body.

This faceless black figure tilted his head and complained in a low voice, “How can someone use a Devil Tracking Compass in this market, and a low-level detection instrument at that…”

As he was speaking to himself, the door of the room beside him opened and Qiu Mingxue’s brutal voice echoed, “All right Ying Xiu, keep this in mind. You have to make a schedule of adventure for me tomorrow after we go down the mountain. I want to explore secret realms, and if not, I want to kill demons and devils.”

As soon as Qiu Mingxue stepped out, she bumped into the black shadow. She raised her eyes and saw his appearance clearly. Her red lips opened wide and she almost screamed, but the black shadow raised his hand and silenced her. Qiu Mingxue could no longer utter a sound and could only gasp silently.

The moment she bumped into this black shadow, she felt as if she fell into a cave of ice. Everything around her seemed to be separated by an evil barrier, and she, alone, had nowhere to hide.

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