Chapter 296: The Neither Human nor Demonic Family, This Cannibalistic World
Caihua County, early morning, the mansion of the landlord Chu Yuanwai.
"Hey, what a rare visitor! What a rare visitor! Captain Xu, why are you here instead of investigating the recent murder outside the city?"
"I don't have the monster you're looking for here."
Old detective Xu Jiali listened to the teasing of the landlord Chu Zonghui and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu, the investigation is almost done, but there is a problem right now, and I need your help."
Hearing this, Chu Zonghui picked up the tea brought by the maid next to him, rinsed his mouth, and spit it directly to the side.
He did not rush to answer the question from the old detective Xu Jiali, but waved to the servants beside him.
Seeing this, the servants immediately helped the fat Chu Zong back to the chair in front of Xu Jiali.
After sitting down, Chu Zong looked back at the old constable with his eyes narrowed.
"It's probably not easy to make Xu Bantou open his mouth, right?"
"Let me guess, do you want me to pay you to hire a master to deal with the demon in the suburbs?"
Xu Jiali nodded, indicating that this was what he meant.
“Why would I do that?”
The old detective Xu Jiali was stunned, as if he didn't expect Chu Zonghui to say that.
When Chu Zonghui saw the old constable's reaction, he immediately counted on his fingers and did the math for him.
"Look, if we want to invite a master, the travel expenses alone will be a considerable expense."
"If we add in the remuneration of the family and some follow-up work, the total cost will be more than ten thousand taels of silver."
"Do you think those untouchables in the suburbs are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver?"
The old detective opened his mouth again and again, trying to refute several times.
But he had to admit that what Chu Zonghui said made sense.
Although the demon in the suburbs killed two or three tenant farmers in the past half month.
But if the wages of those tenant farmers were converted into silver, each would only earn a little over sixty or seventy silver taels.
Not to mention that in addition to tenant farmers, there are also many refugees in the suburbs.
Intellectually speaking, it is really not worth spending tens of thousands of taels of silver to save these guys' lives.
Thinking of this, the old detective's expression became lost.
Because he couldn't think of any reason for Chu Zonghui to take action.
But just when the old detective thought he was going to return empty-handed, the landlord Chu Zonghui suddenly spoke.
"Although this deal is not cost-effective no matter how you look at it, but... I will take it."
"ah?"
The old constable looked at Chu Zonghui in astonishment, as if he didn't expect that the other party would actually agree.
"Why, do you think I'm a miser who would rather watch those lowly people die than help them?"
The old detective looked a little embarrassed, as if he had been exposed by Chu Zonghui.
Chu Zonghui didn't care about this.
He held his waist, stood up from his position with difficulty, and came in front of the old constable.
Mr. Chu looked down at the old detective and said with a smile, "I really don't care about the lives of those lowly people, but I also don't want an unknown demon to linger where I live."
"I love money, but I also value my life."
"The demon is indeed active outside the city right now, but there's no guarantee it will come into the city someday."
"You go contact the family, I'll pay for it."
After saying that, Mr. Chu asked his maids to help him to the rattan chair in the yard and sat down.
The old constable standing by was very envious of him, as he looked so leisurely and had everything provided for him.
I wish I could switch places with Mr. Chu.
However, although Mr. Chu was rich, he was not unkind.
Thinking of this, the old detective immediately stood up, bowed deeply to Mr. Chu, and then left the mansion.
After the old detective left, Mr. Chu's housekeeper couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Grandpa, are you really going to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to ask our family to get rid of that demon?"
"You know, it's easier to invite a god than to send him away. Although I haven't met the He family very often, I have heard about their style from many people."
"Sometimes, those people... are even more evil than the devils."
Hearing this, Mr. Chu nonchalantly ate the grapes handed to him by the maid next to him, and said with a smile: "If you are not easy to deal with, then how about the demon?"
"Old Li, you still don't see through the true nature of our Xia Dynasty."
"What's wrong with having money? If you have money but don't have the ability to protect it, you are just making wedding clothes for others."
"I'm not afraid of his greed, I'm afraid of his not being greedy."
"After all, with my current body, I don't have many years left to live."
"Rather than going to the grave with endless money, it is better to use this money to exchange for a stable second half of life with that family."
"Learn something, Lao Li. Money that can't be spent...is not money."
After saying this, Mr. Chu didn't say anything more.
It was so pleasant to continue basking in the sun and enjoying the service of the maids.
At the same time, in a desolate wilderness outside Caihua County.
An illusory gate appeared out of nowhere in this remote place.
Then a figure slowly walked out of the door.
The visitor looked around, as if observing something.
Then he closed his eyes, and an invisible wave began to spread.
After a moment, he opened his eyes.
"Such a strong ancient power, it seems to be the ancient nine realms."
After making sure that he had not come to the wrong place, Lu Chen closed the Nine Realms Gate and looked at his game panel.
[Main Quest (3/10): Exploring the Nine Realms]
[Task Description: Find the Gate to the Nine Realms and enter it as an alien incarnation (completed)]
[You have obtained the task reward: 10 million experience points, Soul Crystal Fragment (gold)*1, random great magical power... Divine Weapon Refined]
[Great Divine Power: Divine Weapon Refined (Cannot be upgraded)]
[Realm: Dao Transformation Realm]
[Effect: Take all things as roots, heaven and earth as furnace, and refine all things as weapons]
[You have started a new main quest]
[Main Quest (4/10): The Way to Steal the Heaven]
[Task Description: The Nine Realms of Guhe, harming the heavens for personal gain, please kill ten Yuanying-stage cultivators and steal a complete Guhe Avenue]
[Task Reward: 50 million experience points, Enlightenment Fruit*1]
【Name: Enlightenment Fruit】
【Effect: After taking it, the success rate of "enlightenment" can be greatly improved. 】
[Note: This product cannot be taken by non-Nascent Soul cultivators]
Lu Chen looked at the newly appeared main task.
The expression on his face turned serious in an instant.
Because the difficulty of this task was much harder than he had imagined.
Don’t underestimate this mission, which only requires Lu Chen to kill ten Nascent Soul cultivators.
But Lu Chen knew very well that things were not that simple at all.
Because at the Nascent Soul stage, it is rare to fight alone.
Not to mention that he is currently playing away from home.
With each back and forth, the difficulty of him killing a Nascent Soul cultivator undoubtedly increased exponentially.
Fortunately, there is no time requirement for this task.
Moreover, he only used an external incarnation to enter the ancient world, and his real body was not in any danger.
Otherwise, he really wouldn't dare to rashly ambush and kill a great cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage.
After all, once he did that, he would most likely be faced with a group of cultivators and the siege of several old fellows in the Nascent Soul stage.
Do cultivators really have no friends?
"It's always better to be careful. There's no rush for the mission. Let's first find a way to investigate the situation around here."
"Find out where cultivators are distributed in this world, and how their power is divided."
"Only in this way can we have a chance to complete this main mission..."
After saying that, Lu Chen disguised himself and turned into an ordinary traveler, heading towards the nearest mortal town.
And the place he went to was Caihua County of the Xia Dynasty.
Arriving at the outskirts of Caihua County, the first thing Lu Chen saw was a group of tenant farmers busy in the cauliflower fields.
Strangely, these tenant farmers were all listless and looked terrified.
It seems like I haven't slept well for several days.
Lu Chen only observed briefly and roughly guessed the reason.
Because he was in the suburbs and sensed some residual demonic power.
I think there must be some demon walking around here.
The source of the tenant farmers' fear must be related to this demon.
Thinking of this, a plan immediately emerged in Lu Chen's mind.
Since there are demons and mortals coexisting here, there must also be corresponding human cultivators.
Otherwise, mere mortals cannot deal with the demons.
In just half a year, the entire town would be deserted out of fear of the demon.
Therefore, as long as we stay here, we will definitely be able to find traces of the cultivator.
After confirming this, Lu Chen immediately walked towards the city gate.
Perhaps because of the recent unrest in the suburbs, Caihua County is now strictly restricting refugees from outside from entering the county seat.
Perhaps there was a dark purpose in letting them attract the attention of demons outside to prevent people in the county from being persecuted by demons.
Although Lu Chen knew nothing about this world, it was easy for him to enter the city.
The county soldiers guarding on both sides of the city gate pretended not to see Lu Chen and let him enter the county directly.
As soon as he entered the county town, Lu Chen immediately felt the vitality here was completely different from the outside.
If it weren't for the ancient power in the air that was everywhere.
He even began to doubt whether he had just come to an ordinary mortal town in Zhongzhou.
After some exploration, Lu Chen quickly sensed a special atmosphere in the county.
The next second, Lu Chen's figure disappeared from the spot and went to the place where the breath was emitted.
Inside Mr. Chu’s mansion.
This was different from three days ago when only the veteran constable Chen Jiali came to visit.
Today, Chen Jiali brought with him an old man wearing a Taoist robe and with a pointed face and monkey chin.
As soon as the old man entered Mr. Chu's mansion, his eyes looked around everywhere.
After seeing some young and beautiful maids in the mansion, the old man's expression immediately became excited.
This caused many maids to subconsciously quicken their pace and dare not stay for too long.
When the old constable next to him saw this, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, as if he was very dissatisfied with the old man's vulgar behavior.
However, this person was not only invited by him, but also the key to solving the current situation in Caihua County.
Not long after the old constable and the old Taoist priest arrived in the hall, Mr. Chu came up to them with a big belly.
"I have heard of you for a long time. I believe you are the Taoist Priest Heiyun that Lao Chen mentioned in the letter, right?"
"I didn't expect that the Taoist priest is more dignified than what Old Chen said. Look at the maids in my mansion. They are all so fascinated by you that they can't take their eyes off you."
Hearing this, although Taoist Heiyun knew that Mr. Chu was just complimenting him, he still couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Interesting, you are an interesting mortal. No wonder you have the money to hire an old Taoist like me to help you. You are a wonderful person."
"No way. The reason I was able to invite you, Taoist priest, was just because of the blessing of my ancestors. It has nothing to do with me."
"Your current abilities are all due to your own talent and hard work."
"Which is higher and which is lower, the younger one still knows clearly."
"Master, please follow me. I have asked the chefs to prepare a feast and I am waiting for you to take a seat."
"Hahaha! What else is there to say? Lead the way."
Seeing that Mr. Chu made Taoist Heiyun laugh out loud with just a few words, the old constable Chen Jiali next to him was stunned.
You have to know that when he first met Taoist Heiyun, the other party didn't even look at him properly, let alone laugh.
It seemed that in the eyes of Taoist Heiyun, he, the head of the Caihua County constable squad, was no more than an ant on the ground.
It can only be said that it is no accident that Mr. Chu has his current family business.
Even if he was given another ten years, he would not be able to learn the ability to treat people and read people's expressions.
What the three of them didn't notice was that on the other side of the hall, a man in black was looking at them silently.
But whether it was the old constable, Mr. Chu, or the highly skilled Taoist priest Heiyun, they all seemed unable to see this person.
Lu Chen looked at the three people's leaving backs and frowned slightly.
Because he sensed a familiar aura from this so-called Taoist Priest Heiyun.
This breath was none other than the breath left by the demon in the suburbs.
There are only two possibilities for this to happen.
One is that this old Taoist had been to the place where the demon was, so he was contaminated with some of the demon's aura.
There is another possibility, that is, the demon and the Taoist priest have a close relationship.
But Lu Chen prefers the latter.
Because of his blue lotus eyes that can see through almost any disguise.
The so-called Taoist Priest Heiyun was actually a guy with part of his body transformed into a monster, half human, half rat.
Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately felt that things were becoming interesting.
A mortal constable and a mortal official invited a Taoist priest with a half-demon aura to get rid of the demon.
Is this driving the wolf to devour the tiger or inviting the wolf into the house? Who can tell?
And from the few words they just exchanged, Lu Chen also learned some of the situations in this world.
In this world, cultivators seem to be walking around in the mortal world under the name of "佡家".
And they also value the money of mortals.
You must know that although Taoist Heiyun is not good-looking, he has real foundation-building skills.
If it were in Zhongzhou, it would be difficult to hire such a person with just a few dollars from the mortal world.
There must be some secrets that he doesn't understand.
Otherwise, Lu Chen couldn't understand why a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage would be driven by mortals for a few mortals' money.
With such curiosity, Lu Chen immediately followed them and listened to what they said...
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