Mountain Patrol Military Officer

The incense shadow saw the situation, face furious, and suddenly rose into the sky, "The creatures of Bailong River, you've crossed the line, what do you intend to do?"

The leader of the "people" did not even move, his cold, sharp little eyes staring at the incense figure, the gills on his face opened wide, and his voice became sharp and high-pitched,

"My Old Dragon King's six hundredth birthday, the Mountain Gods and Land Gods of the nearby Thirteen Caves and Twenty-seven Mountains, all the Cave Masters, big and small, must come and pay respect. You little Wu Luo Mountain God dare to disrespect, we'll take you."

Upon hearing this, the Mountain God was furious, "Whether I want to go or not is up to me. For how many years has your Bailong Mansion been causing trouble here, creating obscene shrines and wild sacrifices, causing countless deaths, and you still want to capture me for not attending? Such arrogance, I am an officially appointed True God by the Court, and you dare act like this."

Yet, the leader laughed heartily, then his pupils shrank to pinpricks,

"A Court-appointed True God, even your Lord must show respect to my Old Dragon King. Even if we took you and shattered your soul, no one would care!"

"You overestimate yourself!"

With that, the "person" raised his hand, forming a seal, and pointed towards the Wu Luo Mountain God.

With that point, the original incense and mist of the Wu Luo Mountain God's form were enveloped in a green light, tainted with filth, suppressing the incense light.

At this point, the Mountain God's expression changed, caught off-guard by the sudden transformation, even losing the control of the sword in his hand.

At this moment, the black chains seized the opportunity, breaking through the defense, directly coiling from the Mountain God's neck, to wrap tightly around all four limbs.

The Wu Luo Mountain God looked shocked and angry, no matter how the incense figure expanded, contracted, or transformed into a cloud of incense, it was bound tightly by this chain.

Soon, the other end of the chain was held by the leader of the "person", who then swung the Mountain God down from the sky, slamming him onto the ground, leaving a big pit where the seemingly intangible light figure hit.

After doing this, the leader of these "people", with his dead fish eyes, glared sinisterly at the people inside the inn, giving a wicked grin, showing teeth sharp like saws.

"Look, these are the travelers protected by you, the Mountain God, who burned incense and offered prayers for you, yet to no avail, and still you speak of the Court."

"If it wasn't for some antiquated rules, I'd have had my fill long ago, said Old master."

As he spoke, this "person" looked towards Chen Yuan, who stood at the main entrance of the inn, his demeanor remarkable, his skin clear, licking a long tongue over his sharp teeth, revealing a greedy gaze for such clean flesh and blood.

Behind Chen Yuan, Xu Liang, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, frowned. A mere little demon committing crimes in broad daylight, capturing a Court-appointed Mountain God, even discussing the Court, clearly has no idea how to spell death.

He made a slight move forward, but saw Chen Yuan raise his hand.

Xu Liang glanced at Chen Yuan, as if to say, there's no need to trouble you, let me handle it.

But the next second,

"Bang"

A window on the second floor suddenly exploded open.

A Sword Qi pierced through the sky and fog, directly targeting the leader on his python-hide mount, covering a distance of tens of meters in the blink of an eye!

The sudden attack of Sword Qi caused the leader's gills to contract rapidly, his eyes jerked, and a dirt-yellow bead spat from his mouth, expanding to basketball size in the wind, with yellow light trembling fiercely, and stopped the whistling sword light just inches away!

The sword light, with flowing colors, contained a sword with a red tassel, the sword body a deep blue, a three-foot-three long sword!

The dirt-yellow inner core resisted the sword edge, seeming to prevent any advance.

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with a golden light.

Visible in his pupils, the next moment, the long sword cleaved the earthy yellow inner core in two, then the sword light swept across the leader's neck, sending his head flying as a stream of green fluid spurted high from his neck!

Subsequently, the body thudded from the saddle onto the ground with a dull sound.

Then, the body transformed visibly into a giant Green Fish Monster, about ten meters long.

Its fish scales emitted a dim green light.

Turns out it was a Green Fish Monster!

And at this moment, the sudden change was so swift that the Fish Demon's companions, seeing this, had no thought of revenge, but instead let out ear-piercing shrieks, quickly turning and fleeing, rushing into the mist.

Soon, several figures dashed out from the second floor, like bursts of wind, catching up with those creatures, followed by a few screams, and everything returned to tranquility.

Afterwards, outside the inn, there were more fish and shrimp corpses, but already having turned into demons, they were significantly larger.

Then, swish, swish, swish, several figures appeared beside the Green Fish Monster's body.

Four young men and women, all in their youth.

In short, the men handsome, the women beautiful.

"This demon possesses a Heavenly Pass Tao Seed!"

"Senior Sister Chu's sword strike just now was truly astonishing, slaying in one fell swoop, seems like senior sister's cultivation of a Taoist Soldier is imminent." A young man said to a tall, black-clad woman with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, senior sister is amazing!" said another young woman with twin ponytails, holding a sword, her face childlike and excited.

The tall woman referred to as Senior Sister Chu, listening to the praise of her junior brothers and sisters, had a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Just now, she clearly felt that the demon was blocking her, and she was somewhat lacking in strength....

Must be an illusion!

Never mind, she didn't dwell on it, and looked down at the Fish Demon's corpse,

"Enough, clean up this demon first!"

She instructed her junior brothers and sisters to collect the important parts of the Fish Demon's body, as the corpse of a Heavenly Pass Demon was full of treasures.

With practiced teamwork, they quickly harvested the demon, leaving not even a trace.

At this moment, the demon dead, the Mountain God freed from the chains, though his aura was a bit weak, he floated in front of the group and cupped his hands in thanks,

"Little God thanks the young heroes for your assistance!"

"I am the Mountain God of this area, may I know the names of the young heroes?"

Chu Xiangyu sheathed her sword, familiar with such Court-appointed minor gods, she cupped her sword,

"I am Chu Xiangyu of the Xuantian Sect, and these are my junior brothers and sisters."

The other three were quite polite to this Mountain God, judging from his earlier conversation with the Fish Demon, he was righteous and brave, no wonder he was appointed here by the Government as a Mountain God.

This Mountain God had never heard of the name Xuantian Sect, and thus a very serious matter came to mind, his brows furrowed,

"May I ask where Lady Chu intends to go?"

"My fellow disciples and I planned to cross the Shu Road into Shu. It's rumored that luck has emerged there, with many opportunities appearing, countless heroes are going there, and we want to see our luck too," Chu Xiangyu said.

"I see! In the past six months, I've seen many like you heading to Shu, indeed many big events have occurred there, with much fortune being mentioned, it's perfect," said the Mountain God, his tone relaxing upon hearing they were heading to Shu and not towards Qin.

"Honestly, you must leave immediately and head towards Shu. These people are Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals of Bailong Pond, that water is very deep, I am grateful for you saving me, and I wouldn't want you to be in trouble, leave quickly."

"Also, everyone here needs to leave!"

"They are lawless, if discovered, they are sure to take revenge, and once they act, they never leave any alive!"

.......

One pot of tea later,

On Chencang Road, heading towards Qin,

"Clink"

"Clink"

"...."

Chen Yuan's carriage resumed its journey.

The bell on the eaves still jingled crisply, swaying through the morning fog.

And behind,

"Giddyup"

"Giddyup"

"Giddyup"

"Hurry!"

"....."

Voices of shouting for horses and anxious murmurs sounded.

Then, horses and carriages rushed past his carriage on both sides, even ignoring the danger of the cliff beside them!

The earlier bustle dissipated.

The inn's occupants had all dispersed.

This included the innkeeper and several attendants.

At this moment, from inside the carriage, came Chen Yuan's voice,

"Young man, tell me, what is going on with this Bailong Pond?"

Inside the cart, beside Gongsun Yang was the attendant who had served them earlier.

At this moment, this young attendant had a troubled look,

"Master, if we don't hurry, our lives might end here too!"