Jidao: I have ten equipment slots

Chapter 55 [055] Cut the grass at its roots!

"Have all the centurions, thousand-man commanders, demon-slaying generals, and commanders in the Demon-Slaying Division ever entered the Zhong family's ancestral land? Have they slept in the 'Ice Pupa Pool' for decades or even hundreds of years?"

In silence, Gu Zheng took out the Satisfaction Fruit from the storage leaf, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it while asking, "Not only the Demon Slaying Department, but also the Divine Catching Department, the Heaven Monitoring Department, and the Dragon Protecting Department. All the major government agencies in the country, the masters of the super-physical realm and above, have entered the ancestral land of the Zhong family. Are these people the geniuses selected by the Zhong family over the past few hundred years? Then, they were secretly trained to break through the limits step by step and step into the realm of alien bodies, super bodies, and heroic bodies?"

"Yes."

Cao Handing nodded. "The royal Zhong family has spent hundreds of years selecting talents from families, sects, and rivers and lakes all over the country. Of course, the people who are selected must also have good character."

"There are several types of this kind of selection, such as the Dragon and Tiger Alliance, the Grandmaster List, and the Heroes Association."

Hearing this, Gu Zheng's eyebrows slightly raised.

The Dragon-Tiger Alliance and the Heroes' Conference are both martial arts conferences that have been popular for hundreds of years and are held every twenty years.

Including the Grandmaster List, people who are not at the true Grandmaster level cannot enter at all.

Gu Zheng was lucky, as he had just participated in the latest Heroes' Meeting, which took place three years ago at Qingxia Mountain in Hongzhou.

It took one and a half months just to travel from Nanyun Prefecture in Fengzhou to Qingxia Mountain in Hongzhou.

On the day of the meeting, all the martial arts masters, sects and families with a bit of fame in Jingguo gathered on the top of Qingxia Mountain, and the scene was extremely lively.

Thinking back on it now, it’s still somewhat exciting. But, could it be that the imperial court was behind this push for heroes?
Is it to select talents who can be used by the court?

"Yes, after the conference, someone did approach me and invited me to join them. It was a well-known sect."

'But at that time, I had no interest in joining any sect, so I declined.'

Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes.

Gu Zheng is still not interested in working for the court.

Joining the Demon Slaying Division is to make it easier to kill demons, obtain demon points, and find a temporary backer for yourself.

The small flags and general flags of the Demon-Suppressing Guard can only be regarded as the lower level and will not receive much attention.

But once you are promoted to a hundred or a thousand households, you will be considered a middle-level official and will definitely be noticed by the command center and enter the vision of the top management!
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng pondered for a while, then looked at Cao Handing and asked, "What is the name of the real skill you just displayed? Is it also in the Demon Slayer's arsenal?"

"It's called 'Yinglong Subduing Demon Hand'. It's one of the unique skills of the royal Zhong family. It's only passed down to the people of the Dragon Guarding Division. I was originally from the Dragon Guarding Division."

Cao Handing replied respectfully, "If the master wants to learn, I can..."

"no need."

Gu Zheng raised his hand.

Although he was envious, the consequences of passing on the true skills privately were too great.

Once discovered, not only will the person who secretly learned the knowledge be killed, but the person who taught it will also suffer the same fate.

The reason I asked Cao Handing was to confirm.

There are different grades of real skills: lower, middle and higher, and the next level above the higher level is peerless.

The unique skills refer to the peerless level of real skills.

When Gu Zheng was fighting with Cao Handing's claw skills just now, he could clearly sense the destructive power, which was extremely terrifying.

If it weren't for the bronze elephant body, which had 100% physical defense, Gu Zheng would have definitely been pierced with several big holes at the beginning of the fight.

The reason he was able to defeat Cao Handing later was because he unlocked his power to 70%, gaining faster speed, agility and strength.

In fact, the bronze elephant body only gives Gu Zheng explosive power and brute force. As for skills, it still depends on Gu Zheng himself.

When facing an enemy whose realm is lower than his, or perhaps whose level is less than 100% unlocked, Gu Zheng can directly crush him with his strength.

But if you are facing someone at the same level, it will be useless even if all the bronze elephant bodies are unlocked.

This is the bonus to combat power brought by true skills, spiritual weapons, and precious elixirs!

……

Calm yourself down and ask some more questions.

For example, Cao Handing respectfully answered all of Yan Hongxue's questions about her background and identity.

Yan Hongxue's family background was ordinary, but she had a master who was at the peak of his physical strength and a member of the Heavenly Monitoring Division. As for whether they were colluding with demons, Cao Handing was not sure. Anyway, among the undercover personnel he knew, Yan Hongxue was not one of them.

"If the lizard snake monsters are really wiped out, will it affect you?" After eliminating Yan Hongxue's suspicion, Gu Zheng asked, "I want to kill these lizard snake monsters that came through the passage. We must root them out!"

“There is a little impact, but it’s not a big problem.”

Cao Handing answered respectfully, "There are two people in the county who have the same identities as my subordinates. They are both undercover agents planted by the higher-ups. They are also involved in colluding with the lizard-snake monster. It is not difficult to kill them and silence them..."

"There's no need to silence him."

Gu Zheng interrupted calmly, "You just need to tell me the location. You don't need to interfere with the rest."

It is easy to silence someone, but the subsequent trouble it causes is not small.

For example, what if these two people were Cao Handing’s superiors, and were deliberately placed next to Cao Handing to monitor him?

Killing them would most likely arouse suspicion from those above them.

Gu Zheng didn't want Cao Handing, the seal slave, to be destroyed so quickly.

"Thank you, Master!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Handing immediately bowed respectfully and said gratefully, "The lizard snake demon's new lair is now in an underground cave in the south."

"Master, please follow me."

Cao Handing walked in front to lead the way.

Gu Zheng and Zhang destroyed Yuan and followed behind.

Summoning Zhang Mieyuan to come along is just in case and to provide support.

Now that Cao Handing has subdued them, the remaining lizard-snake monsters must naturally be killed as well, so that they can be truly wiped out!

……

Half an hour later.

Cao Handing led Gu Zheng and Zhang Mieyuan to the entrance of a cave deep in the mountain stream, which was filled with miasma.

"It's there."

Cao Handing pointed at the dark cave entrance and whispered, "There are about twenty lizard-snake monsters in there, big and small. The strongest one is the young lizard-snake monster leader, a second-level existence, whose strength is comparable to mine."

"Except for the young clan leader, there are two peak first-level beasts, three late first-level beasts, and the remaining first-level beasts are of average strength."

"This force is not weak." Gu Zheng nodded and asked softly, "Is there any other exit in the cave?"

"There is an underground undercurrent that connects the deep cave, but the water entrance is very narrow. If the lizard-snake monster wants to escape, it can only do so by using brute force and digging out a secret passage." Cao Handing replied.

"enough."

Gu Zheng waved his hand, "They can't run away! You can go back now."

"Yes! I am resigning."

Cao Handing bowed, clasped his fists towards Zhang Mieyuan, then turned and left.

A quarter of an hour later, Cao Handing left.

Gu Zheng took off his clothes and pants, put them into the storage leaves, and asked Zhang Mieyuan to guard the entrance of the cave to not let any lizard snake monster escape.

His skin turned bronze, his body expanded, his aura condensed, and he walked towards the cave entrance.

"What……"

Whoosh!
The sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded.

Gu Zheng's bronze elephant body was directly unlocked by 60%, and his height soared to two meters. He released billowing hot air, accompanied by a fierce gale that tore through the miasma. He rushed swiftly to the entrance of the underground cave and punched the lizard-snake monster guarding the entrance.

"Bang~!"

(End of this chapter)