Chapter 2: Great Sun Visualization

Li Heng left the Earth Temple and proceeded along the official road.

Soon, he saw the outline of Bei'an City.

Bei'an City belongs to Beijun and is an unremarkable county city, at least on the surface.

As for behind the scenes...

As far as Li Heng knows, the Great Li Demon Suppression Division is short-staffed and generally only sets up branches in the capital city of each commandery.

Under normal circumstances, they would not be established in a county city.

But Bei'an City, as a county city, actually has a Demon Suppression Division branch; the meaning behind this is self-evident.

Arriving before the gates of Bei'an City, he looked up.

This is a city with a magnificent aura.

The city walls are about five zhang high, built from black stone bricks, and the pits and bumps on the surface are traces of having weathered many storms.

Looking at the whole, the aura is incomparably grand.

At this moment, before the city gate, the Guards have set up checkpoints, and merchants, foot soldiers, and commoners have already formed a bustling, heavy stream of traffic.

Li Heng is accustomed to this and does not queue.

He walked straight into the city gate.

"Who is that? Just letting him walk straight in?"

A new Guard muttered to the Guard beside him.

"I advise you kid, it's best not to pry; that is someone from the Demon Suppression Division, you can't be fishing for money from such an existence."

A very seasoned Guard beside him said.

The new Guard instantly shut his mouth and said no more, truly afraid that his words might be heard by Li Heng.

The Demon Suppression Division deals with all kinds of demons and Strange matters. In terms of status, it is even vaguely above the County Government they belong to.

How could he dare to provoke them?

Bei'an City is divided into an Inner City and an Outer City.

The Outer City occupies seventy percent, and the Inner City occupies thirty percent.

The Outer City is mostly a place for peddlers, foot soldiers, and commercial trade.

And the Inner City is mostly the residence of high-ranking officials, nobles, and wealthy merchants; the public order is also far better than in the Outer City.

It can be said that the division between inner and outer marks two classes.

Who knows how many commoners and small merchants spend their whole lives hoping to settle down within the Inner City.

On both sides of the roads within the city are continuous, tall buildings. They are mostly teahouses, eateries, and restaurants, with some small peddlers calling out from time to time, fully displaying the bustle of human life.

Li Heng shuttled quickly through it; the endless stream of people could not block his pace.

Until... he smelled a familiar aroma. Only then did he suddenly realize it was morning and time to eat breakfast.

After a brief pause.

While eating steamed buns and dipping them in chili oil, he walked slowly toward the Demon Suppression Division in the Inner City.

Must say, steamed buns dipped in chili oil are a perfect match.

Come to think of it, it is also ironic.

The Bei'an County Government is also located in the Inner City like the Demon Suppression Division; the difference is that the Demon Suppression Division is in the north, and the County Government is in the center.

Or rather, it is right in front of the Inner City gate. As soon as one enters the Inner City, one can see the very dilapidated government office.

And the Inner City is not a place where ordinary people can just come in.

Think about it, clearly standing outside the Inner City gate, one can see the main entrance of the County Government, yet one simply cannot get in.

As for the dilapidated government office?

Well, officials not repairing their offices is the norm.

After all, why take out money that can be tucked into one's own pocket to repair the office?

Moreover, there is no need for it.

After all, ordinary commoners cannot even get in.

However, this is not something Li Heng and his colleagues should manage, as the Demon Suppression Division only handles all kinds of Evil Demons and Strange Monsters.

As long as the County Government does not involve these, they cannot intervene, as the two are not in the same system.

Even if Li Heng personally wanted to manage it, he lacks the ability; he himself has not yet reached the level of being able to help the world.

Therefore, Li Heng ignored the Guards at the Inner City gate as usual and headed straight toward the Demon Suppression Division.

Calculating the Merit he has accumulated in the Demon Suppression Division.

It is also time to take a trip to the Library.

The space in the Inner City is much wider than in the Outer City.

All around are various mansions, antique and elegant, the roads are also incomparably clean, and flowers and trees are planted on both sides.

Displaying the atmosphere of high society.

However, Li Heng is not some literary scholar, so he couldn't be bothered to care about this so-called atmosphere and came straight to the Demon Suppression Division.

Outside the front of the Demon Suppression Division, two stone lions are placed.

Or perhaps they are Suanni.

Symbolizing the ancient divine beasts, fierce and fearless, breaking demons and slaying evil.

It is just that plaque above the entrance of the Demon Suppression Division.

The three characters "Demon Suppression Division" on it appear incomparably sloppy, like a child's graffiti. Paired with the magnificent and imposing mansion gate, it appears incomparably discordant and very Strange.

Every time Li Heng passes by here, he cannot help but complain in his heart that the old man's calligraphy is truly different from ordinary people.

Walking into the Demon Suppression Division, ignoring others, he followed the familiar path and arrived in front of a study.

He pushed open the study, and what came into view were bookshelves packed with dense rows of books, permeated with the scent of parchment.

And on the left side of the study, an old man was reading a book.

This old man was none other than the Division Chief of the Bei'an City Demon Suppression Division, and also Li Heng's mentor, Meng Lingyun.

"Old man, here, have some soup dumplings." Li Heng placed a steamer of soup dumplings in a familiar spot on the desk.

When he first transmigrated to this World, he had nearly died in the wilderness, and it was Meng Lingyun who saved him and brought him into the Demon Suppression Division.

Meng Lingyun looked up; although his face was covered in wrinkles, the light in his eyes flashed with brilliance, very spirited.

It manifested the sentiment that he was like Lian Po, not yet aged.

"You brat, back so soon?"

He said with some surprise.

"How should I put this? There might be something fishy about it."

Li Heng took out the Token that recorded the aura of the vengeful spirit, then spoke of the events he had experienced earlier.

"Not the main culprit?" Meng Lingyun furrowed his brows.

"What, surely you wouldn't withhold the Merit just because it wasn't the main culprit?"

Li Heng said half-jokingly.

"That won't be necessary; a mission completed is a mission completed. Do you really take me for a stingy old man?"

Meng Lingyun waved his hand and said with annoyance.

"What you did was also wise; retreating in time to avoid unexpected dangers. I will send someone to investigate later to see what went wrong."

Meng Lingyun spoke, but felt some doubt in his heart.

How could this be? That Weird from before was transformed from a Temple Keeper who had hanged himself in the temple, and was in the state of an Earth-bound Spirit.

By all logic, it shouldn't have been able to leave the temple.

Li Heng shrugged.

"That's fine then, I'll head out first. I still need to make a trip to the Library."

"Mm, go ahead. Oh right, take this chili oil with you."

Meng Lingyun ate the soup dumplings one by one and gestured for Li Heng to take the chili oil; he didn't eat spicy food.

Li Heng shook his head; what a coward.

And this is supposed to be a True Qi Realm expert?

He walked out of the study and casually tossed the chili oil into the trash can, his mind also pondering the matter of the Earth Temple earlier.

But soon, he cast this matter out of his mind.

In any case, he had already purified that Earth Temple.

It wouldn't cause any trouble in the short term.

A temple tainted with the intent of the Great Sun and filled with Yang energy—as long as that Weird wasn't a fool, it wouldn't continue to stay there and harm people.

The most important thing now was to head to the Library.

To get his hands on that Great Sun Visualization Diagram.

Only then could he truly perform the Great Sun Visualization.