Da Zaojun

Chapter 10: Ninth Rank: Demon Hunter Archer
Song Wuji was at the foot of the city wall and was given a bowl of porridge first. Although it was a mixed grain porridge, it was better than chewing wood.

Because it was "taking medicine", Song Wuji didn't even have to worry about the heat. He swallowed the whole bowl and felt that he was still not satisfied.

At the same time, a temporary state of "those who eat grain are wise and clever" emerged.

This state is similar to the previous one where Song Wuji was gnawing on wood because he was extremely hungry. It should be the passive effect of the magical power of "taking food". Eating different foods can have different effects.

"Hey! New here, what are you good at?"

Those who might enter the city have just been screened out and have already automatically formed groups of three or five.

Song Wuji couldn't act too abnormally, after all, there were accomplices here.

It’s hard not to see such big words on your head.

[Wooden Man]

[Giant Force]

[Knife Minion]
Although they are not as special as the civil minions and martial minions, they look more advanced than those human skin minions and corpse-eating minions.

Unfortunately, this illustration is not smart enough, and Song Wuji needs to kill one person before the effect is revealed. However, judging from his attire, he should be a craftsman or something like that.

"I can read and do arithmetic."

"What kind of skill is that?" one of the larger-looking men said, "Mr. Sun said the county magistrate needs to organize the people to fight against the demons. What's the point of someone as thin as a straw learning to read and do arithmetic?"

If there were no words on his head, Song Wuji would have thought he was a "brainless idiot".

Without saying a word, he leaned against the city wall and silently practiced the Kitchen God's mental method. This mental method could slowly increase the "Three Treasures God". After the two original demonic energies were refined, this one could be used.

These people found it boring and did not dare to cause trouble, so they could only discuss the demons.

Song Wuji listened and collected some information. He thought that when the scholar Sun Xiucai was organizing the disaster victims, he had already started collecting information about these monsters. The disaster victims had more or less faced the monsters directly and were eyewitnesses.

But when ordinary people tell their stories, the truth is always seriously distorted.

For example, if they hear that a snake monster appeared in Chenjiagou, they will say that it is like a dragon, hundreds of feet long at a time, with a waist as thick as a house, eyes like millstones, head at the head of the ditch and tail at the end of the ditch.

They were lucky because the snake demon was full and too lazy to move, so it curled up and slept, so they escaped.

But Song Wuji had not seen the true appearance of the snake demon, so it was difficult for him to judge whether what they said was true or false.

After all, when he was refining the demonic energy, the demonic tiger he saw in the illusion was only about three meters long, including the head and tail.

However, this tiger demon has a quick digestion ability and is even more intelligent...

Although the city gates were not opened until noon, people from the government office came out at three quarters past five in the morning.

The leader was Chen Xiu, the county magistrate of Taichang County.

Chen Xiu was a military scholar. After he got the official title, he still practiced martial arts every day. However, he was not as good at fighting as he was in his youth. At this time, he was riding a horse and carrying a bow. He was accompanied by several runners from the county lieutenant's office, several of his own servants, and the servants accumulated by the wealthy families in the county. He formed a team of a hundred people, and their purpose was not to do anything else but to maintain order.

"The city is open! The city is open! Everyone, hurry into the city!"

Song Wuji heard a voice of encouragement.

Then some people pushed and squeezed each other, trying to break in while the city gate that let Chen Xianwei and others out of the city was still open.

But the next moment, County Lieutenant Chen drew his bow and shot the arrow.

It was the human skin minions who took the opportunity to cause chaos.

The arrow pierced him, instantly deflated, and he was reduced to a rotten skin, without even a chance to scream. County Lieutenant Chen, sitting on his horse, naturally stood taller than the others, his eyes and ears perceptible, allowing him to clearly detect any small movements.

Moreover, being able to open the city gate was definitely not without preparation. He originally wanted to enter the City God's Office as a ninth-rank official, but the City God said that if he wanted to enter the office, he could only become the chief, and the chief could only be a ghost or god.

However, I unexpectedly learned that civil officials worship the Confucian Temple and military officials worship the Martial Temple, and there will be some inheritance.

Although there is no Wenwu Temple in Taichang County, the City God said that as long as there are tombs and shrines of civil and military sages, one can obtain inheritance from them. This kind of practice depends entirely on oneself, and whether one can achieve the highest level depends on personal luck.

But he is definitely not one of those who work under the Twenty-Four Departments. He relies on divine power and can only be an official of low rank.

It just so happened that there was a temple in the county, which was the temple of the "Fei Hou" of the previous dynasty. It was also conferred by imperial decree in this dynasty, and it has been passed down to this day. Although the incense is sparse, it has never been discontinued.

Fei Hou once mistook the stone for a tiger, shot an arrow at it, and left in a hurry. When he came to look for it the next day, he found that the arrow had already sunk into the stone.

Chen Xiu followed the ritual instructions of the City God and offered sacrifices to Fei Hou that night.

I just felt that Fei Hou's sculpture seemed to come alive like the City God, and then a ray of light flew out from the sculpture's eyes and went straight into my mind.

"Ninth Rank. Demon Hunter Archer"

Hunting monsters and offering their skulls as a sacrifice to martial arts can increase your martial arts skills.

He was also given a technique of shooting tigers with arrows, a technique of breathing exercises for the flying marquis, and a technique of illuminating pupils.

The art of tiger-shooting archery includes the methods of training strength through bow drawing, continuous shooting, and attaching blood and energy to arrows.

The breathing method, used in conjunction with the strength training method in the tiger shooting archery technique, can increase endurance and restore energy, so as to maintain long-term shooting without injury.

The pupil-reflecting technique can identify demons and evil spirits. It is said to have originated from the "magic mirror", which is the origin of the term "monster hunter archer". If you cannot see the demons, how can you kill them?

"There is indeed a ghost!"

Chen Xiu looked around and saw that most of the victims had numb expressions. They just followed the crowd and had no idea what they were doing.

"If you push forward again, I will kill you on the spot!"

"Those who fan the flames must be possessed by evil spirits. Those who report evil spirits will enter the city first!"

After a few words, those eager minions stopped talking.

But the victims had not yet reacted, and the ones who were protecting the victims outside the city were none other than the leaders of the henchmen, the civil henchmen and the military henchmen.

"Sure enough, the man surnamed Tian is not a fool. He can open the city gate, so he must have found a way to deal with it." Sun Xiucai's eyes flashed, and he said to Liu the hunter next to him.

Hunter Liu replied, "I've long advised you not to count on these little minions."

"Originally, you and I had become accomplices, with no hope of freedom in this life. Fortunately, the king asked us to do something and promised to set us free after the task was completed. Only then were we able to be released."

"But your life is still in the hands of the king. You have many ideas, so how to escape the king's control depends on you."

"If we can get rid of him, we can still live a normal life in human skin. Who will find out?"

"The Wen demon secretly thought he was stupid. He knew in his heart that the demon demons could not exist independently without the demon king. How could he believe what the tiger demon said?"

At the same time, there was a trace of sadness in his heart. The principles of studying that he had in the past were still influenced by his conscience, which made him waver from time to time.

"Now that I'm dead, death is the most precious end. Unfortunately, I've become a demon servant and have no choice but to work for the tiger demon. Now, even if I wanted to die again, I can't."

(End of this chapter)