What a lucky world!

Chapter 69 Meow Meow’s Sweatshop!
The afterglow of the setting sun falls on the city wall of Wan'an County, as if it had been coated with a layer of gold powder.

On the official road, everyone looked at a young man who was about seventeen or eighteen years old with curiosity and admiration.

The young man's clothes were tattered, but his eyes were bright.

He was followed by a black cat and dragged behind him the corpse of a fox as big as a tiger.

"Such a big fox, it must be a demon, right?"

"It must be a demon. Last time I saw our owner kill a fox demon equivalent to a third-grade Tongmai demon, and it wasn't as big as this one."

"This little brother looks very young. I wonder where he is from?"

"Didn't you see? He has a Weiyuan Escort Agency sign hanging around his waist. He's from the Yuanwei Escort Agency."

"Weiyuan Escort Agency, I didn't expect there would be such a young escort."

"Escort? Are you kidding? This is at least an escort master!"

"Such a young escort? My sister is still very charming, so I can introduce her to you. Brother-in-law, why don't you go and ask her?"

"Damn it! Yuanwei Escort Agency has produced another talented person! Go collect his intelligence and see if we can recruit him!"

Passersby were talking about it, but Zhang Mu ignored them and walked towards the city gate step by step.

He didn't want to be so ostentatious, but the corpse of this sixth-grade fox demon was very valuable, and he couldn't just leave it there and waste it.

Xuan Ji was a germaphobe and wouldn't eat the corpses, so he had to drag them back all the way himself.

It would be nice if there was a space ring or something like that, like in fantasy novels.

At this time, someone had already reported the situation at the city gate to the government office. When Zhang Mu just walked into the gate, he saw a familiar figure riding a horse towards him. He dismounted a few feet in front of him and ran straight towards him.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Mu?" The person who came was Captain Li from the yamen.

Captain Li walked quickly to Zhang Mu, first looked at the fox corpse behind him, and then asked, "What happened?"

Zhang Mu naturally had a prepared answer in mind, and he said, "Captain Li, I was out training when I stumbled upon this demonic fox. I fought it for three days and three nights before I finally killed it."

Captain Li nodded, walked over to the fox corpse, and took a closer look. He found that the fox corpse was covered with sword wounds. The fatal wound was on the chest, but it had been pierced by the sword. He reached out and touched the fox corpse a few times, then stood up and walked back to Zhang Mu, bowing and saying, "Brother Mu, you have great skills!"

"This is a fox demon that has reached the sixth stage of Qi Condensation, which is equivalent to the sixth stage of Tongmai."

"Brother Mu has eliminated a great threat to Wan'an County!"

As Captain Li's words were heard, the surroundings immediately fell into an uproar.

"Sixth rank? It's actually sixth rank?"

"That little escort was able to kill a sixth-rank fox demon. What level of cultivation did he have?"

"It should be at least sixth rank, or even seventh rank!"

"Then... then he must be the head of Yuanwei Escort Agency!"

"This age is definitely no more than twenty!"

"The future is bright!"

"Hurry back and inform the master that my young lady is waiting to be married, isn't she waiting for a young hero like this?"

Listening to the noise around him, Captain Li raised his eyebrows proudly.

As someone in the officialdom, one naturally understood the principle that a lavish sedan chair would be carried by everyone. His casual remark not only gave Zhang Mu face, but also brought the two closer together. It didn't matter if Zhang Mu didn't understand now; someone in the escort agency would naturally tell him about his intention to establish a friendship.

To be honest, he was also shocked.

Although a fox demon that has reached the sixth stage of Qi Condensation is nothing to him, how old is he and how old is this child!

No one would have thought that an inconspicuous child who followed Song Yuanqing at the beginning could grow to this level in such a short time.

This kind of talent might have the potential to break through the Tongmai realm and become a master of the Yangye realm.

No wonder Song Yuanqing would support him so much. Yuanwei Escort Agency must have found a treasure.

Thinking of this, Captain Li smiled again and said, "Brother Mu, do you have any idea how to deal with this fox corpse?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mu quickly said, "To be honest, I'm worried about this as well. This fox demon is at least equivalent to a sixth-grade Tongmai, so it should be worth some money..."

"Worth some money?" Captain Li laughed. "The government has its own reward. For killing a sixth-grade Qi Condensation monster, the government will reward you with fifty taels of silver!"

"Also, this fox demon meat is also a good source of Qi and blood. Excluding the parts soaked in demonic energy, I estimate it weighs around 100 kilograms. Fox demon skin can be made into high-quality leather armor, and even its teeth and claws have their uses."

"Based on my experience, after all the miscellaneous calculations, it would be about one hundred and fifty taels of silver."

Zhang Mu's eyes lit up.

No wonder the escorts and masters in the escort agency are so willing to go out to escort the convoy.

There are escort masters or even escort leaders in charge of the escort. If they encounter a few monsters, they will kill them directly. The escort agency will not take any of the income.

Seeing the joy on Zhang Mu's face, Captain Li continued, "Brother Mu, if you're relieved, I'll take care of this fox corpse. I'll send it to the escort agency in two days along with the reward from the government. How about that?"

Hearing Captain Li's words, Zhang Mu knew he was trying to curry a favor, so he readily agreed. "Then I'll trouble you, Captain Li. When the reward comes in, I'll treat you to a drink. I hope you'll do me the honor of honor." "What are you talking about? Captain Song and I are like brothers. If you call him Big Brother, then you can call me Big Brother too." Captain Li patted Zhang Mu's shoulder affectionately. "Besides, there's no reason for me to ask you to be the host. You helped the government kill the monster, and I can't thank you enough."

"Why don't I be your host today and have a couple of drinks together?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mu quickly said, "Thank you, Brother Li, for your hospitality. However, I'm a little tired after battling the fox demon for days. Besides, I've been in the mountains for several days, so I need to report back to the escort agency as soon as possible. Let's make an appointment another day."

Captain Li looked at Zhang Mu's tattered clothes and patted his forehead. "Yes, yes, I'm confused. Let's call Captain Song to join us some other day."

After saying this, Captain Li winked at his runners, who immediately stepped forward and took the fox demon's body from Zhang Mu.

Zhang Mu bowed to Captain Li again and left.

Seeing Zhang Mu leaving, a small yamen runner walked up to Captain Li and said with a smile, "Boss, no matter how powerful he is, he is at best the head of the Yuanwei Escort Agency. Is he worthy of making such a acquaintance?"

Captain Li gave the young yamen runner a look of disdain and said, "It's just a few nice words. There's no harm in saying them."

"Favors are most valuable when given when you are stronger than others!"

"Besides... the head of Yuanwei Escort Agency is just the lowest point we can see!"

……

Zhang Mu did not go back to the escort agency directly, but went to his teacher's residence first to take a look.

Sure enough, the teacher hasn't come back yet.

Ever since the last body tempering, the teacher told Zhang Mu that the next Moon-Eating Realm monster was a bit far away, so he would be back later. Counting it up, it has been almost ten days.

Seeing that they had come to nothing, Zhang Mu turned around and took Xuan Ji to the temple.

This time, in addition to killing the fox, he also killed other monsters, took their key parts, and collected a lot of medicinal herbs. By the way, he could make a lot of money by selling them. However, Xuan Ji said she needed them, so Zhang Mu simply gave them to her.

However, Xuan Ji thought these things were dirty and refused to swallow them, so Zhang Mu had to carry them on his back and take them to the temple.

After entering the temple, Xuan Ji called out twice, but there was no sign of Mute Master. She called a gatekeeper mouse and asked, only to find out that Mute Master had gone out.

"Then help me send it down, meow." Xuan Ji hummed at Zhang Mu, leaving Zhang Mu confused: "Send it down?"

Xuan Ji walked straight to the back of the Buddha statue, stretched out her claws and pressed a piece to turn it. Suddenly, Zhang Mu saw that there was a secret door behind the Buddha statue, and there was a tunnel leading downwards in the secret door.

"Let's go!" Xuan Ji walked ahead proudly and said to Zhang Mu, "I'll show you my master's property..."

Zhang Mu followed Xuan Ji into the tunnel. There were torches lighting the tunnel, and steps extended downwards, estimated to be about ten meters long.

Xuan Ji also jumped onto Zhang Mu's shoulders and said, "This was left by the previous temple builders. There used to be a large warehouse underneath..."

"Originally?" Zhang Mu asked curiously, "What is it now?"

"You can see for yourself," Xuan Ji kept it a secret. At this time, Zhang Mu had already reached the end of the stairs. There was a big door in front of him. Zhang Mu reached out and pushed the door open, and was stunned.

In an underground hall, countless mice were busy working.

Some of them were washing the herbs, some were grinding the powder, some were transporting the materials, and some were conducting inspections.

What's even more exaggerated is that in the middle of the hall, a furnace is burning fiercely, and a group of mice are constantly controlling the temperature by adding and removing wood, as if they are... refining medicine?
When the mice saw Xuan Ji, they all stopped, clenched their front paws into fists, made a "cute cat" expression on their faces, and meowed together. Xuan Ji responded with a "meow", and then the mice went back to their own business.

"Is this how you get your pills?" Zhang Mu looked at Xuan Ji in disbelief.

Xuan Ji nodded: "Yeah...I taught you all that, meow..."

"The old monk forbids killing, but I need to catch mice, and I can't kill them after I catch them. I have no choice."

"Just let them come work for me, meow..."

Zhang Mu put down the materials he was carrying and said helplessly, "So what's the cost you're talking about?"

"They work for me, so I have to support them..." Xuan Ji said naturally, "Of course I have to buy them food, meow..."

Zhang Mu looked around the bustling workshop again and asked curiously, "Mice have a very strong reproductive capacity."

Xuan Ji nodded seriously: "Yes, meow, I was really annoyed by this before, meow..."

"But then I figured it out."

"any solution?"

"Castration doesn't count as killing, meow!" Xuan Ji said proudly.

Zhang Mu: [●｀●]
Looking at the unruly rats busy in front of him, Zhang Mu was speechless for a moment.

……

Just as Zhang Mu was visiting Xuan Ji's medicine "workshop", outside the city, in the grove.

Uncle Ya squatted down and picked up the corpse of a mouse.

At this moment, a figure appeared behind Master Ya, clasped his hands together, and said in a compassionate voice -

"Donor, do you know a monk named Yideng?"

(End of this chapter)