Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

The moment the door was pushed open, a chorus of bells rang throughout the entire Siming Pavilion. Ning Xiu then saw a man in a black robe walk over, with the words "Subduing Demons" embroidered on the cuffs of his robe.

In addition to the black silver chainmail worn by the Demon Subduing Officers, the Demon Subduing Division also commissioned a large number of robes of different styles, specifically for people in different positions. The person in front of us who works in the Fate Pavilion is one such example.

"What kind of strange artifacts did you bring back this time?" the man asked.

Ning Xiu then handed over the fragment of the Martial Arts Monument: "It's not a magical artifact, but it still needs to be kept safe."

"Oh! A fragment of the Martial Arts Monument." This person was knowledgeable and recognized the origin of the Martial Arts Monument at a glance.

In his early years, the Martial Saint Ancestor left behind a complete Martial Arts Stele, which recorded the Martial Saint's lifelong understanding and insights into martial arts.

However, for some unknown reason, the Martial Saint later shattered it into dozens of pieces. Some were kept by the Demon Subduing Division, while others were lost somewhere unknown.

Finding all the remaining fragments and repairing and integrating them has always been the wish of all the warriors and demon-slaying officers in the Demon-Slaying Division.

After taking the fragment of the Martial Arts Monument, the man then focused his gaze on the Corpse-Slaying Blade that Ning Xiu was holding in his right hand.

Although the Corpse-Slaying Blade was wrapped in cloth, Ning Xiu still had a vague feeling that the blade was now presented to this person without any cover.

"Do we have to hand this over too?" the man asked.

"No, no, no, this item has another owner, so you don't need to worry about it," Ning Xiu said directly.

"What a pity." Holding the fragment of the Martial Dao Stele, the other party turned around and slowly walked into the depths of the pavilion. Everything else would be inspected and stored by professionals, so Ning Xiu didn't need to worry about it anymore.

"Oh, right, there's something very special about this thing. I've never heard of it before in the Demon Subduing Division. You can take a look at it." Ning Xiu then told him about how Baili Yu could open up his consciousness world within the fragments of the Martial Dao Stele.

"Oh? Is that so? Okay, I'll look into it carefully."

With the tasks at hand being completed one after another, Ning Xiu immediately felt much more relaxed. All he needed to do now was change the badge of the Bronze Leopard Demon Subduer and form the Bronze Leopard Squad. All the tedious work would then be done.

After going through the proper procedures for Chen Peifeng and Daoist Kongxu, and then arranging for them to stay in the courtyard where he had once lived, Ning Xiu went directly to the Fifth Trial Hall to register the matter of changing the token.

Once a member of the Bronze Leopard Squad breaks through to the lower three ranks, they can leave the squad directly and no longer need to obey the previous orders from their superiors.

When Su Qianqian saw Ning Xiu, who had been promoted to Bronze Leopard Demon Subduer, in the Fifth Trial Hall, her expression was both gratified and complicated.

The other party was personally selected by him from the Demon Suppression Prison. At that time, he was just an inconspicuous martial arts ninth rank who had just cultivated internal strength.

But looking back now, it hasn't been that long, and he's already been promoted to Bronze Leopard Demon-Subduing Captain.

"Lord Su," Ning Xiu greeted Su Qianqian with clasped hands.

"No need to be so polite. You've been promoted to Bronze Leopard Demon-Subduing Captain, so from now on we're equals. There's no need to address me as 'sir' anymore," Su Qianqian replied, suppressing her surprise.

After being promoted to Bronze Leopard Demon Subduer, Ning Xiu was able to have his own private office in the Fifth Trial Hall. From now on, he could entrust the investigation of evil spirits to the people in his team.

Then, after learning that the evil spirits in some places were too powerful to be eliminated, Ning Xiu was sent out to deal with them.

It just so happens that Ning Xiu's office cubicle is not far from Su Qianqian's, so he can ask her for help if he has any questions in the future.

Not long after Ning Xiu sat down in his cubicle, a soldier named Iron Horse Demon Slayer entered carrying a large stack of files and intelligence reports, which he then placed on Ning Xiu's previously empty wooden table.

Ning Xiu asked, "What is this?"

"Lord Ning, the 76th Bronze Leopard Squad was completely wiped out the day before yesterday. According to the rules, all the tasks under the hands of the deceased Bronze Leopard Demon Slayers should be handed over to the newly appointed Bronze Leopard Demon Slayers for acceptance and handling," said Iron Horse Demon Slayers expressionlessly.

This should have been a tragic event, but this person spoke of it without any emotion, which shows that they have experienced this kind of thing far too many times.

The Bronze Leopard Demon Subduing Captains are all at the third rank of the Great Dao, and their strength seems considerable. However, there are also more powerful evil spirits in this world. It is not surprising that a Bronze Leopard squad is wiped out while on a mission.

"I understand." Ning Xiu picked up the files on the table, nodded, and began to examine them directly.

As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility. Each of these files represents a place where people are suffering from evil spirits. Dealing with the problem sooner will save more innocent people in time.

If the pile is left for another day, it could very well lead to a mountain village being harmed by evil spirits.

"Millions of fish from Donghai Prefecture are swimming upstream against the current in the Yellow River. The mangled bodies of fishermen have been found on the riverbank, suspected to have been killed by huge, sharp teeth..."

[073] Won the Slogan Selection Contest Championship

Throughout the entire Shang Dynasty territory, numerous Demon-Subduing Officers, along with local surveillance stations and government officials, were collecting information on various suspected evil spirits.

If any issues cannot be resolved, they will be reported to the Demon Subduing Division. The intelligence will be collected and summarized at Tianmu Tower, and then assigned by a special person to the various Bronze Leopard Demon Subduing Captains in the Five Trial Halls for handling.

Therefore, the Iron Horse Demon Slayer, who was originally always working hard outside, will become more like an administrative staff after being promoted, and will spend a lot of time on processing intelligence files.

After reviewing all the files on the table, Ning Xiu placed the last file on the table and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh of relief.

To outsiders, those in positions of power often appear glamorous and highly respected, but little do they know that they also have corresponding responsibilities and duties to bear. Ning Xiu had never known about the Copper Leopard Demon-Subduing Commander before.

Now that I'm in this position myself, I truly understand how difficult it is to hold this post.

There are a total of twenty-seven case files. The incidents mostly occurred in the two states. Even if only one Demon-Slaying Officer is sent to handle one incident, it would still require a total of twenty-seven people to coordinate.

However, Ning Xiu's current Bronze Leopard Squad only has two people... The task is arduous and the efficiency is slow.

“Baishazhou and Donghaizhou are connected, so we can send out more people to carry out several tasks in succession. Right now, the key is to recruit more people and increase the number of people in my Bronze Leopard Squad.” Ning Xiu leaned back in his chair and pondered.

The Bronze Leopard Squad in the Demon Subduing Division recruits mainly from the Champion Camp, selecting a few promising talents and then training them into skilled fighters of the lower three ranks.

If you're lucky, you can also directly select a top seed who has already reached the ninth rank from the champion camp, just like when Su Qianqian selected Ning Xiu.

However, this method of selecting personnel results in a lack of skilled personnel in the squad, leading to a high casualty rate when going out on missions.

If a team is wiped out and only the leader survives, then the overall strength of the entire team drops to zero, and the lone commander will have to start building his team all over again.

Ning Xiu actually planned to take an elite route for his Bronze Leopard Squad, which meant only recruiting Demon Subduing Officers of the lower third rank.

We prioritize quality over quantity, striving to build a team with impressive overall strength.

However, now that Ning Xiu has suddenly taken over all the mission files from the annihilated Bronze Leopard Squad 76, his idea is no longer viable.

There isn't enough time for him to spend time and effort building an elite squad.

"Lord Su, how long until the next selection for the Champion Camp?" Ning Xiu reached out and parted the bamboo curtain of the cubicle, asking towards the cubicle where Su Qianqian was.

"We already had one round of selections two weeks ago, and the next round should be in two months." Su Qianqian's voice came quickly.

"It's been so long." Ning Xiu frowned. In this way, he could no longer even recruit team members from the champion camp.

“If your team is short-handed, you might want to check out the Demon Suppression Prison. There are some promising talents there that won’t appear in the Champion Camp,” Su Qianqian added.

The Champion Camp is where future Demon Slayers are trained. Whenever there are not enough executioners in the Demon Suppression Prison, good candidates from the Champion Camp are selected to serve as executioners in the Demon Suppression Prison for a period of training.

After all, the evil spirits and demons imprisoned in the Demon Suppression Prison awaiting execution are all suppressed in strength and are sitting ducks who cannot resist.

It would be excellent for these promising youngsters to practice their courage, get some blood on their hands, and develop their boldness and spirit.

The reason Ning Xiu was sent to the Demon Suppression Prison by Instructor Wu to serve as an executioner was precisely because of this.

"Okay," Ning Xiu nodded in response.

Just then, a shout suddenly rang out in the Fifth Trial Hall, immediately attracting the attention of all the Bronze Leopard Demon-Subduing Officers who were working.

"Hey everyone, the results of the slogan selection competition set up for the champion camp have been selected by the Silver Tiger Demon Subduer of the division. Quickly check if your team members are on the list of winners."

Ning Xiu peeked out of the cubicle and saw that the person speaking was a relatively young-looking man who was waving a list in his hand and shouting.

Anyone who dares to make such a racket in the Fifth Trial Hall must be a Bronze Leopard Demon-Subduing Officer, otherwise they would have been scolded and kicked out.

“Yellow Monkey, tell us quickly, who are the winners?”

"Tell me your name, maybe someone from my team is among them."

"The slogan I came up with last time was quite excellent, so I might just be the winner this time."

……

The moment this person appeared, the atmosphere in the originally solemn and quiet Fifth Trial Hall suddenly became lively.

Those Copper Leopard Demon-Subduing Guards who were originally handling official business responded one after another, instantly enlivening the entire Fifth Trial Hall.

The Demon-Subduing Officer, known as the Yellow Monkey, picked up the list and said in a powerful voice, "Now I'll read it out. Listen carefully. First, the third place winner is Li Tiansi. His slogan is: 'Ten years of championship honing a sword, entering the Demon-Subduing Rank to protect the common people.'"

The second-place winner, Gao Zuozhu, had the slogan: "Protecting the happiness of all people and their families, today we will surely see twenty provinces."

"Li Tiansi! Hahaha, I know him. He's a member of my Team 87. Good lad, he actually got selected. That's great!"

"That Gao Zuozhu is a member of my Team 42. Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect that my Team 42, which has always been low-key and unknown, would become famous in this election because of this slogan."

"Congratulations! Your team members have great ideas, and these two slogans are quite catchy."

"I heard that the top three in this slogan contest will receive a mysterious prize personally given by the Silver Tiger Demon Slayer. I wonder what it will be."

"Yellow Monkey, who is the first place winner? What slogan did that person write? Tell me quickly."

Urged on by the curious crowd, Huang Houzi glanced at the list and announced, "First place winner, Ning Xiu, whose slogan is 'Today I am proud of the Demon Subduing Division, tomorrow the Demon Subduing Division will be proud of me.'"

The moment these words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.

The most surprising person was someone whose name was Ning Xiu.

"The slogan I submitted before won an award? It won first place!" Ning Xiu exclaimed in surprise.

Meanwhile, other Copper Leopard Demon-Subduing Captains nearby also began to offer their opinions on this slogan.

"Although the slogan 'First Place' does not mention anything related to the Champion Camp, it inspires Champion Camp apprentices to work hard to join the Demon Subduing Division, which is a very good idea."

"Although this slogan is simple and unadorned, it contains a sense of returning to simplicity. It is not only suitable for the Champion Camp, but also for our Demon Subduing Division. This idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone is why it was rated as number one. It is indeed very good."

"Which team is Ning Xiu from? The team leader should step forward and claim the spot. We've won first place, which is a joyous occasion. As the team leader, you absolutely have to treat everyone to a meal."

"That's right, our company hasn't held an event like this in a long time. It's not unreasonable for the first place winner to treat us to a meal."

At this moment, Su Qianqian, sitting in the cubicle, was quite hesitant.

This Ning Xiu should be the same Ning Xiu. He was originally a member of my team, but now that he has been promoted to Bronze Leopard Demon Subduer, he has left my team, so it's not appropriate for me to acknowledge this anymore.

Suddenly, she had a bright idea and immediately said happily, "Everyone, Ning Xiu is a member of my Copper Leopard Sixth Team. In principle, I should treat everyone to a meal, but now that my team member is too talented and has become a Copper Leopard Demon Subduer, we can combine his welcome party with this celebration and celebrate both of our joyous occasions together."

"A newly appointed Bronze Leopard Demon-Slaying Captain? Goodness, this deserves a welcome party."

"Looks like I'll be able to get a meal at the company's chef's place tonight. I'm really craving the delicious food at the welcome party."

"Who is Ning Xiu? Come out and introduce yourself to everyone so that we can look after each other when we get to know each other better."

Since these veteran Demon Slayers were so enthusiastic, Ning Xiu naturally couldn't refuse. So he took the initiative to step out of his cubicle, cupped his fists to the crowd, and said, "Newly appointed Bronze Leopard Demon Slayer Ning Xiu greets all my colleagues."

"So young! To be a Bronze Leopard Demon-Subduing Captain at such a young age, his talent is truly remarkable, and his future is promising."

"Xiang Qin of the 61st Bronze Leopard Team, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"I am Wu Quanfeng, the leader of Team 49 of the Bronze Leopard Team. It's a pleasure to meet you."