65: Can he eat the evil cultivator?

Jiang Lan smiled.

"Let's go inside and talk."

As he spoke, Jiang Lan opened the door to Lin Hong Hall.

The four of them walked into the room together. Jiang Lan sat composedly in the Grand Tutor's chair, while Yu Zhi and the other two looked uneasy, standing not far from Jiang Lan.

Seeing their expressions, Jiang Lan chuckled:

"Why are you so reserved?"

Yu Zhi swallowed, and after a while, he said, "N-nothing, it's just that, Chief, you... we..."

Previously, Jiang Lan was just a Demon Suppression Guard. Although he was better than the Civilian Servant, to be honest, he wasn't much stronger.

Within the Demon Suppression Division, they were all considered low-ranking existences.

But just now, not only them, but everyone in the entire Demon Suppression Division gathered on the training ground and witnessed Jiang Lan's promotion. His status jumped four ranks from his original Demon Suppression Guard position, becoming a Demon Suppression Envoy.

With this, the difference in their statuses became significant.

Yu Zhi and the other two, as mere Civilian Servant, had to address a Commandant as 'Sir' and wouldn't even dare to speak in front of a Centurion.

But now, Jiang Lan had directly bypassed Centurions and Commanders, becoming a Demon Suppression Envoy.

The difference between these two statuses could be described as heaven and earth.

Jiang Lan also noticed the psychological change in Yu Zhi and the other two and comforted them:

"I've been promoted, not replaced. It's the same as before, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Yu Zhi swallowed, thinking, 'How can I not be afraid?'

Although the Chief was still the same Chief, with the added status of Demon Suppression Envoy, even if he wanted to act as before, he wouldn't have the guts.

It wasn't just Yu Zhi; Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu were the same.

Since they arrived, Zhang Wen and Zhao Wu hadn't said a word.

It wasn't surprising that Zhao Wu didn't speak; he was inherently a bit quiet, but Zhang Wen was usually very active.

Seeing that the three were still a bit nervous, Jiang Lan stopped trying to comfort them.

It was just a matter of time.

After a couple of days, the three of them would naturally adapt.

Actually, logically speaking, with his current status, Yu Zhi and the other two were not qualified to be by his side.

But Jiang Lan didn't mind these things; on the contrary, without Yu Zhi and the other two, he would feel a bit unaccustomed.

Although he no longer had to report for duty, the three were still quite useful for things like buying breakfast or running errands.

Leaning back in his chair, seeing the three still looking uneasy, Jiang Lan said:

"If you have nothing to do, go help me call Commandant Chen and Centurion Chou."

The three of them looked as if they had been granted a great pardon, nodding repeatedly and scurrying out of Lin Hong Hall.

Seeing them leave, Jiang Lan took out a Cultivation Technique from his 懷 and began to read it.

Before he could get engrossed, there were several knocks on the door, followed by the door being pushed open from the outside.

Jiang Lan looked up and saw Chen Heguang and Qiu Rang walk in, one after the other.

Coming before him, both men simultaneously made to half-kneel.

However, before their knees could bend, Jiang Lan stood up directly from the Grand Tutor's chair, lifted both of them, one with each hand, and pressed them into the chairs nearby.

"You don't need to bow to me."

Although Jiang Lan had long integrated into this world, he was still a bit uncomfortable with these courtesies.

Especially kneeling.

He wasn't dead; why would he let people kneel before him for no reason?

Returning to his seat in the Grand Tutor's chair, Jiang Lan looked at the two and said:

"We're all our own people, so there's no need for all those pleasantries. In the future, just handle official business as usual; pretend I don't exist.

"I called you here today for only one thing: if you discover any traces of demons or Green Lantern Sect members, remember to inform me."

Jiang Lan wasn't interested in how they handled official business; besides Cultivation Techniques, only demons could pique his interest.

In the past, he had to investigate cases himself, but now it was no longer that troublesome.

As long as traces of demons were discovered within Yan Capital City, Chen Heguang and Qiu Rang would naturally inform him.

Although he had only asked Marquis Dingyuan for one of Qiu Rang's subordinates, Qiu Rang was a Centurion and originally managed many people.

So now, those who were once Qiu Rang's subordinates, including Chen Heguang, had already become his people.

The number wasn't large, but counting Yu Zhi and the other three, there were still over a dozen.

Qiu Rang had a total of three Commandants under him, and each of those three Commandants, in turn, had three Demon Suppression Guards.

With so many people working for him, he naturally didn't need to do everything personally.

"Alright."

The two agreed repeatedly.

Jiang Lan originally thought there was nothing else, but then he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned his gaze to Qiu Rang, asking:

"Oh, right, what's going on with the young monk, Bao Jing? Why do I see others looking at him a bit strangely?"

Jiang Lan suddenly recalled the reactions of his other colleagues when they saw Bao Jing yesterday as he entered the Demon Suppression Division's gates.

That kind of nervous emotion; if there wasn't some special reason, Jiang Lan certainly wouldn't believe it.

"You don't know?"

Qiu Rang subconsciously retorted, but he quickly seemed to realize this was inappropriate and quickly explained further:

"I don't know exactly what happened, but according to Zhan Jiu, Bao Jing had a fit of hysteria before and killed the village chief of Xiao Nan Village."

"Killed him?"

Jiang Lan was a bit surprised. According to Bao Jing, didn't he and Zhan Jiu fight desperately to escape from Xiao Nan Village and save his life?

How did it become, in Qiu Rang's words, that Bao Jing killed the village chief of Xiao Nan Village?

Soon, Jiang Lan thought of a crucial matter.

"Was there a problem with the village chief of Xiao Nan Village?"

"Yes." Qiu Rang nodded. "That village chief of Xiao Nan Village was an evil cultivator."

Jiang Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that he was an evil cultivator.

Being an evil cultivator meant Bao Jing hadn't killed the wrong person.

But that still didn't seem right.

Killing an evil cultivator, those colleagues shouldn't have shown such expressions.

Their expressions weren't like Monk Bao Jing had killed an evil cultivator, but rather as if he had eaten an evil cultivator.

Jiang Lan voiced his doubts.

"He just killed an evil cultivator, why did I see others so afraid when they saw him?"

Qiu Rang gave a wry smile upon hearing this.

"He didn't just kill an evil cultivator; Zhan Jiu personally told me that after Bao Jing killed the village chief of Xiao Nan Village, he directly ate him! If Zhan Jiu hadn't run fast, he might have been killed by Bao Jing in his hysterical state.

"And then, somehow, this matter spread. Perhaps you weren't in the Division long enough these past few days to hear about it. But everyone else knows."

Jiang Lan: "..."

He hadn't expected his guess to be correct.

Bao Jing had a good appetite.

But as a monk, wasn't it a bit improper for him to eat meat?

Shaking his head, casting aside the jumbled thoughts in his mind, Jiang Lan asked:

"Since he's so dangerous, now that Bao Jing is back, why haven't you controlled him first?"

Qiu Rang shook his head again, replying:

"That child, I watched him grow up; when he wasn't having fits, he was a very good child. And from my observation, he only gets sick when he sees demons. Moreover, he didn't do anything wrong..."