Chapter 124: Frost Phantom
After Zhou Chen and the other person returned to the Demon Suppression Division, they handed Qin Hong's body to the people there, and then they returned to the courtyard of Team 19. At this time, Wang Yong had also completed his mission and returned.

Wang Yong was not sad after learning the news of Qin Hong's death. After all, the relationship between the two was not that good, and it was normal to have casualties in the Demon Suppression Division.

The Demon Suppression Division simply buried Qin Hong's body. As for the position of captain of Team 19, it was temporarily vacant. According to the rules of the Demon Suppression Division, the captain must be of the seventh rank, otherwise, even if the position is vacant, someone else would be the one to fill the vacancy.

Zhou Chen was directly upgraded to Demon Suppressor after being promoted to the sixth-rank warrior, and the treatment of a Demon Suppressor was much better than that of a Demon Suppressor Guard.

The monthly salary is five hundred taels, and every month one can also receive a pill that helps with cultivation, and can also choose any martial arts book in the library.

Zhou Chen couldn't wait to go to the library. He went straight to the fourth floor in one breath. Although he was now a Demon Suppressor, he could only choose one yellow-grade martial arts with his current identity. Firstly, he was not strong enough to practice it, and secondly, martial arts above the yellow grade could only be exchanged for merit points.

Zhou Chen’s goal was also very clear, which was to find a martial art that allowed him to move physically, so that he could escape even if he was defeated in battle.

After two hours of selection, Zhou Chen chose the Frost Phantom. After mastering this martial art, one can walk on the air for a short period of time. It looks very awesome, but walking on the air requires a lot of internal energy.

Zhou Chen went out to find the old man to exchange the contents of Frost Phantom, and then couldn't wait to return to the room. After being promoted to Demon Suppressor, Zhou Chen could have obtained a small courtyard of his own.

Although the courtyard is not as big as the current one, it belongs to him alone. However, due to the shortage of housing in the Demon Suppression Bureau, there are no vacant courtyards for the time being, so Zhou Chen has not moved for the time being.

After returning to his room, Zhou Chen immediately turned on Frost Phantom. After an hour of familiarity, Zhou Chen had memorized Frost Phantom by heart.

This set of body movements required internal energy to activate. Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to practice it. Instead, he followed the instructions in the secret book and let his internal energy move in a circle at a fixed position on his legs. Then, more information about Frost Phantom appeared on Zhou Chen's panel.

The strengthening points Zhou Chen had left were barely enough to get him started. Zhou Chen chose to add points without any hesitation. Then streams of information poured into his mind, and after his memory had received all the information.

Zhou Chen showed a look of joy and immediately activated his true energy. His figure turned into a shadow and rushed out of the room. Not only that, the moment he cast the Frost Phantom, the temperature dropped a lot wherever he passed.

Leng Ningshuang and the other person were practicing in the yard when they suddenly felt a chill sweeping through their bodies. Then they saw a series of afterimages appearing in the yard.

This Frost Phantom not only increases the movement speed, but also has a certain degree of aggressiveness. Zhou Chen appeared in front of the wooden stake and raised his foot suddenly. With a bang, a deep footprint appeared on the wooden stake, and there was a trace of cold air on the footprint.

Leng Ningshuang and the other man couldn't help but praise him after seeing this. After Zhou Chen chatted with them for a while, he returned to his room.

Although their Team 19 did not receive any reward for the incident in Fenghua County, that was only for other people. Zhou Chen, on the other hand, obtained a demon pattern by killing the golden-haired rat, and it was a demon pattern of good quality.

The rat-patterned chest has the sixth-grade mythical power + 24 magical powers of icy true qi. There is no copy of martial arts for the time being. Now Zhou Chen's power has reached ninety-nine years with the blessing of the rat pattern. Not only that, the new magical power of icy true qi he obtained is also very powerful.

This is a state-type magical power similar to the Extreme Cold Realm. Zhou Chen only needs to consume a small amount of true qi to perform this magical power, and then his true qi will become ice-attributed. The ice attribute can increase the attack power of all his martial arts by 10%, and the cold air emitted by the true qi can also corrode the enemy's body. Against a warrior at the sixth level of the inner breath realm, the ice true qi can corrode the opponent's body, causing his true qi to stagnate and greatly reducing his strength.

On the second day, Zhou Chen met the Demon Suppression Envoy he had met before on his way to the Demon Suppression Bureau. The man took the initiative to step forward and say, "Congratulations, Brother Zhou."

"Oh, I don't know what you are congratulating me on?"
“Of course, congratulations on your promotion to Demon Suppressor.” Then, the guy invited Zhou Chen to dinner at Zuixianlou in the name of celebration, but Zhou Chen refused.

Firstly, Zhou Chen was not familiar with him, and secondly, this guy's name was Wang Meng and he was a member of the Wang family. Zhou Chen was afraid that this guy had some conspiracy.

Although he didn't have to go to the Demon Suppression Bureau every day after becoming a Demon Suppression Envoy, Zhou Chen still habitually went there for a while every day. In the afternoon, when Zhou Chen was about to go home, he met several colleagues from the Demon Suppression Bureau who came to see him, some of them were Demon Suppression Envoys and some were Demon Suppression Guards.

Although Zhou Chen didn't know them, they all had the same purpose: to invite Zhou Chen to dinner. Zhou Chen finally learned from Leng Ningshuang why they were so abnormal.

It turned out that they wanted to win over Zhou Chen. Many people in the Demon Suppression Division came from big forces in Wu'an County. Ordinary warriors were fine, as those big forces had no shortage of seventh-grade masters. However, the sixth-grade ones were different.

The strength of the sixth rank is already the ceiling of combat power in Wu'an County. After they learned that Zhou Chen had become a sixth-rank warrior, the first thing they wanted to do was to win over Zhou Chen and make him their worshiper or guest official. Of course, the Demon Suppression Division also acquiesced to this matter, on the premise that as long as the Demon Suppression Division's task was done well, the Demon Suppression Division would not interfere with other matters.

However, Zhou Chen has not yet agreed to join any faction, because the stakes offered by each faction are different. Some offer a certain amount of silver every month, while others offer extra items such as monster meat or herbs in addition to silver.

Zhou Chen wanted to wait and see who offered the highest price. After all, the so-called tribute or guest official was just a title in name only, and they would not normally be allowed to make a move unless it came to a very critical moment. This was why Zhou Chen was willing to consider it now.

After Zhou Chen returned home in the evening, he found that Wang Meng was also in his house. Zhou Chen showed an unhappy expression on his face, but did not say anything. After all, Wang Meng's strength was still above his.

Leng Yiyao smiled and said, "You're back. This gentleman said that your colleague wants to see you for something." Then she stood up and left the room.

Zhou Chen asked directly, "Sir Wang, I wonder why you come to me?"
Wang Meng was not the kind of person who would waste time, so he spoke directly, "Brother Zhou, I know you have some grudges with my Wang family, but now you are already a sixth-rank warrior, and there is no need for my Wang family to continue to have grudges with you because of a small branch."

Zhou Chen didn't expect him to say this, "Sir, you didn't come here today just to tell me this, did you?"
"Of course not, I want you to be a guest of my Wang family."

Zhou Chen was about to open his mouth to refuse Wang Meng when he said directly, "Don't rush to refuse. It's not too late to refuse after you listen to my conditions first."

Wang Meng continued, "My Wang family is willing to hire you as a guest of my Wang family with a monthly salary of five hundred taels, plus a cultivation pill. It's just a figurehead, and you only need to work for my Wang family once a year."

(End of this chapter)