Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 28: Slaughterhouse

After being isolated for half a month, I arrived in Baojiao County again.

Chen Ku looked at the inner and outer cities. They were still as lively as ever. The people in the outer city were similar to those in Sheyu Town.

I couldn't help thinking:

"I actually crossed the two levels from village to town and from town to county at once..."

Clear in mind.

The status of a one-year clerk in Yaowang Hall is only for one year. If after one year, one cannot take root in Yaowang Hall completely, he will probably have to go back to the village.

But, this is ordinary people.

Chen Ku didn't think that he would go back to his hometown just by relying on the transformation map. If he was really that useless, he might as well find a corner of the city wall and kill himself by ramming his head into it.

Arrived at the entrance of the inner city.

The police officers collecting customs duties at the city gate were guarding the gate, checking and letting people pass.

Chen Ku accidentally noticed the notice on the city wall.

I was shocked.

"This big smuggler has not been caught yet, and the bounty is high."

I saw that the portrait on one of the wanted posters posted on the city wall was the same "Ni Kun" posted at the entrance of Yaochai City, but compared to a month ago, the reward at that time was still one hundred taels.

A month passed.

The reward was as high as five hundred taels!
The huge reward of five hundred taels of silver is more than enough to buy a courtyard house in Baojiao County.

And generally speaking.

The reward was raised only because the arrest was not made and...

"Killed the officers and soldiers? Is he that strong?"

Chen Ku had heard that in the county, although there were giant forces such as Yaowangtang, Chaitiepu, and Yulonghui, the one that truly held absolute power was the county government.

Since there is a path of martial arts in this world, it goes without saying that the best fighters and the most powerful ones must be in the government.

Most of the yamen runners and constables in the county town are skilled in martial arts, otherwise, how could they suppress other forces in the county.

"I wonder what level of master Ni Kun is? Hua Jin? Or Nei Qi? What on earth did he smuggle?"

Chen Ku was thinking in his heart.

He has one foot in the gray area, so naturally he has a sense of being prepared for danger.

Thinking, I walked across the city wall.

The yamen runner at the city gate saw Chen Ku's long gown and the Yaowang Hall servant's waist pass he showed, waved his hand, and let Chen Ku in without collecting the city gate fee.

"Why……"

Chen Ku had sharp ears and seemed to hear a young man, like Li Ji Yang, speaking in dissatisfaction in the queue to enter the city, but his mouth was quickly covered by someone.

He couldn't help but look back in the direction of the voice.

It was a middle-aged man with a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Chen Ku was a little dazed when he saw this scene.

The middle-aged man was a little awed and quickly pulled his son to nod to Chen Ku.

Chen Ku didn't say anything, but then he smiled, the same smile as the one that the man in long gown named Wang showed outside Yaochai City that day.

After all, my identity has changed and I have become an exception.

Put away your thoughts and head straight to Yaowang Hall.

The huge door lintel and the spacious hall are still filled with the smell of medicine.

"Oh, you are the person who presented the precious grass half a month ago. Yes, I still remember you. Come with me to the waiter's quarters. You are assigned to Room 16." When he arrived in the hall, he showed his identity and credentials, and was recognized by Wu Gui from last time.

He had walked through the inner courtyard with Wu Gui once before, but this time, Chen Ku discovered that the route they took was different again.

The backyard of Yaowang Hall was extremely spacious and large, just like the kind of mansion in Shanxi that Chen Ku had visited before.

"Brother Wu, how big is the courtyard of Yaowang Hall?" Chen Ku followed the familiar waiter and asked curiously.

Wu Gui seemed to have a good temper. In his previous life, he was an enthusiastic senior. He smiled bitterly at Chen and said, "Didn't I tell you last time that there are three large courtyards. If we are talking about houses, there are a total of 56 rooms, excluding the warehouse."

Fifty-six rooms.

"The place where guys like us live is the kitchen yard at the back. We also have our meals there. It's right after we pass the slaughterhouse." Wu Gui said as he led Chen Ku into a large yard.

Ok?
As soon as Chen Ku stepped into the large courtyard, he smelled an extremely strong smell of blood and stench. He stepped over the threshold and saw a total of seventeen or eighteen rooms in the courtyard, all open, and disciples wearing long robes from the Medicine King Hall were running back and forth busy.

Some were drying things, some were sifting things, some were pounding medicine, some were sweeping the floor, and some were fetching water. It gave people a feeling of busyness yet order.

The most important thing is that Chen Ku looked at the things drying on the racks in the yard of about 70 or 80 square meters, and they were all deer antlers, animal bones, and a series of animal-related things.

"Everything in the world can be used as medicine." As if sensing Chen Ku's mood, Wu Gui smiled and said, "The butcher shop is responsible for making medicine from animals, such as deer antlers, bezoars, dog treasures, bear gallbladders, leopard bones, etc., and also demon meat."

"Demon meat?" Chen Ku grasped the key word.

"Well, it's a beast that has developed demonic energy. It can be called a demon. Only masters of internal energy can deal with it." Wu Gui explained patiently, "Just yesterday, the demon hunting team in the hall captured a living demon-level 'bear'... I heard that the master chef 'Shang Yunfang' from the butcher's house will personally take action today to ensure that all the precious medicinal substances on the demon-level bear are taken down with the greatest medicinal properties..."

Wu Gui was speaking.

Roar! ! !
Suddenly, Chen Ku and Wu Gui heard a shocking roar. The sound broke through the slaughterhouse and echoed throughout the yard.

Soon, a specially made steel cage was pushed out by the guys from the slaughterhouse.

Chen Ku looked at it with a slightly moved expression.

He saw that the bear was at least three meters tall, with steel hooks piercing its body. Its roars and screams made his eardrums vibrate, and he seemed to be able to feel a mysterious aura of threat sweeping across the entire yard, making his heart tremble and unable to breathe.

[The owner of the picture is suppressed by the demon-level bear evil spirit, which wants to harm the owner and create evil spirits. If you kill it, you will get a demon-level evil spirit.]

Chen Ku's eyes lit up.

Demonic spirit.

The special threatening aura just now was actually demonic aura. It was obviously the demon trapped in the cage and was angry. The anger mixed with the demonic aura spread around, not targeting him, but it also triggered the perception of the transformation diagram.

But just when Chen Ku was looking at the bear with fiery eyes.

"Humph!"

A cold snort, accompanied by a figure, suddenly came out of the slaughterhouse, and immediately came to the bear's cage. With a wave of his hand, the cage opened.

Chen Ku saw the figure, wearing a long gown and long boots, slightly short stature, with a square scarf on his head. His face could not be seen, but he was facing the bear that was pierced by a steel hook.

One hand grabbed the bear's head, which weighed several thousand pounds, as if it were a chicken, and pulled it upside down in a domineering and forceful manner.

In his other hand, a dagger as thin as a cicada's wing appeared. He slashed it across his chest at an indistinct speed, and then he took a gourd and...

"This is Master Shang Yunfang from the Slaughterhouse. Although others can suppress this demon-level bear, only Master Shang's 'Black Tiger Slaughtering Knife' can be so skillful that he can extract the bile from a living bear without hurting its life." Wu Gui said respectfully, looking at the back.

Chen Ku asked softly, "Are the many animals used in the slaughterhouse freshly killed for medicinal purposes?"

Wu Gui nodded and said, "Of course. Haven't you seen the couplet at the entrance of our hall? 'Even though the taste is expensive, we will never compromise on the material resources.' When eating, we must pay attention to the freshness of the meat. When using animals as medicine, they must be freshly picked. Many martial arts schools and guests have this requirement. This is also one of the signature features of our Medicine King Hall."

Chen Ku looked at the yard full of animals used as medicine, such as tiger bones, bear paws, etc., and thought to himself, "What a great place! It seems that my first goal in entering the Medicine King Hall has been achieved."

That means going to the slaughterhouse!
This is simply a holy place for growth!
(End of this chapter)