Demon Suppressing Division

The next moment, the cleaver in Qin Bo's hand snapped in two.

And the evil spirit's head was also split in half by this strike.

Endless red light poured in, dispelling the boundless ghostly energy within.

As it died, the evil spirit struck out with its palm.

The palm landed on Qin Bo's chest, and a gray-black handprint appeared.

Qin Bo spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward.

The old Taoist caught him.

"You kid, you're a real freak!"

The evil spirit struggled painfully for a moment before finally dissipating into the air.

Before losing consciousness, Qin Bo heard the sound he had been dreaming of.

[Ding, killed soul-gathering evil spirit]
[Gained 50 years of lifespan]

Afterward, he passed out gloriously.

The old Taoist looked at the unconscious Qin Bo in his arms, then glanced at the gradually dissipating black mist, his tightly furrowed brows finally relaxing.

"Good kid, defying an evil-grade anomaly while in the body refinement realm, a great talent!"

Then he looked at the ghost handprint on his chest.

The remaining ghostly energy was eroding his body, but before long, it was dispersed by Qin Bo's vital energy.

"Hiss... what kind of body refinement method is this?! Vital energy like a dragon, like a wild beast?"

"Perfect, this old Taoist doesn't have the strength to save you anyway!"

Time passed!

Qin Bo finally woke up.

With a "whoosh," he scrambled out of bed and looked around.

"Where is this? It's not my house?"

"Creak!"

The door to the room opened.

The old Taoist strolled in.

"Oh, you're awake, kid? How are you doing? Are you alright?"

"Taoist Master!? Are Li Dong and the others okay?"

Qin Bo remembered that he had killed the evil-grade anomaly at the end and received a system notification, but then he couldn't remember anything else.

"The two of them have yin malevolence entering their bodies and are still unconscious."

"What?"

"Don't worry, this old Taoist has already used vital energy to cleanse them of the yin malevolence. Now we're just waiting for them to recover."

Hearing this, Qin Bo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tell me, where did you get this strength? You don't even know the basics of breaking through realms?"

The old Taoist finally asked Qin Bo about the origin of his strength.

"Uh... I have innate divine strength! Yes, innate divine strength!"

Qin Bo quickly told a lie.

"Innate divine strength?! No wonder, his vital energy exceeds others in the same realm by who knows how much!"

Unexpectedly, the old Taoist believed it.

The old Taoist stroked his beard and sized up Qin Bo, his cloudy pupils gleaming:

"One in ten thousand possesses innate divine strength. With your talent, if you could join a Martial Dao sect, you would surely become a great figure in less than ten years."

"Kid, listen carefully."

"This old Taoist is the last disciple of the Heavenly One Sect, Taoist Master Songhe. I have now left the mountains and joined the Demon Suppressing Division to subdue demons and protect the peace of this region."

"Are you willing to join the Demon Suppressing Division?! This old Taoist can recommend you."

"Demon Suppressing Division?"

Qin Bo had heard of this name many times.

As a special institution of the Great Yan Dynasty, the Demon Suppressing Division specializes in dealing with anomaly-related matters.

Initially, the Demon Suppressing Division belonged directly to the emperor, and its predecessor was called the "Embroidered Uniform Guard"!

Later, due to the outbreak of anomalies, the world fell into chaos.

In addition, the Embroidered Uniform Guard were already martial arts experts, and their vital energy could harm, even kill, anomalies.

That's why the Demon Suppressing Division was established, to widely recruit heroes from across the land to jointly fight against anomalies!

Although Qin Bo had heard of the name, this was the first time he had met someone from it.

Looking at the old Taoist's unkempt appearance, he suddenly felt that this Demon Suppressing Division was unreliable!

But he also knew that when facing the terrifying existence of anomalies, which were beyond ordinary people's comprehension, the strength he had groped out on his own was far from enough, just like how he didn't have the follow-up cultivation methods.

The newbie gift pack only gave him a body refining technique.

Taoist Master Songhe seemed to see through Qin Bo's doubts. He stroked his messy beard and said, "Young man, don't judge a book by its cover."

"The Demon Suppressing Division is full of talented people, gathering heroes from all over the world, including Taoist cultivators who subdue demons and eliminate evil, martial arts experts who have entered the Tao through martial arts, and people who are proficient in all kinds of strange and esoteric arts."

"In the Demon Suppressing Division, you can learn orthodox methods to fight against anomalies, obtain various resources, and even make like-minded friends to fight together to protect the people of the world."

Qin Bo was very tempted. If he wanted to become stronger, he had to kill anomalies, and if he wanted to find anomalies, the Demon Suppressing Division definitely knew where to find them!

But he couldn't help but ask:

"Then why are you, old man, so powerful, yet you still look like this?"

Taoist Master Songhe laughed and said:

"This old Taoist is wholeheartedly devoted to subduing demons and eliminating evil, how can I have the time to care about these external things."

"Besides, appearance is just a shell, inner strength is the key. The Demon Suppressing Division doesn't care about these superficial things, only about real talent and practical learning."

"Then you came to the Li family to exorcise demons and eliminate evil?!"

Qin Bo took a roundabout way to inquire.

"This..."

Taoist Master Songhe's old face turned red.

"We cultivators rely on our own efforts. We come here to do odd jobs. One is to subdue demons and eliminate evil, and the other is... to earn some extra money!"

Hearing Taoist Master Songhe's frankness, Qin Bo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The original sense of seriousness towards the Demon Suppressing Division dissipated a lot in an instant.

He joked: "Taoist Master, do people from your Demon Suppressing Division still need to come out and do odd jobs to earn extra money?"

Taoist Master Songhe glared at Qin Bo unhappily and said:

"What do you know!"

"Although the Demon Suppressing Division has supplies from the imperial court, the daily expenses are also large. What about talisman materials, magic treasures repairs, which one doesn't cost money?"

"Besides, it's good for this old Taoist to come out to subdue demons and eliminate evil, and earn some money along the way. Maybe I can encounter anomalies and avoid casualties among the people."

"I see, Taoist Master is righteous!"

"So, are you willing to join the Demon Suppressing Division?"

Qin Bo straightened his body.

"I am willing!"

"Okay, in a few days, you can go to the Yunzhou City branch with this old Taoist to participate in the assessment. I believe that with your strength, the assessment will be easy!"

"Assessment?! There's still an assessment?"

Qin Bo looked at the old Taoist resentfully.

But the old Taoist didn't blush or skip a beat.

"Tch, do you want to be a useless person who goes through the back door?! If that's the case, this old Taoist won't bring you in."

"Okay, okay, then thank you Taoist Master Songhe."

In the following days, Qin Bo followed Taoist Master Songhe to learn some knowledge about anomalies, and by the way, waited for someone.

Qin Bo then learned that they had come to this Yunzhou City for a major event.

It is said that a Fierce-level anomaly is suppressed under Yunzhou City.

They came this time to strengthen the seal.

"Resentful, Evil, Furious, Furious, Fierce!"

Ranked fifth, it is a city-destroying anomaly.

When Qin Bo heard that Yunzhou City was suppressing a Fierce-level anomaly, he couldn't help but feel a burst of horror in his heart.

Fierce-level city destruction, what a terrifying existence that is, just thinking about it makes people shudder.