64: Xiaolijia Village

Just as Chen Heng was pondering how to scatter the ashes of the Ghost Corpse Temple, the two slackers in Black Oil Alley were happily munching on black flatbreads.

"Brother, can we start collecting souls tomorrow?"

Qian Zhizhong asked, looking at the white statue that had grown out of the earth.

"I don't really want to do this anymore..." Qian Zhicheng took a big bite of the black flatbread in his hand.

"That Hook Dragon Sword is too good at tricking people. This place is Chen Heng's territory."

"Even the Wutong God with ninety-nine souls isn't his opponent, let alone the two of us..."

Qian Zhicheng swallowed the dry, hard black flatbread in his mouth and sighed.

"If we can do this job, we do it. If we can't, we run."

Qian Zhicheng stuffed the last piece of black flatbread into his mouth and sat cross-legged on the ground.

The two of them were originally refugees, joining the Fude Orthodox Sect because it provided food.

By shamelessly and persistently undergoing a Fusion with an Earth God embryo, they had no faith in the so-called Fude Orthodox God at all.

Unlike other fanatics, these two slackers were just there for the free meals.

This mission was given to them precisely because they ate too much and did no work.

In short, cannon fodder.

Not far from Goulan Street, on City Street, the once bustling Jia Family business was now tightly shut.

Inside the business, Zhu Hongying sat with her legs crossed, looking at Jia Wenju in front of her.

"Do you have any evidence of Chen Heng's bullying and monopolizing?" Zhu Hongying's heart stirred. One of the most taboo things for the Five Spirits Gang was bullying and monopolizing.

If a subordinate engages in bullying and monopolizing, it might not be pursued, but Chen Heng is a vice envoy, which is a serious offense.

If this matter is reported to the Qilin Enforcement Hall, it would likely cause a lot of trouble for Chen Heng.

That Qi in Zhu Hongying's heart had been suppressed, and she was just looking for an opportunity to get Chen Heng.

"Hall Master Zhu, please see!"

Jia Wenju waved his hand behind him, and four Household Servants carried the half-dead Jia Hao out.

"That Chen Heng, because of a dispute over a woman in Qingyun Tower, injured my only son."

"This is no longer bullying and monopolizing; this is trying to make my Jia Family lose its heir!"

Jia Wenju cried, snot and tears flowing, recounting his misery.

His Jia Family had been waiting for Chen Heng to come to their door early that morning.

But by noon, there was still no movement, and a wicked thought arose in Jia Wenju's mind.

In his opinion, there were only two possibilities if Chen Heng said he would come but didn't.

One was that he didn't want to bother with the Jia Family, which was almost impossible.

The other was that the connections he had activated had worked, holding back Chen Heng.

"Good, good, good! This Chen Heng is indeed too much!"

that woman, Zhu Hongying, was quite in character, her eyebrows raised in anger as she pointed at Jia Hao, whose half-face was battered.

"Don't worry, I will see justice done for you in this matter, and I will make sure that Chen Heng pays the price!"

Why say that Zhu Hongying, this Hall Master, is a good-for-nothing?

Not to mention her weak strength, her mind wasn't very sharp either.

After collecting what she believed was enough evidence to cause trouble for Chen Heng, Zhu Hongying, in high spirits, went to the Qilin Enforcement Hall to lodge a complaint.

This behavior was not much different from a primary school student telling on a teacher.

It might work for other gang members, but it would have no effect on Chen Heng.

He was the only one in the entire Five Spirits Gang capable of killing Anomalies; Gou Longxun wished he could pamper him every day.

If Chen Heng were gone, who would deal with those Anomalies?

Zhu Hongying got up and left, getting into a carriage and happily heading towards the Qilin Enforcement Hall.

After Zhu Hongying had gone far away, Jia Wenju finally stood up straight and sat in a chair.

"Dad, will this trick work?" The originally half-dead Jia Hao sat up from the stretcher and rubbed his disfigured face, asking.

"Hmph, once this matter is known to the Qilin Enforcement Hall, Chen Heng won't die, but he'll be stripped of a layer of skin."

"Not to mention that Hall Master Zhu personally reported it, it might even alarm the leader of the Five Spirits Gang."

"Don't worry, Dad will definitely make that Chen Heng pay the price."

Jia Wenju was brimming with confidence now; he believed that the person he had bribed must have suppressed Chen Heng.

Otherwise, Chen Heng would have come knocking by now.

At the same time, the oblivious Chen Heng was sitting in the meeting hall of the Five Spirits Gang Headquarters.

Opposite him sat Hook Dragon Sword, who was temporarily acting as the leader.

Hook Dragon Sword was drenched in sweat now.

He couldn't believe that even an Elder of the Wutong Sect had fallen into Chen Heng's hands.

He had deliberately set Chen Heng up, thinking he would be severely injured if not dead.

But who would have thought that this kid would be sitting opposite him completely fine.

And he was even asking him for information about Anomalies around Qiyang City!

"Vice Envoy Chen is indeed a young hero; after eradicating the Five Pass Heretical Cult, he still has so much energy."

Although Hook Dragon Sword really wanted to kill Chen Heng, it was absolutely impossible with his strength.

Now he could only feign compliance and try to find the most troublesome Anomaly to pit him against!

"Stop with the nonsense, quickly find me the closest Anomalies."

Chen Heng frowned; he was growing to dislike this Hook Dragon Sword more and more.

Utterly hypocritical and nauseating.

"Then Vice Envoy Chen, please look at this." Hook Dragon Sword didn't get angry, taking out an intelligence report and handing it to Chen Heng.

Chen Heng took it and looked at the intelligence on it.

This Anomaly appeared in Little Li Family Village, located sixteen li east of Qiyang City by the river.

The entire Little Li Family Village was basically affected, but no one died.

Because all the villagers had turned into hybrid human-snake-fish monsters.

Those monsters seemed to retain some consciousness from their former lives, and their range of activity was only near Little Li Family Village.

The Five Spirits Gang had sent some people to investigate the situation, but only two or three returned alive.

The rest also turned into hybrid human-snake-fish monsters.

The intelligence on the report was only this much; it could be said that besides knowing the location, everything else was unknown.

"How is it, Vice Envoy Chen?"

Hook Dragon Sword quickly asked when he saw Chen Heng had finished reading the intelligence report.

"Alright, this is the one."

Chen Heng nodded, accepting the mission.

The difficulty of the mission didn't matter at all; no matter how difficult to deal with, he could find clues.

Once Chen Heng grasped the clues and followed them to the source,

The rest would be simple.

Kill that Anomaly and the job would be done.

Putting away the intelligence report meant accepting the mission; there had to be a response regardless of success or failure.

Chen Heng put away the intelligence report and turned to leave the meeting hall.

Not long after Chen Heng left, a beaming Zhu Hongying walked in.

"What could make you so happy?" Hook Dragon Sword looked at Zhu Hongying with some surprise.

"That Chen Heng is finished! I've already reported his bullying and monopolizing actions to the Qilin Enforcement Hall!"

...Hook Dragon Sword looked at Zhu Hongying with an expression like she was mentally challenged.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Hongying asked.

"Nothing, you did very well." Hook Dragon Sword quickly put on an appreciative expression.

But in his heart, he sighed.

How did he end up with such an utterly foolish woman?