I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night

Heavenly Destiny City, Southern District of the Inner City.

This residence is the dwelling place of the Commander of the Main Hall of the Demon Suppression Department.

This Chief Commander achieved success at a young age, with high ambitions and pride. Not until his middle age did he marry, and it wasn't until he was past sixty that he had a son and a daughter.

Forty years ago, he had both his son and daughter.

That year, his son achieved success in the Creation Realm, coinciding with the Northern Territory's cold disaster and rampant Snow Demons. He was ordered to go to the Northern Territory for support.

On the way, they were ambushed by Celestials, inciting chaos from the Evil.

In a critical moment, the Chief Commander's son, together with his personal guards, stayed behind, ordering the retreat of the 130,000-strong army, ultimately preserving the forces.

However, his son along with the personal guards all died in battle.

His wife, upon hearing the tragic news, cried day and night, longing for death, no medicine could cure her, and she passed away.

With the daughter married off, the residence became mostly vacant.

Usually, this Chief Commander only stayed at the Main Hall of the Demon Suppression Department, rarely returning home.

And as early as over twenty years ago, he had dismissed all the servants and maids, only setting up formations for protection within the residence.

Today, Lin Yan along with Zhou Hundred Households was staying here temporarily.

"Saint Master..."

Li Cun whispered, "Someone outside asks for an audience."

Lin Yan said calmly, "What kind of people?"

Li Cun said, "There are many, most are here to pay respects upon hearing the Saint Master's esteemed reputation, and many among them wish to request the New Technique."

"When I enter the Holy Alliance Hall and obtain the Eternal Divine Mirror, the New Technique will naturally be spread widely to the world."

Lin Yan said thus and then spoke out, "If they're here to form connections, do not meet them!"

Li Cun hesitated for a moment and said, "What about the Wang Family Patriarch?"

The fact that the Saint Master followed the Red Flame Trading Company into the city had long been known to the Demon Suppression Department.

Behind the Red Flame Trading Company stood one of the Holy Alliance Elders, the Wang Family Patriarch.

Various parties approximately already knew of this.

The identity of the Wang Family Patriarch presumably also rose with the tide.

But the Wang Family Patriarch was well aware that he had no connection with the Saint Master.

Once the truth spread, the Wang Family would lose the courtesies it's currently receiving from various parties in an instant.

So visiting the Saint Master was an attempt to form connections, so that the courtesies from various forces towards him would become cemented!

"Do not meet."

Lin Yan hesitated briefly, took out a piece of white paper, folded it into a piece, and said, "Give it to the Wang Family Patriarch."

Upon hearing this, Li Cun bowed in acknowledgment, took the white paper, and walked out.

——

Outside the residence, representatives from various forces had arrived, prepared with gifts.

There were also many shadows, who did not represent any forces, but purely revered the Saint Master and wished to pay respects.

There were also many who sought the New Technique inheritance here.

"Someone's coming out! It's the Thousand Households from the Demon Suppression Department!"

"Li Qianhu!"

People from various forces stepped forward one after another.

Li Cun shook his head slightly and said, "The Saint Master has traveled far and wide, slaying demons and erasing traitors of the Human Clan along the way, upholding the Holy Alliance's law and order. Now, he is inevitably tired and should rest. Everyone please disperse for now and come again another day..."

As his voice fell, everyone wore a look of disappointment on their faces.

Among them, the Wang Family Patriarch, his brows showed the deepest shade of gloom.

But the next moment, they heard Li Cun saying, "Elder Wang, the Saint Master knows you are here and entrusted me with something for you. Please step forward..."

"Me?"

Elder Wang was taken aback, feeling both flattered and shocked, hurriedly stepping forward.

Behind him were the young geniuses of the Wang Family, internally thinking, "Yesterday at the family banquet, the Patriarch said that the Saint Master, though young, despite his grand reputation, his skills might not be as high and that the battle achievements might have been exaggerated."

"He also said, given his hundred years of cultivation and standing at the Creation Peak, being a Holy Alliance Elder, even if the Saint Master arrives at Heavenly Destiny City and meets him halfway, he would need to respect the elders and give him a bow."

"But today, the Saint Master came, and just because of some connection with my Red Flame Trading Company, the Patriarch is already overjoyed as if being granted too high an honor as a Supreme Elder?"

This young Wang Family member thought internally, "Lately in Heavenly Destiny City, it seemed that everyone doubted the Saint Master's battle achievements. Yet upon seeing the Saint Master, they all became excessively enthusiastic... utterly losing their dignity, how utterly laughable!"

As soon as this thought ended, they heard the Patriarch shout, "Those blind fools, my Wang Family has received a treasure from the Saint Master, why haven't you come quickly to kneel and give thanks?"

This Wang Family prodigy reached out to push aside the people beside him, quickly stepped forward, knelt on both knees, immediately kowtowed, and loudly said, "The Wang Family thanks the Saint Master for his blessing!"

The Wang Family Patriarch, maintaining the air of an elder over a hundred years old, did not kneel but clasped his hands in salute and bowed to the ground before the grand door.

"Despite being over a hundred, he can still bend his back like this, what a spit..." An Elder of the Holy Alliance couldn't help but curse secretly.

"Who could have imagined, even upon meeting the Saint Master, we, too, are seniors. Now the Saint Master doesn't show up, and here they are performing this grand salute, not afraid of losing face for our Holy Alliance," another Elder of the Holy Alliance said through gritted teeth.

"Rumor has it the Saint Master obtained the Upper Heaven's inheritance, granting treasures far from ordinary... moreover, the gift seems to be a piece of paper, could the New Technique be recorded on it?" Another Elder envied deeply, beating their chest and lamenting, "Why didn't my family's caravan have such luck? How come I can't connect with the Saint Master?"

"Didn't you say two days ago, that a mere young one in their twenties, even if they started practicing the moment they were born, couldn't be this powerful, and the Saint Master had an empty reputation, so why seek connections today?" The earliest Elder couldn't help but curse.

"You also said the Saint Master was arrogant, didn't you secretly hope for the New Technique too?" The previously chest-thumping Elder couldn't help but sneer.

"In the end, it's that old ghost Wang, blessed with good fortune in his later years, connecting with the Saint Master."