Below the Free and Unfettered Peak, Qin Shou woke up, stretched lazily, and walked over to the septic tank.
As he was just about to yawn, he suddenly inhaled a strange gas.
"Ugh..."
Qin Shou vomited out the leftovers from the day before.
"Did the septic tank explode?"
Qin Shou stood up and looked around, but there was no one in sight.
"Where are the people?"
Pinching his nose, Qin Shou approached the septic tank and saw that the lid was closed.
"Who the hell closed the lid? It's not supposed to be closed! The smell won't dissipate!"
Qin Shou was speechless. He hadn't intended to put a lid on the septic tank when it was built.
It was just a pit dug at the foot of the Free and Unfettered Peak where waste was dumped.
"I'll teach you all a lesson when I get back!"
Qin Shou reached out and opened the septic tank lid.
As the lid opened, a flash of light emerged.
Boom!
An explosion filled the air, and Qin Shou, standing in the center, was covered in filth.
Moments later, the disciples of the Beast Taming Peak arrived, having just cleaned up, only to be enveloped by the stench once again.
Qin Shou was stunned.
Who the hell had set a trap in the septic tank?
Wiping the filth from his eyes, Qin Shou saw twelve people lying in the cesspool and froze.
What was going on?
Why were they hiding in the septic tank?
The disciples behind Qin Shou, who had intended to return to clean up, rushed over as soon as they saw Qin Shou still standing there.
Seeing the people lying in the cesspool, they were dressed in black robes, some injured.
Qin Shou's eyes widened as he saw tattoos on their necks.
Demons... the Demon Sect!
"Elder Brother, are they..." one of the disciples asked.
"They're from the Demon Sect!" Qin Shou exclaimed.
Did the Demon Sect come to steal feces?
"Hiss, the Demon Sect!"
"Elder Brother is amazing! You defeated the Demon Sect at night!"
"Elder Brother is so strong! You defeated them silently!"
The disciples praised him endlessly, making Qin Shou almost believe he had done it himself.
"The Demon Sect is a threat to all, and I have merely captured a few of their minions. It's nothing much," Qin Shou said, standing with his hands behind his back and his head held high.
"One day, I will personally eradicate the Demon Sect from the roots!"
Upon hearing this, the disciples admired him even more.
Of course, it would have been better if Qin Shou weren't covered in feces.
"Elder Brother is truly amazing!"
Qin Shou ordered with his hands behind his back, "Take them to the Star River Hall!"
The other disciples put down their tools, tied up the Demon Sect disciples, and escorted them back to the Star River Hall.
Inside the Star River Hall, a stench filled the air.
Luo Yangtian, the Chief of the Star River Sect, who stood with his feet on the stars and his back to the world, had to pinch his nose.
It was too disgusting.
Catching assassins was one thing, but getting covered in feces?
Really?
The Elder Pinched his nose and used water to wake up the Demon Sect members on the ground.
They needed to find out how they got in.
After waking up, Tian Jia looked around, smelled the stench, and vomited.
Ugh...
This made the already stench-filled Star River Hall even worse.
Qin Shou kicked Tian Jia and bowed, "Chief, these Demon Sect members came to steal feces from our Star River Sect, and I caught them!"
"Please punish them as you see fit!"
Steal feces?
Luo Yangtian was stunned. The Demon Sect came all this way to steal feces?
Are you serious?
Tian Jia was also stunned, looking at the feces covering him and then up at Qin Shou.
Rage boiled within him.
They had been knocked unconscious and thrown into the cesspool, and now they were being falsely accused of stealing feces!
This was too much!
"Qin Shou, what evidence do you have that they came to steal feces?" the Elder asked.
"I caught them in the cesspool!" Qin Shou replied truthfully.
The Elder looked at Qin Shou with strange eyes. The Demon Sect was ruthless, indeed, hiding in a cesspool!
Tian Jia and the others were furious.
As shadows, being ambushed, knocked unconscious, and thrown into a cesspool was one thing, but being falsely accused of stealing feces?
Did the Magic Music Palace lack feces?
"Qin Shou, I swear, I will never forgive you for this!" Tian Jia gritted his teeth.
Qin Shou picked up a clump of feces from his body and stuffed it into Tian Jia's mouth, shutting him up.
"You were stealing feces, so why am I falsely accusing you?" Qin Shou said irritably.
Tian Jia was enraged by Qin Shou's insult.
"Qin Shou, I will kill you!"
Tian Jia roared, his body turning red, and his aura surging.
"See, I'm right. You're getting angry!" Qin Shou said from the side.
"Roar!" Tian Jia roared again, his body rapidly cracking.
The Elder waved his hand, shielding Qin Shou and the others.
Boom!
With a loud bang, Tian Jia exploded, taking the lives of the other Demon Sect members with him.
Luo Yangtian reached out with his right hand, absorbing the force of Tian Jia's explosion, but his hand was also covered in filth.
The force of Tian Jia's explosion was gone, but the feces from their bodies had splattered all over the Star River Hall.
Luo Yangtian was devastated, barely able to stand, and didn't want his right hand anymore.
It was bad enough that it smelled, but now the entire Star River Hall was affected.
"Qin Shou, you may leave now. I will reward you for your service to the Star River Sect later," Luo Yangtian said calmly.
"It's my duty to catch feces thieves for the sect!" Qin Shou bowed.
Luo Yangtian: ...
Just go away!
The Elder couldn't take it anymore and waved his hand, sending Qin Shou and the others away.
The people were gone, but the smell remained.
Luo Yangtian regained his composure and ordered, "Elder, go investigate how the Demon Sect members infiltrated our sect.
"They didn't infiltrate just to steal feces; they were here to rescue someone."
"Chief, are you referring to... the Demon Sect Patriarch?" the Elder asked.
Luo Yangtian nodded slightly, "It's very likely."
If it was indeed the Demon Sect, everything made sense.
After all, the Demon Sect Patriarch was imprisoned beneath the Star River Sect.
The Magic Music Palace had sent their strongest shadows; how could they just be here to steal feces?
Qin Shou didn't understand, but Luo Yangtian knew very well.
The Demon Sect Patriarch was a formidable presence in Lianyun Prefecture.
Years ago, various sects had joined forces to severely injure him, but they too had suffered heavy losses and had to retreat.
The previous Chief of the Star River Sect had perished as a result.
"After so many years, I didn't expect the Demon Sect still hasn't given up," the Elder said angrily.
Once the Demon Sect Patriarch emerges from his seclusion, he will surely lead the Demon Sect back with a vengeance.
The Demon Sect Patriarch was a fearsome figure.
Once rescued, he would surely stir up war and bring disaster to the world!
"Elder, immediately issue orders for the peak masters to restrain their disciples and for the Law Enforcement Hall to patrol day and night.
We must be prepared for any move the Demon Sect makes.
This was the deterrent power brought by the Demon Sect Patriarch.
"Understood, Chief!" The Elder bowed slightly and turned to leave.
"Wait, clean up the feces in the Star River Hall," Luo Yangtian ordered before disappearing into the stars.
It was too stinky.