The Same Guarding If I Brought a Dog Along

"Is a Pill-Pattern Realm Demon King infiltrated into my place?"

Han Dingshan's face turned deathly pale instantly, his lips trembled slightly, and he was unable to speak.

"Do you think a Pill-Pattern Realm Demon Lord at the Core Formation Realm would faithfully abide by the agreement?" Yan Tieyi stared at him, his voice icy.

"If it wants to go back on its word, what can you use to restrain it?"

Han Dingshan swayed slightly, then gritted his teeth and said...

"Then I'll break through to the next realm before it. As long as I break through to the Pill-Pattern Realm first, Longwind Commandery can still be defended."

"Heh, waiting for you to break through first?"

Yan Tieyi sneered, completely disregarding rank, and began to curse loudly.

"Han Dingshan, you've lived for over three hundred years. With your talent, you've entered the Treasure Ground six times in a row but haven't managed to collect Pill Pattern. How much longer do you expect it to take?"

"Ten years? Or twenty years?"

"Mystic Core demon can destroy a county in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. How many cups of tea's time does Longwind Commandery have to wait for you? How many cups of tea's time does Qingzhou have?"

Han Dingshan's once straight spine completely collapsed at this moment.

He seemed to have all his strength drained away, slumping against the stone pillar with a blank stare in his eyes.

"Impossible..."

Yan Tieyi stopped looking at him and turned to look at the Captain.

"Tie Han Dingshan up."

"The dereliction of duty by the station has been investigated and confirmed; there is no point in continuing to cover it up."

The Captain exchanged bewildered glances.

They looked at Han Dingshan, who was slumped against a stone pillar, and then at Yan Tieyi of anger. For a moment, they didn't know what to do.

Han Dingshan was, after all, their superior, and had been stationed in Longwind Commandery for many years.

However, Yan Tieyi was Deputy General sent by the Qingzhou Demon Suppression Division, and he was here on official business on the orders of Deputy General Shen Zhaoxuan. He had the authority to handle this matter.

Finally, a Captain gritted his teeth and took out the Demon-Suppressing Chains from his waist.

"Deputy General Han, I apologize for the inconvenience."

He stepped forward and wrapped the chain around Han Dingshan's wrist.

The Demon-Suppressing Chains tightened, and the runes glowed with a faint golden light.

Han Dingshan did not resist.

He simply lowered his head, letting the Captain tie him up, his eyes vacant, as if he had lost everything.

The gates of the base have been opened.

Yan Tieyi and Yang Xiao entered the largest room in the camp, followed by several Captain escorting Han Dingshan.

He was pressed into a chair, with Demon-Suppressing Chains wrapped around his wrists and ankles, runes shimmering with a faint golden light, suppressing the Spiritual Power within his body.

Yang Xiao stood in the hall, his gaze sweeping over the map on the wall before settling on a square-faced Deputy General.

Where is the Black Miasma Ravine?

After listening to the conversation between the group, Yang Xiao discerned a key location.

"About three miles northwest of the garrison, there is a place perpetually shrouded in miasma and teeming with poisonous creatures; it is a naturally dangerous place."

Yang Xiao nodded and said nothing more.

"Give me a detailed account of the Demon in this place."

The Captain was about thirty years old, thin, and had a look of fear on his face.

He glanced at Han Dingshan, who was bound by chains, then at Yan Tieyi, whose face was covered in frost, and finally lowered his head.

"Yes... yes."

He took a deep breath and began to speak.

"The Black Miasma Ravine is shrouded in poisonous fog year-round, making it impossible for ordinary people to approach. Even martial artists who enter will be corroded by the poisonous gas, suffering damage to their meridians at best, and death at worst."

"There is a Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord in the Black Miasma Ravine Core Condensation Stage, which is why we are stationed here."

Yang Xiao frowned.

He later learned that the Mysterious Core Realm is divided into three minor realms: Core Condensation, Pill Pattern, and Core Illumination. The White Ape Lord he had encountered before was in the early stage of Core Condensation and was very durable.

I wonder what tricks the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord has up his sleeve, and whether I can handle them.

"The Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord has been entrenched in the Black Miasma Ravine for over a thousand years, frequently venturing out to hunt. He also has several Scorpion Demons at the Aperture-Opening Realm under his command, though they rarely venture out."

"Until three months ago, when Deputy General Han was seriously injured in a battle with the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord, we lost all ability to control them."

"Although the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord and his Deputy General had agreed not to kill indiscriminately, both the Demon Suppression Guard and ordinary people had been killed by the other side."

At this point, the Deputy General lowered his voice, no longer daring to look at Han Dingshan.

Han Dingshan raised his head, a hint of sarcasm on his face.

"That place is rife with poison; what good will it do you to ask?"

He sneered, his gaze sweeping over Yang Xiao and Yan Tieyi.

"Let alone you, even if the Demon Suppression General himself came, he might not be able to safely enter the Black Miasma Ravine and capture the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord."

"That Demon Lord thrives in the poisonous fog. If you go in, you'll only be paralyzed by the poison and become its prey."

Yang Xiao picked up a list of casualties from Longwind Commandery in recent years from the side.

The document is filled with detailed records of the disappearances and injuries of the Demon Suppression Guard and the surrounding people.

In just three years, the number has exceeded two hundred.

Among them, there were more than 30 Demon Suppression Guard, and the rest were villagers from the surrounding villages.

Yang Xiao closed the roster and casually threw it at Han Dingshan's face.

"Snap--"

The roster hit Han Dingshan in the face, then fell to the ground, its pages scattering.

Yang Xiao looked down at him, his voice icy.

"This is what you call guarding the town?"

"For their own selfish desires, they allowed Demon to come and go as they pleased, using the lives of the Demon Suppression Guard and the missing people in the surrounding area to raise that beast?"

"If this counts as guarding the town, then I could bring a dog here and it would be the same."

The Deputy General beside him lowered his head, not daring to defend Han Dingshan.

Han Dingshan's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

Yang Xiao ignored him and turned to look at the square-faced Deputy General.

"Is the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord still in the Black Miasma Ravine?"

The square-faced Deputy General shook his head.

"No, the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord went out some time ago. According to past patterns, he should return soon."

Yang Xiao stood up.

"Lead the way."

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

The Deputy General stared blankly at Yang Xiao, seemingly unable to react.

"Deputy General Yang, you mean...?"

"Go to the Black Miasma Ravine," Yang Xiao said calmly.

The square-faced Deputy General stared at Yang Xiao, and after confirming that he was serious, his brows furrowed even more.

"Deputy General Yang, even Mysterious Core Realm Martial Artist cannot withstand the poisonous fog of the Black Miasma Ravine for long. Deputy General Han was seriously injured because of it, and you..."

"I know."

Yang Xiao interrupted him, "You don't need to do anything, just lead the way."

The square-faced lieutenant Deputy General silent for a moment, then looked at Yan Tieyi, who was sitting in the main seat. The latter smiled helplessly and put down the dossier in his hand.

"I'll go with you. I brought you out from under Deputy General Shen, and I don't feel comfortable letting you go to that dangerous place alone."

"Ready to depart."

The local officers Deputy General glances, but dared not disobey, and had no choice but to agree.

Han Dingshan, who was chained to the ground, watched Yang Xiao and the other person hastily decide on a plan to attack the Nine-Poison Scorpion Lord as soon as they arrived, and the sarcasm in his eyes grew stronger.

He didn't say anything more, just lowered his head, his expression somber.

Two young Deputy General who haven't even reached the Profound Mysterious Core Realm, and who are even new to the Black Miasma Ravine, dare to dream of dealing with a Poisonous Demon Lord in the Core Condensation Stage?

Even you yourselves returned severely injured; what further can you possibly go?

They'll probably be completely devoured by the deadly poison of that Black Miasma Ravine, leaving not even a trace of bones behind!