Chapter 72: Lord Xia is murdered

Then the big man took out another storage bag from his storage bag and handed it to Zhou Chen, "This storage bag has ten square meters of space, and there are some items from the Demon Suppression Bureau in it for you, including the official uniform of the Demon Suppression Bureau, the Demon Suppression Sword, and the Demon Suppression Sword Technique that everyone in the Demon Suppression Bureau has."

Zhou Chen took it and put it away without looking at it any more, "So, I am now considered a member of the Demon Suppression Division?"
"Not yet. You can only be considered a reserve personnel now. If you want to truly become a Demon Suppression Guard, you must complete an assessment task issued by the Demon Suppression Bureau." The big man then took out a scroll and handed it to Zhou Chen.

"I know that you don't want to join the Demon Suppression Division from the bottom of your heart, but the Demon Suppression Division is freer than you think, and there are many benefits that you will know in the future. This task is not urgent. I will give you one year to complete it."

Then he gave Zhou Chen a jade pendant as a token of trust and left. Before leaving, Zhou Chen finally learned the other party's name "Zhen Nantian". As for his position in the Demon Suppression Bureau, Zhou Chen was not clear.

Zhou Chen opened the storage bag only after he left. He was not interested in anything else, but he was very much looking forward to the Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique. After all, his killing sword was about to break the limit.

According to his inference, the Killing Sword was not enough to support him to break through to the sixth level. If he wanted to enter the sixth level, he had to find martial arts to practice and increase his strength. If it were an ordinary person, if he had good talent, he might be able to break through to the sixth level with the Killing Sword, but he relied on additional practice.

The advantage of adding points to training is that it can be practiced extremely quickly, but the disadvantage is that the bonus to strength is fixed.

When he took out the killing knife, he found a thin booklet in the storage bag. The booklet was very thin. Zhou Chen put down the Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique, took out the booklet and saw three big words "God-Slaying Art" written on it.

Zhou Chen quickly flipped the page to check, and found a note inside the first page. This note was left by Zhen Nantian, and the content was, "This book of God-Slaying Technique is a top-notch martial arts secret book of the Demon Suppression Bureau. Originally, only the Demon Suppression Guards who had reached the sixth rank could obtain it, but considering Zhou Chen's special status, he made an exception and gave it to Zhou Chen first. However, this martial arts secret book cannot be practiced before reaching the sixth rank, otherwise, with his seventh rank cultivation, he will not be able to support it."

Zhou Chen would not suspect that Zhen Nantian was lying to him. After all, he had never heard of anyone from ancient times to the present who could practice martial arts at the seventh level.

Afterwards he put away the God-killing Art and picked up the Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique again to read it. The Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique is similar to the Killing Sword Technique. When one cultivates to a certain level, one can cultivate sword energy. However, the Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique is more advanced, and the sword energy of the Demon-Suppressing Sword Technique can restrain demons and evil spirits.

Not long after, it was already dawn. Zhou Chen slowly walked back to the county government office. When he came back, Leng Yiyao had already prepared breakfast. After Zhou Chen had a simple breakfast, Zhao Kuo came here.

Seemingly a little anxious, he walked in without knocking on the door and said, "Brother Zhao, come and sit down and have something to eat."

Leng Yiyao saw that Zhao Kuo had something to say, so she made up an excuse to go out. After Leng Yiyao left, Zhao Kuo spoke up and said, "Brother Zhou is in trouble."

"Tell me slowly what happened."

Afterwards, Zhao Kuo told Zhou Chen what happened last night. It turned out that before the monsters besieged the county government office, an extremely powerful monster took the lead in breaking into the county government office. No one in the county government office could match it, and in the end it was Lord Xia who took action to repel it.

Lord Xia thought that there was only this one monster and wanted to suppress it completely, so he chased after it. However, Lord Xia never came back after that.

He was busy last night so he didn't notice it. It was not until this morning when Zhao Kuo went to report to him after he finished his work that he discovered that Lord Xia had not returned all night. So Zhao Kuo found Zhou Chen.

After Zhou Chen learned about this, he realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately prepared to go with him to look for it, "By the way, does Xia Rong know about this?"
"I don't know yet." "Don't tell him yet so he won't worry."

The two of them chased in the direction that Lord Xia had chased last night. They did not take the streets but the rooftops instead, because the monster also escaped from the rooftops last night.

At this time, there were still traces of the two men chasing on the roof. The two followed the traces all the way out of the city. Seeing that they were out of the city, Zhao Kuo worriedly said, "Oh no, once we get out of the city, the empire's luck will weaken, and his strength will also be seriously affected."

After hearing this, Zhou Chen said, "It seems that the monster deliberately lured you out." The two of them did not dare to delay and immediately chased out of the city.

After chasing for five miles out of the city, they found that the traces were still spreading farther away. "At such a long distance, Lord Xia's strength may not even be half as good as it could be."

"Okay, Brother Zhao, hurry up and chase after him."

Then the two of them chased for another two miles. At this time, they had already chased into the forest. Zhou Chen's sharp eyes suddenly saw something in the grass in the distance. Zhou Chen walked over and saw that there was an official seal in the grass. Zhou Chen had seen this official seal before. This was the official seal of Lord Xia.

Zhao Kuo walked over and saw the official seal in Zhou Chen's hand, and was shocked, "Oh no, something happened to Lord Xia." He was so anxious that he turned around, "There are traces of fighting here, and blood on the trees. If Lord Xia was killed, the body should be here, but it's not here. I think Lord Xia must have been taken away."

The two of them immediately began searching to see if there were any clues. After some searching, Zhou Chen found a piece of rag in the grass, which seemed to have fallen during a fight.

Zhou Chen picked it up and looked at it. It looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a moment. Zhao Kuo, who was standing in the distance and saw the rag in Zhou Chen's hand, immediately walked over to take a look and said, "This cloth is specially used in Wuji Boxing Gym."

"What, Brother Zhao, you are not seeing things, are you? You can be sure that this is from Wuji Boxing Gym just by looking at a piece of rag?"
"That's right, only Wuji Boxing Gym has this kind of cloth. Other forces, families, and ordinary people don't have it."

"It seems that Lord Xia's disappearance is related to the Wuji Boxing Gym." Then the two of them immediately returned to the city. As they arrived at the door of the boxing gym, Zhou Chen stopped Zhao Kuo who wanted to rush in.

While Zhao Kuo was puzzled, Zhou Chen said, "If we just rush in like this, do you think they will hand over their people obediently?"
The two discussed it and decided to come back in the evening. After returning, Xia Rong couldn't find her father and came to ask Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo didn't want to make him worry, so he had to say that he was out on official business and was no longer in the county government office. Xia Rong left without thinking much about it.

Leng Yiyao saw Zhou Chen coming back and asked, "Is the work done?"
"It's not even night yet and I have to go out."

After hearing what he said, Leng Yiyao didn't say much. In the evening, Zhou Chen came to Zhao Kuo. Seeing Zhou Chen coming so early, Zhao Kuo was puzzled and said, "Brother Zhou, it's still early, why are you here?"
Zhou Chen thought for a while and asked, "Brother Zhao, how long have you been in the ninth rank?"
Zhao Kuo was curious why he asked this, but he still replied, "Almost five years," and then sighed and said, "The ninth rank is my limit, and I will not be able to make any more breakthroughs in this lifetime."

Zhou Chen came to his room, sat down, thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhao, I have a magical power that I want to pass on to you. I wonder if you are interested?"
After all, Leng Yiyao hasn't stepped into the ninth rank yet, and he still has several ninth rank demon patterns that are lying around and not being used. He thought that since he had nothing to do anyway, he might as well practice on this guy Zhao Kuo and see how the function bestowed upon him works.

(End of this chapter)