Soul Emperor Martial God

Eastern Desolate Demon Hunting Hall.

As soon as Xiao Yi arrived, a staff member came to greet him.

"Meeting with General Executor Yi Xiao."

"Hmm." Xiao Yi nodded and said, "Take me to the Scrolls Room."

"The Scrolls Room?" The staff member was initially stunned, then he showed a troubled expression.

"General Executor Yi Xiao, you are not the person in charge of this sub-hall."

"If you want to enter the Scrolls Room, you must obtain the Chief Steward's permission."

"So..."

The staff member had not yet finished speaking.

A steady voice came, "Let him through."

A middle-aged man approached; he was the person in charge of the Eastern Desolate Demon Hunting Hall and also a Chief Steward.

"General Executor Yi Xiao." The middle-aged man greeted Xiao Yi with a clasped hands gesture and said, "This way, please."

Xiao Yi nodded.

In front of the door to the Scrolls Room.

"General Executor Yi Xiao, I must remind you," the middle-aged man said.

"Some of the scrolls and archives inside are only accessible by Sub Hall Masters."

"There are prohibitions inside; if your authority is insufficient, you cannot open them."

"Hmm." Xiao Yi nodded.

"Then, General Executor Yi Xiao, you may peruse at your leisure, call me if you need anything." With that, the middle-aged man turned and left.

...

Inside the Scrolls Room.

It was, in fact, his first time in the Demon Hunting Hall's Scrolls Room.

The piles of information and records inside somewhat took Xiao Yi by surprise.

He glanced at the dates on some scrolls; some were from several years ago.

The issue was, these scrolls had never been opened.

Xiao Yi shook his head, unbothered.

He directly pulled up the records and information about the Demon Hunting Order he had exchanged for.

All in all, from two years ago to the present day, there were thousands of entries.

And sure enough, as he expected, none had been opened.

Xiao Yi took out the first piece of information.

There was a prohibition on the information.

It blocked him, preventing him from flipping through it.

He tried using his own token, only to find that the Chief Steward's authority couldn't open it.

He then tried with the mother token, but still no success.

It was only when his token and the mother token simultaneously touched the prohibition.

The prohibition finally dissipated.

Upon opening the information, it recorded the events from two years ago, the day he first exchanged for the Demon Hunting Order.

It detailed how many Law Enforcement Teams the Mystic Breakthrough City's Demon Hunting Hall had sent for protection.

It also recorded information on the Demon Hunting Order.

"Hall Master Level Demon Hunting Order, exchange Task Points, 200,000." Xiao Yi furrowed his brow.

Xiao Yi was only now learning about this Demon Hunting Order.

"Heh." Xiao Yi chuckled softly, recalling how the Sub Hall Master had tricked him two years ago.

But at the same time, he was puzzled about why the Sub Hall Master wanted to help him.

After pondering for a while and not figuring it out, he simply gave up.

For subsequent records, Xiao Yi no longer looked at them, but directly jumped to the most recent information.

Going through thousands of scrolls would be too time-consuming.

Sure enough, it recorded the recent attack on the Xiao Family and the abduction of the Acting Patriarch.

At the end of the information, it was written "Pending Investigation, Delayed."

The Demon Hunting Hall leads all Demon Hunters.

The massive number of Demon Hunters makes their work extremely busy.

No wonder the Scrolls Room was filled with heaps of unopened scrolls.

Generally, information and records that are not overly important are not looked at by anyone.

Even if it's related to the Demon Hunting Order, meant to protect a family or an individual.

If it's just an attack, the Demon Hunting Hall wouldn't be too diligent in investigating.

After all, there are also many families and individuals protected under the Demon Hunting Order.

What the Demon Hunting Order can do, is only to provide certain protection based on its level.

Only when a family or individual is truly annihilated or killed.

Then they will fully take it seriously and exert their greatest efforts to take revenge for that family or individual.

So you see, the Demon Hunting Order isn't actually meant to protect people.

It's meant for revenge.

Of course, its deterrent effect is enormous.

The Demon Hunting Hall going all out to take revenge for a family or individual is not a hollow promise.

Even the previous attack on the Xiao Family by Blood Mist Valley.

They didn't dare use their real identities but acted disguised and cautiously.

However, afterwards, the Xiao Family wasn't annihilated; the 'revenge' effect of the Demon Hunting Order did not occur.

"Xue Tu and Murong Jiao'er only dared to openly admit they were the ones who attacked the Xiao Family."

Setting down the scrolls, Xiao Yi turned and left the Scrolls Room.

He had just come to see how the Demon Hunting Hall's investigation into the attack on the Xiao Family was progressing.

Incidentally, within the same county, intelligence is shared among the various sub-halls.

However, Xiao Yi specifically did not go to the Mystic Breakthrough City Demon Hunting Hall to consult the records, but instead came to the Eastern Desolate Demon Hunting Hall to look things up.

...

Upon arriving at the front hall of the Demon Hunting Hall,

Xiao Yi went to the Task Department, using his General Executor status along with the mother token of the Demon Hunting Order to secretly send a message.

Of course, the content and details of the message could not be viewed by the staff.

The message would be directly transmitted through a specific channel

to the Demon Hunting Hall personnel carrying out the protection task under that Demon Hunting Order.

...

However, just a few hours later,

inside the General Executor's room in the Mystic Breakthrough City Demon Hunting Hall,

"Knock knock," the sound of knocking arose.

"Come in," the Chief Steward said softly.

"Chief Steward, there is a message," the visitor reported.

"What message?" the Chief Steward asked.

"I do not know, as I do not have the authority to open it; I only know it came from within the Demon Hunting Hall," the visitor reported.

"Oh?" The Chief Steward immediately became serious.

Taking the message, he looked at it and his face showed a sudden understanding.

"It's a Demon Hunting Order, the Hall Master level one that was exchanged two years ago," the Chief Steward said gravely.

"The message from the holder of the mother token states we no longer need to worry about the Xiao Family attack."

"Instruct the Law Enforcement Team there to, as always, monitor from a distance and protect the site secretly."

"Yes," the visitor acknowledged, ready to leave.

Suddenly, turning around, he asked, "Chief Steward, who exactly is the holder of the mother token? The Xiao Family was just attacked a few days ago, and now you say we no longer need to pursue the matter?"

"Could it be that the holder of the mother token has been taken hostage by enemies? Trapped and forced to send this message?"

"I don't know," the Chief Steward shook his head and said, "Hall Master level Demon Hunting Order."

"The identity and all sorts of information about the holder are confidential, only accessible to Sub Hall Masters."

"As for being taken hostage, it seems unlikely."

"If the enemies wanted, they could just kill the holder of the mother token, and the Demon Hunting Order would automatically become invalid; there's no need for such trouble."

Hearing this, the visitor turned and left to convey the commands.

Throughout Northern Mountain County, only the Sub Hall Master knew that this particular Hall Master level Demon Hunting Order had been exchanged by Yi Xiao.

And this busy Sub Hall Master,

since issuing the Demon Hunting Order two years ago, had never checked even a piece of intelligence about this order.

He didn't even know which family the Demon Hunting Order was protecting.

As for ordinary members of the Demon Hall, including the General Executor of Mystic Breakthrough City, they knew even less.

They didn't know who the holder of the mother token was or who issued it.

They just knew to follow the rules and carry out the mission.

...

Meanwhile, after sending the message, Xiao Yi prepared to leave.

He specifically went to Eastern Desolate to meet with Ning Hao and others.

Secondly, he went to the Demon Hunting Hall to send this message,

to prevent the Mystic Breakthrough City Demon Hunting Hall from continuing the investigation or even reporting it to the Northern Mountain City sub-hall.

After all, Xiao Chong had already been rescued, and the feud with the Northern Mountain Murong Family had also reached a conclusion.

There was no need to stir up unnecessary trouble.

However, just as he was about to leave, he found a message at the Task Department that the Sub Hall Master had sent him.

Xiao Yi checked the message and took a look.

It was about the grand alchemy competition of the entire Flame Martial Kingdom.

The final results for Northern Mountain County were in.

Only waiting for the other counties to finish their competitions, then they could head to the Royal Capital.

The event was set for six months later.

And before then, Yi Xiao was asked to find time to visit Northern Mountain City.

"Six months," Xiao Yi murmured to himself.

Then, with a flash, he left the Demon Hunting Hall, heading back to Purple Cloud City.

...

A few hours later, Xiao Yi had already changed back into his regular attire and returned to the Xiao Family.

After chatting with the elders for a bit, he was ready to begin his day's cultivation.

Xiao Yi's cultivation was always diligent, on schedule every day, without wasting any time.

Little did he expect as he was about to start cultivating, suddenly a loud shout echoed from outside the Xiao Family.

A group of Martial Artists, numbering in the hundreds, surrounded the Xiao Family.

"The Xiao Family, today is the day your clan will be annihilated," a crazed laughter thundered over the courtyard of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yi frowned, came out to see, and then scoffed coldly.

"Mystic Fire Sect, you too have the audacity to trouble my Xiao Family?" The Xiao Family scoffed coldly.

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First update.