Chapter 117: Chapter 117 - 84: Become an Inspector First, Then Join the Spirit Suppression Department

Ye Chen’s mouth twitched.

The goodwill that had just emerged vanished instantly.

This kid is just as shameless as Xiang Wenlong!

"Alright, get out!"

Wen Jiu hurriedly nodded and bowed, "Thank you, Master!"

"Master, I’ll take the young junior to see Elder Xiang." Li Mu spoke up.

Ye Chen nodded, turned, and returned to the cave dwelling.

...

After leaving the cave dwelling.

Li Mu couldn’t help but sigh, "Junior Brother, I’m envious of you... Do you know how long it’s been since Master praised me?"

"A whole ten years!"

Wen Jiu looked at Li Mu, who suddenly had a bitter expression, and smiled silently.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

How about.

Praising him a bit?

But after thinking it over, he decided against it.

What good would his praise do?

"Let’s not talk about it anymore, saying too much is just tears." Li Mu sighed, then changed the subject, "Junior Brother, rest assured, there’s usually nothing for an Inspector like you to do unless something major happens at the Side Peak. In such cases, you’ll represent the Inspection Hall and the Main Peak. But once you leave the Main Peak, you need to be careful because the title of Inspector represents the Main Peak!"

Li Mu’s last words carried a heavy tone.

Wen Jiu nodded.

...

Before long.

Under Li Mu’s guidance, Wen Jiu arrived at the cave dwelling of Elder Xiang Wenlong of the Spirit Suppression Department.

Upon hearing of the visit from Wen Jiu and Li Mu, Xiang Wenlong excitedly stopped what he was doing and rushed over.

"Little Mu, it can’t be that your master asked you to send Wen Jiu to me, right?" As soon as he emerged from the cave dwelling, Xiang Wenlong eagerly spoke.

Li Mu quickly saluted and nodded, "Elder Xiang, the young junior brother wishes to join the Spirit Suppression Department, and Master has already agreed."

"Good, good, good!"

Xiang Wenlong called "good" three times in excitement.

Li Mu quickly said, "Then Elder Xiang, what about the welcoming gift you agreed upon?"

Xiang Wenlong’s expression froze, hesitating for several breaths before nodding heavily, "One thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones...here, I’ll give them to you right now!"

Upon hearing this.

Wen Jiu looked at his senior brother Li Mu beside him.

At this moment.

Wen Jiu was almost in tears.

Truly my good senior brother!

Xiang Wenlong immediately turned around and returned to the cave dwelling to fetch a storage bag, filled to the brim with one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

"Thank you, Elder Xiang!"

Li Mu quickly spoke up and then signaled Wen Jiu to quickly accept it.

Wen Jiu understood and complied.

"Thank you, Elder Xiang."

With those words.

Wen Jiu swiftly put the storage bag away.

Seeing this, Li Mu also spoke, "Elder Xiang, I nearly forgot to mention something. The young junior brother here is still the thirty-first Inspector of the Inspection Hall, and he may occasionally need to go out on missions."

"Hmm?"

Xiang Wenlong’s expression froze.

Riding on two boats?

Why didn’t you say this earlier!

"Is this allowed by sect rules?"

Xiang Wenlong suddenly thought of the one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones he had just given away, and couldn’t smile anymore.

Li Mu replied, "I’m sure Master will seek the Great Elder."

"What if the Great Elder doesn’t agree?"

Xiang Wenlong stared at Li Mu.

Simultaneously contemplating whether to request the return of the one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

But how to ask?

Reach out and ask directly?

That would be too embarrassing.

Li Mu didn’t say any more and changed the subject, "Elder Xiang, I’ll take my leave for now. Recently, the Celestial Left Alliance has lost three Guardians and still isn’t settling down, with constant small maneuvers. I need to leave the sect and have a look."

"You...this..."

Xiang Wenlong hesitated.

Not knowing what to say, Li Mu had already left.

Helplessly, Xiang Wenlong could only turn to Wen Jiu, with a single thought in his mind—to reclaim the Spirit Stones!

However, Wen Jiu suddenly spoke, "While I was at Feixian Peak, I had long heard of the esteemed name of the Elder. Thanks to you and the Spirit Suppression Department, we Side Peak Disciples and Main Peak Disciples have been able to cultivate peacefully. Please allow me, on behalf of all the disciples of Feixian Peak, to offer you the highest respect!"

With those words.

Wen Jiu earnestly bowed in salute.

Xiang Wenlong’s words just reached his lips and halted abruptly.

Forget it.

How can I ask now?

If in the future, the Great Elder does not agree, then these one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones will be considered...considered as robbed by a Tribulation Cultivator.

"No need for such formalities, all these are merely my duties." Xiang Wenlong forced a smile and changed the subject, "Since you wanted to join the Spirit Suppression Department long ago, I assume you’ve already chosen a place to guard?"

"I’d like to guard the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss." Wen Jiu stated directly.

Yet Xiang Wenlong shook his head, "The demons suppressed within the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss are extraordinary. Although the abyss indeed lacks manpower, you’re only at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, guarding the abyss would be unsafe for you."

"I’d like to give it a try."

Wen Jiu insisted.

Outside Deadman Peak, there must be a place suitable for his cultivation.

But Wen Jiu didn’t want to leave Deadman Peak.

Therefore, the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss was his first choice.

However, Xiang Wenlong still shook his head, "The demons suppressed within the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss were the True Spirit Demon Race that disturbed Three Thousand Miles in the Far West eight hundred years ago, considered heterodox creatures. The sect uses an array to isolate Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for eight hundred years, and they still mostly survive... If you encounter them, I fear you may not even have the chance to call for help."

"Heterodox creatures?"

It was the first time Wen Jiu had heard this term.

"So-called heterodox creatures, similar to the Heterodox Dao among our Human Race Cultivators, can regenerate from just a drop of blood. Over the years, they’ve never given up trying to break free from the array. Various tricks over the eight hundred years have almost allowed several escapes; one hundred years ago, a True Spirit demon even escaped.

To kill it, that battle claimed the lives of ten Main Peak Elders. So, to prevent this from happening again, even though they’ve become very weak and aren’t causing trouble now, our Spirit Suppression Department disciples still frequently enter the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss to monitor the situation, always keeping track of their movements. Previously, Spirit Suppression Department disciples guarding the abyss had the ability to escape safely, but relying solely on the Three Evil Corpses isn’t enough for you to survive."

Xiang Wenlong spoke again, "Besides the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss, you’re free to choose anywhere else, and I won’t object."

Wen Jiu quickly spoke, "Elder Xiang, if it requires monitoring their movements, I believe my Yin Spirit Technique could be useful. The Yin Spirit Technique, once at the Small Success Realm, can condense three Yin Spirits, able to maneuver freely and spy within a range of twenty miles... If discovered by the True Spirit Demon Race, at most I’ll lose one Yin Spirit."

"I almost forgot you got the Yin Spirit Technique from the Cloud Sect’s Black Spirit Tower... But you said it yourself, reaching Small Success. The Yin Spirit Technique is a secret technique of the Cloud Sect, difficult to cultivate, and reaching Small Success is even harder... If you can truly cultivate to Small Success, then I’ll accept your choice." Xiang Wenlong was momentarily filled with expectation.

This kid could master the basics of the Yin Spirit Technique in half a day.

This attests to his extraordinary Heterodox Talent.

Currently, no one at Deadman Peak can cultivate the Yin Spirit Technique to Small Success; only Wen Jiu shows promise.

But it’s uncertain how long this kid with his Heterodox Talent will take to achieve Small Success.

A year?

Three years?

Or ten years?

What Xiang Wenlong didn’t know was that Wen Jiu was overjoyed.

Because by cultivating the Yin Spirit Technique for seven hours, the Level 2 daily settlement panel can double to yield 14 experience points.

If he focuses on cultivating the Yin Spirit Technique ten hours a day, he can gain twenty experience points daily.

In fifty days, he can master the basics of the Yin Spirit Technique.

Ultimately, during these fifty days, without sleep, nurturing the Three Evil Corpses alongside cultivating the Yin Spirit Technique.

He’s now at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, not needing to eat, drink, or sleep for a month or so isn’t unfeasible.

The concentration of corpse Qi, death Qi, and blood Qi in the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss is unimaginable. After preliminary exploration behind Deadman Peak, Wen Jiu estimates that its concentration is at least ten times greater than the Corpse Remains Death Land at Feixian Peak.

Concerning future cultivation progress, work hard when needed.

"Thank you, Elder Xiang!"

Wen Jiu quickly saluted.

Then added, "I’ll come find you once I’ve achieved Small Success."

"Very well."

Xiang Wenlong wasn’t in a rush to assign Wen Jiu to another place because the situation with the Great Elder was uncertain.

One person in two departments.

This had never happened before at Deadman Peak.

If this kid can cultivate the Yin Spirit Technique to the Small Success Realm, likely the Great Elder won’t object either.

After all, no method is better suited for monitoring the True Spirit Demon Race than the Yin Spirit Technique.

[From airplane to high-speed rail, high-speed rail to bus, bus to coach...

Slept only three hours last night.

Can’t hold up.

Only four thousand words today.

Let me get some sleep, tomorrow, I’ll write ten thousand.]