Cultivation: Tax Evasion!

The massive shadow pressed down on the spider woman, also completely blocking out the last remnants of the candlelight in the tunnel.

What it brought was not only a psychological shock, but also fear of death.

The madness in the spider woman's eyes subsided for a few breaths as she stared blankly at Ren Qing, her feet subconsciously taking half a step back.

After full aberration, Ren Qing's body had already exceeded four meters in height, so he had to hunch over. His skin was covered in bony armor, and his claws were so sharp they gleamed with a chilling light.

Because his current hands weren't suitable for gripping weapons, Dragon-Snake Spine had grown directly from the tip of his wolf tail.

The werewolf's head leaned in front of the spider woman, and with each breath, hot air sprayed from his mouth, making one's spine go cold.

The tunnel space was relatively narrow, and now the atmosphere was suffocating.

"You... how could you..."

It took quite a while for the spider woman to squeeze out such a sentence. Her momentum immediately weakened by three parts, which in turn intensified the horror Ren Qing evoked.

"Tell me about the matter of Wuwei Gate."

Ren Qing raised an eyebrow, his double pupils' wolfish eyes fixed on the spider woman, tongue licking the fangs outside his mouth.

"Sorry, you probably wouldn't understand what I say, so the simplest thing is to just kill you."

It was unclear whether the spider woman was provoked by Ren Qing or was simply under the extreme pressure of impending death, but her final shred of reason was lost.

Her entire body grew densely covered in an exoskeletal shell, completely transforming into a giant spider with a human face, roaring as she lunged at Ren Qing.

Unfortunately, what she lunged toward was only an afterimage left behind by Ren Qing.

She opened her mouth and spat out a large amount of spider silk, covering the entire tunnel in an instant. As long as it made contact, it would be tightly bound.

"Die... die... die..."

Even though she had lost all sense, the spider woman still muttered to herself.

When Ren Qing's feet touched the silk, he did indeed feel like he was trapped in a quagmire. Trying to extricate himself would require several times the strength.

Sensing this through her spider instincts, the spider woman quickly moved her limbs and eagerly rushed toward his position.

She lifted limbs that glowed purplish-blue, containing a poison lethal upon contact with blood, one of her primary means of attack.

Ren Qing loosened his joints.

To be honest, he still wasn't quite used to using Divine Leg Sutra to fight.

And in the confines of the tunnel, he couldn't freely stretch his limbs, which actually suited the spider woman and put him at a disadvantage.

He exerted a bit of force, and the stone walls began to tremble slightly. Powder drifted down from above, it looked like it was about to collapse.

"This tunnel is too narrow. Better to take it outside."

Ren Qing completely ignored the spider woman. Specks of starlight began to burn from his entire body.

The spider silk instantly turned to ash.

His thick arms grabbed the spider woman's neck directly, and then his legs compressed downward, preparing to leap.

Boom!!!

With the boost granted by Divine Leg Sutra's aberration, the strength was even more terrifying than Ren Qing had expected, like the main thruster of a rocket engine.

He surged toward the tunnel exit.

He felt the surrounding scene rapidly retreating. Wherever he passed, the stone walls began to collapse, and the ground sank by more than half a meter.

"Ugh..."

The spider woman struggled desperately, trying to stab Ren Qing's flesh with her sharp limbs to paralyze and kill him with her poison.

But something unbelievable happened: the wounds made by the wolf claws on the spider woman began to turn black, and a sense of powerlessness spread.

This was the Canine Plague, one of the aberrations of Wolf-Footed. Though not fatal, the toxin was still extremely troublesome.

Ren Qing smelled the spider woman's blood and couldn't help but have his eyes turn red, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Even though the Supernatural Remnant had been imprisoned and become the Jailer, he still had absolute control.

But such a terrifying degree of aberration still subtly affected him.

The surviving bandits didn't even react before being turned into meat paste by the shockwaves.

The spider woman tried to fight back, but her body was thrown into the air.

She barely managed to maintain balance.

As her perspective shifted, she saw the glowing remnant moon overhead.

The spider woman spat silk from her mouth, swinging toward the other side of the mountain.

Two of her limbs were already completely numb, the Canine Plague toxin, like maggots on a bone, was impossible to resist.

In the forest encampment...

The vigilant soldiers gaped and pointed to the sky in disbelief. "Commander Qian! Look! What is that?!"

Qian Yun ignored his wounds and looked up, his entire body shuddering in fright.

A massive spider over three meters tall was tumbling in the air. Dozens of strands of silk clung to tree trunks as it tried to return to the ground.

"Quick, hit the deck!!!"

Qian Yun immediately ordered.

The soldiers fell prone accordingly. Even the well-dressed scholars laid on the ground. No matter how foul the mud was, none dared move.

Qian Yun could only place his hopes in Ren Qing, this Restraint Officer. Such a demon was not something mortals could confront.

Just then, a massive figure blocked the moonlight.

Qian Yun squinted, an even more terrifying monster than the spider demon soared into the air, as if standing among the clouds.

Crescent moon, wolf silhouette.

It was like a story from a mythological travelogue.

The giant wolf caught the spider demon, its arms turning into afterimages that tore through her outer shell, revealing flesh corroded by toxins.

Then Dragon-Snake Spine pierced straight through the spider demon's brainstem at a tricky angle.

So clean. So swift.

When the two fell to the ground, they crushed several towering ancient trees.

Ren Qing stood atop the spider demon's body. Her occasional spasms showed that she wasn't completely dead.

Qian Yun's heart thudded, face flushed red.

He felt that the bony tail on the giant wolf was strangely familiar, it looked exactly like Ren Qing's weapon...

No... it couldn't be. Restraint Officers' Hall's cultivators are immortals. How could one become a monster?

Ren Qing's breathing was heavy as he opened his blood-soaked jaws, halting just half a finger away from the spider woman's head.

He forcibly suppressed the urge to tear her apart. If the spider woman died, and a Supernatural Remnant turned into a forbidden zone, that would be a major problem.

Just then, Ren Qing noticed a moment of confusion on the spider woman's face. The voice of Dao-Sheng-Dao echoed in his mind again.

But this time, its content had changed.

"Dao-Sheng-Dao, Wuwei Gate..."

In Wuwei Daoist Altar, dozens of young Daoists chanted "Wuwei Gate" in unison. Their fanatic voices made the ground tremble faintly.

And in the center sat a monster seemingly made of piled flesh.

Barely recognizable as male, his neck was over half a meter long, with seven or eight twisted human faces on it.

The Dao robe he wore bore mountain and river patterns, but it wasn't as exquisite as Ren Qing's, likely due to insufficient Dao Rhymes, he wasn't yet a Grand Dao Officer.

The spider woman's consciousness had appeared inside the Wuwei Daoist Altar, but was near collapse, in a half-corporeal state.

The monster showed no pity. He eagerly said, "Yu Hong, since you are about to die, why not offer your head to the Immortal Lord?"

The Immortal Lord he spoke of was obviously himself.

Yu Hong smiled. Her hands reached for her head as if to tear it off.

Just then, someone else entered Wuwei Daoist Altar.

Perhaps due to aberration, Ren Qing's soul fragment appeared in the form of a giant wolf, its body touching the ceiling.

Ren Qing's red eyes scanned the area, then Dragon-Snake Spine dispersed the spider woman's consciousness and expelled the others.

"How dare you!!"

The Immortal Lord was furious. He swung his whisk, summoning a sudden gale.

But before it reached Ren Qing, his consciousness had already left Wuwei Daoist Altar.

The human faces on the monster's neck let out mournful wails, but as the consciousness faded, it all returned to silence.

Ren Qing returned to reality. The Supernatural Remnant of Divine Leg Sutra was also removed by Prison Within the Abdomen, and his overwhelming killing intent finally subsided.

He sat on the ground, panting. Aberration indeed had clear drawbacks, his behavior had been entirely led by instinct, too reckless.

But it was a blessing in disguise, he had now made contact with this so-called Wuwei Gate.

Ren Qing thus confirmed that the Immortal Lord's cultivation was, at most, a Ghost Envoy with three aberrations. It was absolutely impossible he had reached Yin Runner realm.

Even though Restraint Officers' Hall had many Yin Runner cultivators, they were rare within Xiangxiang.

If a rogue cultivator reached Yin Runner realm, they would just join the Restraint Officers' Hall. The resources there were leagues above anything a pyramid-scheme-like Wuwei Gate could provide.

Ren Qing was glad he entered Wuwei Daoist Altar as a werewolf, concealing his original appearance.

As for exposing his presence, that didn't matter.

Since he'd come to Heshan Town, he never intended to let Wuwei Gate survive. Killing the Immortal Lord and the others quickly was the only solution.

He took advantage of the spider demon's lingering life force to swallow her into Prison Within the Abdomen.

As long as she was locked in an isolated cell, fed enough flesh to prevent her death, he wouldn't need to bring her Supernatural Remnant to Restraint Officers' Hall.

Though Ren Qing didn't believe Wuwei Gate had spies in the Hall, caution was still wise.

He changed into clean clothes and walked toward the soldiers' camp.

When Ren Qing returned to camp, everyone looked at him with mixed expressions, fear, awe, gratitude...

Qian Yun hesitated for a few breaths, then came forward. "Lord Ren, how could there be two demons nearby?"

Ren Qing spoke blandly, "What demons are you talking about?"

"It's already late. We're tired. Let's rest."

Everyone suddenly felt a wave of sleepiness and fell asleep.

"I still have to clean up the mess."

Ren Qing sighed helplessly. Twin Nightmare Ghosts and Mirror-Faced activated simultaneously, his soul fragment worked tirelessly, guiding them into dreams one by one.

He tampered with everyone's memories on a soul level, even blurring Qian Yun's recollection of Ren Qing's name.

By the time he finished, dawn was breaking.

Ren Qing cleaned up all the traces. No matter how closely someone searched, they would find nothing.

Even if Wuwei Gate somehow learned the Restraint Officers' Hall had dispatched an officer to escort Heshan Town's scholars, they could only ask at Sun for the officer's identity.

Everyone gradually woke up.

They packed their belongings and prepared to depart, with no memory of the night before.

Only Qian Yun felt a bit sore, but given the days of travel, fatigue was natural.

Ren Qing returned to lying on the cart.

He drank wine while cultivating, reducing his presence to almost nothing.

This leisurely life made Ren Qing feel a bit self-satisfied.

Perhaps *** was just like this: wandering the world untouched by karma, appearing anywhere, and known by no one.