The Best Way to Solve a Problem: Eliminate the Person Who Raised It

What?

Zhang Wei's expression abruptly turned cold.

He had long since learned what Chu He had done in Moon Ancient Village and had also issued an order demanding an explanation from the Divine Sword Sect.

The sect master of the Divine Sword Sect had even written an apology to the thousand-household commander over this. He had thought the matter was settled.

Yet he had never expected:

A disciple had actually come to the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters to cause trouble!

These sect disciples were growing more and more lawless. They thought the court's declining strength and the chaos springing up everywhere meant they could provoke it.

"Sir, what should we do?"

The Demon Suppression Guards of the Third Battalion all looked grim. The thousand-household commander had personally given the order; this problem had to be resolved as soon as possible.

Moreover, that member of the Divine Sword Sect was shouting at the entrance, clearly trying to stir up public opinion and use its weight to pressure them.

To make the Demon Suppression Bureau punish Chu He severely!

"Let him into the camp." Zhang Wei's expression chilled. "I'd like to see exactly what he intends to do."

"Yes!"

A Demon Suppression Guard answered and was about to leave.

However!

Chu He called out to stop him:

"Wait!"

"Sir, this matter started because of me, so naturally, I should resolve it myself. This cup of wine can wait until I return."

With that!

Chu He turned and headed outside the Demon Suppression Bureau. Lu Feng and the other four immediately followed. Some other Demon Suppression Guards followed as well, intending to see how Chu He would resolve this problem.

Outside the Demon Suppression Bureau!

Several hundred people had gathered, including quite a few of the city's powerful figures and members of aristocratic families, all looking ready to watch a show.

Times were no longer what they had been!

The court was weakening, and mighty contenders were rising everywhere!

Furthermore, the Demon Suppression Bureau had previously possessed not only the authority to slay demons and eradicate fiends, but also the duty to oversee local sects, aristocratic families, and officials!

Thus, it had never been on particularly good terms with the local powerful figures!

Naturally, they were happy to see it made a laughingstock.

"Interesting. The Divine Sword Sect might not amount to much, but the Demon Suppression Guards' indiscriminate killing of innocents this time could easily stir up public outrage."

"It all depends on how the Demon Suppression Bureau handles this. If they can settle it, fine. If not, something serious could happen. After all, Yun Province is remote, and plenty of people have their own designs."

The spectators spoke among themselves in low voices.

They had all come to see how the Demon Suppression Bureau would handle this: forcefully drive the man away, or back down and punish Chu He.

"Come out! Why isn't anyone coming out?"

"Does the Great Qian Demon Suppression Bureau not even have a place where reason can be heard? My junior brother and junior sister were clearly slaying demons and eradicating fiends! How did they become White Lotus Cult remnants, slaughtered by the Demon Suppression Bureau for no reason?"

A bald, burly man threw his head back and roared in grief and indignation, "They were only in their twenties! They'd only just reached adulthood!"

"Which dog is barking its head off?"

An icy voice came from inside the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Everyone looked over!

They saw!

A cold-faced man wearing a flying fish robe, with a company commander's token hanging at his waist, strode outside. His face was icy, and with every step, the killing intent around him seemed to grow stronger.

"Sir, how... do you plan to handle this?"

Lu Feng hurried up behind Chu He and asked anxiously. His instincts told him that his superior intended to handle this in his own way.

At that moment!

The bald man looked at Chu He as he emerged and immediately said:

"Someone finally came out. But do you think a mere company commander can handle this? At the very least, send a hundred-household commander."

"The Demon Suppression Bureau is an institution of the imperial court. We of the Divine Sword Sect have come to seek justice. Just hand over Chu He."

Hand over myself?

Chu He stepped through the Demon Suppression Bureau's gates.

He looked at the bald man ahead. His cultivation was at the Second Rank Late Stage, and he carried a sense of weight and solidity, clearly a practitioner of the heavy sword path.

"Lu Feng."

"Present, sir."

"What is the punishment for deliberately provoking the Demon Suppression Bureau?"

"Sir, His Majesty of Great Qian once declared that anyone who deliberately provokes the Demon Suppression Bureau is to be killed without mercy!"

Lu Feng hurriedly answered.

At the same time!

Chu He gripped the Demon-Suppressing Saber with his right hand and drew it outright.

Clang!

A flash of saber light flickered between heaven and earth.

"Fuck, why am I flying?" The bald man felt a chill across his neck and looked down, only to see a headless corpse standing where he had been, sinking helplessly to its knees.

"Huh... why do that headless corpse's clothes look so familiar? They look exactly like what I wore today..."

Before the bald man could figure it out, he lost consciousness completely.

Hiss...

Sharp intakes of breath rose one after another.

What had they just seen?

That Chu He had actually drawn his saber outright and sent the bald man's head spiraling into the sky?

A Second Rank Late Stage expert had died on the spot, right before their eyes, without even putting up a fight.

Granted.

Second Rank experts did not amount to much to the Demon Suppression Bureau, but that was because the Demon Suppression Bureau represented the foremost power in Yun Province.

Elsewhere, Second Rank experts could dominate an entire region, lacking neither wealth and luxury nor status.

"Fuck, am I dreaming? This company commander is vicious! He came straight out and killed him without even exchanging a word."

"If he'd shown even the slightest sign of attacking, that Divine Sword Sect disciple wouldn't have died so easily."

Everyone lamented the bald man's fate.

"Company commander, wasn't that rather too ruthless of you? Can the Demon Suppression Bureau truly disregard the law and kill people as it pleases?"

A middle-aged man in a wealthy gentleman's robe stepped forward and said leisurely, "Besides, he only wanted to seek justice, yet you cut him down outright. Could you be shielding that Chu He?"

His imposing presence flickered. He, too, was a Second Rank Late Stage expert, a disciple of a great Lineage in Yun Province.

"Shielding him?"

Chu He sneered and said, "This piece of trash was barking madly at the Demon Suppression Bureau's gates. Under Great Qian law, he deserved execution."

"I am Company Commander Chu He. If any of you are still dissatisfied, you can file a complaint against me. But before that, feel the lump on your shoulders and see whether it's hard enough."

"And if you dare say one more word, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death. Want to try?"

"You... I..."

The brocade-robed man who had just spoken grew somewhat incoherent, but he did not dare say anything more.

His instincts told him that if he dared say another word, today truly might become the anniversary of his death.

"Sir, if we resolve the problem like this, won't it be difficult to explain to Hundred-Household Commander Zhang?"

Lu Feng spoke to Chu He in a low voice.

"Remember, the fastest way to solve a problem in this world is to eliminate the person who raised it."

Chu He spoke coldly.

With that.

He sheathed his saber and strode into the Demon Suppression Bureau, saying icily, "Clean up the entrance."

"Yes."

Lu Feng hurriedly answered.

As he looked at the headless corpse on the ground, towering waves surged through his heart. Although he had suspected this might happen, witnessing Chu He strike and kill the man outright still left him unable to calm down.

Even Lu Feng and the others, members of the Demon Suppression Bureau themselves, were so shocked, let alone the onlookers:

"How could a mere company commander dare do this? Isn't he afraid of becoming the target of every arrow?"

"He killed someone on the spot at the Demon Suppression Bureau's gates for no reason. Could he have some backing none of us knows about?"

For a time.

Everyone began speculating, their guesses growing increasingly outlandish!

In the end!

There were even claims that Chu He was the illegitimate son of Yun Province's garrison commissioner.