As they walked through the streets of Baiyun County, Shen Yi asked each of the girls about their residences.

  He drove away the remaining yamen runners, mainly because he disliked this group of peoples notorious reputation and didnt think they were suitable to follow him.

  Even so, pedestrians on the street shunned him as if he were a plague god.

  Shen Yi shook his head and knocked open the worn wooden door in front of him.

  The one who opened the door was a tearful woman. When she saw the young man with a sword, she subconsciously wanted to close the door and hide.

  Shen Yi stretched out her hand to stop her, turned her body slightly, and a little girl suddenly rushed into the womans arms, pulling her hoarse voice crying with no breath: "Mother!"

  The woman stared blankly for a long time, her red and swollen eyes blinking repeatedly, as if she couldnt believe it. Then, her nose felt sour and congested, and she tightly hugged the thin body: "My son! Those murderous officials!"

  The conversation came to an abrupt halt as she secretly glanced at the tall figure in front of her, realizing that she had misspoken.

  However, Shen Yi seemed to have not heard and turned around to take two bags of flour from Chen Jis hand, plus a piece of pork, bent down and placed them beside the womans feet.

  "The child has been hungry for a long time and was also frightened, go cook some meat porridge for her to make up for it."

  Chen Ji carried a bag of rice flour, his gloomy expression mixed with a hint of surprise.

  Only to see the usually cold-faced Mr. Shen, at this moment, surprisingly cupped his hands and bowed, with a apologetic smile, and then warmly closed the door for the mother and daughter duo.

  This is terrible!

  This situation occurred six more times in succession.

  Until all the girls were sent home, Shen Yi retreated back onto the streets, rubbing her stiff mouth corners: "......"

  Watching him like this, Chen Jinyu couldnt help but laugh lightly, feeling inexplicably amused.

  The other party is obviously not good at dealing with people, and even worse at apologizing. Dont look at the calm and gentle appearance, in fact, the whole body is stiff.

  "Brother, is this your new superior at the yamen?"

  At this, Chen Ji silently glanced at his sister: "No, he is Shen Yi."

  At the mention of this name, Chen Jinyu subconsciously covered her red lips. Although she had never seen the owner of this name before, it was because her brother had always protected herself from his ill fame, which she had long heard about.

  "Stay away from him."

  Chen Ji warned in a low voice, but his mood became more and more complicated.

  Its not just Shen Yis change that he cant understand, but also because there are more important things to solve.

  Now that the girls have been sent back, how will those old apes deal with it?

  At the appointed time, what should Shen Yi take to make up for it?

  "Lord Shen."

  Chen Ji walked slowly over, and Shen Yi came back to her senses, glancing at him casually: "The rest is for your sister, take it all back."

  "I didnt mean to say that!"

  Chen Jitou clenched his teeth in a headache, he couldnt understand why the other side always deviated from the topic.

  The dog demon before was also like this, cant these problems be ignored as if they didnt exist just by keeping quiet?

  Under his gaze, Shen Yi stood with her hands hanging down, and after a moment, she said faintly, "I dont know."

  A simple four-word reply made Chen Jis face change instantly: "Are you kidding me?"

  Shen Yi looked calm and peaceful.

  What he said is true.

  The current Baiyun County is already fraught with crises and is far from being a problem that can be solved by one bad person changing their ways.

  The black-skinned dog demon that suddenly attacked him at the Liu mansion, the old couple Huang Liu who settled in the village, and the increasingly demanding ape demon.

  They all trample on the tacit rules set by the county government of Baiyun at the beginning.

  This shows that either the officials retreat has boosted the morale of the demons, or they also know the news that the Demon-Suppressing Department is about to arrive and are worried that the government will turn against them, wanting to vent their anger in the last moments.

  Shen Yi was just a minor official and did not have the qualifications to communicate with the Town Demon Division, so he also did not have the ability to turn the situation around.

  Either personally deliver all the people in the county to the demons for their disposal, or take off this garment early and prioritize self-preservation.

  Remaining lifespan: One year

  He turned around and gazed at the cold words on the panel.

  Protecting oneself is meaningless, if you want to survive, you can only hope that there is a profound martial art here that can extend your lifespan.

  Whether its through deduction by panel or entering the Demon-Slaying Department for investigation, it all revolves around slaying demons and eliminating evil.

  Shen Yi could only rely on the long knife in his hand.

  "Go." He took off walking.

  "Where to go?" Chen Ji hurried along.

  "Lets go to your house for a free meal, Im starving."

  “……”

  Its obvious that Chen Ji is very resistant to Shen Yi entering his own home.

  Although he was extremely reluctant, after experiencing todays events, he still tacitly accepted this situation.

  The brother and sister lived in a house allocated by the government.

  There was only one bedroom left for Chen Jinyu to sleep in. Behind it, there was a small woodshed that had been cleaned up as Chen Jis living quarters.

  "Brother, come in and take a seat."

  "You dont need to, go cook."

  Chen Ji buried his head and led Shen Yi into the woodshed, pulling out two small stools.

  "Isnt this a bit too much?" Shen Yi raised an eyebrow, looking at the one-foot-high stool. Whats the difference between this and sitting directly on the floor? "Your sisters room is quite spacious, Im not a thief, why are you being so cautious with me?"

  "Make do with it." Chen Ji walked to the bedside, lifted up the straw mat, and took out a yellowed paper from underneath.

  He closed his eyes and hesitated for a long time, with the image of Shen Yi hooking her shoulder and poking the dog demon to death appearing in his mind, forming a stark contrast with the smile on her face when she came to return the favor.

  "I dont care if you really cant or just wont talk to me, Im no help either way."

  Chen Ji opened his eyes and handed over the paper: "This is for you."

  "What is this?"

  Shen Yi took it over, glanced at it roughly, and his expression gradually changed.

  The panel had already given out the answer before Chen Ji could respond.

  The Precious Volume of Wind and Thunder (Uninitiated)

  "At first, the Town Demon Officer came to me alone and said that I had a lot of talent. Apart from the three-style martial arts, he wrote this 78-word mantra especially for me."

  "This is the method of refining medicine, tendons, bones, skin and flesh, four major passes, once practiced to perfection, it is the peak of human ordinary fetus."

  Chen Jis face showed a self-deprecating smile, and he said with a laugh: "The school lieutenant has a pair of wise eyes, but he alone saw through you, I dont know if he had already seen through your character early on. Unfortunately, in three years, I couldnt even break through the first hurdle."

  "Its only now that Im giving it to you, probably wont be of much use, but I dont have anything else to help with either... take a look slowly, Ill go out and help with cooking."

  As for Chen Jis words, Shen Yi suppressed her joyful expression and simply waved her hand, saying: "Go, go."

  The other partys words are not a problem, even if it is a more profound martial art, temporarily resorting to trickery will not be of much use.

  But for myself, its completely different.

  Remaining demonic lifespan: one hundred and ninety-nine years

  Luckily I endured it in the morning.

  Shen Yi took a deep breath and followed the usual routine, starting with ten years.

  A decade of demonic energy surged into the Wind and Thunder Treasure Volume in an instant, and a few lines of text quietly appeared.

  In the first year, you thoroughly study the art of alchemy and use the essence of heaven and earth to nourish your bodys major meridians.

  In the third year, without medicine, you can only rely on diet and extract the faint essence from it, making progress slowly.

  In the seventh year, you have a subtle sign of breaking through, with your whole bodys major meridians like a dragon, but unfortunately, your essence is insufficient, so you can only make gradual progress, accumulating thickly and emitting thinly.

  In the tenth year, you broke through the tendon gates, and the first part of the Wind and Thunder Treasure Volume entered the gate.

  ……