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After the group of martial artists cleaned the hall, a servant laid out a mattress and asked Madam He to rest. However, Madam He looked at the dust-stained statue and picked up a cloth to wipe the stone platform and the statue clean. Her fair hands were red from the cold.

After everything was done, everyone could finally rest.

The martial artists surrounded the four corners of the hall and slept in their clothes, while Madam He and her two daughters slept beside the bonfire in the middle of the hall.

Because the day was very tiring, other than the martial artists on night duty who were still awake, the other martial artists slept very soundly. After a while, the hall began to snore.

Soon, it was a quarter past midnight.

“So annoying!” He Zining could not sleep because of the snoring. She tossed and turned. Finally, she opened her eyes and hit the bed heavily.

At this moment, she followed the faint yellow light of the bonfire and saw a hideous humanoid creature with twisted limbs lying on the roof.

Suddenly, the other party was like a spider, hanging down a thread from the roof.

“Ah… ha… ha…” He Zining was so scared that she screamed. She realized that her neck seemed to be strangled by a big hand and she could not make a sound. The strong suffocation made her feel extremely painful and she struggled.

At this moment, her struggle attracted the attention of the martial artist on night duty.

“Second Miss, what’s wrong?!” The martial artist hurriedly went forward to check. He saw He Zining pinching her neck. Her face was purple, and her eyes were bulging. She looked horrified.

“Ah! Zining!” Madam He was awakened and screamed. All the martial artists were awakened.

Madam He grabbed He Zining’s hand forcefully, but she realized that her daughter’s small hands were extremely strong. She and a few martial artists could not pull her away.

“Ah! What is it?!”

Suddenly, a cold wind blew past, and the bonfire in the hall was instantly extinguished. A martial artist’s shrill and terrified cry came from the darkness.

At the same time, sounds of struggle and shouting could be heard from the hall.

“Heh… Heh…”

Seeing that her second daughter was about to strangle her to death, Madam He hurriedly knelt down in front of the statue and muttered, “I, Madam He, beg the Heavenly Venerable to appear and save my daughter. I will definitely worship incense every day and night in the future to re-cultivate the golden body for the Heavenly Venerable.”

At this moment, a golden thread thicker than before appeared above Madam He’s head. As the thread left her body, she suddenly collapsed to the ground as if she had collapsed.

Buzz!

The moment the golden thread entered the statue, the statue’s originally closed eyes suddenly opened. Purple light shone around its body, and the phantom of a handsome young man appeared in the hall.

Under the illumination of the purple light, many black humanoid monsters appeared in the hall. He Zining was not pinching herself. Her hands were grabbed by a hideous monster with twisted limbs.

“Evil creature! How dare you be so impudent in front of me!”

The young phantom suddenly shouted angrily. It was like a thunderclap on the ground. The monsters present maintained their original movements and instantly turned into dust, dissipating into nothingness.

At this moment, everyone was horrified to discover that the outside of the temple had already been surrounded by countless humanoid monsters. These monsters were lying on the windows and trying their best to squeeze into the temple. However, when they were illuminated by the purple light, they seemed to be burned by a fire. They let out miserable cries and finally turned into dust.

“The Heavenly Venerable has appeared!”

“We greet Heavenly Venerable Demon Vanquishing!”

The martial artists also knelt down one after another. At this moment, their expressions were extremely pious, especially the martial artists who had been attacked by the monsters. When they were illuminated by the purple light, they immediately felt the pain dissipate into nothingness. Their injuries were also recovering at a visible speed.

“Zining, quickly come and thank Heavenly Venerable!” At this moment, Madam He helped her second daughter, who was half-dead, up and supported her with her eldest daughter.

“Thank you for saving my life, Heavenly Venerable!” He Zining kowtowed heavily with snot and tears.

“The Heavenly Demons are in chaos. The demons here have been suppressed by me, but there are many ghosts. Leave quickly!” The young phantom said in a low voice and returned to the statue.

“Thank you Heavenly Venerable! Thank you Heavenly Venerable!”

Everyone hurriedly left the hall. Looking at the black powder piled up outside the hall, they could not help but feel a chill in their hearts.

However, when he looked at the statue that was still emitting purple light, he immediately felt more confident.

“Heavenly Venerable Demon Vanquishing, you saved the suffering. You really live up to your reputation!” A group of martial artists had faith in him.

Heavenly Prefecture, north of Xianyang City, Mingcang Mountain Spirit Vein.

After the True Martial Sect was established, Mingcang Mountain became one of the top factions in the East Victory Continent in just a few decades.

In particular, most of the True Martial Sect’s inheritance was completely open to the martial artists outside, completely abandoning the view of the sect.

Therefore, martial artists with the True Martial Sect’s inheritance could be said to be everywhere in the East Victory Continent. Moreover, their scale was growing day by day in the entire Origin World.

The cultivators who worshiped the Ten Absolutes Perfected Lord Han Zhao were not limited to the True Martial Sect disciples.

It was unknown who started it, but the temple dedicated to Han Zhao’s golden body and longevity tablet was named the ‘Heaven Suppressing True Martial Spirit Blessing Saint Emperor Temple’. Among the commoners, there were also honorific titles like ‘Perfected Lord Demon Vanquishing’, ‘Heavenly Venerable Demon Vanquishing’, and ‘Demon Vanquishing Heavenly Emperor’.

The reason for this situation was because of the war between the humans and the Outer World’s foreign races. The Heavenly Demon Race had interfered, and some creatures contaminated by the Heavenly Demon Yin energy naturally caused considerable harm to the people.

After all, even an anomalous creature that didn’t even have a one-vein was comparable to an ordinary Blood Tempering Realm martial artist. Ordinary people didn’t have martial arts to rely on, let alone hire a Martial Master to guard them. Therefore, low-level anomalous creatures caused quite a bit of trouble in the early stages.