Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 241 Entering the Evil Suppression Division
After explaining some important points to Lin Le, Ke Zhennan watched Lin Le walk away.

He touched his chin and suddenly remembered why Lin Le looked familiar; this man actually bore a 70% resemblance to that Prince Chi.

Could he be a member of the royal family?

Ke Zhennan frowned, but then shook his head. If he were really a member of the royal family, why would he join the Zhenxie Division, a place full of peasants, where he would be doing a thankless job?

They must just look alike; otherwise, there would be countless members of royal families in the world.

Following Ke Zhennan's directions, Lin Le arrived at a warehouse and showed the documents in his hand to a minor official: "I've come to collect my gear."

"Xuan-class, fifth rank!" The clerk glanced at it and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The Qingfeng Lang is divided into four branches: Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. Each branch has different rights and salaries, and even within the same branch, there are differences in treatment.

A fifth-rank official—that's the highest level of treatment one can receive with a Xuan-rank title.

Seeing that the imperial aura on the document was genuine, the minor official went to make arrangements.

Before long, the clerk handed Lin Le a storage bag: "Take a look and see if anything is missing. There's a Bixie robe, a Qingfeng token, and twelve pairs of exorcising candles..."

After checking everything, Lin Le nodded: "Everything is here, thank you."

"You're too kind, it's my duty," the clerk said, feeling extremely embarrassed.

Lin Le led Ling Muzhu away from the Zhenxie Division, and the two then discussed it and decided to choose an inn to stay in.

Given the nature of the Evil Suppression Division, they will likely have to travel around a lot in the future, so short-term rentals are worse than long-term rentals.

Since it's a short-term rental, it's more cost-effective to choose a guesthouse. You can leave anytime and cancel the reservation anytime. If you want to buy something, you can just ask the staff to buy it for you.

After looking around, Lin Le chose the most famous inn—Ruichang Inn—to stay at.

After three days of secluded cultivation, just when Lin Le thought things would remain calm for the time being, a murder occurred right beside him.

"You said someone died?" Lin Le frowned. He chose this inn because of its safety, but now he was being told that someone had died, and that it happened just three days after he checked in.

"Yes." The constable in black robes nodded. "May I ask where you were at 1-3 AM today, and what you were doing?"

"It's right here in the room," Lin Le said. "He's cultivating with my wife."

"Okay, please state your name and place of origin," the constable said.

“Lingzhuzi’s place of origin should be Tianchi City.” Lin Le took out a token. “I just arrived three days ago, and I don’t know if the Zhenxie Division has registered me.”

"Qingfeng Lang?" The constable glanced at the token, his pupils shrinking slightly. It was still a Xuan-level token!
The constable nodded: "Understood, you may continue to rest."

After saying that, he turned and left.

"What happened?" Ling Muzhu was dressed in a light gauze dress, her milky white skin faintly visible beneath.

Lin Le closed the door and said, "There's been a murder."

"A murder case?" Ling Muzhu frowned. "Who died?"

Lin Le used his divine sense to scan the crowd outside and learned some information: "A merchant died because his soul was devoured by an evil spirit."

"Do you want to move to another place?" Ling Muzhu asked.

Lin Le thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, if someone dies in another place, it's like mud falling into your crotch—it's a problem even if it's not a problem."

"Okay." Ling Muzhu nodded.

After another half month of dedicated cultivation, Lin Le, who was comprehending the Dao patterns of his body, suddenly opened his eyes and took out a token.

That was the Qingfeng Order.

Lin Le patted the rounded curve of the brocade quilt beside him and said, "The Zhenxie Division has a mission. I'll go take a look."

"Mmm," Ling Muzhu murmured, her voice languid.

Lin Le opened the window, and the fiery wheels beneath his feet ignited, propelling him toward the Demon Suppression Division.

Soon, Lin Le landed in front of the Zhenxie Division's gate, having changed into Bixie robes.

Even though he looked unfamiliar, the gatekeeper didn't dare to stop Lin Le from entering after seeing the clothes.

After walking down the corridor, Lin Le arrived at the door of a room.

There were already two people inside the room.

Having confirmed he hadn't gone to the wrong place, Lin Le stepped inside. Looking at the youthful-looking Lin Le, the other two young men frowned.

They never expected that their last partner would be the one who had recently been rumored to have joined through connections.

The cases of the Xuan-level are already difficult to handle, and now they have to put a novice in charge of training them. Isn't that making things even more difficult?

Hopefully, this person isn't too arrogant.

Two gentlemen prayed.

As for substitutions?

He's the commander's man; how could these two ordinary men possibly exchange him?
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Ke Zhennan suddenly appeared at the head of the table.

With a flick of his finger, the three jade slips landed in the hands of Lin Le and the other two Qingfeng Lang.

“This case is of lower Xuan level difficulty, you should take a look first,” Ke Zhennan said.

Below the Xuan level, that's alright.

The two Qingfenglang breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the difficulty was at most at the Nascent Soul level, and not even a very strong Nascent Soul.

They could easily clean it up by themselves.

It seems like this is just a gilded mission.

The two thought to themselves.

Then the two of them read the jade slip together with Lin Le.

The case isn't too complicated; it's just that a ghost cultivator goes around devouring people's souls to cultivate. The only troublesome thing is that this ghost cultivator seems to have no commonalities in the people he kills.

From high-ranking officials and nobles to commoners and laborers, all are within its hunting range.

After a while, Ke Zhennan said, "I've finished reading them all."

Lin Le nodded to the other two Qingfenglang.

"In that case, who is willing to be the team leader?" Ke Zhennan asked.

The two young men looked at Lin Le in unison. If Lin Le wanted to be the one, they would naturally have no chance.

Seeing the two looking at him, Lin Le thought for a moment and said, "I'll do it."

It's unlikely that he'll accept being led by someone else; he might as well just become the leader himself.

Ke Zhennan looked at the other two Qingfenglang.

The two gentlemen shrugged, indicating that it was meaningless.

Ke Zhennan didn't mind and said, "In that case, Ling Zhuzi will lead this mission. Bai Lingfei and Zheng Jinjie, you will follow Ling Zhuzi."

"Yes," the two replied, clasping their hands in greeting.

Ke Zhennan disappeared, leaving behind the three of them.

"Which of you two is Bai Lingfei, and which is Zheng Jinjie?" Lin Le asked.

The slightly taller Qingfenglang said, "I am Bai Lingfei."

The slightly shorter Qingfenglang said, "I am Zheng Jinjie."

Lin Le nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Then he turned around and said, "Let's go, to the yamen."

Seeing Lin Le's confident demeanor, Bai Lingfei and Zheng Jinjie exchanged a glance, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Well, he's quite the arrogant disciple of the Grand Master.

The two followed.

Although they were a little annoyed, the two of them had no intention of disobeying Lin Le.

Putting aside his relationship with Ke Zhennan, his cultivation level of the first stage of the Nascent Soul realm alone was enough to silently kill those two Nascent Soul cultivators.

They're not fools or reckless people; they wouldn't fight with a cultivator a whole realm higher than them over something as trivial as this.

(End of this chapter)