Fire Monster

Chapter 53 Forced Recruitment
"Oh oh oh!"

The crowing of a rooster, the time-telling instrument, also announced the arrival of the curfew in Linjiang Prefecture.

At the last moment, Zhao Guanshan successfully moved in the family of the third martial arts apprentice.

Seeing the obviously different protective light light up, he felt a sense of relief.

"Yangmao, Erya, you two have worked hard, go back and rest first."

"how about you?"

"There is one last family. We can't let them move into the second-level imperial seal hut today, so I plan to keep watch for them outside." Zhao Guanshan said calmly.

"What? Zhao Guanshan, you are confused, what's the big deal? It's just one night. They are already living in a Level 1 Imperial Seal Hut. How could they be in any danger?"

Yang Mao was very puzzled, and Liu Erya found it even more unreasonable. Are all liberal arts students so childish?

"I have to be loyal to people who trust me, and I have taken five big coins, so I can't make any mistakes. I can't control anything outside of Pauper Alley, but I can't be negligent inside Pauper Alley. You guys go back."

After Zhao Guanshan finished speaking, he really took out the psychic sword that he had temporarily borrowed from Qu Ergou, sat down at the door of the fourth martial arts apprentice's house, and began to keep watch.

About half an hour later, Yang Mao came over stealthily and sat down next to Zhao Guanshan with a smile on his face.

"Don't chase me away. Arya also agreed. I just think that if the two of us keep watch at night, we can still have someone to look after us, right? If you are really touched and want to repay me as your brother, then upgrade a Level 2 Imperial Seal Hut for us. If that doesn't work, then just write off the debt of the two bottles of Marrow Cleansing Spiritual Liquid!"

Zhao Guanshan was speechless. With this ability to fleece the sheep, you are worthy of being called Yang Mao!
But since you are here, let’s keep watch together.

"call!"

The night wind blows, and the chill is deep.

I looked up but couldn't see the sky, but I could hear faint sounds of thunder. I didn't know what the situation was like on the Imperial Seal Great Wall at this moment.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance. After a while, an imperial oil lamp was seen floating over, followed by several black shadows, which were getting bigger and smaller, higher and lower under the light.

"who!"

Before Zhao Guanshan could shout, the person on the other side had already uttered a low growl.

The next moment, a psychic spear was already against Zhao Guanshan's throat, and he didn't even have time to see clearly how the other party attacked.

"Martial...Martial Taoist..."

Yang Mao was also frightened and couldn't speak clearly.

"call out!"

The psychic spear that was against Zhao Guanshan's throat was suddenly retracted, and then a figure squeezed out from the darkness. Yes, it squeezed out, because before that, he seemed to be invisible.

Obviously, the figures we just saw were just used for confusion.

This is a martial artist with extremely rich practical experience.

"You two boys, don't you know there's curfew? What are you hanging around outside for?"

It was hard to tell the other person's age. He was wearing a third-level imperial armor, a square imperial helmet, and a hideous beast mask on his face. It would really scare people to death in the middle of the night.

And look at the other person's outfit.

On his back was a psychic sword, and at the side was a tube of twelve imperially-sealed iron-feathered arrows.

He carried a psychic sword on his left waist and a psychic longbow on his right.

On each of his arms was tied a psychic crossbow, and in his hand was a psychic spear. He was armed to the teeth.

This is definitely a senior martial artist, maybe even a double seal martial artist, that is, a martial artist with two natal seals engraved on his body. No wonder Zhao Guanshan was alert, but he couldn't defend against the opponent's thrust, and he lost unjustly.

After calming himself down, he bowed and said, "I am Zhao Guanshan, the boy, meeting the senior. This is my friend Yang Mao. We are both students of the Taoist Academy. The reason why we stayed outside after curfew is that we wanted to do our best to patrol the slum alley at night."

"Night patrol? You are worthy!"

The martial artist sneered, showing disdain.

Zhao Guanshan was not afraid either. Instead, he deliberately stiffened his neck and said in a desperate tone, "Of course, we are weak, but what can we do? Two days ago, our slum lane was targeted by evil spirits. Hundreds of people died overnight. No one from the Demon Suppression Department cared about it. The Provincial Government only knew to take back the Imperial Seal Hut. This evening, even the last four martial arts apprentices who were responsible for night patrol were forcibly conscripted away. What can we do?"

"Hey, you little bastard, are you still not convinced?"

The martial artist clicked his tongue twice, "I'm here to patrol the night now, get out of here right now, if you dare to make trouble again, I'll punish you by military law!"

Yang Mao was frightened by the scolding. He looked at Zhao Guanshan fearfully, but Zhao Guanshan didn't say a word and just rolled away obediently.

With a god of death patrolling like this, it looks like there will be no problem.

Has the Demon Suppression Division finally spared some manpower to deal with the security issues within Linjiang Prefecture?

This night was really calm and peaceful, without any unexpected incidents.

The next day, Zhao Guanshan went out early, but he never saw the senior martial artist again. It was obvious that he was not just patrolling one slum alley. After all, that kind of person could suppress a large area by himself.

"Brother Zhao, are you going to the Taoist temple? Let's go together!"

In the distance, Pei Ziyuan shouted enthusiastically that the order in Linjiang Prefecture was still normal, and people went to work and school.

Zhao Guanshan was so busy these days that he almost forgot that he was still a student at the Taoist Academy.

"No, I have something else to do today, so I will continue to skip class."

Next, Zhao Guanshan went straight to the West Street Market and spent six big coins to buy sixty rune spikes. This thing does not require high technical content and is easy to produce, so the price is relatively stable.

After returning, Li Guangyu's wife, Huang Wei's wife, and the wives of two other martial arts apprentices were already waiting for them. Since it was related to their own imperial seal hut, it would be better to move back early.

Although, they did not feel that they had gained an advantage with this upgrade, as two cabins suddenly became one, it was still a small loss in the long run.

Zhao Guanshan didn't waste any time talking to them. He quickly demolished one room and upgraded another. Then he fulfilled his promise and they had nothing to do with each other from then on.

"It's a good idea. The arrangement of the rune spikes is acceptable, and the alternation between the two spirit supply arrays is also handled quite well. Overall, it's a good idea."

Just when Zhao Guanshan completed the upgrade of the last Imperial Seal Hut, someone suddenly started to comment. When he looked out, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties, sitting in a wheelchair, being pushed, and was inspecting this second-level Imperial Seal Hut.

There were also two martial artists standing next to them who looked like gods of death. They seemed to have just been relieved from their guard duty on the Imperial Seal Great Wall. They were filled with murderous intent, and there was still remnant of black blood and flesh on the Imperial Seal armor they were wearing.

There was one martial artist in particular who was carrying a heavy psychic shield on his back. He was at least two meters tall, with a broad back and strong arms, like a giant god. When he saw him, Zhao Guanshan felt dizzy just by looking at him for a second.

What's going on? This is.

Zhao Guanshan did not dare to be careless and could only stand aside obediently, but at this moment, another martial artist suddenly looked at him.

"You are Zhao Guanshan? The Zhao Guanshan who is in the 9th grade of the Arts Department of the Taoist Academy?"

"Um, it's me, what do you want, sir?"

"That's right, you have been forcibly conscripted. From now on, you are the Qi Refiner apprentice of the 12th Demon Suppression Squad under the Mountain and Sea Battalion of the 9th Brigade of the Northern Camp of the Demon Suppression Division."

"This is the conscription document, take a look."

(End of this chapter)