I Become a Martial Arts God in the Chaotic Demon World

Yan Xuankong roughly found out the origin of Thousand Buddha Village.

But as for what kind of history this great Buddha had, Yan Xuankong didn't know either.

This thing originated from the chaotic era of Ancient Times when demons ran amok; historical records from that period were inherently disordered and unclear.

Moreover, with Yan Xuankong's personality, he would never bother to look through records of Ancient Times. Wen Tingyun would be more likely to do so.

"Kid, do you want to escape?"

"Of course, I do."

Yan Xuankong, embodying his Yang God, with his legs crossed, said, "If you want to escape, then obediently follow my command.

Although your strength is somewhat lacking, it's barely enough to be of use."

Han Zheng blinked and bowed, "I am willing to follow Mr. Yan's command."

Yan Xuankong snapped his fingers, "Sensible boy. Right, what's your name, and what role do you hold within the Southern Mountain Demon Cleansing Department?"

"My name is Han Zheng, and I am the Demon Sweeping Colonel tasked with garrisoning Smoke Wave Prefecture."

Yan Xuankong looked at Han Zheng somewhat surprised.

He had assumed that given Han Zheng's youth, he must be one of the promising young figures of Smoke Wave Prefecture, but he didn't expect him to already be garrisoning a region.

The Demon Cleansing Department's goal in training talent is to do so comprehensively; in the early stages, if you demonstrate ample talent, you can certainly cultivate peacefully at one of the headquarters or even within the headquarters in the Capital City.

However, if you wish to rise higher, you must have a period of experience garrisoning a locale, and the better you perform, the more seriously you'll be regarded by the leadership.

The Demon Cleansing Department never wanted hothouse flowers but rather competent officials with real strength capable of controlling a region.

At such a young age, Han Zheng would normally still be cultivating steadily at the headquarters; it was unexpected that he had already begun to garrison a region.

If it wasn't for Han Zheng having a strong backing, then his abilities must have already been recognized by the current Southern Mountain high-level officials.

Despite his surprise, Yan Xuankong didn't show it and simply nodded slightly, "Not bad, not bad.

Enough with the idle talk. First, I'll tell you how to leave this damned place.

The core of Thousand Buddha Village's power lies beneath the suddenly-arrived great Buddha.

When the great Buddha descended, it directly pulled Thousand Buddha Village into this space, and the only connection to the outside world is beneath that great Buddha.

However, that thing has a somewhat sinister nature; even I cannot contend with its power, and it's there that my physical body was destroyed.

Only by withstanding that power can one return to the normal world.

The Black Mountain Demon, being a stubborn rock, can withstand a good beating. Plus, I was the first to activate the core power of the great Buddha and was targeted, allowing the Black Mountain Demon to escape.

Otherwise, based on my estimations, only a being at the Dharma Manifestation Realm would be able to withstand the power of this great Buddha.

Within the entire Thousand Buddha Village, the only thing that can withstand the power of the great Buddha is the divinity of this Stove God."

Han Zheng looked at the statue of the Stove God and asked with curiosity, "Are there really divine beings?"

Actually, since arriving in this world, Han Zheng's greatest puzzlement had been that this world seemed to have few people who worship gods or Buddha.

While commoners might believe in all sorts of messy divine beings, generally speaking, their incense offerings weren't exactly thriving.

Taoist and Buddhist institutions, on the other hand, were still flourishing, but that was simply because of their strong martial prowess, recognized by Great Zhou as legitimate religions.

However, whether it was the Taoist or Buddhist institutions, they never broadly proclaimed anything about the descent of gods or Buddha into the world.

The reason was simple; anyone could rebut them with a single statement.

If your Buddha has such great divine powers, why, during the chaotic era of Ancient Times when demons rampaged, were so many monks taken as Blood Food? Why didn't Buddha descend to subdue demons and slay great demons?

Thus, Han Zheng felt that although this world had mighty martial forces, even to the extent of rivaling gods and Buddha, there seemed to be no actual divine beings present.

The Smell Fragrance Sect and other such cults were in abundance, but they were all about conning people.

Yan Xuankong shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, I don't know either. It is said that in the ancient times there were gods, Buddhas, and demon gods, but the historical records of the ancient times are incomplete, and the times before that are now only stuff of legends.

However, in the present world, there certainly are a lot of things related to gods and Buddhas that contain a kind of power entirely different from that of martial arts and even demonic forces. This kind of power is called divinity.

In the Great Compassion Temple, the most powerful among the Five Families and Seven Sects of the Southern Mountain route, there is a Demon-Subduing Pestle containing divinity. One of the Four Great Demon Kings of the Southern Mountain area, the Hundred Feather Demon King, once tried to steal this Demon-Subduing Pestle, but his arm shattered upon merely touching it.

I never expected that Thousand Buddha Village, this little place, would also have a divinity-infused statue of the Stove God. Although it's faint, it's indeed genuine divine power.

The suddenly descended great Buddha had boundless might, enough to pull the entire village into this separate space.

But it was unable to destroy this tiny Stove God Temple, so only the divinity of the Stove God could contend with it.

However, people are greedy, and under the subtle influence of the great Buddha, the villagers became greedy and mad, smashing the Stove God's statue, leaving Thousand Buddha Village without anything to counteract the great Buddha's presence.

But although the statue was smashed, fragments still maintain some divinity.

"If you can retrieve those fragments of the statue and remake the Stove God's body, concentrating a stronger divinity, you would be able to withstand the power of the great Buddha and escape."

"Where are the fragments of the statue?"

Yan Xuankong said with a hint of sigh, "You've seen the situation in Thousand Buddha Village, everyone is lost in a drunken stupor, only caring for worship and venting their desires, turning into monsters one by one.

"The only one who was sober, the young girl who sculpted the Stove God's statue, did not believe that worshipping Buddha would grant anything without hard work.

"Her father, however, was a beast, lazy and greedy, who caused his own wife to leave him and nearly starved his daughter to death.

"Even before the great Buddha descended, he had to rely on his ten-year-old daughter to work to support him.

"After the arrival of the great Buddha, he built a Buddha statue in his yard and worshipped all day long, neglecting his daughter.

"He prayed for the Buddha to bestow upon him an endless supply of delicious food, dreaming of lying there all day and enjoying himself.

"So, in the end, this fellow became a giant ball of flesh, unable to move, with only his two hands grabbing food. He had long lost all thought, driven only by the instinct to eat.

"His daughter came back with the shattered pieces of the Stove God's statue, hoping to see if she could help glue the fragments together.

"When she was young and couldn't get enough food to eat, she survived on the offerings to the Stove God. She always believed that it was the Stove God who raised her.

"But unexpectedly, her completely deranged beast of a father devoured her as if she were food, swallowing her in one bite!"

Han Zheng fell silent, the ending was unspeakably cruel, devoid of a sliver of hope.

In the entire Thousand Buddha Village, there was only that sober little girl, but in the end, she was eaten by her own beastly father.

"So, the shards of the Stove God's statue have to be taken from the girl's father?"

Yan Xuankong nodded, "As you've seen, the villagers of Thousand Buddha Village have been completely eroded by the power of the great Buddha after worshipping it.

"With your power at the Xuan Gang Realm, you are no match for them.

"Even when I was alive, although I killed many villagers, it was futile. These villagers can't be killed—having become a part of Buddha, they immediately resurrect from the great Buddha's body when killed, becoming even more berserk.

"So don't think about killing them, the key is to swiftly seize the fragments of the Stove God.

"Would you mind cultivating a Demonic Technique?"

Han Zheng shook his head, "Of course not, I have also practiced Demonic Techniques before."

"I've seen you deploying movement techniques, it seems to be an evolution of the Wind and Thunder Technique, right?

"That stuff is too basic, boring to cultivate. I'll teach you a cultivation technique that truly achieves the ultimate speed, although it's quite consuming."

With that, Yan Xuankong manipulated his Primordial Spirit power, revealing lines of text and even images before Han Zheng, conveying a sense of training in the Taotie Furnace and grasping the Martial Arts True Intent.

"You've heard of the great Demonic Sect, the Blood Demon Sect, haven't you? This cultivation technique is the top-tier technique from the Blood Demon Sect's 'Blood God Scripture,' the 'Blood Shadow Floating Light Technique,' a standard Dan Sea Realm Martial Skill, incomparable to the likes of the Wind and Thunder Technique.

"Moreover, such a rare speed-focused cultivation technique is almost impossible to find in Southern Mountain road, and I got this from the headquarters of the Capital Demon Suppression Department."