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The few people could not persuade him, so Chen Nianzhi had no choice but to let him go with him, and asked his clansmen to take good care of him along the way.

Adding these old and young together, the Chen Clan's Immortal Clan actually has more than forty Qi Practitioners, plus the more than twenty Chen Clan monks in Pingyang County, there are nearly seventy people in total.

The last time so many men were dispatched was during the Monster Rebellion sixty years ago. At that time, the Chen Clan’s Immortal Clan dispatched nearly a hundred monks to the front lines to fight against the monsters. Unfortunately, they were all killed in the battle.

Although they were all monks this time, it took them four full days to arrive at Pingyang County because their cultivation levels were not evenly matched.

After arriving in Pingyang County, the Great Elder Chen Qingxu received everyone immediately.

In the main hall, he stroked his long beard and said: "As early as ten days ago, I ordered people to activate the formation. Pingyang City and several towns are now not allowed to enter and exit. If there are still demon cultivators, they should have been The turtle in the urn."

Fourth Elder Chen Qingyuan said quickly: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's find him now."

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Pingyang City, and it will take more than a day to find out the demonic cultivators." Chen Nianzhi shook his head and said: "And in order to prevent the demonic cultivators from fighting in a corner and causing unnecessary casualties, we need to be careful."

He said, looking at everyone, and then continued.

"The great elder leads twenty monks to guard the city. Do not move lightly."

"Leave the investigation to those of us from Qingyuan Mountain."

"..."

In just a few words, everyone finalized the plan to investigate the demonic cultivators.

According to the plan, except for the people guarding the city defense formation, the rest were divided into groups of five during this investigation of the demonic cultivators.

In each group, a late-stage qi-training monk will be assigned to be responsible for guarding the safety of everyone, while the other four are responsible for investigating the demonic cultivators.

According to this detection method, even if the hidden demon cultivator has practiced the breath-containing technique, he cannot escape the cross-examination of the four people. After all, no matter how deep the demon cultivator is hidden, it is impossible to hide the demonic energy cultivated in the body.

Although this method is slow and takes nearly a month to complete the investigation of Pingyang City, the advantage is that it is safer.

In addition to these people, Chen Nianzhi and other three elders of the ninth level of Qi training are responsible for patrolling. Once the demon cultivators are discovered, they will personally suppress them.

After the plan was finalized, the great elder immediately conveyed the order and asked the city guards to help maintain order and start investigating the demon cultivators.

Early the next morning, monks from the Chen Clan's Immortal Clan were in the square, testing every mortal's demonic energy according to their status and household registration.

Chen Nianzhi stood on the high platform, looking at the bustling crowd below the stage and the monks testing their spiritual roots, his eyebrows moved slightly.

"It is said that among those powerful immortal clans, there are often treasures for refining demons."

"That kind of treasure can detect a large number of mortals at once and easily uncover hidden demon cultivators."

"If we had that kind of demon-refining treasure, we wouldn't have to go to war like this."

Chen Qingwan on the side smiled slightly when she heard this, and she also said with some longing in her eyes.

"It is said that the Qingyang Sect has a magic refining treasure called the Haotian Mirror."

"It is said that the power of the Haotian Mirror is immeasurable. Wherever the mirror light passes, evil spirits will fly away. Even the demons of the Purple Mansion can't resist it. The other demons will even be wiped out on the spot."

"That kind of treasure will be coveted by even the Zi Mansion and even the Golden Pill Immortal Clan. I don't know if I, the Chen family, will have the chance to get one after thousands of years."

When old uncle Chen Changyan heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Chen Nianzhi.

There was a hint of hope in his eyes, and he smiled after a while.

"Xiao Nianzhi, you are the one with the best immortality among our Chen family. I think you might have the appearance of banishing an immortal."

"I can't see it anymore, old man. You should practice well. If you can get the treasure of demon refining in the future, remember to bring it to the old man's grave and show it to me."

When everyone heard this, they all regarded it as a joke. Only Chen Nianzhi felt a little heavy in his heart.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered in his heart: "The treasure of demon refining, there will be a day."

Although a group of people were chatting, they did not relax their vigilance. The first day of investigation went smoothly.

By sunset, everyone had identified four to five thousand people, but no demon cultivator was found.

This was expected by everyone. Although demonic cultivators are pervasive and there are demonic cultivators lurking in almost all major immortal clans, there are usually not too many of them.

The investigation was carried out in an orderly manner for several days. It was not until the fourth day that Chen Nianzhi finally discovered the anomaly.

On this day in the square, there was a person who looked nervous when he was brought by the city guards. Suddenly his face suddenly turned ferocious, and he threw a bloody skull towards the inspecting monk.

Fortunately, Chen Nianzhi had noticed something was wrong early on and slashed across the air with his golden blade.

The human demon cultivator was just in the early stage of Qi training, and he couldn't stand up to Chen Nianzhi, so he was killed by a sword in the blink of an eye.

The fifth elder, Chen Qingwan, was alerted, stepped forward and pulled off a human skin mask from the demon cultivator's face.

The commander of the city guard came over, checked on the dead demon cultivator, and then said.

"This person's name is Chen Dabao. He is forty-seven years old. He is alone. There has been nothing unusual recently."

"By the way, since his parents died more than ten years ago, he has become more withdrawn. Unexpectedly, he was replaced by a demon cultivator."

"For more than ten years, it seems that this demonic cultivator has impersonated me, a mortal of the Chen family, and has been hiding in Pingyang County for some years."

Chen Qingwan said with a cold expression.

Pingyang County has second-level spiritual energy. Although most of the spiritual energy is supplied to the city defense formation, it is still a treasure land for such low-level demon cultivators.

Chen Nianzhi put away the golden blade, glanced at the demon cultivator's corpse and said, "Lead the way, go to his house and have a look."

The city guard commander led everyone forward and soon arrived at Chen Dabao's home.

As soon as he entered the yard, Chen Nianzhi's eyes narrowed, he stepped forward, opened the cellar in the woodshed, and found dozens of heads hidden inside.

"This is used to refine the withered bone demon skull."

Chen Changyan was well-informed and recognized the purpose of these heads at first sight.

He told everyone that the Withered Bone Demon Skull is a kind of magic weapon. This is the magic weapon that made the old demon who caused the evil disaster in Chu a hundred years ago become famous.

"Back then, in order to refine the demon skull, the Old Demon with Bones slaughtered several Zifu immortal clans and took tens of millions of mortal heads."

"Legend has it that on the day the magic treasure was born, ghosts cried and howled for hundreds of miles, and it almost turned into a swarm of ghosts."

"The old demon with bones relies on the power of the magic treasure, and his strength is almost invincible in the Chu Kingdom."

"In the end, it was the former head of the Qingyang Sect who held the Haotian Mirror and other demon-refining treasures to kill him in one battle. The head of the Qingyang Sect was also seriously injured in that battle, and soon after he sat on the throne of the sect and died. middle."