In the Demon Suppression Division, the Iron-Cutting Sword Technique is perfected

Baihe County is not far from Tianshui City.

With the speed of Jiaoma, it can even be reached on the same day.

Gu Cheng and his party set out at noon, and when they arrived at the destination, the sun had not completely set.

Under the dim sunset.

Two ebony carriages drove slowly into the city from the main gate along the official road. The gorgeous and domineering ebony body immediately attracted the attention of passers-by.

The area of ​​Baihe County is not much different from that of Changle County.

However, the local population has obviously decreased a lot, and the streets are empty.

At a glance, hungry people who can't get enough food can be seen everywhere, a scene of depression in the year of disaster.

"According to common sense, this county is close to the canal and should be a prosperous place, but it is so miserable..."

"I think this is also affected by the rebellion of the water monster, right?"

Gu Cheng looked through the car window at several skinny children begging on the street and sighed quietly.

Think about it carefully, this is really a world of rot.

Originally, his hometown Changle County was a mess. Not only were there many local tyrants and bullies, but the local government had a very bad reputation.

But compared with Baihe County in front of us, Changle County is simply a paradise!

About an incense stick of time passed.

Everyone sat in an ebony carriage and came to the local Demon Suppression Division branch.

In front of the vermilion gate.

An old man with white hair and beard, wearing black clothes, led more than 20 confidants and had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing Fang Xu and others get off the carriage, he immediately walked up to them and bowed deeply.

"I am Yan Qingsong, and I greet all the lords of Tianshui City!"

"I greet all the lords!"

As soon as Captain Yan finished speaking, his confidants behind him shouted loudly, and the sound was deafening.

The black-shirted lieutenants of the Demon Suppression Division headquarters are divided into four levels according to the words on their waist badges.

Iron, copper, silver, and gold.

Among them, the gold medal lieutenants are generally the leaders of the field teams, wearing a golden crown and tying their hair, which is the most recognizable.

As for the captains of the Demon Suppression Division branch, according to the level classification, they are approximately equal to the silver medal captains of the headquarters.

In this way, this old captain is indeed a bit too polite.

"Master Yan, why do you have to be so polite?"

Fang Xu frowned slightly on his rough face, and he obviously hated this useless formalism.

But he couldn't say it clearly, and hurriedly took two steps forward to help the old man who bowed and saluted.

"Etiquette cannot be abolished. You all came here in your busy schedule to save the people of Baihe County from the dire situation.

As a local captain, I must thank you very much."

Captain Yan laughed and bowed to everyone:

"It's getting late now. I have prepared a banquet in the yamen to welcome you..."

"Thank you."

Fang Xu nodded and walked forward.

Gu Cheng and others followed closely and followed the old captain into the yamen.

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As the saying goes, you live by the mountain, you eat by the mountain; you live by the water, you eat by the water.

The welcoming banquet prepared by Captain Yan for everyone was mainly composed of various river seafood.

There were two large tables of those delicacies that were rarely seen on weekdays. Just looking at the exquisite plating, you can tell that this meal is definitely worth a lot of money.

Fang Xu and the others had been sitting in the carriage for most of the day and were already hungry, so they immediately started to eat heartily.

Gu Cheng tasted two dishes casually, savored them carefully, and nodded secretly.

The chefs here are really good, and they are only slightly inferior to him who has the true cooking skills of the Blood Lady.

However, when he thought of the hungry people with pale faces and thin bodies on the streets of the city.

Gu Cheng looked at the colorful and fragrant "carp noodles" on the table, and suddenly lost the interest in enjoying the food.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes.

Fang Xu and the captain Yan were toasting and chatting very speculatively.

As the old man talked, everyone quickly gained a lot of useful information and had a general understanding of the situation around Baihe County.

The territory of the Green Water Demon Ape is located in a wetland forest east of Baihe County, named: Shuiyunze.

There is a tributary of Tianshui River passing through there. It has excellent feng shui and abundant food. It is an ideal place for many water monsters.

Since the mysterious disappearance of the innate monster, Shuiyunze has attracted many monsters to compete for territory.

After this period of mutual attack, there are only three monsters in the mortal realm left. It is estimated that the final winner will be determined soon.

In the face of such a thing, the Demon Suppression Division should sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

If it weren't for the fact that these water monsters made too much noise, causing harm to many surrounding fishing villages and water towns, causing many fishermen to be displaced, the local government would not haveAs for the call for people from the headquarters.

Captain Yan spoke very carefully, and it was obvious that he had made sufficient preparations.

But when Fang Xu began to ask indirectly about the internal problems of Baihe County, the old man immediately started to practice Tai Chi.

Finally, he excused himself for being too old to drink, and hurriedly got up and left.

With the departure of Captain Yan, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became quiet.

Everyone put down their chopsticks in unison and looked at the bearded leader wearing a golden crown on the main seat.

"Humph, that old man must have something to hide!"

Su Yanan's face was as dark as water, and he snorted coldly:

"Looking at his look of concern just now, the decline of Baihe County must not only be caused by the water monster!"

"In that case...what should we do now?"

Chen Xuejiao, who was standing aside, immediately became energetic after hearing this.

With a soft groan of "choke", she summoned her life-defining magic sword on the spot, stood up suddenly, and said eagerly:

"Do you want me to catch that old dog and torture him?"

"Put away your sword, what are you thinking?"

Fang Xu rolled his eyes in annoyance.

The strength of this successor of Mingjian Villa is indeed good, but his personality and behavior are really problematic.

"If I were a lieutenant general, I could do what I wanted and kill first and report later, but unfortunately I am only a gold medal captain.

If there is no solid evidence, it is impossible to move a branch commander."

The bearded man poured himself a glass of wine, raised his head and drank it all, and added:

"Besides, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. In this chaotic world of cannibalistic demons, how many of these grassroots branches of the Demon Suppression Division are absolutely clean and can withstand the investigation of the headquarters?"

"He can report the demon problem in time, which is much better than many commanders who don't care about the lives of local people and just want to whitewash the peace."

"Our mission this time is to eliminate the local demon problem and investigate the whereabouts of the innate demon.

As for other things, we only need to report truthfully and let the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs decide."

Hearing this, Su Yanan, Cao Jianxin and others looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

"Tsk, boring..."

Seeing that there was no Lao Deng to beat, Chen Xuejiao had to put away her magic sword in dismay, with a look of regret on her face.

Gu Cheng took in everyone's reactions and raised a meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth.

Reporting the demon disaster in time is not necessarily because he has a conscience, but another more extreme possibility!

Since completely refining the demon core of the Green Water Demon Ape.

Gu Cheng's divine consciousness has been further condensed, and he has learned the [Water Control] magical power of the water monkey.

Now he not only has an extremely strong affinity for water flow.

When facing the demonic evil spirit of the water demon, he has also become extremely sensitive.

And just now when they were having dinner together.

Gu Cheng sensed a very weak, but extremely obvious water demon aura from Yan Qianhu!

Unless this old man is refining the water demon core to his own death.

Otherwise, the identity of this Yan Qianhu would be quite intriguing...

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Night falls, and the stars are twinkling.

In the dark, Baihe County is like a sleeping beast, silent and dangerous.

Yan Qianhu, wearing a nightgown, flew on the roof.

He came to a remote and quiet courtyard in the corner of the county.

He looked around, climbed over the wall quietly, came to the door, and knocked on the door gently with a specific rhythm.

"Come in..."

A sexy female voice came from the house.

Yan Qianhu pushed the door open and saw that the candlelight in the room was dim, like a ghost fire.

A beautiful woman with revealing clothes and a charming face was sitting at the table, enjoying the "delicious food" in small bites.

Yan Qianhu was quite tactful when he saw this, took off his hood, and stood aside and waited quietly.

About half an incense stick of time passed.

The enchanting beauty ate everything up, sighed with satisfaction, and praised:

"Alas, it's still more comfortable to eat with human skin. The original body swallows everything whole and can't taste it at all."

As she said that, she placed the remaining food in her hands on the wooden table.

In the dim candlelight in the room.

More than a dozen small and exquisite human skulls, which were gnawed and shiny, were neatly stacked in a row.

The dark eye sockets stared straight at Yan Qianhu, as if silently accusing him of his evil deeds of helping the evil!

"..."

The old man shuddered for no reason, and cold sweat broke out on his back, but he quickly suppressed it.

He took a deep breath and looked at the enchantingThe beautiful woman bowed and said respectfully:

"Miss Ye, the people from the Demon Suppression Division have arrived."

"Oh? So soon?" Miss Ye's charming face flashed with surprise.

"How many people are here? What are their strengths?"

"Nine people in total, one high-level Broken Ordinary, two mid-level, five low-level, and one Qi and Blood."

"Why are there so many people?"

Miss Ye frowned slightly, raised her eyes and looked at Yan Qingsong, her expression suddenly became dangerous.

"Old man, did you say something you shouldn't have said and give yourself away?"

"No way!"

Yan Qianhu waved his hands in panic and explained:

"I've asked around. Among the nine people, three are new rookies.

Except for a white-haired woman who looks a bit powerful, the other two are not to be feared at all."

"Hmph, I don't think you dare!"

Miss Ye nodded slightly. Seeing that the old man seemed to be hesitant to speak, she couldn't help but curl up a wicked smile at the corner of her mouth.

She picked up a skull on the table and turned it upside down as a bone bowl.

Then she rolled up her sleeves and gently scratched her white wrist with her sharp nails.

Swish——

The red demon blood flowed out instantly, filling the bone bowl halfway.

Then the enchanting woman picked up the skull with demon blood and handed it to Yan Qianhu.

"Here, according to the previous agreement, this is your reward."

"Thank you Miss Ye!"

Yan Qianhu hurriedly took two steps forward, took the skull, and drank it directly without caring how fishy the demon blood was, while practicing the technique.

After a while, the old man let out a long sigh of satisfaction and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

The wrinkled old face also became a little rosy.

It was like the sage time after the flush.

While Yan Qingsong's brain was clear, he also subconsciously began to think about life and recalled why he had fallen to this point today.

Three years ago, Yan Qianhu felt that his health was getting worse and worse, and he felt that his time was coming.

In order to prolong his life, he spent a huge amount of money to get a health-preserving technique from a master, but he became obsessed because of greed and recklessness.

From then on, he had to swallow fresh and powerful demon blood regularly to prolong his life.

As a man who cherishes his life, he dared not go out to kill monsters and take their blood.

He had to change his mindset and chose to go along with the monsters, becoming a "traitor" who helped the evildoers and abetted the evil!

"Alas, when will this kind of life end..."

Yan Qianhu sighed secretly, bowed to the charming woman, and asked:

"Miss Ye, what is the situation of Shuiyunze now? Is Master Yuan really..."

"What Master Yuan... It has been replaced by [Master Turtle] now!"

The charming woman chuckled, and then she told the whole story.

More than half a month ago.

A dragon turtle in the Xiantian realm was severely injured by a strong man in the Linghai realm, and was chased for thousands of miles.

It fled all the way to the vicinity of Shuiyunze and hid in a cold pond.

The water in the cold pond was very deep, and even the Linghai Venerable was helpless.

He was so angry that he took out his punching bag on the poor water monkey next door...

The dragon turtle escaped, but was also seriously injured and could not travel far.

It was afraid that its enemies would come to find it, so it had to temporarily occupy the territory of the Green Water Demon Ape and recruit the latter's old subordinates to recover quietly here.

The reason why Yan Qianhu asked people from the headquarters was nothing more than to wait and prepare the [Human Treasure Medicine] for the dragon turtle to heal its wounds.

"That crazy woman is simply a living devil!

I, Shui Yunze, originally had so many water monsters, but she killed only one out of ten in half an incense stick of time!"

"But thanks to her, we, the surviving water monsters, have turned a disaster into a blessing, and have since become the thigh of [Jiaolong Palace]!"

"Grandpa Turtle is the son and grandson of the old Dragon King of Tianshui River. He promised that as long as I can help him recover from his injuries, I can work by his side from now on!"

Miss Ye's eyes were burning. As a snake monster, she was born with an unparalleled enthusiasm for the Jiaolong species.

Even if the other party was just a hybrid dragon turtle with Jiaolong blood, this enthusiasm did not diminish at all.

"The dragon turtle of Jiaolong Palace?"

Yan Qianhu frowned. As a human, he naturally could not understand this enthusiasm.

"Miss Ye, Grandpa Turtle is seriously injured now. Can it defeat those captains of our headquarters?"

"Of course it can! Grandpa Turtle is a dragon with the blood of a dragon, and his strength is far beyond that of ordinary monsters!"

The charming woman nodded seriously.

"Don't look at it as it is seriously injured, but with just that thick tortoise shell, warriors below the innate realm can't break its defense at all!

Coupled with the Jiaolong's powerful water control method, the nine captains of the headquarters will definitely die!"

"That's good, that's good..."

Hearing this, Captain Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If these nine people don't die, once the truth is revealed, he, a traitor who accomplices the tiger, will die without a burial place!

"By the way, Lord Yan..."

Miss Ye looked at the old man with her beautiful eyes, smiling and saying:

"Master Turtle has already known about you and is very interested in you.

He also specifically asked me to ask you if you are interested in being an insider for the Jiaolong Palace?"

"Ah?"

The old man's wrinkled face was full of confusion.

He really didn't expect that a top force in Yunzhou like the Jiaolong Palace would actually extend an olive branch to him.

"If you agree, go to Shuiyunze with me tomorrow and kill a captain of the headquarters as a token of your loyalty. "

"As a reward for joining the group, Mr. Turtle promised that he would give you a drop of his blood essence later."

The charming woman smiled slightly and whispered seductively:

"That is the blood essence of the dragon turtle in the Xiantian realm. After you take it, it will be enough to help you prolong your life by twenty years!"

"Prolong your life by twenty years?!"

The hesitation in Yan Qingsong's eyes disappeared in an instant, replaced by burning greed!

It's just killing a captain of our headquarters.

Coincidentally, among the nine people, there happened to be a small fish in the Qi and Blood realm, and his strength was the weakest!

Then let that kid be my token of loyalty to the Jiaolong Palace!