Chapter 1 Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren

Pei Hao Hong stared blankly at everything Shang Xingyan had done before stammering, "Sir, is Li Po the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Young Master?"

Shang Xingyan said coldly, "It's best not to ask what you shouldn't."

Pei Hao Hong immediately lowered his head. "This lowly one was being nosy."

Shang Xingyan said, "I don't blame you! I deliberately led the Young Master towards the Kong family because I wanted to get to the bottom of things!"

"Perhaps there are some things that the Young Master shouldn't know?" Shang Xingyan's last sentence seemed more like a soliloquy.

Pei Hao Hong only spoke after seeing the other party nod, "When our ancestor was deciphering the inscriptions, he discovered that all forty-nine Demon Suppressing Steles had the same scripture carved on them. However, the scripture on each Demon Suppressing Stele was damaged in different places."

"If the inscriptions are read in order, it's a normal Demon Suppression Scripture."

"But if you extract the slightly damaged scriptures, the inscriptions become a message left behind by the Nine Coffin Taoist."

"Back then, the Nine Coffin Taoist only created eight strange coffins. He had no intention of creating a Soul Gathering Coffin (Ju Hun Guan)."

"It wasn't until he inadvertently discovered the place where the Evil God fell that he created a coffin that could gather souls."

"The purpose of the Soul Gathering Coffin is to gather the scattered souls of the Evil God. The purpose of the Demon Suppressing Steles is not to suppress demons, but to transmit power to the Soul Gathering Coffin, so that the scattered souls in the coffin can condense together and become a complete Evil Soul again."

"In other words, the Righteous Qi (Hao Ran Zheng Qi) that the Banxian Village disciples cultivate day and night is not suppressing demons, but nurturing them."

"When the Evil Soul takes shape, it will be the time when the so-called suppressed demon emerges from the coffin. The entire Banxian Village will become its sacrifice."

Pei Hao Hong sighed with infinite emotion at this point,

"Although our ancestor knew this secret, he didn't dare tell the truth to the other four great Confucians."

"Our ancestor, Pei Yu, was very clear that the reason why the five founders of Banxian Village chose this place was very likely that one of them, or even several of them, knew that they were bringing over an empty coffin."

"The current location of Banxian Village happens to be the place where the Evil God fell."

"Buying the Kong family's mansion and taking away the Kong family's Demon Suppressing Stele were actually pre-arranged results."

"Because the Kong family did the same thing as Banxian Village. They were also deceived into becoming sacrifices for gathering souls."

Pei Hao Hong said, "At that time, our ancestor Pei Yu made a bold speculation!"

"That is, of the three Soul Gathering Coffins, only the last one is the real deal. The other two are all fakes."

"The Kong family members, like the five founders of Banxian Village, only knew that they were ordered to suppress an Evil Demon, but they didn't know what they were suppressing."

"So, when they saw the underground coffin, they would not hesitate to arrange a formation to move the coffin. In fact, the first coffin that Banxian Village took away was just a fake."

"As soon as the five founders of Banxian Village left, the Evil Soul that had been gathered slaughtered the entire Kong family. At the same time, it also devoured all the Kong family members' souls as nourishment."

Pei Hao Hong paused before saying, "At that time, our ancestor Pei Yu made another speculation!"

"That is, there should be two places where the Evil God fell. One is in the Kong family's courtyard, and the other is under Banxian Village."

"Because, the person who designed Banxian Village was our Pei family ancestor. He said in his notes that when Banxian Village was first located, it was a barren land. Doesn't this fit the characteristics of an inauspicious place?"

"Anyone else would never choose to start construction here. Only Confucian scholars, who have no ghosts or gods in their hearts, would make such a choice."

"If the location of Banxian Village was the first stop where the Evil God fell, and the Kong family's courtyard was just the place where the Evil God died after being seriously injured and fleeing, then both places might have remnants of the Evil God's soul."

"After the Evil God's remnant soul recovered half of its strength in the Kong family, it moved here and repeated the same trick, preparing to let Banxian Village nurture the demon."

Shang Xingyan nodded repeatedly as he listened, "Not bad, not bad. Very reasonable analysis!"

"However, you forgot that Righteous Qi can drive away demons and suppress ghosts and gods. Isn't using Righteous Qi to nourish an Evil Demon the same as watering flowers with boiling water?"

Pei Hao Hong said, "Our ancestor Pei Yu also thought of this!"

"He specifically went to the Kong family's courtyard and reopened the place where the coffin was taken out. He did find residual demonic energy there. From this point of view, anyone would think that a demon had been suppressed there."

"The discrepancy between the facts that our ancestor saw with his own eyes and the records on the inscriptions puzzled him."

"In order to solve the doubts in his heart, our ancestor Pei Yu searched through many ancient books and even secretly went out to inquire about news under the guise of seclusion."

"Finally, he came to a conclusion."

"That is, the so-called Evil God is actually the reincarnation of an Evil Star. Although he is cruel and bloodthirsty, he possesses divinity. Righteous Qi will not only not harm his soul, but will even dispel the demonic nature that has been tainted in his soul."

"Our ancestor also further deduced that the Evil God had been tainted with demonic Qi in the past. Righteous Qi is not only nourishing the Evil God's soul, but also expelling the demonic nature from him."