Catching Monsters

Chapter 436 Helping Out a Little
Life in the archives was even more boring than Qin Shujian had imagined...

Since my master transferred me to the archives, he has left, reportedly leading his men to Poqing Town to deal with an extremely dangerous monster.

Even Wen Chen left with them, leaving only himself behind.

Every day, he would just appear in the archives room, watching Qu Lanyu drink heavily and smelling the strong smell of alcohol.

The key point is that Qu Lanyu doesn't allow him to practice swordsmanship in the courtyard. He can only secretly practice when Qu Lanyu is drunk.

Sometimes he wondered why this old man was so troublesome...

He can practice his swordsmanship all by himself; it doesn't bother him at all...

However, things gradually developed in a way that exceeded Jiang Yun's expectations.

Jiang Yun didn't tell Qin Shujian about Qu Lanyu's identity because he wanted the two of them to get to know each other slowly, so that Qu Lanyu would discover that Qin Shujian was a promising talent.

He had the idea of ​​taking on apprentices and teaching them.

But things have gone a bit astray.

"Senior Qu, you can't leave the task of cleaning the entire archives room to me alone."

Qu Lanyu: "Don't young people have to endure more hardship? When I was your age, it was much harder than this."

"That won't do. It's half for each of us, and you can't slack off."

Qu Lanyu was also dumbfounded when he heard this. He had inquired about Qin Shujian's identity afterward. After all, he had been in his archives room and spent every day with him. How could he not know Qin Shujian's identity?

Unexpectedly, upon inquiry, it turned out to be Jiang Yun's personal disciple.

Jiang Yun is the commander of the Eastern Garrison Command. Why would he assign his personal disciple to such a desolate place as the archives?

The old drunkard's heart is not in the wine, but in me.

Qu Lanyu instantly understood that his lord, the Commander of the Garrison, wanted him to teach the boy swordsmanship.

Of course, Qu Lanyu had no interest in this, nor did she want to teach Qin Shujian...

But unexpectedly, it was a coincidence.

Qin Shujian had no such thoughts at all. He arrived at the archives room with a bit of anger, and spoke to Qu Lanyu with a somewhat impolite tone.

Qu Lanyu was dumbfounded. No, your master sent you here not to let you get close to me and learn something, but for some other purpose?
Why is there such an attitude?

Qu Lanyu couldn't help but mutter, "What's wrong with young people these days? We're almost losing our tradition of respecting the elderly and caring for the young."

……

Jiang Yun was naturally unaware of what had happened in the archives of the Eastern Garrison Command.

At this moment, Jiang Yun led his men to rush to Poqing Town, where the Xingxing had previously been located.

When Jiang Yun arrived, it was five days after the soldiers of Poqing Town had been massacred.

The entire town of Poqing was filled with a strong stench of blood. Many houses had been smashed to pieces, and the blood on the ground had dried and turned black. Countless corpses of the town's soldiers could be seen on the road.

According to intelligence, as many as two thousand elite Zhenchi soldiers died that day.

At this moment, there are no longer any Zhenchi Army troops stationed near Poqing Town. Instead, the Zhenchi Army has moved to a place thirty miles to the west, trying to stay as far away from the Xingxing as possible.

Jiang Yun only brought a dozen or so people with him; the other Imperial Guards had already arrived at the scene to investigate.

"Master, we've arrived." Wen Chen covered his nose; the smell in this town was truly unpleasant.

The group wore straw hats and rode fast horses.

Upon arriving at the town gate, the Imperial Guards who had arrived first were already keeping watch. When they spotted Jiang Yun and his group, they quickly blew a whistle.

Soon, Zidane, having heard the commotion, led his men to the scene.

"Lord Jiang," Qi Da said solemnly, bowing to Jiang Yun, "as the intelligence reports, there is not a single survivor in the entire town."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun nodded and asked, "What about the whereabouts of that Xingxing?"

"We have some men watching it around a lake about ten miles west of Poqing Town. However, it is violent and we are observing it from a distance. If any living thing gets close to it, it will be killed by it."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun's heart stirred, and he said, "Come on, take me to see."

The group rode their horses and quickly headed east, but when they were still three miles away, Zidane suggested that they dismount and approach on foot.

Led by Qi Da, Jiang Yun, Wen Chen and their group arrived at a hillside.

There were dozens of Imperial Guards on this hillside.

"Look, sir." After arriving at the top of the small hill, one can see a huge lake in the distance. The lake used to be surrounded by many trees, but now many of them have been destroyed.

Beside the lake lay a gigantic monster.

Jiang Yun looked at it carefully and found that it was indeed very similar to the legendary Xingxing.

It was lying by the lake, fast asleep.

"After we discovered this evil creature, it has stayed here for about three days without leaving," Zida reported in a low voice. "We may not be able to defeat it. If we want to deal with it, we may have to invite a great scholar from the capital."

"No rush." ​​Jiang Yun squatted on the hillside and said thoughtfully, "I have to think of a way to get a hair from it."

"Lord Jiang, what are you doing?" Qi Da's expression changed slightly: "Plucking its feathers?"

“He must have left behind some hairs while he was active in that area,” Jiang Yun said, pausing for a moment before thinking to himself.

His Majesty has also given me a task...

Eradicate the Demon Spirit Cult...

If we could lure this Xingxing to the headquarters of the Demon Spirit Cult...

Even if the Xingxing couldn't wipe out the Demon Spirit Cult, they could at least carry out a large-scale massacre and reduce the number of the Demon Spirit Cult's experts.

Jiang Yun does have a secret method to lure this monkey to the Demon Spirit Cult.

But the prerequisite is that you need to have its fur to make things easier.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun asked, "By the way, I saw in the secret report that after the Xingxing appeared, two mysterious experts took Xu Xiaogang away?"

“That’s right.” Zida nodded and said in a low voice, “Perhaps it was a master sent by His Majesty to protect the Duke of Zhenguo.”

"Alright, your task is to keep an eye on this Xingxing and not let it get too close. I'm going to the Zhenchi Army camp."

Jiang Yun thought for a moment and said to Wen Chen, "You can come with me."

"Yes, Master."

Zidane asked, "Sir, are you going there?"

"Let's ask Xiaogang to borrow that expert."

……

After several days of reorganization, the Zhenchi Army's camp had finally recovered. Xu Xiaogang was sitting in a military tent, where Hyena and Vulture had become inseparable from him since the assassination attempt by the Demon Spirit Sect.

Unless they are generals who are extremely close to Xu Xiaogang, no one else can easily get close to him.

Xu Xiaogang is currently reviewing the allocation of food supplies. Although the Demon Spirit Sect is harassing them, they cannot stop the offensive.

According to Xu Xiaogang's current estimate, it will only take about two months to completely wipe out this rebel army.

Of course, this is on the premise that the Demon Spirit Cult will not create such a monster again.

Just then, a messenger ran in from outside the military tent: "General, two people have come to the camp. One of them claims to be Jiang Yun from the Eastern Garrison Command, Lord Jiang."

"Brother-in-law is here." Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaogang's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up and said, "Please come in."

Soon, Jiang Yun and Wen Chen arrived at the main tent.

The hyena and the vulture immediately stared intently at Jiang Yun.

Instantly, Jiang Yun's gaze also fell upon the two of them, and he was slightly startled.

Just one look from them made Jiang Yun feel vaguely uncomfortable; these two people were quite powerful.

Furthermore, even from a considerable distance, Jiang Yun could smell the corpse odor emanating from the hyena.

"Brother-in-law." Xu Xiaogang ran up, hugged Jiang Yun, and said with a smile, "Aren't you Imperial Guards investigating that evil creature in Poqing Town? How come you have time to sit here with me?"

"I've come with important business, of course." Jiang Yun smiled, then asked, "These two are the experts His Majesty sent to protect you, right?"

“That’s right,” Xu Xiaogang introduced, “This is a hyena, and this is a vulture…”

After hearing the introduction, Jiang Yun nodded to the two of them: "Xiao Gang, your brother-in-law wants to borrow one of you to help with a small matter."

"Can you do me a small favor?" The vulture and the hyena frowned slightly.

The hyena asked, "What?"

"Plucking a hair for me..."

(End of this chapter)