Shengyang Country, Huainan County.

Since this is a large rice-producing county, it is also targeted by rat demons who are causing chaos everywhere, and they gather from all over the country, causing people to complain and complain, and the people are not able to make a living.

Of course, in order to avenge the extermination of the human race, these rat demons not only robbed food, destroyed fields, and even brutally slaughtered and enslaved the people.

The surrounding villages of Huainan County have become their strongholds, and rat demons with various claws and weapons can be seen patrolling around the villages.

"I'm really sorry for you."

In a courtyard hung with countless strips of white cloth, black and white rat demon statues fluttered in the wind, and the wooden table in front of it was filled with all kinds of grains as sacrifices.

A fat rat with a fat head and big ears was sitting behind a wooden table sighing, and from time to time he used his sharp front teeth to swallow some melon seeds and bury them deep in the soil, as if he was paying tribute to something.

"Rat, rat, I asked you to go to Tianyan Sect to steal some spiritual food and come back, I didn't let you rob it in the open!"

"It's not that you don't know their personalities of those human races, they are clearly cultivating the valley, and as a result, they still have to take all kinds of spiritual things and food for themselves!"

"It's okay now, you're all dead, leave the rats and rats and I will live alone in the world, alas!"

Perhaps speaking of the softness of his heart, the fat mouse burst into tears with sorrow on his face, and then suddenly stood up angrily, his small eyes rolling slightly, and there was a glint of resentment in them.

"No, rat, I want to avenge you!"

"If that guy named Chu Ming dares to appear in front of the rat again, I must peel him and cramp him!"

"Of course, if he is afraid of rats and rats and doesn't dare to appear, don't blame rats and rats for not helping you avenge them, after all, I really don't dare to go back that day."

"Report!"

At this time, a bloodied rat demon with a spear in his hand suddenly broke into the courtyard, knelt on his knees with a trembling body, and said with a frightened face.

"Rat big, there's an enemy coming in!"

“？”

Looking at the rat demon kneeling in front of him with half of his ears missing, the fat mouse was obviously a little confused, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and said with a shocked face.

"You're alone? Rats, two, rats, three. ”

"They were all killed by each other!"

Listening to the rat demon's snot and tears, the fat rat was obviously a little incredulous.

"Impossible! When pigs fly! ”

"The cultivation of the two rats and the three rats has reached the threefold foundation building realm, how can they die like this?"

"This is indeed the real thing!"

The rat demon raised its head and was about to say the rest of the words, when an ice spear with an astonishing chill suddenly stabbed it from a distance, and in the blink of an eye, it solidified into an ice sculpture and turned into powder.

“……”

Looking at the subordinate who died tragically in front of him, the fat mouse looked at the sky with anger on his face, but after seeing the somewhat familiar figure slowly floating, his expression suddenly changed to a frightened look.

"Chu Ming?"

"You know me?"

Chu Ming obviously had some doubts about the fat rat being able to recognize his identity, but he didn't think much about it, and after recalling the dragon bone with a wave of his hand, he rushed towards the fat rat with it, and his slightly narrowed eyes flashed with cold killing intent.

"Let's hit the road with your fellow rat demons."

"Wait!"

Feeling the majestic spiritual power fluctuations around Chu Ming, the fat rat was obviously a little panicked, because it sensed that this person's cultivation was actually on par with his own.

It's really fake!

Didn't he refine the Qi Realm Sevenfold more than a month ago?

Why is this a five-fold foundation?

You can't improve your cultivation so fast even if you take drugs every day!

"We have something to discuss!"

"Nothing negotiable."

Chu Ming's expression was indifferent, obviously he didn't want to delay too long, and directly used the keel to wave the breathing stick method to approach the fat rat.

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, the fat mouse's eyes narrowed slightly, his palms stretched forward and he burst into a shout.

"Don't think I'm scared!"

Suddenly, a stench of emerald green swamp gas suddenly rushed towards Chu Ming, which made his eyes widen in surprise.

This rat demon can even spell?

Faced with the swamp gas that suddenly spread throughout the courtyard, Chu Ming didn't dare to rush in, so he had to retreat and step on the courtyard wall with the keel in his hand, his right hand raised slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a sneer.

I'll let you deflate!

Suddenly, a bright crimson firework pulsed in the palm of his hand and quickly floated into the methane, such a magical change that the rat demon who had planned to escape couldn't help but stop and look slightly stunned.

Fire?

Isn't this guy ice spiritual power, how can he still condense fire?

However, what it didn't expect was that the moment the biogas released by itself encountered an open flame, the flames raged, and the terrifying spiritual power fluctuations instantly dispersed.

！？

The fat mouse's pupils constricted, his face full of horror, and he wanted to run away but it was too late.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion resounded throughout the village, and houses within a radius of miles collapsed, razed to the ground, and blazing red flames.

However, the moment the explosion occurred, Chu Ming hid in the chariot

He looked down at what was happening outside, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with an excited smile.

"Okay now, the other rat demons don't need me to find them one by one, I guess they've all become roasted rats."

"But I have to say, the defense of this chariot is so strong!"

"Just by injecting it with earth spiritual power, its appearance has solidified a thick and hard rock formation, isolating most of the impact of this explosion, and it didn't even shake."

"Are you done with your feelings?"

An Muxi, who was sitting on the edge of the couch, glared at Chu Ming and said in a condensed voice.

"When you're done, go out and put out the fire!"

"I don't know what you think, what if there are other people in the village?"

"Don't worry, Xi'er, I swept this village with my divine sense, and there is only a rat demon living in it, and there is no trace of human existence."

Chu Ming chuckled, and immediately left the chariot and stepped on the top, looking at the village below that was engulfed in flames, he couldn't help but feel troubled.

How does this extinguish the fire?

There are only a few spells that you know, and most of them are gifts from dragon bones.

"When the Inner Sect Dabi is over, we have to learn some serious spells systematically."

Chu Ming sighed lightly, held his chin and pondered for a moment, and then suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately turned the spiritual power in his body into an ice attribute again.

"Ox Growth!"

As the indifferent voice sounded, countless ice sculpture cows with smooth bodies rushed madly towards the sea of fire, and in the blink of an eye, they were melted into a hot current and surged around.

After a while, when the fire was extinguished, Chu Ming slowly walked into the ruins, collecting the demon crystals left behind by the rat demon with great interest.

"Only 30?"

When it took more than half an hour to search the entire village and only pick up thirty demon crystals, Chu Ming couldn't help but be disappointed.

That's a loss, isn't it?

At this moment, a low groan of pain from the side made him turn his head to look, and he found that the fat rat with burnt hair was constantly struggling in the muddy swamp, and he had a strong desire to survive.

This guy is still alive?

Chu Ming suddenly seemed to think of something, and hurriedly walked over to rescue the fat rat from the swamp, dragging its extremely long beard and whispering.

"Do you want to live? If you want to live, you can answer whatever I ask you. ”

"Want to ......"

After seeing Chu Ming's indifferent face, although the fat rat's face was full of horror, he still weakly begged for mercy.

"Don't kill rats......"

"Then tell me if there are any other gathering places for your rat demons besides this village?"

“……”

As soon as he heard Chu Ming ask this question, the fat mouse's slippery mouse eyes suddenly widened, and he shook his head frantically and refused.

"You want to kill them all?! I will never betray my companions, it's impossible to tell you! ”

"Then you will die!"

"Rat, it's impossible for me to tell you that the village about dozens of kilometers north of this village is the hiding stronghold of our rat demon!"

Seeing that the fat mouse suddenly said the hidden stronghold of his companion sharply, Chu Ming looked slightly stunned, and immediately pursed his lips disdainfully.

I thought you were so righteous, but after a little fright, I confessed it all.

"If I don't see your companions, I'll come back and kill you wherever you go."

Chu Ming smiled slightly, groped with his right hand on the fat rat for a while, and only after abolishing all its cultivation levels did he let it go as agreed.

"Hide the stronghold, it's going to be a bumper harvest now!"

Looking to the north, the corners of Chu Ming's mouth hooked up a bloodthirsty arc.

……

In the evening, the disciples of the Inner Sect who went out to perform affairs also returned to the Affairs Hall one after another to return the affairs, and everyone gathered in groups of three or five, chatting and discussing which group would win the first place in the second round of the Inner Sect Competition.

After all, the rewards of the seventh-order magic weapon are still very tempting.

"I think it should be Xu Yuan's group, I heard that they teamed up with Chu Ming, is there any suspense about this first place?"

"What's the use of cultivating lightly? I heard that they were divided into two teams, and Chu Ming took over the affairs of the rat demon! ”

"Isn't it, so righteous? Dealing with the rat demon at this time? Admire! ”

"Maybe it's just that I don't dare to be interested in seventh-order magic weapons, after all, the black long stick in Chu Ming's hand, judging from my many years of experience in refining magic weapons, I have to go up to the seventh order!"

“……”

Listening to the noisy sounds around her, Yu Hongling's right foot was slightly upset, her arms were wrapped around her chest, and the five fingers of her right hand were moving wildly on her left arm, obviously a little impatient.

"Chu Ming, why are they so slow?"

"Maybe it's a lot of time to collect demon crystals."

Xu Yu comforted on the side, seeing that Yu Hongling's expression seemed to be displeased, and just when he wanted to say something to continue comforting, a red streamer suddenly fell on the door of the affairs hall.

"Chu Ming?"

Looking at Chu Ming, who was in a hurry with An Muxi under the gaze of many people, Yu Hongling hurriedly greeted him and said sharply.

"Why are you so slow? I thought something had happened to you. ”

"What can happen to us?"

The corners of An Muxi's mouth hooked up a confident smile.

"We're just expanding on what we've done a little bit."

Scaling results?

Yu Hongling's expression was slightly stunned, and she immediately saw Chu Ming, who had gone to return the affairs, pouring out a mountain of demon crystals from the space bag, which made everyone in the affairs hall couldn't help but be shocked.

So many rat demon crystals?

This guy won't kill all the rat demons within a radius of 100 miles, right?

What a hatred this is!

"Senpai?"

Chu Ming shouted softly to call the sluggish steward of the Hall of Affairs, he subconsciously rolled his Adam's apple, and his hands trembled slightly and began to count the demon crystals.

"Fifty-six in all."

The steward couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and after putting away all the demon crystals, he suddenly announced in a loud voice to the surroundings.

"The team that ranked first in the total contribution of the second round of this Inner Sect Competition is the Chu Ming group!"

“……”

Suddenly, there was an uproar in the affairs hall.

Of course, after hearing the news, everyone did not have any dissatisfaction, but frequently bowed their heads, and even applauded and cheered.

"If you can get fifty-six rat demon crystals, you have to kill hundreds of rat demons, right?"

"Kill hundreds of rat demons a day? Even if the other party is all in the Qi Refining Realm, the spiritual power in the dantian has already been exhausted! ”

"Good death! Let this group of evil animals run to my field every day to gnaw my mature spiritual grass, they deserve it! ”

“……”

"Then thank you, senior."

"You're welcome."

The steward hurriedly took the nameplate handed by Chu Ming, gave him seven thousand one hundred contribution points, and returned it, and then said with a dry smile.

"That...... The hedron that was given to you before has not been handed in. ”

"Oh yes, sorry, forgot."

Chu Ming hurriedly groped out the spar from his waist and handed it to the steward, and after some inspection by him, he suddenly handed over a bronze badge with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations to you Chu Ming, in order to reward you for your outstanding contribution to dealing with the rat demon, our affairs hall has decided to award you the title of 'Rat Extermination Pioneer'!"

"In the future, we will recycle the rat demon crystals you sell at a high price."

“……”

Chu Ming looked slightly stunned, lowered his head and played with the badge in his hand, and nodded with an embarrassed smile after a moment of silence.

"Thank you then."

Okay, good, it's embarrassing!

This Tianyan Sect has taken great pains to let its disciples take over the dirty affairs of dealing with rat demons, and even the title of rat extermination pioneer has been rectified!

After silently complaining a few words in his heart, Chu Ming asked the steward about the things he was most concerned about.

"Senior, how should we claim the reward for the first place in the second round?"

"You just need to take the time to go to the Hundred Refining Peak, and we'll greet them."

After the steward finished explaining, he coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and suddenly raised his voice to the surroundings.

"You don't have any doubts, do you? In that case, the second round of the Inner Sect Dabi ended like this. ”

"As for the final round, please gather at the sect dojo in a week, where we will hold the Inner Sect Disciple Challenge, please come and register with me!"

“……”

As the voice of the steward spread throughout the hall, everyone chattered and discussed, but no one came out to register.

Everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on Chu Ming, the noise gradually stopped, and the atmosphere fell silent for a while.

Don't look at me!

Feeling the expectant eyes of many people, Chu Ming couldn't help but sigh lightly.

He had heard that every batch of disciples who entered the Inner Sect needed to be the highest leader in cultivation to participate in the challenge.

If no one participates, it proves that the strength of this group of disciples is not good, and even if they enter the inner sect, they will be underestimated by other disciples.

"Ugh."

Under the expectant gaze of many disciples, Chu Ming slowly walked up to the steward and said softly.

"Challenge, disciple Chu Ming wants to sign up."

(End of chapter)