I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

"Grandpa, are you saying that the old guy has released those dead bugs again?" Jiang Yuan asked in a low voice.

Zhou Mingyuan chuckled: "Don't worry, it won't cause any harm. The sachets I prepared are enough to deal with most poisonous insects."

Jiang Yuan's heart tightened. Most of it, doesn't that mean there are still some that he can't handle?

"Third Uncle, how about you come up with a plan to defend yourself against anything? Otherwise, if they let out a ruthless move, wouldn't we be finished?"

"What a promising future!" Zhou Mingyuan curled his lips in disgust.

"Don't worry, you little brats. If he really has a bug that this sachet can't protect against, using it will definitely be extremely troublesome."

"Of all the insects in the world that can kill a person instantly, they are either slow-moving or huge. There is no way they are so small that we can't see them clearly."

"Besides, even if he did have it, he probably wouldn't be willing to use it on you."

Jiang Yuan and his companions' faces immediately fell.

"Uncle San, what you said means that our lives are worthless?" Li Hu said dissatisfiedly.

"That's right. If we die, Taiping County will definitely be in chaos." Zhao Kai and Kong Xuan spoke in unison.

Zhou Mingyuan looked at the few of them without any hesitation: "Just the few of you? In the eyes of the one who truly possesses the Insect King, you are really not worth even a single insect."

"The cost of raising a worm king is beyond your imagination. The most important thing is the worm itself."

"It's just like the folk legend that says if you put a hundred centipedes together and wait for them to fight each other, the last one to emerge is the insect king. This is complete nonsense!"

"To become the Insect King, this is just barely enough to meet the entry requirements. Among those poison masters in the martial arts world, some use insects to poison. Any family that possesses an Insect King has spent countless years and exhausted all their family strength to achieve success."

"Every time you extract poison from an insect king like this, it harms the king. Even if you were tied together, you wouldn't be enough to poison him."

After hearing Zhou Mingyuan's words, Jiang Yuan and others couldn't stop their mouths twitching.

"It's just a bug, what are you afraid of? I don't believe it can't be cut off with one knife!" Kong Xuan said unconvinced.

Zhou Mingyuan smiled but said nothing. Such things had happened before in the martial arts world, but they were all old news.

On the other side, seeing that Xi Liuer had successfully released the swarm of insects, the high priest came in front of everyone with a solemn expression.

"Have you considered the conditions I just proposed?"

"No, what's wrong?" Jiang Yuan lazily lay on the city wall. Although they were several hundred meters away, he was not worried at all that someone would suddenly shoot an arrow at him.

Even if there really is one, with his current cultivation level of the third realm, it is more than enough for him to dodge a sneak attack.

Beneath the city wall, the high priest's face was filled with anger: "Foolish mortals, your indifference has angered my totem!"

"It's too late for you to regret now. The gods will punish you with disaster!"

Jiang Yuan tried hard not to laugh out loud, as he had thought that this barbarian high priest had some amazing abilities, but it turned out that he was just like him, just pretending to be a god.

"Okay, High Priest, to be honest, I have lived in the mountains for a long time in Taiping County. We, too, have the protection of the mountain gods!"

"Let me see today, is your totem spirit more powerful, or is our mountain god better!"

Jiang Yuan said this confidently, then swaggered over to the chair behind him and lay down.

The high priest looked confidently at the soldiers standing on the city wall.

"You sinners, you don't even know how to pray to God for forgiveness when disaster strikes. Only death awaits you!"

At this time, the extremely tiny swarm of insects in the air finally flew to Jiang Yuan and others.

A fierce light flashed in Wang Jue's eyes, and he instantly drew out the long sword in his hand and slashed wildly at the air.

Even with the sachet Zhou Mingyuan had provided, he still found these bugs annoying.

Ordinary people cannot find these bugs, but Wang Jue is now at the fourth level of perfection, so it is natural for him to see these bugs clearly.

"Wang Jue, save your energy. With such a large number, it's obvious that these bugs are cheap goods. The other side has a lot of them."

Wang Jue then put away his sword and looked at the old priest below.

And below, the old priest's face was still full of confidence.

Jiang Yuan calmly looked at the insects in front of him. They were flying around but they never dared to land on him. After a moment, some dead insects suddenly fell from the sky. Almost in the blink of an eye, a large number of insects fell from the sky.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Jiang Yuan simply sat up from the chair, stood up again and lay on the city wall.

"High Priest, what's going on? Where's your totem? Why hasn't it shown its power yet?"

The high priest sneered, "Don't be so complacent here. The totem spirit never breaks its promise. Just wait for disaster to befall you!"

"Haha, it's been such a long time, your totem spirit won't get lost, right?" Jiang Yuan teased.

"But it's possible. After all, this is no longer a grassland. Maybe your totem spirit can't control this place."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, the high priest immediately turned sideways and looked at the stream behind him.

Xi Liuer nodded without hesitation. The swarm of insects had been released and it would definitely work.

"Hmph! Stop your sweet talk, the totem spirit won't let you go!" The high priest was still full of confidence.

"How about we make a bet?" Jiang Yuan looked down with interest.

"What are you betting on?" the high priest asked in a deep voice.

"If your totem spirit appears, I will agree to your conditions. Otherwise, you have to agree to one of my requests." Jiang Yuan said with a smile.

The high priest frowned slightly, but finally nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's set the time at a quarter of an hour!" Jiang Yuan said, and immediately started asking people to calculate the time.

Soon, a quarter of an hour was about to pass. The high priest and Xi Liuer under the city wall looked at each other and could see the confusion in each other's eyes.

"Grandpa, I clearly sprinkled powder on them and released the swarm of insects, but why didn't it work?" Xi Liuer looked at the unharmed soldiers on the top of the city wall in confusion.

The high priest took a deep breath, puzzled. He had used the swarm method many times, and each time it was fast and effective, but what was happening this time?

"Is it because the city wall is too high and the swarm of insects can't fly up?" The high priest frowned.

Although the two were puzzled, a quarter of an hour had passed quietly and Jiang Yuan was still standing on the city wall.

"Haha! High Priest, it seems your totem spirit is a female. It will be no match for our mountain god."

Facing Jiang Yuan's ridicule, the high priest smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Never mind, we really miscalculated this time. We didn't consider that the climate here is different from the grassland. Maybe the insect swarm is not acclimated here."

"You win. Tell me what you want." The high priest straightened his back and looked at Jiang Yuan.