He reappeared at the Heavenly Sword Branch.

He took out the Mo Shield from his sleeve and shook his head with a smile.

The Heaven-Reaching Order has a deeper foundation than he imagined.

Thinking about it, with such a long heritage, how could it not have a profound foundation?

He toyed with the Mo Shield, channeling its energy, and the Mo Shield gradually became illusory.

A quarter of an hour later, the Mo Shield disappeared from his hand, and he was already wearing a Mystic Robe.

This was somewhat similar to the Moon Silkworm Frost Robe worn by Chu Liezhao.

Without the proactive channeling of energy by the Moon Silkworm Frost Robe, as if someone were supporting it to walk, but it can actively defend.

Even if he doesn’t react in time, the Mo Shield can automatically defend.

This Mo Shield has a singular use, aside from defense, it’s almost useless for anything else.

But defense is precisely the most important for him.

Even with the Dragon Soaring Bell, even with the Golden Sword, he still felt uneasy.

Now with the Mo Shield, his heart is settled.

So when he received a letter indicating the location of Qianye Sect, he unhesitatingly went to the Evil Extermination Department and found Huang Zhengyang.

Huang Zhengyang took the letter, and his face immediately turned gloomy.

Because the Undying Evil Venerable’s appearance has significantly reduced, his complexion has been great for the past few days, no longer gloomy.

This time he put on a gloomy expression again, coldly saying, "Is this a trap?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head: "I don’t think it’s a trap, but rather using our hands to kill others."

"Are they having internal conflicts?"

"I would estimate so."

"Heh, using our hands to extinguish Qianye Sect? Heh, that’s truly bold!"

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

Huang Zhengyang looked at Chu Zhiyuan: "Brother Chu, what do you think?"

Chu Zhiyuan said: "If the Evil Extermination Department doesn’t take action, then let the Heavenly Sword Sect act."

"Let’s do it ourselves." Huang Zhengyang said: "Who knows if they’ll play tricks, or if it’s a trap!"

This is indeed a great achievement.

In recent times, as the Undying Evil Venerable keeps appearing, there has been substantial resentment toward the Evil Extermination Department from the court and the populace.

They believe the Evil Extermination Department’s incompetence has led to the current situation.

His position as Deputy Director is at the forefront, and achieving more merits could stabilize his position slightly.

Otherwise, the Court might remove him from the Deputy Director position to calm the discontent.

Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "We do need to be cautious."

"I’ll do some reconnaissance before taking action. Brother Chu, if you have time, come and assist." Huang Zhengyang said.

Sects like Qianye Sect are very difficult to extinguish, one reason is they are hard to track, another is they have multiple hideouts; destroying one won’t annihilate their corruption.

Thirdly, without destroying the Evil Venerable Statue, the Evil Sects won’t perish.

In today’s world, it seems only Chu Zhiyuan can destroy the Evil Venerable Statue.

Chu Zhiyuan slowly nodded.

...

In the early morning

Chu Zhiyuan and Huang Zhengyang stood in a forest, the Qing Qi lingering in the woods was refreshing.

The forest was shrouded in a thin mist, dewdrops on leaves glowed faintly.

Chu Zhiyuan and Huang Zhengyang stood on a tree, looking into the distant mountain range.

"Unfortunately, time is too tight." Huang Zhengyang shook his head and said: "We couldn’t find the other hideouts."

Chu Zhiyuan said: "Then let’s first eliminate this place, we’ll deal with the others later."

"It has to be this way." Huang Zhengyang sighed: "Sects like this are really hard to cleanse thoroughly, you kill one group, another rises, extinguish one hideout, they reappear elsewhere, almost like they never end."

"Take it slow." Chu Zhiyuan said.

If it were easy to kill them all, the Evil Extermination Department would have killed this Evil Sect long ago.

Huang Zhengyang said: "Brother Chu, can the Ascension Technique locate other Evil Venerable Statues?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile: "The Ascension Technique isn’t that powerful."

Huang Zhengyang said: "I’ll have the Court search for a secret technique that can do that."

"Does the Court have such a secret technique?" Chu Zhiyuan’s spirit lifted.

If there’s such a secret technique, it would greatly benefit the eradication of evil sects.

Huang Zhengyang said: "We haven’t found it yet."

If the Ascension Technique can be mastered, other secret techniques that can’t be mastered might also be worth a try.

He thereby thought of such a secret technique to locate all Evil Venerable Statues.

Chu Zhiyuan laughed: "If it can be found, I definitely want to practice it."

"I’ll keep searching." Huang Zhengyang said.

Chu Zhiyuan looked towards the distant two peaks between the mountains, and slowly said: "Then let’s eliminate them first."

Huang Zhengyang solemnly nodded and waved his hand.

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly turned his gaze behind him, slightly tensing.

At that time, on a peak ten miles away, Su Qi and three others’ expressions changed.

Su Qi hurriedly lowered his posture, his face tense: "He discovered us?"

The lean middle-aged man and round-faced middle-aged man both crouched down with unpleasant faces.

Zhu Lingyun also slightly bent over, lowering his posture, letting the leaves cover him: "Could it be a coincidence?"

Su Qi replied grumpily: "I looked him in the eye, and you call it a coincidence!"

The lean middle-aged man said: "He did glance at me."

The round-faced middle-aged man quickly nodded: "He really saw me, it’s terrifying, can he sense us watching?"

The lean middle-aged man slowly said: "It’s very likely, this Chu Zhiyuan is stronger than we imagined."

Su Qi let out a breath: "Lucky we didn’t surround him, he doesn’t know us."

Chu Zhiyuan is from a Major Sect, not an Evil Sect. His actions will be cautious.

Sensing our four’s gaze, he would only become vigilant, not directly attack.

The lean middle-aged man said: "He’s so vigilant, should we keep watching?"

Zhu Lingyun said: "Keep watching, it won’t hurt. He’ll just think we’re curious, watching for entertainment, not directly intervening, won’t lead to him killing us."

"But if he gets close, our presence might be exposed."

"Then should we leave without watching?" Zhu Lingyun snorted.

"...Then let’s wait and see?" The lean middle-aged man hesitated and looked at Su Qi.

Su Qi said: "Let’s move back five more miles."

"But moving back, we won’t see anything." The round-faced middle-aged man said.

Even if they have attained Perfection, their vision has a limit, they can’t see infinitely far.

Moving back five miles, they could avoid detection by Chu Zhiyuan, but couldn’t clearly see here.

What’s the point then?

"We might not necessarily be unable to see, let’s go." Su Qi said.

The three followed Su Qi back to a towering peak, overlooking this side.

Even standing on the peak, they found a small grove, and hid in the trees, watching Chu Zhiyuan from a distance.

At this time, they noticed groups of experts emerging from the woods, rushing towards where Qianye Sect was located.

"It’s the Evil Extermination Department." Zhu Lingyun said.

"Qianye Sect is doomed." The lean middle-aged man observed those experts, shaking his head: "The difference in strength is too great."

The Evil Extermination Department is making a concerted effort, sending several times the number of experts to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Chu Zhiyuan and Huang Zhengyang stood floating on the treetops, not acting alongside the Evil Extermination Department experts.

Chu Zhiyuan suddenly turned his head to look.

Su Qi and the other three simultaneously ducked down, hiding themselves.

The round-faced middle-aged man exclaimed: "Damn, it’s really freaky, from that far, he still saw me!"

Su Qi’s expression was grim, looking at Zhu Lingyun.

Zhu Lingyun said: "He definitely saw us... We have to be careful, another time, and he might come after us."

"...Let’s leave, no more watching." Su Qi said through clenched teeth: "If we keep watching, we might really fall into his hands."

"Go! Go! Go!" The round-faced middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Brother Su, you’re wise, now we know how formidable this guy is."

Luckily, they used the tactic of borrowing hands to kill, truly surrounding him would have been suicidal.

Su Qi bit down: "His progress is too fast, hopefully the Third Elder can defeat him, otherwise, it’s a real trouble."

"The Third Elder will surely have no problem!" The lean middle-aged man slowly said.

The round-faced middle-aged man quickly nodded.

Zhu Lingyun said faintly: "I’m not so sure the Third Elder will be able to defeat him."