Cloud Glow Sect's Wanted List, Joining the Patrol

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

For the precarious Great Gan Dynasty, this month had been marked by many significant events.

The Emperor's illness seemed to have worsened, the factional strife within the imperial court grew increasingly intense, and the internal stability of the Great Gan Dynasty began to crumble.

It was said that just a short while ago, several provinces had already seen small-scale peasant uprisings due to famine.

But none of this had anything to do with Lin Hanzhou.

Currently, he only possessed a mere Second-Order cultivation base; he was still unable to shake the foundations of this world.

He traveled by carriage, heading south, crossing two large provinces, and finally arrived at his destination: Qing Prefecture.

Qing Prefecture was located in the southern part of the Great Gan Dynasty, far from the border wars in the north and removed from the center of court intrigue.

Furthermore, because it was remote and mountainous with little arable land, even the forces of the three great sects rarely set foot here.

This was precisely the excellent place for development that Lin Hanzhou had chosen for himself.

Along the way, he could feel that the threat from the Cloud Glow Sect had become very distant.

Here, he could not even find a single wanted poster of himself.

That's right, Lin Hanzhou was a wanted man.

It had happened just three weeks ago.

At that time, he had just left Qing Province and stepped into the territory of the neighboring Yu Province.

In a medium-sized city, he had spotted the most prominent wanted poster at the city gate at a single glance.

The wanted poster contained no portrait and no name.

The charge: Cruelly murdering a core disciple of the Cloud Glow Sect and over a hundred villagers at Zhang Family Village in Qing Province.

Suspect information: Completely unknown.

Strength assessment: Possesses at least the combat power of a veteran Martial Master, possibly approaching that of a Grandmaster.

Bounty: Anyone who provides valid clues will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold.

If one kills or captures this villain, the Cloud Glow Sect is willing to offer a Grandmaster-level cultivation technique as a reward.

When he first saw this bounty, Lin Hanzhou didn't even think it was for him.

After all, he hadn't killed that many people; he had only killed Zhou Fengyu.

But when he saw the location "Zhang Family Village in Qing Province" and the time the bounty was issued, he knew it couldn't be such a coincidence.

The so-called murder of over a hundred villagers was merely a slander by the Cloud Glow Sect, intended to smear him as the culprit.

After all, in the eyes of the Cloud Glow Sect, the Zhang Family Village massacre had to be his doing, not Zhou Fengyu's.

Even if the deceased Zhou Fengyu were to stand up and confess, the Cloud Glow Sect would still pin the crime on him.

Only in this way could they establish the sect's prestige while gaining a reputation for punishing evil and promoting good.

For these large sects, reputation was more important than anything else.

However, Lin Hanzhou was not angry; instead, he felt like laughing.

This mix-up was actually a good thing for him.

What satisfied him even more was the description on the wanted poster: "Information completely unknown."

This was enough to prove how correct his decision had been to burn down Zhang Family Village and erase all traces.

No portrait, no name, no physical description, only a rough estimate of his strength and his last known location.

Trying to find him based on this? It was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack!

The threat from the Cloud Glow Sect was temporarily resolved.

As long as he wasn't foolish enough to run into the Cloud Glow Sect's territory, he would basically be safe.

Thus, he continued his journey south with peace of mind.

At this moment, he had already arrived within the borders of Qing Prefecture, in a remote little town called Peace Town.

He chose this place for no other reason than the fact that it was sufficiently isolated.

Staying here would surely allow him to lie low and cultivate in peace for a few years.

After successfully entering the town, Lin Hanzhou intended to buy a quiet courtyard to live a life of reclusive cultivation.

But when he felt his shriveled money pouch, he realized with embarrassment that he had very little silver left.

"Sigh, a single penny can stump a hero."

Lin Hanzhou sighed helplessly.

He couldn't exactly resort to robbery; he hadn't fallen that far yet.

Thus, after some careful consideration, he decided to work for the government.

With his cultivation, it wouldn't be difficult to disguise himself and blend in.

He arrived before the government office in Peace Town.

The person responsible for recruiting patrolmen was a lethargic-looking old head constable.

Although the man looked aged with graying temples, his vitality was clearly more robust than that of an ordinary person; he was evidently a martial artist as well.

When he saw Lin Hanzhou, a youth who had barely sprouted his first whiskers, coming to apply, he wanted to drive him away immediately.

In his view, someone of that age probably hadn't even touched the threshold of a third-rate martial artist, let alone qualified to be a patrolman.

Lin Hanzhou felt not the slightest dissatisfaction toward this cold attitude.

He had always preferred to convince people with reason, using logic to enlighten them.

Lin Hanzhou simply smiled slightly and released a trace of the aura belonging to a second-rate martial artist.

Upon sensing this aura, the expression on the old head constable's face changed in an instant!

A second-rate martial artist?!

This level of cultivation was truly nothing when placed within the entire Great Gan; one could find them by the handful.

But in this tiny Peace Town, a second-rate martial artist could already be considered an expert.

One had to know that the town mayor, who held the highest cultivation here, was merely at the peak of the first-rate.

A young second-rate martial artist like Lin Hanzhou was someone you couldn't find a second of even if you searched with a lantern.

"I have long heard of your great name, young brother. Seeing you today, you truly possess an extraordinary bearing, a dragon among men. Please, come inside."

The old head constable completely reversed his previous attitude, inviting Lin Hanzhou into the room with a face full of smiles.

His demeanor was as humble as could be; he was practically ready to enshrine the boy.

This maneuver perfectly illustrated what it meant to change one's face faster than flipping a book.

To him, if he could invite such a second-rate martial artist to join the patrol, it would be a great achievement.

Compared to that, a little bit of face was nothing at all.

Facing the old head constable's one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn in attitude, Lin Hanzhou nodded slightly in response and followed him into the room.

Clearly, he was very satisfied with the old head constable's change in attitude, which proved that his logic was very logical indeed.

If reasoning didn't work, he had also prepared to use physics.

Those who had heard him lecture on physics never made a sound afterward; they were all thoroughly convinced by his knowledge of physics.

Take Zhou Fengyu, for example; he was clearly convinced to the point of prostration, unable to utter a single word of rebuttal.

Soon, through this maneuver, Lin Hanzhou successfully joined the patrol and was given an important role.

As long as he completed a six-month "probationary period," he would be able to officially transition into a glorious patrolman of the town.

The government even specifically allocated a residence with a small courtyard for him on the east side of town.

With this, Lin Hanzhou began his leisurely life in this remote little town.

He spent most of his time in the residence gifted by the government, focusing on his cultivation.

Occasionally, he would go out for a symbolic patrol.

The so-called patrol was just strolling around the town at night, keeping a lookout to prevent any blind beasts from breaking into the town.

Regarding this job, Lin Hanzhou expressed that he was very satisfied.