Phoenix Emperor
Chap 31's. The empire was in a panic.

"Sir Yin, are you sure you don't want to stay any longer?"

Yin Feng nodded, from the start he did not want to linger in the capital, because the longer he was there, his desire to kill Zhao Yujin would be even greater.

"I'm sorry, but I have to move on."

"Alright, but before that take this with you" Liu Wei said, handing over a golden badge with a carved Phoenix bird.

"What's this?"

"By showing this badge, mister Yin can enter all the branches of the Silver Phoenix Association easily, it will even be treated well" Liu Wei explained.

The badge given by Liu Wei was referred to as the Phoenix badge, the badge was not only just the identity of the Association members, but also determined their status.

The Phoenix badge itself consisted of several levels, ranging from the lowest one being the bronze badge, silver badge, gold, platinum and lastly the jade badge.

To the servants, guards and ordinary members, they used bronze badges as identities, then to the soldiers, they used silver badges.

As for the golden badge, it was commonly given to people who had quite high status in the Association, for example like Liu Xia who was the branch head.

For the platinum badge, it was only awarded to the core members of the Association, for example such as Liu Wei and his three brothers. Then the jade badge, only belonged to the leader of the Association.

"Liu Wei, isn't this too much?" asked Yin Feng.

"Sir Yin, please don't reject it."

"Hahh" Yin Feng let out a long sigh, "alright, I'll take it."

"That's what I expected! And from now on, mister Yin is a member of our Association."

Later, Liu Wei explained that the badge was not just an identity for the Association members, it was also a tool to ask for help when in trouble.

"When you want to ask for help, you only need to channel energy into the badge."

"Liu Wei, how old are you?" asked Yin Feng.

"15 years" Liu Wei replied.

"Then, stop calling me master, because our age difference is only a year" Yin Feng said then disappeared from the sight of them all.

"His age is only a year older than the two of us, but his strength clearly exceeds the two of us" Xiao Long said.

"When I return to Zhong Empire later, I will tell my father about it, I am sure he will accept my decision."

"You are right, because this Association needs people like him" Xiao Long said.

***

Time continued to roll, a month had already passed since Yin Feng left the capital and the Silver Phoenix Association and ever since then, Yin Feng had continued to go on a relentless hunt.

Within a month, Yin Feng had already claimed the lives of hundreds of Jade Mountain sect disciples, and his actions caused panic in the Jade Mountain sect.

Moreover, Yin Feng's actions also caused panic throughout the Bei empire, as rumors spread regarding the appearance of monstrous demons within the forest.

When the rumor first spread, many did not believe it, some even assumed that the rumor was only made to scare children.

However, in the last two weeks, in the forest often found bodies with terrible conditions, and since then, people have started to believe the rumors.

Jade Mountain Sect.

"Eighth and ninth elders, I hope that you can investigate and resolve this matter!" shan Zhe Ming.

"Okay, patriarch!"

But what Shan Zhe Ming did not realize was that his abaya attitude was actually bad for his sect, and now he realized how serious this problem was.

In just one month, the number of Jade Mountain sect disciples who died had already reached the hundreds, even more than the newly joined disciples.

"Damn! If I knew it would be like this, I would definitely never ignore this matter."

"Patriark, how about we investigate this matter directly?"

"I thought about it too, but if we do, there will be a greater panic."

"In addition, his highness the emperor has also warned us not to cause any more trouble."

"That means, we can only hope for the eighth and ninth elders."

"True, let's hope their investigation bears fruit" Shan Zhe Ming said.

"Then, what about the second elder? Has he been following my orders?"

"The second elder has already departed since morning, I'm sure he has arrived at the imperial palace by now."

"Well, then today's meeting we'll just finish, I want to meditate to calm down."

"Okay, patriarch!"

After that, Shan Zhe Ming returned to his residence to meditate and also rest, because in addition to calming down, he also had to rest his mind.

Meanwhile, at the Bei imperial palace.

Just as Shan Zhe Ming was panicking due to the rumors spreading, Zhao Yujin was also confused thinking of a solution to the problem.

At first, Zhao Yujin also ignored not even caring about the rumors, but after there was such real evidence, she finally believed in the truth of the rumors.

"Your highness, we must take immediate action, otherwise this demon will become more rampant."

"I know that, but the thing is, no one knows the existence of the devil!"

"I could have sent hundreds of soldiers into the forest, but it would still be useless if I failed to capture him and in the end, the people's trust would be lost."

This was what made Zhao Yujin confused to think of a solution to the problem, because what the imperial population needed was not just speech but evidence.

"But, if we keep quiet, the residents will also doubt your worthiness as an emperor."

"Damn! If only Xu Jiang were here, he would definitely be able to find a solution to this problem!"

"Your highness, have you forgotten that patriarch Xu has long since died?"

Zhao Yujin gasped in shock, she completely forgot that Xu Jiang was already not with them. "True, I forgot she was dead."

During this time Xu Jiang was indeed known as an expert in solving a problem, even he always managed to find the best solution to the Bei imperial problem.

But now, the figure known as the brain of the imperial genius Bei was already non-existent, so Zhao Yujin and the palace higher-ups had to think hard to find a solution.

"Your highness, what if we call Yin Feng? I'm sure he has the same intelligence as his teacher."

"Did you forget how we ignored the problem back then? And if we call him, it's tantamount to licking his own spit."

"Your highness, the envoy from the Jade Mountain sect requested permission to face" said one of the palace's soldiers.

"It just so happens that I do want to discuss something important with them" Zhao Yujin muttered.