Chapter 3: Weirdness (Please bookmark and vote)

The Demon Suppression Prison is a part of the Demon Suppression Division.

To be honest.

As a place for suppressing and sealing demons and monsters, the Demon Suppression Prison is already considered a high-security area within the Demon Suppression Division.

From the outside.

The Demon Suppression Prison looks like an ancient city. The surrounding walls are built from cyan bricks and stones, mottled with bloodstains, and filled with a sense of bloody slaughter and antiquity.

A rectangular gap exists at the base of the wall, with two stone lions guarding the left and right sides.

Shen Changqing understands.

That gap is actually the entrance to the Demon Suppression Prison.

The entire Demon Suppression Prison has only one entrance and exit.

On the surface, the entrance and exit of the Demon Suppression Prison do not seem to be guarded by heavy troops, and it does not look like a strictly guarded high-security facility.

In reality.

The Demon Suppression Prison does not need to be guarded by too many troops.

It is very simple.

Because the Demon Suppression Prison exists within the Demon Suppression Division, and the Demon Suppression Division itself is an indestructible cage.

With Demon Exorcists in front and Guardians behind.

If any demon or monster were to walk out of the Demon Suppression Prison, it would be detected by the experts within the Demon Suppression Division the very next second, and there would be absolutely no reason for it to leave the Demon Suppression Division alive.

These things.

Shen Changqing has only heard through the grapevine.

However, in his opinion, the possibility of this being true is very high.

Standing in place for a few seconds.

Shen Changqing took a deep breath and stepped into the Demon Suppression Prison.

However—

Just as he crossed the stone lions, a bloody stench so thick it was terrifying rushed toward his face, nearly suffocating him. Under the impact of the blood, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Fortunately.

When the bloody impact hit, powerful Qi and blood surged within Shen Changqing’s body, dispersing the bloody chill.

Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training!

His footsteps paused slightly.

Shen Changqing continued to walk forward.

This is not his first time coming to the Demon Suppression Prison, and he has had one previous experience with the bloody impact inside.

When he entered the Demon Suppression Prison last time, he had not yet mastered the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training, and he had stood there, dazed, for nearly half an hour before gradually adapting.

Compared to the previous time.

This time, he was able to recover after only a brief pause.

Therefore.

Shen Changqing has gained a certain level of confidence in his own strength.

The entrance to the Demon Suppression Prison is a long corridor. There are no wall lamps on either side of the corridor, so it presents an eerie darkness.

If it were an ordinary person walking in such a corridor, it would be inevitable for them to feel fear.

But for Shen Changqing, who has experience.

The dark corridor did not cause much fluctuation in his heart.

Not only Shen Changqing, but every trainee Demon Exorcist is a person of strong character.

Because without sufficient character, one is not qualified to enter the Demon Suppression Division.

Every expert in the Demon Suppression Division will have to face demons and monsters in the future, which inevitably involves many terrifying scenes, so a strong character is needed as support.

Otherwise, it would be a dead end sooner or later.

Despite the darkness of the corridor.

Shen Changqing’s pace did not falter.

Soon.

At the end of the dark corridor, faint light appeared, and before long, the light gradually became distinct.

By the time he completely left the darkness, the scene had changed entirely.

He saw oil lamps lit all around, dispelling all the darkness.

Several people wearing iron armor and iron helmet masks, whose specific appearances could not be seen, were guarding the area with sabers at their waists.

After seeing Shen Changqing appear.

One of them stepped forward and blocked his path.

"Who goes there? Please show your credentials!"

"I am Shen Changqing, a trainee Demon Exorcist of the Yellow Department, ordered to inspect the Demon Suppression Prison. This is the manual!"

Shen Changqing stopped and presented the Demon Suppression Prison manual that Liu Chang had given him.

Anyone tasked with inspecting the Demon Suppression Prison will receive a manual.

The Demon Suppression Prison manual.

It not only records some precautions within the prison but also serves as a pass to enter.

After completing the task each time, the manual must be handed back.

Seeing the manual in Shen Changqing’s hand.

The man directly cleared the way.

Seeing this.

Shen Changqing put away the manual, cupped his hands toward the men, and walked inside.

Outside the Demon Suppression Prison, there are no heavy troops guarding it.

But inside the prison, there are some soldiers on guard.

He is not very clear about the origins of these soldiers, but those who can stay in the Demon Suppression Prison year-round are definitely not ordinary people.

When he came last time.

Shen Changqing did not have much of a feeling about the soldiers guarding the prison.

But arriving this time, he had a different feeling.

Because his Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training has achieved some success, his perception has become keen.

Shen Changqing can clearly perceive.

Behind that iron armor, there is surging Qi and blood.

Even if he has mastered the third level of the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training, it is highly likely that he is no match for these soldiers.

—

The Demon Suppression Prison is divided into five levels. The top level does not hold any demons or monsters; it is only guarded by soldiers.

Shen Changqing is currently on the top level.

As soon as he went down to the second level, a cold chill surged forth.

Although that chill was powerful, it did not have much of an effect on him.

Because ordinary trainee Demon Exorcists can come and go freely on the second level, let alone Shen Changqing.

After descending to the second level.

Shen Changqing immediately opened his panel to take a look.

The column regarding Killing Value had not changed for the time being.

"It seems I have to inspect it first!"

The first appearance of Killing Value was triggered in the Demon Suppression Prison.

Since then.

Shen Changqing had studied it carefully and finally reached a conclusion.

That is, demons and monsters possess Killing Value, but one does not need to kill them; one only needs to be in a place where demons and monsters exist.

As for the specifics.

He still needs to study it further.

Opening the manual, Shen Changqing skipped the precautions at the beginning and turned to the official content.

Coming into view.

Was a portrait of a woman.

The woman in the portrait looked bewitching and charming, as if she could captivate one's soul.

He took a brief look and then turned to the back, where there were no pictures, but written records.

Name: Charm Woman

Rank: Resentment-level monster

Description: Skilled in mental attacks, often uses female beauty to seduce souls. Once sucked dry the essence and blood of nearly ten thousand people in five villages, later captured by the Demon Suppression Division and imprisoned in the Demon Suppression Prison.

Shen Changqing closed the manual and walked toward the first cell on the second level.

The layout of the Demon Suppression Prison is not much different from the prisons in his previous life's memories; they all consist of individual cells to isolate the things that need to be imprisoned.

When he reached the first cell.

Shen Changqing’s vision suddenly changed.

The cell that should have been cold turned into a cozy boudoir in his eyes, with a woman with long hair reaching her waist sitting in front of a vanity, her back to him.

Through the reflection in the bronze mirror on the vanity, Shen Changqing could see that charming and moving face.

Suddenly.

The woman’s hair-combing motion stopped, and then she looked back with a smile, full of grace.

Shen Changqing was expressionless.

Seeing this.

The Charm Woman rose from the vanity, took light steps toward him, and as her red lips parted, a fragrant breeze rushed toward him.

"In the eyes of the young master, I wonder if my beauty is pleasing to you?"

"—"

Shen Changqing did not reply, just standing there.

"Why does the young master stand outside without moving? Why not come in and sit for a while—" As the woman spoke, she suddenly gave a flirtatious wink, and the clothes draped over her shoulders slipped slightly, just enough to reveal her snow-white shoulders.

Shen Changqing turned and left, causing the woman’s expression to suddenly go blank.

"It seems there is no way to get Killing Value from her!"

Shen Changqing shook his head inwardly as he walked away.

He had stood outside the cell for a long time just now, but he had not gained any Killing Value.

From this, it can be seen.

The possibility of gaining Killing Value from the Charm Woman is already slim.

Therefore.

Shen Changqing could not be bothered to waste any more time on her. After all, there are so many demons and monsters suppressed in the Demon Suppression Prison; there is no need to hang himself on one tree.

As for the form of the Charm Woman.

To be honest, he had no interest at all.

Don't look at how charming and moving she appears; in fact, ordinary monsters do not have actual physical forms and all show themselves as illusions.

Perhaps what he sees is a charming and moving woman, but in the eyes of others, it is another appearance.

These things.

Someone had specifically explained them on the very first day he entered the Demon Suppression Division.

The precautions in the manual also have the same records.

So no matter how the Charm Woman changes, it is of no use to Shen Changqing.

"The Charm Woman is not the problem, then let's see the situation in the next cell!"

Shen Changqing turned to the next page of the manual, read the information recorded on it, and walked toward the next cell.

The manual records what kind of demons and monsters are imprisoned in each cell.

The requirement for the task of inspecting the Demon Suppression Prison is that the things existing in the cells must match those in the manual.

Once the manual records that something is imprisoned, but the cell is empty, then one must be careful.

In this situation.

It is very likely that the thing imprisoned inside has escaped for some reason.

It didn't take long.

Shen Changqing arrived in front of the second cell.

A Resentment-level monster was also imprisoned there, but unlike the Charm Woman, this Resentment-level monster transformed into something else.

A brief pause.

The Killing Value did not change at all.

Shen Changqing simply moved on to the next cell.

Without exception.

The next cell also held a Resentment-level monster.

Monsters are divided into several levels, among which the lowest are the Gloom-level and Resentment-level. The Gloom-level is the weakest and is basically killed directly by the Demon Suppression Division. Only Resentment-level monsters and above are qualified to be imprisoned.

Soon.

He had inspected up to the last cell on the second level.

Shen Changqing’s footsteps also came to a halt.