The next morning, Demon Suppression Division.
Different from the hustle and bustle of the past, today's Demon Suppression Division headquarters is filled with a vague and tense atmosphere.
The Imperial Guard Captain people who came and went were in a hurry, with a hint of solemnity on their faces.
Lu Chen walked through the martial arts arena, turning a blind eye to everything around him, and walked straight towards the Armory, which was located at the deepest part of Demon Suppression Division and looked a bit eerie.
Inside Armory, there is still that familiar smell, mixed with the smell of dust and the rust of old weapons.
The light was dim, and rows of weapon racks stood quietly like silent giants.
Lu Chen walked around the front hall with ease and came to the depths of Armory.
The rickety figure was sitting behind a dilapidated wooden table, holding an oilcloth in his hand and slowly wiping a rusty broken knife, as if it was some kind of peerless treasure.
"Mr. Chen." Lu Chen bowed and saluted with respect.
Clerk Chen's movements did not stop. He raised his cloudy eyes as a greeting, and a hoarse voice sounded, "Change weapons, or are you looking for some rare things?"
"None of them." Lu Chen got straight to the point. He knew that in front of such people, there was no point in beating around the bush. "This junior is here to ask Mr. Chen about a place."
"Oh?" Clerk Chen finally put down the broken knife in his hand, and his seemingly dull eyes fell on Lu Chen, as if he wanted to see him from the inside out, "Tell me and listen."
Lu Chen pondered for a moment and organized his words. Naturally, he could not reveal the existence of the system, so he could only say half-truthfully, "Junior recently found a breakthrough Secret Method left by his predecessors. Now, The Dharma is quite sinister, so we need to find an abandoned place with strong Sha Qi, preferably... a place where Great Demon was once suppressed and there are still demonic remnants to assist in the practice."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Clerk Chen quietly, waiting for the other party's answer.
The air fell silent for a moment.
Clerk Chen did not speak immediately, but his turbid eyes seemed to flash an undetectable light in the dim light. He stared at Lu Chen for more than ten breaths, and his gaze was like two bottomless ancient wells, which made Lu Chen feel a little pressure.
After a long time, Clerk Chen spoke slowly, his voice still hoarse. "Young man, your ambition is not small. If you take this way to break through the situation, one mistake will be fatal."
"Junior understands." Lu Chen nodded with a firm expression, "But the road to martial arts is to sail against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. There are some risks that you have to take."
"Well said." Clerk Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and seemed to smile, but his wrinkled face looked a little oozing.
He did not ask any more questions about where Secret Method came from, nor did he investigate the purpose of Lu Chen.
He stood up, walked to a dusty box in the corner and rummaged through it.
After a while, he took out a yellowed animal skin map and threw it on the table.
"Thirty miles south of Nanling Prefecture City, there is an abandoned valley named Black Wind Valley."
Clerk Chen's finger clicked on a mark on the map, "A hundred years ago, Demon Suppression Division once killed a Black Wind Wolf King there that was about to turn into Demon Emperor. The battle was so devastating that the earth's veins in the valley were shattered. They are all polluted by the Wolf King's demonic blood and demonic aura. Even now, there is no grass growing, and the sinister aura never dissipates. If an ordinary warrior comes close, he will become seriously ill at least, or at worst, his mind will be eroded by Sha Qi, and he will become a madman who only knows how to kill. These years, it has been listed as a forbidden area, which just meets your requirements."
Lu Chen picked up the map, felt happy, and solemnly said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your advice."
"Don't thank me in a hurry." Clerk Chen sat back on the chair, picked up the broken knife again, wiped it and said meaningfully, "Last night, the girl from the Li family used her power to temporarily remove you from the Rebirth Hall's hunting list, but that was only in name."
Lu Chen's pupils shrank slightly.
Clerk Chen continued, "Judge of the Rebirth Hall is best at the soul-killing technique. Although the soul mark he left on you has been temporarily blocked by you in some way, but That thing is extremely weird, like maggots attached to bones. You'd better finish your work as soon as possible, otherwise, it won't be long before the aura on your body will be re-locked by them with Secret Method. By then, it won't be just a few minions who come."
These words, like a basin of cold water, instantly extinguished the joy in Lu Chen's heart and replaced him with a stronger sense of urgency.
He knew that Clerk Chen was trying to remind him.
"Junior, I will remember it." Lu Chen put the map in his arms and bowed deeply again, "Lu Chen will bear in mind today's kindness. If you succeed in the future, you will be rewarded generously."
After saying that, he turned around and left quickly without any further delay.
Seeing the back of Lu Chen disappearing at the door, Clerk Chen stopped wiping the broken knife. A complicated and unexplainable light flashed in his cloudy eyes, and he murmured to himself:
"The demonic nature of Mystic Water Mirror... the evil spirit of the earth's veins... what does this kid want to do? Is he seeking death, or... does he want to blaze an unprecedented path?"
After Lu Chen left Demon Suppression Division, he did not stop at all. He immediately followed the guidance of the map and galloped towards the south of the city.
However, what he didn't notice was that shortly after he left the Demon Suppression Division gate, an ordinary hawker on the street corner who was wiping his stall had a subtle strange look in his eyes the moment he saw him.
The vendor packed up his things without leaving a trace, turned around, and quietly disappeared into the endless flow of people.
Rebirth Hall's eyes were like maggots attached to the bones, quietly staring at him.
There were no words all the way, and for Lu Chen today, the thirty-mile journey only lasted half an hour.
Soon, a dead, gray-black valley appeared at the end of his sight.
Before they even get close, a cold, desolate wind mixed with a faint fishy smell rushes towards them, making people shudder.
Black Wind Valley, arrived.
Lu Chen stood at the mouth of the valley, about to go deeper, when his footsteps suddenly stopped.
He slowly closed his eyes, and the powerful power of the soul spread out like mercury pouring down the ground.
In his perception, there were two extremely obscure auras about two miles behind him, just like experienced hunters, hanging on him leisurely.
Although the aura was extremely well controlled, it was still invisible to his soul perception, which was far superior to the same level.
Lu Chen's mouth curved into a cold arc.
He is being followed!