In the evening.
A man in an official robe with a stubble on his face and a fierce look appeared.
This is the general flag of the Yunwu Hundred Households, Zhao Ye.
In terms of rank, he is still only a demon-suppressing lieutenant, but he is given the power to manage the daily affairs of the Hundred Households, with the title of general flag, second only to the Hundred Households themselves.
The moment he arrived, all the lieutenants and soldiers present bowed to him.
"Meet General Flag Officer Zhao!"
Zhao Ye just nodded, and then said: "The Hundred Households are in seclusion, and this Hundred Households Conference will be hosted by Zhao."
"According to convention, colleagues, drink and eat first. When the time comes, the ceremony of enthroning the lieutenant will be held."
"Good!" "Good, good, good!"...
As Zhao Ye said this, the chef of the Demon-Suppressing Division soon presented the meal prepared for the conference.
There were spirit fruit wine, monster meat, and even specially cultivated spirit melon seeds, spirit plums and other exquisite snacks.
This was a self-service style.
The first time Chen Jing'an came, he followed Jiang Song and imitated him.
He took a cup of spirit fruit wine, a bowl of monster meat, and some delicious dishes that could fill the stomach, but there was no spiritual energy.
The two took the food and ate it aside.
Chen Jing'an paid attention to the movements of the rest of the people and found that the sergeants were all of the same standard, even the very awesome Mr. Zheng was no exception.
Then to the lieutenants, they also had only one glass of wine, but the cup was bigger, at least equivalent to three or four of their cups.
A large basin of monster meat was filled.
There were even seats.
This was probably the privilege of the lieutenants.
Jiang Song took the initiative to explain: "The dosage of our meals is a practice that has been continued within the Demon Suppression Division. No one stipulates that soldiers cannot eat too much, but if you choose to be unconventional, then you will bear the consequences yourself."
Chen Jing'an didn't know what he meant by "you will bear the consequences yourself".
But judging from the fact that Master Zheng obeyed the rules honestly.
It's better for him not to know.
...
After finishing the pieces of meat in his hand, Jiang Song took Chen Jing'an to join his small circle.
There are currently two soldiers.
One is Qian En, who is a descendant of the immortal family like Chen Jing'an, from the Qian Immortal Family in Yanghe County.
Their family is quite special, and they have mastered the inheritance of weapon masters.
They can create low-grade magic weapons.
The other is Shi Yuan, who is a casual cultivator like Jiang Song, and is also a person who is well-versed in human relations. He does not have the bad habit of being arrogant and speaks very smoothly.
This well reflects the principle of "birds of a feather flock together".
I think Jiang Song has considered this issue when he was forming a small circle.
Chen Jingan introduced his family background and said that his grandfather was an alchemist.
This was a bargaining chip for him when he was away from home.
Chen Jingan's show of goodwill was immediately responded to by the two.
Both parties were interested in getting closer, so their friendship improved quickly and they could call each other "brother" immediately.
Chen Jingan was considered to have integrated into the group.
Jiang Song was very satisfied with Chen Jingan's attitude.
After all, he was the one who brought this person in. Chen Jingan's cooperation made Jiang Song feel proud and consolidated his position as the leader.
"By the way, Brother Chen, we actually have another person here, and she is a female Taoist friend. Her name is Xie Bingyan, and she is hunting down demon cultivators. Her achievements will soon be enough to promote her to a lieutenant. I will introduce her to you next time."
"Okay."
Next, General Zhao announced the candidates for the new lieutenants.
And he changed his official robes and official seals on the spot.
Chen Jingan was not familiar with these people, and they could not get along with each other in terms of status, so he did not pay much attention to them.
In the following time, Jiang Song suggested that everyone go on a mission together.
It just so happened that the four of them were all at the sixth level of Qi training.
Find a sixth-level demon cultivator to entrust them and complete it together.
Not only can they deepen their relationship, but they can also make a fortune in spirit stones before leaving, which is the best.
Chen Jing'an was not worried about Jiang Song's scheme.
Because he only accepted commissions from official books and did not accept private work.
Most of these were under the nose of the Demon Suppression Bureau, and there was basically no chance of colluding with outsiders.
As long as no outsiders intervened, Chen Jing'an was not afraid of being calculated by people of the same realm.
The worst case scenario.
Jiang Song took the remaining two people to deal with him together.
He held the Earth-Splitting Shield in his hand, and also had the advanced version of the Fire Cloud Sword, so he was quite sure to kill one person instantly.
...
After deciding this matter, Chen Jing'an left alone.
This time when he came to the county city, in addition to participating in the "Hundred Households Conference", he also had to hand over the tribute that his family wanted to offer to the Zheng Immortal Clan.
In fact, it is not much, only about three spirit stones, which is not enough to make a county-level immortal clan take risks.
This kind of tribute money is a way of accumulating small amounts into large amounts.
Each immortal clan pays three spirit stones, and the entire QingHe County has to pay twelve spiritual stones.
There are more than a dozen county towns like this in Yunwu County. It is calculated that each time, about a hundred spiritual stones can be collected, which can buy a good mid-grade magic weapon.
It is conceivable how much wealth the Zheng family has accumulated in the more than a hundred years of ruling Yunwu County.
If one day, their foundation-building ancestor dies.
This place will soon attract cultivators from all directions.
But this is not what Chen Jingan should think about at the moment.
The mansion of the Zheng family is next to the county governor's mansion. The decorations and plaques on the door are all much higher-end than the county governor's mansion next door.
Chen Jingan explained his purpose to the doorman and handed over the card.
The doorman didn't care when he left, but when he came back, the smile on his face could be described as "fawning".
"It turns out to be Mr. An from the Chen family in Qinghe. My fourth master invites you!"
The fourth master he mentioned is the head of the fourth branch of the Zheng family, a man of the "Ren" generation who has reached the ninth level of Qi training, named Zheng Rencai.
Chen Jing'an was surprised by the doorman's arrogance at first and then his courtesy.
He examined himself and found that there were only two things about him that were worthy of the Zheng family's high regard.
One of them was the recommendation from Yuan Zhi.
The other was his sixth uncle who worshipped the immortal sect.
There were only these two possibilities.
Soon, Chen Jing'an got the answer, because the fourth master said as soon as they met.
"You are worthy of being a talented person recommended by Lord Yuan!"
With such an opening, the rest was all hypocritical courtesy.
This tribute must still be paid, and not a penny less.
When he stepped out of this door, the Zheng family would still be the existence he had to curry favor with, and there would be no changes.
Chen Jing'an did not want to get too close to the Zheng family.
What was he trying to do by approaching a foundation-building immortal when he was in his twilight years?
As long as he did a good job on the surface and stayed out of it, he wouldn't have to worry about getting into trouble.
However, Chen Jing'an still underestimated Zheng Rencai's determination.
This guy didn't know what kind of person he thought he was to Yuan Zhi. He tried so hard to build a good relationship with him. It was not enough to be polite in person, but he was even ready to pack up!
"Little Seventeen."
Zheng Rencai called out, and immediately a young man of the same age came over.
"Grandson is here."
"This is my grandson, the seventeenth in the clan, named Chonghui. Jing'an, when you come to the county city, let Little Seventeen take you for a walk, and you must have fun."
Chen Jing'an felt helpless, but Zheng Rencai's hospitality obviously didn't allow him to refuse.
Fortunately, this kind of small-scale courtesy would be forgotten.
Anyway, when he returned to Qinghe County, no matter how this Fourth Master Zheng tried to win over Yuan Zhi, it would be his own business.
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