Chapter 22: Gift Of Blood!
“Wait, let me check.”
Chen Luo came back to his senses and immediately took out the Demon Record to flip through it.
He carefully flipped through it for half a time, even his eyes became sore, and finally he had to put away the Demon Record, rubbed his sore eyes, and let out a long sigh: “The Demon Record also has no record of the Skin-changing Demon’s true body. It only says that from ancient times to the present, it seems no one has ever seen the Skin-changing Demon’s true body. Every appearance is just the Skin-changing Demon clone.”
“There are traces of the Skin-changing Demon in many historical events; it is a very terrifying demon.”
Ji Qing did not seem too disappointed upon hearing this.
He had clearly anticipated this.
The Skin-changing Demon is very hard to kill!
“No matter the ends of the earth, no matter how much time, one year, ten years, a hundred years… I will definitely drag out the Skin-changing Demon’s true body!”
“Whoosh.”
Ji Qing flicked his hand, and a Bone-Piercing Nail nailed into a “corpse” on the ground.
“Hee hee hee, Ji Qing, I’m waiting for you…”
This “corpse” on the ground was actually playing dead.
That was not a Skin Puppet, but a Skin-changing Demon clone.
It was also the clone controlling the Skin Puppet army.
“Killed Skin-changing Demon clone, obtained one origin point.”
Ji Qing’s Demon Record gained another origin point.
This time Ji Qing killed two Skin-changing Demon clones and harvested two origin points.
He turned his gaze to the location where Chen Luo had placed the Blood Demon.
If he could kill the Blood Demon, he would definitely obtain even more origin points.
“What’s the point of keeping this Blood Demon alive instead of killing it?”
Ji Qing asked.
Seeing Ji Qing’s eyes filled with killing intent, Chen Luo also felt a chill and hurriedly covered the Blood Demon in his embrace: “Brother Ji, this Blood Demon cannot be killed. It has always been sealed by my Demon Slayer family and can continuously provide spiritual power to the Demon Slayer family; it is of great use to the Demon Slayer family!”
Ji Qing understood.
So this Blood Demon is also a tool of the Demon Slayer family?
No wonder the Demon Slayer family only sealed the Blood Demon and did not thoroughly kill it.
“Miss Lei, Brother Chen, since the demons have been exorcised, we shall part ways here; see you again in the Jianghu!”
Ji Qing turned and left.
“Wait.”
At this moment, Chen Luo called out.
Ji Qing frowned: “What else?”
Chen Luo’s face was flushed red; he glanced at Ji Qing, then at Lei Yu, took a deep breath, and asked full of anticipation: “Brother Ji, Miss Lei, we joined hands to fight the enemy at Lei Family Fort and exorcise demons, which was no easy feat. Since we are so fated, how about we form a sworn brotherhood here?”
“Sworn brotherhood?”
Ji Qing looked at Chen Luo with a strange expression.
What was in this Chen Luo’s head?
Did he think this was the Jianghu from a storybook?
He immediately wanted to refuse.
However, Lei Yu winked repeatedly at Ji Qing, signaling him nonstop.
Although she said nothing, Ji Qing seemed to understand Lei Yu’s meaning.
Lei Yu wanted to agree to the sworn brotherhood?
The reason was also very simple.
Chen Luo was a Demon Slayer; this identity was very special.
In the future, if they encountered demons in the Jianghu or needed to chase down the Skin-changing Demon, they might need Chen Luo this Demon Slayer.
Chen Luo was walking the Jianghu for the first time, a newcomer fresh out of the novice stage in the Jianghu.
He had suddenly encountered the Blood Demon, the Skin-changing Demon, and all sorts of events at Lei Family Fort; for Chen Luo, this was an unforgettable experience, his blood was boiling, and he immediately wanted to form a sworn brotherhood just like in the storybooks.
But for Ji Qing and Lei Yu, this was not a bad thing.
Thinking of this, Ji Qing held back the words of refusal he was about to say.
“Alright.”
Ji Qing agreed.
“Haha, I have no problem either.”
Lei Yu also agreed straightforwardly.
“I… can I join the sworn brotherhood too?”
The speaker was Chen Lin.
“Sure, let’s all form the sworn brotherhood together.”
Lei Yu was very straightforward; Chen Lin was also a Demon Slayer, so one more wasn’t a big deal.
Thus, Lei Yu found some incense and candles at Lei Family Fort, and the four knelt on the ground to form the sworn brotherhood.
The four ranked by age.
Lei Yu was twenty-eight this year, the oldest among the four, so Big Sister.
Chen Luo was twenty this year, second oldest among the four.
Ji Qing was eighteen this year, third among the four.
Chen Lin was sixteen this year, youngest among the four.
“Hahaha, from now on I’m Big Sister!”
Lei Yu was quite satisfied.
“I’m Second Brother!”
Chen Luo also held his head high, extremely excited.
“I’m Third Brother.”
Ji Qing felt no particular emotion in his heart.
“I’m the youngest; from now on Big Sister, Second Brother, Third Brother all have to take care of me.”
Chen Lin was also very excited.
“Alright, Second Brother, Third Brother, Fourth Sister, from now on your matters are my matters.”
“Third Brother, you’re wanted by the government, framed by the Skin-changing Demon to take the blame, became Villain Ranking Eighth, and for no reason became a great demon; do you want Big Sister to accompany you to Ling Xiao Pavilion to clear it up?”
Lei Yu spoke up.
“Clear it up? Ling Xiao Pavilion’s Jianghu Ranking, unless it’s a Grandmaster, who has the qualification to make Ling Xiao Pavilion change the ranking?”
Ji Qing also knew some common knowledge about Ling Xiao Pavilion’s Jianghu Ranking.
Ling Xiao Pavilion has a Grandmaster!
Even not an ordinary Grandmaster.
If anyone could clear it up and change the ranking, then the Jianghu Ranking’s authority would be gone.
“I can persuade Master to have the sect step forward, perhaps…”
Lei Yu pondered for a moment and spoke again.
Ji Qing was instead somewhat surprised.
Lei Yu’s words meant her sect had a Grandmaster expert?
“Big Sister, you’re serious?”
Ji Qing asked softly.
He had thought Lei Yu was just casually forming the sworn brotherhood and not taking it seriously.
After all, Lei Yu was an experienced Jianghu person.
How could she care about this joke-like sworn brotherhood?
But Lei Yu’s expression turned serious: “Third Brother, I know your concerns, but for this sworn brotherhood, Second Brother and Fourth Sister and I feel the same. Since we’ve formed it, we are brothers!”
Ji Qing understood.
Lei Yu was an upright and straightforward Jianghu woman.
Even if she wanted some benefits from Chen Luo, the sworn brotherhood was sincere.
“Big Sister, lesson learned! However, whether on the Villain Ranking or not, I don’t really care.”
Ji Qing truly did not care much about the Villain Ranking.
In fact, having an Infamous Reputation was not entirely a bad thing.
Many people came to find him, automatically delivering gold and silver, martial arts; why not take advantage?
“Big Sister, Third Brother, who knows how long until we meet again after this parting. As you travel the Jianghu, you might encounter some demons; ordinary demons are fine, with your martial arts you can naturally handle them, but if you encounter demons like the Blood Demon, ordinary martial arts are useless; only Demon Slayer’s Blood can injure those demons.”
“Chen Lin and I will give you a bottle of Demon Slayer’s Blood first; we’ve also merged some exorcism magic into the blood, making it more effective against demons.”
With that, Chen Luo immediately cut his palm with a knife and took out a porcelain bottle to collect his blood.
“Second Brother, do I have to bleed too?”
Chen Lin’s face fell.
“Nonsense, if you don’t bleed, are you going to watch me fill two bottles? Do you want me to live?”
Chen Lin had no choice and also cut her palm with a knife, filling a bottle of Demon Slayer’s Blood.
Ji Qing and Lei Yu both obtained a full bottle of Demon Slayer’s Blood.
Looking at the wounds on the hands of Chen Luo and his sister, Ji Qing felt somewhat touched.
“Then many thanks to Second Brother and Fourth Sister.”
With a bottle of Demon Slayer’s Blood, Ji Qing would have some assurance if he encountered a demon.
“Right, what about Lei Family Fort?”
Chen Luo asked.
So many people died; if it attracted other demons, that would be big trouble.
Many demons crave human “flesh and blood” and “corpses.”
“Burn it with fire; anyway, there’s no one left at Lei Family Fort…”
Lei Yu said wistfully.
This was her hometown, the place where she grew up.
But with everyone gone, what use was keeping it?
Thus, Lei Yu personally set it ablaze, burning the entire Lei Family Fort.
“The Jianghu road is long; until we meet again!”
The four bid farewell and parted, heading in three different directions from Lei Family Fort.
……
Three days later, a group of constables arrived at Lei Family Fort.
They saw Lei Family Fort already burned to ashes.
“Too late!”
The constables’ hearts sank.
Among them, the leader was none other than Qingzhou’s top constable, Du Chen of the Chasing Wind Blade!
