Chapter 52

Volume One: Mountain Ghost Rumor, Chapter 52: Replace

Kong Yanxing drank hot water like drinking hot wine: "According to common sense, the duties between the Demon Slaying Division and the government are distinct, but demons often roam the countryside, drinking and eating, harming one side. Gradually, the two are not so distinct. Thousand-Household Yan of our Yang County Demon Slaying Division also holds the position of County Lieutenant.

Yang County is a small county, with only one Thousand-Household and one County Lieutenant.

Ze County is a large county, with the official positions of two Thousand-Households and two County Lieutenants. However, the salary for the County Lieutenant position is low, and our Demon Slayers often use the power of the County Lieutenant to kill demons, not caring about this little money."

Zhao Chan could feel that the Demon Slaying Division was rich. Even in a small place like Youju Town, when recruiting assistant soldiers to Shanniu Village, he opened his mouth for fifteen wen. When Wang Huan saw it was him, he doubled it to thirty wen.

"Kid, don't think that the demons in the world are as climate-less as they are here. Youju Town, surrounded by mountains and water, is not far from the three county towns. Those powerful demons have long been wiped out. If it were a demon disaster in other places, heh, before they had time to ask for help, big demons and big devils led the demon crowd to level the place.

Over the years, the county divisions of the Demon Slaying Division have often been attacked and destroyed by demons, with extremely heavy casualties! What's more, the prefecture divisions cannot be spared.

Youju Town can be considered a rare paradise."

"Big Brother Kong, besides Yang County, what are the names of the other two county towns adjacent to Youju Town?"

"You know one of them, Ze County, where Thousand-Household Yuan is ordered to check. The other one is Yu River County. Yu River County is very large, almost the same as the commandery city, with six Thousand-Households guarding it.

Yu River has two tributaries, one of which is called Source Water, which passes through here..."

Kong Yanxing estimated the distance, "It's about sixty or seventy miles from Youju Town. The Yang Yun and Zhang Cuicui you just mentioned should have gone to Source Water.

The Source Water Water God is called Jin Zhun. Before his death, he was a general who made great contributions to the Xitang Kingdom. He was heroic and loved wine, and had an excellent relationship with the Yang County Demon Slaying Division. After this matter is over, I will take you to visit him. Perhaps if he is happy drinking, he will reward you with a few treasures from the water mansion."

The middle-aged man stood outside the house near Caiyan Street in Daguan Lane.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and the hem of his brand-new green robe fluttered in the wind.

In the house, another woman was admiring the osmanthus tree planted in the courtyard. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the branches were lush, the osmanthus flowers were clustered, beautiful and fragrant, the so-called "osmanthus seeds fall in the middle of the month, and the heavenly fragrance floats outside the clouds."

The middle-aged man looked at Nongsui Lane for a while, then turned around, carried his hands behind his back, and paced back to the courtyard. His footsteps stepped on the ground like osmanthus flowers paved with a golden carpet.

"It's hard to tell whether it's true or false, but being careful is not a mistake," he said.

The woman lowered her head, kicking the osmanthus flowers with her toes: "Actually, I'm not afraid of someone going back on their word because of fear of the Demon Slaying Division, I'm afraid that the Yang County Demon Slaying Division really sent a Hundred-Household official."

"Only a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator who has accumulated certain contributions can be sealed as a Hundred-Household by the Demon Slaying Division. There is no one who is easy to deal with among such figures. Sigh, I still can't make up my mind..."

"Su Shen, Zhao Chan is already a Demon Slayer. You just saw it, he is leading a horse for someone, what kind of status does that person have to be worthy of a Demon Slayer leading a horse and holding a stirrup? And two cultivators couldn't help but go to Nongsui Lane. This trip didn't see them return, can't it explain the problem?"

"Sigh, is the source of the news reliable?" Su Shen looked worried, "We have settled in Youju Town for three years... Zhao Chan, this child, I appreciate him quite a bit."

"We all saw that person with our own eyes, the news must be reliable. Junior Brother Su, you and I have paid a lot for the treasure left by Hundred Treasure Zhen. It will be the fifteenth of August soon. If we miss this opportunity, we will never be able to build a foundation." she sighed, "If there was a choice, who would kill him? This child hasn't lived easily, sigh, I also pity him quite a bit."

She paused.

"I pity Zhao Chan, who pities us? We are over fifty, and our lifespan is approaching. If we don't fight hard this time, we will never have the chance to build a foundation."

Su Shen worried: "Yes, we are all from small sects, our foundations are shallow, not comparable to big sects. If we don't fight regardless of our lives, we will never be able to build a foundation."

"Kill! Kill whoever blocks us!"

"What if..."

She said viciously: "So what if he is a Hundred-Household official of the Yang County Demon Slaying Division? So many outsider cultivators have come to Youju Town, can the Demon Slaying Division kill them all afterwards? We will run away immediately after grabbing the treasure and not stay in Xitang Kingdom. I don't believe that for the sake of a mere Hundred-Household, the Xitang Kingdom Demon Slaying Division will send people to hunt you and me down."

Su Shen worried: "Fang Xia, he is a Hundred-Household official, a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator! Even if he is injured, he is not easy to kill."

Fang Xia stomped on the osmanthus flowers on the ground: "The news says that he encountered a big demon on the road and was seriously injured in order to kill the demon! Su Shen, this is our excellent opportunity! We must not wait until the fifteenth of August. The news also says that he brought healing pills from the Demon Slaying Division. On the fifteenth of August, we will be even less his opponents!"

"Is the news true?"

"You! Hesitating, looking forward and backward, not as decisive as a woman like me."

"..."

Fang Xia said again: "Su Shen, think about it carefully. We have settled in Youju Town for three years for no reason. Now that there is a demon disaster, if the Demon Slaying Division investigates, can the demon disaster be separated from us?"

"The demon disaster is indeed unrelated to us."

"Fart, this is yellow mud sticking to the crotch. You say it's unrelated, will that group of Demon Slayers believe your one-sided words?"

Su Shen laughed: "You mean, it's a death either way?"

"Not bad."

"Okay, let's do it."

Since he said to do it, he no longer had any compassion.

The two walked to Daguan Lane and happened to see someone carrying a sword walking towards Nongsui Lane.

Fang Xia smiled strangely: "Let him try first."

"Should we wait a bit longer?" Su Shen whispered.

"Wait for what? Now whoever kills Zhao Chan and that suspected Hundred-Household official of the Yang County Demon Slaying Division is the person everyone expects, and after opening the Hundred Treasure Zhen cave abode, whoever can take away most of the treasures!"

He shook his head: "You are too optimistic, others will not agree."

Fang Xia said stubbornly: "In short, we have to take action."

"I understand."

Outsider cultivators stood on Caiyan Street one after another, their eyes fixed on Nongsui Lane.

Su Shen counted, including him and Fang Xia, there were eleven people in total.

Some cultivators did not show up for a long time, not knowing whether they were sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, or because they were really afraid of the Demon Slaying Division, so they repented and planned to leave quietly without participating in this big event.

Osmanthus flowers fell on Caiyan Street.

An old cultivator with white hair and beard walked over slowly, grinning: "If you don't build a foundation, in less than ten years, you will get old very quickly. You should not want to experience the despair of being weaker year by year."

Fang Xia said: "I know."

"It's not easy for everyone to come here, and no one wants to watch empty-handed. Let's set a rule. Whoever kills the young man and that person will get two more percent of the treasures in the Hundred Treasure Zhen cave abode.

I asked others, and they have no opinion. What about you?"

Su Shen and Fang Xia both nodded in agreement.

"That's it."

Someone whispered: "Let's go one by one for now. If it doesn't work, everyone will go together."

Xizhao Inn.

Huangfu Changqiu said in surprise: "The rabbit is in a hurry? Want to bite people?"

Xun Lan stood up directly: "Go and see."

The two walked out of the inn, hid their figures, floated onto the roof, and stood on the eaves next to Nongsui Lane, watching quietly.

"Elder Sister, I want to go too." Bai Youjun pleaded.

Bai Yuqing immediately took her hand, hid her figure, and flew onto the eaves.

"Fairy Bai, if you don't take action, Zhao Chan will probably die in battle." Huangfu Changqiu didn't worry at all, with a hint of teasing.

"They are all Qi Gathering realm cultivators, no need for me to take action."

"Fairy Bai speaks lightly, but Zhao Chan is only in the Upper-Grade Body Refining realm. Even if he can kill Qi Gathering cultivators across realms, he can't hold on for long under the wheel battle tactics, and that Demon Slaying Division Hundred-Household's injury has not healed. Ants can bite an elephant to death, let alone him."

Huangfu Changqiu deliberately exaggerated the danger.

It didn't scare Bai Yuqing, but it scared Bai Youjun's face extremely pale. If Bai Yuqing hadn't been holding her wrist, she would have jumped into Nongsui Lane to help Zhao Chan long ago.

Xun Lan said slowly: "Changqiu, don't scare her."

Huangfu Changqiu instantly laughed: "Little Miss Bai, you really fell in love with him!"

She wasn't saying it to Bai Yuqing, she was actually scaring Bai Youjun.

Xun Lan comforted Bai Youjun: "If Zhao Chan encounters danger, I will take action."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Xun." Bai Youjun saluted.

Bai Yuqing sneered: "Qing, do you think they have good intentions? It's nothing more than taking the opportunity to sell favors. Mountain Ghost Flower Coins are easy to repay, but favors are hard to repay."

"Will Elder Sister take action?" Bai Youjun asked in a low voice.

"There are ways to make your Young Master turn danger into safety."

Bai Youjun then showed a smile.

Huangfu Changqiu observed her sincere smile from the corner of her eye and learned from Zhao Chan to call her: "Little Miss Bai, did you really fall in love with him at first sight?"

"No! We are a marriage appointed by Elder Sister!" she emphasized, "Elder Sister will never harm me!"

Huangfu Changqiu's smile was about to be held back, looking at Bai Yuqing, Bai Yuqing was speechless, holding her forehead, unable to say a word.

"Little Miss Bai, aren't you afraid of the love barrier?" Xun Lan thought about the words she wanted to say and asked slowly.

"Love barrier? Not afraid." Bai Youjun whispered.

Listening to her tone, not only is she not afraid, but she is quite looking forward to it.

Xun Lan promoted the method of Hengwu Pavilion's love barrier again: "Fairy Bai, the technique of the love barrier in Hengwu Pavilion is given to you for free."

"Thank you for your kindness, my contribution is enough to exchange for the technique of the love barrier in the Demon Slaying Division."

Giving it away for free is actually more expensive. Xun Lan is giving Hengwu Pavilion's favor. If Bai Yuqing really accepts it, she doesn't know what price she will pay to repay this favor in the future.

Huangfu Changqiu covered her mouth and laughed: "Fairy Bai's words are really chilling."

Kong Yanxing looked at the sky and took another Great Grass Return Pill.

This was the second one he took. The first Great Grass Return Pill stabilized the injury brought by the Anger Origin Spirit Ascension Pill and made him generally active.

This second one was to restore six or seven points of combat power on the fifteenth of August.

The Grass Return Pill is a healing pill that is extremely popular in the Demon Slaying Division. The Great Grass Return Pill adds many precious medicinal materials to improve excellence, and the efficacy is several times better than the Grass Return Pill.

But only Foundation Establishment realm cultivators can take it. The efficacy is good, but the pill poison is also more fierce than the Grass Return Pill. Like Body Refining realm and Qi Gathering realm cultivators taking the Great Grass Return Pill, the injury is healed, but they are poisoned by the pill poison and have a narrow escape from death.

"Do you know about pill poison?" he asked.

Zhao Chan shook his head.

"All pills must have pill poison. Of course, except for the legendary immortal pills, I don't know if immortal pills have pill poison, I haven't eaten them.

After eating pills, one must refine the pill poison remaining in the limbs, bones, and internal organs with true Qi. This process cannot be rushed.

Pills like the Anger Origin Spirit Ascension Pill, which are used for desperate situations, not only bring serious sequelae but also produce pill poison. With my Upper-Grade Foundation Establishment realm cultivation, it will take at least two months to resolve it."

Kong Yanxing said: "Even those mountain sects that are good at refining pills can only reduce pill poison, not eliminate it completely. Pill poison is carried by the medicinal materials themselves. Have you heard this sentence? Medicine is three parts poison."

"Heard it."

"Some special pills use pill poison to make medicine. Such pills are extremely rare."

Zhao Chan asked: "If I take pills now, can I wait until I break through to the Qi Gathering realm before resolving the pill poison?"

"Yes," Kong Yanxing laughed, "You kid is smart, just entering the cultivation world, don't know common sense, it doesn't matter, we have time, I will tell you slowly."

"Thank you, Big Brother Kong."

"Why be polite? You are a person in my reporting room, helping you is helping myself."

Kong Yanxing suddenly sneered: "They should suspect my identity. People who don't have eyes come to the door one by one to find death. Go, kill him."

The person carrying the sword walked into the courtyard, his eyes falling on Zhao Chan who was taking off his shirt.

"Worried about clothes getting blood on them?" Kong Yanxing asked with a smile.

Zhao Chan was shirtless, untied the scabbard, and pulled out the Feishi sword, "Yes. Big Brother Kong, what is his cultivation?"

"A Lower-Grade Qi Gathering realm swordsman."

"Oh."

The young man slashed and killed two uninvited guests, and he was a little more familiar with this sword.

He took a step into the courtyard.

Others have broken into his home, there is nothing to talk about, just kill.

He was still very calm, unable to see any expression.

Those words that Mr. Pan taught him to make him high-spirited might have been left behind by him.

Sword Mark!

First have the gods sit on the blade, then have the Shake God slash.

Zhao Chan understood the essence of the "Shake God Sword" manual more and more deeply.

Before, he was slightly unclear. Since the "gods are sitting," why "Shake God slash"?

Isn't it redundant?

He knows it now.

The gods are sitting on their own sword blades, killing the gods all over the sky!

In other words.

The gods born on my sword are far better than others!

Then...

Why not replace them? Why rely on the power of the gods?

The "Shake God Sword" is just a Body Refining realm sword manual. It is rare to have such a mood, and Zhao Chan's thoughts now are beyond the Body Refining realm.

When he got the "Broken Cloud Blade Technique," he flipped through it roughly.

The deepest impression was the last form of the blade technique, which was called 【Broken Cloud】.

Zhao Chan guessed that it should be that this blade technique is practiced to perfection, and one blade can break the clouds.

He is good at using swords and has never used a blade.

So.

One sword breaks the clouds.

The person who broke into the house pulled out his sword, operated a trace of true Qi, and stabbed at Zhao Chan's throat. He was extremely confident in this sword.

This is his trump card sword move.

It looks straightforward, but it is actually false and real. The real target is the heart!

The sword mark appeared in mid-air.

The next moment.

Heard a loud "clang."

He watched his sword break.