Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 64 The human-faced monster!
The middle-aged man standing in the middle is about 1.7 meters tall and has a plump figure. He is the magistrate of Dengfeng County.

The magistrate of Dengfeng County looked at the three people sitting in front of him without any dissatisfaction. Instead, he bowed with a flattering smile.

"Your humble servant, Zeng Fan, the magistrate of Dengfeng County, greets all the Xuanniao Guards!"

The magistrate of Dengfeng County was so happy to see them that he couldn't contain himself.

A week ago, a murder occurred in the county town, which made him terrified.

Unable to withstand the pressure, he immediately reported the matter to the prefect of Baidao Prefecture.

Then these leaders of the Xuanniao Guard arrived at the county seat of Dengfeng County early this morning.

Faced with the flattery of the Dengfeng County magistrate, the three Xuanniao Guards simply ignored it.

The middle-aged man sitting in the middle is the leader of this team, the Xuanniao Guard, a warrior who has reached the great success of the Blood Refining Realm.

The other two Xuanniao Guards are warriors who have achieved a small level of success in the Blood Refining Realm.

"Alright, Master Zeng, no need for formalities. The three of us were personally sent here by Master Xuanshi, so let's get down to business first!"

"This is our token. Lord Zeng, please confirm it first."

Then, the middle-aged man took out a blue token from his waist. Seeing this, the two people beside him also took out two tokens at the same time.

"Zhao Sheng, Qian Hao, Li Daren."

After a quick glance, Zeng Fan, the magistrate of Dengfeng County, saw the name engraved on the token.

Seeing that the name above was consistent with the information passed on by the prefect, Zeng Fan's smile became even more enthusiastic.

"Yes Yes Yes!"

"Master Zhao is right. I agree with you. It's more important to get down to business first so as not to waste your precious time."

After Zeng Fan finished the greetings, a hint of worry was hidden deep in his heart.

The Xuanniao Guards, who are rarely seen in normal times, now have three of them at once, and they are yellow-level Xuanniao Guards!

As an official appointed by the imperial court, Zeng Fan naturally knew the situation of the Xuanniao Guard.

Every yellow-level Xuanniao guard is a terrifying existence in the blood refining realm, carrying terrifying qi and blood power, and his strength is unfathomable.

You have to know that he controls the resources of an entire county and has practiced for most of his life, but he has only just reached the great success of the Marrow Refining Realm.

Unexpectedly, this time, three Yellow-level Xuanniao Guards would come to Dengfeng County in person.

It seems that the strength of the ghost thing that appeared this time cannot be underestimated.

"Then please move aside, gentlemen, and follow me. I have already placed all the deceased under strict guard."

County Magistrate Zeng Fan and other county officials surrounded the three Xuanniao Guards like stars surrounding the moon, and walked to the westernmost end of the county government office.

At the westernmost end of the county government office, there is a temporary morgue built with blue stone bricks. It looks like a large house that can accommodate about a hundred people.

County Magistrate Zeng Fan raised his hand and pointed at the bluestone brick house, then spoke to Zhao Sheng, the leader of the Xuanniao Guard.

"Master Zhao, this is where the dead are kept."

Zhao Sheng looked in the direction pointed by County Magistrate Zeng Fan, then without saying a word, he quickened his pace and walked towards the house.

Seeing this, the two Xuanniao guards following Zhao Sheng also took the lead and followed closely behind Zhao Sheng.

Guarding outside the door of the bluestone brick house were six county yamen runners.

The six of them saw Zhao Sheng and the officials from their county government from a distance.

Therefore, these six yamen runners were very tactful. When they saw Zhao Sheng walking towards them at the speed of lightning, they all stood aside to make a path for him.

"We have met all the gentlemen!"

The yamen runner closest to the door directly opened the door of the bluestone brick house and let Zhao Sheng walk in.

The moment the door opened, a pale white chill emanated from it, making one feel as if they were falling into an ice cellar. The moment Zhao Sheng entered, the interior of the house was fully visible to him.

The house was simple and ordinary without much decoration. An iron cage almost took up the entire room.

There were about twenty hard wooden beds placed in the iron cage, and on each bed was a corpse, with the face covered with white cloth.

On the wall outside the iron prison, there were more than a dozen large wooden basins filled with many large ice cubes.

After seeing this scene, Zhao Sheng frowned.

Then he walked to the iron prison door, stretched out a hand and forcibly broke the iron lock on it.

Then, under the surprised gazes of the county officials, Zhao Sheng opened the iron gate as if nothing had happened and walked in quickly.

Zhao Sheng walked to the nearest wooden bed and used his hands to lift the white cloth covering the face of the corpse.

An extremely terrifying face appeared in front of Zhao Sheng, and the face was no longer covered by skin.

The bright red, evil flesh on his face was exposed to the air.

Two eyes filled with fear stared at the ceiling.

Without the protection of lips, the teeth were exposed, with dark yellow teeth curved in an amazing arc, as if smiling.

Standing behind Zhao Sheng was a middle-aged man named Qian Hao.

When he saw the face of the corpse, Qian Hao showed a solemn expression on his face and suddenly spoke.

"Old Zhao, it seems that Master Xuanshi was right. It was indeed it who did it!"

"The human face is strange!"

After hearing Qian Hao's words, Zhao Sheng nodded in conviction.

"Well, that should be correct."

"Old Qian, Old Li, please be more careful this time."

"You two should understand the horror of the Human-Faced Ghost without me having to tell you."

As soon as Zhao Sheng finished speaking, another Xuanniao Guard, Li Daren, stopped being silent.

Li Daren looked at the corpse on the bed with a look of deep confusion on his face.

"Old Zhao, I remember this human-faced monster. Didn't the mysterious envoy destroy it once seven years ago?"

"How could he recover so quickly?"

According to the records of the Xuanniao Guard over the years, it usually takes more than ten years for the extraordinary and strange things to revive after being dispersed.

The time when this human-faced ghost revived was obviously advanced, by a full three years.

If the prefect of Baidao Prefecture had not personally sent someone to inform the Xuanniao Guards, would they still suspect that someone was so bold as to play tricks on them?
Zhao Sheng looked up at the other corpses, pondered for a moment, and then spoke slowly.

"I don't know. I asked Master Xuanshi, but he wasn't very clear either."

"However, in the past few years, the appearance of extraordinary and strange things and monsters has become more and more obvious."

"Especially the extraordinary and strange resuscitation time, which has also become abnormal."

"Master Xuan originally wanted to come here in person to investigate the reason why the Human-Faced Ghost revived prematurely."

"However, there is news that a group of demons from the Pure World White Lotus Sect have appeared in Lingshi County, and it seems that there is also an elder."

"Therefore, Lord Xuanshi personally led the team, bringing most of the elite members of the Xuanniao Guard, to Lingshi County to wipe out the remnants of the Pure World White Lotus Sect."

"So, Lord Xuanshi had no choice but to hastily send the three of us to Dengfeng County to deal with the human-faced ghost here."

(End of this chapter)