Eternal Immortal Dynasty: Starting as a Petty Official

Chapter 113 Exorcising Demons in the Sand River (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Shahe Township, Heshangting.

Under the warm sunshine, a group of people walked along the official road. Passersby, seeing this, all stood aside with great awe.

There was no other reason than that this group of people were heavily armed and possessed a very strong and powerful aura, and were certainly not to be trifled with.

Leading the group was a young official, about twenty years old, wearing a red turban, with a precious sword at his waist, a strong bow hanging on his horse, and a well-fitting black robe. He had an extraordinary air about him!

Before long, the group arrived outside the pavilion on the river.

A few breaths later, the pavilion chief, the thief, and several pavilion soldiers walked out of the pavilion.

"This humble official, Zhu Cong, greets Lord Zhao!"

Upon seeing the newcomers, Zhu Cong, the head of the river pavilion, immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Bozhang is unworthy of such a great courtesy from Lord Zhu, please rise!"

Upon seeing this, the young official on horseback immediately smiled and said...

"When Zhao Jun first took office as the village official, we thought it would be some time before he began to deal with the demonic scourge!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Cong stood up, a smile appearing on his face. "But we never expected Zhao Jun to act so swiftly!"

"Mr. Zhu, you are too kind. Now that Bozhang has taken up his post as the village assistant, and Mr. Cao also has great faith in him, Bozhang should naturally quell the evil disturbance as soon as possible and restore peace to Shahe Village!"

Zhao Xian said modestly, then pointed to the distant village and said with a smile, "Does Lord Zhu have some free time? Come with me to the disaster-stricken villages."

"Zhu Cong has been waiting for a long time!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Cong replied solemnly.

A quick-witted guard behind him immediately turned around and ran back to the pavilion to lead Zhu Cong's horse out.

After Zhu Cong leaped onto his horse, accompanied by bandits and guards, the group headed towards the settlement in the inner village ahead.

A moment later, the group had reached the riverbank.

A short, stocky man appeared beside Zhao Xian, carrying a ring-handled sword at his waist. He led Zhao Xian's horse with great respect.

"Lord Zhao, this is the place where the people of our village perished in the jaws of demonic beasts."

The short, stocky man pointed to the riverbank below, and Zhao Xian looked over as well.

With a crimson spiritual light gathering in his eyes, Zhao Xian slowly scanned the river surface, but there was no trace of demonic energy left.

"What did that monster look like?"

After inspecting the area for a while, Zhao Xianfu asked again.

"I don't know either!"

When the short, stocky man heard Zhao Xian's question, he gave an embarrassed smile, scratched his head, and answered directly.

"Lord Zhu, please lead me to the next place where a demonic beast has appeared!"

"good!"

Zhu Cong responded and immediately spurred his horse forward.

The sound of horses' hooves clattered as the group quickly disappeared into the distance.

Half a day passed in the blink of an eye, and the group had traveled all six miles along the river. In those six miles, a total of eight Daoist practitioners had perished at the hands of the demonic beasts.

Zhao Xian questioned the relatives of the eight Daoist people one by one, but none of them had seen the true face of the demon beast.

At noon, after having lunch at the pavilion, Zhao Li and the others rested there, while Zhao Xian pondered the day's events in his room.

"That monster seems to eat both humans and animals!"

With this thought in mind, Zhao Xian had already devised a plan.

As night fell, the moon hung high in the sky, its bright light bathing the earth. The river rippled gently, creating a serene scene.

Suddenly, a ripple appeared on the river surface, splashing up a few water droplets before spreading towards the riverbank.

Meanwhile, a half-grown calf was tied to a tree on the riverbank, grazing on the grass.

Suddenly, a loud bang was heard, and a huge figure leaped out of the water and rushed towards the calf on the shore!

"Moo!"

The calf was so frightened by the sudden appearance of the ferocious beast that it cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground!

"fall!"

Just as the beast's gaping maw was about to strike the calf, a loud shout rang out, and in the blink of an eye, a massive, dark yellow net, gleaming with a chilling light, suddenly enveloped the beast!

"shoot!"

"Whoosh!"

A whooshing sound suddenly rang out, and several arrows shot out in succession!

"Pfft!"

A series of arrows pierced flesh, and the beast roared as it writhed wildly in the net!

"prick!"

With a roar, a dozen men rushed forward, thrusting their spears at the beast trapped in the net!

The spear is powerful and fierce, far superior to arrows.

In the blink of an eye, the beast was impaled on the ground, and foul-smelling demon blood gushed out like a spring!

"Pah!" One of them couldn't dodge in time and got splattered in the face with the demon's blood. He could only wipe his face and spit out, "Damn beast!"

"If Master Xu hadn't forgotten his boning knife, he would have torn you to pieces!"

"Drag him up!"

Seeing that the ferocious beast was already lying on the ground and could not get up, Zhao Xian immediately shouted.

The group immediately dragged the demon-trapping net and pulled the demon beast up.

Glancing at the several holes in the demon-trapping net, Zhao Xian immediately looked at his uncle Zhao Li and instructed, "Uncle, please have someone repair this demon-trapping net!"

"I understand!"

Uncle Zhao Li immediately responded.

Zhao Xian then carefully examined the remains in the net, noting that it was about fifteen feet long. After observing it for a few breaths, he laughed and said, "A fish-beast at the mid-stage of Qi Refining!"

"Unfortunately, it's impossible to identify what kind of fish-demon it is."

Zhu Cong, who was standing nearby, also stepped forward and looked it over a few times, then laughed and said, "It has a wide mouth and six whiskers, it seems to be a fish that has become a spirit!"

"In just one day, Lord Zhao has captured a fish demon; truly, his reputation is well-deserved!" Zhu Cong looked at Zhao Xian, praising him with great respect. Then, looking around at Zhao Li and the others, he added, "Lord Zhao is a skilled commander, and his retinue is indeed highly capable!"

"It was also thanks to Mr. Zhu's help!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xian humbly replied.

Before long, the group moved the giant fish onto the oxcart, but the oxen pulling the cart were so intimidated by the demonic aura of the fish demon behind them that they dared not take a step.

Finally, Zhao Xian replaced the ox with the old horse before pulling the wooden cart back to his village.

As for the calf used as bait, it was returned to the wealthy household in the pavilion.

In the following days, Zhao Xian led his men to stay at the river pavilion and patrolled the Shahe River day and night.

By the time they left, they had captured four aquatic monsters, all of which were at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

The River Pavilion is located upstream of the Shahe River, while the River Center Pavilion and the Township Pavilion are located downstream.

After leaving the pavilion on the river, Zhao Xian headed to the pavilion in the middle of the river.

They stayed at the pavilion in the river for several days, but failed to capture a single monster.

Just as Zhao Xian was quite surprised, news came from the South River Pavilion, opposite the River Pavilion, that a demonic beast had attacked the Daoist people.

Zhao Xian had no choice but to lead Zhao Li and the others to Nanhe Pavilion again.

The South River Pavilion and the River Pavilion share a section of the river. Zhao Xian originally thought that after dealing with the monster at the River Pavilion, no more monsters would appear at the South River Pavilion.

But unexpectedly, something bad happened!

When Zhao Xian and his group arrived at Nanhe Pavilion, only a faint demonic aura remained on the river!

Since it exudes an eerie aura, things are naturally easier to discuss!

Zhao Xian immediately used his spiritual eye technique to track the demonic beast by following its demonic aura.

Unfortunately, when they chased it to a bend in the river, the demonic aura vanished without a trace.

And the river bend was spotless, free of any demonic aura!

Just as Zhao Xian was racking his brains trying to figure it out, news came from the River Pavilion that Dao Min had died in the mouth of a monster!