Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 407: Chapter 208: Righteous Demon Slayer

With a flash of movement, Chen Cheng quickly searched Chen Ergou’s body, pulling out a tattered Money Bag and a red halter top.

The red halter top was made of cotton and still carried the faint scent of milk. Who knew which young wife’s bed the scoundrel had swiped it from.

"Sigh..." Chen Cheng sighed, casually tossing the red halter top aside. "Once a constable for the City Guard Department, always a constable for the City Guard Department.

I’m afraid I’ll never break this habit of always following procedure!"

Inside the Money Bag was a piece of broken silver and several dozen copper coins, worth less than three hundred cents in total.

Such a small amount of money was nothing to Chen Cheng, but for a family of mountain folk, it was enough to cover food and other expenses for a month.

’Who knows how many families Chen Ergou had to swindle to save up these silver coins!’

On the principle that even a mosquito’s leg was still meat, Chen Cheng tucked the broken silver and copper coins into his sleeve.

Just as he was about to toss the tattered Money Bag away, he noticed it felt surprisingly heavy, as if there was something else inside.

He gave it a tug and, sure enough, found an inner pouch sewn into the Money Bag. The stitches were very crude; it was clearly not a woman’s handiwork, but rather that of someone who’d rarely ever touched a needle and thread.

The sewing was crude, but the stitches were tight, sealing the pouch completely without an opening.

’Chen Ergou must have sewn this inner pouch himself.

What kind of incredible treasure was he hiding to be this careful?’

Chen Cheng didn’t really expect to find anything of value on a low-life like him.

Applying a little force, he easily tore open the inner pouch. Inside was a cloth-wrapped bundle, slightly smaller than an egg and not particularly heavy.

Chen Cheng unwrapped the cotton cloth, revealing the object inside: a dark metal ring of simple, ancient design.

"Huh?" Chen Cheng murmured in surprise. His eyes lit up as he examined the ring closely.

He took out a glossy black Ring from within his robes and carefully compared it to the new ring.

He had purchased the Ring at the Cloud Pavilion in the Hundred Treasures Studio during a past investigative mission to the Cold Crow Village Black Market. It was made of Star Essence Gold.

It was quite heavy. Despite being a small Ring, it weighed more than ten jin.

The new ring, by comparison, was much heavier than an ordinary metal ring, yet it only weighed about seven or eight taels.

The Ring was forged from pure Star Essence Gold. Other than the Power of Heaven and Earth that the metal naturally contained, it had no other special properties.

Chen Cheng could faintly sense that this ancient-style ring also contained Star Essence Gold and thus likely held the Power of Heaven and Earth as well.

Moreover, the Power of Heaven and Earth within it seemed even more immense than that of his Ring, which was forged from pure Star Essence Gold.

’My Concealment Secret Skill hasn’t even reached the Beginner Level yet, but I can already faintly sense the Power of Heaven and Earth.

This ring is quite old; it was probably left behind by the ancients.

Logically speaking, the Power of Heaven and Earth comes from Star Essence Gold, so the power in the Ring should be greater than the power in the finger ring.

Yet the Power of Heaven and Earth in this finger ring is more immense.

The method used to forge this ring is clearly far more advanced.

I have a gut feeling that with this ring, cultivating the Concealment Secret Skill will be much easier.’

Carefully putting both the ring and the Ring away, a faint smile appeared on Chen Cheng’s face.

"Heh, it’s all about perspective. Being a constable for the City Guard Department and getting used to following procedure just gave me an unexpected windfall!"

After muttering to himself, Chen Cheng paid no more mind to Chen Ergou’s corpse and sped away toward Qingxi Town.

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Xinyi County.

Crane Mountain Town.

The Crane Mountain Range, an offshoot of the Great Wilderness Mountain Range, was so named because its overall shape resembled a giant crane spreading its wings in flight.

Crane Mountain Town was situated in a hilly region. There were no rivers within its territory, and the farmland was rather barren.

However, the Crane Mountain Range was rich in mineral resources. In addition to common ores like iron, the depths of the mines held valuable minerals such as the prized Black Gold.

For generations, the people had made their living from mining, smelting, and forging, and as a result, they were quite prosperous.

With a population of less than fifty thousand, Crane Mountain Town was home to over one hundred gentry families.

The people of Crane Mountain Town purchased all their grain from elsewhere. A typical drought simply meant a rise in food prices, which did not affect them greatly.

The biggest problem was the water supply.

In ordinary years, the people relied on deep wells and the cisterns that every household had dug, so finding water to drink was not a concern.

But with this year’s severe drought, the water in the cisterns had long been consumed. The deep wells, too, dried up again and again, forcing people to dig them ever deeper.

Even the town’s central spring, which normally flowed year-round, had run dry and been excavated to a depth of over ten zhang.

The townspeople queued at the various deep wells day and night to draw water, the lines never-ending.

Even so, many of the townspeople still had no water and could only resort to drawing it from wells deep in the mountain forests.

In a year of drought, as long as there was water to drink, people could manage to survive.

As long as they could continuously mine ore, smelt it into metal, exchange it for silver coins, and buy grain, the people had nothing to fear.

Unfortunately, the Crane Mountain Range was then struck by a series of earthquakes, causing mines to collapse and leaving hundreds dead or injured.

Afterward, large numbers of frenzied Demon Beasts charged out from the depths of the Great Wilderness Mountain Range, wreaking havoc in the forests near the town.

These Demon Beasts also seemed to be maddened by thirst. Since they couldn’t dig deep wells, they quenched their thirst with the blood of various animals.

Any person who dared to approach the mountain forests would be treated as food by the Demon Beasts. Many of the villagers who had ventured into the mountains in search of water had met with disaster.

Even the heavily guarded mines were frequently assaulted by Demon Beasts.

In the less than half a month since the Demon Beast Tide had appeared, several thousand people had already met with disaster.

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