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Chapter 208 -196 Red Sun Mountain (Request for Subscription)

Chapter 208 -196 Red Sun Mountain (Request for Subscription)

But at this moment, he did not dare to show it.

Previously, when Chen Yuan clashed with the old Blood Demon, like Yan Kai, he had paid some attention to their battle and witnessed how terrifying the confrontation was.

Knowing that Chen Yuan was many times stronger than him, he still felt somewhat unreconciled.

He had previously disregarded Sun Yuan’s obstruction and reported to the government, wanting to eliminate these bandits to add a merit to his record, but now… the bandit leader had escaped.

“Am I in need of your guidance on how to handle matters?”

Chen Yuan’s expression shifted slightly, his gaze resting on Zhang Hefeng, causing a chill to rise in the latter’s heart as he hurriedly explained:

“No… no, Patrol Envoy Chen, I only meant…”

Zhang Hefeng opened his mouth, wanting to argue something, but found it somewhat hard to express.

“Do you know who this person is?”

Chen Yuan pointed to the headless corpse on the ground.

“I… I do not know.”

Zhang Hefeng shook his head slightly, though he vaguely remembered the white-haired elder from before, he couldn’t immediately recall his identity, especially since the old Blood Demon had vanished from Qingzhou for many years.

“If you don’t know, then let me tell you, this person is the notorious criminal, the old Blood Demon,” Chen Yuan said indifferently.

He had killed the old Blood Demon in broad daylight, which was impossible to hide. Of course, Chen Yuan also had little interest in hiding it, hence he straightforwardly disclosed everything.

This was to let Zhang Hefeng understand the importance of this man.

Indeed, as Chen Yuan had said, the old Blood Demon was a notorious criminal wanted in Qingzhou, though he had been forgotten by many due to his disappearance.

But Chen Yuan knew, as he had investigated the old Blood Demon before.

“The Blood… the old Blood Demon!”

Zhang Hefeng’s eyes widened, his pupils constricting.

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He had been with the government before he was transferred to Qingshui County, and had certainly heard of the old Blood Demon’s notorious reputation. He hadn’t expected this person was him.

He also understood the implied meaning in Chen Yuan’s words, that the old Blood Demon was not easy to kill, and did they really think he, Chen Yuan, was invincible?

Moreover, the merit of killing the old Blood Demon was not less significant than destroying a bandit stronghold.

“But… those bandits.”

Zhang Hefeng’s gaze wavered, releasing these bandits could lead to chaos within the county domain, which would be his responsibility.

“County Magistrate Zhang can rest assured, just a small group of bandits, what storm can they possibly stir up?” Chen Yuan said, his lips curving up slightly as he watched Yan Kai’s distant figure.

By pursuing these bandits, he had a reason not to arouse suspicion for staying in Qingshui County a while longer to investigate the whereabouts of the Divine Crystal.

Moreover, he might even find a breakthrough through these people.

These were all planned in his mind the moment he received the guiding information.

Yan Kai still has his uses!

With Yan Kai gone, the remaining bandits virtually lost the will to resist, of course lacking the strength to defend themselves, and the two Ghost Children brought by the old Blood Demon were successfully captured by Mo Donghe and others, bound and thrown before Chen Yuan, waiting for disposal.

Chen Yuan, with a focused gaze, watched the two trembling Ghost Children in front of him without saying anything. The first Ghost Child he had encountered indeed caused him some trouble.

But for him now, two Ghost Children really weren’t a big deal.

He could suppress them with a flip of his hand.

“Master Chen… Lord Chen.”

The two Ghost Children looked up and saw Chen Yuan’s calm gaze, inexplicably filled with a fearful expression, as if they were mice encountering their natural predator, a cat.

“What are your names?”

Chen Yuan asked in a deep voice.

Seeing that Chen Yuan seemed to want to say something, Zhang Hefeng’s lips twitched slightly, but eventually, he tactfully did not say anything and turned to deal with the other surrendered bandits.

Mo Donghe and the others also exchanged looks and wisely moved a bit farther away.

“I am Ghost Gold.”

“I am Ghost Fire.”

The two Ghost Children dared not conceal anything and immediately reported themselves.

“Fire… Gold…” Chen Yuan’s gaze flickered.

Perhaps seeing the confusion in Chen Yuan’s eyes, Ghost Gold Child quickly explained:

“To report to Lord, we…”

From Ghost Gold Child’s account, Chen Yuan learned that there were five of these Ghost Children, named after the Five Elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The Ghost Wood Child that Chen Yuan had killed before was indeed one of them.

They were part of the old Blood Demon’s cultivation, intended to help him step into the Reach Profound Realm, which intrigued Chen Yuan, and he immediately searched the old Blood Demon’s body.

Unfortunately, other than some Evil Path secret techniques and cultivation resources, there was nothing about how to breakthrough using the Five Ghosts Children, which slightly displeased Chen Yuan.

As for the few Ghost Children, they knew nothing either.

The old Blood Demon had done a good job keeping it a secret.

“Who leaked my traces to the old Blood Demon?”

Chen Yuan asked looking at the two.

Ghost Gold Child glanced at Ghost Fire, and whispered:

“It was Tang Qian from the Azure Flood Dragon Association.”

‘It really was him!’

Chen Yuan’s gaze flickered, and a barely discernible murderous intent flashed through his eyes.

“You two are quite sensible. I will grant you a quick end,” Chen Yuan lifted his hand, and a strand of profound black Evil Qi enveloped his palm, recovering after a moment.

By now, the Dantian within Chen Yuan’s body had recovered considerably.

“Patrol Envoy Chen, we are willing to serve the great sir and beg for mercy,”

The Ghost Gold Child swallowed his saliva nervously and quickly bowed his head to beg for mercy.

The Ghost Fire Child did the same.

“I don’t trust you.”

With a slight movement of his lips, Chen Yuan watched the two, wondering what else they could say.

Biting his teeth, the Ghost Gold Child knew if he didn’t say something satisfactory to Chen Yuan, it was undoubtedly a dead end. He revealed his biggest secret:

“The Blood Demon possessed a secret technique of the Evil Path to control us, effortlessly commanding our lives. Now the Blood Demon is dead, we can all pledge allegiance…”

In the face of death, the Ghost Gold Child and the Ghost Fire Child were completely desperate, telling Chen Yuan that their lives could be controlled by secret techniques.

By gathering all Five Ghosts, they could greatly enhance their strength through a formation, even withstanding Condensing Evil Martial Artists with Bone Refining Cultivation.

Yet currently, they only had four ghosts; the other two Ghost Children were in the hands of Tang Qian.

Furthermore, they needed Chen Yuan to cultivate a new Ghost Wood Child, which made Chen Yuan frown slightly, feeling it was somewhat troublesome. By the time he formed the Ghost Wood Child, he would have already advanced to a higher realm and wouldn’t need their combat power.

To this, the Ghost Gold Child said that as long as enough people were killed, and with a few others cooperating, the time needed to form the Ghost Wood Child could be significantly shortened.

In fact, he had already found a candidate for the Ghost Wood Child.

However, he had been afraid to disclose this because the Blood Demon old man might use their lives to make a breakthrough.

After hearing this, Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised, thinking these few Ghost Children were quite clever, although they had to obey the Blood Demon old man, they also had some tricks up their sleeves.

From the body of the Blood Demon old man, Chen Yuan found the method to control the Five Ghosts—a copper bell the size of a baby’s fist, inside it was the heart’s blood of several Ghost Children.

As long as Chen Yuan dripped his blood to claim ownership and used a secret technique, he could make the life of these few Ghost Children worse than death.

After considering for a few moments, Chen Yuan decided to take them in after all. Since he already had the Yunjiang Four Ghosts, a few more people under his command wouldn’t be an issue.

He had witnessed the prowess of the Ghost Children who had few equals among their peers. If someday they entered the Qi Absorption Level, they might really be of some help to him.

Of course, this couldn’t be done openly.

Under Chen Yuan’s signal, the two Ghost Children were taken into custody by Nie Donghe and others in public, and once they left Qingshui County, they would find an opportunity to release them.

Announcing their deaths publicly would suffice to cover it all up.

Zhang Hefeng did think of keeping them in prison, but after seeing the look on Chen Yuan’s face, he ultimately dismissed the idea.

After tallying the casualties, Zhang Hefeng and Chen Yuan’s group began escorting a gang of bandits down the mountain, mounting their horses and moving forward. Chen Yuan looked at Zhang Hefeng and said:

“County Magistrate Zhang.”

Turning his head to look at Chen Yuan, Zhang Hefeng was somewhat puzzled, but still bowed and said:

“What is it, Patrol Envoy Chen?”

“County Magistrate Zhang, do you know of Red Sun Mountain?”

Without beating around the bush, Chen Yuan asked directly. However, contrary to his expectations, Zhang Hefeng’s calm expression tightened upon hearing the words ‘Red Sun Mountain.’

It seemed he was shocked that Chen Yuan knew about Red Sun Mountain.

“How does Patrol Envoy Chen know about Red Sun Mountain?” Zhang Hefeng’s mind raced.

“County Magistrate Zhang hasn’t answered my question yet.”

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Hefeng nodded, “I know.”

“What place is this?”

Seeing the shocked expression on Zhang Hefeng’s face, Chen Yuan knew Red Sun Mountain must be significant.

“This… why does Patrol Envoy Chen ask this?” Zhang Hefeng countered.

“I’ve heard the name and am quite curious,” Chen Yuan said with a mysterious smile.

“Does the Heavenly Patrol Bureau already know about Red Sun Mountain?” Zhang Hefeng immediately became unsettled.

Chen Yuan’s lips curved into a smile, offering no explanation.

“Patrol Envoy Chen is astute. This official…”

“County Magistrate Zhang, it’s best to speak frankly; don’t mislead yourself,” Chen Yuan now was certain there was an issue with Red Sun Mountain, and it seemed Zhang Hefeng was well aware but reluctant to speak out.

Thus, he could only bluff.

After looking around, Zhang Hefeng’s brow relaxed, and he eventually leaned closer to Chen Yuan and whispered:

“This is related to County Magistrate Sun.”

“Go on…”

“This place was once an abandoned Red Sun Stone mine from the former dynasty, but traces of Red Sun Stone were discovered here again last year, and they are of extraordinarily high quality, excellent materials for Artifact Refining,

controlled by County Magistrate Sun,” Zhang Hefeng said in a lowered voice.

“Didn’t County Magistrate Zhang get involved as well?” Chen Yuan looked at Zhang Hefeng with a half-smile.

From his expression just now, he could tell that Zhang Hefeng knew about this place and knew quite detailedly.

“This official is wholeheartedly devoted to the people and has never thought of such things. As for these matters, someone informed this official through a secret letter not long ago. After investigating, it was indeed true,

Sun Yuan profited immensely from it and even secretly controlled the locals to work the mine for him…”