Chapter 45: Chess in the Game "Yes, teaching." Tao Tie agreed immediately without hesitation. Huang Junshi’s statement is clear. The position of the first chief of the Immortal God Department of Liuxian County must belong to him. From the Missionary Academy to the Immortal God Bureau, of course one cannot take on the task alone, one must bring one's direct lineage with him. All the high-level, middle-level and low-level people need to be brought along. There is no doubt that Tao Tie is one of the lower-level direct descendants that Huang Junshi is going to bring to the Immortal God Division, and he will definitely be vigorously trained and supported. How can I let go of such a rare opportunity? "Ah."
Huang Junshi responded calmly and waved his hand, "Go ahead and complete the task as soon as possible. Also, if Mo Yuhan comes to see you again, just deal with it like you did today." "Yes, teaching." Tao Tie answered and went out and downstairs. He did not return to his own cave, but turned and walked out of the missionary institute. As you walk, look for suitable town and village tasks on the monster hunter task board on the black stone slab. The second floor of the library. Huang Junshi quickly finished his instructions to Tao Tie, and looked at Mr. Qiu, who was lying in a rocking chair by the window basking in the sun, as respectfully as before, but said nothing. After a long while, perhaps because he was a little annoyed by Huang Junshi's gaze, Old Qiu raised his hands, rubbed his face, and sighed helplessly: "Huang Junshi, Huang Junshi, if you have the time, why don't you do something serious? Why are you wasting time with me here?" "Inviting Mr. Qiu to come out is the most important thing." Huang Junshi replied calmly and firmly, "Nothing else can compare to this." "Ugh!" Old Qiu sighed heavily again, sat up, and glared at Huang Junshi unhappily, "I am a man half buried in the earth, why should I come out of the mountains? Can't you let me enjoy my old age? Do you have to let me drag my body that is about to fall apart to fight against demons and monsters?" "I don't want to trouble Elder Qiu, but the catastrophe is coming, and the court has ordered me to do this." Huang Junshi's face darkened, but then he acted as if nothing had happened and said so. "You, you..." Old Qiu raised his hand and pointed at Huang Junshi a few times, feeling quite disappointed. "Sooner or later, you will be dragged down by your awkward temper. Those Confucianists said it well, a gentleman can be bullied by squareness, and you are too square. So whether it's the court, the missionary institute, or even that ignorant Chen Zhidao and that arrogant girl, they all want to bully you. If you don't kill a few people, what's the point of slashing with that sword?" Huang Junshi remained silent. The atmosphere in the duty room suddenly fell silent. All that could be heard was the faint sound of the two people's long breathing.
This is a stalemate. Just like before Tao Tie returned to the missionary school. Huang Junshi wanted to invite Mr. Qiu to come out of retirement and join the Liuxian County Immortal God Division which was about to be established. However, Mr. Qiu was unwilling, or perhaps he was still a little angry, so there was no progress on this matter. After leaving the missionary institute again, Tao Tie has made progress and has a goal in selecting monster catchers in towns and villages. Compared with the monster catching missions in the county, the monster catching missions in towns and mountain villages obviously have a huge disadvantage in terms of rewards and lack attractiveness. The danger level has been greatly increased. Therefore, Tao Tie just took a casual look and found that there were many tasks that monster hunters were not willing to take on. The rewards ranged from ten copper coins to one hundred taels of silver. The lower the pay, the more tasks there are, and the higher the pay, the fewer tasks there are. The more remote the location, the more there are; the closer to the county town, the fewer there are. Thinking of the instructions that Instructor Huang had emphasized, Tao Tie limited his selection to jobs in remote locations and with low pay. In addition, since you are leaving the county, you can't just do one task. If you plan your route well, you can do more than one. With this idea in mind, Tao Tie chose for a while and decided to take the task of several villages at the foot of the Baxian Mountain. The first to be affected is Chang'an Village, which is the farthest from the county seat and closest to the Baxian Mountain. The person who issues the tasks in the Demon Slaying Department and the Demon Exorcism Department is An Weng, the head of Chang'an Village. The descriptions of the tasks are quite lengthy. To sum it up simply, Chang'an Village has been haunted in recent times. First, ghosts appeared when harvesting buckwheat. Later, villagers continued to hear ghost cries and see floating ghost shadows in different places. When something happened in the village, An Weng, as the head of the village, had the responsibility to respond immediately. On the one hand, he gathered the young and strong men in the village to form a village protection team, on the other hand, he sent people to Yuanyang Temple, which was not far from the village, for help. On the other hand, he posted tasks on the monster-catching task sections of the Monster Slaying Division and the Demon Extermination Division. This series of operations was handled very appropriately. The only question is, was it really An Weng who issued the monster-catching mission in the Monster Slaying Division and the Demon Exorcism Division, rather than the Monster Slaying Division and the Demon Exorcism Division converting An Weng's request for help into a monster-catching mission? After taking on this task, Tao Tie had a rough guess. The latter is more likely. As for the reason, it's simple. The Immortal God Department is about to be established. It is a new department with a new atmosphere, so naturally new people are needed. It is always safer to select from those who have more knowledge and comprehensive knowledge of monster hunters than to recruit unfamiliar practitioners from the society. I think this is also the reason why Instructor Huang Junshi asked Tao Tieduo to do monster catching missions, and these missions are monster catching missions in remote towns and mountains! A gust of wind blew by, rustling the leaves.
The combination of the Earthly Evil Technique "Controlling the Wind" + the spells "Moving Invisibly" + "Landing Without a Trace" allowed Tao Tie to turn into a wisp of wind and quickly leave Liuxian County and head towards the Eight Immortals Mountain. The second floor of the library. Mr. Qiu broke the silence and said, "This kid is quite smart. He understands everything you say." "Ah." Huang Junshi nodded slightly, agreeing with what Mr. Qiu said. "Go ahead, I promise." Elder Qiu waved his hand, lay back down, and said unhappily, "I didn't expect that I, who am so old and frail, would be used by you. Sigh! You really... don't respect the elderly at all!" Huang Junshi did not respond to Mr. Qiu's complaint. He just bowed solemnly, then turned into a beam of golden light and disappeared. Mr. Qiu was used to it and was basking in the sun leisurely, not caring where Huang Junshi went or what Huang Junshi was going to do. After a moment. Huang Junshi's figure appeared in the inner courtyard of the Shahe Gang headquarters, and appeared in front of Mo Yuhan who had just returned here. Since it is the headquarters, people cannot come and go as they please. All the protective arrangements that a spiritual practice force should have, such as formations and magical instruments, must be there. However, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation that the Shahe Gang had spent a huge amount of money to obtain from Jingling Mountain was completely useless in front of Huang Junshi. Not only was he unable to stop Huang Junshi, he didn't even notice that Huang Junshi had broken in. Mo Yuhan was shocked when she saw Huang Junshi standing with his hands behind his back next to a plum tree with his back to her. Her heart started pounding. An emotion called panic immediately surged into her heart. "Don't you want to see me? Why are you scared?" Huang Junshi turned his back to Mo Yuhan, his voice as gentle as ever, "You don't have to bother looking for me, I'll come by myself, isn't it wonderful." "Junior Mo Yuhan, nice to meet Instructor Huang." Taking a deep breath, Mo Yuhan forced himself to calm down, bowed respectfully, and then said, "I am a junior who behaved rashly. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me, Instructor Huang." "Ha ha……" Huang Junshi smiled softly and did not respond to Mo Yuhan's question. He asked directly, "I heard that the robbery weapon is still there? Since your Shahe Gang can't handle it, why don't you send it back to Jingling Mountain? If you don't want to send it back to Jingling Mountain, why don't you report it to the county government?" Mo Yuhan remained silent upon hearing this, not knowing how to respond. Is it true that the Shahe Gang cannot deal with that robbery weapon and the statue of the Five Evil God? Do not! Even though it is just a small force, the Shahe Gang still has the ability to properly deal with the robbery weapon. I just don’t dare! Not to mention the negative impact of being involved in disaster. The Five Evil Gods alone mean countless troubles.
Mo Yuhan learned this from his master after returning to Jingling Mountain. As for reporting it to the county government... The Shahe Gang doesn’t dare either! Although dock handling and river shipping are hard jobs, the income is considerable. There are more than one or two people and forces in the county who are eyeing these two pieces of meat. If the Shahe Gang brought trouble to the county government and displeased the county magistrate when the Immortal God Division was about to be established, would the Shahe Gang still be able to maintain these two major businesses safely? Nine times out of ten, it’s not possible. Even if you still keep it in the end, you will have to pay an extremely painful price. Therefore, after much deliberation, Mo Yuhan decided to look for Huang Junshi, who was about to take office as the first governor of the Immortal God Division of Liuxian County. A gentleman can be deceived. Huang Junshi’s statement was verified two months ago. Even Chen Zhidao, the teacher at the missionary academy who bullied the gentleman Huang Junshi, and the female teacher of the county literature who did not want to reveal her name, later paid a certain price. However, they did what they wanted to do and they did deceive Huang Junshi! Mo Yuhan didn't dare to copy him. She only thought that she and the Shahe Gang would pay a certain price and ask Huang Junshi to deal with the robbery weapon. after all…… The Department of Immortals and Gods, which will be established soon, will manage all matters involving gods, practitioners, demons and monsters. It is an important measure for the Dayong Dynasty to actively respond to the coming catastrophe. As the first chief of the Immortal God Division of Liuxian County, Huang Junshi has to be in charge even if he doesn't want to! "You're playing with fire, you know that?" Seeing Mo Yuhan remained silent, Huang Junshi lost his patience and didn't want to waste any more of his time. Obviously, Huang Junshi knew exactly what Mo Yuhan's intention was when he suddenly approached Tao Tie today and said those words. He turned around and said in a low voice, "If it weren't for your master, I would have killed you with my sword. You don't even look at your own identity and cultivation level, and you dare to plot against me!" Mo Yuhan's face changed drastically when he heard that. Is a seventh-rank martial artist really that bad? No, not bad at all. On the contrary, a seventh-rank martial artist is already at the top of the lower three ranks and is about to enter the middle three ranks, which is certainly not bad. The magistrate of Liuxian County was only of the seventh rank in the nine-rank official system of the imperial court. According to the period when Taizu established the nine-rank official system and used it to divide the nine-rank divine ranks and the nine-rank cultivation realms, a seventh-rank martial artist was qualified to serve as a seventh-rank county magistrate or county lieutenant. But times have changed and things have changed. Today is not like it was thousands of years ago.
Want to be a county magistrate of the seventh rank? On the premise of passing the imperial examinations and undergoing sufficient tests, one must also have at least a sixth-grade Confucian cultivation level. Do you want to serve as a seventh-rank county magistrate or county lieutenant? You also need to be at least at the sixth level of martial arts cultivation! As a seventh-rank martial artist, Mo Yuhan was at best the leader of a third shift of yamen runners when he entered the county government. He does meet the requirements to become a coach at the county martial arts school. If Huang Junshi was just an ordinary instructor at the missionary academy, and they were both seventh-rank cultivators, there would be nothing wrong with Mo Yuhan doing this. The problem is, Huang Junshi is a figure who can suppress the entire Liuxian County literature with a single sword! He was the only candidate for the first chief of the Immortal God Department of Liuxian County in the process of the imperial court establishing immortal gods departments at all levels from the central government to the local level. On what basis could Mo Yuhan plot against Huang Junshi? You have lost your mind! "Bring it here." Facing the seemingly distraught Mo Yuhan, Huang Junshi did not do anything further but suddenly said this. "what?" Mo Yuhan came back to her senses and was stunned for a moment before she realized what Huang Jun was really saying. However, she did not feel happy at all, as if after going through so many twists and turns there was finally a way out. Instead, she was worried, but did not dare to delay in taking out the hidden weapon: the statue of the Wutong Evil God. Huang Junshi waved his sleeves lightly, and the sculpture of twisted tree roots disappeared without any actual contact throughout the process. "You take care of yourself." After disposing of the robbery weapon, Huang Junshi said this, and his figure turned into a ray of golden light and left the Shahe Gang headquarters. Mo Yuhan didn't understand what Huang Junshi meant and stood there in a daze. After a long time, a wisp of black gas invisible to the naked eye emerged from Mo Yuhan's head, trying to escape into the void. A hand as white as jade came out of nowhere and stopped the black air in time. With two fingers, he gently pinched, ignoring the twisting and struggling of the black air, bound it tightly, and poured it into a mutton-fat jade bottle that also came from nowhere. "Master." Mo Yuhan, whose eyes suddenly became much clearer, exclaimed in surprise and called out affectionately. "Ah." The skylight flickered, and a woman wearing a palace skirt, with a graceful figure, an unclear face, and a noble temperament appeared. The woman looked at Mo Yuhan with a bit of doting, then shook her head and sighed, "You... you always like to play tricks, but you've suffered a big loss this time." Mo Yuhan's eyes turned red and she was about to cry. She just sniffed lightly, stopped sobbing and said in a hoarse voice, "My disciple was too arrogant and didn't listen to Master's words, which led to the embarrassing situation today." "It's not entirely your fault."
The woman walked up to Mo Yuhan, raised the mutton-fat jade bottle and shook it, "It was because I wanted to capture a ray of calamity energy for research from the beginning that you did all these things. As a result, you were blinded by the calamity energy and acted impulsively without any rules." After a pause, the woman sighed and said, "Fortunately, you and I didn't make a big mistake after all, and we still have a chance to repent and make amends. I just hope..." Having said this, the woman paused and did not finish her words. She just looked in the direction of the mission house with a sad look in her eyes. Mo Yuhan on the side remained silent and lowered his head. A strange color flashed in his eyes that had regained their clarity. Is she really being clever? (End of this chapter)