Hundreds of corpses lay neatly on the ground, and they were all mummified.
Jiang Changkong was almost certain that this was definitely not the work of Tiger.
Even if this giant tiger becomes a spirit, it will still eat meat and will definitely not just drink blood and devour qi and blood.
This is its nature and cannot be changed.
Unless it has been cultivated into a high-level demon.
This is unlikely.
So far, I haven't heard of any high-level demons existing in this area hundreds of miles away.
If there was, it would definitely not be hidden from the Demon Suppression Division.
Under the bright light of the sword's heart, Jiang Changkong saw that the death energy was swirling around in this space, as if there were countless ferocious figures wandering and entangled.
Jiang Changkong fell silent as he looked at the neatly arranged mummies on the ground.
Among these people are gangsters and family members of gangsters. No matter what their status is, becoming a mummy cannot be voluntary.
In other words, there are people who practice evil heretics and have their blood and blood essence extracted.
If it weren't for the giant tiger who might have become a high-level demon, then as far as he knew, the only ones who could do this were the Corpse Refining Sect and the Blood God Sect.
Of course, there may be other evil ways, but these are the only two he knows about so far.
Devouring and sucking hundreds of people, including young children, men, women, old and young, into mummies... This is simply insane and completely out of touch with humanity.
Jiang Changkong finally understood why the imperial court had zero tolerance for those who worshiped the Blood God Cult.
Only by witnessing such a heartbreaking scene can one feel the shock that strikes the soul.
Law enforcers kill people to protect weaker ordinary people.
And these people kill people completely trampling on human morality and being crazy. They even attacked unarmed ordinary people with their butcher knives.
In their minds, these people are not people, but food and cultivation resources.
Just as he was sighing, the entire cave was filled with cold air, and under the rolling death energy, strange human figures appeared one after another.
There are many heads, many arms, and many legs. These weird things are like piecing together these parts from life.
There is currently no definite explanation as to how strange things are formed after death.
But Jiang Changkong believes that it is most likely caused by strong obsession, just like Li Jinnan's eldest wife and her daughter before.
The baby evil spirit died before it was born, and formed stronger evil thoughts, thus forming the evil spirit's strangeness.
Therefore, from this point of view, the death of hundreds of people here caused the strangeness. There is a high probability that they were forced to die, and they had resentment in their hearts, which led to the birth of the strangeness.
These people died peacefully, but that doesn't mean they really wanted to die.
And the apparent tranquility is just an illusion, otherwise there would be no weirdness.
As the strange things formed one by one, the icy cold atmosphere in the entire cave became thicker, the temperature dropped sharply, and the light became darker and darker, as if they had entered the Nine Nether Abyss.
In less than a moment, seventy or eighty strange things appeared, all pieced together to look strange.
But all the strange things are hideous and very ferocious.
After these strange things formed, perhaps because they felt how scary Jiang Changkong was, they didn't dare to approach him at first.
But when more and more weird people gathered together, they actually united and rushed towards Jiang Changkong.
Jiang Changkong would not feel pity for these weird people just because they were pitiful in life and death.
Weird things are just weird and do not belong to humans. As the Black Guards of the Demon Suppression Division, of course they must be killed.
With a casual wave of his hand, the majestic sword intention turned into a big sword and slashed out horizontally.
Wherever the big sword passed, these ferocious looking monsters were killed and turned into nothingness before they could get close to Jiang Changkong.
[Dao fruit: +1+1+1+1+1+1+1...]
In the sword code space, a large number of white light spots appeared.
Killing Weird and obtained 81 white Dao fruits... although the energy of these white Dao fruits is very weak.
But this still surprised Jiang Changkong.
Make money this time!
The strangeness disappeared, the temperature in the entire cave began to rise, and the light became brighter.
Even the death energy has dissipated a lot.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Jiang Changkong stepped forward and touched the corpse... Suddenly his eyes lit up.
There is still money!
These people are all dead, and there is no place to spend the money in the world. He took them away for their own good.
Then it started to turn over...
But what made him regretful was that after turning over all the corpses, he only had a few dozen taels of silver, including a lot of broken silver.
It is impossible for a bandit den with hundreds of people to have only such a small amount of money.
"If it wasn't taken away by outsiders, it might have been hidden somewhere."
Then he began to search everywhere in the bandits' den.
But the result was a huge disappointment for him.
There was no money, not even anything valuable.
Jiang Changkong returned to the cave full of corpses.
He didn't know if these corpses would cause strangeness again, but just in case, he piled some dry wood and burned all the corpses with a fire.
Then he sealed the cave and left.
What kind of people came here to kill all these gangsters and their families, and what happened to the giant tiger. So far, there are no clues.
Jiang Changkong could only keep it in mind.
After finding the horse after going down the mountain, he rode it back to Nanping Town.
There was no movement in the Guan family, and Jiang Changkong basically didn't leave the patrol room.
There is no high-level Zhuangti Powder in Nanping Town, only the intermediate level. Although the effect is much worse for Jiang Changkong now, it is still better than nothing.
Zhang Hu was asked to buy these, while he continued to practice his sword in the yard.
The days are back to the past again.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
With the resources available, Zhang Hu finally broke through and entered the third level of martial arts he dreamed of.
At the moment of breakthrough, Zhang Hu was so excited that he almost cried.
He knew that from today on, he would have the opportunity to become the Black Guards of the Demon Suppression Division and officially become a member of the imperial court!
He has been waiting for this day for too long!
Today, hope finally becomes a reality.
"Master Jiang, I, Zhang Hu, am today thanks to you! From today on, I, Zhang Hu, will follow you and never betray!"
In the secret room, Zhang Hu looked serious, clenched his fists, and made his oath with firm eyes.
Patrol room.
Zhao Long and Wang Dazhuang were very envious when they saw Zhang Hu's breakthrough.
"Congratulations to Brother Zhang!"
"Congratulations to Brother Zhang!"
"Haha, thank you."
Zhang Hu cupped his fists and smiled.
"Let's go find the adults."
The three of them walked towards the courtyard where Jiang Changkong was.
At this time, Jiang Changkong was practicing his sword.
He can now swing his sword up to 4,000 times a day. He has also opened up the fourth divine treasure and entered the late stage of the fourth level of martial arts.
The physical body has been improved.
After his physical body improved, he began to take time to practice the art of drawing swords.
After five days, the sword-drawing technique was finally about to break through.
As the last sword was drawn out, swung out, and retracted, he finally mastered the sword-drawing technique to the sixth level.
A smile appeared on Jiang Changkong's face.
The speed and power of the sword-drawing technique at level 6 are greatly improved compared to level 5.
As for the realm of sword swinging, based on his sword swinging speed and physical strength these days, it only takes three or four days to break through.
This visible improvement made him happy.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was a knock on the door.
Jiang Changkong swept his sword and found Zhang Hu, Zhao Long and Wang Dazhuang.
With a wave of his hand, the invisible sword intention opened the door.
The three of them filed in.
"Breakthrough?"
Jiang Changkong noticed the difference in Zhang Hu's aura at the first glance, and his eyes lit up.
"Thanks to my lord, my subordinate finally made a breakthrough!"
Zhang Hu said with a smile and cupped his fists.
Although the words were spoken calmly, the tone was not calm.
It can be seen that he is excited.
Jiang Changkong nodded and said with a smile: "Very good. Let's pack up later and follow me to Qinghe County."
Zhang Hu was overjoyed, cupped his fists and said, "Yes, sir!"
Then he immediately turned around and left.
After a while, the two horses set off from Nanping Town and headed towards Qinghe County.
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Guan family.
A guard quickly entered the hall.
"Sir, Jiang Changkong and Zhang Hu are riding to Qinghe County."
Guan Shuntong squinted his eyes, his eyes cold.
"Is there anyone else?"
"No, just the two of them."
"It seems that Tongtianwei should have left Nanping Town..."
"Inform the young master of this matter immediately."
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, a flying eagle soared into the sky and disappeared into the distance in an instant.
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Qinghe County.
Department of Demon Suppression.
Zhang Hu put on a brand new uniform and a brand new waist knife, his face full of joy.
From today on, he is the Black Guard of the Demon Suppression Department.
At the same time, he is also a subordinate of Tongtianwei Jiang Changkong.
Wu Tang.
Wei Fuguang said to Jiang Changkong: "From today on, you will serve in the county seat. I will rearrange people from Nanping Town."
"From now on, East Street is your management territory."
"But I want to remind you that this place is different from Nanping Town. We are only responsible for suppressing weird monsters. Public security is only auxiliary and has certain management authority. Taxation and most of the public security belong to the county government."
Jiang Changkong was moved in his heart, thought for a while and said, "You mean, we have some intersection with the county government in terms of public security, but we can use the name of weirdness or demons to carry out multi-faceted management."
Wei Fuguang's eyes shone and he said with a smile: "Hahaha, a boy can be taught!"
"My subordinates made me explain for a long time before they finally understood. I am relieved that you can think of it so quickly!"
"In this way, after you get familiar with it for a while, the entire Dongcheng will be under your control!"
"The whole Dongcheng?" Jiang Changkong was a little confused.
Without taxes, there will be less oil and water, and it has to expand from East Street to the entire East City at once. Isn’t this thankless?
Wei Fuguang seemed to see his doubts and whispered: "There is a gang in Qinghe County called the Blood Ax Gang. It is related to the people in the county. The main hall is located in Dongcheng."
Gang, Blood Ax Gang... Jiang Changkong's heart moved.
"Sir, can you tell me the specific situation of this Blood Ax Gang?"
"Okay. It's like this..."
After listening to Wei Fuguang's introduction, Jiang Changkong suddenly understood.
It turns out that the Blood Ax Gang is equivalent to the Guan family in Nanping Town. They control almost all the industries in Dongcheng, but they pay taxes to the government.
To put it bluntly, the Blood Ax Gang is a corporate group.
But the Blood Ax Gang is a gang after all, and there are always some dirty things going on in it, and it can't be kept clean. And this is where “management” comes into play.
According to Wei Fuguang's introduction, there is not only a Blood Ax Gang in Qinghe County, but also a Black Wolf Gang in Xicheng.
The type is the same as that of the Blood Ax Gang, which controls most of the industries in West City.
But in fact, many industries are owned by the city defense army and county government. They are the major shareholders, but they are officially managed by the Black Wolf Gang.
"Does Zhenmo Division have any industry?" Jiang Changkong asked.
"No." Wei Fuguang said with a serious look: "The Demon Suppression Division has regulations that absolutely do not allow involvement of local industries, and no one is allowed!"
Jiang Changkong nodded.
This provision is correct.
Only in this way can the impartiality of the Demon Suppression Division be guaranteed.
But there must be some people who use their power for personal gain, or use their strength for personal gain. This kind of thing is difficult to prevent.
According to regulations, once such things are discovered, they will be punished and even be directly eliminated from the team of the Demon Suppression Division.
But regulations are just regulations, and ultimately people still need to operate them.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are disputes and tactics.
But to Jiang Changkong, these are meaningless.
It's not that he's not good at intrigues, it's just that he doesn't bother to do it.
What can be solved with a sword cannot be solved with the mouth.
He doesn't like trouble and is used to getting things done once and for all.
Just like the matter of closing the family.
Next, Jiang Changkong lived in Qinghe County Town Yaosi.
He has a separate room and courtyard, and Zhang Hu lives next to him.
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City defense force.
City Guards House.
In a mansion near the left, Guan Yulong listened to the guard's report.
"Sir, according to the news, Jiang Changkong has been certified as a Bronze Warrior Guard and is now living in the Demon Suppression Division. It seems that he has stayed there for a long time."
"Hmph, you are under my nose, do you still want to live?"
Guan Yulong's eyes were dark and cold.
"Continue to monitor, I want to know his every move!"
"Yes, sir."
The guard clasped his fists and left.
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Jiang Changkong only walked around East Street and the entire East City with Zhang Hu on the first day, and asked Zhang Hu to go to East Street alone on the second day to perform duty.
But he told Zhang Hu that cultivation should be given priority at present, and duty was just a matter of incident.
Zhang Hu was very grateful for this. He was even more fortunate that he had not followed the wrong person. He was also even more fortunate that he did not have a conflict with Jiang Changkong because of Jiang Bieliang's pension. He has been working conscientiously for Jiang Changkong since then.
The cultivation resources of Qinghe County Town Demon Division are compared to Nanping Town Patrol Room, which is one day and one place.
Apart from anything else, just because every meal of the Demon Suppression Division is full of big fish and meat is something that the poor patrol house in Nanping Town can't compare with.
Even if Zhang Hu doesn't have money to buy cultivation resources such as Zhuangti Powder, just these meals can make his cultivation level improve quickly.
Four days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the courtyard, Jiang Changkong was practicing his sword.
With a flash of sword light, the energy and blood in the body finally reached the critical point, and the energy, blood and sword energy of the five great gods gathered rapidly.
boom!
An acupuncture point was instantly broken through, and the cultivation level suddenly broke through!
The fifth level of martial arts - Tongqiao Realm!
As soon as his mind moved, Qi and blood roared in the body, and majestic power emerged in the body.
At the same time, the sword intention broke through again and reached level six!
Jiang Changkong's lips curved into a satisfied smile.
At this moment, the sword code opened a page again, with two large golden characters written on it: Sword Step.
Then, a message came into my mind...
"Sword Step: Divided into ten levels..."
Jiang Changkong's eyes suddenly lit up.
He has been cultivating his sword skills for a long time, but he only lacks excellent body skills.
The movement techniques used in daily combat are only the simplest footwork among the basic sword techniques.
Now after the breakthrough, "Sword Code" finally releases its body skills.
The information was quickly transmitted, and Jiang Changkong finally knew why he had to reach the fifth level of martial arts to practice the "Sword Step".
It turns out that "Sword Step" has very high requirements on the physical body and soul, the flexibility and mastery of the body, and even extremely high requirements on the energy, blood and sword energy in the body.
"Sword Step" is not an ordinary footwork, but a movement method that can attack and defend at extremely high speeds.
It is necessary to let the Qi, Blood and Sword Element reach any corner of the body in a flash of thought.
And these requirements can only be achieved after he breaks through to the fifth level of martial arts and can successfully open the acupuncture points.
Jiang Changkong was delighted when he made a breakthrough in cultivation and obtained the movement technique "Sword Step" released by the "Sword Code".
Those who are at the fifth level of martial arts can apply to become Silver Guards, but Silver Guards are more demanding than Bronze Guards. It not only requires strength, but also requires other comprehensive assessments.
Most people can pass the examination only when they are in the middle or late stage of the fifth level of martial arts.
Therefore, after breaking through to the fifth level, Jiang Changkong was not prepared to report the matter to Wei Fuguang immediately.
Moreover, Wei Fuguang is in retreat and cannot report for the time being.
The more important reason is that now that the cultivation level has been broken through and the goal has been achieved, the Guan family's affairs can be solved.
He plans to go to Nanping Town tonight to completely resolve this matter, including Guan Yulong.
He didn't want anyone to know about this, including Wei Fuguang.
Continue to practice.
In the courtyard, Jiang Changkong walked with mysterious steps, and his figure kept wandering around.
It was a bit awkward at first, but he became proficient in it in just a moment. The "Sword Step" knowledge that was instilled in his mind seemed to be copied every step he took, making him more and more proficient.
As his body skills continued to become more proficient, he began to perform the "Sword Step" while swinging his sword.
Even after swinging the sword for a while, he began to practice the art of drawing the sword.
I don’t know if it’s because the basic swordsmanship is perfect and the footwork has become instinctive.
Or should I say that this kind of joint practice is more beneficial to the understanding of body skills.
The progress of the sword step was faster than he imagined, and the whole process was like an epiphany.
After practicing wholeheartedly, his body skills improved by leaps and bounds.
His afterimage and sword shadow are everywhere in the courtyard.
This state lasted until night.
It wasn't until Zhang Hu knocked on the door that he stopped.
At this time, he actually practiced the sword step to the second level.
Jiang Changkong showed a satisfied look on his face.
In just one afternoon, I was able to practice the new "Sword Step" to the second level. This improvement speed is very good.
After breaking through to the fifth level of cultivation, his physical body was already very powerful. He could use Dao Fruit to practice martial arts or improve his cultivation level, but Jiang Changkong did not immediately improve it.
There will be a big move tonight, and the cause and effect with the Guan family must be completely resolved, especially with Guan Yulong, there will inevitably be a big battle.
The uses of the eleven light green Dao Fruits and the eighty-one light white Dao Fruits can be determined according to the situation at critical moments.
Usually I still focus on active cultivation.
I glanced at the sky. It was cloudy tonight and the moon appeared and disappeared.
He turned and looked outside again.
The corners of Jiang Changkong's mouth curved into a cold arc.
"The weather is pretty good tonight... I'm afraid everyone in the Guan family can't wait, otherwise they wouldn't be so interested in me during this period."
Although he didn't deliberately inquire about the Guan family, he knew that the Guan family had been paying attention to him.
During the few days he was practicing, he often sensed people passing by outside his courtyard intentionally or unintentionally.
If you are passing by normally, it's okay, but if you pass by from time to time and look here from time to time, there will be a problem.
The other party didn't know that his sword intent could reach one hundred and fifty meters.
Such a long distance, not to mention this courtyard and outside the courtyard wall, even next door and the front yard, it is not a problem as long as he wants to know the situation.
This person's name is Wan Haiyun, a Bronze Military Guard, and he is twenty-eight years old this year.
There are many people in the Demon Suppression Department, but many of them have gone on missions, so they seem very deserted on weekdays.
Therefore, this Wan Haiyun looking around from time to time seems very abrupt.
On the surface, he seemed to be passing by, but Jiang Changkong, who had sword intent and was very sensitive to breath and emotions, was very sure that the other party was actually monitoring him.
He had just come to the Demon Suppression Division and had not offended anyone. Wei Fuguang also took good care of him, and his life experience was innocent. There was no need for the Demon Suppression Division to monitor him.
And the only one in Qinghe County who had any issues with him was Guan Yulong.
Therefore, Jiang Changkong was almost certain that Wan Haiyun was Guan Yulong's spy.
Jiang Changkong has always disliked seeing people like this.
If this person continues to be involved in his affairs with the Guan family in the future, he would not mind finding an opportunity to destroy him.
Even though he used the sword's heart to check clearly, he didn't find any black energy on top of the opponent's head.
In other words, the other party is not a villain as determined by the system.
But this does not mean that Jiang Changkong will be soft-hearted and repay evil with kindness.
After eating the dinner sent by Zhang Hu.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Jiang Changkong changed into night clothes, avoided the others, and quickly entered the night.
