Martial Cultivator

Ever since Sheriff Li came to find him, Chen Chao had not regarded this matter as a trivial matter. Whether he had called Lin Cheng before or now he came to the county government office to look through the files, he had always done so to dig out the information for himself. The truth of this matter.

It was definitely impossible for the old man to tell him the truth. If he got involved in this matter, he would have to rely on himself for everything.

Sitting on the ground, he read through the rest of the file. There were still several strange places. Chen Chao looked over the strange places several times before slowly standing up and putting the file back on the bookshelf.

Returning to the lobby of the county government office, Mi Ke was not seen, only Chief Zhang was secretly feeling sad here.

It seemed that Magistrate Mi was going to be promoted and leave, which was hard for him to accept.

Chen Chao quickly walked out of the county government hall and saw the familiar county government clerk. Chen Chao nodded and asked, "Master Mi has been promoted to county governor. When will the new county magistrate take office?"

In the past few years, he had a very good relationship with Mi Ke, but now that he was about to deal with someone else, he was still a little uncomfortable.

The clerk scratched his head and asked tentatively, "Is it supposed to be after the spring? My letter of appointment has not arrived yet. Besides, according to the law of Daliang, the new county magistrate must come before my lord can leave." 🄲

At this point, the clerk sighed and said with emotion, "Good officials like your Excellency are hard to come by, and I don't know if the new county magistrate can be as good as him."

Small officials like them are all locals and have almost no chance of promotion in their lives. Therefore, whoever becomes the county magistrate is destined to be something they cannot afford to offend. If they meet a good magistrate, such as Mi Ke, They will live a more comfortable life. If the new magistrate is troublesome, their life will not be so easy.

Chen Chao didn't answer. He didn't have any dissatisfaction with Mi Ke. It was just that this old guy had been staying in the county government for a long time in the past few years. The atmosphere in the county government seemed to be a little unhealthy...

"The new county magistrate has arrived. Please let me know so that I can come and visit him."

After Chen Chao said hello, he left the county office and went straight out of the city.

Calculating carefully, I have not left the city for more than a month since I took Xie Nandu back to Tianqing County last time. I don't know if those monsters miss me very much.

Chen Chao raised his eyebrows. This time when he left the city, he did not have the same expectations as before. Instead, he became much more cautious. His mood was more like when he left the county for hunting for the first time. He was extremely cautious. That time when he left the city, it was actually full of dangers. However, He was in the first level. He encountered two monsters in the mountains and managed to kill them both. He was also seriously injured. What was even worse was that right after he was injured, he encountered a third monster.

At that time, Chen Chao himself almost thought that he would die in the mountains.

Fortunately, he finally managed to kill the monster with all his strength. After returning to the county town with three monster beads and injuries all over his body, he lay in bed for more than half a month.

After that, Chen Chao really took the first step, and gradually became an existence that was feared by monsters within dozens of miles.

After leaving the city, we headed in the same direction as the mountain temple where we met Xie Nandu before. The mine still had to climb over two hills and head northeast.

In fact, just such a road alone, before the Chen Dynasty, few ordinary people could go back and forth safely.

The peaceful world in Tianqing County does not reflect the current situation of the entire Daliang Dynasty.

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At dusk, Chen Chao arrived outside the dilapidated mountain temple.

Now that most of the snow in the mountains has melted away, the mountain temple has finally revealed its true appearance.

With a slight jump, Chen Chao came to the incense burner in the courtyard and looked around. Except for the new sprouts of weeds that began to sprout in the courtyard, this mountain temple had not changed much from a month ago.

No monsters were seen, and presumably no monsters appeared.

After looking at the sky, Chen Chao was hesitating whether to spend the night in the mountain temple, when he suddenly heard some footsteps outside.

There were also some voices talking, from far to near.

Chen Chao frowned, tiptoed, and flew from the incense burner to the beam of the main hall.

Although this mountain temple was built by the previous dynasty, it is still strong and there is no need to worry about collapse.

Finding a place on the beam where he could never be seen on the ground, but where he could see the blind spot on the ground, Chen Chao held his breath and concentrated, even the sound of his heartbeat became extremely weak at this moment.

Not long after, four people walked in from the main hall.

Two men and two women, both with good looks and elegant clothes.

Everyone has some fairy spirit in them.

One of the tallest men walked into the hall and looked around. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he smiled and said, "Comrades, it's getting late. Why don't you take a rest here tonight?"

"This place is very good. Although this mountain temple was built by the previous dynasty and has been lost for hundreds of years, there is still some left. It can be used to practice some practice."

Another man with a younger face sat down impatiently. After a while, Chen Chao saw that the statue of the mountain god that had long been turned into mud began to slowly overflow with wisps of khaki breath, turning into a thin line. , connected with the young man.

Looking at this scene, a hint of displeasure flashed across the faces of the other three people. The young man who spoke first said with emotion, "This mountain god has eaten a lot of incense in the previous dynasties. It's a pity that we didn't meet him earlier. Now after hundreds of years, There is no one left in ten, but it is better than nothing. My Taoist friend and junior sister can just use this to practice some practice."

After hearing the man speak, the Taoist friend said softly, "Brother Taoist, please come too."

The three people soon sat down cross-legged and began to activate their master's Taoism. Soon, three khaki silk threads sprouted from the mud tire, connecting the three people present.

Chen Chao, who was hiding on the beam, had actually begun to speculate that they were monks from outside the country when he heard them calling each other Taoist friends. When he saw them practicing like this, he had already concluded that these four must be This is the rumored lineage of Qi Refiners.

This reminded him of the young Qi practitioner who died in his own hands before.

Although these people are not destined to be from the same lineage as the young Qi Refiner, they are from the same sect, there is no doubt about this.

But the question is, what are these Qi Refiners, who are not common among monks, doing here now?

From their conversation, Chen Chao could not get much information for the time being, but he had a vague feeling that things would not be that simple.

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I promised to give my brother an extra update. It will probably take two or three o'clock, but I will definitely post it. Even if today's chapter is posted later, there will still be two updates tomorrow. I will add more when I have time.