Chapter 525: Xu Qing, Do You Have a Dao Companion?

Sister Xuan Zhan Calendar, year 2932, December.

The winter wind, mixed with snowflakes, walked through the capital district, passing withered trees and wilderness, dancing forward like powder.

It seemed to be trying its best to fill the cracks formed by the ancient descents on the ground. Until it reached the capital, and after swirling in heaven and earth, it merged into the streets, rooftops, and the bustling crowds, turning into white mist, coexisting in the world in another form. The change in the County Chancellor had passed for half a month.

In these half a month, just like the wind and snow trying to repair the cracks in the earth, the cultivators of the Three Palaces of the capital, together with the Sword-Wielding Courts of the ten states and various major sects, were all working hard for the reconstruction of Fenghai County.

A large number of veteran Sword-Wielders also went out to various states, joining the rescue efforts and suppressing all the chaos caused by various clans during this period.

Gradually, the adverse effects brought by the change in the County Chancellor dissipated for the most part, and everything began to revive.

Especially Yao Hou and Uncle Qi. The common bond between them was Xu Qing, so even though they were not familiar with each other, after contact, they each had appreciation.

It seemed their attributes were somewhat similar, so they cooperated very well.

And the dawn finally sprinkled over Fenghai after this wind and snow.

The Vice-Palace Masters of the Three Great Palaces succeeded as heads. In the Sword-Wielding Palace, it was Li Yunshan. Steward Sun, as the most qualified steward, succeeded to the position of Vice-Palace Master.

Daoist Daoist Sinan had other missions.

As for Xu Qing, his life was not much different from the past. The rewards in the Human Emperor's edict

had not yet been delivered, but regarding the rewards, he also understood their meaning from his Master and Yao Hou.

The gold medal is an item to avoid death; as long as it is not a crime of treason, one can avoid death once. The yellow robe is a special gift from the royal family, which is an addition to identity.

The qualification for the Imperial Academy is an opportunity to study in the Imperial Academy of the human race, where there are inheritances of the human race from ancient times, which is of great help for the breakthrough from Spirit Storage to Void Returning.

Besides this, the first person in the assessment among each batch of students in the Imperial Academy will have an opportunity to be recruited by the Holy Land. Once passing the test of the Holy Land, one can be recruited to go to the Holy Land. The Holy Land is high above, outside the Eastern Wanggu Continent.

And in the nearly three thousand years of the Sister Xuan Zhan Calendar, no student has successfully passed the test. As for the first-class merit of the human race, that is a huge honor; those who possess it while alive have been fewer than a hundred for many years. But these rewards are not necessary for Xu Qing. His life is as usual, except that his residence has changed, no longer the Sword Pavilion on the ground in the past.

He also lives in the Sword-Wielding Palace, the former Hall of the Accompanying Secretary.

The Secretary Division, under the suggestion of Yao Hou and Uncle Qi, was reorganized by Xu Qing, becoming a very special department in Fenghai County, responsible not for the affairs of one palace, but for the entire Fenghai County.

Its status is transcendent.

Xu Qing's identity in Fenghai County is still Secretary.

His duty is to provide the organization of information for the entire county for the acting County Governor Yao Hou and Uncle Qi, and assist in managing Fenghai County. The members of the Secretary Division are also much more than in the past. Besides the Sword-Wielding Palace, Secretary Divisions have also been established in the other two palaces, and even under the suggestion of Kong Kong Xianglong, Secretary Sub-divisions have been established in each state of Fenghai County, cooperating with the Sword-Wielding Courts of each state to guard one state.

This matter is responsible by Kong Kong Xianglong.

And he also joined the Secretary Division, and joining together was Shan Shan Hezi who recovered from his injuries. Seeing that Kong Kong Xianglong, an outsider, possessed such great power, the Captain was a bit sour, so he instigated

Xu Qing to develop a Dark Division among the sects of each state.

The person responsible for the Dark Division, the Captain recommended himself, served personally, and was extremely keen, leaving the capital with a mission.

Before leaving, he patted Xu Qing on the shoulder, his expression full of pride.

"Little Junior Brother, the old man has become the County Chancellor, guarding this family business for us. I, the Senior Brother, cannot be idle either. I will support this Dark Division part!"

Xu Qing looked at the excitement that could not be concealed on the Captain's face, thought of a previous transfer order regarding Li Li Shitao of the Executive Palace, so he looked around.

"What are you looking at?" The Captain was stunned. He was full of heroic spirit, but Xu Qing was looking around, which made him a little guilty.

"I'm looking for Li Li Shitao." Xu

Qing said frankly.

"Your sister-in-law, she insisted on following me. I'm very annoyed in my heart, but there's no way." The Captain coughed, didn't continue this topic, but hugged Xu Qing's neck and leaned in to whisper.

"Little A-Qing, let me tell you, this time I'm going out, it's not for romance. I have two things: one is the Dark Division, and the other... I have been pondering a big event recently!", "If this big event is done, our brothers will be powerful, so I plan to go out and collect some information about the Jiyue Great Domain, and I will be back soon."

"Jiyue Great Domain?" Xu Qing's eyes condensed. He is very sensitive to the word "Moon" nowadays. The Captain blinked, raised his hand to shush Xu Qing, and whispered.

"Wait for me to come back, and I will tell you in detail. In short, Little Junior Brother, be prepared to go out. This time, Senior Brother will take you to do an earth-shattering thing!"

The Captain licked his lips, his eyes revealing the madness Xu Qing was familiar with, then hummed a little tune and left with many people, mighty and majestic.

Xu Qing stood on the bluestone platform at the edge of the Sword-Wielding Palace, watched the Captain go far away, and said lightly.

"Come out." As Xu Qing's voice came out, Xiang Ningyan poked his head out from a nearby pavilion, gave a dry laugh, and quickly ran to Xu Qing's side.

He was afraid of the Captain and very worried about being called away by the Captain, and hiding was useless, so he often came to Xu Qing here to beg during this period.

"Secretary Lord, I think I can serve as your Secretary!"

Xiang Ningyan said loudly.

"Have you found Qingqiu?" Xu Qing glanced at Xiang Ningyan.

"Found her, this woman..."

Xu Qing's gaze turned cold.

Xiang Ningyan shivered and quickly changed his words.

"Secretary Qingqiu previously assisted the Litu Sect in Yinghuang Prefecture, and later went to Nanhuang Prefecture..." Xu Qing nodded and didn't speak again.

Xiang Ningyan left quickly. After walking very far, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Xu Qing had clearly possessed some momentum in the past half month. He understood that it was the pressure formed by the destiny of Fenghai County surrounding him.

This kind of pressure made Xu Qing, even if he was only at the first tribulation of the Nascent Soul, possess the destiny of a county, which was difficult for ordinary people to resist.

Ignoring Xiang Ningyan, Xu Qing turned and walked toward the Scripture Pavilion of the Sword-Wielding Palace.

In the past half month, he often went there, and under his application, the classics of the Executive Palace, the Law Palace, and the County Governor's Mansion were all sent over.

The quantity was extremely large.

"Brother Xu Qing, who is Qingqiu?"

On the way to the Scripture Pavilion, a small white snake appeared from Xu Qing's right sleeve, opened its innocent eyes, and asked curiously.

"A partner from that time. After meeting later, I will introduce her to you."

Xu Qing lowered his head, raised his left hand to gently stroke the head of the small white snake, and spoke softly. His stroking made the small white snake very comfortable, and it narrowed its eyes, emitting a silver bell-like laughter.

"Gulu Gulu."

Xu Qing also smiled. Before, under the Spirit Abyss, before he lost consciousness, it was Linger who saved him again.

And Linger's cultivation and absorption of ancient spirit destiny had not actually been completed, the process was slow, so she could only be in the form of a small white snake, wrapped around Xu Qing's right wrist. Just like this, Xu Qing returned to the Scripture Pavilion, continued to search for all classics and materials here, until time passed and three days went by.

Xu Qing felt some regret; although there were gains, they were not many.

What he wanted to find was the introduction of the Life Lamp and how to integrate it thoroughly into himself.

The Captain had mentioned this before; for many years, many people had tried to do it, but no one had succeeded.

And through flipping through ancient books these days, Xu Qing knew that what the Captain said was not entirely correct.

In history, someone had succeeded.

That was before the arrival of the God's remnant face, and even long before the Ancient Spirit Emperor unified, there was an ancient Overlord who walked a path of retrograde.

Generally speaking, a cultivator can change their own bloodline only after reaching the Overlord level, allowing the Life Lamp to be born in the body. Their descendants can then enjoy the blessings, forming the Life Lamp during Foundation Establishment.

But the path this Overlord walked was the opposite.

Like Xu Qing, he killed the Overlord Ancient Emperor's descendant during Foundation Establishment, dug out the Life Lamp, integrated it into himself, and after experiencing a life-and-death situation, he really managed to integrate the Life Lamp into his own bloodline, thoroughly turning it into his own object. After that, he experienced many life-and-death calamities, soared into the sky, and became an Overlord.

In the classics of the County Chancellor, the introduction of this Overlord was only a few words; after all, it was too ancient.

Even this information was recorded only because such a heaven-defying thing appeared on him.

As for whether it was true or false, it was difficult to distinguish.

"Light from outside the sky?"

Xu Qing muttered. In the records of that Overlord, these four words were mentioned. It seemed that the reason the other party could fuse the Life Lamp was because of a mysterious object called Light from outside the sky.

But Light from outside the sky was only mentioned in the records of this Overlord. Xu Qing had not found any clues in any other classics these days.

Xu Qing even asked his Master a few days ago, and the other party had never heard of this object. And Yao Hou, Xu Qing also asked, and the other party told him to help ask his friends in the Imperial Capital.

With regret, Xu Qing returned to the Secretary Division to process official documents sent from various states, until noon the next day, when he received Yao Hou's sound transmission.

"Xu Qing, the information you want, I have helped you find some, and there is also an object to give you. Can you come to my mansion?"

Xu Qing's eyes lit up, and he immediately got up and left the Sword-Wielding Palace, heading straight for the Yao Fu.

On the way, he saw the streets of the capital bustling, and the smiles on people's faces were clearly much more than before.

The plain pills they had eaten before were actually no longer poisonous. This point, Yao Hou and his Master had gathered all the alchemy masters in Fenghai before and studied it carefully.

It was also announced to be non-toxic.

But people are suspicious of things related to themselves, so many people were skeptical about this, so Yao Hou proposed to use harmless pills as a solution.

So, there was a pill called "Jiesu" (Dissolving Plain), provided free of charge to the human race in the capital. The function of this pill is to strengthen the body.

In the end, everyone was happy.

This matter also gave Xu Qing a lesson, making his understanding of human nature deeper.

But no matter what, the process and the ending were good, so Xu Qing put away his thoughts and came to the Yao Fu.

The entire Yao Fu attached great importance to welcoming Xu Qing's arrival. Those clansmen who were released from the Prison Division already knew that it was because of Xu Qing's words that everyone was spared from death.

So when Xu Qing arrived at the Yao Fu, the Yao family was incomparably respectful, and their eyes carried gratitude. Outside the main gate, they bowed together.

"Welcome, Secretary Xu."

The crowd was full of old, young, women, and children, and Yao Yao Yunhui and Yao Yao Feihe were also among them.

The former's expression carried complexity, and the originally charming face was now full of haggardness. The once curvaceous body was now much thinner, but her beauty not only did not decrease, but because of this weakness, it added some pity.

As for Yao Yao Feihe, although she was still in palace attire, the prison disaster and the family disaster made her equally haggard, no longer the elegance when Xu Qing first met her, but added some worldly fireworks.

She looked at Xu Qing and Yao Yao Yunhui together and bowed.

Xu Qing stepped forward to help the old man in the crowd, looked at Yao Yao Yunhui and others, and finally looked at Yao Yao Feihe.

"Yao Hou is my senior; you all don't need to be like this."

"The kindness of Young Master Xu, the Yao family will remember." Yao Yao Feihe said softly, and then amidst the respect of the surrounding clansmen, she and Yao Yao Yunhui took Xu Qing into the Yao Fu together.

Two women, one on the side, one in the back.

Fragrant wind filled the surroundings, and Xu Qing felt a little uncomfortable. The small white snake on his wrist quietly poked its head out, curiously looking around.

Just like this, they went all the way to the main hall of the Yao family.

Yao Hou stood there, smiling and looking.

"Greetings, County Governor." Xu Qing walked a few steps quickly and bowed respectfully.

Yao Hou smiled and signaled Xu Qing to sit down. He himself did not sit in the main seat, but in a side seat. Xu Qing

saw this, his respect increased, and he also sat in a side seat.

As for Yao Yao Yunhui and Yao Yao Feihe, they poured tea for the two personally.

For Xu Qing, it was Yao Yao Yunhui.

She held the teapot, and after pouring the tea into the cup, she looked at Xu Qing in front of her, her expression inevitably a bit trance-like, and the past smoke passed before her eyes.

She never expected that in less than two years, the newly promoted Sword-Wielding cultivator of that year had actually reached today's peak.

This trance caused the tea to overflow and spread on the table. Xu Qing turned his head and glanced at her. Yao Yao Yunhui then reacted and quickly stepped back a few steps.

Also trance-like was Yao Yao Feihe.

The source of her complexity in her heart was different from Yao Yao Yunhui's, but it was equally deep. She still remembered the first time she saw Xu Qing, brought by her best friend Immortal Zixuan.

At that time, she actually didn't care too much in her heart. After all, at that time, Xu Qing was just a small Sword-Wielding cultivator, even if he was the Great Emperor's ten-thousand-zhang heart-questioning, he had not grown up after all. And she was Yao Hou's sister, and she also had a place in the Imperial Capital.

All the conversations were because she valued Immortal Zixuan. She felt that Immortal Zixuan's future was limitless. With Immortal Zixuan's talent, it was easy to stand beside a big tree, making people afraid to profane her in the slightest.

But the subsequent development of things was like the reversal of heaven and earth. When she saw Xu Qing again, the other party was already the future County Governor recognized by all the people of Fenghai County. Her brother was also cleared of grievances because of this person, and her entire clan was spared from death because of the other party.

Recalling the past at this moment, it turned out that Xu Qing, who was beside Immortal Zixuan at the beginning, was already a towering tree; it was just that she didn't recognize it.

How could all this not make her trance-like.

And in this trance and complexity, she felt envy toward Immortal Zixuan.

Yao Hou also noticed the expressions of his sister and daughter. He was a bit surprised, his expression inevitably strange, looked at Xu Qing, then looked at his daughter, and then his gaze swept over his sister. Then, he coughed.

Yao Yao Yunhui and Yao Yao Feihe immediately lowered their heads and left the main hall.

At this moment, only Yao Hou and Xu Qing remained in the main hall.

Yao Hou looked at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's expression was as usual, looking at Yao Hou.

After a long while, a smile appeared on Yao Hou's face.

"Xu Qing, you don't have a Dao companion yet, right?"

Xu Qing was stunned. Before he could speak, the small white snake in his sleeve poked its head out instantly, staring unkindly at Yao Hou.

"Gulu Gulu!"

Yao Hou's gaze swept over, smiled slightly, and didn't continue to mention this matter, but raised his right hand and grabbed into the

void, took out an object, and placed it in front of Xu Qing.

This was a blood-colored lamp, shaped like wings.

"This lamp, for you."

Yao Hou spoke slowly with deep meaning. ===== CHAPTER 526 =====

Yao Hou spoke slowly, his words full of hidden meaning.

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Er Gen