Before the sound even faded, everyone present seemed struck by lightning, standing frozen.

Hu Hai incredulously dug at his ear, his pinky finger swirling inside the ear canal: "What did you say, you Outer Elixir novice trash? You want us all dead?"

The rest of the Mountain Patrol Copper Generals burst into laughter, their eyes mocking without restraint.

Yang Mingzi trembled all over, fear flickering in his eyes.

Though he was an Outer Elixir Realm cultivator, he feared he couldn't last three breaths against the attack of four Copper Generals.

Who would have thought Qin An would utter such arrogant words, claiming he would eliminate everyone present!

This seemed too exaggerated to Yang Mingzi.

Even if Qin An could subdue Foku all at once and kill him, there were still four Mountain Patrol Copper Generals here.

The female Mountain Patrol Copper General shouted coldly: "Enough nonsense, take his head!"

With these words, Hu Hai stopped speaking, wielding an iron stick, and pointed it toward Qin An's head.

This move was delivered with full force; if it landed on Qin An's head, it might burst instantly like a watermelon.

But before the iron stick could strike his head, Qin An activated his True Essence, a golden light flashed across his body.

Immediately, a majestic tantric image rose from the ground.

This tantric image was filled with a powerful protective force; the solid iron stick aimed at Qin An's forehead was blocked by the image, without making any progress.

Hu Hai felt a pain in his hands and looked in astonishment, discovering the solid iron stick striking the tantric image on Qin An's brow, and the True Essence couldn't tear through the light of the tantric image's surface.

At this moment, the remaining Mountain Patrol Copper Generals also launched attacks, targeting various parts of Qin An.

But these attacks seemed to hit the hardest substances in the world, and the recoil even forced them back several steps.

"This scoundrel is proficient in protective divine powers! Exhaust him!" shouted one male Mountain Patrol Copper General fiercely.

But before he could finish speaking, a hand appeared larger and larger before his eyes, tightly gripping his neck.

The terrifying Five-Colored True Essence spread throughout his body through the hand.

Qin An casually tore, and a head was forcibly ripped off by him.

The headless corpse fell to the ground, blood dripped from the wound, sparking a burst of blood flowers.

Everyone present was stupefied.

Yang Mingzi stood behind Qin An, feeling as cold as ice, making him shiver uncontrollably.

Killing a Mountain Patrol Copper General from the Outer Elixir Realm with one move—a terrifying force indeed.

Qin An didn't speak, stepping forward.

He performed the Dragon Roar Wind Shadow Step, turning into a phantom and disappearing from the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already in front of the female Mountain Patrol Copper General.

The female Mountain Patrol Copper General had a trace of fear in her eyes, quickly trying to retreat.

But what was coming her way was a flash of blade light.

The head flew high, her beautiful big eyes still carrying a trace of bewilderment and disbelief.

Just two moves, and he consecutively killed two Mountain Patrol Copper Generals.

Now, only Hu Hai and one other Mountain Patrol Copper General were left alive.

Fear infinitely magnified in their eyes, even giving rise to a hint of retreat.

But before they could react, another flash of blade light appeared.

Immediately, the Mountain Patrol Copper General beside Hu Hai lowered his head, looking at the straight blade embedded in his chest, revealing a look of despair.

The Five-Colored True Essence exploded suddenly, a huge blood hole burst out in the Mountain Patrol Copper General's chest, and he fell to the ground without a word.

"Only you are left."

Qin An flicked the blood beads off the blade, approaching step by step.

The blood-dripping long blade reflected the firelight, depicting him as a hellish Shura.

Hu Hai's legs trembled, lacking even the courage to run, he fell to the ground, retreating backward using his hands and feet.

Until his back reached the wall, he discovered what had happened.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, spare my life, otherwise if someone finds out you killed us, you will definitely face retaliation from the Evil Extermination Bureau!"

At this moment, everything was fake.

Under the crushing of power, Hu Hai could only raise his identity and the background of the Evil Extermination Bureau.

Qin An's lips curled slightly: "I am quite curious, how you can assert the life and death of a colleague with just a few words; is the Xunyang Prefecture really in such chaos?"

Previously, he only knew about the intertwine of schemes, but today Qin An had his eyes opened.

Hu Hai bowed his head and spoke quickly: "The General Mansion is about to be reassigned, all the Mountain Patrol Gold Generals will do anything to compete for the General Mansion position, my father is a Mountain Patrol Silver General under a Gold General, we are worried about today's event causing bad consequences, so we thought of killing to silence."

With these words, Qin An squinted his eyes slightly.

He finally knew why these people dared to encircle and kill him on the spot.

Turns out there were such hidden matters in the Xunyang Prefecture.

The General Mansion is the head of the Xunyang Prefecture, similar to the Governor of Lingzhou.

Now, the General Mansion is about to be promoted, naturally leaving an empty position.

Hence, all sorts of Mountain Patrol Gold Generals would develop a heart of competition.

It seems, this competition has changed its taste.

But such circumstances placed in this chaotic Xunyang Prefecture are quite normal.

Hu Hai saw Qin An not speaking and felt a glimmer of hope for survival: "If you spare me, I will introduce you to my father; by then, you will have backing, you are a newly promoted Mountain Patrol Copper General, with backing you can go further in the Xunyang Prefecture, I definitely won't speak a word about today's matter."

"Absolutely?" Qin An teased: "In this world, only one kind of person can keep secrets the best."

Hu Hai instinctively asked: "What kind of person?"

Qin An raised a chilling blade, a burst of cold light flashed: "Dead men."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Hai's head detached from his neck.

Before dying, the fear in Hu Hai's eyes hadn't even dissipated.

The headless corpse fell to the ground, silent.

Qin An expressionlessly searched the corpses of several people and found five Demon Pills.

"This is quite a happy surprise."

Qin An absorbed the Qi Blood Power of the Demon Pills into his body, saying lightly: "It truly is, committing murder and arson comes with golden belts."

After these words, he shifted his gaze to Yang Mingzi behind him.

At this moment, Yang Mingzi was utterly cold, after Qin An's gaze swept over him, he fell to the ground.

He found that the Qin An at this moment was vastly different from the Qin An who had been chatting with him enthusiastically.

It seemed like this moment revealed the true Qin An.

The affable person from earlier was simply a facade by Qin An.

"Take these headless corpses away and return with me to the Evil Extermination Bureau." Qin An said calmly.

"Return to the Evil Extermination Bureau?"

Yang Mingzi's throat moved, and his voice trembled: "Sir! Isn't returning now a trap for oneself?"

Having consecutively slain four Mountain Patrol Copper Generals, all of whom had connections, Yang Mingzi couldn't understand why Qin An still wanted to go back.

Qin An shook his head and said: "Everything in the world has clues to follow, not to mention the Evil Extermination Bureau? Even if things are done cleanly today, exposure is inevitable one day; rather than living in fear, it's better to face it directly."

Yang Mingzi hesitated: "But after we return, how should we explain it?"

"Just explain it directly." Qin An said slowly: "You are the only witness, and they are all dead, and the dead cannot speak."

"But the background they have..." Yang Mingzi hesitated: "If they use political schemes and relationships, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with."

Qin An sneered: "Walking in this world, who doesn't have some background? Just take these headless corpses away."

Yang Mingzi thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and agreed.

He also knew that no matter how far he ran, he couldn't escape the tight net of the Evil Extermination Bureau.

Moreover, he still needed to protect this Deserted Village, so he couldn't run away at all.

Subsequently, Yang Mingzi took out a cart from the Taoist temple, placed the headless corpses of the four on it, and followed behind Qin An, heading toward the Evil Extermination Bureau along the steep mountain path.

…

It was late at night, and the Evil Extermination Bureau was bustling with people coming and going.

Currently, there were disturbances from demon-like pseudo-gods outside, and even matters of ancient battlefield relics.

Internally, the Evil Extermination Bureau was in chaos with various struggles for power as the General Mansion was about to leave office.

The current Prefecture General of the Evil Extermination Bureau wished he could grow eight pairs of hands.

A series of footsteps sounded outside.

Along with an exclamation, it attracted the attention of many Prefecture Generals in the Evil Extermination Bureau.

Then, when the group of Prefecture Generals turned their gaze to the entrance, they all stood like wooden sculptures in place.

Only to see a young man in black clothing with a straight blade at his waist stepping into the courtyard.

Behind the young man in black clothing followed a statue pseudo-god.

The statue pseudo-god was pushing a cart, and on the cart were the bodies of the four Mountain Patrol Copper Generals.

The smell of blood pervaded the courtyard.

A Household Officer walked forward shakily, wanting to ask but not knowing where to start.

"These four tried to ambush me," Qin An said calmly, "but I countered and killed them instead. Go call Mr. Zhou Yuanfeng over here."

With these words, everyone who heard them couldn't help but shudder, looking at Qin An with unparalleled shock.

They even doubted their ears.

But Qin An's expression told them that not a single word was wrong.

The Household Officer hurriedly responded, not daring to delay, and turned to walk in a direction.

About a stick of incense time later, Zhou Yuanfeng hurried over.

When he saw the situation on-site, he was like being struck by lightning.

"Come with me back to the room and we'll talk!" Zhou Yuanfeng said concisely.

Qin An nodded slightly, said no more, brought Yang Mingzi, and followed Zhou Yuanfeng, leaving the courtyard.

In the courtyard, the four corpses lay quietly, but no Prefecture General dared to go and disturb them.

…

In Zhou Yuanfeng's small courtyard.

As soon as they got in, Zhou Yuanfeng couldn't help himself any longer, anxiously saying: "Why are you so impulsive? Those four all have backgrounds. Killing them so carelessly will make your life difficult in Xunyang Prefecture."

Qin An shook his head and said: "If I didn't kill them, they would kill me. I can't let them take my head, can I?"

Zhou Yuanfeng clenched his fists: "But you could have totally not killed them; if you had subdued them, they would have backed off, and wouldn't pose a threat to you anymore."

Qin An said calmly: "You're wrong."

Zhou Yuanfeng was stunned.

Qin An continued: "With their vengeful personalities, they would only resort to many underhanded tactics behind my back. I've already made many enemies in Xunyang Prefecture. If I someday capsize because of this, it would be very unworthy—only the dead are truly safe."

Zhou Yuanfeng fell silent upon hearing this.

He also knew that what Qin An said was right.

"Are you the witness?" Zhou Yuanfeng turned to Yang Mingzi.

Yang Mingzi nodded vigorously: "Yes, I saw with my own eyes those Mountain Patrol Copper Generals trying to ambush Mr. Qin. Mr. Qin had no choice but to fight back and kill them."

Zhou Yuanfeng breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, at least they wouldn't dare to act against you openly, but I'm worried their Mountain Patrol Silver Generals will pressure you."

The Mountain Patrol Silver General was of the same level as the Jin Mansion General, even Tang Zizhen had no way to deal with them.

Qin An did not speak, simply stroking the sheath with his hand, his expression indifferent as ice.

Zhou Yuanfeng paced back and forth, muttering to himself: "Senior sister can't help you, and the General Mansion isn't in Xunyang Prefecture now, getting familiar with various orders in the upper city. Right now, the only option is to seek help from the teacher."

"Even though the teacher said you need to reach the level of a Mountain Patrol Silver General before seeing him, there must be a way if I plead."

Qin An looked at Zhou Yuanfeng, who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said: "Mr. Zhou, your worry for me is deeply appreciated, but unnecessary."

Zhou Yuanfeng stood still, stunned.

Qin An said calmly: "I know your teacher has no interest in me; I have my own way out."

Zhou Yuanfeng instinctively asked: "What way?"

Even if he encountered such a situation, he could only turn to the teacher for help.

After all, the Mountain Patrol Silver General was a person of the same level as the Jin Mansion General.

If they set traps during any mission, Qin An's life could be in genuine danger.

Qin An was just about to answer.

But at this moment, several angry shouts echoed in the courtyard of the Evil Extermination Bureau.

"The bloodline tracking method shows the culprit is here, could it be a fellow of the Evil Extermination Bureau?"

"Everyone, with me, go capture this audacious bastard and execute him in public!"

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