I have a knife, out of the sheath can kill monsters

Chapter 40 He is still a child
Those flames should be the bonfires lit by demon slayers or casual cultivators in the wilderness.

Wherever there is a gathering of evil spirits, there must be monster slayers or casual cultivators haunting, and even evil spirits lurking in the dark.

Ji Chen quickly approached the fire, and he felt a faint evil aura filling the world, and the further he walked, the stronger the aura became.

Around the fire, there were more than [-] people sitting there, each of them exuded a faint light, and they should be resisting these evil spirits.The light is so faint that you can't see it unless you look carefully.

It was precisely because of these lights that Ji Chen roughly perceived the cultivation of these people.But it is only a general perception, and cannot be understood in detail.

Among the thirty or so people, seven of them have the highest cultivation, probably in the third to fifth stage of foundation establishment, the rest are in the first stage of foundation establishment, and many of them have not even established a foundation.

These Foundation Establishment Realm, including those who have not established a foundation, should be the servants or disciples of these seven people, as can be seen from their expressions.

The cultivation, attire, and conversation of this group of people made Ji Chen guess their identities. They are monster slayers in the wilderness. Just like myself before, they are penances who plan food in the wilderness. Earn limited training resources.

Ji Chen caught everyone's eyes at a glance, and there was no evil spirit on these people.

Ji Chen's arrival naturally caught their attention, he was dressed like a scholar, with a long sword stuck in his waist.

First of all, at first glance, they ruled out that Ji Chen was an evil spirit, and he was not possessed by a ghost.

For identifying evil spirits, they naturally have their own methods. Generally speaking, evil spirits will not possess scholars.There is more or less righteousness in the scholar's body, especially the scholar who dares to walk at night, naturally has his own self-confidence.

However, Ji Chen's aura of grandeur is not strong, and it is not even exposed on the body surface to resist the ubiquitous evil spirit. This makes everyone look down, thinking that he is a down-and-out scholar, so he came to Wen's house The opportunity for ditch fishing has come.

At this time, someone asked: "Dare you ask if the scholar wants to go to Wenjiagou to seek opportunities?"

The person who asked the question was an old man, he should be the leader of one of the demon-slaying teams, and he had a relatively high prestige among this group of people.

These thirty or so people were obviously not together.Ji Chen could tell from the sitting postures of the crowd that there were at least five factions in this group.

This is the first time Ji Chen heard this word.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. For the monster slayers and traveling businessmen in the frontier, the biggest problem is resources if they want to practice. They will not let go of any opportunity to get a chance. This kind of weird breeding place may not necessarily contain opportunities.

And thought that Ji Chen, like them, came to Wenjiagou to seek opportunities.

Ji Chen clasped his hands and replied, "I'm a yamen servant in Xiafenglin Town, and I'm here under the order of the county magistrate to investigate the strangeness of Wenjiagou."

He hadn't had time to get off his horse, but he couldn't help answering a question, so he clasped his fists on the horse's back and answered.

However, his behavior made some young people around the campfire feel dissatisfied. After all, this way of answering is an extremely disrespectful behavior. To put it bluntly, it is arrogant and arrogant.

Moreover, even a yamen servant dared to come to participate in the weird incident, and he would not be able to seek death.

Ji Chen also saw the other party's dissatisfaction and didn't care.He is a casual person, he goes straight to the wilderness to plan food, and he still talks about etiquette, and he pays attention to fists more directly.

Ji Chen took a look at Wenjiagou in the distance, it was covered in fog and couldn't see clearly inside.

He didn't rush forward, but got off his horse and came to the campfire with a gourd in his hand.

"It's freezing cold, borrow a fire!"

With that said, he sat down by the campfire.There must be a reason why this group of people waited here and did not enter.

"Scholar, are you really sent by the county magistrate to investigate?" Someone asked, he was a little puzzled, how could the county magistrate send a scholar over to investigate the strangeness?
As for how powerful and upright this scholar is, they didn't feel it, and the age was not right.

Have you ever seen a Confucian who is strong enough to raise his hand to suppress demons, who is less than double ten years old.

"Exactly!" Ji Chen nodded, "Evils are breeding and affecting the livelihood of the common people and businessmen. The county magistrate sent me to clean it up."

"Pfft!"

A young man next to him burst out laughing immediately: "You are a yamen servant and a scholar. You have no power to restrain a chicken. You may have accumulated a little arrogance, but you dare to clean up evil spirits. What a joke."

For these demon slayers, Ji Chen is not in their circle, and he was so rude just now, especially as a yamen servant, so he is naturally very upset.

In addition, when he said that he was here to clean up Yin Xie, he naturally laughed with disdain.

They have studied with the master for more than ten years, and even established the foundation, but they dare not claim that they have the ability to clean up the evils inside.How could a scholar younger than them dare to boast so much.

I simply don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.

The strong draw their swords to the stronger, and the weak swing their swords to the weaker.

These children and servants are usually suppressed or reprimanded by their masters or masters, but now they meet a stranger, and he is still a young man who does not know the heights of the sky and the earth, so naturally he will spare no effort to ridicule and slander him, so as to regain his lost dignity and gain that trace. A faint sense of accomplishment.

Are they stupid? Of course they are not stupid. They just want to step on others to get a sense of satisfaction that they can't usually get.

The weak wield their knives at the weaker, and this is the kind of people they are talking about.

No, another young man said eccentrically: "Maybe he has great ability, but it doesn't matter. After all, he was sent by the county magistrate, and he is an official!"

Naturally, Ji Chen is not used to this kind of people, glanced at him, and snorted coldly: "You dare to come out to kill monsters with a heart like you, I really don't know how you have survived until now."

"You!" The man was so angry that he was about to explode, but was stopped by the old man.

However, he still snorted coldly, and said in a strange way: "Be careful when you enter the village later, Wei Wei is not as good-tempered as I am, so don't die in it."

"Shaoying...!"

The old man scolded, after all, Ji Chen is also a government servant, representing the county government. In this barren land, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. The county government is the sky, and it is sent by the county magistrate. Nothing to do.

Besides, is the county magistrate really stupid enough to send a powerless scholar over to investigate the strangeness of Wenjiagou?

of course not!

Since he dared to come, he must have something to rely on.

As a demon slayer who has lived in the frontier for decades, the old man naturally has his unique vision and analytical ability.

"Children don't know the rules, forgive me!" the old man said.

Ji Chen said: "It's okay, whoever came from a child, please take a look at this child, I guess I won't be able to see him in the future."

"With his character, he dares to come to the wilderness to seek life. Living one more day is a luxury. You'd better stay away from this kind of person, and be careful not to implicate you when lightning strikes him."

"You...!" The young man was furious again, but due to the majesty of the old man, he did not attack, but the murderous intent in his eyes was not concealed, and he even planned in his heart to go to Wenjiagou for a while, how to use the environment inside Kill Ji Chen.

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