Chapter 463: Is Yu Die from the Prime Minister's Residence?

"Yu Die, a Hundred Officer of the Demon-Subduing Office in the Capital City!"

Yu Die replied.

"A Hundred Officer of the Demon-Subduing Office in the Capital City?"

Hu Jianbai was startled at once, stared deeply at Yu Die, his face full of complexity, and asked, "Yu, the Hundred Officer, I wonder what important business brings you to Qingyang County this time?"

Their Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan excels at preserving youthful appearance, and with his keen eyesight, he could clearly see that Yu Die had never employed any such beauty-preserving methods.

Her face reflected her true age, about her twenties; he had never imagined that Yu Die, merely in her twenties, could be a Hundred Officer of the Demon-Subduing Office, and moreover of the Capital City.

The name of the Demon-Subduing Office is renowned; not only him, but no one in Daxia is unaware of it, especially monsters like them, whose knowledge of the Office surpasses that of ordinary Daxia citizens.

Since the Demon-Subduing Office is the frontline against monsters like them, who can know whether an inadvertent action might trespass its red line and invite a fatal disaster,

It's hard not to want to understand!

According to his knowledge of the Demon-Subduing Office, a Hundred Officer is a mid‑level position, a core force; unless one is a rare monster that appears only once every hundred or even thousand years, few people reach the Hundred Officer rank at merely twenty‑something years of age.

And it's the Capital City Demon-Subduing Office!

Everyone knows the Capital City Demon-Subduing Office is a gathering place for geniuses; getting promoted and receiving a raise there is ten to twenty times harder than in any other Demon-Subduing Office across Daxia.

Yu Die actually managed to become a Hundred Officer; how could he possibly not be shocked?

He didn't lack suspicion; perhaps Yu Die is a once‑in‑a‑hundred‑or‑thousand‑year unparalleled monster, accomplishing feats ordinary Demon-Subduing Office members cannot, thus climbing the ranks to become a Hundred Officer.

But that notion vanished from his mind within seconds, as he could vaguely discern that Yu Die was only at the late Foundation Establishment or early Golden Core stage of cultivation.

At her age, she is indeed a promising youth, a cultivation prodigy, yet still far behind those rare monsters that appear only once every hundred or thousand years.

He knows little about the Capital City Demon-Subduing Office, but based on his conjecture, while there may be cultivators like Yu Die within it, none at her age could possibly attain the rank of Hundred Officer.

For a moment,

he developed a strong curiosity about how Yu Die became a Hundred Officer!

However,

what he cared about more was Yu Die's descent from the Capital City; he had not forgotten that Wang Ping'an's father, Wang Ruhai, is in the Capital City and has even married the Prime Minister's Daughter.

During that time, the Prime Minister's Daughter sent servants from the Prime Minister's Residence to fetch Wang Ruhai's parents to the Capital City for their wedding; the servants she dispatched also seized the opportunity to try to kill Liu Dongzhu and her mother.

This matter.

Not only Qingyang County, but even Fengyin Commandery and Qingpu Prefecture have been buzzing with the news; everyone who needed to know already knows.

It also led him to meet for the first time the venerable Xuanqing, who had been in seclusion in Qingyang County for years; although Xuanqing had slain many rampaging monsters when he first settled there, to him Xuanqing was just an ordinary cultivator, and the monsters he killed were ordinary.

A slightly special detail is that he once cultivated in Ziyang Palace.

Who would have thought.

Xuanqing was so overbearing, for the sake of defending the Wang family he dared to force his way into the Prime Minister's Residence, sacrificing twenty years of his own lifespan. He greatly admired Xuanqing's deeds; if it were him, he— would probably find it hard to act for someone with no prior relationship, merely because he prized the newborn child in the other family to such a degree.

"Could it be that this Hundred Officer attained his position at such a young age through connections with the Prime Minister's Residence?"

Countless thoughts swirled in Hu Jianbai's mind, and he privately speculated: "Is she this time descending on orders from the Prime Minister's Daughter, to kill Liu Dongzhu and her mother?"

If so, he must decide whether to pretend ignorance and let Yu Die endanger Liu Dongzhu and her mother, or to intervene as Yu Die threatens them and rescue Liu Dongzhu and her mother.

He didn't underestimate Yu Die's abilities; although she is a Hundred Officer, she is only at the late Foundation Establishment or early Golden Core stage. Regardless of her rank, life‑or‑death battles still depend on strength. What he feared were the Prime Minister's Daughter behind Yu Die and the Prime Minister's Residence.

Nevertheless,

Hu Jianbai didn't hesitate long and quickly made up his mind.

When Yu Die was about to endanger Liu Dongzhu and her mother, he would act immediately to rescue them, preventing their deaths at Yu Die's hands.

Doing so might offend the Prime Minister's Daughter and even the Prime Minister, but he wasn't afraid; Qingyang County is a hundred and eighty thousand li away from the Capital City.

For the Prime Minister's Residence to extend its reach to Qingyang County would require great effort, especially since their Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan is not an anonymous race.

In this novel, you...

After all, they are backed by the Qingqiu Fox; even the Daxia Dynasty would have to consider retaliation from the Qingqiu Fox if it tried to deal with them.

Not to mention the Prime Minister's Residence!

In Daxia, the Prime Minister is said to be second only to the emperor, yet he does not control everything.

Even if the Prime Minister's Residence wanted to trouble him, their methods would be harmless; but if he could save Liu Dongzhu and her mother, that would be extraordinary.

He does not count on waiting for Wang Ping'an to grow up and achieve success to repay the Nine-headed Mountain Fox Clan; what he cares about are Liu Dongzhu and her mother, or rather the mysterious figure behind the Wang family, "Li Fugui".

He has not interacted much with Li Fugui, but what Li Fugui displays is highly valued by him; he does not know Li Fugui's relation to the Wang family, yet Li Fugui's regard for the Wangs shows a deep connection.

"It's not that I just got promoted to Hundred Officer of the Demon-Subduing Office, lacking experience, and went out to roam the world!"

Yu Die replied offhandedly, and without paying much attention to the obvious disgust on Lü Tu's face, said, "I'm only passing through Qingyang County this time; could you, Chief Hu, think I came here with some hidden agenda?"

"So that's it!"

Hu Jianbai's face was full of disappointment.

He had originally hoped to use Yu Die to get closer to Li Fugui, but did not expect that Yu Die came by chance rather than on orders.

Though somewhat disappointed, he would not stoop to the level of those beasts Wei Yuan and Tang Anzhi, committing treacherous deeds for personal gain.

Hu Jianbai turned his head toward Lü Tu, whose gaze was filled with disgust toward Yu Die, and asked,

"Lv Qianhu, why are you here? You are the Thousand Officer of the Demon-Subduing Office in Fengyin Commandery, overseeing all monster disturbances in the commandery, handling countless affairs daily. Could it be that the Weixian Magistrate whispered to you that someone intends to harm the Wang family, and asked you to come and deal with the evil monsters?"

(End of Chapter)