The Martial Saint begins by collecting corpses.

In the dead of night, two figures stood by the bed, staring intently at him.

Lu Ming was startled at first, then looked closely and immediately cursed:

"Monkey, Wolf, are you looking for a fight? Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Are you deliberately trying to scare me?"

His shout caused the monkey and the wolf's blank stares to shift, and their expressions changed.

The monkey exclaimed, "So much money! So much money! Brother, we're rich! We're rich!"

Ah Lang said, "I am the sect leader of Ah Lang Sect, I am the sect leader of Ah Lang Sect. Ah, elder brother has arrived, please sit down, please sit down."

Lu Ming: "..."

He was speechless, only then realizing that Ah Lang Monkey had somehow fallen into a trance and seemed to be having a fit of hysteria.

Suddenly he frowned, realizing that it was indeed unusually cold tonight. Monkey Wolf stood by the bed, shivering from the cold, but his eyes were still glazed over, and he muttered incoherent words.

Thinking of the strange boy Qin Xiaoyi I saw during the day, Monkey once said that it was very cold around him.

Lu Ming's face darkened. Could it be that he was behind this?

He got out of bed and tried patting Wolf and Monkey on the shoulder and calling their names, but there was no response.

Da da da……

Just then, a series of chaotic footsteps came from outside.

Lu Ming glanced at Ah Lang and the monkey; apart from trembling and talking nonsense, there was nothing else unusual about them.

He immediately laid the two of them down on the bed, covered them with a mattress and a blanket, and then left the room with a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

If Qin Xiaoyi was behind this, he would never let him off the hook!

When he came out, he saw Qin Xiaoyi also coming out of the house, his brows furrowed as he looked out into the yard. When he saw Lu Ming come out of the house, he glanced at him with some surprise but didn't say anything.

"What's going on? Even the Night Watch is unsafe?"

"Amitabha Buddha, this place is filled with a chilling aura; has something gone wrong?"

"Where are they? Where have they all gone?"

Suddenly, a startled and uncertain voice came from outside the courtyard. Upon hearing this, Lu Ming looked at Qin Xiaoyi with some suspicion: "What's going on?"

Qin Xiaoyi forced a grim smile and said, "This is a trick played by the Zhenye Division, isn't it?"

With that, he walked outside.

Lu Ming calmed down, glanced at the silent east wing, and thoughtfully walked outside.

Several people came out from the nearby courtyards and went to the open space in the middle.

These people came from all walks of life: some were martial artists exuding a powerful aura, some were Taoist priests holding whisks, and one was a monk with a shaved head.

Including Lu Ming himself, there are a total of eight people.

"Looks like there are only eight left."

Suddenly, the chilly feeling receded like the tide, and the weather returned to normal autumn. This rapid change made Lu Ming feel a bit hot.

Suddenly, a few people walked over from a dark corner.

The leader was a man with an ape-like back and a wasp waist, extremely agile, and his eyes were like those of a tiger or a leopard, as if he might pounce at any moment and tear everyone to shreds.

Such strong pressure on the blood and qi!

Lu Ming was startled. This person was sharp and ruthless. When his gaze swept over him, it seemed to linger on him for a moment, perhaps surprised that he could walk out with such a low cultivation level.

"My name is Lin Yuanrong, the Chief of the Night Guard. Congratulations to everyone for passing the preliminary selection."

The leader scanned the crowd and spoke.

"Next, you will undergo one or two more assessments, and ultimately three people will be selected to enter the Town Night Guard and become official night patrolmen."

"Now, you can go back and rest."

"Those who didn't pass the primary tonight, please leave tomorrow."

He spoke his last words to the people around him, then ignored Lu Ming and the others and walked towards the inner office.

Shen Mo stood at the end of the line, stopped when he passed Lu Ming, and smiled:

"Congratulations on passing the preliminary selection. The next stage of the assessment should not be a problem for you, but..."

As he said this, he glanced discreetly at Qin Xiaoyi, who had already turned and headed back towards the courtyard, and said:

"Be careful of that person; it's said he's a descendant of a lineage of charlatans."

Are you kidding me?

Lu Ming was slightly taken aback. There was such a school of thought? How could he be fooled?

Shen Mo didn't explain further; he said in a low voice:

"I'll temporarily take your two friends to my place tomorrow, so you can focus on the assessment. I didn't know about tonight's preliminary selection beforehand, so go check on them."

Lu Ming nodded and said, "Thank you."

He watched Shen Mo leave, then turned back to the courtyard. Thinking about what had just happened, his eyes flickered slightly. It seemed that the Zhenye Division was indeed extraordinary.

He hurried back to his room and saw Ah Lang and the monkey sitting up with puzzled expressions, looking surprised and uncertain.

"Why are we sleeping in a bed? Achoo! Achoo!"

Wolf suddenly sneezed a few times and shivered. "It's a bit cold."

Upon seeing this, Lu Ming frowned slightly.

Ah Lang has inferior physical constitution, and his martial arts skills are much worse than Monkey's. After experiencing the invasion of Yin energy tonight, I wonder if he will get sick.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little annoyed. That Si Zheng Lin Yunrong was a bit domineering.

But at this moment, he himself was also living under someone else's roof, and had no choice but to endure it for the time being.

"Big brother, what are you doing outside? What happened between us just now?"

When Monkey and Wolf saw Lu Ming walk in, they quickly got out of bed and asked him.

Lu Ming shook his head and said:

"The Night Town Division just held a preliminary selection, and I passed."

Those who fail the preliminary selection will have to leave the Town Night Division tomorrow.

"You will stay with Brother Shen tomorrow. After you pass the test, I will bring you back."

The two men's faces lit up with joy as they replied, "Yes."

In the latter half of the night, Lu Ming did not sleep soundly, remaining secretly vigilant. Fortunately, nothing else unusual occurred.

When he woke up the next day, he was relieved to see that Ah Lang's sneezing had not worsened. In those days, a cold was a serious illness.

Moreover, if problems arise from this kind of Yin energy invasion, it's unclear how to handle them. Ah Lang isn't even a skin-training martial artist yet; his body is too fragile.

Fortunately, the outcome was without serious harm. He took the two of them out early and handed them over to Shen Mo to look after them temporarily.

He didn't feel comfortable leaving him here any longer.

He then returned to the courtyard, only to see the swordsman Chen Ming in the east wing quietly about to leave. Seeing him return, Chen Ming paused, a slightly embarrassed smile appearing on his face.

"morning."

Lu Ming said, "Good morning."

Just as he was about to say something, Chen Ming quickly walked away from him. At this moment, he felt extremely embarrassed, and in addition, there was a trace of resentment.

Unexpectedly, Lu Ming, whom he looked down upon, passed the preliminary selection last night, and he was completely unaware of it, sleeping soundly until dawn.

If he hadn't woken up and heard people outside the courtyard packing their bags and sighing as they discussed things, he wouldn't have even known that he had gone through a primary election the night before.

If someone came looking for him and kicked him out, he would look even worse.

"Fine, fine. If they won't keep me here, there are plenty of other places that will." Chen Ming suppressed his frustration and quickly left the Zhenye Division.