Chapter 543

"I have met the Daoist Priest."

Zhou Jin saw Li Yi and still bowed respectfully: "The Prefect is very concerned about this matter of selling women, and has ordered us to break this case, catch everyone involved, and never be lenient. As for these victimized girls, he has ordered us to register them, issue travel permits, travel expenses, and send them home."

"As for that evil leader, he will likely not live and will be beheaded in public to serve as a warning to others."

Li Yi took a look and said: "As a person who cultivates the Dao, I can manage for a while, but not for a lifetime. Encountering some things, helping out, and rescuing innocent people can be considered not living a life of cultivation in vain. Since the case has a conclusion, then I naturally have nothing to say. But why does the Prefect know I have Dragon-Tiger energy and inexplicably harbor murderous intent?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Jin's expression changed drastically, and then he hurriedly said: "Daoist Priest, this, this..."

Li Yi didn't speak, just looked up slightly.

Roar!

The next moment, the silver, colorful tiger roared at heaven and earth. With one claw falling, the white crane above the government office let out a miserable cry, then its body exploded, turning into streaks of incense belief power, rapidly dissipating. And the remaining power did not diminish, affecting the government mansion, but this area suddenly trembled.

Then he saw the roof collapse, the walls shattered, and the beams and pillars torn apart.

At this time, the Prefect Chen Nian in the study was terrified. He was protected by several colleagues and rushed out of the house as if fleeing, but even so, he was hit by falling stones, his head broken and bleeding, looking very embarrassed.

It was not easy to escape.

But he saw that everything in front of him had turned into ruins. Only the gate of the government office was safe and sound, standing tall, seemingly protected by a force, avoiding being affected.

"This, what exactly is going on." Chen Jin was terrified, looking around blankly.

"Daoist Priest, please stop."

Suddenly, a figure appeared out of thin air in the painting in Zhou Jin's hand. He saw a middle-aged man wearing a long robe hurriedly calling out to stop him.

Li Yi glanced at it and didn't pay attention, just pointed to those government office runners and said: "Escort these women back safely. If there is any mistake, it will be the same as this government office, turned into ashes."

As he spoke, he casually took out a few gemstones from the Five Elements Bracelet. These were picked up in the secret realm where the Dragon of the World was imprisoned in the dark world. They were of no special use, but they were worth some money.

He threw a few gemstones over.

"I won't treat you badly either. All the expenses on the road are on me, and you can split the extra money."

Looking at those crystal-clear gemstones, the government office runners' eyes went straight, but looking at the instantly collapsed government office, they couldn't help but shiver.

This Daoist was truly fierce, overturning the government office if he didn't agree.

However, fierce is fierce, he is truly rich. Such a gemstone is worth at least a thousand gold. If they take it back and split it, they won't have to worry for a lifetime.

It's just that...

The government office runners then looked at Zhou Jin again.

After all, Zhou Jin was their head. If he didn't speak, they were embarrassed to accept this matter.

Li Yi said: "How many years do you have to serve to earn such a sum of money? Still want to come back to be a government office runner and be ordered around by others? Don't want to go back and be a wealthy man?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

These government office runners looked at each other, immediately took off the soap-colored clothes on their bodies in unison, then picked up the gemstones on the ground, and then bowed solemnly to Li Yi: "Daoist Priest, don't worry, we will escort these ladies back safely even if we risk our lives. If it is not handled properly, we are willing to die at the hands of the Daoist Priest."

"Zhang Tie, Liu Han, you..." Zhou Jin paused.

"Zhou Jin, we are not very familiar, don't try to get close, I have things to do." That person said righteously immediately.

As he spoke, a group of government office runners immediately resigned from their positions and left, escorting these women.

On the way, they were still discussing.

"Stupid, we can find a dart agency to send these ladies back."

"Right, buy a carriage, one for each, we have money, don't lack this."

"Add a few new clothes for these ladies, leave some silver, don't let the Daoist Priest think we are stingy."

"How big is that gemstone? I saw it was as big as my fist. Let me see it again. My eyes flashed just now, I didn't see it clearly."

"Get lost, don't show off wealth, we'll split it later."

Zhou Jin saw that all his subordinates had run away at this moment, and his mouth twitched fiercely. Based on his understanding of these people, after this trip, I'm afraid they will never come back.

"Greedy for money, afraid of death, human nature, the Daoist Priest has good means." At this moment, the person in the painting, Chu Pingzhi, spoke faintly again.

Li Yi shook his head and said: "It's not greed for money and fear of death, it's avoiding disaster. Even government office runners know this, why don't you officials know? Is it because the disaster doesn't fall on your heads? I kindly brought the villain to surrender, but you all, seeing that I have Dragon-Tiger energy, wanted to kill me. Isn't this forcing me to rebel?"

"The world has been peaceful for a long time. Even if the Daoist Priest has Dragon-Tiger energy, wanting to rebel is just a pipe dream." Chu Pingzhi shook his head.

"Rebellion is not a difficult thing for me. If I want to start an uprising, one month is enough." Li Yi said flatly.

Chu Pingzhi became interested upon hearing this. He said: "Oh, Daoist Priest, don't you speak big words? Looking at it now, it's not exactly peaceful, but it can be considered living and working in peace. If the Daoist Priest starts an uprising, I'm afraid no one will respond. At most, you will gather some wild monsters and occupy the mountain as king."

Li Yi sneered: "How do you, a dead soul in a painting, know my means? I have the art of calling wind and rain, the power to subdue dragons and tigers, and destroying a city is easy. Just create some disasters, and you can gather countless disaster victims. Everyone will respond to a call, coerce the people, loot all the way, open mountains when encountering mountains, break cities when encountering cities. Once the momentum is formed, command the monsters and ghosts of the world, confer titles on true gods, and share the incense of the world. Everything goes smoothly, and in less than half a year, you can enter the capital. By then, you won't call me Daoist Priest, but should change your address to Your Majesty."

Chu Pingzhi was both shocked and afraid. What shocked him was that this Daoist talking about rebellion was not joking, because his few words had already formulated a rebellion strategy. Although the language was rough, the general direction was correct. If you want to start an uprising, you can only do so. Moreover, this Daoist also knew how to confer titles on true gods and share incense. What he feared was that if this Daoist really did this, he didn't know if he would succeed, but there would definitely be corpses everywhere and countless people would die.

"You evil Daoist, you really should be killed."

At this time, the Prefect Chen Nian walked over with his head covered in blood, supported by several colleagues. He also heard Li Yi's words and couldn't help but be furious.

Li Yi glanced at him coldly: "The reason why I didn't do this is not because I didn't have the idea and courage, but because I sympathize with the fact that the people's lives are not easy. After all, I also rose from the bottom and know that life is not easy. Being able to live peacefully is naturally the best. So I always cherish a sense of benevolence and righteousness, save people when they are in trouble, and don't harm human lives in vain."

"I am still like this, but you officials decide life and death in one word, with no benevolence and righteousness in your hearts, only interests. You call me an evil Daoist, but I think you are a dog official."

"Bold." Chen Nian roared: "You evil Daoist actually dare to insult this official. Zhou Jin, hurry, take him down."

Zhou Jin held his waist knife, hesitating. His blue eyes turned slightly, but he didn't dare to take action, because he knew very well that he was by no means the opponent of this Daoist. Once he took action, he would likely die immediately.

At this time, life is definitely more important than the future.

So he just pretended to be fierce and didn't intend to take action at all, instead retreating a few steps.

Li Yi flicked his finger, and a streak of silver lightning flew out, very fast.

Chen Nian didn't know what was going on, but he was terrified to find that one of his arms was gone, disappearing out of thin air, and he couldn't even feel the pain.

No mistakes, one read, one send, one content, one look!

"You can't scold me, you can't beat me, but I don't know where you get the courage to clamor in front of me. I think it's because you've been in a high position for a long time and have forgotten how to be a human, just like that Earth God. A dead soul moved into a mud statue, ate some incense, pretended to be a god for a long time, and really thought he was a god." Li Yi said, his bright eyes glancing, murderous intent revealed.

Chen Nian felt a gap from the life level at this moment, his whole body's hair stood on end, and a sense of fear shrouded his whole body, making him lose all his courage in an instant. His whole person sat on the ground, his eyes filled with fear, without any calmness.

"Daoist Priest, you are a high person, why bother with ordinary people? Please withdraw your spell and spare his life." Chu Pingzhi on the side said hurriedly.

He was afraid that Li Yi would start a massacre here.

"Only adults won't bother with children. Let him call me 'Your Excellency', and I can spare his life." Li Yi said: "After all, killing an ordinary person is meaningless to me, but speaking rudely is also a lesson to be given."

"Brother Chen."

Chu Pingzhi hurriedly called out to him to open his mouth and soften his attitude.

Let's get through this disaster first, don't throw away your life in vain.

Chen Nian's face was pale, but there was a struggle and hesitation. Although he was afraid, his brain subconsciously felt that he was the Prefect, managing ten thousand people, with a high status. Today, he actually had to bow his head to a wild Daoist and call him 'Your Excellency'. This, this is against the rules.

But thinking is thinking, but the strong desire to survive still made him stammer and shout: "Your, Your Excellency."

"Listening to your voice, you don't seem very willing. Look, you yourself are not willing to call others 'Your Excellency', and who would willingly call you 'Your Excellency'? It's nothing more than the power being stronger than others, having to bow your head." Li Yi smiled at this moment, then slowly stood up.

"Forget it, my business is done, I won't bother you two anymore."

As he spoke, he flicked his Daoist robe and walked away with long strides.

Chu Pingzhi didn't say a word at this moment, and could only watch him leave. This Daoist is powerful and extraordinary, not something he, an underworld Prefect, can confront. Fortunately, this Daoist just destroyed the government office in a fit of anger and didn't hurt anyone's life. It can be seen that this Daoist is indeed benevolent and kind-hearted, but...

He then looked back at Chen Nian.

Chen Nian, who was missing an arm, only started to feel the pain at this time. Blood flowed from the broken arm. He wailed in pain, but couldn't bear the humiliation, and immediately gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Chu, hurry, issue, issue an underworld order, let the City God summon the gods and ghosts in all directions, eliminate the evil Daoist tonight, and absolutely cannot let him survive."

"Doing so will only invite disaster. It's better to wait for the imperial court's arrangement. You have also seen the Daoist's means, he is indeed powerful. If there is any mistake, I am afraid it will really provoke that Daoist to kill officials and rebel. By then, you and I will both be sinners." Chu Pingzhi looked troubled and hesitated.

"This evil Daoist has the energy of the Son of Heaven and ignores the imperial court. He will definitely rebel sooner or later. For the country, for the people, and for private reasons, he should be eliminated. Otherwise, how can we be at ease? If the evil Daoist takes revenge, I will bear it alone." Chen Nian roared in a low voice.

Chu Pingzhi hesitated for a long time, and finally could only nod and agree.

Not long after.

An underworld order was written by him, and he stamped it with his official seal as the underworld Prefect. Then this order was handed to the Prefect Chen Nian.

Chen Nian endured the pain of his broken arm and copied it again, then stamped it with his official seal.

The underworld and human orders were written, ensuring nothing would go wrong, and only then could it take effect.

Then he ordered Zhou Jin to take a fire basin and burn these two underworld orders.

The next moment.

A wisp of green smoke floated straight into the high sky, then turned into streaks of incense energy, scattered in all directions, and flew to various places.

All the true gods appointed in the Xinzhou territory would receive the order in a short while.

As soon as night falls.

Countless ghosts and gods will gather in Xinzhou City under the order to jointly eliminate the evil Daoist.

But at this moment, Li Yi also saw that streak of incense energy. Although he didn't know the meaning, he guessed it was one or two. Most likely, the Prefect went to invite someone to deal with him. After suffering such a great humiliation, how could he treat it as if it hadn't happened? Moreover, he held such great power that a piece of paper could mobilize ghosts and gods to help.

"Very well, take the opportunity to see how powerful the ghosts and gods of this world are." Li Yi's expression was as usual, still walking in Xinzhou City.

(End of chapter)