Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 82: Jinlin Township! Jinlin River God!
"Just leave!"

Zeng Fan breathed a sigh of relief. He never wanted to see these bastards from the Xuanniao Guards again in his life.

"Also, give the orders to all of you."

"No one is allowed to provoke the Shen family, otherwise I will make him die without a burial place!"

Before leaving, Zhao Sheng and his friends gave Zeng Fan a special reminder.

The warnings from Zhao Sheng and the others made Zeng Fan feel as if a cold wind had penetrated his bones. He felt a chill on his back and cold sweat involuntarily slid down his spine, soaking his official uniform.

That is, there is a person in the Shen Mansion who has reached the Perfection of Blood Refining Realm or above. Even Zhao Sheng and his friends dare not provoke this one master.

In Jinlin Township, Yunze County, a mighty river with a width of several hundred feet and undulating waves winds like a giant dragon, stretching across the endless plain.

The river water is clear and green, majestic, reflecting the scorching sun in the sky, shining with golden light.

There is a small town less than ten miles away from this river.

The town is hidden among the lush green fields, with only a wide and flat bluestone road leading to the outside world.

Smoke from cooking fires rose from the town, and from afar one could see the constant flow of people coming and going.

At this moment, four lightning-like figures slowly emerged in the distant sky.

They rode fast horses, the sound of horse hooves came from far away, and they moved forward quickly in the dust.

And these four people are Lu Xuan, Zhao Sheng and others.

"Senior Xuan, the town ahead is called Taiping Town. Do you want to rest for a while? We will be crossing the Jinlin River later."

After a few days of running around, Zhao Sheng and the others also learned Lu Xuan's name.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan nodded slightly and looked at the small town with deep eyes.

"Can!"

Lu Xuan, Zhao Sheng and others did not stop and entered the town unimpeded.

Then they arrived at the door of a small inn.

However, the characteristics of this inn caught Lu Xuan's attention.

There were no wooden planks around the inn, and the roof consisted of only a single solid wooden plank.

The inn's sign was made of mottled wooden boards with a few large, crooked characters written on them.

Peace Inn.

Then Lu Xuan and Zhao Sheng found a place at the edge of the inn and sat down. Zhao Sheng said directly, "Boss, please bring the tea."

"Okay, sir, please wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Then, Qian Hao, who was sitting next to him, took off the bag on his back and put it on the simple wooden table.

Then Qian Hao reached out and opened the bag, which was filled with high-quality dried meat.

Lu Xuan said nothing and sat aside with a calm expression.

"Senior Xuan, after crossing the Jinlin River, it will only take half a day to reach the capital of Baidao Prefecture."

"Mayor, please, please let our little Fatty go. He's still young. Can you let me take his place and offer sacrifices to the river god?"

"Ok?"

Zhao Sheng was about to say something when he was interrupted by the crying of a woman.

Zhao Sheng and the others turned their heads and fixed their gazes on the source of the sound.

However, Lu Xuan did not make any movement and continued to savor the tea in his hand with an expressionless face.

On the street in the distance, a team of men in uniform black police uniforms, with stern faces, seemed to be carrying out a ruthless mission.

There were several men holding an ignorant child in their hands, about seven or eight years old.

A woman in white clothes, with her black hair tied up in a bun, appeared. She stopped in front of the group, and behind her followed a burly man.

"Alas, Wusheng, you are well aware of the rules of our Ping'an Town. Please accept my condolences."

"You'd better take your wife away quickly, so that she won't come to mess up our big business."

In front of the team of men in black, there was a man wearing an exquisite brocade robe, who was about fifty or sixty years old.

The man looked kind and dignified, with slightly frosted hair, tall stature and a slightly plump figure.

The man was the mayor of Taiping Town. He ignored the woman's pleas and looked at the man behind her.

"Wusheng, your family still has several children, which is already considered good."

"Some families selected by lottery only have one child, so they still have to obey the overall situation."

"According to the rules of Taiping Town, 20 boys and girls are selected every year to be sacrificed to the Jinlin River God."

"Three days from now, it will be time for the annual sacrifice to the Jinlin River God. This is a major event that no one can stop."

"Three years ago, the lot fell on me, and I did the same thing, handing over my child."

"Wusheng, you and your family, are you trying to destroy the peace of Taiping Town?"

The mayor of Taiping Town spoke in a very gentle tone, simply because the warrior in front of him was a warrior who had reached the perfection of the Bone Refining Realm.

His powerful strength is second only to that of a warrior in the marrow refining realm.

The burly man behind the woman struggled under the scolding of the mayor of Taiping Town, with both unwillingness and helplessness in his eyes.

The sturdy man clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turned white from excessive force, and the muscles on his arms bulged like mountains.

The woman standing in front seemed to have sensed her husband's inner struggle and pain, and she already knew the outcome.

"Ugh."

"I understand, Mayor!"

Afterwards, Wusheng stepped forward and hugged the woman, making way for the Taiping Town mayor and others.

"Alas, Takeshi, you know I don't want to do this either."

"None of us can afford the consequences of disobeying the Lord God of the Jinlin River."

Finally, when the mayor of Taiping Town passed by Wusheng, he said something with emotion, and then slowly left under the woman's desperate eyes.

The pedestrians walking on the street turned a blind eye to this scene, as if it was a normal phenomenon.

Zhao Sheng and the other three are all warriors in the Blood Refining Realm, and their five senses are extraordinary.

Although the group of people opposite were several hundred meters away, Zhao Sheng and his companions still heard it all.

The faces of Zhao Sheng and the other three changed drastically, but the next moment, they quickly returned to normal and pretended that they knew nothing.

damn it!
How could it be such a coincidence!

I unexpectedly happened to encounter the time when that thing in Jinlin River appeared. What bad luck!

Zhao Sheng's heart was like a surging wave, difficult to calm down.

The Xuanniao Guards in the city were naturally very clear about this thing hidden in the Jinlin River.

Because the magistrate of Jinlin County had once reported to the Xuanniao Guards in the provincial capital, asking them to quickly kill the monster in the Jinlin River.

However, the monster hiding in the Jinlin River is a huge strange fish with the perfect strength of the Blood Refining Realm, and it has the intelligence of a child.

This huge monster fish monster that has reached the perfect stage of Blood Refining, relying on the terrain advantage of Jinlin River, can completely rival the masters of the Inner Qi realm.

Therefore, facing such a powerful monster, even their Lord Xuanshi could not guarantee that he could kill it.

(End of this chapter)