The divine manifestations began at the Gongwei Division.

"A fine knife!"

Chen Zhaowu knelt on the ground and sighed weakly.

Xue Zhiwei gave him a disgruntled look.

She and Chen Zhaowu had known each other since childhood, so she naturally knew her childhood friend's personality.

Praise the knife, not the person.

This is jealousy.

"Without sufficient strength, even the best sword cannot slay a dragon-type demon."

Xue Zhiwei spoke up.

Zhou Heng ignored them and walked straight to the side, snapping one of the people's necks with a crack.

He had just abandoned Lu Tongqing in order to save someone.

Now that the perpetrators and the evidence are all there, it's time to wrap things up.

Xue Zhiwei: "..."

Chen Zhaowu: "..."

"This head of the Lu family has committed heinous crimes and deserves to die!"

Lu Zian hurriedly explained on Zhou Heng's behalf.

"He deserves to die."

Xue Zhiwei nodded and said, "He's a scumbag, killing him is no big deal."

In any case, even if Zhou Heng doesn't kill him, he's doomed anyway.

She took out a porcelain bottle and tossed it to Chen Zhaowu.

Then he looked at Zhou Heng and asked, "Are you injured? I have some healing pills, do you need them?"

Zhou Heng glanced at her with some surprise. Was this how she was trying to fit into the world of medicine?

"Need not."

He shook his head, glancing at the words in front of him out of the corner of his eye.

[Slaying a dragon-like demon, surviving a life-or-death crisis, and receiving a drop of true dragon blood as a reward.]

After Chen Zhaowu took the pill given to him by Xue Zhiwei, the bleeding from the wound on his chest stopped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it showed signs of recovery.

Zhou Heng looked at Xue Zhiwei thoughtfully.

"You know alchemy?"

He asked the question.

"Isn't that obvious?"

Chen Zhaowu asked, "Do you know what Old Xue's maternal grandfather's family does?"

Her maternal grandfather was the famous "King of Southern Medicine".

Besides, she's a celestial official. Don't let her lack of fighting skills fool you; she's got other special abilities.

Chen Zhaowu gave a thumbs up.

"Thank you so much."

Xue Zhiwei said irritably.

Even if you're not good at fighting, it depends on who you're fighting against.

Even if she were to fight alone, she could still beat Chen Zhaowu up.

If the crocodile demon hadn't been able to counter her magic, she wouldn't have been in such a sorry state.

"Have you ever heard of true dragon blood?"

Zhou Heng ignored Chen Zhaowu and instead looked at Xue Zhiwei and asked.

"True dragon essence blood?"

A look of surprise flashed across Xue Zhiwei's face. "Of course I've heard of it."

However, if you're hoping to extract true dragon essence from this crocodile demon, you're likely to be disappointed.

Although we call it a dragon species, strictly speaking, it is only a Jiaolong species.

It is the offspring of a dragon.

The true dragon bloodline within a dragon's body is already diluted, let alone that of a dragon's offspring.

"If there were a single drop of true dragon blood—and I mean, if—what use would it be?"

Zhou Heng asked.

The danger countdown only provides rewards, without explaining the purpose of the rewards.

This also shows the advantages of having a certain status.

In the past, Zhou Heng would have had to find a way to investigate.

Now, all you need to do is ask a few questions.

Chen Zhaowu and Xue Zhiwei both came from distinguished backgrounds and were well-informed.

"If it really is the essence of a true dragon, even just a drop."

Xue Zhiwei pondered for a moment and said, "Any demon that obtains it will greatly increase its strength."

If you could obtain a drop of true dragon blood from the crocodile demon that died by your blade, it would have a certain chance of evolving into a dragon.

If it were a person—”

Xue Zhiwei paused for a moment, looked at Zhou Heng, and said with a serious expression, "If an ordinary person were to casually ingest the essence of a true dragon, they would explode and die on the spot."

Even a martial artist of the lowest rank cannot withstand the immense blood energy contained in the true dragon's essence blood; they too will explode.

The best way to use it is to refine it into pills and take them in batches.

Zhou Heng nodded, his expression somewhat serious.

He was also somewhat frightened.

Fortunately, I asked around; otherwise, if I had directly consumed that drop of true dragon blood, wouldn't I have been in danger of exploding and dying?

As they spoke...

Chen Zhaowu and Lü Zining have rescued all the women in the room.

A dozen or so women, all with blank expressions and lifeless eyes.

Most of them had swollen bellies, indicating that they were pregnant.

Xue Zhiwei examined their bodies one by one.

"Damn it!"

She couldn't help but kick Lu Tongqing's body as she passed by.

If Zhou Heng hadn't already killed him, she would have loved to stab Lu Tongqing a few more times.

"Old Xue, is this really how the 'Free and Easy Powder' came about?"

Chen Zhaowu grew up with Xue Zhiwei and never considered her a woman.

Their mission this time is to find out the origin of Xiaoyao San.

If what Xue Zhiwei said is true, and the Xiaoyao Powder was made from the placentas of these women, then they have now completed their mission.

"Yes."

Xue Zhiwei said, "If these women are allowed to bear demon fetuses, their lives will be completely taken away by the half-demons. Once they give birth to the demon fetuses, they will die immediately."

Xue Zhiwei couldn't help but glance at Zhou Heng.

She didn't know if it was a coincidence.

"They have already been violated by the crocodile demon. Even if they abort the demon fetus now, they won't live much longer."

Xue Zhiwei continued, "If there is truly a drop of true dragon essence blood, I can refine some Taiyi Divine Essence Pills, which may restore their vitality and allow them to live."

She kept looking at Zhou Heng while she was speaking.

She suspected that Zhou Heng had discerned the condition of these women, which was why he inquired about the true dragon's essence blood.

It was somewhat strange that Zhou Heng, a martial artist, would have such keen insight.

After all, even celestial officials aren't all capable of seeing through the situation of these women at a glance.

Xue Zhiwei did not doubt that Zhou Heng possessed the essence of the true dragon.

After all, she knew Zhou Heng's background. He was the son of a centurion, which was not bad, but he was definitely not qualified to come into contact with something like the essence blood of a true dragon.

"Is there really no other way?"

Chen Zhaowu frowned and said, "True dragon essence blood is something that can only be found by chance. Even I can't produce it."

"no."

Xue Zhiwei shook her head. "The crocodile demon is a dragon species with a domineering physique. These women simply cannot withstand it."

"Gentlemen, please, I beg you, save my sister!"

Suddenly, a constable from Dajin County rushed in front of them, knelt down with a thud, and wept bitterly.

Among the victims was his sister.

When Chen Zhaowu came to raid the Lu family, he used his position as county constable to mobilize the constables of Dajin County. He did not expect that the families of these constables would also become victims.

"Get up first."

Chen Zhaowu pulled the constable up. "It's not that we don't want to help, but—"

His face was grim. In the past few days, he had been serving as the county magistrate of Dajin County and had had a lot of contact with this constable. The man was diligent in his work.

Now, Chen Zhaowu really couldn't bring himself to tell the other party that he couldn't save their sister.

"Commander Xue".

Just then, Zhou Heng suddenly spoke up, relieving Chen Zhaowu from his predicament.

He reached into his robes and pulled out a porcelain bottle about the size of his palm.

"This is a drop of true dragon blood; take it to save lives."

Zhou Heng handed the porcelain bottle to Xue Zhiwei and turned to walk out.

He wasn't trying to look cool; he was just worried that if he looked at him again, he wouldn't be able to bear it.

"True dragon essence blood?"

Xue Zhiwei's face showed shock, and she unconsciously gripped the porcelain bottle tightly.

This cold-faced Captain Zhou actually possesses the essence of a true dragon? And he's actually willing to use it to save people?

This is the essence of a true dragon.

"Captain Zhou, do you know how precious the essence of a true dragon is?"

Xue Zhiwei couldn't help but ask, "With it, you can almost certainly break through to the middle third rank. Are you really willing—"

Zhou Heng waved his hand with his back to her.

Pfft!

The constable who had just stood up bowed again to Zhou Heng's retreating figure.

"May I ask your honorable name, sir? We will certainly build a shrine for you and offer sacrifices to you morning and evening to express our gratitude for your great kindness."

The constable kowtowed and shouted loudly.

Zhou Heng's figure disappeared through the archway without a word.

"He is Zhou Heng, the Demon-Slaying Captain of the Guardian Division."

Xue Zhiwei said softly, "You need to tell these girls' families who saved them."

The price he paid was too high.