Chapter 194 Sword Control Technique
As for Zhou Chen, he did not have the chance to enter the library because his reward was different from that of others. After everyone left, Zhou Chen was left alone by Qinglong.

Watching everyone leave, Qinglong took out a book from the storage ring and handed it to Zhou Chen. Just when Zhou Chen was puzzled, Qinglong slowly said, "This is the Sword Controlling Technique, a mid-grade Earth Rank martial art. The commander asked me to give it to you before he went into seclusion."

Zhou Chen was very excited looking at the secret book handed over by Qinglong. Then Qinglong reminded him again, "Earth-level martial arts are extraordinary. Even I am not qualified to practice them. Don't let the adults down."

After taking the secret book and quickly putting it into the storage ring, Zhou Chen said, "Don't worry, sir, I won't let you down." Then he looked at Qinglong again and asked, "Sir, can I also go to the library to pick out a martial arts book?"

Qinglong glared at him unhappily and said, "You can't chew too much. You should practice this Sword Controlling Technique first. Earth-grade martial arts are extraordinary. Although this martial art is only mid-grade, its power can be as strong as that of upper-grade ones if used well."

Seeing that his little trick failed, Zhou Chen did not show any disappointment but bowed and then turned around and left the yard.

Now that Leng Yiyao is a member of the Demon Suppression Division, he will naturally have a share of the rewards for this mission. Leng Yiyao chose the middle-grade earth-level martial art Shadow Claw, which is an attacking martial art with dark attributes.

Zhou Chen didn't say much about this. His true qi was currently attributeless, so he could practice martial arts of any attribute.

After Zhou Chen returned home, he began to practice the Sword Controlling Technique in seclusion. As a mid-level Earth-rank martial art, the Sword Controlling Technique is extremely powerful, and it also consumes a lot of true energy. However, Zhou Chen now has a thousand years of skill, plus the recovery effect of the second floor of Linglong Tower, so he can afford the consumption of the Sword Controlling Technique.

To practice the Sword Controlling Technique, one must first open up several hidden sheath points in the body. This may be difficult for others, but it is not a problem for Zhou Chen. As long as he passes his true Qi through each hidden sheath point as required, the Sword Controlling Technique will appear on the panel and he will be able to improve his martial arts by adding points.

I have to say that the practice of the Sword Controlling Technique is extremely difficult. It took me two hours just to walk around in a circle. Fortunately, the words "Sword Controlling Technique" have already appeared on the panel.

"It's worthy of being an earth-level martial art. Just the simple introduction requires more than 900 strengthening points." Zhou Chen scratched his head helplessly, and then began to decompose the demon pattern.

Yesterday's battle allowed him to obtain nearly a thousand demon patterns. Decomposing these demon patterns was a huge project. The continuous decomposition had made his mind somewhat numb. It took him about ten hours to decompose all these things.

Zhou Chen's hair was disheveled at this moment. "Ah, practicing is not easy." Even though he was a great master with fifth-grade strength, Zhou Chen was very sleepy at this moment. After decomposing the demon pattern, he was not in a hurry to improve the sword-controlling technique and fell asleep directly.

He slept until the next afternoon. When he woke up, he found Leng Yiyao sitting next to him practicing.

Zhou Chen did not disturb him but went out alone to eat some food. The meals in the Demon Suppression Division were all made of ninth-grade monster meat. Now ninth-grade monster meat was no longer in his eyes, and he ate it just to fill his stomach. Zhou Chen found that if he wanted to improve his strength quickly, he could only hunt monsters.

The speed of obtaining enhancement points using the previous method is too slow. Of course, it would be a different story if you could get powerful meat, like the Demon King Zhentian. If his meat could be converted into enhancement points, it would definitely be a considerable income.

After eating and drinking, Zhou Chen opened his panel. His current number of enhancement points had reached more than 7,000. At this time, Zhou Chen showed an unconcealable smile.

Colleagues who were also eating around him cast puzzled glances at Zhou Chen, but due to Zhou Chen's strength, they just glanced at him and continued eating without discussing it in private.

Afterwards, he packed a meal for Leng Yiyao and left the cafeteria. When he returned to the room, as soon as he stepped in, a huge black hand suddenly emerged from the ground and grabbed his body.

Zhou Chen quickly left the room when he saw this. His Ultimate Eye was activated in an instant, and he could see clearly that only Leng Yiyao was in the room. Leng Yiyao was just joking with him. Zhou Chen put away his magical power and walked into the room with a smile, "Not bad, you have mastered the Xuan-level martial arts in such a short time."

"It's barely enough to get started, and now it's just for show and has no killing power for the time being."

Leng Ningshuang and Wang Yong also each obtained a Xuan-level martial arts book. They are both still in seclusion now, so one can imagine how great Leng Yiyao's talent is.

After dinner, the two returned home. In the past two days, the people in the city have returned to their respective villages one after another. Now that the danger has been temporarily lifted, it is impossible for them to stay in Wu'an County. If they stay in a hotel, no one will bother them, but if they sleep on the street, that would not be acceptable.

Before leaving, each person was given a few pounds of meat, for which the people were very grateful. However, when the government office announced that this year's tax revenue would be increased by another 20%, all the people were furious, as their villages had been attacked by monsters to varying degrees.

The farmers in the farmland have naturally been affected to varying degrees. This year's harvest is definitely not as good as in previous years. Not only are they not exempted from taxes, but they are also required to pay more. How can this not make people angry?

However, the county magistrate was firm in his attitude and they could only complain and had no choice but to swallow their anger.

At this time, deep in Wuhua Mountain, Demon King Zhentian sat on a high platform looking at the little demon below. Although his injuries had stabilized at this time, the remaining sword energy in his body could not be forced out for a while.

Whenever he used his internal energy, this sword energy would come out to cause trouble, causing his strength to drop by 50%.

The Demon King Zhentian said to his demons, "Go and find some boys and girls for me." After that, he closed his eyes. The demons below obeyed his order and left the huge cave.

Time passed quickly and two months had passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Wu'an County was very unstable. Boys and girls disappeared from time to time, and the Demon Suppression Division also took response measures.

He specially sent out his Demon Suppression Guards and Demon Suppression Envoys to be stationed in every village and county town. Even so, this incident still happened from time to time. Wu'an County was too large and the Demon Suppression Division was understaffed. They had no way to deal with it. They could only protect it as much as possible and could not solve it completely.

Zhou Chen was in charge of a county town near Wu'an County, called "Luyuan County".

There is only one team, Team 19, in the entire Lvyuan County, which consists of only four people in total. Recently, more and more people have been missing, and they are simply unable to cope with the situation.

As for the whereabouts of these missing people, the Demon Suppression Division knew it clearly, but that was the Demon King Zhentian, and they were unable to deal with him for the time being. They could only wait for Zhen Nantian to come out of seclusion.

The city lord also appealed to the empire for help, but the result he got was that they had to solve the problem themselves, which made the old city lord helpless.

He also knew a little about the reason. Recently, a large number of monsters had appeared in the empire. They had invaded human towns. Now the Demon Suppression Departments in various parts of Daxia were extremely busy, and the casualties were several times higher than usual. It was not very likely that he would be able to ask colleagues from other Demon Suppression Departments for help.

(End of this chapter)