This is the martial arts world, what are you cultivators interfering in?

Chapter 384 Purification Master

"what happened?"

How did they survive?

"This is impossible!"

Everyone in the courtyard was astonished by what they saw.

Who doesn't know about the Second Miss's condition? Ever since she was infected with demonic malice, she has gone completely mad and can only fall asleep peacefully after obtaining enough blood.

Otherwise, no one could get close at all.

But now, these three people have walked out completely unharmed.

"Wu Heng..."

Elder Luo was astonished.

How did you do that?

Zi Muqi spoke with surprise.

Li Lan said calmly, "The second young lady does have a somewhat eccentric personality, but fortunately, I persuaded her, so she agreed to come out with us..."

Upon hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded, as if they had heard some kind of nonsense.

Did you try to persuade them?

Do you think we're stupid?

Zi Mushan directly rebuked, saying, "What exactly happened? Speak!"

His face was extremely gloomy.

If persuasion were effective, why would we have waited for Li Lan to come? They would have gone up to persuade him long ago!

Everyone thought that Li Lan was talking nonsense.

"It's true..."

But at this moment, a maid spoke up with lingering fear, saying, "When Miss first saw us, she even tried to bite us, but fortunately, Brother Wu Heng shouted and persuaded her, and Miss actually stopped moving..."

The other maid nodded in agreement, like a chick pecking at rice.

"There's definitely something fishy about these three, brother. I suggest we arrest them first!"

Zi Mushan spoke in a deep voice.

Zi Muqi hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about this later. For now, let's ask Temple Priest Qi to perform a baptism for my daughter and ward off the evil spirits."

Zi Mushan also looked at Qi Miaozhu and said, "Will these few days be spared?"

The temple keeper, Qi, simply smiled and said, "Of course it won't cause any delay, everyone, please rest assured!"

"You lot, tie the Second Miss to the peach wood frame!"

With a wave of his hand, a flash of light appeared in his storage bag, and a huge peach wood frame landed seven steps away from the altar. Li Lan helped Zi Mujie walk over and tied her up with a red rope.

"rise!"

With a loud shout, the temple priest Qi wielded his peach wood sword and suddenly lifted a piece of yellow paper from the altar. The paper burst into flames, and the bells and red ropes that had been surrounding it jingled all around.

Li Lan glanced at it, then suddenly said, "Something's not right!"

"This will enrage the malice within her... Once that malice is fully unleashed, everyone around her will likely suffer, and it will also severely injure her. The Second Miss may never have a chance to recover!"

He suddenly spoke, and all eyes around him once again fell on him.

"Nonsense!"

This time, the temple keeper Qi roared angrily, "You mere brat, how dare you question me? Who do you think you are?"

Zi Mushan said impatiently, "This man is just a lowly servant, yet he dares to act recklessly in front of the temple priest Qi time and time again. Guards, take him away and lock him in the death row!"

However, Zi Muqi hesitated for a moment and said, "Wait!"

He looked at Li Lan thoughtfully and said, "Wu Heng, what makes you say that? Do you have any evidence?"

In the past, he would have been just like Zimu Mountain, not caring at all about a lowly servant.

But Li Lan... is indeed somewhat different.

First, he was able to resist the demonic invasion on the fourth floor of the Sutra Repository and use a Xuan-level cultivation technique before he was able to successfully "persuade" his daughter. This shows that this person is somewhat special.

"There's no evidence, it's just a feeling."

Li Lan, however, said...

"Feel?!"

Upon hearing this, Zi Mushan laughed in anger, "Do you know who is standing in front of you? The temple keeper of the great temple of the Qingyun clan, who has suppressed countless demons. Just because of your feeling, he is going to stop casting spells? If word gets out, my Zi Mu clan will lose all face!"

Anyone with eyes to see could tell that Zi Mushan's words were deliberately meant for Zi Muqi to hear.

The Zimu clan invited Master Qi to come, but because of a servant, they distrusted Master Qi.

If word gets out, the Purple Wood Clan will have a bad reputation, and may even incur enmity with the Azure Cloud Clan.

"What do you two temple keeper think?"

But Zi Muqi still glanced at the two temple keepers of his family and asked a question.

Zi Muxiu and Zi Muchi exchanged a glance, both unsure of what to do. After a long while, they said, "This kid's 'feeling' is... truly absurd. I'm afraid even a true purifier wouldn't dare to judge based on just 'feeling'..."

Upon hearing this, Zi Muqi nodded and said, "Alright then!"

"Temple Priest Qi, please perform your spell—"

After saying that, he coldly said to Li Lan, "If you dare to say another word during the ritual performed by Temple Master Qi, you will be killed without mercy!"

Li Lan remained calm, unsurprised by the crowd's reaction.

"The heavens and earth shine with a blue light, all gods worship, we vanquish evil and demons, suppress monsters and subdue evil spirits!"

Qi Miaozhu suddenly raised the peach wood sword in his hand, pointed it at Zi Mujie, and chanted incantations. In an instant, a flame appeared on the peach wood sword and rushed towards Zi Mujie!

This is the fire of faith, pure and flawless, capable of purifying a person of evil.

But at that very moment, Zi Mujie, who had been nearly asleep, suddenly opened her eyes, opened her blood-red maw, her hair stood on end, and a deep, chilling light flashed in her eyes as she roared:

"Roar--"

Like the sound of some wild beast, the entire peach wood frame behind her trembled, the wood cracked, and the red rope binding her was about to break!

At the same time, an astonishing black aura instantly swept towards Qi, the temple keeper, from her mouth.

"Bang bang bang!"

The bells that had been placed around the area suddenly went off one by one, like firecrackers.

"not good!"

"This evil energy is too strong; it cannot be cleansed. We will even suffer a backlash—"

Upon seeing this, Zi Muxiu and Zi Muchi were instantly horrified and exclaimed, "Patriarch, run!"

However, at this moment, a ferocious look appeared in Qi Miaozhu's eyes. He suddenly picked up the clay statue on the table, blocked it in front of him, and pointed it to the side. Instantly, that astonishing malice rushed towards Zi Muqi and the others.

Like a tide.

"not good!"

"It's over..."

Everyone was shocked. Everyone knew how terrifying the malice of demons was. Even Zi Muqi, a master of the Life Wood Realm, could not stop it!

Unbeknownst to anyone, Second Master Zimushan quietly took a step closer to the temple priest Qi. He had not been standing with Zimuqi, so he was not the target at this moment.

A cold smile had already appeared on his lips—

"Holy Light Protects You!"

At the critical moment, Zi Muqi took out a golden talisman, from which a pure light of faith emanated, which temporarily blocked the black malice. However, it only held for a moment before the malice rushed over.

Zi Muqi was utterly despondent and had already closed his eyes!

But the next moment, she didn't feel any malicious intent. She opened her eyes and saw a young man standing in front of them with his back to them.

"Wu Heng?!"

Elder Luo was the first to break down in silence.

"It was him..."

"He blocked all that malice?"

Everyone was shocked.

Even Zi Muqi was slightly shocked at this moment.

At the critical moment, it was actually this handyman who risked his life to save him?

"You think you can withstand so much malice? Die..."

The silent temple priest, Qi, flashed a startlingly cold light in his eyes. He used the statue with all his might, and instantly, the malice within the Second Miss surged towards Li Lan.

But Li Lan stood there, seemingly an insurmountable mountain.

Despite the malicious attack, he did not retreat a single step; despite the surging demonic energy, he remained as immovable as a mountain!

The overwhelming malice invaded his body and then disappeared without a trace. Zi Muqi and the others behind him were all unharmed.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw.

"He actually managed to withstand all this malice?"

"This is impossible..."

"How can a mortal body withstand the onslaught of demons?"

Everyone started to speak!

At this moment, the second young lady, Zi Mujie, who had been struggling on the peach wood frame, suddenly collapsed, as if she had fainted, and all the malice had vanished...

All of it entered Li Lan's body.

He was like an abyss!

"Wu Heng, are you... are you alright?"

Elder Luo couldn't help but speak.

Li Lan deliberately staggered, then sat down with difficulty on the flower bed next to him. He looked up, a look of pain flashing across his face, and said, "I'm fine, I'm just cold all over... very cold!"

He could actually speak? This made everyone around him feel like they had seen a ghost.

"I understand... He's a Purification Master, he has the constitution of a Purification Master!"

At this moment, Zi Muxiu suddenly thought of something and spoke incredulously.

The moment the words "Purification Master" were uttered, everyone around was astonished.

"How is this possible..."

"How noble is a Purification Master? Such a physique can only be born from those immortal families. Wu Heng is just a mortal!"

"Even the Qingyun Clan doesn't have a Purification Master; only the Immortal Families can afford to worship one!"

Everyone spoke up, their expressions extremely solemn. Clearly, they all knew the weight of the title "Purifier".

Apart from the eternal and immortal royal families, the other immortal families and forces of all sizes, their lineages are all inseparable from ancient demons.

They extracted scriptures from the skeletons of demons and found methods suitable for human cultivation.

However, the malice of demons has always been regarded as a forbidden zone for humans. Anyone who gets tainted by them will either go mad or die, and some people may even turn into demons themselves.

Over the years, news of ancient demons emerging from time to time has appeared in various parts of the Eternal True Realm, each time causing catastrophic disasters.

Only the "Celestial Master" can resist the malice of demons and even suppress them.

Most celestial masters are trained later in life, but there are also some who are born with the ability to resist the malice of demons and even purify malice. These people are called "purification celestial masters" and are very rare among celestial masters.

Normally, a powerful family like the Zimu family wouldn't even have the qualifications to come into contact with a Celestial Master; otherwise, they wouldn't have needed to ask Temple Master Qi for help.

And now, a menial servant... actually possesses the physique of a purifying celestial master?

If this gets out, it's enough to cause quite a stir.

Moreover, let alone small families at the Shengmu level, even forces at the Divine Fire and Forging Dao levels would fight tooth and nail for Li Lan, vying to welcome him as an honoree or elder.

Being able to establish a good relationship with a purification master is something countless small forces dream of.

Even the temple priest himself was dumbfounded. He couldn't help but rub his eyes and say, "I've seen a ghost..."