Sweeping Away the Demon Beasts

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you during this time, Miss Lu."

Then, Lu Feng took out over a hundred bottles of low-grade pills from his pocket.

These were spoils he had plundered from various enemies; with his current cultivation level, these low-grade pills were no longer of any use.

"You decide what to do with these pills."

"Good."

Lu Shuang took it, but her face remained completely expressionless.

It was as if these hundreds of bottles of pills were nothing more than ordinary objects to her.

Afterwards, Lu Feng summoned all the personnel of Commandant Lu's office to the main hall for a meeting.

Before long, everyone gathered in the hall.

There were over a hundred people—more than double the number when Lu Feng left.

"Greetings, Captain! Greetings..."

Everyone bowed in unison, but when they called out Lu Shuang's name, they all froze, unsure of what to call her.

Just then, Lu Feng spoke:

"This is Lu Shuang, from the Headquarters Demon-Slaying Bureau the Central Province Headquarters. From this day forward, I appoint her as the Deputy Commandant of Commandant Lu's Office. From now on, all affairs, large and small, within the office will be under her command!"

"Yes!"

The crowd responded with a resounding roar of agreement.

Seeing that no one showed the slightest surprise on their faces, Lu Feng was rather puzzled.

He waved his hand, announcing the disbandment.

As soon as everyone left the main hall, the murmurs began to rise again.

"See? I knew it! It must be the captain's wife!"

"Hindsight is 20/20! I could tell the moment the lady entered the manor!"

"Hey, tell me... have the captain and his wife consummated their marriage?"

Which one?

"That one, please!"

Inside the main hall, both Lu Feng and Lu Shuang's expressions became somewhat unnatural.

Clearly, every word of those discussions reached their ears.

"I suddenly remembered I have something urgent to take care of, I need to go there first!"

Lu Shuang left those words behind and walked towards the palace gate without looking back, her pace more than twice as fast as usual.

"Wait a moment!"

Lu Feng called out to her retreating figure.

Lu Shuang, who was about to step out of the palace gate, suddenly froze.

What... what did he call me for?

Was it because of the disciples' discussion earlier?

Is he... going to explain something to me?

Or is it...?

For a moment, Lu Shuang's mind was in complete chaos.

Just then, Lu Feng spoke again:

"Does Miss Lu have a map showing the distribution of demonic beasts around the North City Demon-Slaying Bureau?"

"... ah?"

Lu Shuang's expectation shattered, followed by a complex expression that was hard to define as either relief or disappointment.

She silently took out a scroll from her bosom, and with a gentle flick of her wrist, the scroll flew steadily into Lu Feng's hand.

"This is a hand-drawn sketch I made yesterday. Many areas haven't been verified yet, so it may not be accurate."

After saying that, without waiting for Lu Feng's response, she turned and left, quickly disappearing outside the hall.

Lu Feng took the map. He had only asked casually, but he didn't expect her to actually have it.

He will soon be setting off for Central Province, and his interface is now completely clean, without a single Demon Points remaining.

I'll take advantage of this time to hunt down some monsters in the surrounding area and build up my resources.

He unfolded the map and examined it carefully.

"Huh?"

On the map, it was clear which area was inhabited by which monsters, their rank, and their approximate numbers.

For areas that could not be verified in time, a question mark was marked in red ink.

"This is called a rough sketch? It's more detailed than any patrol map I've ever seen."

"Oh? A Fifth-Tier Demon Lord is actually entrenched in the Far North Icefield!"

The entire map was marked with one Fifth-Tier Demon Lord, more than a dozen fourth-tier Demon King, and countless demon beasts below the third tier.

Looking at the map, a perfect route to slay the demon had already taken shape in Lu Feng's mind.

Starting from the Demon-Slaying Bureau, first head to the nearest Demon Wind Forest; then head north to Blackwater Marsh; then turn northeast and wipe out Crimson Flame Valley;

Then they headed straight for the Far North Icefield to meet that Fifth-Tier Demon Lord; then they went south to the Stone Armor Mountain Range; then they turned onto the Azure Wolf Ridge; and finally returned to the Demon-Slaying Bureau.

Lu Feng found Lu Shuang, informed her, and then prepared to set off.

"You just got back, aren't you going to rest for a bit before leaving again?"

Upon hearing that he was going to slay a demon, Lu Shuang blurted out instinctively.

"I'm better suited to breakthroughs in battle than to secluded rooms for arduous training."

"With you at Commandant Lu's residence, I feel at ease."

Having said that, he activated his True Essence Walking on Air, soaring into the sky towards the direction of the Demon Wind Forest.

Half an hour later, the Demon Wind Forest was already beneath their feet.

There were quite a few warriors from the Demon-Slaying Bureau carrying out their missions in the forest, but Lu Feng used his Walking on Air, his figure as fast as lightning, and swept over everyone's heads without anyone noticing.

Venturing deeper into the inner area, they arrived at the monster gathering area marked on the map. Sure enough, dozens of third-tier monsters were entrenched there.

Lu Feng drew his Bloodthirsty Saber with a backhand motion.

He didn't activate even a fraction of his True Essence.

He swung the sword with only his physical strength.

"Whoosh--!"

Those ferocious demonic beasts, even among the third-tier monsters, were as fragile as paper in front of this blade.

The blade passed through without the slightest obstruction, the entire operation completed in one smooth motion.

[Successfully slayed a Tier 3 monster, gaining 100,000 Demon Points.]

[Successfully slayed a Tier 3 monster, gaining 100,000 Demon Points.]

Even more bizarrely!

Every time the Bloodthirsty Saber slays a demonic beast, the beast's blood transforms into wisps of blood energy that automatically seep into the blade.

The blade also turned a shade redder, an eerie, gleaming red.

In just a few breaths, dozens of third-tier demonic beasts had been slaughtered.

Then, Lu Feng sheathed his sword, rose into the air, and flew towards his next destination Blackwater Marsh.

Three days later, he arrived at the Far North Icefield.

The ice and snow here never melt, and the cold wind is like a knife.

However, for Lu Feng, who possessed the cultivation level of Great Grandmaster, this bit of cold was nothing.

Because of its remote location and distance from the Demon-Slaying Bureau, very few martial artists are willing to venture here, resulting in a considerable number of demonic beasts accumulating over the years.

Lu Feng glanced around and saw at least tens of thousands of them, mostly first or second tier.

Faced with this dark, swarming beast, Lu Feng neither used his sword formation nor the Four Symbols Formation.

He planned to use the monsters here to hone the Bloodthirsty Saber.

"Clang!"

With his long sword drawn, he charged forward, cutting straight into the horde of beasts!

[Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points.]

[Successfully slayed a Tier 1 wolf demon, gaining 1000 Demon Points.]

One after another, the monsters fell to the ground.

Strangely, the ground was not stained with any blood, not even a trace of blood could be found.

All the blood was devoured by the Bloodthirsty Saber the moment the monster fell.

Three hours later.

The once densely packed herd of beasts has been completely slaughtered.

Lu Feng glanced at the panel:

[Demon Points: 86 million]

"It's still better to be in a place teeming with monsters like this; that's where you can farm Demon Points really fast," Lu Feng muttered to himself.

After visiting those other places, we still hadn't raised enough for ten million.

He shook his slightly sore arms.

Even with his current physical body, wielding the sword for an extended period without activating his True Essence was starting to take its toll.