Chapter 247 Difficult Task

As for asking for support from the empire, forget it. The empire is now in danger. It is said that the Demon Lord issued a declaration of war to the Emperor of Daxia a year ago.

No one knows the specific process of the battle, because it is said that the duel took place in a different space. They only know that after the war, His Majesty the Emperor of Daxia was seriously injured and has been in seclusion until today. This led to the demons and monsters joining forces to invade Daxia.

However, since the Demon Lord was also seriously injured, the demons no longer had an absolutely strong person to crush them. Now they can only cooperate with the surrounding monsters and occupy a few county towns and villages. Most of the territory is still controlled by Daxia.

This resulted in heavy casualties among members of the Demon Suppression Bureau across the country, and a large number of Demon Suppression Guards in Wu'an County were replaced. It is no wonder that when he was besieged before, he basically did not recognize the Demon Suppression Guards present, and only a very few people recognized him.

On the second day, Zhou Chen put on his long-lost official uniform and went to the Demon Suppression Division. Due to Zhou Chen's sudden disappearance before, the captain of Team 19 had been replaced by Leng Ningshuang. Although he is back now, it is impossible to demote Leng Ningshuang again. After all, Leng Ningshuang has made a lot of contributions to the Demon Suppression Division in the past few years, and his strength has reached the sixth level. There is no reason for him to go back to the Demon Suppression Guard.

Qinglong usually doesn't come out to arrange tasks, he always sits in the room to arrange them. Now that Zhou Chen was standing in the yard, Qinglong walked out of the yard and came to him.

Zhou Chen’s aura was restrained now, and he couldn’t see Zhou Chen’s cultivation level at all. “It’s strange why I can’t see your cultivation level. Tell me honestly what level you have reached now?”
Scratching his head, Zhou Chen said, "The peak of the fourth level."

Qinglong nodded, then said, "Now that Team 19 is led by Leng Ningshuang, you can start as a Demon Suppressor."

"Sir, I just came back and am not familiar with the place yet. I'd better work as a demon-suppressing guard under Ningshuang first."

Although he was doubtful, he still agreed to his request, "In that case, then I'll do as you say." He then took out a scroll and said, "I shouldn't have assigned you a task since you just came back, but this matter is urgent, and you are the only one in the entire Demon Suppression Bureau who is suitable for the task, so I'll leave this task to your team nineteen."

After taking the scroll, Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to open it and check it. Instead, he took the scroll to Leng Ningshuang.

Leng Ningshuang, who was practicing swordsmanship in the yard, saw Zhou Chen coming and asked in confusion, "Brother Zhou, why are you here?"
"Why aren't you welcome?"
"No, you misunderstood."

Zhou Chen threw a scroll over and said, "My lord asked me to work as a demon-suppressing guard under you first. That is the task my lord gave you."

There are only two people in Team 19 now, the captain Leng Ningshuang and the team member Wang Yong. There were enough manpower before, but the Demon Suppression Division now carries out more dangerous missions, and the casualties are several times higher than before. Those additional team members died in the course of the mission, and new team members have not yet been added.

"Are you confused, sir? With your strength, why would you be allowed to be a Demon Suppression Guard? I'll go find him." As he said this, he was about to go find Qinglong, but Zhou Chen quickly stopped him, "No need to go. This is my own choice."

Not only Leng Ningshuang, even Wang Yong was puzzled, "Why is this happening?"
"You know the current situation better than I do. I am closest to you two in the Demon Suppression Bureau, and I don't want either of you to get into an accident."

"But".

"Okay, no matter it's the Demon Suppression Envoy or the Demon Suppression Guard, they are all defending Wu'an County. There is no difference." As for the so-called treatment, Zhou Chen really doesn't care about it now.

"I haven't had the chance to read that scroll yet, what's written on it?"
Leng Ningshuang then opened the scroll and took a look at it, "This task is not easy." Zhou Chen frowned and walked forward to take the scroll and took a look at it. The content was to go to Xiaohua Village to capture a flower demon.

"It's just a monster, simple."

Hearing this, Leng Ningshuang said, "This flower demon has the strength of the fourth-grade peak. It has been entrenched in Xiaohua Village for a long time. It is also the strongest demon beast in Xiaohua Village." "I see," Zhou Chen said, looking at his calm face. "Brother Zhou, this is a fourth-grade demon beast. How come you don't look stressed at all?"
"Haha, is the fourth rank very strong?"
Wang Yong said helplessly, "I think Lord Qinglong is deliberately making things difficult for us. Let's go find him. Although he is our superior, we can't do this."

"Okay, Brother Wang, there will be no accidents with me here." The two knew that Zhou Chen's strength was extraordinary, but they were still a little worried. After all, it was a fourth-grade monster, not an ordinary monster.

Leng Ningshuang trusted Zhou Chen more, since he said it was okay, then it was okay. Wang Yong saw that he was the only one going to find Qinglong, so he gave up the idea and followed the two of them towards the outside of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Before they reached the outside of the Demon Suppression Bureau, the three were stopped by someone. Seeing this, Leng Ningshuang hurriedly saluted and said, "Greetings, Lord White Tiger." Zhou Chen naturally followed suit. White Tiger was someone Zhou Chen had seen before, but he was not the person in front of him. He must have been a newly transferred person.

"Well, I heard that Qinglong handed that matter over to you."

Upon hearing this, Leng Ningshuang said, "Sir, are you talking about the flower demon Wuwang?"
"This mission is of great importance. If I were not really unable to spare the time, I would go there in person. Qinglong is really something, to actually send just a few of you."

At this time Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, sir, we will do our best to complete the task."

Today, Zhou Chen has hidden his aura, and to outsiders he appears to be only a mid-level fourth-grade strength.

Baihu raised his eye and said, "Oh, your strength is quite good. You are Zhou Chen who has been missing for two years, right?"
"It is me."

"His strength is indeed very strong, but the flower demon Wuwang's strength has reached the peak of the fourth level. I'm afraid you can't deal with him. So, give the scroll to me, and I will find someone else to do this matter."

Zhou Chen was delighted to hear him say that, and was about to remind Leng Ningshuang to hand over the things. Although it didn't matter to him, since someone was willing to take the job, he was happy to give it up.

Before he could say anything, Leng Ningshuang spoke directly, "Since we have already accepted the task, there is no need to worry about it, sir. We will naturally complete the task." Then he said to Zhou Chen and the others, "Let's go."

Seeing this, Baihu showed an angry look on his face, "How dare you speak to me like that?", and then released his pressure. Leng Ningshuang and Wang Yong immediately felt as if a mountain was pressing down on their heads, and they knelt on the spot.

Zhou Chen was fine, still standing there, but his eyes had changed from respectful to cold.

Seeing the expression on Zhou Chen's face, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Sir, aren't you going too far?"

Baihu sneered and said, "Huh, you are disrespectful to your superiors. According to the laws of Daxia, I can kill them now."

Then he pointed at Zhou Chen and said, "And you, a small town demon guard, how dare you talk to me like that? Is this what Qinglong usually teaches you?"
As he spoke, he walked towards Zhou Chen, and at the same time, the pressure on him continued to grow, with every step he took, the pressure increased. In his eyes, as a fellow fourth-rank warrior, even though his strength was one level higher than Zhou Chen's, he was still a little short of being able to intimidate Zhou Chen with just the pressure he exuded.

What he wanted to do was to make Zhou Chen resist, so that he could then take action with justification. Zhou Chen naturally saw through his thoughts, but he couldn't figure out why he wanted to do this.

(End of this chapter)