Demon Suppressing Division

Luo Wen continued, "While you were away, the Fierce Tiger Gang sent a letter threatening us to hand you over. If we didn't send you to Five Mile Village before lunch, the Tiger Demon would enter the city. I suppressed the matter and forbade anyone from handing you over."

In truth, there was another reason he had suppressed the matter rather than hand Wei Fan over.

The true cause of Li Shen and Jiang Chuan's deaths was still a mystery. They only knew it was definitely connected to Wei Fan, but no one knew whether Wei Fan had killed them or someone behind Wei Fan had.

In any case, ever since yesterday, Wei Fan had no longer been the Wei Fan Luo Wen knew. He had changed into someone Luo Wen could not understand.

Hand Wei Fan over to the Tiger Demon?

The examples of Li Shen and the others were still fresh in their minds. Only an idiot like Wang Meng would clamor to hand Wei Fan over.

Wei Fan murmured, "They're in Five Mile Village..."

Luo Wen nodded. "It doesn't matter where they are. Go make preparations now and choose your men. The Tiger Demon will enter the city at lunchtime. The yamen will never compromise with a Tiger Demon!"

Wei Fan shook his head. "No need. I'll go speak with the Tiger Demon. I was the one who killed the Tiger Demon in Five Mile Village. There's no need to drag everyone else into this."

Luo Wen's expression darkened. "What are you going there for? Wouldn't that be walking straight into the Tiger Demon's trap?"

Wei Fan said, "Constable Chief, don't try to persuade me. This disaster was caused by me, so I'll bear it myself. But there are a few things I hope Constable Chief will permit."

After a moment of silence, Luo Wen said, "Speak!"

Wei Fan said, "I want a copy of the Demon-Exorcising Saber Technique!"

The Blood Fiend Saber Technique was a Demon-Slaying Saber Technique. Its true power could only be unleashed by burning lifespan, and Wei Fan did not wish to use such a saber technique too often.

Moreover, what the Blood Fiend Saber Technique truly restrained were those demons and monsters without physical bodies. Against a demon like the Tiger Demon, one with flesh and blood, its killing power was only within the normal range. It offered no particular restraint or bonus.

With his current strength, if he had a Demon-Exorcising Saber Technique, his damage against demons would increase further.

"Fine!"

Luo Wen nodded and agreed at once.

"These are all the martial arts manuals that a constable chief can access and that I can provide. Take your pick. If you like, you can take them all."

Luo Wen had probably guessed Wei Fan's intentions. Wei Fan could resolve this matter, but he wanted benefits in return.

Without further nonsense, he took out all the martial arts manuals accessible to constable chiefs and let Wei Fan choose freely, without limiting the number.

Of course, there were not many—only a pitiful three books.

One was called Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber: True Qi Chapter, a saber technique. Another was called Glazed Treasure Body: Horizontal Tempering Chapter, a body-tempering martial art.

The last was called Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger: True Qi Chapter, a finger technique.

Though they were all martial arts of the True Qi Realm, since Luo Wen had allowed him to take them all, Wei Fan did not stand on ceremony and put away all three manuals.

He would record the martial arts first. Recording them cost nothing, and he could add to them later when he had surplus cultivation.

Moreover, they were all marked as either True Qi Chapters or Horizontal Tempering Chapters. Clearly, these martial arts had more advanced follow-up cultivation methods. They were not like the Golden Bell Shield, which only reached the True Qi Ninth Level. They were obviously of a higher grade.

Luo Wen said, "The Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber is highly lethal against demons and monsters with flesh and blood. I only have the True Qi Chapter here. As for the Glazed Treasure Body and Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger, if you want to obtain their later cultivation methods, you'll have to join the Demon Suppressing Division or become a Chief Constable."

The position of Chief Constable was even higher than Constable Chief, second only to the Clerk.

If the City Lord did not like the look of you, then even if you rendered merit, you still would not be able to sit in the position of Chief Constable.

Wei Fan had heard Hu Qing mention the Demon Suppressing Division before. Her greatest wish was to become a member of the Demon Suppressing Division. But if one wanted to join, one had to wait until one performed well enough for them to come looking on their own.

It was a highly mysterious institution within the Great Chu Kingdom, one dedicated to fighting demons and monsters. Yet few had ever seen members of the Demon Suppressing Division, and no one knew where their offices were located.

"Any other requests? I'll do my best to satisfy them!"

Seeing Wei Fan put away all three martial arts manuals, Luo Wen did not mind. He could not understand why Wei Fan was doing this, but he knew that Wei Fan was likely heading into certain doom. Thus, he was willing to meet any condition Wei Fan asked for.

He did not support handing Wei Fan over, but if Wei Fan went voluntarily, the nature of the matter was naturally different.

When the demon calamity was settled, and one of his subordinates had produced such a brave and fearless constable chief, people would only say that he was a capable leader.

"Yes!"

Wei Fan said, "Prepare a carriage for me as well. Half an hour from now, I want Constable Chief Wang Meng to personally drive me to find the Tiger Demon."

Luo Wen's gaze sharpened. After a long silence, he said, "Fine. I'll arrange the carriage now!"

Luo Wen left. Wei Fan found a place to sit and began flipping through the three manuals.

"The Glazed Treasure Body can be cultivated. Unfortunately, in the True Qi Realm, one can only cultivate a single cultivation method!"

As long as one had the energy, one could cultivate body-tempering martial arts freely, as many kinds as one wished. But cultivation methods for True Qi could only be practiced one at a time, because the True Qi cultivated by each method differed. Cultivating several at once would cause conflicts between True Qi.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed.

Dragon's Roar Sky Shattering Finger (Not Initiated)

Heavenly Gang Blood Burning Saber (Not Initiated)

Glazed Treasure Body (Not Initiated)

All three martial arts were recorded on the panel. Wei Fan carried his constable chief's saber into the courtyard and discovered that all the yamen runners were already waiting there, their expressions solemn.

They had learned from Luo Wen that Wei Fan intended to seek out the Tiger Demon and resolve this incident.

That was no different from going to his death.

At this moment, no one wore a playful smile. Even if they thought Wei Fan was behaving like a fool, they did not dare reveal it now.

"Wei Fan, don't go! With so many yamen runners here, why should you bear this alone? If the Tiger Demon dares enter the city, we'll fight them to the death!"

Hu Qing's eyes were red. She did not want Wei Fan to seek out the Tiger Demon.

Among everyone present, she was probably the only one who did not want Wei Fan to go. The others all wished for him to go so they would not have to fight the Tiger Demon.

Wei Fan said, "I have to go. This trouble was caused by me. I'll go speak with the Tiger King.

"I killed his son. I can understand how he feels. Trust me, I can persuade the Tiger King and help him walk out of his grief."

Zhou Qi's mouth twitched.

You said the same thing yesterday, and in the end, you talked Jiang Chuan and a whole group of his men to death.

"That's the Tiger King. You can persuade him?" Hu Qing stood frozen on the spot.

Was Wei Fan planning to persuade the Tiger King? Wasn't he going to his death?

"I can!"

As Wei Fan spoke, he turned to Luo Wen. "We can go now!"

Luo Wen nodded, then looked at Wang Meng. "Constable Chief Wang, didn't you say earlier that as long as it could quell this disaster, you would step forward without hesitation? Now, we need you to drive Wei Fan to find the Tiger King. Are you willing?"

The moment those words fell, everyone turned their eyes toward Wang Meng.

Even Hu Qing forgot her sorrow and looked over.

He had spoken with such righteousness before. Let's see how you get out of this now.

"This subordinate is willing!"

Wang Meng nodded without the slightest hesitation, wearing the expression of someone ready to die at any moment.

If Wei Fan's panel had not already marked this man as colluding with the Tiger Demon, he might have believed Wang Meng was an upright and incorruptible constable chief.

Even Hu Qing now felt that perhaps she had misunderstood Wang Meng.

Wang Meng: True Qi Fifth Level, yamen constable chief, harmed fellow officials, colluded with the Tiger Demon

Kill him to obtain twelve years of cultivation

Like Li Shen, Wang Meng had long been colluding with the Tiger Demon. That was why he had not hesitated to send Wei Fan to find the Tiger Demon. He would not be in danger, and would instead use this to shape an image of bravery and fearlessness.

"Sorry to trouble you, Constable Chief Wang!"

Wei Fan showed his white teeth and took the lead in climbing into the carriage.