Lu Yang had in fact heard a little about the names of the Four Great Departments.
Just from their names, one could roughly understand what their duties were.
The Heavenly Prison Department should be the place where prisoners and even demons were held. The Demon Suppressing Department was responsible for suppressing Demonic Beasts. The Demon Extermination Department handled Demonic Calamities, while the Guard Department was responsible for the defense and public order of the Prefecture City.
Lu Yang guessed that the reason he had been assigned to the Demon Extermination Department was most likely because of his previous record of slaying demons in Black Mountain County.
Hao Yan lived in a dark room without the slightest trace of light. Pei Wende and Lu Yang waited outside for quite a while before he finally opened the door at a leisurely pace.
Without needing Pei Wende's introduction, Hao Yan's gaze fell on Lu Yang. "You're the newly arrived Lu Yang?"
"Yes." Lu Yang cupped his fists in salute.
From Hao Yan, he could sense a kind of coldness that kept strangers at a thousand miles.
"Come in." Hao Yan's expression was cold and stern as he turned and walked into the darkness.
Pei Wende smiled at Lu Yang with a hint of apology and said, "Mr. Hao has always had this temperament. It isn't aimed at you, so don't take it to heart."
Lu Yang's expression was calm. He nodded. He had not taken it to heart in the first place.
Whether in his previous life or this one, he had struggled at the bottom for many years and had seen far too much.
Those who spoke little were often genuine by nature, and were usually better than those warm and falsely sincere sorts.
The moment he walked into that dark room,