Chapter 583: Chapter 365: Territory Guardian War General
The muscles on Wei Fan and Feng Hua’s faces twitched and soon returned to their true forms.
Zhou Shen smiled without a hint of reproach.
With his hands behind his back, he approached and brushed his luminous fingers over the corpse of Saint Son Yuan Jie, revealing a faint Saint Level fluctuation that quickly vanished.
"It is indeed the Qilin Ape Race’s Saint Son!"
It’s not possible to casually present a corpse and claim to have killed a Saint Son; the Demon Hunter Organization has its own verification methods.
"You probably use this corpse just to eat the meat. How about selling it to the Demon Hunter Organization for thirty thousand spirit crystals?"
He looked at Wei Fan.
Such a corpse, which flows with Holy Blood, would only serve as food for someone like Wei Fan, but in the hands of a skilled alchemist, it could be transformed into treasure medicine that enhances potential.
"Alright!"
Wei Fan agreed cheerfully, "I also have a batch of Demon King corpses here. If you’re interested, I’ll give you a discount!"
In a short period, the entire room was filled with over twenty Demon King corpses, slain by him, both from the Five Great Domains and the Wilderness.
Over twenty corpses almost filled this rather spacious secret chamber.
"You..."
Even the ever-calm Zhou Shen’s expression changed upon seeing this, despite not reacting to Yuan Jie’s corpse earlier.
Twenty Demon Kings—many Martial Kings might not encounter even this number in their lives. Yet Wei Fan, at the age of nineteen, had already slaughtered over twenty Demon Kings—a staggering figure.
"Actually, I’ve only seen this many Demon Kings!" Wei Fan said.
Almost every Demon King he’s seen has been killed, so his lifetime encounters with Demon Kings amount to just this number.
Zhou Shen’s eyelid twitched, his mouth twitching too; if those Demon Saints saw this, they would flay Wei Fan alive.
"Do you want them? If you do, I’ll let them go for twenty thousand spirit crystals each!" Wei Fan pointed to a corpse, knowing he couldn’t consume them all, thus preferring to sell them for spirit crystals.
Zhou Shen laughed and cursed, "Get out. These ordinary Demon King corpses are worth at most just a few thousand spirit crystals, while Yuan Jie, as part of the Demon Saint Bloodline, is valued at thirty thousand."
"A few thousand? Fine!" Wei Fan didn’t mind, "Calculate my merit points. Some were slain in the Wilderness, where the Demon Hunter Organization had nothing decent to offer and didn’t settle the merit points with me. But the Five Great Domains’ Demon Hunter Organization shouldn’t mind these merit points."
During his time in the Wilderness, he didn’t care much as the Martial King techniques were scarce, making merit points useless. However, the Five Great Domains’ Demon Hunter Organization possesses a plethora of techniques, making merit points worth striving for.
"Okay, but unless it’s a mission kill or a bounty, the Demon Kings can only be calculated at ordinary merit point value!"
Zhou Shen generously disregarded whether the Demon Kings were slain in the Wilderness or Beiding Continent; for the Demon Hunter Organization, it mattered not where or why, only that demons were slain that deserved merit.
Wei Fan nodded, "Most of these Demon Kings are from Beiding Continent, killed by me after they entered the Wilderness; do they have a bounty? Could you kindly verify this, sir?"
Among the pile of corpses, he pulled out the first one—a lion of pure gold: "This is the Golden Little Lion King, the first Demon King from Beiding Continent I slaughtered in the Wilderness. He claimed his father was a Demon Saint from the Golden Lion Race; is there a bounty for him?"
Zhou Shen’s eyes widened, "There is a bounty, but not much—one thousand merit points and twenty thousand spirit crystals. Rumor had it this little lion was deceased, yet who’d have thought it true."
Including Niu Jiang and Yuan Jie, Wei Fan had already eliminated the offspring of three Demon Saints. When these Demon Saints return from the Wilderness, they would undeniably be driven to madness.
"Do you have more offspring of Demon Saints? Tell me at once; my old heart can’t handle the shock repeatedly."
Wei Fan shook his head, "There shouldn’t be any more!"
He then gathered the corpses of Demon Kings such as the Black-Scaled Flood Dragon King, slain in the underground mausoleum, but apart from the Black-Scaled Flood Dragon King, none had bounties.
"This is Niu Yue; this one is the Lion Kite—all slain in the battle at Yun Jin City. These need to be calculated per mission merit points."
After calculations, Wei Fan earned about 180,000 merit points, and with the spirit crystal sales and bounties, a total of over 200,000 spirit crystals.
Of course, he shared some of this with Feng Hua and Zhi Hua.
"I want to exchange for some martial arts!"
With the calculation registration complete, Wei Fan planned to trade for martial arts, but Zhou Shen spoke leisurely, "No rush to exchange; are you interested in officially joining the Demon Hunter Organization as a Territory Guardian War General?"
Wei Fan paused, "Territory Guardian War General?"
Instead of outright rejecting, he chose to first understand what a Territory Guardian War General entails.
He always knew he wasn’t truly part of the Demon Hunter Organization, more akin to a bounty hunter performing tasks for rewards—the internal members of the Demon Hunter Organization are undeniably real.
Zhou Shen is likely among such individuals; besides people like Zhou Shen who handle post-end matters, there must be others, otherwise an organization like the Demon Hunters couldn’t span the Five Great Domains and lead all Human Race forces against demons.
"Most Demon Hunters are unrestrained, slaying demons at will. In the Human-Demon War, if everyone acted this way, how could the Human Race possibly withstand demons for so many years?
The Territory Guardian War General emerges from this, required to follow orders to resist Demon Fiends."
Wei Fan nodded, he could understand this point.
Take the Wilderness for example, over the years, the ones who truly deserve credit are not the Demon Hunters who are free to retreat when danger arises but those frontline soldiers who must obey orders and fight to the death against Demon Fiends.
In fact, it is that group of people who have been resisting Demon Fiends for years, protecting most ordinary people.
"You can understand the Territory Guardian War General as filling in the gaps. For instance, in the previous battle of Yun Jin City, although the Demon Hunter Organization issued bounty tasks, if there weren’t enough Demon Hunters to take on the task and rush to Yun Jin City to fight the Demon Fiends, would the Demon Hunter Organization just let the Demon Fiends massacre Yun Jin City?"
Wei Fan shook his head, naturally not, if that were the case, the Human Race would have been wiped out long ago.
Zhou Shen said, "The Human Race’s fight against Demon Fiends naturally cannot rely solely on bounties and chivalry. If there aren’t enough Demon Hunters going to Yun Jin City to fight, the Demon Hunter Organization will send Territory Guardian War Generals to join the battle, ensuring the Human Race’s power is not weaker than the Demon Fiend’s side."
The Territory Guardian War Generals are still Demon Hunters, but the difference lies in times of personnel shortage when the Demon Hunter Organization cannot dispatch ordinary Demon Hunters, only the Territory Guardian War Generals can be sent.
Of course, they also handle some unsavory things, like clearing out traitors within the Human Race, somewhat similar to Demon Suppression Guards, but not tasks arranged every day, directly assigning Territory Guardian War Generals when there are personnel shortages.
Wei Fan did not object to this; his bottom line was not giving up his soul and Life Token. As long as he didn’t hand these things over for others to control his life, being an ordinary Demon Hunter or a Territory Guardian War General wasn’t much different; hearing there were Demon Fiends to kill would bring him joy.
The evolution of the Human Emperor Bell consumed all ordinary power, now he needs to prepare for breaking through Martial Saint power, requiring the slaying of many Demon Fiends.
"Of course, being a Territory Guardian War General comes with benefits, such as exchanging for Martial Arts ordinary Demon Hunters can’t."
Ordinary Demon Hunters can exchange for Martial Arts, but not the entirety of Martial Arts held by the Demon Hunter Organization; the real treasures are internal, without doubt.
This is also a point that moved Wei Fan’s heart.
Besides Martial Arts inaccessible to ordinary Demon Hunters, the merit points required for Territory Guardian War Generals to exchange for Martial Arts are fewer, only sixty percent of the normal merit points.
"There is also Martial Saint’s insights; given your talent, you should soon strive to reach the Saint Realm, and with predecessors’ insights on breakthrough, your success probability is higher."
Zhou Shen continued, since Wei Fan emerged from the Wilderness, he naturally had no mentorship, making Martial Saint’s insights particularly meaningful to him, accessible only to Territory Guardian War Generals.
Overall, being a Territory Guardian War General means, after passing tests for character and talent, the Demon Hunter Organization sees your promising future and begins nurturing you, with very few specific tasks assigned.
"If you have any questions, you can ask Feng Hua!" he pointed to Feng Hua.
"You are already a Territory Guardian War General!" Wei Fan said.
Feng Hua nodded lightly.
Thus, Wei Fan agreed to become a Territory Guardian War General; if there were issues, Feng Hua would have warned him long ago. Not to mention anything else, being able to access internal Martial Arts alone was quite enticing to him.
His Scripture of the Three Emperors was deduced using the Guangling Martial Arts Manual, but it wasn’t complete; the subsequent Heart Method wasn’t there.
Continuing to deduce the follow-up of the Scripture of the Three Emperors required a stronger Heart Method for comprehensive deduction.
"Let’s go, I’ll take you to the place where Territory Guardian War Generals submit missions, you won’t need to come here anymore!"
The two followed Zhou Shen, quickly arriving at another grand hall, entering a secret chamber.
Zhou Shen explained, the identities of Territory Guardian War Generals are kept secret from each other.
"Weren’t you going to exchange Martial Arts? These are Martial Arts available only for internal members of the Demon Hunter Organization, but you may also exchange for those Martial Arts accessible to ordinary Demon Hunters."
He tossed Wei Fan a booklet.
With new choices, Wei Fan naturally didn’t plan to exchange for the Martial Arts he initially wanted.
"But be cautious with some Martial Arts; mishandling could bring great disaster upon yourself!" Zhou Shen reminded.
Wei Fan initially didn’t quite understand the meaning of this statement, but upon opening the booklet, he quickly grasped Zhou Shen’s intention.
Zilan Scripture, Zilan Sect’s Holy Skill!
Fire Cloud Martial Arts Manual, Fire Cloud Cave Holy Skill!
Cloud Technique, Liuyun Sect’s Holy Skill!
Blazing Six Transformations Skill, Da Xu Yang Family Holy Skill!
...
With a casual glance, he saw a bunch of sect martial arts from current Holy Sect powers or former Holy Sects, even the Holy Skills of Nan Heng State Fire Cloud Cave were on the exchange list.
Exchanging these Martial Arts is indeed risky; if those sects discover it, the Demon Hunter Organization obviously won’t cover for you, forcing you to endure the pursuit from these sects.
Small sects don’t matter, but their cultivation techniques don’t appeal.
"Did the Demon Hunter Organization steal from these sects? How does it have so many sect martial arts from current Holy Sects?" he asked Zhou Shen in confusion.
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