Fantasy: I can equip everything

What do you mean by saying I did a good job and that my training was worthwhile?

Who are you hooking up with? Do I even know you?

Chen Chuang's mouth was slightly open, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, the official didn't wait for his reply and said directly to Li Zhiyuan, "Magistrate Li, it's not appropriate for you to be present for what's to come. Please leave."

Marquis Li Zhiyuan, who governs a county, has not been spoken to so rudely for a long time.

But Li Zhiyuan was not angry at all. Instead, he bowed respectfully and left.

They also dispersed all the servants and attendants around them, leaving the two of them a space to talk.

Although he was inside the room, this official seemed to be able to see everything outside, and he laughed, "This Magistrate Li is quite sensible."

He took a small sip of tea, then gestured to Chen Chuang, saying, "Sit."

Chen Chuang took a deep breath and sat down opposite him.

After sizing up Chen Chuang, he smiled and said:

"Li Zhiyuan, a county magistrate, is a seventh-rank official in the imperial court. In Qinghe County, he can be called a local emperor."

"Yet this kind of person treats me with utmost respect, even giving you the Sumeru Ring that he had worked so hard to obtain. Do you know why?"

Chen Chuang didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Because you're someone from above."

"And I was mistaken by him as being with you."

The other person chuckled, put down his teacup, and said seriously, "My name is Xiao Qianzhong, an ordinary undercover investigator in the Yongzhou Undercover Bureau."

"Although the Secret Investigation Division is a branch of the Demon Slayer Division, it is in charge of all crimes of rebellion, treachery, and corruption within the imperial court."

"With just a word from an ordinary undercover agent like me, Li Zhiyuan could lose his head."

Chen Chuang nodded and smiled, "No wonder he almost treated me like his father before; he must have thought of me as an undercover agent like you, right?"

Xiao Qianzhong looked at Chen Chuang quietly and said softly, "So, do you really want to become a secret investigator?"

Chen Chuang paused for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "Why me?"

Xiao Qian emphasized Chen Chuang, "His talent is good, and his strength is very strong. He can kill an external force martial artist even when he's only at the Body Tempering Realm. Isn't that enough?"

"Of course..." He sighed, scratching his chin somewhat awkwardly, and said, "The main reason is that our Yongzhou Secret Investigation Division really doesn't have any information about the Blood Demon Cult in Qinghe County."

"After Li Zhiyuan reported this, we learned that an additional undercover agent had appeared here and discovered the Blood Demon Cult's conspiracy."

"This makes the problem complicated."

"If we admit that you are not the secret inspector, then your colleagues in other prefectures and your superiors will all think that the Yongzhou secret inspectorate is incompetent."

"A hidden Blood Demon Cult has grown into such a powerful force without our knowledge; it was you, an outsider, who discovered it."

"The magistrate of the Yongzhou branch office doesn't want to lose face in front of his colleagues. So he'll just take you in."

Chen Chuang then understood why Xiao Qianzhong had said those things in front of Li Zhiyuan.

They immediately asserted their identity and status.

Chen Chuang clicked his tongue and said with a wry smile, "I guess I don't have the right to refuse, do I?"

Xiao Qianzhong gave a thumbs up and said, "Not bad! If you don't agree, I'll have no choice but to take you away and kill you, and tell everyone that you went to carry out other secret missions."

"The face of an important person is more valuable than my life," Chen Chuang remarked, raising his head and bowing respectfully. "Then, this novice, Chen Chuang, greets Your Excellency!"

Xiao Qianzhong was not surprised by this at all.

However, some changes were made to the way Chen Chuang was addressed.

"You're not some 'sir.' Since you've joined the Secret Investigation Division, you're already a Secret Investigation Envoy. In terms of rank, we're equal, both holding the sixth rank."

Six products?

Chen Chuang was stunned for a moment.

It's one thing to be inexplicably placed directly into the system.

He came in and he's already a sixth-rank official?

The county magistrate is only a seventh-rank official.

This Secret Investigation Division is no ordinary organization.

He wanted to ask more about the Secret Investigation Division, but Xiao Qianzhong had already stood up.

"Okay, the rest of the details, as well as the various benefits you are entitled to, will be delivered in a few days."

After finishing the tea leaves in his cup in one gulp, Xiao Qianzhong stretched his shoulders and said, "Since we're already here, I'll go and see what's going on with this demon tide."

"Generally speaking, demons rarely live in groups, since they all need to cultivate and compete for resources."

"Only when some powerful demons emerge by chance and unite the nearby demons to become mountain kings can they lead the demon horde to form a demon tide."

"If it's not too much trouble, I'll go and kill that monster that's leading it."

Upon hearing his words, Chen Chuang recalled the situation with the giant eagle demon and frowned as he recounted it.

"Such a large size..." Xiao Qianzhong pondered for a moment and guessed, "It should be a True Qi Realm cultivator. The strongest one who could injure it but let it escape was only a Gang Sha Realm cultivator."

Gang Sha Realm?

Chen Chuang gasped in shock.

The strongest person in Qinghe County is someone with perfected internal strength.

Only when you arrive at the prefectural capital can you meet those powerful experts at the True Qi Realm.

And the Gang Sha Realm...

Even in a prefecture, he would be considered a powerful figure.

How could a demon of this level appear near Qinghe County?

What surprised him even more was Xiao Qianzhong's reaction.

"The Gang Sha Realm is a bit troublesome, tsk tsk." He shook his head and said, "I won't be able to make it for dinner tonight."

As he spoke, he walked to the door, lightly jumped into the air, and flew away in the right direction.

Looking at the white circles that erupted around him, Chen Chuang couldn't help but purse his lips.

This is...

Shaking his head, unable to comprehend this twisted world, he left the county government office and returned to Chunfeng Tower.

"Gone?"

As soon as he returned, he heard from the madam that Blind Rat and Lame Monkey had left.

A letter was also left behind.

When I took a look, it was a series of little figure drawings.

Indeed, neither of them was literate.

Chen Chuang studied the letter for a long time before he finally understood its meaning.

"I left with Uncle Nine..."

Shouldn't that mysterious Uncle Nine have left long ago?

Why did you suddenly decide to take them both away?

But it's a good thing, actually.

With Uncle Nine's cultivation level, the two of them wouldn't encounter any danger.

"By the way, have those shopkeepers brought the money over yet?"

The madam shook her head with a strange expression.

Chen Chuang sneered and said directly, "Spread the news that I'm back."

He's short of money right now.

Although I already have 10,000 taels from the canal gang, I need 100,000 taels of silver to unlock the fifth equipment slot!

That night, many important figures in the southern part of the city did not get a good night's sleep.

They were all preparing money overnight.

......

In an inconspicuous courtyard in Qinghe County, a man wearing a black cloak hurriedly walked in.

"That guy's back."

Lin Bainian, who was enjoying wine and admiring the moon in the courtyard, suddenly turned his head upon hearing this.

"She's back? How is that possible? Liu San Niang has internal energy cultivation..."

The cloaked man shook his head and said, "I've inquired for a long time, but no one knows the specifics."

"That guy's identity seems to be extraordinary. I've tried to get information out of the hall master several times, but I haven't been able to get anything out of him."

"The two who went into the mountains with them also kept silent, it must have been Dao Ye who gave them a gag order."

Lin Bainian frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Since he came back alive, the secret treasure is very likely on him."

"Think of a way to get him to go somewhere."

The cloaked figure hesitated, "Then what about my identity in the Small Knife Society...?"

Lin Bainian shook his head and said, "Now that we've obtained what's inside the secret treasure, there's no need for us to stay here any longer."

"Understood, I'll go and think of a solution right away."