I Have A Dual World Seal

Chapter 1140: Chapter 1139: Illusionary Demon Realm and Grotto Heaven Blessed Land

In the following days, Zhao Xiaodao seemed unperturbed, continuing to participate in some international film festival events. Wherever he went, cheers followed, seemingly unaffected by online criticisms.

Lu Zheng, on the other hand, shuttled back and forth with several women, while Liu Qingyan attended to her daily consultations, and Si Lingxi had imparted all the knowledge Yang Caiyi could absorb in a short time.

Shen Ying returned to the Peach Blossom Plain, only to be greeted by two court officials.

The Observatory, Capital Envoy, Lin Zhengfei.

Anomaly Suppression Bureau, Inspector, Wang Teng.

"Greetings to the Peach Blossom Fairy and Young Master Lu!"

"Hello to both of you!"

Hearing that people from the Observatory and Anomaly Suppression Bureau were visiting, Lu Zheng also arrived at the Peach Blossom Plain.

Waving to Xiaocui to serve tea, Shen Ying softly asked, "Greetings, Lord Lin and Lord Wang. What brings you here?"

Lin Zhengfei cupped his hands, "The Observatory received news of powerful demons appearing in Pingdong Dao. After two months of investigation, we found some demons but have yet to locate the Great Demon.

I heard that the Peach Blossom Fairy dispatched Celestial Maidens to patrol the world, and they once vanquished a fallen demon occupying a temple in Pingdong Dao. So, we have come to inquire if there might be any leads."

"Oh?" Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, "The Great Demon is either in Yuezhou or Lianzhou, and you still haven’t found it?"

Lin Zhengfei’s eyes narrowed, suddenly looking at Lu Zheng, "How does Young Master Lu know it’s in those two provinces?"

Lu Zheng shrugged, "Because I informed Lord Huang about this at the New Spring Dharma Assembly at White Cloud Mountain."

"Ah?" Lin Zhengfei was taken aback, recalling that the information was indeed brought back by Huang Ruoxing, who had attended the ceremony at White Cloud Mountain during the New Spring.

"I see." Lin Zhengfei stood up, cupped his hands again, "In the past two months, we have found twelve demons and vanquished them all. The original forms vary, sometimes human, sometimes demon, but according to the confessions, they all fell into an illusionary demon realm when consumed by anger and received teachings from a Great Demon, thus falling themselves."

"Illusionary Demon Realm?"

"Exactly so." Lin Zhengfei nodded, "But the opponent is extremely well-hidden. The Observatory even used the Heaven Observation Mirror once, and Vice Director Huang patrolled Yue and Lianzhou for over a month without finding that demon, though he did root out all the small demons in the two provinces."

Lu Zheng stroked his chin, pondering deeply, "Strange, could it be that Elder Song lost his way?"

"That’s unlikely, isn’t it?" Lu Zheng felt puzzled, asking Lin Zhengfei, "Has the earth vein of both provinces been investigated?"

"Yes, the earth vein trends have all been investigated," Lin Zhengfei nodded.

Lin Zhengfei referred to the trend of the earth veins. No matter how skilled Huang Ruoxing was, he couldn’t explore every inch of both provinces.

Even if you brought the Director of the Observatory over, it wouldn’t work.

Lu Zheng understood, but since even the Observatory couldn’t find anything, he didn’t think he could either. Also, it was clear that the Observatory had no leads, hence their visit to the Peach Blossom Plain.

Reasonably, there shouldn’t be much difference between the demon occupying the temple—eliminated by the eighteen Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens—and the twelve demons they vanquished.

However, since they had come, the necessary procedures needed to be followed.

So Shen Ying summoned all the Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens to the great hall and instructed them to detail the events when they encountered the demon, to see if any discoveries could be made.

"The fallen tanuki cat?"

Tao Zhen replied when questioned, "We investigated that temple on that day and discovered that villagers entered to worship. Besides the incense and candle qi being absorbed, a wisp of energy was being drawn out and consumed by the Evil God.

Moreover, Tao Qing discovered a burial site not far beneath the temple, with flesh still on the bones and fresh blood stains.

Absorbing energy, devouring qi, murdering and eating flesh, we confirmed that the tanuki cat was an Evil God of lascivious worship. Thus, when night fell and the villagers left, we surrounded the Peach Blossom Temple to exorcise the demon."

The tanuki cat, upon discovering we were Celestial Maidens under the Peach Blossom Fairy, sought to join us as a subordinate god for the Fairy. After we refused, it attempted to escape."

"During the battle..." Tao Zhen paused to think, "it indeed mentioned seeking revenge through a higher authority and uprooting all Peach Blossom Temples worldwide, then revealing demonic qi in a moment of danger and transforming into a demon."

"And then?" Lin Zhengfei asked, "Did it say anything else?"

"It seemed...didn’t say much?" Tao Zhen hesitated.

"No, it did say something." Tao Qing suddenly spoke.

"It did?" Tao Zhen looked at Tao Qing.

"You forgot; it was when we broke its demon body, and it was mumbling near death," Tao Qing nodded and said.

"What did it say?" Shen Ying inquired.

"It was intermittent," Tao Qing said, "It seemed like phrases such as ’if only I had known,’ ’shouldn’t have come out,’ ’demon realm,’ ’exit,’ and so forth."

Hearing this, Tao Zhen nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it seemed to utter a few words, but they were broken and unclear, something about ’demon realm,’ ’changing the sky,’ and similar phrases."

Shen Ying squinted, Lu Zheng nodded, while Lin Zhengfei took a sharp breath.

"Exit...changing the sky...could it be that the Great Demon found a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land in Pingdong Dao!" Lin Zhengfei exclaimed in shock.

"If not, Lord Huang wouldn’t catch so many demons yet fail to find any traces of it," Wang Teng nodded, "It must be so."

"That would be troublesome!" Lin Zhengfei muttered.

"Strange, why were other demons only taught in an illusionary demon realm, while this tanuki cat could be taken into a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land?" Wang Teng was curious, "Could it be the tanuki cat had some unique trait?"

As soon as he spoke, everyone looked towards the Peach Blossom Celestial Maidens again.

"Nothing special about it; it was just an ordinary tanuki cat." Tao Zhen shook her head while the other Celestial Maidens nodded in agreement, affirming Tao Zhen’s words.

Unable to comprehend this matter, they chose not to ponder it further. After all, the tanuki cat was dead. The important thing was that the Great Demon not only hid in Pingdong Dao, teaching magic through the illusionary demon realm, but likely discovered a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land.

"Unexpectedly, this visit has indeed yielded some findings!"

Lin Zhengfei and Wang Teng stood up, bowed to the two, "This information is crucial; we’ll return to Pingdong Dao first. When you visit Zhongjing in the future, please come to the Observatory for a meeting."

Wang Teng smiled, "That goes for our Anomaly Suppression Bureau as well."

"No worries, official matters are pressing."

Lu Zheng accompanied Shen Ying, seeing them off at the entrance of Taohua Village. After some thought, he said to Lin Zhengfei, "If you obtain items tainted by that Great Demon and still can’t find the demon, you can notify me; perhaps I can lend some assistance."

Lin Zhengfei gave Lu Zheng a contemplative look, nodded, and cupped his hands, "I’ll remember that."

"Farewell!"

"Please!"