Chapter 28 The torture chamber
The thunderous sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the long street, and in the blink of an eye it arrived at the gate of the Demon Slaying Bureau.

"The Great God of Destiny is back!"

A cheer immediately rang out in the Demon Slaying Division.

In the execution room, Su Yu was startled, then he put away the peach wood sword, turned around and walked out the door.

A tall man, riding a black horse, rushed straight into the Demon Slaying Bureau through the gate as if he was in an empty place.

The Demon Slaying Division has high barriers and strict rules of hierarchy. In the entire Demon Slaying Division, only one person can ride a horse and break through several levels of security.

Great God of Destiny, Shen Qingcheng!
Oddly enough, although Su Yu had been in the Demon Slaying Division for ten years, he had never actually met Shen Qingcheng.

As the Great God of Life and the only fourth-rank official in the Demon-Slaying Division, Shen Qingcheng is like a dragon that is hard to find. He is usually in the court and seldom returns to the division.

A few days ago, a big monster appeared in Linchuan and caused chaos. He also received the secret order from the emperor directly from the court, and then summoned the masters of the Demon-Slaying Department to go out directly through the city gate.

This time, Su Yu also didn't see Shen Qingcheng's appearance clearly.

Shen Qingcheng rode a black horse, galloped through the gravel path in the distance, and went straight to the Soul Storage Tower.

From a distance, Su Yu could only see him dressed in green and with an astonishing aura!

Then several fast horses came running in. The men in black robes at the front stopped their horses in the yard, dismounted and shouted:
"No one in the company is allowed to move around without reason. Stay where you are and wait for orders!"

Su Yu had no choice but to stand at the door of the execution room.

Obviously, Shen Qingcheng had received secret information from the Demon-Slaying Division and knew what had happened in the division, so he rode back to the Demon-Slaying Division as fast as he could.

There's a traitor in the company, the soul painting has been stolen, and someone is coveting the dragon soul in Longyuan. This must be a big deal!
After a while, a young man walked out from the Soul Storage Building and walked quickly to Su Yu.

The young man was dressed in a black robe and had a tall figure. His facial features were quite handsome, but there were three claw marks on his forehead that disfigured his appearance. There seemed to be a certain intimidating coldness in his eyes.

The young man walked up to Su Yu, looked at him calmly and coldly, and finally looked at the white fox in his arms. A hint of subtle surprise flashed across his eyes:

"Are you Su Yu?"

Su Yu didn't know the identity of the young man, so he didn't salute, but just nodded.

"I am Zhou Ming, a sixth-rank demon painter."

The boy's tone was calm, but Su Yu was shocked.

Although he did not know this young man, he knew that the Great God of Destiny Shen Qingcheng had only one direct disciple, who was only nineteen years old and already ranked as a sixth-rank demon painter.

This person is Ye Ming!

But even though Ye Ming had reached the sixth rank at a young age, people like Sun Chushan did not dare to be jealous at all, because he was a disciple of the Great Sima Ming.

It is said that Ye Ming became Shen Qingcheng's disciple at the age of thirteen, so he rarely shows up in the Demon Slaying Division.

The Demon Slaying Division has a strict hierarchy with distinctions of superiors and subordinates. Although the demon slayers and demon painters may come into contact during executions, they are rarely in the same place at other times and each has their own area of ​​activity.

The activity areas of demon slayers and demon painters above the seventh rank are also very different from those of ordinary corpse painters.

Su Yu had just been Qin Shimiao's disciple for two days, and usually only went to Qin Shimiao's place, so naturally he didn't know the direct disciple of the Great God of Destiny.

Su Yu bowed his hands in greeting:

"Senior Brother Ye!"

Ye Ming nodded, but his tone was very calm and gentle, without any condescending sense of oppression, just a natural coldness:

"Wait here, someone will question you in a moment."

After saying that, Ye Ming turned around and walked away.

Su Yu couldn't help feeling uneasy.

I don’t know what kind of punishment Qin Shimiao will receive this time. As Qin Shimiao’s disciple, I witnessed Shifang’s death with my own eyes and entered the Longyuan below. I don’t know what I will face.

As he was thinking, he suddenly saw three people walking towards him from a distance.

Seeing the person in the lead, Su Yu couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

The person in the lead was Qu Fengshan!

Although Qu Fengshan had no previous contact with Su Yu, his conversation with Su Yu this morning was enough to show that he had hidden hostility towards the Demon Painter, and was quite gloating over Su Yu and Qin Shimiao's misfortune.

Qu Fengshan quickly came to Su Yu, looked at him coldly, and said:

"Follow me in." Su Yu's heart suddenly tightened again.

Isn't it a question?
Why the torture chamber?
Are you going to torture yourself to extract a confession?

He was silent for a moment, then said:
"My fox is just a pet, can I leave it outside?"

Qu Fengshan glanced at the white fox in Su Yu's arms:

"It's just a beast, leave it outside."

The white fox whimpered and dared not say a word.

Su Yu patted its head:
"Wait outside obediently, don't run around!"

After saying that, he put the white fox on the ground, turned around and followed Qu Fengshan into the execution room. The other two black-clothed demon slayers followed him in and locked the heavy wooden door of the execution room.

Qu Fengshan sat down on the chair in the execution room and glanced at Su Yu who was standing in front of him:

"Take out all your belongings and put them on the table."

Su Yu had no choice but to take off the peach wood sword, the Five Emperors' Coins, and the bamboo basket on his back one by one and put them on the table in front of Qu Fengshan.

Qu Fengshan picked up the peach wood sword and the Five Emperors' Coins, took a look at them, and put them back.

Demon slayers cultivate weapons, and weapon souls are hidden within their weapons.

But Su Yu's peach wood sword and Five Emperors' Coins were obviously not there. In Qu Fengshan's eyes, they were just some small magical tools for exorcising evil spirits, so he did not take them seriously.

His eyes finally fell on the blank scroll in the bamboo basket.

After unfolding a picture, his expression instantly turned cold:
"Are these paintings the soul paintings in the soul-hiding cave?"

Su Yu shook his head.

"No, I got this yesterday when my master took me to Chen Shiguan's house to get rid of the evil spirit of the Yellow Immortal that was causing trouble in his house."

Qu Fengshan sneered:
"Why are there so many Yellow Immortal Demon Souls in Chen Shiguan's family?"

"Both Chen Shiguan and Mr. Qin can testify!"

"You're not calling me Master anymore?"

There was a hint of sneer in Qu Fengshan's eyes:
"Qin Shimiao accepted you as his apprentice two days ago. I saw that you were very arrogant, weren't you?"

Su Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He didn't know why Qu Fengshan was so aggressive towards him.

Perhaps the other party had some discord with Qin Shimiao, or perhaps the other party was simply hostile to the demon painter and contemptuous of the corpse painter, so at this time he always wanted to crush Su Yu's dignity with an overbearing attitude.

Su Yu was too lazy to have any illusions about this kind of person, so his attitude remained neither humble nor arrogant:

"Mr. Qin said that we no longer have a master-disciple relationship after today, but I don't disown him as my master!"

"Don't pretend to be so frank with me!"

Qu Fengshan sneered and suddenly shouted angrily:

"How many remaining souls of Huangxian are there in Chen Shiguan's home?"

"Sixteen!"

"Then why are there seventeen blank scrolls here?"

Su Yu suddenly paused.

The other blank soul painting belongs to Sun Chushan.

Qin Shimiao handed the Sun Chushan Soul Painting to Su Yu, which actually violated the ban of the Demon Slaying Bureau.

Su Yu had not thought about it before, but now he felt something was wrong.

But Qu Fengshan felt that he had caught Su Yu's handle at this time, and suddenly shouted angrily:
"How dare you speak so harshly!"

boom!
A mighty wave of air suddenly surged out from his body, instantly knocking Su Yu flying backwards.

(End of this chapter)