Chapter 74 Liangzhou City

Ji Chen finally arrived at Liangzhou City before the Lantern Festival.

Liangzhou City, also known as Liangzhou Prefecture, after entering the city, Ji Chen first reported to the Demon Suppression Division and registered.

This is a must. Whenever the Black Flag Envoy arrives at a place, he must first register with the Demon Suppression Division.

Liangzhou Town Demon Suppression Division covers a very large area and suppresses the nine cities and thirty-eight counties of Liangzhou Prefecture.

After registering, Ji Chen met Xie Anbing and reported the strange events he encountered along the way from Fenglin Town, no matter how big or small.

In fact, there is nothing to hide. Some things are better to be said directly than to hide. Once the Demon Suppression Division finds out something, it will be difficult to explain.

Sincerity is always the first killer move.

Of course, he concealed the encounter with the immortal body at the bottom of the lake and the acquisition of the incomplete decision of the Dragon Capture Technique.

Sincerity does not mean stupidity.

Ji Chen roughly described the demon slaying in the Qunxian Mountains, including the strange encounter in the mountain temple.

Especially the demon slaying in the Qunxian Mountains, there were traces of the Divine Fire Cult, which aroused Xie Anbing's caution, and he even reported it to the pacification envoy in person.

In a prefecture, the highest official of the Demon Suppression Division is the pacification envoy, who is of the fifth rank and guards the demons in one area.

Under the pacification envoy, there are five directly subordinate general flags, under the general flags are flag officers, and under the flag officers are small flags.

Under normal circumstances, flag officers and small flags are not distinguished by position size, only by rank, and of course, the salary is also different.

But in the case of emergency tasks, such as the death of the general flag, the flag officer can replace the general flag to command.

Ji Chen was recruited by the general flag Xie Anbing. In theory, he belongs to Xie Anbing's command. After registering the Liangcheng Prefecture Demon Suppression Division, he is under Xie Anbing's command.

The person responsible for recording Ji Chen's merit value is Xie Anbing's deputy, named Zhao Pan. When he learned that Ji Chen's courtesy name was Beigui, he was immediately surprised.

"Are you Ji Beigui?"

"It's me!" Ji Chen nodded and said, "When I left the border, the elders gave me a courtesy name."

Zhao Pan said hurriedly, "I smile at the sky with my sword, and I will leave my heart and soul in Kunlun. These two lines of poetry were written by you."

Ji Chen nodded, "It's a rare achievement, not a masterpiece. How did you know?"

"Brother Beigui, you are too polite. These two lines of poetry are full of heroic spirit. Who else but me can do it? Now they have spread all over Liangzhou City and are deeply loved by demon slayers and people in the martial arts world. Even some brothers in our Demon Suppression Division and the Ministry of War like them very much. These two lines of poetry express their inner voices and have the spirit of who else but me, which makes people's blood boil and their hearts yearn for it."

"And your line, the endless wine in the cup and the endless enemy heads, is even more praised by all kinds of people in the martial arts world. Even the Lord of the Mansion and the Envoy of the Town praised it. Brother Beigui, you are already famous."

The name has spread before the person arrives!

Even Ji Chen did not expect that the two lines of poetry he recited casually would cause such a sensation.

"Brother Beigui came to Liangcheng to stay for a while. If you have nowhere to go, you can go to my house. I have an idle house and I can give you a cheaper rent."

Ji Chen thought about it and nodded in agreement. He really wanted to live in Liangzhou City for a while.

Mr. Fang wanted him to go to Kyoto to participate in the Spring Examination, but there were still two years before the Spring Examination, so Ji Chen was not in a hurry.

Practicing is both practicing and traveling. Seeing the customs and customs of all parties is also a kind of practice.

Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles.

Under the leadership of Zhao Pan, Ji Chen came to his house, which was a quadrangle courtyard and occupied a prosperous area.

There was no one else in the family except Zhao Pan. He inherited his father's position and became the demon suppressor of the Demon Suppression Department.

Zhao Pan also studied in his early years, but because his father died at the hands of demons during a demon suppression mission, his mother died of depression.

So Xie Anbing found Zhao Pan and arranged him to join the Demon Suppression Division, making him a small flag under the Zhenhong Banner. Since his cultivation was not very high, he was arranged to be responsible for registration and other things, which was also considered as Xie Anbing's deputy.

Zhao Pan arranged the wing room for Ji Chen, and helped him clean it up, and charged him one tael of silver a month.

One tael of silver, one thousand coins, is not too cheap.

Compared with the houses of ordinary people, it is indeed not cheap, but Zhao Pan's house is in a good location, the yard is relatively large and clean, and one thousand coins is indeed not expensive, while other places need one thousand four or five.

And Ji Chen also prefers this relatively clean and quiet yard.

Ji Chen settled down and also bought some furniture and supplies.

After wandering around for two days, he was roughly familiar with Liangzhou City.

Liangzhou City is very large, not worse than those first-tier cities in the previous life, and its grandeur is even greater.

Liangzhou City is particularly lively today because it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

This is the Lantern Festival. As one of the most lively festivals in this era, the liveliness of the Lantern Festival can no longer be described in words.

River cruises, temple fairs, lantern festivals, and various activities are already going on, with huge crowds of people.

Qingshui River is the most lively, with the largest flower boats there.

Compared to daytime activities, the activities at night are more exciting. Rich ladies, resentful women in the boudoir, down-and-out scholars, rough warriors, tenant farmers, peddlers, merchants and craftsmen are all looking forward to the nightfall.

As for why they waited for the nightfall, the details cannot be elaborated. If you say too much, you will be banned. Please enjoy all kinds of wonderful things.

The Demon Suppression Division rarely takes a holiday, leaving one-third of the demon suppressors on duty, and the rest on vacation.

What a coincidence, Zhao Pan is on the duty list.

Ji Chen does not have to be on duty, but he did not go to the temple fair. Instead of watching the boring lantern festival and temple fair, it is better to use the limited time on cultivation.

Ji Chen's goal has always been clear. From the moment he picked up the knife, he was determined to do it.

Meditation, Qi training?

No, the mountain man has his own way.

Compared to you who can easily improve your cultivation by meditating and refining Qi, I can't do that. I can only go through life and death, work hard to kill monsters and ghosts, and increase my killing points.

After half a day of immersion, Ji Chen sorted out and summarized what he had learned, and clearly changed his future direction.

The innate skills are already there, and the Yanyang swordsmanship is perfected. It is enough for now, at least no other swordsmanship is needed during the innate period.

As for the condensation of the Confucian and Taoist palaces, Ji Chen did not expect it.

The realm of Confucianism and Taoism is not so clear. Ji Chen feels that his Confucianism and Taoism are about the ninth level of foundation building. This is what he compared with martial arts.

As for Taoism, the realm is even less clear. Ji Chen has always regarded Qi training as an auxiliary, and some small spells are also figured out by himself.

Ji Chen has made clear the future direction, focusing on martial arts, and Confucianism and Taoism as auxiliary.

There are two shortcomings at present, the methods of applying Confucianism and Taoism, and the means of applying magic.

Confucianism and Taoism and magic have obvious advantages in dealing with weirdness. Martial arts are obviously strong in beheading demons.

"Go to the armory of the Demon Suppression Division and find some methods of applying Confucianism and Taoism."

After clarifying the goal, Ji Chen got up and walked towards the Demon Suppression Division.

However, just when he arrived at the door of the Demon Suppression Division, he ran into Zhao Pan.

Zhao Pan hurriedly found Ji Chen and said that Xie Anbing asked to see him.

This surprised Ji Chen a little, but he didn't ask much and let Zhao Pan lead the way.

Zhao Pan walked in front and Ji Chen followed. Unlike Zhao Pan, Ji Chen still wore the black flag official clothes inside, and wore a green brocade long gown outside, with the broken army sword inserted at his waist and a white cloak behind him.

Zhao Pan was a little confused and asked Ji Chen why he didn't wear the black flag official clothes outside.

After all, official clothes are a symbol, and they are respected wherever they go.

Ji Chen did the opposite, which was like walking in the night in fine clothes.

Ji Chen's answer was to be low-key.

Low-key = high-profile in a sultry way!

High-profile = a sign of being killed!

If I am not low-key, how can there be people who are blind enough to provoke me, and how can they provide me with killing opportunities.

It is not easy for me to practice, and I have to add points. If I don't use my brain, I will be able to break through the avenue.

Unlike you, you can break through a level in three to five years by meditating.

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The cold has finally gotten better, and I have resumed normal updates. I will update one chapter first, and the second chapter is being updated...