Chapter 85

After escaping the rushing river, Xiong Zhigang's expression was uncertain.

He was not affected, but destroying the embankment would affect the people's livelihood and leave endless troubles.

Such a frantic and insane behavior didn't look like it was for his three thousand taels of gold, but rather more like it was for his life.

"Mr. Chu, can this single-horned dragon of yours summon wind and rain, or divert water and open mountains?" Xiong Zhigang asked.

Chu Danqing's face was slightly embarrassed: "No, it's just a poisonous dragon; letting it fight, spit some poison, and eat some people is fine."

If it really had such magical powers, how could the single-horned dragon have been killed by Captain Xiongquan in the first place?

The single-horned dragon at the current stage was actually not as powerful as imagined, relying entirely on talents and skills.

【Single-Horned Dragon】

【Attributes】

【HP: 100%】

【Mana: 94】

【Strength: 7】

【Agility: 10】

【Constitution: 10】

【Spirit: 10】

【Perception: 10】

【Talent】

【West Jiu Poisonous Dragon】

【Skills】

【Poisonous Dragon Green Pool Scripture (Inheritance·Residual) LV. 10】

【Bone-Eroding Yin Poison (Passive) LV. 10】

【Single-Horn Blood Poison (Passive) LV. 10】

【Rotten Bone Burning Heart (Passive) LV. 10】

Don't look at the single-horned dragon's large size; in reality, its positioning is magic-based, specializing in poison-type spells.

Whether it's talent or skills, they all amplify poison-type damage.

If it hadn't been killed back then, once the single-horned dragon became a poisonous dragon, perhaps it could have obtained the abilities Xiong Zhigang mentioned.

"The matter of the river embankment is something we can't solve at all; it's better to kill this White Evil first to eliminate future troubles." Chu Danqing had limited strength; what could he do?

"It's just that I don't understand why they had to destroy the river embankment." Zhao Mingqian was confused: "Whether they want gold or to kill us, using river water has many inconveniences."

"Of course, it's because they want to kill in a justifiable way." Chu Danqing thought for a moment and figured it out; this group of people eating people had to be secretive, so killing naturally had to be done by punishing the heart.

"Once Grand Coordinator Xiong dies, and the matter of destroying the embankment is pinned on him, since the person is dead, how can he open his mouth to refute?"

"At that time, they will be the justice that eliminates violence and brings peace; not only can they logically eliminate future troubles, but they can also add to their own reputation."

Xiong Zhigang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately couldn't say it.

They even dared to destroy the river embankment; what wouldn't they do?

"They are crazy." Zhao Mingqian murmured; he had been down the mountain for quite some time and knew the sinister nature of the human heart.

But this was the first time he had truly encountered such a frantic and insane thing.

At the same time, Da Bao straightened his body again, the ferocity in his eyes becoming more vigorous, and the power of blood rage drifted around his body.

"Little Chu, people, coming." Da Bao bared his fangs, waiting for Chu Danqing to give the order.

Chu Danqing thought for a moment, let Da Bao point the direction, and then let the single-horned dragon, which didn't have much time left, launch a wave of long-range strikes first.

Da Bao used his perception to instinctively estimate the distance.

On the single-horned dragon's horn, green mist emerged, gathering into a poisonous cloud.

Then it opened its mouth and blew out a poisonous wind.

The poisonous wind blew the poisonous cloud forward.

The speed of the wind and cloud was not slow, and after a while, it disappeared without a trace.

【Single-horned dragon deals 50 poison-attribute magic damage to the target and deals 5 points of continuous poison damage per second】

【Single-Horned Dragon】

"Pah, what kind of Grand Coordinator Xiong, actually so despicable; what kind of hero uses poison!" A roar came over.

Immediately, several riders rushed out from the direction of the poisonous wind and cloud.

The leader, a burly man, was four points similar to the Xichuan Black Evil encountered earlier; clearly, it was the White Evil.

The other party's words condemning Xiong Zhigang made Zhao Mingqian laugh with anger.

A group of bandits who destroyed the river embankment and ruined the people's livelihood actually dared to call themselves heroes; it was simply ignorant.

Zhao Mingqian didn't say a word, took out his slingshot, switched to iron arrows, and threw them at the White Evil.

"Sneak attack with hidden weapons, despicable and shameless!" The White Evil dodged to the side, and the iron arrow flew past his cheek, narrowly dodging it.

Just as he was thinking about continuing to curse, a huge blood shadow had already pounced in front of him.

Before he could act, the huge force of the blood shadow's collision followed.

Both man and horse were knocked upside down.

The one who acted was Da Bao.

On the other side, the Five Elements Magic Orbs in Chu Danqing's hands hit the weak points such as the eyes and noses of the remaining horses with extreme precision.

The Repeating Crossbowmen's figures also emerged, raising their hands to shoot arrows in succession, each arrow accurately hitting the enemy's vital points.

The three cooperated smoothly, leaving Zhao Mingqian and Xiong Zhigang with no way to intervene.

This was also Chu Danqing's plan; if he really let the natives intervene, the quality of the dropped treasure chests would drop.

For powerful enemies, there was no choice but to use a network of connections to solve it, but for low-strength ones, there was no need.

The chance of getting good things was already small, and after intervention, it would be even worse.

It didn't take long before the bandits present were killed completely.

Da Bao returned with an Excellent-tier treasure chest, while Zhao Mingqian went to search the bodies to see if he could get any clues.

The previous Black Evil died too miserably, and the corpse was washed away by the river water, so searching the body was impossible.

After some searching, Zhao Mingqian found a token on the White Evil.

He handed it to Xiong Zhigang and said: "It's a secret agent of the Secret Service Factory."

"But I remember that the Qiutan Faction, this group of traitorous parties, disdains the eunuchs the most, so how could..."

Xiong Zhigang looked at the token in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking, and said nothing.

"Grand Coordinator Xiong, give me the bottom line." Chu Danqing leaned over: "What exactly are you going to do when you enter the capital?"

"In the Taichang Kingdom court, the Qiutan Faction ranks first, and the Secret Service Factory can rank second."

"It's truly not easy for you to become a thorn in the side of everyone in the court." Chu Danqing had heard Xiong Zhigang talk about the general situation of the court and the outlaws.

The Secret Service Factory's duty was as a supervisory agency, a means for the Taichang Kingdom Emperor to supervise and arrest subjects to consolidate imperial power.

Those in power were all eunuchs, and those who did the work were not.

"Military power." Xiong Zhigang said: "If I rise again, I will inevitably go to Shushen to pacify the Shushen people."

"Once the army moves, food, supplies, military equipment, etc., will consume countless money and grain."

"Too many interests are involved."

Fighting a war costs money; it's not that once an order is given, the army sets out, and then not a single cent needs to be spent.

Spending so much silver, it's better to make peace.

"Hiss~ Is the court this wild?" Chu Danqing gasped: "Isn't there a single minister who advocates war?"

He didn't understand; the other side had already reached the door, and they were thinking of making peace.

"The superior acts, the inferior follows; it's the Emperor... sigh." Xiong Zhigang sighed; although the Emperor didn't manage court affairs, he still held great power through the Secret Service Factory.

Re-employing him was also a last resort.

(End of chapter)