Chapter 32: Black Mist Forest
The two walked along the road, and Lan Ningshuang suddenly asked, “The tasks of the Demon Slaying Department mostly involve eliminating demons and monsters, protecting the peace of the people. Why didn’t I know they also take escort missions?”
“You might not know this, but Jinyang City is a small town. The Great Qian Dynasty doesn’t provide much salary here. If they can’t eliminate demons and monsters, they won’t have additional income. The monthly allowance they receive might not be enough for their cultivation needs. That’s why the head of the Department here, the same person you met last time, Si Zheng, allows his subordinates to take ordinary tasks from the people to earn some extra money for themselves,” Qin Feng explained slowly.
“I see,” Lan Ningshuang nodded. As a sword attendant of the Liu family, she had never worried about money. The necessary medicinal baths and vital energy pills for cultivation were always abundant, so she was unaware of these matters.
Not long after, the two arrived outside a large courtyard with four entrances, which was the location of the Demon Slaying Department in Jinyang City.
Next to the Department’s gate, there was a wooden fence covered with white papers. The papers were filled with tasks posted by ordinary people and the rewards offered.
Among these tasks were some peculiar ones, such as helping find a lost dog or capturing someone’s husband who was wandering in a brothel at night, requesting the officials of the Demon Slaying Department to catch him. If they could break one of his limbs, the reward would be doubled. There were various tasks of this kind.
However, prestigious families like the Qin family didn’t need to post tasks here; they could directly find someone inside.
Qin Feng led Lan Ningshuang into the courtyard. Most of the people inside, apart from those cultivating, were idling around. In this remote place like Jinyang City, even demons and monsters seemed reluctant to visit.
If it weren’t for the fact that the ghost cultivator from last time had come here to kill him, Qin Feng doubted anyone would willingly come to such a place.