CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: SCHOLAR’S FULFILLMENT

The voice carried a hint of flippancy.

All the Evil Extermination Bureau state officials in the room shifted their gaze over.

Gao Quan’s face stiffened slightly, and he turned to cup his fists: "Your humble servant greets Mr. Zhou."

Qin An raised an eyebrow, looking at the newcomer.

The newcomer was a young man dressed in dark clothes, with a thumb-length knife scar at his brow.

A copper badge hung from his waist, similar to Tang Lingwei’s.

The man revealed a trace of gloom between his brows, and he flicked the hair on his right side: "You still haven’t answered my question."

Gao Quan showed a bitter smile: "The dispute between you and Mr. Tang, why make things difficult for us state officials?"

The man sneered and turned to look at Qin An, saying: "First level of the Body Storage Realm, decent strength, but pity you’ve chosen the wrong person."

Qin An said nothing, secretly placing his hand on the black knife.

From Gao Quan’s words, Qin An knew the Evil Extermination Bureau was not a monolithic entity, as complex as an old tree with intertwining roots.

Some powers acted as hostages, and there was mutual power struggle among each other.

The person before him may have a grudge against Tang Lingwei, and now being under Tang Lingwei’s command, he would naturally be implicated.

Seeing Qin An remain silent, the man raised his hand, preparing to reach out to Qin An.

But just then, footsteps sounded from outside the door.

"Zhou Mo, if you’re angry, you can vent it on me. Acting like this towards my subordinates, aren’t you afraid of losing your grace?"

Tang Lingwei leaned against the doorway, her heroic eyebrows slightly raised, her hand already resting on the weapon at her waist.

Zhou Mo turned his head, his expression uncertain, and sneered: "Forget it, with the people under your hand, who knows when they’ll die on a mission, I won’t waste my anger on you."

After speaking, Zhou Mo withdrew his hand and went straight out the door.

Tang Lingwei glanced at Qin An: "After you receive your clothes, let Gao Quan take you to familiarize yourself with the various scrolls. No need to carry out tasks for the next few days."

Qin An watched Tang Lingwei leave and then looked at Gao Quan beside him.

Gao Quan was wiping sweat from his forehead, and upon noticing Qin An’s gaze, patted Qin An’s shoulder.

"Let’s talk as we walk."

Qin An nodded and walked with Gao Quan towards another building.

On the way, Gao Quan explained everything in detail.

"Zhou Mo is also a Copper State Guard, joined the Evil Extermination Bureau earlier than Mr. Tang, and has a relative he wants to use privilege to bring in."

"But Zhou Mo’s opportunities last year were used up, so he found Mr. Tang, wanting to use his seniority to have Mr. Tang accept his relative."

"In the end, Mr. Tang was unwilling, and seeing Zhou Mo’s special recruitment opportunity arriving this year, guess what, that person died in a monster scourge."

"From then on, this enmity was settled."

Qin An listened completely, knowing this feud was not small.

No wonder Zhou Mo wanted to suppress Tang Lingwei’s people.

"Mr. Tang’s people aren’t strong?" Qin An asked as they approached the building.

What Zhou Mo said earlier, contained a lot of information, Qin An glimpsed a hint in it.

Gao Quan showed a bitter smile: "Mr. Tang is a newly appointed Copper State Guard, understaffed, every year those recruited into the Evil Extermination Bureau are poached by veteran Copper State Guards, so our strength in the Evil Extermination Bureau is considered at the bottom."

Veterans suppressing newcomers is common not only elsewhere, but also in the Evil Extermination Bureau.

Gao Quan stopped: "We’re here, don’t think too much, though power intertwines in the Evil Extermination Bureau, it’s much fairer. As long as you’re willing to fight, you’ll get what you deserve."

Ahead, the building’s outline appeared before Qin An.

Gao Quan explained: "You’re a newcomer, start by looking at the scrolls, at least familiarize yourself with the situation in Lingzhou."

Looking at scrolls?

Qin An maintained a blank face, but inside a wave surged.

Just as he wished.

The scholar profession was just 40 points shy of breaking through to level four, Qin An was thinking of browsing bookshops afterwards, not expecting an unexpected opportunity here.

Gao Quan said a few more words before turning to leave.

He wasn’t a newcomer and had many matters to handle.

Qin An, dressed in dark clothes, entered the building.

The building, named Confidential Library, contained all the secret scrolls of the Evil Extermination Bureau, strictly guarded openly and covertly.

Only upon reaching a certain level can the corresponding intelligence be viewed.

With Qin An’s state official status, the most he could do was view the local distribution of forces.

According to regulations, Qin An took out the badge from his waist.

This was merely an ordinary badge, symbolizing the identity of a state official.

After confirming Qin An’s identity, the person on the first floor instructed him that he could only browse the first floor’s books, then no longer paid any attention to Qin An.

The Evil Extermination Bureau recruits people yearly, and many die each year.

Life is the most valuable here, as the Evil Extermination Bureau requires it.

Yet life is also the least valuable, as people die every year.

No one wanted to pay attention to a newcomer.

Qin An found it better this way and walked to a bookshelf, pulling out a book to read.

Smoke appeared, the scholar profession’s proficiency was increasing.

...

Afternoon.

Qin An put down the book.

[Scholar lv.3 (400/400): Your reading speed slightly increased]

[Advancement condition: Read a Body Storage Realm book (0/1)]

All afternoon, Qin An read, only stopping when the scholar experience was full.

"Need to read a Body Storage Realm book?"

Qin An rubbed the black knife’s hilt, pondering internally.

The books he got from Ding County up until now were all Qi Storage Realm books.

Though his Heart Method broke through to the initial Body Storage Realm, it was due to various talents stacking and supported by a large amount of vitality, forcibly deduced.

Now to find a Body Storage Realm book, where would he find one?

Qin An pondered this as he walked outside.

At this moment, Qin An suddenly had a realization.

"The Cultivation Technique deduced are all Body Storage Realm, if I copy them out and read them detailly, wouldn’t that fulfill the advancement condition?"

Upon this thought, Qin An thought it worth a try.

After a busy day, Gao Quan was already waiting outside.

Seeing Qin An appear, he immediately walked forward.

"Mr. Qin, I’ll take you to your residence."

Qin An returned to his senses, temporarily pushing down the thought: "There’s a residence too?"

He was initially thinking of finding temporary accommodation outside, unexpectedly Gao Quan arrived first.

Gao Quan chuckled: "We’re doing life-risking work, naturally the treatment matches our task. Not only is there a residence, but it’s quite good."

With that, he led Qin An at a quick pace to a small courtyard.

At the courtyard’s forefront was a house, its door wide open, allowing a view of the interior arrangement.

Though simple, it held a certain elegance.

Gao Quan pointed to the house: "This is your residence, get acquainted with it first. If you need anything, count eastwards among dozens of houses, mine’s there."

Around, densely packed houses similar to the one in front were arranged, similar in layout.

This indeed suited Qin An.

Alone in a house, when practicing proficiency, he wouldn’t be exposed with his Golden Finger.

After Gao Quan left, Qin An entered the house, shutting the door behind him, and gathered pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

He wanted to test if he could upgrade using the books he deduced.