A quarter of an hour later!
After rounds of selection, only one mission remained on the screen for Lin Baichuan.
【Investigate the cause of the anomaly in Mist Mountain, reward 100 Karma points.】
This was the mission Lin Baichuan finally chose after multiple selections.
According to the mission description, a month ago, in Mist Mountain within Fong Le County, there was a blood-red light soaring into the sky and continuous beast roars.
Several merchant caravans entered Mist Mountain and never returned.
The Fong Le County government also sent people to investigate, but only one constable came out alive, and he went mad immediately upon his return.
The Fong Le County government had no choice but to report the matter to the Demon Suppression Division.
The reason Lin Baichuan took this mission was because he had a premonition that the anomaly in Mist Mountain was mostly related to demons.
He took this mission to slay demons and obtain Karma, and Fong Le County, where Mist Mountain is located, is not too far from Cangwu Prefecture City.
With the Unicorn Horse's speed, he could probably reach it in about a day.
The most important point was that Lin Baichuan had a faint premonition that this trip to Mist Mountain might yield great gains.
“This is it.”
Lin Baichuan mumbled, and with a thought, he directly accepted the mission.
Then he got up and left the Mission Hall, heading straight for the Logistics Hall.
To go on a mission, one naturally had to go to the Logistics Hall to get a Unicorn Horse; otherwise, with the speed of ordinary horses, it would take forever to reach Fong Le County.
An hour later!
Lin Baichuan, riding a Unicorn Horse, left Cangwu Prefecture City alone and headed straight for Fong Le County.
At the same time, just as Lin Baichuan left the city, inside Song Gang's courtyard within the Demon Suppression Division's base.
“Captain, Lin Baichuan has taken a mission and left the city.”
Li Da rushed over and reported to Song Gang, “I checked, he went to Fong Le County, probably for that Mist Mountain mission.”
“He went to Fong Le County, hmph… This guy is quite clever, using a mission to leave directly.
Since he likes doing missions so much, then this Captain will arrange a few missions for him to do.”
Song Gang said with a sinister, cold expression, “Don't worry about him for now.
Just inform me when he returns, let that kid live a few more days.”
“This… Sir, are we just going to let it go like this? What about the Lu family?” Li Da said with some hesitation.
“Hmph… So what if it's the Lu family? I'm not their dog, I don't need to explain to Lu Yunpeng.”
Song Gang snorted coldly, “If he's anxious, he can let others act.
Don't they, the Lu family, have people in the Demon Suppression Division?”
Song Gang's expression was displeased; in fact, he was also helpless.
What Lin Baichuan caused in Baicao Hall, strictly speaking, did not break the rules.
After all, it was Lu Changkong who first tried to embezzle Lin Baichuan's one thousand taels of gold, and as a result, he was taught a lesson by Lin Baichuan; he could only be blamed for being too incompetent.
As for the four dead guards, they died in vain.
They dared to attack a Demon Slayer Guard of the Demon Suppression Division; they were tired of living and deserved to be killed.
Even if this matter was brought to the Enforcement Hall of the Demon Suppression Division, Lin Baichuan would most likely be fine.
Song Gang knew all of this very well, so even though he left with a fierce Aura, his mind was clear.
It was simply unrealistic to try to kill Lin Baichuan based on this alone.
Of course… the most important thing was that Lin Baichuan's strength was strong enough to make him wary.
In this world, the strong prey on the weak.
This philosophy also applies in the Demon Suppression Division, and is even more vividly demonstrated.
After Li Da heard Song Gang's words, his expression changed slightly, and he secretly cursed Song Gang as a coward in his heart, saying flowery words but actually admitting defeat, not daring to confront Lin Baichuan head-on.
He was scared, yet he spoke so righteously.
Of course, he dared not speak these words, otherwise Song Gang would surely punish him.
“Don't worry, Sir, I will have people keep an eye on him.”
Li Da felt disdain in his heart, but on his face, he said in a deep voice, “It's just that Lin Baichuan has become a force to be reckoned with now, he's not easy to deal with!”
“So we need to use someone else to kill him!”
Song Gang sneered, “Don't worry about this matter, you'll know when the time comes.
If there's nothing else, you can go down first!”
“Yes!”
Li Da responded and immediately withdrew.
Song Gang's eyes immediately flickered with a cold light, his face like ice, sneering endlessly, “Lin Baichuan, oh Lin Baichuan, you're so arrogant, I wonder if you'll still be this arrogant when you're surrounded and killed by Earth Demons.”
At this moment, Lin Baichuan naturally did not know that Song Gang was plotting against him.
After a day of long travel on the Unicorn Horse, the journey was smooth, and he finally arrived in Fong Le County before dark.
The golden crow set in the west, and the twilight was like a wash.
Outside Fong Le County City.
A young man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, riding a Unicorn Horse, appeared at the city gate; it was Lin Baichuan.
“This Fong Le County City is much better than Yunshan County City.”
Lin Baichuan glanced at the tall city walls of Fong Le County City, mumbled to himself, and then rode his horse towards the city.
“Stop, who goes there?”
At the city gate, a city guard soldier guarding the gate came over and blocked Lin Baichuan's path.
His eyes widened, and he said coldly, “Entry fee, one tael of silver, two taels for the mount…”
“Entry fee? Since when did our Great Xia have this tax?”
Lin Baichuan raised his eyebrows, his eyes cold.
He was traveling in plain clothes this time, and the Unicorn Horse was not exclusive to the Demon Suppression Division, so these city guards would not know his identity.
Otherwise, even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to stop a Demon Slayer Guard of the Demon Suppression Division to collect money, unless they were tired of living.
It was precisely because they didn't know Lin Baichuan's identity that when he spoke, the city guards guarding the city immediately became displeased, especially the one blocking the way, who immediately darkened his face and coldly reprimanded, “You must be from out of town!
I don't know what the rules are elsewhere, but our Fong Le County City has this rule.
Entry fee, one tael per person, two taels for the mount.
Not a single coin less.
Of course, it's completely voluntary here, no deception.
If you think it's expensive, you don't have to enter the city and can rest outside the city.
However, I heard that recently, demons have been causing trouble in our Fong Le County, and it's already late at night; outside the city is a major disaster area for demon rampant activity.
Although our city guards also patrol, we can't guarantee what dangers there might be outside the city…”
Damn it, he was being threatened.
After Lin Baichuan heard the words of the city guard, his anger surged.
A mere city guard dared to be so brazen; if there was no one backing him, Lin Baichuan wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death.
It was not difficult to tell from the man's words that he was accustomed to being arrogant and overbearing, and simply did not put people in his eyes.
It was clear that he had a powerful backer, and his influence in Fong Le County was not low.
Otherwise, these city guards would not dare to be so arrogant.
If it were peacetime, Lin Baichuan would certainly have reprimanded him, but now he truly had no time for that.
He raised his hand, took out his identity token from his waist, and threw it to the city guard, saying, “The Demon Suppression Division is handling a case; all irrelevant personnel must quickly make way, otherwise, kill without mercy…”