Tooth Tablet

The aloof Female Captain appraised Su Mo.

Su Mo appraised her as well.

The favorability bar above her head was still there, and it was still red: -20%!

There was no yellow exclamation mark.

The Female Captain wore white beneath a red cloak. Her bearing was cool and peerless, just as stunning as when he had first seen her outside the City God Temple!

She was one of the two great beauties Su Mo had seen since coming to this world.

He could not help comparing her to the little widow.

It was difficult to say which of the two was more beautiful.

The Female Captain was far too tall and slender, almost as tall as him. She was not Su Mo's type.

Su Mo liked petite and delicate women.

But he had to admit that such a figure was more attractive to most men!

More importantly, there was the Female Captain's status!

Everyone knew how great it was to have an official for a girlfriend!

A sixth-rank high-ranking female official of the imperial court came with a massive attraction bonus!

Even if her looks were only an eighty, they could instantly rise above ninety.

Not to mention a beauty who already scored above ninety-eight!

Whoever it was would choose the Female Captain over the little widow.

Of course, it was not as though one could simply choose whichever one they wanted, like those damnable videos he had come across in his previous life that told viewers to choose!

Su Mo's gaze involuntarily drifted downward.

Su Mo felt that his self-control was already quite impressive.

A normal man seeing this Female Captain absolutely would not notice her peerless beauty first!

Because another advantage of hers was simply too prominent!

Just as Su Mo's gaze moved downward, the Female Captain's pretty face suddenly turned cold.

Without warning, she extended a slender jade finger and pointed at Su Mo through the air.

Su Mo instantly felt his hair stand on end.

In his field of vision, the jade finger rapidly grew larger, as though it were enveloping heaven and earth. A cold, terrifying, and overwhelmingly powerful killing intent filled the entire side hall, making him feel as though there was nowhere he could dodge!

Su Mo felt that he was about to die beneath the suppression of that jade finger!

This is the terrifying power of a cultivator?!!

That thought suddenly surfaced in Su Mo's mind!

Although he did not know why this Female Captain suddenly wanted to kill him,

Su Mo was not the type to wait meekly for death, much less some fool who believed that if the sovereign wanted a subject dead, the subject had no choice but to die!

Even if the Empress, a saint, wanted to kill him, he would rebel without hesitation, let alone against a mere sixth-rank captain!

He drew in a sharp breath.

All the strength in his body gathered in his right fist as he punched fiercely at the jade finger!

The Demon Subduing Pestle at his waist suddenly released a heat flow several times stronger than before. It surged into his right arm, giving Su Mo the illusion that one punch could smash apart a mountain!

Unfortunately, an illusion was still only an illusion.

Thus.

Su Mo's fist throbbed with pain as an overwhelming force crashed into him. He was knocked back several steps, stopping only when he struck the wall!

After steadying himself, Su Mo shook his fist, his expression dark!

Lin Moyin's eternally unchanging face, meanwhile, showed a trace of astonishment.

She clearly had not expected Su Mo to receive her finger strike without a scratch.

The Mysterious Jade Finger was not an immortal-path killing art, but it was still a first-rate martial art.

She had cultivated it through her ten fingers for more than a decade.

With a single point of her finger, she could kill a ferocious tiger!

Even using only one-tenth of her strength, she was confident she could teach this lust-blinded subordinate clerk a harsh lesson!

The result had exceeded her expectations!

"You're a member of the Heavenly Mother Cult!"

Lin Moyin suddenly spoke coldly.

Su Mo was stunned when he heard this, but he still stared at Lin Moyin with an unfriendly expression. "What Heavenly Mother Cult?"

"That's the reason you wanted to kill me?"

Lin Moyin's pretty face revealed nothing.

Then her tone shifted, and she said indifferently, "Do you know why I summoned you here?"

"If you can say it, I'll spare your life."

"If you can't, you'll die here."

Su Mo cursed inwardly.

So what if your official rank is high! So what if you can cultivate immortality!

Unfortunately, circumstances were stronger than the man!

Su Mo could not be certain whether she was trying to scare him.

He had thought she would ask about the Golden Lock first.

But she had refused to play by the rules!

Su Mo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the Female Captain without restraint.

Since things had already come to this, what was there to fear? At worst, he would die!

When he saw that the favorability bar above the Female Captain's head had not changed at all,

Su Mo suddenly realized that something was wrong!

"Something's not right!"

"The favorability hasn't changed at all. That means she didn't suddenly attack because I looked somewhere I shouldn't have!"

"Any man who sees her will be unable to stop himself from looking there!"

"She can't possibly kill every man she sees!"

Countless thoughts flashed through Su Mo's mind.

In the end, they landed on the Strongman reward waiting to be issued on the mission panel!

"She's testing me!"

Having thought of this, Su Mo no longer hesitated. He said in a deep voice, "You want to recruit me into the Imperial Guard!"

Lin Moyin suddenly smiled.

That smile was like wintersweet blooming amid ice and snow, so breathtakingly beautiful that it was impossible to associate her with the Imperial Guard captain who struck fear into people's hearts!

She looked at Su Mo with great interest. "Why do you think I would recruit a mere yamen subordinate clerk into the Imperial Guard?"

After a pause, she asked, "Also, you call yourself 'this junior' in front of other people."

"How dare you call yourself 'I' before me?"

Su Mo secretly let out a sigh of relief.

The system really didn't lie to me!

This Lin Moyin really had been trying to scare him.

Luckily, he had graduated from Xiamen University!

He raised his brows and said candidly, "I don't know either. I just had that feeling."

"Just as I happened to pick up the Golden Lock beneath the persimmon tree, I felt that it carried your aura and became certain that it belonged to you, Captain!"

"When I was persecuted by the court clerk, I sent the Golden Lock here as a gamble, hoping that you would intervene!"

"As for the second question, I don't think there's any need to answer it!"

At these words, Lin Moyin's expression suddenly became strange.

She had actually wanted to ask that question all along!

In her view,

Su Mo had sent the Golden Lock over while deliberately being mysterious. He must have anticipated that she would ask this question.

And he must have already thought of how to answer it.

Lin Moyin naturally would not let a menial servant lead her by the nose.

Hearing Su Mo take the initiative to reveal it, Lin Moyin nodded, then said indifferently, "It seems you're hiding quite a few secrets!"

"However, I don't care!"

"When the Imperial Guard recruits people, we only look at whether they have value and whether they can be put to use by the Imperial Guard!"

"Whether the other party is a scion of a wealthy household, a down-and-out scholar, a peddler or laborer, or even a bandit or a thoroughly evil criminal!"

As she spoke, she raised her fair hand, and a black shadow flew toward Su Mo. "Go back and be a good yamen runner!"

"If anything happens, I'll send someone to summon you!"

Su Mo caught the black shadow and took a closer look.

What else could it be but an Imperial Guard tooth tablet?

The tooth tablet was wooden and looked utterly ordinary.

One side was engraved with: Imperial Guard Strongman Su Mo!

The other bore a large written number—Dark Zero Seven Two Eight!

Su Mo did not know what Zero Seven Two Eight meant. At least it was not Nine Five Two Seven.

At the same time, the mission panel promptly issued a notification.

[Imperial Guard Strongman reward has been issued!]

[You passed the test of Imperial Guard Captain Lin Moyin. Favorability increased by 15%!]

Su Mo had not expected such an unexpected gain!

Only -5% favorability remained. Becoming a full member was just around the corner!

Fatigue appeared on Lin Moyin's face. She waved her hand, signaling for Su Mo to leave.

Su Mo was just about to turn and go.

Suddenly, he froze.

What the hell!

Why had another yellow exclamation mark suddenly popped up above the Female Captain's head?

Had the NPC female official's quest refreshed?

[I don't think I've ever tried asking for votes and data before? It's all been nothing but the main story, and I haven't said a single word of pointless chatter? The authors in the group say I'm an idiot. According to standard procedure, should I ask all my brothers and sisters for monthly votes, follow-up reads, and other data next month to prove that I'm not a damn idiot of an author?]