Chapter 115 : Demon-Catching Guard
Chapter 115: Demon-Catching Guard
“This is a Jade-Faced Shark variant. When refined into a spirit dish and consumed, it can expel turbid qi from the body, beautify the face, and make the skin fragrant.” Chen Beiwu introduced.
“Thank you for your gift, I really like it.” Xu Lingling’s eyes revealed surprise. She clutched the jade box tightly in her left hand while her right hand subconsciously brushed the strands of hair by her ear.
Chen Beiwu smiled, then took out another gift box from his storage pouch.
“Another gift?” Xu Lingling asked in surprise.
Chen Beiwu shook his head and explained, “This is not from me. It’s compensation brought in person by the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he opened the box, revealing the Purplefire Dendrobium inside.
On the surface, it looked as if the head of the Purple Dendrobium Chamber of Commerce had come to apologize to him. But in truth, the offering was directed at Xu Lingling.
Otherwise, the gift should have been water- or wood-attribute spiritual medicine, not simply the fire-attribute Purplefire Dendrobium.
Hearing that this wasn’t a gift from Chen Beiwu, Xu Lingling’s interest immediately waned. She reached out her right hand and pushed the box back.
“If it’s not your gift, then I don’t want it.” She gave a sweet smile.
Chen Beiwu did not insist and put the Purplefire Dendrobium away.
Just then, a small monkey, no taller than a child, with a two-foot-long tail, slightly yellow fur, and emerald eyes, pushed over a dining cart.
【Species】: Dexterous Ape
【Attribute】: Wood
【Bloodline】: First-Tier High Grade (Exotic Beast)
【Innate Talent】: Mindful Dexterity (Intelligence close to humans, capable of learning simple weapon-making)
“Ji ji ji.”
Placing the dishes on the table one by one, the Dexterous Ape gave a salute before turning and leaving.
Noticing Chen Beiwu’s gaze, Xu Lingling asked curiously, “What’s the matter?”
“Nothing.” Chen Beiwu withdrew his eyes.
He was just a little curious that the waiter of Li’s Teahouse was actually a Dexterous Ape with forty-nine years of cultivation.
For an exotic beast of this level, it had already reached the limit of a Spirit. If it could take one more Blood-Exchanging Pill, it might have a chance to ascend to the second realm as a Lesser Beast. How could it end up working as a waiter?
Could it be working to save money to buy pills?
But soon, Chen Beiwu’s attention shifted to the dishes of Li’s Teahouse, as he began tasting and analyzing the recipes and cooking techniques.
After a simple lunch, Xu Lingling suggested, “Shall we go out for a walk?”
“I still have matters this afternoon.” Chen Beiwu refused.
“Alright then.” Xu Lingling’s expression betrayed her disappointment.
“Ji ji ji!” The Dexterous Ape suddenly let out a terrified cry.
“Stupid monkey, what are you screaming for? It’s just the Law Enforcement Bureau making a move, nothing worth panicking about.”
A burly man at the next table grabbed the ape by the neck and looked outside the building.
“Tiger roars in the mountains, frightening a hundred beasts… Could it be that the Law Enforcement Bureau has dispatched the Demon-Catching Guard?” An old man muttered in a low voice.
“Grandpa, what do you mean by tiger roars in the mountains?” a child asked curiously.
“Roar!”
A tiger’s roar, infused with mana, exploded violently. The shockwave made the floor of the teahouse tremble like an earthquake, frightening the child into loud cries.
Seeing the unease in Xu Lingling’s eyes, Chen Beiwu softly comforted her, “It’s fine, the Law Enforcement Bureau is already handling it.”
Meanwhile, his divine sense spread out, “seeing” five streaks of light land in the commercial district of the school.
There, four enormous tigers—jet-black in body, fur like steel needles, heads like millstones, with left eyes blood-red and right eyes silver-white—encircled a demonic shadow with wary expressions.
【Species】: Suppressing Fiend Tiger (Black Resentment Tiger)
【Attribute】: Metal
【Bloodline】: Second-Tier Low Grade (Spirit Beast)
【Innate Talent】: Innate Heterochromia (able to track blood qi and resentment), Tiger’s Suppression (its roar releases fiend-suppressing qi that can annihilate evil spirits and divine sense)
Soon, with a streak of green light descending, the tigers’ grave expressions vanished instantly.
“A mere second-realm Lesser Beast, only four hundred years of cultivation, dares harm the people of the Immortal Alliance.”
Hearing this, Chen Beiwu’s heart jumped, and he hurriedly retracted his divine sense.
Even a second-realm Lesser Beast with four hundred years of cultivation was not taken seriously. This Demon-Catching Guard, tasked with suppressing remnants of the Beast Race, was at least a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator—not someone he could casually spy on.
Ignoring the divine sense probing nearby, Tian Chang closed his right hand in the air. The demonic shadow besieged by the Suppressing Fiend Tigers immediately spat blood and fell unconscious.
It had been many years since any remnants of the Beast Race appeared in Yuan-Kong County.
Now that one finally showed up, Tian Chang did not mind letting the county’s Foundation Establishment cultivators witness, to display the authority of the Demon-Catching Guard.
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Li’s Teahouse.
“Grandpa, there’s a monster!” the child cried loudly.
“Don’t cry, don’t cry. With the Demon-Catching Guard here, no monster can cause trouble.” The old man comforted as he hugged the child.
Young cultivators in Yuan-Kong County nowadays only knew of the Law Enforcement Bureau, but the older generation mostly knew of the Demon-Catching Guard as well.
The Demon-Catching Guard was under the Law Enforcement Bureau, one of the three major institutions of the Immortal Alliance. They were responsible for maintaining order, suppressing, monitoring, and hunting remnants of the Beast Race. Normally, they did not interfere in human cultivators’ affairs.
Every time the Demon-Catching Guard took action, a tiger’s roar would sound as a warning and deterrence. This was to remind cultivators nearby to stay vigilant and avoid harm from Beast Race remnants.
Listening to the surrounding chatter, Chen Beiwu looked at Xu Lingling, “For safety’s sake, let’s wait a bit longer before leaving.”
“Mhm, I’ll listen to you.” Xu Lingling subconsciously replied.
After a while, no more tiger roars sounded, replaced instead by the chimes of people’s phones.
【Demonic Threat Eliminated! Law Enforcement Bureau strikes with thunder, eradicating a blood sacrifice den in Yuan-Kong County within a day】
Opening the news, Chen Beiwu’s eyes revealed surprise.
【News Express】: At 9 a.m. today, the Law Enforcement Bureau detected demonic traces during a patrol in the southern district of Yuan-Kong County. Following the trail, they destroyed a blood sacrifice den disguised as a massage parlor and killed two second-realm Lesser Beasts on the spot. The mastermind, Lady Qing, was captured at noon.
This Lady Qing was somewhat impressive—lasting three hours under pursuit by the Law Enforcement Bureau.
With a sigh, Chen Beiwu put away his phone and smiled, “It’s fine now. I’ll escort you back.”
Hearing this, Xu Lingling’s heart leapt with joy.
This guy had finally shown some sense today.
Xu Lingling’s residence was in the central district of Yuan-Kong County, not far from Shouhe No.2 High School. They only needed to pass through Four-Seasons Park to reach it.
“What are they doing?”
Xu Lingling halted, curiously eyeing a noisy crowd ahead—mostly young women.
Glancing over, Chen Beiwu answered casually, “Probably matchmaking.”
The Immortal Alliance’s basic cultivation education lasted fourteen years. To advance into Foundation Establishment, every Qi Refining student would do everything possible to pass the Immortal Alliance Entrance Exam and enter one of the Seven-Nine Upper Sects or higher, becoming a sect disciple to continue their path of cultivation.
But cultivation was unimaginably difficult. Every year, countless Qi Refining students failed this hurdle.
Those from poor backgrounds mostly resigned to fate, applying for basic jobs within the Immortal Alliance with meager pay.
Those from wealthy families chose instead to spend exorbitant school-selection fees to enter county-level specialist cultivation academies.
As for the poor students unwilling to resign, yet still wishing to pursue cultivation—only two paths remained.