Chapter 18: Seeking the Skin of a Demon
"Those civil and military officials in the court are indeed hateful, but compared to the Demon Suppression Division, they are nothing."

"Damn the Demon Suppression Department, damn the demon suppressors, damn the demon slayers!"

"If demons and ghosts were so easy to kill, the Great Ning Dynasty would not have been destroyed. Why can't we coexist peacefully instead of causing so many troubles?"

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Cao Wenzhen was so angry that he kept cursing, showing none of the demeanor that befitted a commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the chief eunuch. It was obvious that he hated the Demon Suppression Division to the extreme.

Based on what he said, combined with his previous understanding of the matter, Lu Changjing already had a rough guess in his mind.

The Demon Suppression Bureau is not an agency of the imperial court, but an agency established by many countries in the land of China and martial artists in the martial arts world, and it is spread throughout the land of China.

The main responsibility is to suppress the demons and monsters in the world and prevent them from causing trouble in the world.

The management inside is relatively loose, and basically anyone who is a human can join the Demon Suppression Bureau as long as they pass the review.

Even ordinary people who have not embarked on the path of warriors are eligible to join the Demon Suppression Bureau and take on various tasks related to slaying demons and eliminating evil. After completing them, they will be able to receive corresponding rewards.

The demon-suppressing people within the organization are divided into four levels: iron, bronze, silver, and gold. This level is only related to the demons and monsters killed and has nothing to do with anything else.

No matter what level of cultivation a warrior has, as long as he joins the Demon Suppression Bureau, he will start as an Iron Plate Demon Suppressor and increase his Demon Suppressor level by killing demons and monsters.

The higher the level of the demon suppressor, the more treatment and benefits he can get, including some tasks with rich rewards, special natural treasures, and even magical elixirs, magic medicines, and magical books.

Therefore, many warriors are willing to join the Demon Suppression Bureau in order to obtain various rewards, or simply to fight to the death to kill demons and monsters.

The Demon Suppression Bureau can effectively eliminate demons and monsters within various countries, which naturally includes the Da Ning Dynasty.

However, Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen and others all disliked the Demon Suppression Bureau.

The reason is simple. Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen and others only want the dynasty to be peaceful and avoid any chaos. The most important thing is that their practice cannot be delayed.

Therefore, they hope to live in peace with demons and monsters, and everyone should keep to themselves. Why should they fight and kill each other, leaving them no time for cultivation?

The reason why the former Da Ning Dynasty fell was because the ancestors were determined to kill all the demons and monsters.

As a result, not all the demons and monsters were killed, but the Da Ning Divine Dynasty fell to the level of an empire, and even its own heritage was lost.

All this made Ning Zhongyu no longer have the courage and confidence to kill all the demons and monsters, so he decided to coexist peacefully with them and keep to himself.

In order to make these monsters and demons behave themselves and not cause trouble, they even tacitly allowed the major forces to agree to some conditions of the monsters and demons, and appropriately offer some living people as sacrifices, as long as they did not cause trouble.

This goes against the duties of the Demon Suppression Bureau. Even though Cao Wenzhen has repeatedly united many forces to put pressure on the Demon Suppression Bureau branch set up in the Daning Dynasty, he is still unable to control these demon suppressors who are doing this for the mission rewards.

Therefore, from time to time, wars would break out between the demon suppressors and the demons and monsters, disrupting the order of the entire dynasty. At this time, Cao Wenzhen and others would be needed to clean up their messes and appease the disturbed demons and monsters.

Lu Changjing did not agree with the behavior of Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen and others.

Especially after learning that in order to maintain peace and avoid disturbing their practice, Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen and others actually secretly offered many living people as tribute to these monsters and demons, or tacitly allowed these monsters and demons to plunder some humans and keep them in captivity.

Lu Changjing no longer had any good feelings towards these people. What was the difference between this and being a traitor?

On the surface, he claimed that it was for the overall interests of the court, but in fact, it was not for his own interests. With the cooperation of the Demon Suppression Division, if Ning Zhongyu had paid more attention, he would not have allowed demons and ghosts to run rampant in the court. In just a few years, they had become a serious problem.

Even so, Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen and others still refused to repent, and repeatedly obstructed the Demon Suppression Bureau's mission to suppress demons. They are simply hateful and deserve to be killed.

But Lu Changjing couldn’t even save his own life now, so how could he interfere in this matter?

At present, all he can do is practice hard and improve his strength to a higher level as soon as possible.

After replacing Ning Zhongyu, he was ready to join the Demon Suppression Bureau to show that his attitude was completely different from his.

I heard that there are countless treasures in the Demon Suppression Bureau. If I can use the power of the entire Daning Dynasty to kill a large number of demons and monsters, I should be able to exchange them for a lot of good things.

Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen and others are also idiots. They don't take advantage of such good conditions and insist on colluding with demons and monsters. They really bring shame to the human race.

After cursing for a long time and giving Lu Changjing a few strong gusts of wind from a distance, Cao Wenzhen left.

When Cao Wenzhen's figure disappeared, Lu Changjing's face immediately turned gloomy and his smile disappeared.

Give him another year, or maybe even less than a year, and he will definitely make Cao Wen look good.

A traitor who only knows how to kowtow to demons and monsters is not worth showing mercy.

Practice, he must continue to practice!
Then he accelerated the circulation of Qi and blood again, and he used the Five Elements Golden Body Technique to its fullest extent.

The Five Elements Pills are just like eating and drinking water. One pill after another falls into the mouth and turns into nourishment for improvement.

The last time he came, considering that he didn’t dare to come again in the short term, Tan Qingyun brought him a lot of Five Elements Pills.

These five elements pills are enough for him to consume for a long time, and they can probably help him advance to the Earth Gate Realm.

It has been more than ten days since Tan Qingyun last came. Under normal circumstances, she should have come long ago. I don’t know if Lin Yixin has discovered anything.

Sighing, Lu Changjing, who had tasted the sweetness of the sweetness, had to concentrate on practicing. Only when he had enough strength could he escape from his current predicament.

A few days later in the evening, Cao Wen Zheng had not returned yet, and another concubine came to see him.

"Concubine Yi requests to see His Majesty!"

When he heard the shout from outside, Concubine Yi's information emerged in Lu Changjing's mind.

Her status in the harem was second only to Imperial Noble Consort Rong Xiyao and Noble Consort Tang Qingyi, and was on par with Consort Duan Lin Yixin and Consort Zhen Tan Qingyun.

According to Cao Wen Zheng's order, it is best to announce the arrival of concubines of relatively high status in the harem when they come to pay a visit, so as to avoid arousing suspicion from the other party.

For this reason, he was specifically told how to treat these concubines. Fortunately, Ning Zhongyu had not had much contact with them before, so even if something went wrong, he could just cover it up.

If it's someone like Lin Yixin who you've known since childhood, it's not easy to be vague, so try not to see her for a short period of time.

When you have adapted to the life of an emperor and your disguise is flawless, you can meet more of these acquaintances.

(End of this chapter)