Starting as The Young Master of A Pharmacy, He Trained Swordsmanship in Seclusion For Twenty Years - Chapter 96

As the person in charge of the Mystic Bird Guard for the entire prefecture, Li Chengfeng naturally understood what Lu Xuan meant.

However, Li Chengfeng wasn’t surprised.

Among his peers who managed the Mystic Bird Guard in other prefectures, there were quite a few who lined their own pockets. As long as it wasn’t too excessive, it was tolerated.

After learning that if the number of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures was insufficient, one could still request more from the Capital, Lu Xuan’s eyes grew deep and unreadable, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

As for Li Chengfeng’s later remark about not being too excessive, Lu Xuan naturally pretended not to have heard it.

“Uncle Feng, if it’s truly as you say, then there’s no harm in joining the Mystic Bird Guard.”

After careful consideration, Lu Xuan finally stated his decision.

“Ha ha ha ha!”

“Excellent! Don’t worry, Friend Lu Xuan, the Mystic Bird Guard will definitely not disappoint you.”

Seeing that Lu Xuan had finally agreed to join, Li Chengfeng laughed heartily.

“Ah, right, Friend Lu Xuan, I almost forgot to tell you.” Li Chengfeng suddenly remembered something, stopped laughing, and said directly.

“The ranks of the Mystic Bird Guard are divided into Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow, and Human. Heaven and Earth rank members are mostly stationed in the Capital, while Mystic rank members are in charge of prefectures and commanderies.”

“Human rank members receive an annual stipend of one hundred taels of silver and ten portions of Potent Medicinal Herbs.”

“Yellow rank members receive an annual stipend of one thousand taels of silver, twenty portions of Potent Medicinal Herbs, and one portion of Low-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure.”

“Mystic rank members receive an annual stipend of three thousand taels of silver, ten portions of Low-grade Spiritual Treasures, and one portion of Mid-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure.”

……….
After listening to Li Chengfeng’s explanation, Lu Xuan understood that the most important parts of the Mystic Bird Guard’s stipend were the items most useful to martial artists.

Potent Medicinal Herbs and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures.

These things were difficult to price purely in silver; they were precious resources that were virtually impossible to find on the open market.

Therefore, no one in the Mystic Bird Guard paid much attention to the amount of silver in the stipend.

What they needed most were the Potent Medicinal Herbs and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures.

Only these could allow their martial arts realms to advance rapidly.

This was also why Zhao Sheng and the others had been so frantic when they obtained the flesh of the peak Blood Refining realm demonic beast.

The flesh of a peak Blood Refining realm demonic beast was comparable in value to a portion of Mid-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure.

It was something they could never hope to obtain in their entire lives.

No wonder Zhao Sheng and the others had practically wanted to kowtow to Lu Xuan and acknowledge him as their sworn father back then!

“Friend Lu Xuan, with your astonishing, heaven-defying strength, upon joining the Mystic Bird Guard, I plan to………”

Lu Xuan raised his head slightly and looked calmly at Li Chengfeng, his expression not changing in the slightest.

“…have you take my place and manage the White Path Prefecture capital for me!”

Li Chengfeng slowly uttered these words.

“Hmm?”

Hearing this, Lu Xuan’s brows rose slightly as he looked at Li Chengfeng in surprise, unsure why he would make such a decision.

From Li Chengfeng’s earlier explanation, Lu Xuan naturally knew that Mystic rank members of the Mystic Bird Guard were martial artists who had reached the major achievement stage of the Internal Breath realm.

However, what Lu Xuan hadn’t expected was that Li Chengfeng would directly hand over the management of the White Path Prefecture capital’s Mystic Bird Guard to him.

This decision of Li Chengfeng’s seemed so fantastical that even the usually composed Lu Xuan found it hard to believe.

“I will manage the White Path Prefecture capital?”

“Then where will you go, Uncle Feng?”

Lu Xuan thought Li Chengfeng was joking with him.
“Heh, you heard correctly, Friend Lu Xuan.”

“With your strength, serving as the Mystic rank commander of a prefectural capital is more than sufficient.”

“Of course, I don’t mean for you to hold the position permanently.”

“Just manage White Path Prefecture for me for a few months. I have some matters to attend to back in the Capital, you see?”

“Otherwise, with your peerless talent, how would I dare ask you to stay long-term in a small place like White Path Prefecture in An Zhou?”

“I expect it won’t be long before you, Friend Lu Xuan, head for the Capital. That is the world where you truly belong.”

So he needs to return to the Capital, that’s why he wants me to temporarily manage the Mystic Bird Guard here?
That does make sense.

However, thinking of some other potential issues, Lu Xuan spoke: “Uncle Feng, does the local Mystic Bird Guard know about this decision?”

“Also, doesn’t one need to go to the Mystic Bird Guard headquarters in the Capital to verify their identity before assuming the post of Mystic rank commander?”

Lu Xuan certainly had no objections to Li Chengfeng’s decision.

What concerned him now was whether the local Mystic Bird Guard members would obey his commands.

And whether the headquarters in the Capital would approve.

If these two issues weren’t resolved, his every move could be hindered.

“Don’t worry about that, Friend Lu Xuan. Regarding the Capital, I will report to them after I return.”

“As for the local Mystic Bird Guard here, they naturally obey the orders of the Mystic Commander.”

“With your strength, Friend Lu Xuan, feel free to deal with them as you see fit. I will absolutely stand on your side………”

Lu Xuan grasped Li Chengfeng’s meaning.

It was: with your monstrous strength, feel free to discipline them; don’t worry about my feelings.

If that was the case, then everything was settled.

“Ha ha ha!”

“Friend Lu Xuan, then from today onward, the White Path Prefecture capital is in your hands.”

As he spoke, Li Chengfeng reached to his waist, took out a dark green token, and handed it over. Several characters were engraved on it.

Li Chengfeng! Mystic Commander!

“Later, I will send someone to relay the order, summoning all Yellow rank members and the two Vice Mystic Commanders, to inform them of my decision.”

Lu Xuan glanced at the token Li Chengfeng offered, did not refuse, and directly accepted it.

“Agreed.”

This was perfect. Lu Xuan had been thinking about how to obtain a large number of system points to break through to the Outer Aura Grandmaster realm.

Breaking through to the Outer Aura Grandmaster would still require some time.

He never expected this opportunity to break through would appear right before his eyes like this.

The current stock of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures in the Mystic Bird Guard – the Low-grade and Mid-grade ones…

If he consumed a portion first, it should be enough to let him break through to the Outer Aura Grandmaster realm, right?

Yes, the moment Lu Xuan took Li Chengfeng’s token, he had already set his sights on those Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures.

Strength was the foundation of everything, a principle Lu Xuan naturally understood.

If an opportunity to break through to a higher realm was placed before him, he wouldn’t let it slip away.

Just as Lu Xuan was about to ask Li Chengfeng where those Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasures were stored…

Whoosh!
A sharp sound of something cutting through the air came from outside the main hall. A man dressed in the turquoise-blue uniform of the Mystic Bird Guard appeared at the entrance.

His expression was grave as he strode quickly inside, clasped his hands, and bowed to Li Chengfeng.

“Lord Mystic Commander, there has been an unusual incident in the White Path Prefecture capital.”

“The Grand Elder of the Tianhai Gang, and the Young Gang Leader Hua Jianghe, have gone missing!”

“It’s suspected that the Phantom of the Moonlit Pleasure Pavilion has awakened ahead of schedule!”