Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

I didn't expect her to be such a pretty girl.

boom!

Ning Xiu caught the vengeful woman's hand and dragged her over. He pressed his palm directly against the back of her head and slammed her head hard against the ground.

Giving the evil spirit no time to react, Ning Xiu channeled all his inner strength into his palms and unleashed a flurry of punches at the vengeful woman's body.

Within moments, numerous cracks appeared on the ground, and a crater was blasted into the ground beneath the vengeful woman.

The commotion, like a pile driver, stunned Su Qianqian, who was watching from the sidelines. Having been a member of the Demon Subduing Division for over four years, she had never seen a newcomer deal with evil spirits in such a way.

Aren't you a martial arts practitioner?

What about the fist techniques? What about the leg techniques? What about the weapons?

After enduring dozens of punches from Ning Xiu, the vengeful woman was on the verge of death. In her dying moments, she turned her head and glanced at the vengeful fetus, which was still crying loudly and was bound in a wad of cloth. A tear inexplicably rolled down her cheek.

The moment the teardrop fell to the ground, it instantly transformed into a white pearl.

Upon seeing the pearl take shape, Su Qianqian exclaimed in surprise, "Ghost Tears!"

With Ning Xiu's final punch, the vengeful woman fell completely still.

[Defeat evil spirits, General Proficiency +700]

"My lord, what is Ghost Tears?" Ning Xiu asked, picking up the pearl.

Su Qianqian looked surprised: "Evil spirits are ruthless, so they are the hardest to shed tears. It is considered extremely lucky to see one even once. When evil spirits shed tears, they will turn into a very rare treasure. If you add ghost tears to the making of weapons and magic treasures, it will greatly enhance their power. I have been a demon-slaying officer for four years and have never seen ghost tears form. You are quite lucky."

"I see." Ning Xiu nodded and handed the Ghost Tear to Su Qianqian, saying, "Then you can have this treasure, my lord. If you hadn't brought me here today, I wouldn't have encountered this."

Su Qianqian was somewhat tempted, but then she remembered that Ning Xiu was a newcomer she had chosen, and that Ghost Tears was created because he had dealt with the Vengeful Woman.

How could a superior so easily take away an opportunity from their subordinate?

"No, I have to be polite and refuse his offer first. Then, when he brings it up again, I'll accept it without hesitation," Su Qianqian thought to herself, having already quietly devised a whole process of polite deference in her mind.

"My lord?" Ning Xiu asked, puzzled when Su Qianqian did not respond.

"No need. The appearance of the ghost tears is your doing. If I were to deal with this vengeful woman, the outcome might be quite different. You can keep it for yourself." After saying this, Su Qianqian was secretly pleased. She had firmly established her image as a good boss. All that was left was for Ning Xiu to make another polite gesture of deference, and that would be the perfect ending.

"Alright, thank you very much, sir." Ning Xiu tucked the Ghost Tear into his pocket and patted his clothes with great satisfaction.

"Hmm...Eh?"

The noise inside the house stopped abruptly, and Yun Heng and his family, who had been waiting outside, finally mustered up their courage and came in.

"My lords, what exactly caused my son's death?"

"Ah! It's a demon!"

“How could there be evil spirits in our house? It must be the one that killed my brother.”

When the group saw the vengeful woman lying dead on the ground after Ning Xiu had beaten her to death, they immediately erupted into a huge uproar and started arguing incessantly.

Ning Xiu shouted, "Shut up, all of you!"

The Yun family fell silent instantly, not daring to say another word.

"I ask you, have you ever seen this woman?" Ning Xiu asked, brushing aside the long hair of the vengeful woman to reveal her delicate face.

A woman standing next to Yun Heng's face changed drastically: "This isn't that..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yun Heng's wife quickly covered the woman's mouth, not wanting her to say anything more.

Yun Heng couldn't help but wipe his forehead: "My lord, we don't know each other."

"Hey!" Ning Xiu chuckled. Did she think he was stupid? Yun Heng had one daughter and two sons, and that woman was the wife of his eldest son. Judging from her reaction, she clearly recognized the Vengeful Woman.

Yun Heng deliberately concealed this, which must mean there's something shady going on behind the scenes.

Just as Ning Xiu was about to use coercion to intimidate the group and force them to tell the truth, Su Qianqian finally emerged from her despair over Ghost Tears.

"The vengeful spirit has the ability to possess a woman's body. Once it takes shape, it will try every means to avenge its murderer. If I'm not mistaken, this woman was probably killed by your youngest son before she died."

Su Qianqian reached out and picked up the cloth bundle containing the vengeful fetus, saying, "You'd better tell me the truth now so I can go back and record this incident in the case file. If you don't want to tell me, the government officials will come and ask you to sit down at the government office."

The Demon Subduing Division is only responsible for slaying demons and eliminating evil. Other matters such as swindling, deception, murder, plunder, and the acquisition of sex toys are not within their scope of responsibility; these will be handled by other relevant personnel.

As for whether the methods would be kind or cruel, Su Qianqian had no idea.

Upon hearing the words "government office," Yun Heng trembled and could no longer hold back. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "My lord, I was wrong. It's all my fault for indulging my rebellious son too much, which led him to commit murder. If there is any guilt, let me bear it all and don't implicate my family."

Under the watchful eyes of Ning Xiu and Su Qianqian, Yun Heng confessed everything he knew.

Huang Lu was originally a weaver in the Yun family's cloth shop. Because of her pretty and charming appearance, she caught the eye of Yun Heng's youngest son, Yun Hao. Before they were to be formally married, Yun Hao used both soft and hard tactics to take her body.

Prior to this, Yunhao had already been betrothed since childhood. The woman's family background was a good match for the Yun family, so Huang Lu naturally could not become his legal wife.

Several months later, Huang Lu, who was pregnant, accidentally learned about this and had a big fight with Yun Hao one night. Unexpectedly, she was accidentally killed by Yun Hao during the argument.

Finally, with the help of the whole family, they abandoned Huang Lu's body in the desolate mountains outside Chaotian City, and together they concealed this unspeakable secret.

"The loss of humanity, the decline of morality." Ning Xiu shook his head.

"My lord, I was in charge of this whole affair. If anyone is to be convicted, please convict me alone."

Su Qianqian tossed the cloth to Ning Xiu and walked towards the courtyard gate without looking back: "You and your family should go to the government office to confess your crimes and accept your punishment. How you are convicted is none of my business. Just don't try to escape, or your punishment will be doubled."

Yun Heng's face immediately showed despair.

Watching Su Qianqian's graceful departure, Ning Xiu immediately picked up the cloth bundle and followed her: "My lord, are we leaving now? Aren't we going to stay and supervise them?"

"I'm too busy with official duties at the Demon Subduing Division. Besides this matter, I still have four or five cases to handle. But don't worry, I will send someone to inform the government to keep an eye on this area. The Yun family won't get away."

"Alright, then what should we do with this vengeful spirit fetus?" Ning Xiu shook the bundle of cloth in his hand.

"Send it to the Demon Suppression Prison. There are people there who specialize in handling the corpses of evil spirits. Also, don't forget to notify them to come to Yun's Cloth Shop to retrieve the vengeful ghost woman."

Su Qianqian patted Ning Xiu on the shoulder with satisfaction: "I thought that newcomers would need to be trained for a period of time before they could be put to use, but I didn't expect you to be an exception. You did a good job today. I had a case that I was planning to hand over to you for investigation in a while, but now it seems that there is no need to test you anymore. I'll hand it over to you in advance."

Su Qianqian took out a letter from her waist and handed it to Ning Xiu, saying, "You can rest for two more days. You must set off after two days and go to the location specified in the letter."

Although he did not know the contents of the letter, Ning Xiu guessed that it was related to evil spirits.

After being injured by the three-faced demon last night, Ning Xiu realized that his Golden Bell Shield cultivation was not as strong as he had imagined, and it was still not enough when facing the demon.

To increase safety and enhance survival ability, one must further improve the level of the martial arts techniques one already possesses.

Ning Xiu then asked, "My lord, can you arrange for me to return to the Demon Suppression Prison as an executioner in the next two days?"

Su Qianqian: ?

What a strange request! I've never seen anything like it in my life.

【012】Yuan Yang Fist Perfection

Although Ning Xiu's request was strange, Su Qianqian still chose to grant his wish.

After all, the Demon Suppression Prison is indeed lacking executioners. It would be good to have a Martial Arts Rank 9 Demon Subduing Officer go over to help out and do some work.

Generally speaking, no executioner is a job that the Demon Suppression Officer likes to do. It's strenuous and doesn't bring any benefits. Normally, no Demon Suppression Officer would voluntarily request to go to the Demon Suppression Prison to be an executioner.

But what if some people have a few peculiar little quirks?

After all, being a Demon Slayer is stressful, and he needs ways to release that stress, which Su Qianqian can understand.

When she was still a military officer in charge of suppressing demons, she had seen her superior take off his official robes in his spare time and transform into a butcher in the marketplace, selling pork to the people at rock-bottom prices.

People call him the "Pork Philanthropist".

As they left the Yun family's cloth shop, the vengeful spirit inside the cloth bundle was still wailing loudly. Ning Xiu killed it with a single punch.

[Defeat evil spirits, General Proficiency +10]

Although the child's background was pitiful, he has now become an evil spirit and can no longer be viewed with pity. He must be executed to prevent future troubles.

However, to be fair, the general proficiency points gained from killing such low-level evil spirits are pitifully small.

Carrying the burden of the vengeful spirit fetus, Ning Xiu naturally couldn't go to the cloth shop to buy ready-made clothes. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the evil energy emitted by the vengeful spirit fetus after its death affected ordinary people.

Fortunately, after Su Qianqian learned of his intention to go out, she told Ning Xiu that there was a clothing workshop in the Demon Subduing Division that specifically served the Demon Subduing Officers. If needed, he could just go there to order clothes, and the price would be cheaper than in the outside fabric shops.

Ning Xiu nodded to indicate that he understood, and then parted ways with Su Qianqian halfway through the journey, heading to the Demon Suppression Prison alone.

However, after only one day away, when Ning Xiu returned to the Demon Suppression Prison, he inexplicably felt like a wanderer returning home.

It was still the same old place, shrouded in darkness, with the same long gate and the same head jailer.

"It's you." The head jailer holding the roster immediately showed a surprised expression when he saw Ning Xiu.

Those chosen from among them rarely return.

"This is the evil spirit that I caught when Lord Su and I went out this morning. She told me to send it to the Demon Suppression Prison for treatment. In addition, Lord Su approved that I can stay in the Demon Suppression Prison for the next two days to continue serving as an executioner."

"I am now at the ninth rank of martial arts. My lord, please trouble yourself to arrange for the execution of the evil spirits that need to be dealt with."

As Ning Xiu spoke, his voice gradually grew louder, indicating his joy.

He remembered a jailer telling him that once he reached the ninth rank of martial arts, he could use his vigorous blood and qi to expel the evil qi that had seeped into his body, and thus kill as many evil spirits as he wanted in a day.

Ning Xiu had always kept these words firmly in mind, and today he was finally able to put them to good use.

The head jailer was a bit confused. This kid had only been gone for a day, how could he have already reached the ninth rank of martial arts?

Furthermore, everyone else sent to the Demon Suppression Prison to execute evil spirits looks dejected and listless, so why are you so cheerful? Anyone who didn't know better would think Ning Xiu had come to collect his monthly salary.

Those who are not of the ninth rank will have evil energy seep into their bodies if they kill too many evil spirits, until the evil energy accumulates and their bodies rot and decay.

It's unlikely that a normal person would lie about this, so the head jailer didn't suspect Ning Xiu. It just so happened that the other party's frequent executions of evil spirits could alleviate the manpower shortage in the Demon Suppression Prison.

So the head jailer opened the roster in his hand and quickly flipped through it.

"Cells 130 to 150 in the Xuan District are all places where evil spirits can be executed. Choose whichever you prefer, but don't force yourself."

"Okay." Ning Xiu agreed, handed the vengeful spirit to the head jailer, and headed towards the Xuan District with practiced ease.

Upon arriving at cell number 130 in the Xuan District, Ning Xiuzheng was about to push the door open when someone suddenly came out of a cell not far away.

Ning Xiu looked closely and, quite by chance, the other party was He Yunlang.

"He Yunlang." Upon seeing one of his few close friends, Ning Xiu immediately greeted him.

"Ning Xiu? Why are you back?" He Yunlang was slightly surprised, not expecting to see Ning Xiu again after he joined the Demon Subduing Division.