There is a quota for the number of unjust deaths under the jurisdiction of a land god in a year. If this quota is exceeded, the god will fail the annual assessment of the Heavenly Court.
If you fail to pass the assessment in one year, you won’t be able to get promoted within three years.
In the past two years, the number of wrongful deaths in Yangxia County has been very small. Thanks to Fang Jian's efforts, there was not a single wrongful death last year.
However, just halfway through this year, a person died unjustly, and it was caused by the most troublesome corpse goblin, which forced Fang Jian to take it seriously.
If this corpse goblin is not eliminated, more mortals will be killed, and Fang Jian’s assessment this year will be over.
A divine figure and a human figure flashed across the ground, and Fang Jian and Zhou Qinghan immediately appeared on a mountain ridge more than ten miles south of Taohua Mountain.
"The last wisp of this monster's energy fell on this mountain range." Zhou Qinghan said, looking at the lush mountains in front of him.
Fang Jian stood on a big rock and looked far ahead. He saw that under the lush green mountains, there was only a small road leading to Qiu'an County.
Looking further ahead, we reach Qiu'an County.
Interestingly, this mountain range almost entirely borders Qiu'an County, and the mandrill's aura disappeared in this mountain range.
"Let's go over there." Fang Jian said, pointing in the direction of Qiu'an County.
Zhou Qinghan was stunned when he heard this, then nodded thoughtfully.
So the two of them flashed and instantly rushed towards the junction of Qiu'an County and Yangxia County.
When the two of them stopped at the border between the two counties, Zhou Qinghan said solemnly, "It's right here! The energy is right here, and it's very strong! It's within Qiu'an County!"
At the end of his words, Zhou Qinghan's expression had become extremely serious. At the same time, he slapped a small cloth bag on his waist with his right hand. A flash of light passed by, and a long sword immediately flew out of the cloth bag into Zhou Qinghan's hand.
Fang Jian's eyes flashed as he looked at the cloth bag around Zhou Qinghan's waist, thinking that it must be a storage bag.
Zhou Qinghan was on high alert, and Fang Jian did not dare to be careless either. With a flash of golden light, a gold brick immediately appeared in Fang Jian's hand.
However, Fang Jian had an idea and ordered the King of Thailand to restrain his power, so Zhou Qinghan did not notice the gold brick in Fang Jian's hand at this time.
"Land God, be careful, the corpse monster is nearby." Zhou Qinghan's body was flashing with spiritual light, which was the protective spiritual light condensed by his magic power.
Fang Jian nodded, then took a step forward and stepped directly into Qiu'an County.
After Fang Jian stepped into Qiu'an County, he immediately felt a divine will that was the same as his own, but this divine will seemed timid and cowardly.
Fang Jian then activated his magical powers and said calmly, "Could you please come out and see me, fellow Daoist?"
In just a cup of tea, a puff of green smoke suddenly rose in front of Fang Jian, and then a short, weak old man wearing a tall crown and the same immortal official robe as Fang Jian appeared in front of Fang Jian and Zhou Qinghan. This man was the land god of Qiu'an County.
The Qiu'an County God of Land stared at Fang Jian and Zhou Qinghan with his small eyes, then bowed and asked, "Why did you cross the border, fellow Daoist?"
Fang Jian took back the Emperor's Qi Brick and then said, "A mandrill killed villagers in Yangxia County and has now escaped to Qiu'an County. Has anyone noticed it?"
Upon hearing this, Qiu'an County's land god's pupils shrank, and his heart trembled violently, but he quickly shook his head and said, "No, I haven't discovered anything."
Fang Jian stared at him carefully, and Qiu'an County's land god also looked directly at Fang Jian with his tiny eyes and said, "It is unreasonable for you to enforce the law across the border."
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, I am only here to investigate. Now that I know the whereabouts of this monster, I will return to report to the City God."
When the Qiu'an County God of Land heard Fang Jian say he would report this to the City God, he was suddenly startled for some reason and quickly said, "No."
"Hmm?" Fang Jian's eyes flashed, and he immediately looked towards the land god of Qiu'an County.
However, the gaze of the Qiu'an County God of Land was already looking towards a small mound a few feet away on the left. Zhou Qinghan also looked in the direction of the Qiu'an County God of Land's gaze.
"Oh no, Land God, come back quickly." Zhou Qinghan shouted loudly.
Fang Jian accepted the advice readily, kicked off his feet and quickly retreated back to Yangxia County.
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In the backyard of the Yangxia County government office, in the small courtyard where Yintu Mountain King lived, Yintu Mountain King, who was drinking tea, suddenly frowned and stood up in shock.
He turned his gaze towards the attendants and maids around him and said, "You all should return to Qiu'an County immediately."
Upon hearing this, the attendants and maids immediately responded respectfully, "Yes, sir." Then they left the courtyard.
Upon hearing the news, County Magistrate Gou De'an hurried over and asked Yintu Mountain King, "Mountain King, what happened?"
The Yintu Mountain King looked at Gou De'an and said, "The land god has found the baboon's location and has become aware of what happened in Qiu'an County. He will report this to the city god."
"What?!" Gou De'an was shocked and turned pale. He said quickly, "No, we must not let him report this to the City God."
Yintu Mountain King Gou De'an said, "You must immediately take your men to Qingping Mountain and demolish the Earth God Temple, severing half of his divine power. I will immediately rush over there to capture him."
"Okay, I'll do it right away." Gou De'an agreed immediately after hearing this.
Then the King of Yintu Mountain made a hand gesture and jumped up, his body immediately turned into a wisp of green smoke and flew towards the south.
Gou De'an watched Yintu Mountain King leave and immediately ordered someone to call his master.
"Master, you should immediately post a notice to recruit people to demolish the land temple on Qingping Mountain. Anyone who is willing to work will be paid one or two taels of silver." Gou De'an said.
The master was shocked when he heard this and asked, "Tear it down now?"
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