Chapter 146 Want to quit

Zhou Chen thought for a while and said to himself, "It shouldn't be Leng Ningshuang. He has no reason to harm me. Besides, I was imprisoned and killed on the same night, and he didn't even know I was in prison."

"Could it be that Baihu wants to harm me? It's even more impossible that the dignified leader of Baihu Hall wants to kill me. It's not necessary to be so troublesome. Then the only one left is the Li family."

On the second day, the news that more than a dozen prisoners had died in the death row reached the ears of the top brass of the Demon Suppression Bureau. Although they were all death row prisoners, some of them were still useful. Besides, no matter what the reason was, this incident was a slap in the face of the Demon Suppression Bureau, and it was impossible for the Demon Suppression Bureau to let it go.

As for Zhou Chen, although many people saw Zhou Chen being stabbed, since his body was not found, the Demon Suppression Division directly judged Zhou Chen as having escaped from prison. They even suspected that Zhou Chen had killed those prisoners because the Demon Suppression Guard mentioned by the death row prisoners has not been found yet.

Baihu issued a wanted order on the spot and sent out the Demon-Suppressing Guards to arrest his wife. Zhou Chen was having dinner at home when he suddenly heard a noise outside the door. Then he heard the door being kicked open with a bang.

He then rushed directly into the yard and said, "The prisoner Zhou Chen escaped from prison last night. The criminal's wife Leng Yiyao was guilty of the same crime as him. Get out now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door in front of him suddenly broke, and a stream of true energy broke out of the door and directly blasted away the people standing at the door. Zhou Chen walked out alone.

"What the hell is that?"
They originally thought that Leng Yiyao was the only one in the room, so they dared to be so presumptuous. But now, seeing Zhou Chen, a sixth-rank master, they were immediately frightened and dared not speak.

Seeing that they didn't say anything, Zhou Chen directly said "Get out". Then someone said, "Sir Zhou, we are just following orders. Please don't make things difficult for us."

Zhou Chen's face changed and he looked at the man, "Are you talking to me?"
"Lord Zhou, please don't make things difficult for them. This is an order from Lord Baihu. Why are you arguing with them?"

At this time, a middle-aged man walked in. Zhou Chen had seen this man before. His name was Xu Guangming and he was a demon-suppressing envoy. Although he had never seen him take action, Zhou Chen had heard of his battle record. This man was ruthless and had considerable strength.

As he spoke, he had already come to Zhou Chen. Standing in front of him, Zhou Chen felt that the temperature of the air around him had risen by several degrees. "It seems that this guy has fire-attributed true energy."

Seeing Xu Guangming approaching, several Demon Suppression Guards retreated one after another. They knew that Zhou Chen would not go with them easily, and there would definitely be a fight between the two.

As he spoke, Zhou Chen also released his icy true qi. The moment Zhou Chen's icy true qi came out, Xu Guangming's fire-attributed true qi was instantly suppressed. "Haha, Lord Zhou is very powerful. Today I come to ask for your advice."

As he spoke, he stretched out his palms and a fire snake flew directly towards Zhou Chen's body. Zhou Chen dodged the attack of the fire snake. The fire snake missed and blasted a big hole in the house behind Zhou Chen. Fortunately, his house was made of bricks and tiles, otherwise it would have been burned down by fire.

"Since Lord Xu is sincere in giving me advice, then I will play with him," Zhou Chen is also a member of the Demon Suppression Division and knows the rules. He refused Baihu's mission last night. According to the rules, he would at most be demoted and fined, but not sentenced to death. Baihu's behavior was really too much. Even if he was caught by this guy now, Zhou Chen was not afraid. He had already thought of an excuse.

Zhou Chen directly pulled out his Demon-Slaying Sword, and instantly a trace of cold air emerged from the blade, while a raging fire burned on the blade of Xu Guangming's sword.

The two of them went straight up and exchanged dozens of moves, while several Demon Suppression Guards kept staring at them. After all, not everyone had the opportunity to see sixth-rank masters fighting each other. Perhaps today's experience would be of great help to their class in breaking through to the sixth rank in the future.

Zhou Chen used his martial arts "Wind and Cloud Sword" and chopped it down at the same time. Xu Guangming also used the Wind and Cloud Sword, but his Wind and Cloud Sword was condensed from a raging fire.

The moment the two collided, Xu Guangming's Fengyun Sword was directly defeated, and the fire-attributed Qi was also suppressed by the cold air at this moment. Xu Guangming was also sealed by the ice Qi at this moment. Zhou Chen did not kill him but came to him and said, "I heard that you are very powerful, but today I see that you are just so-so."

After hearing Zhou Chen's words, the fire-attributed true energy in Xu Guangming's body burst out, directly shattering the layer of ice on his body surface. Then an eagle formed by flames appeared behind him.

As he chopped down the eagle with his sword, it flew directly towards Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen held the sword with both hands and activated his magical power of illusion killing. Two cross-shaped sword auras appeared in front of Zhou Chen, directly cutting the flying eagle into two halves. Xu Guangming looked at the slightly distorted air in front of Zhou Chen and was frightened.

"What a strong attack power."

"Master Xu, do you want to continue fighting?"
Xu Guangming shook his head helplessly and said, "There is no other way. I have to take you back today. This is the order of Lord Baihu." After hearing his words, Zhou Chen felt murderous.

Just as the two were about to continue fighting, Leng Ningshuang walked in and said, "My two lords, there is no need to fight anymore. Lord Qinglong has given an order." Then she threw a scroll to Xu Guangming, who took it, looked at it, and then handed it to Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen opened it and saw that the content was roughly that Zhou Chen disobeyed his superior, was dismissed from the position of Demon Suppression Envoy, demoted to the captain of Team 19, and punished to lead Team 19 to Qinghua County to solve the previous case to atone for his sins.

Xu Guangming bowed to Zhou Chen and then left with several Demon Suppression Guards. In the Demon Suppression Division, Qinglong's power was greater than that of the other hall masters, so even though he was sent by Baihu, he still had to obey Qinglong's orders.

Leng Ningshuang stepped forward and said, "Brother Zhou, you will be my captain from now on." Zhou Chen nodded and then saw Leng Yiyao coming out, "Brother Chen, why did they want to arrest you?"
"Don't worry about it, everything is fine now."

"Brother Zhou, Lord Qinglong asked us to set off immediately."

Zhou Chen thought about it and then nodded and asked Leng Yiyao to go back and pack up. "There are too many people in Wu'an County who want to cause trouble for me. Although I'm not afraid, Leng Yiyao is not strong enough and if I leave him here, something bad might happen. So Zhou Chen plans to take Leng Yiyao with him and see if there is a chance to quit the Demon Suppression Division after this mission."

Soon the four of them rode four fast horses towards Qinghua County. During this time, Zhou Chen also learned to ride a horse, and Leng Yiyao also learned it.

The four did not go directly to Qinghua County, but went directly to the scene of the incident. Looking at the deserted village in front of them, the four were furious. According to the intelligence, the evil cultivators had already massacred three villages.

Moreover, one village was massacred every five days, and considering the time wasted in delivering intelligence and their arrival, another village has been massacred now.

The place where they were now was the village that was massacred two days ago. Looking at the blood and corpses all over the ground, the four of them felt a surge of hatred. There were thousands of ways to practice cultivation in the world, so why did they have to take this path?

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance. Leading the group was Zhao Kuo, the chief constable of Qinghua County. Behind him were dozens of strong constables. They were the ones who were notified by Wang Yong via carrier pigeon when Zhou Chen and his companions left Wu'an County.

"Brother Zhou, you are finally here," Zhao Kuo then introduced the case to them. They didn't know much about it, and the information was almost the same as that of the Demon Suppression Bureau. The only difference was that they encountered the evil cultivator a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)