Walking on the streets of Baiyun County, Shen Yi asked each of these girls where they lived.
He drove away the rest of the officers, mainly because he felt that these people had a bad reputation and were not suitable to follow him.
Even so, people on the street avoided him as if he were the plague.
Shen Yi shook his head and knocked on the broken wooden door in front of him.
The person who opened the door was a woman with tears in her eyes. When she saw the young man with a knife, she subconsciously wanted to close the door and avoid him.
Shen Yi stretched out her hand to stop them, and turned her body to the side. A little girl immediately threw herself into the woman's arms, crying out in a hoarse voice, "Mom!"
The woman was stunned for a long time, blinking her red and swollen eyes again and again, as if she was a little bit unbelievable. Then her nose was sore and she hugged the thin body tightly: "My son! Those damned officials!"
The voice stopped abruptly, she secretly looked at the tall figure in front of her, and realized that she had said the wrong thing.
However, Shen Yi seemed not to have heard it. He turned around, took two bags of rice and flour, plus a piece of pork, from Chen Ji, and bent down to place them at the woman's feet.
"The child has been hungry for a long time and has been frightened. Go and cook some meat porridge for her to nourish her."
Chen Ji was carrying rice and flour, and there was a hint of surprise in his dull expression.
Lord Shen, who always had a cold face all day, now bowed his hands, clasped his fists, smiled apologetically, and then gently closed the door for the mother and daughter.
What the hell!
This happened six times in a row.
After sending all the girls home, Shen Yi returned to the street and rubbed the corners of his stiff mouth: "..."
Looking at his actions, Chen Jinyu couldn't help but chuckle, finding it inexplicably funny.
It was obvious that the other party was not good at getting along with others, and even less good at apologizing. Although he looked calm and composed, his whole body was actually stiff.
"Brother, is this your new boss in the yamen?"
Hearing this, Chen Ji glanced at his sister silently: "No, he is Shen Yi."
Upon hearing the name, Chen Jinyu subconsciously covered her red lips. Although she had never seen the owner of this name, it was because her brother had always protected her, and she had heard of his bad reputation.
"Stay away from him."
Chen Ji warned softly, but his emotions became more complicated.
Not only was Shen Yi's change difficult for him to understand, but there were also more important things that needed to be resolved.
Now that the girls have been sent back, how should we deal with the group of old apes?
When the appointed time comes, what should Shen Yi bring to the task?
"Lord Shen."
Chen Ji slowly approached, Shen Yi came back to her senses and glanced at him casually: "The rest are for your sister, take them all back."
"That's not what I meant to say!"
Chen Ji gritted his teeth in pain. He couldn't understand why the other party kept changing the subject.
The same thing happened to the dog demon before. Could it be that as long as we keep silent about these issues, we can pretend that they don't exist?
Under his gaze, Shen Yi stood with his hands down, and after a moment he said calmly, "I don't know."
The simple four-word reply made Chen Ji's face change immediately: "Are you kidding me?"
Shen Yi looked at it calmly.
He is telling the truth.
The current Baiyun County is already full of crises, and it is far from a problem that can be solved by just one bad person reforming.
There was the black-skinned dog demon who suddenly attacked him at the Liu family, the Huang Laoliu couple who lived in the village, and the ape demon who became more and more demanding.
They are all treating the unspoken rules that were originally agreed upon with the Baiyun County Government as shit and trampling on them.
This shows that either the officials' retreat encouraged the demons' arrogance, or they also knew that the Demon Suppression Division would soon arrive and were worried that the government would turn against them, so they wanted to vent their anger in the last possible moment.
Shen Yi was just a minor official. He had no qualifications to communicate with the Demon Suppression Division, nor did he have the ability to turn the situation around.
Either hand over the people of the entire county to the demon to be trampled upon, or take off this clothing as soon as possible and prioritize saving yourself.
[Remaining life span: one year]
He turned and glanced sideways, looking at the cold words on the panel.
There is no point in preserving oneself. If one wants to stay alive, one can only hope that there is some advanced martial arts here that can prolong one's life.
Whether it is to deduce from the panel or to search in the Demon Suppression Division, it is inseparable from slaying demons and eliminating evil. The only thing Shen Yi can rely on is the long sword in his hand.
"Let's go." He took a step forward.
"Where are you going?" Chen Ji followed closely.
"I'm going to your house for a meal. I'm hungry."
"…"
It was obvious that Chen Ji was very resistant to Shen Yi entering his home.
But after experiencing what happened today, although he was extremely unhappy, he still accepted the situation.
The brother and sister lived in a house allocated by the government office.
There was only one bedroom, which was reserved for Chen Jinyu to sleep in, and there was a small woodshed at the back, which was turned into Chen Ji's residence.
"Brother, come in and sit down."
"No, go cook."
Chen Ji lowered his head and led Shen Yi into the woodshed, dragging out two small stools.
"Isn't that a bit too much?" Shen Yi raised an eyebrow, looking at the bench that was only one foot high. What's the difference between this and sitting directly on the ground? "Your sister's room is quite spacious. I'm not a thief. Why are you on guard against me?"
"Make do with it." Chen Ji walked to the bed, turned over the straw mat, and took out a yellowed piece of paper from underneath.
He closed his eyes and hesitated for a long time. The scene of Shen Yi stabbing the dog demon to death with his arm around his shoulder emerged in his mind, which formed a sharp contrast with the smile on his face when he came to return the person.
"I don't care whether you really have no other options or you just don't want to discuss it with me. I really can't help you."
Chen Ji opened his eyes and handed the paper over: "This is for you."
"What's this?"
Shen Yi took it, took a quick look, and his expression gradually changed.
Without waiting for Chen Ji to answer, the panel had already given the answer.
[The first part of Fenglei Baojuan (not yet introduced)]
"At the beginning, the captain of the Demon Suppression Division came to me alone and said that I was quite talented. In addition to the three martial arts, he also wrote these 78-character mantras for me."
"This is the method of refining medicine. It involves the four major stages of strengthening the muscles, bones, skin and flesh. Once you have mastered it, you will be at the pinnacle of the human world."
Chen Ji laughed at himself and said, "The captain has a pair of sharp eyes, but he missed you. I don't know if he has seen through your character a long time ago. It's a pity that in three years, I haven't even been able to break through the first level."
"If I give it to you now, it probably won't be of much use, but I don't have anything else to help you with... Just wait and see. I'll go out and help with the cooking."
Shen Yi suppressed his joy at what Chen Ji said, and just waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
There is nothing wrong with what the other party said. Even if one has advanced martial arts, it will not be of much use if one tries to learn it at the last minute.
But it's completely different for me.
[Remaining demon lifespan: 199 years]
Fortunately, I held back in the morning.
Shen Yi breathed steadily and followed the old rules, starting with ten years.
Ten years of the demon's lifespan were instantly poured into the Wind and Thunder Scroll, and a few lines of text quietly emerged.
[In the first year, you will learn the method of medicine refining and nourish your body with the essence of heaven and earth]
[In the third year, there is no medicine available. You can only absorb the insignificant essence from food, and progress is slow.]
[In the seventh year, you have shown signs of breaking through, and your body is as strong as a dragon, but you are suffering from insufficient energy. You can only make progress step by step and accumulate strength for a breakthrough]
[In the tenth year, you break through the tendon barrier and enter the first part of the Wind and Thunder Treasure Scroll]
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(End of this chapter)