Chapter 34

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“I see! When the Ninth Miss was in the residence, she saved countless people. I didn’t expect our esteemed guest to be in danger. Looking at the esteemed guest’s age, you must have been very young at that time, right?”

Without the influence of Lin Changqing’s [Soul Suppression (Spirit Assimilation)] talent, the doorman returned to his original nature.

Lin Changqing smiled without saying anything. He had obtained the information he wanted from the doorman. This mere doorman was no longer valuable.

At this moment, someone happened to come to report that the steward on duty in the residence had invited Lin Changqing. Under the guidance of the person, Lin Changqing headed to the external office of the Feng family’s residence.

In this world, some small-scale organizations would set up stewards who were fully responsible for managing the affairs of a region or a certain area.

The steward of the Feng family’s external office was the person in charge of the Feng family’s management of Fengjia Town.

The missing person case in Tanmu Dong Village was investigated, made decisions, and reported to the authorities from here. Therefore, when Lin Changqing arrived, the steward took the initiative to receive him.

Lin Changqing reported the results of the investigation to the steward according to the requirements of the mission scroll and asked the Feng family to send a powerful combatant to help.

“That is to say, you saw with your own eyes last night that the malicious ghost was bewitching people, and little ghosts were transporting them and were surrounded by zombies? And then, you successfully escaped from Tanmu Dong Village?” After the steward heard Lin Changqing’s investigation report, he asked with a very serious expression.

“Yes, I had no choice but to escape back then. I wonder how Tanmu Dong Village is doing now. Therefore, I’m here to ask for your help to check on the situation.”

In fact, when Lin Changqing took the initiative to retreat, he knew that Tanmu Dong Village would be fine.

There were people controlling the malicious ghosts and zombies. Those people should have had great scruples about the government and did not dare to massacre the village.

Lin Changqing understood this from the conversation between Cheng Lihu and the Vermillion Bird Hall’s Hallist, Song Chuanxin.

“Don’t worry about Tanmu Dong Village. They won’t be crazy enough to enter the village and slaughter them. I wonder who would come to my Feng family’s territory to cause trouble?” The steward first comforted Lin Changqing, then muttered to himself with a heavy heart. “Leader Lin, I’ll send a team to help you search for the mastermind. You have a spiritual dog that can detect malicious ghosts. You only need to save the villagers in time. You don’t have to take the risk to leave the village at night to chase after them.

“I will report the situation to the master and see if we can dispatch the experts in the residence to hold down the fort and fight the mastermind.”

The steward was very familiar with the gangs in the county city. Judging by the strength of Lin Changqing and his pets, he called Lin Changqing the leader.

For a gang like the Knife Gang, they did not have many members. Their organizational structure was very simple. Usually, they were made up of the gang master, deputy gang master, hallist, leader, elite gang members, ordinary gang members, and so on.

Each gang was slightly different according to their own situation. For example, the Knife Gang had gathered almost all the elite gang members in the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise Halls. The leaders were also divided into the leaders of each hall and ordinary leaders.

The leaders of each hall led the elite gang members of each hall, and the ordinary leaders led the ordinary gang members.

For a member of the White Tiger Hall like Lin Changqing, with his own strength and the strength of his two spiritual dog pets, it was not a problem for him to be the leader of the White Tiger Hall. Therefore, the steward addressed him as the leader.

Lin Changqing didn’t correct him.

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After Lin Changqing received reinforcements from the Feng family, he immediately returned to Tanmu Dong Village.

The Feng Manor’s reinforcements happened to be a 100-man team led by a Qi Refinement Realm martial artist. The team members were all experts at the Advanced Stage of the Strength Refinement Realm or above. This was a very powerful combat force.

They were uniformly dressed in black and had unique sabers. Their strict organizational discipline was completely different from the team of the Knife Gang.

This group of people were not from the martial arts world, nor were they soldiers. Instead, they were the private soldiers of the aristocratic families and landlords in this world.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, private soldiers existed between martial artists and the army. They were more disciplined than martial artists, and they were not as familiar with battle formations and equipment as the army.

The Feng family’s private army was formed by a hundred people, and the leader was the captain.

The captain’s surname was Feng. He was a strong young man who looked to be less than 30 years old. Although his strength was slightly weaker than Cheng Lihu, his potential was definitely stronger than Cheng Lihu’s.

From this, Lin Changqing could tell that the Feng family’s foundation was extraordinary.

Captain Feng was serious, unsmiling, and strict. He had the temperament of a soldier.

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Lin Changqing returned to Tanmu Dong Village with this group of Feng family private soldiers. As expected, the village was not in trouble. The elders of the village had already led the villagers to wait at the entrance of the village.

“We’re relieved to see that you’re fine, Sir!” When the elders and villagers saw that Lin Changqing had returned with a large group of people, they immediately relaxed.

“I’ve already tracked down the culprit last night. I was ambushed by the culprit at the back of the mountain. I was no match for him, so I could only go to the Feng family to ask for help. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, I’ll bring the spirit dogs to search the mountain and find the culprit.”

After saying a few words to the villagers, Lin Changqing turned around and said to Captain Feng, who was not far behind him, “Captain Feng, my spirit dog is good at tracking. It has already remembered the smell of the zombie last night. It will take us to search now. Captain Feng, please be prepared for battle!”

Captain Feng nodded solemnly and said, “We can fight at any time!”

Little Tiger immediately took action and led a large group of people to the place where they had fought the zombies yesterday. The traces of the battle were still there, but the zombies had disappeared.

Lin Changqing didn’t believe it. He had seen all the zombies last night and moved them over in a way similar to the little ghosts’ transportation. As long as they walked over on their own, even if there were many interferences, there would be traces that could be followed. They could not escape Little Tiger’s pursuit.

Little Tiger led a large group of people. Sometimes, they took a small path, and sometimes, they took a beast path. They crossed the mountains and entered the depths of the back mountain of Tanmu Dong Village.

In the end, they found a huge underground cave. Faint sandalwood fragrance wafted out of the cave.

“This is a sandalwood cave. Sandalwood fragrance wafts out all year round. Our village got its name because of this cave. Even though this cave is fragrant, it is inauspicious. There were people who entered and explored it before, but none of them came out. This is a dangerous cave.” The village guide from Tanmu Dong Village explained to Lin Changqing and Captain Feng.

“Captain Feng, should we explore or retreat first?” It was noon now, and the Yang energy was the heaviest. Lin Changqing had the intention to explore this huge cave where zombies were hidden, but the main force of the battle now was the Feng family’s private army, so he had to seek Captain Feng’s opinion.

“Let’s take a look first and assess the danger level.”

As Lin Changqing had expected, with Captain Feng’s personality, he definitely wanted to explore this cave first like him. The villagers did not return, but it did not mean that they would not return.

“My spiritual dog’s senses are sharp. It’s better to let it open the way.”

“Alright! Everyone, get ready for battle.”

Clang!

The Feng family’s private soldiers drew their sabers in unison.

Little Tiger took the lead and rushed into the cave. Little Green and Lin Changqing followed closely behind, followed by the elite soldiers of the Feng family led by the captain.

The village guide stayed outside the cave and waited for their return.