I have a knife, I can kill monsters when I take it out of its sheath

Wilderness, ruined temples, cold light, and shadows of knives intersect in vertical and horizontal directions.

The wind is biting and the chill is biting.

The two sides are at war with each other, and the war is about to break out.

At this moment, a ragged woman walked out from among the traveling merchants opposite.

"Brother Xiao Liu, is that you?"

The woman looked at Xiao Liu with surprise on her face. Her appearance instantly broke the tense situation of the confrontation.

"Who are you!"

Xiao Liu, who was stopped, also looked confused.

"I am Yulan, Yang Yulan."

The woman wiped her face with her hands, wiped away some dust, and pulled off her veil, revealing a delicate face.

"You are Magnolia, are you really Magnolia?"

Xiaoliu finally recognized the woman and was pleasantly surprised. He quickly turned to Ji Chen and said, "Master Xiucai, we are acquaintances. Yulan is from our village. We came to Fenglin Town to seek life together. I became a yamen servant and she went Be a maid in the Yang Mansion."

Seeing Ji Chen's indifference, Xiao Liu became a little anxious and said pleadingly: "You are really one of our own, Master Xiucai!"

Ji Chen stared at the woman named Yulan, pointed a knife at the traveling businessmen, and asked, "What is their relationship with you?"

Yulan quickly explained: "They are traveling merchants hired by Yang Mansion. We could have arrived at Maplewood Town before dark, but we encountered bandits and fought on the road, so we were delayed and had to travel all night. .”

After Yulan finished speaking, she looked at Ji Chen eagerly. She didn't understand why Xiaoliu and the other government servants cared so much about the scholar's opinion.

In Maplewood Town, except for a few major forces, police officers like them can almost walk sideways.

Xiaoliu also looked at Ji Chen eagerly, "Master Xiucai, you are truly one of our own, I can guarantee it with my life."

The leaders of Zhao's squad also spoke up to help, "Young Scholars, we are all our own people. There is no need to be like this. The Yang family is a prominent family in Fenglin Town, so it is not easy to offend."

They don't want to conflict with this group of people, let alone offend the Yang family.

Ji Chen pondered for a moment and finally put away the knife.

Bantou Zhao and others also breathed a sigh of relief. It would be best to avoid a conflict.

In the borderlands, don't provoke traveling merchants casually. They may be traveling merchants, or they may be borderland bandits. They are all blood-lickers. It is best not to fight if you can.

Especially since there are people from the Yang family among the foot traders, they cannot be offended.

Seeing Ji Chen put away the knife, the men also put away the knife.

"Yulan, come in quickly."

Xiao Liu quickly called Yu Lan to come in and sit down, and served her a bowl of hot broth.

Yulan put down her sword and first brought a bowl to the woman with her, "Miss, eat it while it's hot!"

The lady was not polite. She put the sword aside, picked up the bowl and started eating. It was obvious that she was starving.

Xiao Liu glanced at Ji Chen and saw that he had no intention of blaming her, so he filled another bowl for Yu Lan.

Ji Chen didn't pay attention, but held the knife and leaned against the shrine, pretending to sleep, but in fact he was checking his own attributes.

Lifespan: 80

Realm: Foundation Building

Kung Fu: Dragon Subduing Heart Technique-Second Level

Sword Skill: Cloaked Sword Skill-Dacheng (can be improved)

Kill: 400

Reputation: 53

The killing points have been accumulated to 400, and the reputation has also increased a few points.

These reputations should come from Bantou Zhao and others.

The skill of wearing a sword shows that it can be improved.

In fact, the armored sword skill could have been improved a long time ago, but Ji Chen kept suppressing it and failed to improve it.

He wanted to save the killing points to improve the Dragon Subduing Mental Technique, but the current environment could no longer help him. He had better improve the Cloaked Sword Technique first, which would at least increase his strength.

He had an intuition that Yulan was lying, and these people were not traveling merchants at all.

So, Ji Chen got up and prepared to walk out of the temple.

"Master Xiucai, where are you going?" Bantou Zhao asked curiously.

"Great relief!"

Ji Chen left a word and walked towards the outside of the temple. After taking two steps, he stopped and said to Bantou Zhao, Xiao Liu and others: "Don't say anything you shouldn't say."

His words were mainly aimed at Xiao Liu, fearing that he would reveal that they were here to kill demons.

Bantou Zhao and the others are relatively stable, but Xiaoliu is the only uncertainty.

However, Xiaoliu was concerned about Yulan and just nodded. I don't know whether Li understood or not.

Ji Chen walked out of the temple gate and quickly disappeared into the night.

Yulan glanced toward the door, slightly dissatisfied, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Xiaoliu, why are you so afraid of him? Isn't he just a down-and-out scholar?"

Because Ji Chen was dressed very ordinary, like a scholar, and was holding a sword wrapped in cloth, he looked like a down-and-out scholar.

Since Ji Chen's horizontal sword was straight, Yu Lan naturally recognized it as a sword.

She has seen too many such down-and-out scholars.

The imperial court used force to establish the country. Emperor Xia swept away the demon emperors from all directions, pacified the Eight Wastelands and Forbidden Lands, overthrew the Huayu Divine Dynasty, and established the country in the imperial capital, naming himself Xia.

In the thirty-sixth year of the Great Xia Dynasty, the imperial court began to emphasize literature, and the status of scholars gradually improved. There was a reading wave throughout the Great Xia.

But not all scholars have a good place to go. Many people who suffer from hunger and cold due to studying cannot let go of their status as scholars and work as coolies. Many people starve to death.

So many coolie traders make fun of scholars. Fortunately, they did not choose to study in the first place, otherwise they would be like those down-and-out scholars who could not spare their bodies to work as coolies and starve to death.

Therefore, in Yu Lan's opinion, Xiao Liu Ge's status as a yamen servant meant that he did not need to pay attention to scholars like Ji Chen.

When Xiao Liu heard this, he quickly hissed.

"Don't talk nonsense. The scholar is a man of great ability. We are following him out this time to slay the demon."

"Demon slaying?" Yu Lan was surprised, "That scholar actually has such ability."

"No, just now, the scholar killed a powerful monster."

Although their conversation was very low, it was still heard by the traveling merchants. Even the leaders of Team Zhao heard it, and it was too late for them to stop him.

"Ahem!"

Team Leader Zhao coughed and reminded Xiao Liu not to talk nonsense, as he would be careful of trouble coming from his mouth.

Xiaoliu turned to look at Bantou Zhao and said, "It's okay, Yulan is one of our own, she won't talk nonsense."

Yulan looked back at the young lady among the traveling merchants, then looked outside the door and asked, "Did you throw that corpse monster outside?"

Xiaoliu nodded, and then explained the story of how the county magistrate sent a reward post and Ji Chen accepted the post to slay the demon.

Yulan covered her mouth and exclaimed!

"Two thousand taels of silver, that's a lot. It's enough for an ordinary family to live for most of their lives. If they can arrange it and buy some land, real estate, and stores, they can have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives."

"Who says it's not!" There was also a hint of envy and jealousy in Xiao Liu's tone.

At the same age, Ji Chen was already a demon slayer, but he was still receiving a salary of three taels of silver per month.

Comparing people to each other makes people angry!

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