Go and capture those thirty-six fierce villains.

"Then I'll be going to Beian City too..." Qin Ning coughed lightly and said seriously:

"I have lost a lot of my memories, so I plan to travel around the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty. Beian City can be my first stop."

He needs to understand the world better.

Moreover, even if the main purpose is to subdue the lesser and greater evil spirits, one still needs a place to settle down.

"Really? Then I can be your guide."

Upon hearing Qin Ning say that he was also going to Beian City, Feng Hanying's lips involuntarily curled upwards.

She finished speaking quickly, then, seemingly realizing her mistake, added, "Well, if you were in Beian City, it would be easier for me to repay your favor."

Qin Ning smiled and said, "In that case, I'll have to trouble Miss Feng."

The two sat for a while longer.

Ah Man and the barefoot boy walked in from outside the tent, one carrying a large basin of cooked meat and the other carrying a large basin of goat's milk.

"Brother Qin, Miss Feng, Dai Da asked me to bring you some food. He's interrogating that bandit; he'll be here soon."

Qin Ning, who was feeling hungry, suddenly had a bright idea.

I picked up the small knife from the bowl, stabbed a piece of pork rib with a good balance of fat and lean meat, haphazardly dipped it in some salt, and started eating it with gusto. Surprisingly, even without much seasoning, the lamb rib had a natural milky aroma and no gamey smell.

It tastes quite good.

Compared to him, Feng Hanying ate much more politely, slowly tearing a large piece of cooked meat into small strips, sprinkling it with salt, and then putting it into her small mouth at a leisurely pace.

However, the one who ate the most roughly was actually the little black cat!

The kitten-sized girl showed no interest in the bowl of cooked goat milk. Instead, she meowed loudly and tore into a lamb leg, her little tail wagging wildly, as if it were the first time she had ever tasted something so delicious.

Hmm...it really doesn't look like there's much to eat in that Taoist temple. Qin Ning patted the girl's head, signaling her to slow down. Looking up, she noticed two boys staring at the large bowl of cooked meat, drooling.

"Don't be shy, sit down and eat with us."

After receiving permission, Aman hesitated for a moment, but the barefoot boy thanked him and immediately picked out a fat piece and ate it in big bites.

The group ate and chatted.

Qin Ning learned about the Morigen tribe's future plans.

The other party will set off at dawn tomorrow, heading deep into the grasslands, to avoid being taken advantage of again.

"There's something fishy about what happened today. Your decision, Dada, was right."

Qin Ning looked at Feng Hanying, who was speaking.

"After the new emperor ascended the throne, Prince Su issued a strict order, and relations between the border towns and the northern deserts tended to ease. In the last five or six years, the two sides have even secretly established small trade routes. Otherwise, the Morigen tribe would not have settled less than two hundred miles from the border."

The barefoot boy sipped a mouthful of meat with goat's milk: "I heard my mother say that in the past, no tribe dared to come within three hundred li of the border town of Daxia. It was only in recent years that they dared to come here to graze their herds."

After a new emperor ascended the throne and the border regions were at peace for several years, soldiers suddenly appeared posing as bandits to plunder the area, and their actions did not seem like they were after money.

Having seen countless influential figures in online political forums in his previous life, Qin Ning instinctively felt that there might be a shocking conspiracy behind this matter.

Will the world descend into chaos...? I wonder if this will affect my ability to subdue the evil spirits.

Qin Ning wiped his mouth: "Miss Feng, I've heard you mention Prince Su twice. May I ask who this person is?"

"I know!" the barefoot boy shouted, raising his hand to answer quickly. "One of the vassal kings of the Great Xia Dynasty, who has guarded the border for many years... Uh, that's all I know."

After he finished speaking, he gave Qin Ning a fawning smile.

"A-Qu is right. Prince Su has been guarding the border for exactly twenty years. Back then, in the Battle of Jiatian Peak, he single-handedly blocked the army of over 100,000 from the Northern Desert Royal Court outside Tianmen Pass for three days, managing to hold them off until the Great Xia cavalry arrived, thus averting a catastrophe in Suzhou."

"It was after that that the late emperor granted Suzhou to him," Feng Hanying added softly.

One person against tens of thousands... Qin Ning's hand tightened slightly while petting the cat, causing the cat to meow in dissatisfaction.

"So, this Prince Su is also a cultivator?"

"...It used to be."

"Legend has it that he was severely injured in the battle of Tianmen Pass, and his martial arts cultivation declined year by year. He became an ordinary person as early as eight years ago."

Qin Ning fell into deep thought after hearing these words.

The two meat-eating boys looked regretful... seemingly having been led astray by the image of Prince Su, who had lost his martial arts cultivation. They didn't seem to consider that the prince had lost his cultivation because of someone he had blocked.

"Miss Feng, may I ask when the new emperor will ascend the throne?"

"Also eight years ago..." Feng Hanying suddenly realized something, "You mean, Prince Su's loss of cultivation is related to Emperor Yongguang's ascension to the throne?"

Qin Ning vaguely felt that she had grasped something.

He neither agreed nor denied it, but changed the subject: "How do you know so much about the affairs of the Prince Su's mansion?"

Feng Hanying said frankly, "My master is considered a half-guest of the Prince Su's mansion, so he knows a bit about it."

"I see. I'll go check on how the interrogation of that survivor is going." Qin Ning said, picking up the little black cat that was munching on a leg bone, and leaving the tent.

After whispering a few words to each other, the two boys also took their leave.

Only Feng Hanying remained in the tent. After a long silence, she rested her chin on her hand and murmured softly:

How can I repay this favor?

......

Qin Ning left the tent but did not immediately go looking for the burly old man.

He wandered around the tribe, found a brick used for building a fire pit, and squeezed it hard in his hand.

The bricks and stones crumbled instantly.

"I've refined a lot of the plague energy in this battle. I wonder how my current physical condition compares to that of cultivators on the martial arts path."

Qin Ning still remembered that the man with the triangular eyes had mistaken him for someone who practiced both medicine and martial arts, and had even said that his performance was not up to par.

Brushing the crumbs off her hands, Qin Ning took out the silver needles and tested them on her arm.

There is resistance, but it can still penetrate.

"Hmm... my skin's resilience has improved again. If I continue refining it, I wonder if I'll reach the legendary level of invulnerability."

After verifying the improvement in their own abilities,

Qin Ning smiled and walked towards the east side of the tribe.

On the way, he clearly felt a sense of sadness spreading through the Morgen tribe.

Among those young men who died in battle, some were husbands, some were sons, or both.

Amidst the faint sounds of weeping, he arrived at the storage area, where a makeshift felt tent had been erected. Two wounded men stood guard at the tent entrance.

The two men immediately smiled when they saw Qin Ning.

"Doctor Qin, Dai Da is inside. We've already found out the origins of the survivor."

This old man is really efficient... Qin Ning smiled at the two of them, bent down and went into the tent, where the smell of blood mixed with the stench filled the air.

The little black cat perched on his shoulder looked disgusted, and simultaneously covered Qin Ning's and her own noses with its two paws.

"I was just about to come find you... this guy is gone."

Qin Ning glanced at the humanoid creature on the ground and frowned: "Let's go outside and talk."