Arrest

The next morning, Chu Danqing took Da Bao to oversee the soup kitchen.

The soup kitchen was run by the government, not the Lu Clan, but they were short-handed and had asked the local clans for help.

The Lu Clan themselves had been caught off guard by the snow disaster and needed to purchase grain, so they had no surplus to provide disaster relief.

After arriving, Chu Danqing took Da Bao on a tour to act as a deterrent.

Once that was done, he found a suitable place to sit down and began to read his notes carefully.

Although it was called maintaining order, he didn't actually have to deal with things like cutting in line or arguing. He was only responsible for handling major disturbances.

"Chu, you've got it easy," Tie Yan said as he walked over, his eyes on the notes in Chu Danqing's hand, his tone tinged with envy.

He had brought his Apostles to distribute talisman water in order to accumulate faction contribution points for completing his mission.

150 points a day, which would be just enough after seven days.

As for the other Apostles, Tie Yan could only wish them luck.

He had wanted to take on missions with higher faction contribution rewards, but his first mission had been a disaster, with three Apostles dying.

One of them was a member of the Dragon-Tiger Alliance, and now only Han Ying was still a staunch supporter. The remaining Apostles all had their own agendas.

Chu Danqing looked up at Tie Yan, who wasn't doing so well.

Joining the Way of Peace faction had the lowest overall difficulty, but the rewards were also the lowest.

"Tie, you seem pretty relaxed too, with time to chat with me," Chu Danqing replied with a meaningless remark.

Fangling Master was Tie Yan's position, similar to a group leader managing believers.

Apart from Tie Yan, the other Dimension Apostles were only believers after joining the Way of Peace.

They weren't strong enough to obtain the position of Fangling Master.

They needed to become Fangling Masters within seven days to activate the next trial mission.

"The third-place reward in the faction store is all yours, right? Name your price, sell me a share," Tie Yan asked, getting straight to the point, speaking in a low voice.

Chu Danqing shook his head. "I exchanged for the second-place reward. Do you think I could have 4,500 faction contribution points?"

"If I really had that many, I'd rather save up to exchange for the first-place reward."

As he said that, he gestured to the notes in his hand.

He and Tie Yan weren't related, so why would he tell him the truth?

Besides, Tie Yan's attitude and tone made Chu Danqing uncomfortable. What did he mean by naming a price for a share? He was just trying to take advantage of him.

He couldn't even scrape together 1,500 faction contribution points. With that level of strength, what could he possibly offer that was equivalent in value to the Lu Clan Body Tempering Elixir?

Even if he had something, it would be his trump card, and he would never be willing to use it as a trade.

Tie Yan was trying to bluff him, but he also had some idea of the actual situation.

If he had 7,500 faction contribution points, he would definitely take a gamble on the excellent-grade inheritance skill in the first-place slot in the faction store.

His eyes fell on the notes in Chu Danqing's hand, and another idea suddenly popped into his head.

"These notes can be read repeatedly. Chu, can I borrow them to copy?" Tie Yan asked, leaning closer and whispering, "1,000 Paradise Points, just to make friends."

Chu Danqing closed the notes and said, "Tie Yan, I treat you like a normal person, so don't treat me like an idiot."

"With the meager amount you're offering, why do you think you can exchange for the contents of my notes?"

He had given Tie Yan a friendly face, but Tie Yan was trying to take advantage of him.

Copying was certainly possible, but he should at least offer a fair price.

Tie Yan simply believed that since they represented their respective factions, they wouldn't go too far in public.

Da Bao quickly reached out with his large hand, grabbed Tie Yan's entire head, and threw him into the crowd of Way of Peace believers.

"Come provoke me again, and I'll send you to see Imperial Heaven of the Way of Peace." Chu Danqing didn't have a good impression of the Way of Peace to begin with, and he had been retaliated against last night.

Tie Yan climbed up in a disheveled state, anger flashing in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

Not only was Chu Danqing stronger than him, but his faction was also larger. Starting a conflict would be detrimental to him.

However, the believers were unhappy with Chu Danqing's actions. They surrounded him, each of them looking at him with unfriendly expressions.

"Even if Tie Yan is at fault, it's not up to an outsider to discipline him. My Way of Peace is..." The leading Way of Peace member began to use his faction's power to pressure him.

He didn't care about the grudges between the two, but Chu Danqing's actions had caused the Way of Peace to lose face.

However, he was interrupted before he could finish.

"What? Can the Way of Peace ignore the laws of my court?" A cold voice rang out.

Fierce Fist, wearing armor, led a group of soldiers as they pushed through the crowd, his eyes sweeping over the Way of Peace members present.

"Laws? My Way of Peace has always obeyed the law. How can the Commandant accuse people without reason?" The Way of Peace member's expression changed slightly.

"Obey the law? Ha." Fierce Fist sneered, then shouted loudly, "You've been exposed!"

"Spreading witchcraft, secretly harming the former Commandant, assassinating the Prefect's wife, plotting to harm the Prefect, all of you from the Way of Peace must come with me."

As soon as he said that, everyone was in an uproar.

For a time, the crowd was whispering amongst themselves.

"You're full of crap!" Han Ying was so enraged that he cursed without regard for the consequences.

However, Fierce Fist didn't even glance at him. He simply waved his hand, and a group of soldiers began to detain the Way of Peace members.

Those Dimension Apostles who had joined the Way of Peace were also included.

Compared to the natives who obediently allowed themselves to be captured, the Dimension Apostles were naturally unwilling to be taken prisoner.

"Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot," Fierce Fist ordered once again.

"Chu Mo, Fierce Fist can act against us today, and he can act against you tomorrow."

"Let's join forces and kill him first!" Tie Yan's expression suddenly changed, and then he thought about dragging Chu Danqing into the water.

Chu Danqing directly ignored Tie Yan's words and said slowly, "What Commandant Fierce Fist said is not false."

This was the information gap caused by having too low of a status. Joining a low-threshold faction came at a price.

In Tie Yan's view, Fierce Fist was clearing the field.

In reality, the government and aristocratic families were taking action against the Way of Peace.

But Tie Yan didn't know the truth and only thought that Chu Danqing might also be involved.

Therefore, when he heard Chu Danqing's words, he gritted his teeth, took Han Ying with him, and fled.

Fierce Fist looked at Chu Danqing and simply nodded: "Venerable Chu, we can cooperate next time if there's a chance."

After saying that, he took the captured people back. He had to extract valuable information from this group of Way of Peace members.

As long as the important figures were caught, the remaining escapees were unimportant. They could just be put on the wanted list.

After the people left, Chu Danqing understood why Lu Yin was uncertain about the plan.

It turned out that he had to wait for the government to extract information from the Way of Peace members before he could make deployments.

With the matter settled, Chu Danqing sat back down and continued to look at the notebook.