Da Zaojun

Song Wuji ate more than many other fragments of divine power after refining this Six Animals Reincarnation Disc.

I even felt a little overeaten.

The essence, energy, and spirit that had been distributed were slowly beginning to recover.

In addition, Song Wuji gained an extra innate supernatural ability.

Named "Taming Birds and Beasts," this talent, obtained through the conquest of a city, is similar to "Taming Food" in that it can be used to bestow blessings upon the people of Jianxin County.

However, you can only choose one of the two blessings. If you choose to tame birds and beasts, you will have the talent to tame beasts. If you choose to consume food, you can cultivate and recover by eating.

After thinking it over, Song Wuji decided to bestow the divine power of "Controlling Birds and Beasts" upon the people of Jianxin County. Since they already hated demons, consuming food wouldn't significantly increase their combat power. Controlling birds and beasts was like cultivating immortality and refining demons, or like Pokémon, allowing them to capture and raise demons to assist in battle.

Depending on their individual talents, individuals can control different numbers and strengths of demons.

However, tamed demons should be called demon pets.

With a wave of his hand, Song Wuji used the fire from the stove that had been sent out to create the flames of revenge to inform them of the supernatural talents they had acquired, as well as the method to condense imprints and subdue demons.

Basically, they would first beat the enemy half to death, then forcibly subdue them, without any talk of persuasion or reformation.

Furthermore, the death of a tamed beast has no impact on its master. In fact, it is just like a magical artifact or a tool, only it is alive.

Given the mental state of the people of Jianxin County and their deep hatred of demons, this method, which can enslave demons, is exactly what they want.

However, Song Wuji was not very clear about how to cultivate and grow them. He only passed down the true forms of the five divine beasts he had seen when he consumed the Five Elements Soup: the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, the Black Tortoise, and the Soaring Serpent.

It's better to raise these pets than to capture ugly demons, but that's not to say that we discriminate against ugly demons.

The people of Jianxin deeply felt this innate supernatural power and were moved by it.

Immediately, many people, before offering their heads as a sacrifice, hawked the half-dead demons: "There are demons here! There are demons here! Contracts can be made anytime, in exchange for five work points!"

After taking over Jianxin County, Lü Han and his county government team transplanted the Taichang County model here, rebuilding the city, restoring its vitality, keeping everyone busy, and healing the growing pains.

"What demon? What demon?"

A group of people gathered around.

"It's a demon transformation!"

A demon is a human transformed into a demon. After the collapse of the demonic path, they are both human and demon, capable of disguise, but filled with demonic energy.

This behavior is like mixing sand into the human path and polluting the bloodline of the human race. Even if these transformed demons wanted to live normal lives, get married, and have children, Song Wuji would not allow it.

There are only two options: one is to register voluntarily and be taken into the secret realm. In the Tiger Realm, there are tiger slaves, human beings with tiger demon blood. Song Wuji does not allow them to marry normal people.

The other option is not to register and report, but that would be considered disloyalty and would mean death.

Even if they were human before, they are now demons, and that is a hidden danger!
Previously, Song Wuji had ordered the people to search the entire city for demons and kill them all, but some of them turned into humans at the crucial moment, which caused those people to feel conflicted.

Finally, it was discovered that they were like Western werewolves, with two forms: one form being a demon and the other being a human.

But they are still demons in essence, because the blood pool has completely transformed them. However, in their memories, they are still human. After becoming demons, they also did many things to help evildoers.

Song Wuji originally intended to kill them all to eliminate future troubles, but Lü Han persuaded him to send them to the secret realm to do heavy physical labor. Furthermore, he followed the path of a Confucian scholar and had the duty of educating people, believing that the sins did not lie with these demons.

In this world of demons and monsters, they are also victims. Those who conceal their crimes, attempt to escape, or rebel, killing them is acceptable. But those who voluntarily surrender can be given a chance. "Transform into a demon! Transforming into a demon is just being human, how can you enslave them?"

"Can demons be considered human? They are demons that can lurk among us, and we must not leave them alive!"

Song Wuji sensed the situation here but did not intervene. These things require time to work out. He was not currently experiencing any saintly compassion, simply because he had witnessed atrocities.

To give a suitable example, these "transformed people" are essentially the offspring born after demons have violated the common people.

Song Wuji supported killing him to prevent future troubles.

Upon exiting the pass, Song Wuji immediately asked Lü Han, "How many common people are left?"

"The demons said that they kept 70,000 to 80,000 people in the city, but since the registration, there are actually less than 40,000. The original census records show that Jianxin County originally had 140,000 people. That is to say, in just half a year, the demons slaughtered and transformed 100,000 people."

"In addition, we made contact with the General of Hongzhou Prefecture. He sent a secret message that the entire Hongzhou Prefecture, except for our Taichang County, has fallen. Furthermore, we have also lost contact with the other prefectures of the imperial court."

How many people are still living in Hongzhou Prefecture?

“Hongzhou Prefecture originally had 200,000 people, but in the past six months… it has dwindled to less than 80,000. Fortunately, the food problem has been solved in Hongzhou Prefecture. They discovered a secret realm and successfully subdued it.”

"Lord Song, do you intend to enter Hongzhou City?"

Song Wuji shook his head: "Entering Hongzhou City will only incite internal strife, and the Hongzhou General may not want me to enter the city."

"We should help each other and fight against the demons together, instead of joining forces and seizing power."

"But we still need to meet them; we need to exchange information."

"This time, we don't need to treat him as a general because of his high rank. We should only look at each other's strength. Besides, I heard that the City God of Hongzhou Prefecture is still alive. I don't know what kind of person he is. What if he is like us in Taichang County, with ulterior motives, and only cooperates with the general and the prefect because of the pressure from demons? That would be disgusting."

"Let's exchange ideas first, and after some time, confirm our respective opinions. Then we'll formally schedule a time to meet at a place outside the city."

"Meeting" is a term used among feudal lords.

Lu Han understood Song Wuji's meaning and wasn't surprised. He didn't want to have an extra superior or leader over his head out of nowhere.

Now that the imperial court may perish, who knows who will rule the world?

A while later, Chen Xiu also arrived. He had just climbed out of the Myriad Demon Creation Pool. This time, he led troops to besiege the demons, and his 500 regular soldiers suffered many casualties. Fortunately, the Myriad Demon Creation Pool, this mysterious treasure, provided more room for error and saved some of them.

After slaying a large number of demons and having more than one hundred ninth-rank and three eighth-rank under his command, he decisively took action to besiege a fleeing seventh-rank, namely the Mountain Soul transformed from the Earth Spirit Golden Rooster!

He has the ability to search for treasures in mountains, and the local spirit is among the rare and precious materials, and it is shaped like a mother hen with her chicks, making it the most vulnerable to him.

Even so, he was still a figure akin to a mountain god, and he almost died.

Fortunately, he finally succeeded in killing the old hen, and the mountain spirit entered his body. He completed the sacrifice of his skull to enhance his martial arts and successfully advanced to the seventh rank [Mountain Patrol Guardian], which is the next rank after the ninth rank [Demon Hunter Archer] and the eighth rank [Demon Hunter Divine Archer].

In addition, according to military strategy, he still lacked the necessary experience to become a seventh-rank military officer, since he had not achieved the feat of being the first to scale the walls, nor had he killed a general or captured a flag...

It was Song Wuji who entered Jianxin County first, and only then did he lead his troops into the city to kill the demons.

(End of this chapter)