The gloomy night shrouded the sub-earth wasteland, and the quiet and deep night sky was cloudless, except for a narrow crescent moon hanging high, and a few dim stars, sparsely scattered around the crescent.

The night is getting deeper, the frost and cold are pervasive, the lights of thousands of homes in the city are extinguished, only a few places are left, and there is still a faint light, in the backyard of the city lord's mansion, the burly Liu Yi is carrying a yellow-faced man in one hand, jumping out of the dry well, throwing it on the ground at will, and throwing out a dark red pill casually.

His tone was cold: "The rewards and punishments of the City Lord's Mansion are clear, today you report in a timely manner, you have merit, this pill can help you become the Demon King, it should be the reward of this trip, in addition, the City Guards have a free squad leader position, when you are promoted to the Demon King, you will come to the City Lord's Mansion to report again!"

The yellow-faced man held the dark red pill in both hands, his face showed ecstasy, his body trembled violently with excitement, and after carefully storing it, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, sobbing sideways, his face turned red, and he spoke incoherently: "My lord...... I...... The great kindness of the adults will make the little ones a cow and a horse...... I ......"

"Okay, okay, stand down!" Liu Yi waved his hand impatiently, his tone was cold and unquestionable, even if the yellow-faced man had a thousand words in his heart, he didn't dare to question it in the slightest, he nodded yes again and again, looking at Wei Wei, but in the face of Liu Yi's attitude, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Secretly hated: Uncle becoming the demon king is a certainty, and he may not be able to become a demon saint in the future.

Human nature is always greedy, you have to inch in, you have to look at Shu, and this is like this in your heart, on the surface, the yellow-faced man is still respectful, bowed and exited the city lord's mansion, only then did he gradually straighten his bones and step forward with his head held high.

And Liu Yi in the mansion looked at his distant figure, but his face showed undisguised contempt, the corners of his mouth were filled with a meaningful sneer and sarcasm, he stretched out his hand to summon the captain who brought people into the mansion, and whispered a few words, the captain was shocked after hearing his words, and was ordered to nod and retreat, and hurriedly left the city lord's mansion.

Liu Yi also walked out of the lobby of the mansion, came to the backyard of the city lord's mansion again, jumped into the dry old well in the courtyard, came to the bronze hall covered with green rust, pushed open the bronze door and walked in, a series of indifferent voices clearly came into his ears: "Have you taken care of everything?"

The huge bronze hall was empty, there was no ornament around it, only a few rusty copper pillars supporting the temple, the climate of the sub-earth wasteland was hot and dry all year round, but this place was unusually humid and cold, and there were many unknown mosses growing on the corner walls near the land.

The dim light leaked from the narrow well above, and in the center of the empty bronze hall, a lonely futon was placed, and at this moment, a long-bearded old man in a Taoist robe was sitting quietly on it pranayama, his eyes closed slightly, and his mouth made an indifferent voice of inquiry.

"Returning to His Holiness, my subordinates have already instructed someone to deal with it. Liu Yi restrained his arrogance, saluted with his fists in a proper manner, and replied respectfully, but after speaking, he unnaturally showed a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

Although the old man in the Taoist robe did not open his eyes, he could clearly feel his strange appearance just by relying on his own strong perception, and his tone was still cold, and he asked, "What doubts do you have?"

Liu Yi hurriedly lowered his head, leaned over and replied: "The subordinates are just puzzled, that Jiang Xie has ill intentions towards the City Lord's Mansion, why didn't the City Lord directly arrest him, but instead ordered his subordinates to dispose of the person who sent the letter?"

"You're not angry. The old man in the Taoist robe whispered, Huo Ran opened his eyes, his eyes were piercing cold, and he quickly disappeared, regained his usual kindness, stared at Liu Yi who was crawling in front of him with a smile, and said: "I know that you have a holiday with this person, but he is still useful to me at this time, when the matter of the beast tide is completed, if you want to kill or chop, and then hand it over to you to dispose of, how about it?"

The tone of the old man in the Taoist robe was calm, with a light and light air, but it fell on the ears of the burly man, but it made him shiver, and he immediately buried his head lower, and replied in a deep voice: "How dare the small things of his subordinates be compared with the important things of the Venerable, since he still has some use for the Venerable, what is it to leave him with a small life to survive." ”

"Hehe......" Venerable Mei let out a hoarse dry smile from his mouth, as if he was very satisfied with his answer, nodded with a smile, and waved his hand again: "That's it, this person's cultivation is not high, but he is also ambitious, if he is left alone, it will inevitably cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, you go to knock and knock tomorrow." ”

"Subordinates obey!" Liu Yi clenched his fists to the ground, the cold light flashed in his eyes, and slowly withdrew from the bronze hall......

The night in the Yatu Wasteland was cold and short, and it was only by the end of the day that the sky was completely clear, the morning sun rose from the barren horizon, the cold morning light shone on the city walls, and the people in the city who had rested in the middle of the night walked out of their homes one after another, and began a new day.

In the stone building, the night sun is also as usual, he finished freshening up early, doing morning exercises in the courtyard, practicing purple qi from the east and Hongmeng refining the body, this is a daily essential homework, there has never been a change, but unfortunately what awaits him is not the peace of the past.

The morning sun in the sky is still half hidden in the wasteland, the tranquility in the stone building is quietly broken, outside the gray stone courtyard wall, there is the neighing of the horse and the whistling sound of the wind, the noisy noise makes Yeyang frown slightly, can't help but stop the pace of training, and push open the courtyard door with a calm face.

On the street outside the stone building, a huge procession came from the direction of Zhongcheng District, and hurried to the direction of Xicheng District, which was a hundred-person brigade of the City Lord's Mansion, the soldiers were wearing all red and gold armor, and several squad leaders were riding majestic horses in jujube, just passing by the street.

The leader of this team, in addition to the captain who is fully armed and stretches his wings to command the whole army, there is also a fierce and burly shirtless man, but he is an acquaintance of Yeyang, the third commander of the City Lord's Mansion Nanshan.

The face of the strong man Nanshan did not have the rough smile on weekdays, but was a little gloomy and scary, but when he saw Yeyang who pushed the door and walked out, he couldn't help but restrain a little, the relationship between the two was good, he barely squeezed out a smile, and greeted Yeyang: "Brother Jiang Xie got up so early!"

"I was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and when I heard the noise of cars and horses on the street, I also wanted to come and see the excitement, I never thought it was Brother Nanshan, I don't know what happened, so that you are so excited?" Seeing that it was Nanshan, Yeyang's face also eased a lot, and he clasped his fists and saluted.

"I'm ashamed to say that in Xicheng District, which I am under my control, there was a murder case last night, and I was ordered by the city lord to bring someone to deal with it, which disturbed the cultivation of the Jiang Xie brothers, I am really sorry for my brother, and my brother has a lot of forbearance!" Nanshan returned the salute with his fists and said.

"There was a murder in Xicheng District?" The sensitive words stirred Yeyang's nerves, making him involuntarily think of what happened last night, and he had a lot of thoughts in an instant, but his face was silent, he waved his hand with a smile, and said: "Originally, I wanted to invite Brother Nanshan to have morning tea, but since the eldest brother has a heavy responsibility, the younger brother will not bother." ”

Hurriedly said goodbye to Nanshan, Yeyang returned to the stone building, although he continued his usual cultivation, his heart was never stable, until the three poles of cultivation on the day were completed, breakfast was eaten, and he left the residence leisurely after finishing his freshening.

Most of the pedestrians who came and went looked panicked, and they were talking about yesterday's murder in a low voice, Yeyang walked alone on the street, mobilizing a keen sense of soul perception, and the communication of passers-by was word-for-word, all of which were included in his ears, and when he arrived in Xicheng District, he had almost sorted out the ins and outs of the matter.

The murder involved more than a dozen lives, probably happened in the middle of the night yesterday, the main participants were several gangs of ruffians in Xicheng District, the cause was a certain Yuan Dan realm consummate gangsters, I don't know where to get the pill that can advance to the demon king, but the news was known by the other two Yuan Dan realm peak ruffians.

The two gangsters who were in the realm of Yuan Dan were hostile to the protagonist of the incident, and they were fighting for territory with each other in the past, and they had deep grievances, knowing that the opponent had obtained the elixir that could be promoted to the demon king, and they were afraid of the retaliation and suppression of the other party after they were strong, and they were full of greed, so they took a few gangsters under their hands and attacked the hero of the incident overnight.

Both sides thought it was just a handy robbery, who knew that the two sides met unexpectedly, and the robbery incident naturally evolved into a bloody conflict, three great masters of the Yuan Dan Realm, more than a dozen gangsters in the foundation building realm, and two innocent residents who were involved, a husband, and nearly twenty lives, all of which were buried overnight, and no one survived.

If it is placed in the chaotic war period, the death of hundreds of people is a trivial matter, and it will not be taken to heart at all, but in today's peaceful cultivation period, the impact of a murder case is undoubtedly much more serious, not to mention the bloody case of nearly twenty lives, and three of them are the great masters of the Yuan Dan Realm.

In the past, although there was no lack of conflict and friction in the city, they all maintained relative restraint, and at the most serious time, they seriously injured a few people, so as not to cause a large number of casualties, and it was never as tragic as today.

In the remote area of the Yatu Wasteland, the Demon Saint and Demon King is the master at the top of the pyramid, and no matter where the Yuan Dan Realm is, it is an extremely important middle-level force, so it has to attract the attention of the City Lord's Mansion, alarming the city lord who is in retreat, and dispatching the three commanders Nanshan to investigate in person.

After two hours of interrogation and interrogation, the incident was handled similarly, and all kinds of signs found showed that it was just an ordinary bloody conflict, and after the commander of Nanshan confirmed that it was correct, he commanded the team to clean up the scene, sorted out more than a dozen broken corpses, and placed them neatly at the intersection.

Some of them could barely see their faces, and they were able to notify their families to claim them, and one after another, some relatives recognized their own Erlang and wept bitterly, and the city guards also symbolically comforted them; while some of them even had their faces and bodies destroyed, and they could not identify their specific identities, and if no one claimed them in the end, they could only throw their bodies into the wilderness and bury them on the spot.