You Told Me to Train Life Skills, and I Grinded Them into Divine Professions, Part 5

So the Pig Demon he had slaughtered had a lover, and after butchering it, he had really picked up a Pig Demon's scent.

"The Yamen did it. It has nothing to do with me." Qin An sat on the ground with his back against the wall.

The Sow Demon licked her cracked lips, bloodthirsty light surging in her eyes. Her palm, as large as a cattail fan, swung toward Qin An's head. "This humble woman has gone hungry since sneaking into the county town. I'll eat you first. If I've eaten the wrong person, this humble woman will recite Buddhist scriptures to send you on your way."

A gust of wind sounded beside his ears.

Watching that fan-sized palm descend, anger rose within Qin An.

Ever since arriving in Ding County, he had lived cautiously and had not offended a single person.

The Yamen had killed the Pig Demon. He had merely been ordered to butcher it.

Yet from what this Pig Demon was saying, she simply wanted to eat him.

A reason?

What reason was there?

Just like humans needed no reason to eat pork, Pig Demons needed no reason to eat people.

"Fine, fine, so that's how we're playing it? I've slaughtered plenty of pigs. Today, I'll try slaughtering a Pig Demon."

Qin An gritted his teeth and swept the sharp knife in his hand downward.

Images of flickering phantoms surfaced in his mind, and Qin An instinctively used the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique.

The heat within his body flowed down his arm and into the sharp knife. As the blade cut through the air, it produced a violent explosive boom.

The Sow Demon's fan-sized palm froze in midair, her bloodthirsty eyes filled with disbelief.

The sharp knife traveled down from the Sow Demon's shoulder, finally stopping over her heart.

The heat on the blade surged into the Sow Demon's heart, and it instantly burst apart.

"Smack!"

A dull sound rang out, especially clear in the darkness.

The Sow Demon's massive body crashed to the ground. After twitching for a moment, it went still.

Qin An pushed himself up against the wall and wiped the blood from the sharp knife on the Sow Demon's fur.

"Pah!"

"A Pig Demon calling herself 'this humble woman'—disgusting."

The sharp knife in his hand was still somewhat warm.

Qin An had not expected the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique to be so powerful. The heat seemed capable of empowering it, raising its might to an even higher level.

A commotion sounded outside.

Qin An turned to look toward the street.

At the doorway, Chen Chun held a short knife and had already reached Qin An's door.

When Chen Chun saw the Pig Demon's corpse on the ground, his face filled with disbelief. "You mastered the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique?"

He had sensed the Pig Demon's aura just now and immediately rushed over with his knife.

Yet before he could even get close, he saw Qin An split the Pig Demon apart with a single slash.

That stance was clearly the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique.

After giving Qin An the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique, Chen Chun had only hoped Qin An could learn a few forms, perhaps enough to hold out against the Pig Demon's revenge.

Then, when he arrived, he could slaughter the Pig Demon himself.

But judging by the current situation, it seemed he was not needed.

Still, hadn't he given Qin An the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique during the day? He had mastered it by nightfall?

Chen Chun's gaze was complicated.

Qin An said calmly, "Aren't you going to close the door?"

"Oh, right."

Chen Chun unconsciously walked into the house and shut the door behind him.

After closing it, Chen Chun felt that something was off.

How had he absentmindedly obeyed Qin An?

Chen Chun turned around. His two thin mustaches twitched, and his expression stiffened again.

He saw Qin An crouching on the ground, skillfully dismantling the Sow Demon's corpse.

"What are you doing?"

"Butchering."

"Why butcher it?"

"It's such a huge Pig Demon. Am I supposed to just leave it in my house?"

Chen Chun fell silent.

He felt that Qin An was even calmer than he had imagined.

Being attacked by a Pig Demon, killing it in return, and then butchering it expressionlessly afterward.

What ordinary commoner could do that?

Qin An's knife moved swiftly.

He was a butcher and had long grown accustomed to blood and gore. He did not feel nauseated.

Otherwise, he would already have vomited all over the floor.

From beginning to end, Qin An only used the time it took for two incense sticks to burn.

The Sow Demon's meat was placed in the kitchen.

Besides that, there was also a Flesh Orb, similar to the one he had seen at the Yamen before.

After thinking it over, Qin An wrapped the Flesh Orb in cloth and hid it somewhere concealed.

After finishing all this, Qin An walked out of the kitchen.

He saw Chen Chun still standing where he was. Qin An poured himself a cup of water. "Old Chen, who exactly are you?"

If he had only suspected it before, he could now be certain that Chen Chun's identity was far from ordinary.

What Coffin Shop owner carried a knife around in the middle of the night?

Chen Chun coughed, his eyes darting around as he said, "I just heard some noise and worried that criminals had broken into your home, so I came over to take a look."

Qin An stared directly at Chen Chun without saying a word, slowly raising the sharp knife beside him.

Since he had already been dragged into the whirlpool, he might as well be more ruthless.

After transmigrating here, his only thought had been to stay alive.

Seeing Qin An's movement, Chen Chun's mouth twitched slightly. "I am an Undercover Agent of the Evil Extermination Division, hidden within the Ding County Yamen to gather evidence of the Yamen colluding with demons."

He knew that if he did not explain himself to Qin An, Qin An might truly draw his blade.

Moreover, Chen Chun had formed a new idea just now.

Qin An had originally been an ordinary butcher, yet he had trained the Wind-Splitting Blade Technique to such a level in a single afternoon. He must possess astonishing comprehension in the path of cultivation.

The work of an Undercover Agent was far from simple. If he had one more helper in Ding County, things might become much easier.

Qin An's hand holding the knife paused slightly. "The Yamen is colluding with demons?"

He had heard of the Evil Extermination Division.

Within the Da Gan Nation, the Evil Extermination Division was no secret.

They exterminated demons and evil spirits, beheaded false gods, and quelled the chaos of the martial world.

Acting under imperial decree and granted special authority by the throne, they wielded immense power.

But what did it mean for the Yamen to collude with demons?

Chen Chun stroked the mustache on the right side of his face with his index finger. "It's only a suspicion. After all, Ding County's demon-extermination cases are very strange."

"Every so often, someone dies, yet every time, the demons are also dealt with."

"The Evil Extermination Division in Ling Prefecture is tied up and cannot send someone specifically to investigate, so that is where an Undercover Agent like me comes in."

An Undercover Agent was, in essence, an informant planted in the various County Yamens, serving as the eyes and ears of the Evil Extermination Division.

Qin An frowned. "Then why did you help me?"

As an Undercover Agent, he naturally could not expose his identity.

Chen Chun had carried a knife to help him just now, which conflicted with his identity as an Undercover Agent.

Chen Chun patted his chest. "Members of the Evil Extermination Division slay demons and banish evil, protecting the common people. You are one of the common people. That is all."

Qin An took another sip of water.

He did not know how much truth there was in Chen Chun's last sentence, but if Chen Chun truly was an Undercover Agent of the Evil Extermination Division, then it would be difficult to make a move against him.

Especially since Chen Chun had come to investigate the Yamen.