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Chapter 78 From the Ninth Rank

Xu Yuan found a clean and fresh room and lay down to rest.

This room is also one of the barracks, with ready-made beds, but the conditions are similar to those in Qihetai Town, with a layer of hay on hardwood boards.

Around the hour of Hai, a shrill scream suddenly rang out in the silent night!

Xu Yuan took a closer look and realized that he was within Fu Jingyu's range, so he did not move.

Then there was a commotion outside. Xu Yuan took out his mahogany brass earplugs and listened. If Fu Jingyu couldn't handle it, he would provide support at any time.

After about an incense stick of time, Fu Jingyu had not finished yet, but Xu Yuan heard some strange noises again.

Xu Yuan stood up, walked out the door quietly, and followed the sound.

A barracks is wrapped in a bubble.

Because it rained heavily all day, the moonlight is bright and clear tonight.

The bubbles glowed faintly in the moonlight, and before Xu Yuan even walked in, he smelled a foul odor.

Xu Yuan couldn't help but rub his nose.

Dan Xiu's sense of smell is more acute than that of the average person, which can be a bit torturous at times.

Xu Yuan took off his earlobe. Perhaps because he had worn it for too long, it stuck to his ear and refused to come off. He had to pull it hard before it came off.

Xu Yuan closed his earlobes, opened his mouth and spit out a sword ball. With a light poke, the bubble burst with a snap.

In the barracks, a monster was lying on a bed and eating a person. It was startled and immediately looked up. It saw Xu Yuan through the window and let out a low roar from its throat.

Xu Yuan hooked his finger at it.

The monster rushed over through the window with a whoosh.

The sword ball hidden under the window rose up, cutting open the monster's entire belly. It fell to the ground as it jumped out. Xu Yuan spit out a mouthful of "fire from his belly" and burned the corpse to ashes.

This is a "Wang Liao".

A weaker evil spirit.

But it has an ability, which is to spray out a "snot bubble". The person wrapped in it will fall into a dream and be unaware of anything in the outside world.

Xu Yuan entered the barracks, where twenty people were sleeping.

One of the beds was empty, obviously the one where Gui had turned into Wang Liao.

The person in the bed next to me had half of his body eaten.

The others were still fast asleep.

Xu Yuan arrived in time, otherwise everyone in the room would have been eaten one by one by Wang Liao.

Then there's the next door, the next door to the next door...

Wang Liao has a huge appetite and can "eat" non-stop.

After eating one hundred people, it will grow a "human face" on its body and gain a new "tricky skill".

After eating 200 people, a second face will grow and a "tricky skill" will be gained.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the most number of Wang Liao killed was thirty!

Human faces were densely packed on both sides of Wang Liao's body, and his "weird tricks" were endless. The Extermination Bureau dispatched three fifth-rate officers to capture and kill him.

Xu Yuan sighed, burned the corpse, then left the barracks and looked over at Fu Jingyu. Fu Jingyu had also dealt with the evil spirit.

This kind of strange changes caused by the infection of evil spirits will not be too strong at first.

That night, Xu Yuan dealt with two evil spirits, but Fu Jingyu dealt with four.

After daybreak, Xu Yuan checked the almanac. Today's prohibitions included: looking at the moon, traveling at night, cutting wood, and getting married. Xu Yuan's face changed: On a night when traveling at night was forbidden, looking at the moon was also forbidden!
Tonight is a very dangerous night, and it is absolutely impossible to rely on myself and Fu Jingyu alone.

Xu Yuan found Fu Jingyu in the military fort. Seeing Xu Yuan's expression, Fu Jingyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, the support from the Extermination Bureau will surely arrive today."

Xu Yuan was a little worried instead. The more absolute the statement was... the more likely it was that an accident would happen.

The two of them went back to the city to meet Ma Tianshou.

When they arrived at the inn, only Song Lu was there. Her arms and legs had already grown halfway back, and she felt she was too ugly to come out. She said to the two of them through the door, "Teacher went to the Chen residence early this morning."

Song Lu probably didn't want his childhood sweetheart to see his ugly appearance, and it had nothing to do with Xu Yuan, a poor boy from a small county town.

Fu Jingyu wondered: "Teacher, what are you doing in Chen's house?"

"Let's raise an army to investigate the crime."

Fu Jingyu was even more puzzled, and quickly dragged Xu Yuan to Wangjingfang.

"Although we all know that it was Chen Liangxuan who did it, we actually have no evidence. The teacher is not an impulsive person..."

Fu Jingyu was worried all the way. When he arrived at Chen's house in Wangjingfang, he saw that the gate was covered with mourning clothes inside and outside, and there was crying in the yard.

Old Yan was sitting with Ma Tianshou at a breakfast stall at the entrance of the alley outside the gate.

Ma Tianshou's face looked extremely ugly, but when he saw Fu Jingyu and Xu Yuan, his expression relaxed a little.

"Teacher." Fu Jingyu stepped forward and saluted. Ma Tianshou waved his hand, glanced at the gate of Chen Mansion, gritted his teeth and whispered: "This old guy, most likely his conspiracy failed, and he committed suicide out of fear of punishment!"

Xu Yuan vaguely guessed that it was his fourth uncle who did it, but he would not tell anyone else.

Ma Tianshou said, "I'm not here today to arrest Chen Liangxuan, but to get the Chen family to pay me some money first. It costs money to feed and rebuild the houses of those thousands of disaster victims—and Chen Liangxuan dare not refuse!"

Xu Yuan's eyes moved: "Old man, is it not appropriate to bring this up now?"

Ma Tianshou glared at him, "Why shouldn't he speak up? Chen Liangxuan has committed such a great sin, and he thinks he can just die and get away with it? He's dreaming!"

Xu Yuan immediately gave a thumbs up. He really liked the old man's temper.

Death is like the extinguishing of a light? What are you daydreaming about? This is a strange world, and even after death, one often cannot rest in peace.

You have committed such a great sin, and you're just going to die?
Then your descendants, wife and sister-in-law will continue to live happily in the world with a lot of people's money?

That's a great bargain for you.

Ma Tianshou finished the breakfast in front of him in a few mouthfuls, clapped his hands, wiped his mouth and stood up: "Let's go and pay our respects to our Master Chen!"

He then instructed Fu Jingyu and Xu Yuan: "Don't go, you two. This is something that will offend people. You are still young. Go to the city gate. The support from the office should arrive in the morning. Jingyu, take Xiao Xu to meet them."

The four of them separated, but the support from Jiaozhi South Office did not arrive in the morning, so Xu Yuan and Fu Jingyu waited in vain at the South Gate for the whole morning.

At noon, the two returned to the inn for lunch. Ma Tianshou finally couldn't help but bring up the matter, "Xiao Xu, would you like to come to our Department of Exorcism? Your merits will be rewarded by the court. I can offer you the position of Inspector, ninth rank!"

The previous time he was mentioned, he was a "Mountain Moving Lieutenant," a position of no rank. The second time he was mentioned, he was a "Censor," a ninth rank.

The price got higher and higher. The boss was eager to recruit talented people, and Xu Yuan also proved that he was worth the price.

Xu Yuan hesitated, and Ma Tianshou continued, "Although they are all imperial errands, the difference between being a high-ranking official and not being a high-ranking official is huge.

The official ranks of the civil and military officials in the court will be reflected in their cultivation.

Look at Chen Liangxuan, his cultivation aptitude is actually not that good, his limit is originally seventh-rate, but he used to be a fourth-rank official, so when he was at his peak, he was a fifth-rate literary cultivator!

If you replace him with someone with excellent talent, he will be at least fourth-rate."

But when Mr. Chen was demoted and later retired and returned to his hometown, the court's "protection" disappeared, and his level dropped all the way back to the seventh rate.

　It seems like double monthly tickets?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)