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On the flat land outside the town, the Zhenyuan Army was setting up camp.

Seeing this scene, the old man's heart trembled slightly, and he wondered to himself, "Would these guys be stationed outside the town for a long time?"

The town of Dragonbone only has a population of two thousand, which is not enough to support so many soldiers.

"I am Fan Xing, the mayor of Longgu Town. May I ask which government army your esteemed troops belong to, and who your commander is?"

Chen Pi sized Fan Xing up and down, then chuckled, "Old man, my general is none other than Lin Feng, a sixth-rank Yunqiwei appointed by His Majesty and the Deputy Commander of the Ruzhou Regional Military Commission!"

"Be respectful to my general when you see him, or you'll regret it!"

Deputy Commander-in-Chief?

Fan Xing was taken aback and quickly straightened his clothes before following Chen Pi to see Lin Feng.

Fan Xing had some understanding of officialdom and knew that the Deputy Commander-in-Chief was the second-in-command of the Ruzhou military, so he naturally dared not be negligent.

After walking a hundred paces forward, they suddenly saw a black-armored general standing in front of them.

Beside him was a magnificent and extraordinary steed.

"This humble servant, Fan Xing, the mayor of Longgu Town, pays his respects to General Lin!"

Lin Feng was instructing Wang Dahu and Zhang Ergou on the arrangements for setting up camp when he suddenly heard someone salute and looked up.

Seeing that Fan Xing's hair and beard were all white and his body was trembling as he performed the grand salute, he immediately strode over and helped Fan Xing up.

"Mr. Fan, and everyone else, please don't stand on ceremony, please rise!"

Fan Xing looked at Lin Feng with reverence and said respectfully, "I was unaware of your arrival in our Dragon Bone Town, General. Please forgive my lack of hospitality."

"General, we have wine and food in our town of Dragonbone. We will prepare them for you to welcome you and wash away the dust of your journey."

Lin Feng had a faint smile on his face: "Mr. Fan, I was just about to discuss with you about buying some food and drinks from your town."

"My brothers from Zhenyuan Army have traveled a long distance and are truly exhausted."

"I'll buy all the wine and meat you have in your town! The price will be the usual price for wine and meat, so you won't lose out."

Fan Xing's gaze was filled with surprise and doubt as he said, "This...how can this be? It's making you, General, spend money..."

Fan Xing was quite old and had seen far too much of the character of military officers.

In chaotic times, soldiers are like bandits. Let alone eating and drinking for free, who can stop them from taking innocent women for their own pleasure?

"Mr. Fan, it's not easy for you to live in the mountains, how can you eat without paying?"

"That's settled then. I'll have my brothers in the army make the purchases later, and we'll settle the payment on the spot."

"But why are you all dressed like that?"

Lin Feng's words greatly reduced the wariness of Fan Xing and the others.

Fan Xing glanced down at his attire, then at the Fang Xiang mask, and said with a wry smile, "Reporting to the general, there's a vicious dragon lurking in the mountains, and I'm currently leading the townspeople in praying to the Dragon King!"

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "A vicious dragon? There's a vicious dragon in this Cloud Mountain?"

Fan Xing nodded, his face full of fear.

"Yes! That evil dragon eats livestock and poultry, and...it even eats people!"

eat human?

Lin Feng and the other military officers all looked surprised.

Zhang Ergou asked, "Old sir, are there really evil dragons in the world?"

Fan Xing looked serious and solemn.

"Yes! A snake cultivates for a hundred years to become a python, a python cultivates for five hundred years to become a jiao, and a jiao cultivates for a thousand years to become a dragon."

"It takes another thousand years of cultivation for a dragon to have a chance to transform into a true dragon. In our ancestral hall in Dragon Bone Town, we still enshrine the bones of a true dragon!"

Lin Feng glanced around the town, his eyes flickering slightly, and asked, "Mr. Fan, have any of the townspeople seen the evil dragon you described?"

Lin Feng did not believe that there were real dragons or evil dragons in the world, and he did not believe that the bones enshrined in the town were really dragon bones.

However, since he had passed through Dragonbone Town and witnessed the murder of the people, he felt he had to intervene.

"have!"

Fan Xing thought for a moment and said, "There are three people in our town who have all seen that evil dragon; it was extremely terrifying."

"Sir, you...don't believe me?"

Lin Feng smiled slightly: "Why don't you believe me? When I was young, I met a wandering Taoist priest who taught me a method to slay dragons."

"Don't even mention the evil dragon; even if it were a true dragon descended to earth, I would still slay it!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Dahu, Zhang Ergou, and the others almost burst into laughter.

The "wandering Taoist priest" that Raymond Lam mentioned was practically a god; no matter what Raymond Lam said, he attributed it all to that old Taoist priest.

"Really?!" Fan Xing exclaimed in astonishment. "General, you also know the art of slaying dragons?"

"nature!"

Immediately afterward, Lin Feng instructed Fan Xing: "Our army will set up camp here and rest for a few days. Tonight, Mr. Fan, please summon all the villagers who have seen the evil dragon, and I will question them one by one."

"Perhaps we can find out the hiding place of the evil dragon from their observations."

"If we can find the evil dragon, I will certainly take action to rid the town of this scourge."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xing was overjoyed: "Heavens above! General Lin is a hero sent by Heaven to save my Dragon Bone Town!"

"General, please rest assured, I... I will definitely gather all the witnesses together."

"If the general can rid my Dragonbone Town of the evil dragon, I am willing to entertain your army for a month!"

Fan Xing was deeply troubled by the evil dragon in the mountains; it had become a source of great anxiety for him.

Immediately, Fan Xing led several old men back to the town in a great hurry, took out the wine and meat from each household in the town, and sent them to the Zhenyuan Army camp outside the town.

Fan Xing originally intended to give it to Zhenyuan Army for free, but Lin Feng sternly refused and insisted on paying money to buy it.

The Zhenyuan Army was not short of money, and it was impossible for them to ask the already impoverished people to make further contributions.

That night, after setting up camp, the Zhenyuan army had a hearty meal and then gradually rested.

Fan Xing led the townspeople to the camp and tearfully told Lin Feng about the evil dragon that the town had recently encountered.

Inside the central command tent, the candlelight flickered and swayed.

The honest townspeople clasped their hands together and described what they had seen in broken sentences.

"That day, I went into the mountains to collect herbs as usual, when I suddenly heard a loud noise in the ravine, like several wild boars running around."

"I wondered where this wild boar came from? I went closer to take a look, and then..."

A look of horror flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes: "What a long, vicious dragon!"

"Its body... is about as thick as a water vat, no! Thicker!"

"It chased the sika deer, and in one gulp! It swallowed the sika deer whole!"

Lin Feng remained calm and asked the man, "Uncle Liu, think carefully about what that evil dragon looked like, especially its head."

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "The top of the evil dragon's head, right here—"

As he spoke, he gestured to the area slightly above his brow.

"There's a protrusion, which is a horn, and then that evil dragon has four claws, not very big."

"General Lin, can you really get rid of it?"

"I don't dare go into the mountains to collect herbs now, and my family still needs money, sigh..."

At this moment, Wang Ling said softly, "A head with horns and a belly with four legs does indeed match the characteristics of a dragon in legend."

"General, it shouldn't be difficult for our army to kill a vicious dragon, but we don't know where it's hiding."

The descriptions given by Uncle Liu and other eyewitnesses were all similar.

I saw the evil dragon three times: in the mountains, on the edge of the town, and deep in the mountains. Each time, I saw the dragon devour its prey.

Lin Feng frowned slightly and said, "The difficulty in finding any trace is one issue, but Mr. Fan, has no one witnessed this evil dragon eating people?"

Fan Xing shook his head: "No, but the people in our town have been going into the mountains to chop wood, hunt, and gather herbs for many years, and there has never been an accident."

"But ever since the evil dragon appeared, five people have gone missing in the town one after another."

"You tell me, if it's not the work of an evil dragon, what else could it be?"

Feng Qing crossed her arms, her beautiful eyes darting around, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Fan, there's a vicious dragon in the mountains that harms livestock and eats people. Why didn't you report it to the Ruzhou Prefecture?"

"It should be the government's responsibility to slay the evil dragon and protect the people!"