I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World

After leaving the Bai Family, Chu Xinghe sighed, "That was truly a close call just now. If the Bai Family patriarch hadn't appeared, we probably would have been forced to flee in a sorry state.

The Bai Family patriarch is actually one of the better ones among the many in the Martial World. Surprisingly, he did not favor his own people but instead, showed extreme righteousness by personally executing those traitors who colluded with the Demons."

Chu Xinghe had followed Fang Henge through many regions of Great Zhou and had witnessed the moral character of most of the major factions of the Martial World.

They always favored relations over justice and, even when they knew that their own people had broken the rules, they would still forcefully protect them for the sake of face.

Therefore, Chu Xinghe and his company even developed a kind of fondness for the actions of the Bai Family patriarch.

"Do you think the Bai Family patriarch is a good person, Brother Chu?"

Chu Xinghe was slightly startled, "Having only met once, it's hard to say he's a good person, but he did seem to be reasonable."

Han Zheng sneered, "Bai Chengwen is old and crafty, and his ability to play mind games is far beyond that of ordinary people.

You think he acted out of righteousness today, but in truth, he was using others to eliminate his problems."

"Whose knife was he borrowing?"

"Ours, of course, to remove the unstable elements within the Bai Family!"

Han Zheng's expression became slightly grim, "Bai Chengwen has grown old, and no one in the next generation of the Bai Family can reach the Yang God Realm. They can only choose a Family Head from among the Condensing Core Realm Martial Arts Grandmasters.

The problem is that the direct descendants of the main line of the Bai Family are not the strongest among the Condensing Core Realm Grandmasters, and naturally, the other branches have their own ambitions and have long been coveting the position.

But without a sufficient reason, Bai Chengwen could not deal with them. Bai Yuansong's collusion with the Black Mountain Demon provided an excellent reason.

It's likely that Bai Chengwen knew about Bai Songyuan's plans all along, watched everything unfold, and even helped it along in the dark, allowing him to communicate and collude with the Black Mountain Demon.

He even sat by and watched as Changlin Prefecture was breached, escalating the situation, and drawing us in.

By the time we from the Demon Cleansing Bureau 'exposed' Bai Songyuan, Bai Chengwen stepped forward, putting on a show of reluctantly having to uphold justice over family for the other branches of the Bai Family to see.

To the other Bai Family branches, it looked as if Bai Songyuan got himself killed for getting caught by the Demon Cleansing Bureau, with no connection to Bai Chengwen, who even had to sacrifice his own reputation to clean up after Bai Songyuan.

I'm guessing now, Bai Chengwen will definitely use this as an excuse to clear out a few more unstable elements within the Bai Family. It's possible that at this moment there's already carnage within the Bai Family."

After listening, Chu Xinghe first couldn't believe it, then his face showed a hint of anger, "So Bai Chengwen knew all along. He clearly could have stopped the Demons from breaching the city!

Even if he didn't intervene, he could have informed our Demon Sweeping Bureau, but he let Changlin Prefecture fall and allowed thousands of lives to be lost, all just to justify his purging the internal factions of the Bai Family?"

Han Zheng spoke indifferently, "That's exactly it. As the Bai Family Head, his first priority is his own interests, second is the interests of the main branch of the Bai Family, and the overall well-being of the entire Bai Family comes last.

As for those commoners and Xuanjia Guards who died, they are as insignificant as ants to him.

Strictly speaking, their deaths can be partly attributed to him.

I even suspect that Bai Chengwen himself might have entertained the idea of joining forces with the Black Mountain Demon."

Chu Xinghe was slightly alarmed, "Why? Brother Han, didn't you say that Bai Chengwen wanted to use Bai Songyuan's collusion with the Black Mountain Demon to eliminate those unstable elements? How could he possibly collude with the Black Mountain Demon?"

"Between life and death lies great fear. Bai Chengwen doesn't want to die. Seeing his behavior today, he isn't willing to give up the power in his hands either."

Han Zheng sighed, "The Black Mountain Demon is best at manipulating people's hearts. If you have no desires, the Black Mountain Demon naturally has no hold over you.

But if you have desires, it's very easy for the Black Mountain Demon to take advantage of you.

Bai Chengwen's Life Span is coming to an end, his desire to survive outweighs some, and he's the most vulnerable to the Black Mountain Demon's influence.

Plus, from his actions today, it's clear that this man is calculating, enduring, and ruthless, stopping at nothing to get what he wants.

If he can hard-heartedly kill off three branches of the Bai Family, drenched in the blood of his kin, he naturally wouldn't mind colluding with the Black Mountain Demon.

These people from the Cold Water Bai Family, I don't know if it's because they've been soaked in cold pools for too long, but they are all extremely sinister and cold-blooded, showing no mercy even when killing their own.

Of course, these are just my speculations. After we return, we'll talk to Lord Xu about it."

"The key point at the moment is that we need to take a trip to Gale Valley, and if we can clear out the demons inside, that would be best."

At this time, Jiang Qingping, who had been silent so far, suddenly said, "My lord, if you are going to Gale Valley, it would be wise to be careful.

Gale Valley is one of the key passes under strict surveillance by the Demon Cleansing Bureau, guarded by four Demon Sweeping Captains and more than ten elite team leaders.

Now that the valley has been occupied by demons, and since there has been no word from them, it's clear they have encountered misfortune."

"Oh? What's the situation in Gale Valley? Explain in detail."

Han Zheng knew about the many important passes in Southern Mountain.

When Huainan Road was in crisis, Chen Baxian had taken most of the Xuanjia Guards from Southern Mountain, but he didn't draw from those key positions, highlighting their importance.

Jiang Qingping said, "The place is quite peculiar; it's a narrow valley that runs directly from end to end. It is said that for countless years, mysterious fierce winds have been blowing simultaneously from both sides of the valley toward the outside, only dissipating after extending over ten miles.

Because of the constant fierce winds throughout the year, there's no living thing in Gale Valley, but paradoxically, the valley is rich in wind attribute nature's spiritual energy, causing the stones in the valley to frequently undergo strange transformations and turn into monsters that emerge from Gale Valley.

These stone monsters lack intelligence and don't even qualify as demons, but once they absorb enough of the wind's spiritual energy over time, they develop intelligence and turn into demons.

As such a stable source of demon creation, the Demon Cleansing Bureau naturally treats it with utmost seriousness.

Therefore, four Demon Sweeping Captains are stationed there year-round along with elite forces for patrols, ready to shatter any stone monsters showing signs of transformation to prevent them from turning into demons."

A contemplative look crossed Han Zheng's face.

What were these demons doing occupying Gale Valley? Mass-producing demons?

Strictly speaking, Gale Valley was an energy source that could produce demons.

But for those mutated stone monsters to develop intelligence and become demons, it could take as short as a decade or even as long as several decades.

In such a long time, the Demon Cleansing Bureau would have long retaken Gale Valley, so how could they allow it to remain in the hands of demons for so long?

Therefore, occupying Gale Valley didn't seem to offer any substantial benefit to the Black Mountain Demon.

On the surface, Gale Valley seemed useless.

But to understand what those demons were up to, they needed to investigate further.

Han Zheng had Jiang Qingping lead the way, and they arrived at the outskirts of Gale Valley.

As soon as they entered within ten miles of Gale Valley, they could feel the wind strength increasing.

When they reached the start of Gale Valley, the surrounding area was already filled with the sound of howling winds.

In front of the valley itself, they couldn't even see any ground, just giant rocks with strange grooves all over them, created by the wind.

Han Zheng had Jiang Qingping and the others stay there while he and Chu Xinghe stealthily infiltrated to investigate.

Jiang Qingping and the others were only at the Innate Realm, hardly able to put up a fight against the demons – it would be akin to seeking death.

The group concealed their powers and, naturally avoiding the valley entrance, climbed all the way to the top of Gale Valley, carefully scanning for any activity inside.

Han Zheng peeked over slightly and immediately furrowed his brow.

At that moment, there were roughly twenty demons sprawled throughout Gale Valley, with the weakest among them being Great Demons.

And the one giving orders was, surprisingly, an old acquaintance of Han Zheng's – the Taoist Luo!

Han Zheng had already slain the Taoist Luo once before, only to learn from Bu Tiange that Luo had not perished, but had been resurrected through a secret technique.

Moreover, it had been the Taoist Luo who instigated the Sima Family to exhaust all their efforts to assassinate Han Zheng.

Han Zheng's eyes carried a deep Killing Intent as he looked down at the Taoist Luo below.

If one death wasn't enough then two would be – he refused to believe this Taoist Luo could keep coming back to life!