I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World

"The most useless Garrison Commander in history? Who said that!? Who said all these things!?"

Yan Xuankong became utterly furious after hearing this, "I've been in charge of the Smoke Wave Prefecture for decades, slaughtering three Demon Kings. I've beaten those major factions into complete submission, so how did I end up being called the most useless Garrison Commander in history? Why!?"

Han Zheng spread his hands innocently, "It wasn't me who said it, it was those Xuanjia Guards from the entire Southern Mountain Demon Cleansing Department.

Moreover, after you disappeared, the situation in Southern Mountain really did become dire.

You did kill three Demon Kings, but then the Black Mountain Demon swept through Southern Mountain, wreaking havoc across the land for five years."

"The Black Mountain Demon? That piece of trash caused chaos in Southern Mountain?"

Yan Xuankong, in disbelief, said, "Originally, among the Four Great Demon Kings of Southern Mountain, the Black Mountain Demon was the weakest. He only managed to escape because he fled quickly, and I didn't kill him for that.

How come once I'm trapped here, this thing could cause chaos across all of Southern Mountain? Are all my subordinates useless?

Tell me, what exactly happened!"

Han Zheng, having searched through numerous books in the Guardian Storage to find the Pain Origin, had become quite familiar with the various histories of the Demon Cleansing Department.

After Han Zheng explained to the other party how the Black Mountain Demon had caused chaos in Southern Mountain after Yan Xuankong's disappearance, Yan Xuankong's eyes reddened with anger as he cursed, "Damned! Truly damned!"

In Han Zheng's view, this blame shouldn't really fall on Yan Xuankong; it was more of a coincidence.

Yan Xuankong, entrapped in Thousand Buddha Village for reasons unknown, although missing, still maintained his formidable reputation.

According to records in the Demon Cleansing Department, there was relative calm in Southern Mountain for a while after Yan Xuankong's disappearance, with just occasional Demon and Martial World factions popping up.

It seems that those were actions by the Black Mountain Demon, testing to see if Yan Xuankong really had disappeared.

Half a year later, the Black Mountain Demon gradually began to take action, not by himself at first but by manipulating some of the Martial World factions until a year later when he fully swept through Southern Mountain.

Throughout this time, the Court actually could have sent reinforcements as Southern Mountain had requested support.

However, they were coincidentally dealing with disturbances around the Capital City, some even threatening the city itself.

Additionally, Demon Suppression Pass was under heavy attack by Demons, compelling the Court to send significant reinforcements there.

Compared to the Capital City and Demon Suppression Pass, the situation in Southern Mountain had to be deprioritized.

After all, once the rebellion threatened the Capital City, or if Demon Suppression Pass was breached, those would be significant issues that could indeed impact the fate of the Great Zhou.

"Lord Yan, how did you end up trapped in this Thousand Buddha Village? What exactly is this place?"

Han Zheng inquired.

Yan Xuankong scoffed, cursing under his breath, "Don't even mention it, I'm utterly cursed.

Originally, I had killed three of the Four Grand Demon Kings of Southern Mountain, leaving only the Black Mountain Demon.

At that time, my cultivation was verging on the Dharma Manifestation Realm, and I even had a chance to compete for a position of Commander at the headquarters of the Demon Cleansing Bureau.

But because of my abrasive personality, during a decampment to the Capital City, I offended five of the Six Commanders. The only one I didn't offend was because he was a retiring predecessor whom I never met."

Han Zheng was somewhat speechless; indeed, he had noticed that the former Garrison Commander of Southern Mountain, although charismatic, spoke coarsely, always referring to himself as 'I, the old man' and constantly spouting profanities. If he spoke to his superiors in the same way, it was no wonder he had offended people.

Yan Xuankong continued, "So if I wanted to become a Commander, I definitely couldn't compete with others in terms of connections, so I thought of accumulating more merits, at least outperforming others in terms of achievements.

The Black Mountain Demon was part of my merits, but that guy was extremely slippery. I chased him for a long time and had just traced his location to begin hunting him down throughout Southern Mountain."

I had been chasing it all the way to Smoke Wave Lake, not knowing what I had touched, and mistakenly entered Thousand Buddha Village, ending up in a fierce fight with some eerie things here.

Black Mountain Demon, that coward, stole something and fled while I wanted to gain more from this place, but I inadvertently touched the core of Thousand Buddha Village and was directly destroyed physically, and my Yang God was severely damaged. I could only barely survive by hiding inside this sculpture of the Kitchen God."

Han Zheng looked outside and asked, "What exactly is this Thousand Buddha Village that it could even destroy the physical body of a great person like you?"

Before, Han Zheng had only felt that this place was somewhat sinister, but now it seemed even more terrifying than he had imagined!

No wonder Yuwen Xizhen had said he wanted him to see what true terror was.

Before, Yan Xuankong had been a Yang God Realm Peak Martial Arts Great Grandmaster, even just a step away from entering the Dharma Manifestation Realm.

Yet, he still had his physical body destroyed here.

Black Mountain Demon, who was at the Demon King Level, had also fled in a panic from this place.

Being merely in the Xuan Gang Realm myself, if I really broke some taboo here, I might die without a place to be buried in the blink of an eye.

Yan Xuankong furrowed his brows tightly and said solemnly, "When I first came here, I explored the place.

The origins of this place are ancient—so ancient that it did not belong to our era. Did you notice that the villagers here dress completely differently from us?"

Han Zheng was slightly startled, then nodded.

He hadn't noticed it before, but now that Yan Xuankong mentioned it, it was true.

The clothing style of these villagers was completely different from that of Great Zhou.

Yan Xuankong continued, "Judging by the clothing style and some writings, Thousand Buddha Village should be a small village that existed on the islet of Smoke Wave Lake during the chaotic era of ancient Demons.

Originally, this small village was nothing special, and it wasn't even called Thousand Buddha Village. The people only worshiped the Kitchen God, praying for plentiful food and clothing, which was already an incredible dream at that time.

But suddenly one day, a great Buddha descended, some villagers thought it was a divine sign and began to worship the Buddha, and the Buddha actually responded, making their dreams come true.

After that, the entire villagers of Thousand Buddha Village went crazy, ceased all production, and spent their days only in worship. Every household mixed their own blood and mud to sculpt a Buddha statue, and each statue was different.

All their wishes would be granted by the Buddha, but the ways they were fulfilled were extremely sinister.

Before, Black Mountain Demon stole the Eternal Youth Spring from one of the families. That family was full of sick people, who prayed for eternal youth, so the Buddha granted them a spring of eternal youth.

But as they drank from it, they became less and less human, turning directly into monsters.

Then there was the lazy man next door, who was too poor to even get married, yet he dreamed every day of rising to prominence.

He prayed to the Buddha to become a great figure, and ended up trapped in his fantasies, living a delusional life.

The butcher who was chasing after you earlier wasn't actually a butcher, but a short, thin, coward fisherman.

His wife blatantly had an affair with the butcher, he witnessed it himself but dared not say anything, even standing guard outside for them.

Thus he prayed to the Buddha for strength, and the result was that he turned into a burly, immensely strong butcher, but completely lost his sanity, filled with a violent killing intent.

When every household in Thousand Buddha Village started worshipping the Buddha, the village completely fell into an unknown space, where the villagers became immortal, merging with the village itself, or more accurately, with the great Buddha.

The only safe place in the entire village was the temple of the Kitchen God.

After Thousand Buddha Village began worshipping the Buddha, the temple of the Kitchen God was smashed.

But a little girl didn't want to worship the Buddha and secretly left a small statue of the Kitchen God, the one my spirit now inhabits.

This small statue preserved a trace of the Kitchen God's divinity, not invaded by the outside, so staying here is still relatively safe."