Chapter 56: The Strange Captain (Nearly 6000 words)

Feeling that the cultivation bases of these two were at the level of Qi Condensation Layer Six, after analysis, Xu Qing felt that they were not a threat, and his combat power could kill them, so his heart was peaceful.

The young man seemed to notice Xu Qing's gaze and instinctively touched his neck. His expression became a bit heavy. He felt that this newcomer in front of him was different from other newcomers.

The female cultivator beside him also noticed it, her eyes narrowed, revealing interest. She licked her lips and said a sentence to the young man.

"You watch the door well, I will take this little junior brother in." Saying this, she revealed a sweet smile and personally took Xu Qing into the Arrest Murderers Division.

"Little junior brother, follow me."

Xu Qing thanked her.

The young man at the gate looked at this scene and shook his head slightly.

"This slut, is she trying to change her boy toy? But this kid, although a bit different from other newcomers, in a place like the Arrest Murderers Division, whether he can live for three months is another matter."

Inside the Arrest Murderers Division at this moment, Xu Qing kept a certain distance and walked through the courtyard of the Arrest Murderers Division along with the woman in front. What he saw were disciples wearing gray Dao robes like him.

Any one of them had a cultivation base of at least Qi Condensation Layer Five or Six. Inside, there was no lack of Qi Condensation Layer Seven or Eight cultivators. Some were cold, some looked gentle, some carried a bloody smell on their bodies, and others were carrying daily necessities, as if they were very ordinary.

Looking at it as a whole, it was difficult to see any consistent aura belonging to the same department, and they kept some distance from each other, as if they were very repelled from getting close to each other.

Xu Qing observed the surroundings silently, his gaze sweeping over the necks of every cultivator who passed by, judging their combat power and whether he could kill them.

This was his instinct.

Soon, Xu Qing became even more vigilant because he found that there were many people who were difficult to kill, and there were even a few who made him feel a strong sense of threat.

At the same time, he also began to pay attention to the structure of the Arrest Murderers Division, sketching it rapidly in his mind.

At the same time, the woman in front suddenly retreated and approached him, laughing in her mouth.

"Little junior brother, why do you always like to look at other people's necks?"

During the conversation, the woman had already arrived by Xu Qing's side. Her right hand raised and was just about to touch Xu Qing's chest, but the next instant her expression changed, and she retreated fiercely. She took a few pills and looked up at Xu Qing, her expression tightening.

"I don't like others getting close." Xu Qing looked calmly at the woman in front of him.

The woman looked deeply at Xu Qing and nodded, putting away the little thoughts in her heart. She had already realized that the newcomer in front of her was not simple.

"A bit interesting. People like you might be able to live longer in the Arrest Murderers Division." After speaking, the woman continued to lead the way. This time, between the two, it was not Xu Qing who wanted to keep a distance, but the woman who took the initiative to keep a certain range from him, and did not continue to speak.

Not long after, under the woman's guidance, after bypassing seven or eight pavilions and a few small paths, Xu Qing was soon brought to a hall. This hall was pitch black, forming a sharp contrast with the sunlight outside.

"Division Chief, a newcomer has come to report, named Xu Qing." The woman arrived here, her expression became even more solemn, and after speaking loudly, she lowered her head and stood there without moving.

Xu Qing also had a solemn expression, lowering his head and waiting.

After a long while, inside the pitch-black hall, it was as if two bright lamps lit up in an instant. That was a pair of eyes, the gaze piercing through the void, shooting out from inside the hall, and landing on Xu Qing.

Being stared at by this gaze, Xu Qing's body trembled. He had a feeling of strong pressure descending on his whole body, as if in this hall, there existed a fierce beast powerful enough to make people suffocate.

Xu Qing's hair stood on end, his breathing became rapid, his right hand subconsciously placed on his side, and his body also bent slightly.

Fortunately, this gaze was quickly withdrawn, but at this moment, before Xu Qing could relax, the token in his left hand was instantly entangled by a great force and broke free.

With a whoosh, it went straight into the hall.

The force was so great that Xu Qing could not resist. He even felt that if this pulling force was not on the token, but on his own body, he was afraid that he would also be dragged directly into the hall.

Xu Qing was sweating on his forehead. Until after a long while, a cold voice came from inside the hall.

"Go to the Xuan character."

As the words echoed, Xu Qing's identity token and a badge rushed out from the hall like thunder, with extremely fast speed, approaching Xu Qing in an instant.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed. He raised his hand and grabbed it. The vibration force from the token and the badge in his hand was great, pouring into his whole body, making his upper body sway uncontrollably, but his legs were very stable, and he did not retreat half a step.

This scene made the gaze inside the hall brighten again. Without speaking, it slowly closed again.

The female disciple on the side looked at Xu Qing's performance after catching the token and the badge, and her eyes shrank.

"The degree of vigilance is comparable to the old people in the sect, and there is such strength..." The woman blinked. Originally, after she noticed that Xu Qing was not easy to provoke, she planned not to contact him anymore, but now her thoughts changed. She wanted to form a good relationship, so she spoke.

"Junior brother Xu Qing, I am familiar with the Sixth Team, I will take you there." Saying this, she signaled that Xu Qing could put on the badge.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, put on the badge, cupped his fists toward the hall, and then thanked the female disciple.

Although he was young, his years of experience made him very sensitive to the grasp of human hearts.

The constant change in the attitude of the female disciple, he guessed the reason.

It was indeed the case. This time on the road, the female disciple took the initiative to introduce herself to Xu Qing.

"Junior brother, my name is Xu Yanhong, and I am from the Ninth Team of the Earth Department. It is our fate that I happen to be on duty at the gate today."

Xu Yanhong took Xu Qing and walked in the Arrest Murderers Division, pointing at the buildings one by one, introducing them to him.

"This is the official business office of the Deputy Division Chief, and there is one over there too."

"Senior Sister Xu, I don't know how many Deputy Division Chiefs there are in the Arrest Murderers Division?" Xu Qing asked after thinking.

"Our Arrest Murderers Division has one Division Chief and four Deputy Division Chiefs, divided into Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Yellow Departments. Under each department, there are nine patrol teams. The one you are going to is the Sixth Team of the Xuan Department."

"You are lucky. Your Deputy Division Chief of the Xuan Department has been in seclusion all year round and rarely encounters him on weekdays, so it will be much more leisurely." Hearing Xu Qing call her Senior Sister, the female disciple had a smile on her face again and explained.

Not long after, under her guidance, Xu Qing was brought to the location of the Xuan Department. Throughout the entire Xuan Department, there were more than a dozen small buildings, and there were many cultivators coming in and out, looking very busy.

It seemed that there were some taboos between the various branches, so Xu Yanhong did not step in. After sending Xu Qing, she exchanged communication information and bid farewell.

Here, Xu Qing met the captain of the Sixth Team.

He had seen this person before, it was the young man who gave him a sense of crisis on the road last night. This kind of coincidence made Xu Qing vigilant again.

As soon as the young man saw Xu Qing, he scanned his face a few times, and soon seemed to recognize him, but he did not seem surprised by his arrival.

This scene made Xu Qing thoughtful. He retreated a few steps without changing his expression.

"I told the Division Chief this morning and specifically asked for you to come over. I didn't expect that after you wiped your face clean, you would be so different from yesterday." The Sixth Team captain did not hide it and pointed it out directly.

"Seen the captain." Xu Qing looked at the captain and felt even more vigilant in his heart, saying softly.

"Not surprised?" The Sixth Team captain smiled but not smiled.

"Surprised." Xu Qing nodded.

"How can you be so calm if you are surprised?" The Sixth Team captain was surprised.

Xu Qing was not good at words, but he felt that what the other party said made sense, so he thought about it and squeezed out an expression of surprise.

"..." The Sixth Team captain was silent. After a long while, he spoke.

"The reason I asked for you is because several people in my team have died in the past few days, and there is a shortage of manpower, and the upcoming missions are heavy." The Sixth Team captain said this and looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's heart sank when he heard the sentence "several people have died," but he did not open his mouth to ask, but looked at the captain, waiting for the following.

Seeing Xu Qing like this, the Sixth Team captain smiled satisfactorily.

"Not bad, stronger than the previous newcomers. Xu Qing, you arrived for the first time today and are not familiar with it. How about this, I will take you to patrol once, and by the way, I will tell you in detail about the duties of the Arrest Murderers Division."

This Sixth Team captain was also a decisive person. After speaking, he didn't introduce him to other team members and took Xu Qing away directly, walking on the street.

On the bustling street, the Sixth Team captain took Xu Qing and walked forward, greeting the shops around from time to time, looking very gentle. But Xu Qing had seen the ruthlessness in his eyes last night and knew that this person was not as gentle as the surface, so he always kept a certain distance and was on guard in his heart.

He also had a judgment on the cultivation base of this captain in front of him, feeling that it should be at the level of Qi Condensation Layer Nine or Ten.

The combat power of a Seven Blood Eyes Qi Condensation Layer Nine or Ten disciple was already stronger than the previous Xu Qing.

"Don't keep a straight face all day. Here, you have to learn to have two faces, otherwise, you won't live long." The Sixth Team captain looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing was silent, thinking about it, feeling that these words also made some sense, so he tried hard to adjust his face, but his experience over the past seven years made it difficult for him to change completely for a while.

"Forget it, you adjust slowly." The Sixth Team captain smiled helplessly. He felt that he had recruited a monster, so he bought a few apples from the side and didn't give them to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing looked at it and also bought two.

"Let me tell you about the duties of our Seventh Peak Arrest Murderers Division. The Seventh Peak Arrest Murderers Division only does one thing, and that is killing." During the conversation, the Sixth Team captain saw a homeless man on the side of the road.

He threw two spirit coins at random, and the homeless man was very grateful.

Xu Qing looked at the homeless man. He was not a cultivator, so he savored the captain's words in his heart and asked a question.

"Killing criminals?"

The Sixth Team captain took a bite of an apple, swallowed it with a crunch, and looked very sweet. He spoke casually.

"Protecting commoners from being infringed by disciples and evil forces, letting them work hard here to pay residency fees, and maintaining basic public security is what the Patrol Division needs to do. But when they encounter things they cannot handle, such as facing desperate people and fierce cultivators who have crossed the line, our Arrest Murderers Division needs to take action."

"So the missions we face in the Arrest Murderers Division are all extremely dangerous, and the losses are great. Before you, the Sixth Team has changed I don't know how many people. Some died on missions, and some were killed secretly. So you have to be careful next."

"But our Arrest Murderers Division also has benefits, that is, the treatment is good, and it is the only department that can exchange wanted criminals for money." After speaking, the captain took another bite of the apple.

Xu Qing looked at the apple in his hand, was silent for a moment, and asked seriously.

"What about the ownership of the other party's items after killing?"

"Hmm?" The Sixth Team captain turned his head and looked at Xu Qing seriously for the first time, a smile appearing on his face.

"A bit interesting. You are the first newcomer to ask such a question after hearing my introduction. Then I will tell you a few more words. For desperate people and fierce people, if you kill them alone, the spoils are your own. If everyone takes action together, it is naturally distributed."

"Additionally, in this main city, there are some people you see, it is best to avoid them. They cannot be provoked." The Sixth Team captain said, pointing to the street in the distance, where a young man wearing a light purple Dao robe was walking proudly through the crowd and stepped into a shop. The shopkeeper came out respectfully to welcome him.

Everyone around saw the Dao robe on his body, and their expressions were in awe, lowering their heads one after another. Even some patrolling disciples were like this.

It was as if the appearance of this person was like a god walking into the mortal world, making people dare not look directly.

Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

"You must remember, in the Seven Blood Eyes main city, people wearing dark Dao robes, and those wearing this light-colored Dao robe, cannot be provoked. The former... are Foundation Establishment seniors on the mountain, and you cannot provoke them. And the latter, are core disciples of the sect who can live on the mountain. They, their cultivation bases are not Foundation Establishment, but they have good lives."

"If we die a hundred, it's not a big deal. And if one of these core disciples with good lives dies, it is a big deal."

Xu Qing was silent, looking up at the seven peaks of the Seven Blood Eyes in the distance.

"Envious, right? Live well, cultivate well. When you are promoted to Foundation Establishment, these core disciples will also have to lower their heads when they see you." The Sixth Team captain chewed the apple, his expression as usual.

"Additionally, I will remind you again. The sect does not openly allow us gray-robed disciples to kill each other, but it is only on the surface. So you have to learn to deal with corpses. It is best to take the other party's contribution points and spirit stones, and then let him return to zero and be expelled by the formation..." The Sixth Team captain coughed and gestured to the street on the other side with his chin.

"Just like that one."

Xu Qing looked in the direction the captain gestured, and saw a young man wearing a gray Dao robe lying there. This young man was dying, full of injuries, and at this moment, there was resentment and grief in his eyes.

It was just that his mouth was broken, his limbs were broken, and he couldn't say a word, nor could he move. The identity token placed on his chest had already returned to zero.

Soon, under Xu Qing's own eyes, this young man passed the time of departure. With a black light falling from the sky, his figure twitched violently, and he was wiped out, turning into flying ash.

His vitality seemed to be drawn away, merging into the void, and disappeared.

This scene made Xu Qing's eyes narrow, and the pedestrians around were accustomed to this, one by one not even looking, still carrying coldness, hurrying away.

"This one, previously committed many cases of killing fellow disciples and robbing, and now being killed by others is also normal." The captain smiled and was just about to continue speaking, but his expression suddenly tightened, looking not far away.

Xu Qing on the side turned his head at the same time, looking at the alley not far away. There were foreign substance fluctuations.

The place where they were was considered a busy city, but this alley was very dark, out of place with the surroundings, and people on the road mostly avoided it.

"In broad daylight, actually still dare to be like this." The Sixth Team captain sighed.

"Little junior brother, wait for me for a little while." Saying this, he took the apple that was about to be finished and walked toward the alley not far away. Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, watching the captain walk into the alley, which was only ten breaths of time, the Sixth Team captain's figure, while eating an apple, walked out of the alley.

A faint bloody smell permeated his body.

Xu Qing glanced at the alley.

"There was an unlucky guy who had problems transplanting exotic beast organs, and the whole person turned into an exotic beast. I advise you not to walk this path in the future. Although it can quickly increase cultivation, there are endless troubles." The Sixth Team captain smiled gently, with a harmless face, and continued to walk forward.

Xu Qing was silent. The one he killed last night also transplanted exotic beast organs, and before this, Xu Qing didn't know that it could be operated like this.

At this moment, he nodded, watching the captain eat the apple sweetly, and took a bite of the one he bought, which was indeed very sweet.

Just like this, the two walked in the city while eating apples. Time passed slowly. The Sixth Team captain ate fast, and Xu Qing ate slowly.

Toward the end, the captain looked at the other apple in Xu Qing's hand many times.

Xu Qing also looked at him and took another bite.

The captain touched his nose, took out an orange from his pocket, and ate it.

"Let me tell you about the recent missions. Our main goal these days is to search for the remnants of the Night Dove."

"Night Dove?" Xu Qing's eyes narrowed.

"Night Dove is a very mysterious and huge organization in the Eastern Wanggu, specializing in selling children and cultivators to be treasure-raising people. It's fine to do these dirty things outside on weekdays, but recently they actually came to our Seven Blood Eyes to do this kind of thing, making the commoners panic. If this continues, those big figures on the mountain, seeing that the income is less, will not be happy."

"Last night you also saw that one of their leaders has been killed by the Division Chief. The remnants need us to dispatch the Arrest Murderers Division of all seven districts to search them out and cut the weeds and eliminate the roots."

Upon hearing this, a cold light flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He immediately thought of the old man in the convoy he killed, and his eyes slowly narrowed, and he nodded lightly.

The Sixth Team captain was a smart man. He glanced at Xu Qing, as if he saw something, but did not ask, and took Xu Qing to wander around the city, introducing patrol matters.

On the road, Xu Qing saw a homeless child, so he thought of the captain's previous actions, so he gave a spirit coin.

"Eh, is this also your informant?" The captain blinked, looking at Xu Qing with a smile but not a smile.

Xu Qing was stunned, understood, and did not speak, but had a feeling of being teased.

Soon, when the setting sun was about to arrive, they arrived at the port.

As they walked in, in a place where a large amount of transported items were placed and piled up like small mountains, from far away, a simple and honest voice came.

"If you say one more word, I will tear your mouth."

Xu Qing looked up and immediately saw a Seventh Peak disciple squatting beside the cargo pile not far away. This person was a middle-aged man, looking unremarkable, honest and obedient.

The words were exactly what he said.

In front of him was a luxuriously dressed old man, whose expression carried anger at this moment, clearly having had a quarrel with the middle-aged man just now.

"Who are you going to tear the mouth of? Zhang San." The Sixth Team captain finished eating the orange in his hand, took out a pear, took a bite, and walked over.

Seeing the Sixth Team captain, the old man's expression changed, and he left hurriedly. As for the middle-aged disciple sitting there, he turned his head and looked at the Sixth Team captain with a simple and honest smile, greeted him, and then gave Xu Qing a simple and honest smile.

"This is the newcomer to our Arrest Murderers Division, Xu Qing." The Sixth Team captain introduced with a smile, and then pointed to the middle-aged disciple and spoke to Xu Qing.

"His name is Zhang San. He used to be in our Arrest Murderers Division, but later he was afraid of death and transferred to the Transport Division. Don't look at his simple and honest appearance, the sea pirates and loose cultivators who died in his hands..."

"Can fill this place." The Sixth Team captain gestured toward the magnificent cargo.

Xu Qing was immediately vigilant, and what made him even more focused was that he did not feel too strong fluctuations on the other party's body. If it was really as the Sixth Team said, then clearly this unremarkable Zhang San had his strangeness.

"Where is it, it's all rumors. I just killed a few small thieves. Sigh, I still have compassion in my heart until now." Zhang San rubbed his hands helplessly and continued to smile simply and honestly.

Xu Qing was silent. He did not see any compassionate expression on the other party's face.

"Junior brother Xu Qing, don't listen to the captain's nonsense. Please take care of me in the future." Zhang San said, rummaged through his body, and handed Xu Qing a beast bone.

"A meeting gift."

Today, this Breeze Youth (real) updated another 9000 words~

Normally, there is an unwritten rule during the new book period, about 300,000 words for free before going on the shelves, but this book will definitely exceed it.

Exceed it then~

Everyone is happy, this Breeze Youth (real) is very happy~ ===== CHAPTER 57 =====