Although Chuannan Circuit was not as isolated as Bashu Circuit, it was still sparsely populated. The Qingcheng Sword Sect was practically unrivaled in Chuannan Circuit.
After splitting up, Qi Long and the others each headed for their respective targets, preparing to make their move.
There were seventeen constables sent to carry out this mission, but Qi Long was the only one who had once served as a Wind-Chasing Patrol Officer.
Actually, it made sense. Su Xin had already made the danger of this mission perfectly clear. Even if the Wind-Chasing Patrol Officers declined the dangerous assignment he had issued, they could still gradually build up their experience and eventually break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, rising to high positions.
So nearly everyone willing to take a gamble was an ordinary chief constable from a prefecture.
That gave Qi Long an enormous advantage over them—not in strength, but in experience and guile.
Anyone who became a Wind-Chasing Patrol Officer had to be at least an Xiantian Martial Artist. But Xiantian cultivation alone wasn't enough. They had to rank among the very best of their peers, and their wits and methods had to be up to standard as well.
With all those requirements, only one Wind-Chasing Patrol Officer could be selected from nearly a hundred Xiantian Martial Artists. The difference between Qi Long and the other chief constables was obvious.
Though he was violent and bloodthirsty, he had served as a Wind-Chasing Patrol Officer for so long that he considered matters differently from these ordinary chief constables. He stood higher and saw farther.
The Qingcheng Sword Sect had over a hundred branch temples throughout Chuannan Circuit, and their strength varied.
None of these branch temples would have a Spirit Transformation Realm martial artist, but several of the strongest had multiple Xiantian