Chapter 141

Needless to say, this guy was planning to unite the three armies. With the Crocodile God's assistance, he probably wanted to be a commander.

He Lingchuan asked again: "If I kill Lu Yao and get the dragon blood, can you serve me too?"

"No, the dragon blood is already with me." The giant crocodile blinked, "But if you kill him, I can help you once for free."

"Ah, why are you so good?" Could pie fall from the sky?

"Hong Xiangqian's death, he can't escape responsibility." The giant crocodile's vertical pupils turned toward He Lingchuan, "Catch my tears. From now on, soak my tears in County Magistrate Lake, and you can obtain my protection."

Its tears were about to flow to the ground, so He Lingchuan hurriedly took a crystal bottle to catch them.

This was the crocodile's tears? Looking at it against the light, this teardrop was slightly blue.

Just because the Crocodile God's tone was so big, he tightened the bottle and hid it carefully.

"I have one more thing I don't understand."

"Speak." The Crocodile God was clearly impatient.

"Why did you leave the Northern Demon Nation and enter Great Yuan?" Clearly, this giant crocodile had been moving south ever since leaving the north, first participating in the Woling Pass battle that shocked Great Yuan, and then walking to County Magistrate Lake along the water route.

The water network in the Great Yuan land was crisscrossed, which were fast channels for the giant crocodile.

"That was several years ago. The new emperor of the Northern Nation took the throne and didn't get along with my clan." The Crocodile God said coldly, "I'm not the only one who left."

"Then what are your plans for the future?"

The Crocodile God thought for a moment: "County Magistrate Lake is not bad; I'll live here."

Just on the lake surface, there were eight hundred miles of open water, and there were countless underwater caves and secret passages, and it connected to many streams and rivers, and the food was quite abundant; the Crocodile God was very satisfied with the geographical conditions here.

He Lingchuan coughed lightly: "Then do you want to consider catching a Water Spirit to be?"

"Like that turtle?"

"Right." He Lingchuan smiled, "If you are a wild monster and love to eat people, the local area might not tolerate you."

The Crocodile God chuckled, clearly disdainful.

He Lingchuan lobbied hard: "Even if you aren't afraid, they won't be soft on your children. Since that's the case, you might as well take the position of Water Spirit; although you have to protect the peace of one side of the water in the future, you have the Yuan power allocated by the Wang Ting to use, and you can enjoy the regular offerings of humans; the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

When the Crocodile God heard the word "Yuan power," it was also a bit moved.

That turtle demon's combat power was far from its own, but because of the Water Spirit's Yuan power bonus, it fought fiercely for a whole night before losing. If it could also get a Yuan power bonus, it would be of great benefit to its future cultivation.

What's more, after the nearby residents built shrines and set up tablets for it, they had to regularly offer sacrifices to the Water Spirit, throwing live poultry and livestock into the lake.

Free fresh food, what demon wouldn't want it?

Eating fish every day, occasionally it also wanted to change its taste.

The little crocodile demon on the side hurriedly swept its tail, signaling its mother to accept it quickly.

The Crocodile God only had one last question: "Can you handle this kind of thing?"

"Yes!" He Lingchuan patted his chest to guarantee, "As long as you help us wipe out Lu Yao, it will be a great merit, and I can ask the Governor of Qiansong County to write to the local government to apply for the position of Water Spirit of County Magistrate Lake for you. With such a powerful demon protecting the area, the local officials will laugh in their dreams."

This world was originally shared by humans and demons; the existence of demons in human countries was just like the existence of humans in demon countries, which was perfectly normal. The best way for the official government to deal with particularly tricky or unmanageable great demons was to recruit them, inviting them to be Water Spirits/Water Gods.

Weighing the pros and cons, these great demons with opened intelligence had nothing to be unhappy about; after all, while managing their own territory, they could also receive imperial salaries or enjoy offerings, and humans enjoyed peace, which could be called a win-win.

As for what criminal records the demons had, whether they killed people and ate people or flooded villages, those were all bygones. Compared to mountain bandits and thieves, the government preferred to recruit demons, because the latter were mostly straightforward and didn't have so many tricks, nor were they likely to suddenly rebel. Many demons served as mountain and marsh Water Spirits for one or two hundred years, and even if the dynasty changed several times in the middle, the new dynasty would soon acknowledge their positions.

So the Crocodile God agreed without much hesitation.

When He Lingchuan pulled in such powerful helpers, Wu Shaoyi and the bandits looked at him with strange eyes.

Honestly, even the dragon blood Lu Yao brought out wasn't as moving to the Crocodile God as the Water Spirit position given by the government.

This was the power of the establishment.

A subordinate of Wu Shaoyi named Lian Deng rubbed his hands and said to He Lingchuan: "Brother He, we helped the government soldiers lift the siege of Lu Yao, which was bleeding and sweating, and we might even suffer casualties. Look, this doesn't seem to have... uh, any benefit for us?"

He Lingchuan looked at Wu Shaoyi, and seeing him standing aside in silence, he knew this person's mood was complicated, so he said: "You are rebels by day, and you will be hunted by the government by day; this is no different from Lu's bandits."

The bandits' faces were all ugly.

Since the defeat at Woling Pass, everyone knew that the days of being a stray dog weren't good. Where the future of this team lay, even Wu Shaoyi was very confused and didn't dare to guarantee.

He Lingchuan went on to say: "Unless you are willing to be recruited!"

Recruited? Everyone heard these two words and looked at each other, but they weren't very disgusted in their hearts.

He Lingchuan didn't need to look at others; as long as he focused on Wu Shaoyi, seeing his expressionless face, he knew this matter had a chance.

These three rebel groups quietly gathered in County Magistrate Village, just wanting to huddle together and fight for a place to settle down in the future.

In fact, joining if you can't beat them wasn't a bad way out. Even a wild monster as unruly as the Crocodile God had to join the establishment and eat public grain; they were actually envious watching from the side.

"Can you make the decision?" Wu Shaoyi's gaze was deep, "You are just a small official following the army; what right do you have?"

"I can, just because I am the eldest son of He Chunhua, the Governor of Qiansong County!" He Lingchuan coughed a few times, knowing it was time to reveal his identity. Empty words were useless; only this identity, once thrown out, would smash people's noses, and they would still have to laugh. "My father is going north to Xiazhou to serve as the General Coordinator, and the team he is taking is his own direct line! Once you submit, you will become the trusted aides of the He family, and in the future, you will be veterans in the army; won't you be eating well and acting arrogantly in Xiazhou?"

He knew that talking about ideals and life to this group of fierce people was useless; giving them some practical guarantees was the most important thing.

Just these eight words, "eating well and acting arrogantly," could summarize the lifelong pursuit of most people.

Sure enough, the mountain bandits' eyes flickered, and they were all moved.

Lian Deng rubbed the back of his head: "The Wang Ting has often gone back on its word; even if General Wu submits, what if they..." They were a rebel army and naturally suspicious of government soldiers.

(End of chapter)