Chapter 1521

As for this Junior Sister, don't let her status as merely an Inner Disciple fool you; when it comes to disguise techniques, she is easily in the top five, even within Shadow Peak.

It is mainly because this Junior Sister once chanced upon a profound disguise secret technique by pure luck.

Relying on this method, she has previously completed many high-difficulty missions, and even Jue Ying has praised her in the past.

If her talent were just a little bit better, she would likely have already entered the ranks of the Personal Disciples.

After hearing this Junior Sister's explanation, Xu Jie and Zhao Zhengping were stunned.

Good heavens, who would have thought she had this trick up her sleeve?

The Junior Sister, however, remained calm; as a disciple of a Holy Land, how could one survive without a specialty?

Within the Dao One Holy Land, isn't it perfectly normal to hide a secret skill?

"Junior Sister, are you truly certain?"

"Absolutely."

Xu Jie confirmed again, and upon hearing this, the Junior Sister nodded without hesitation.

Seeing this, Xu Jie no longer hesitated and immediately decided.

"We head to the Prefecture Governor's manor; this matter requires the Governor's cooperation."

With a plan in place, the group headed straight for the Prefecture Governor's manor.

Meanwhile, inside the Haoyang Prefecture Governor's manor, a middle-aged couple looked sorrowful.

The man said nothing, his eyes dull, while the Lady beside him had red eyes, clearly having just finished crying.

"My lord, is there truly no other way?"

Holding back her tears, the Lady asked the middle-aged man beside her. Hearing this, the man remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.

"It is I who am useless."

His words were filled with self-reproach and unwillingness; this man was the Haoyang Prefecture Governor, Yu Ming.

As a high-ranking official in charge of a prefecture, Yu Ming's eyes were filled with despair.

Back then, Yu Ming started as a lowly county magistrate and climbed the ranks step by step, but due to his character and conscience, he could not collude with the villains in the imperial court.

In the end, he was assigned to this remote Haoyang Prefecture.

Yet even so, when he first took office in Haoyang, Yu Ming was high-spirited, swearing to eradicate the Heishan Ghost King and restore clarity to the local people.

But the ideal was full, while reality gave Yu Ming a harsh slap in the face.

The imperial court had absolutely no concern for Haoyang Prefecture, as if the people of Haoyang were not part of the Earth Flame Dynasty at all.

And after taking office, Yu Ming discovered that the entire Haoyang Prefecture's human cultivators had been almost entirely slaughtered by the Heishan Ghost King.

What remained were ordinary people without cultivation, and in the eyes of the Heishan Ghost King, these ordinary people were nothing more than farmed blood-food.

On one hand, he could not get help from the imperial court; on the other, the Heishan Ghost King had been entrenched for years, and there was no one usable within Haoyang Prefecture.

Now, he couldn't even protect his own daughter.

The former high spirits had now turned to a heart like dead ashes.

The former ambition had long since vanished into smoke.

After speaking, Yu Ming's withered lips trembled slightly; he wanted to say something, but in the end, not a single word came out.

"My lord."

Just then, an old servant hurried in and said respectfully.

"There is a group of cultivators outside the gate asking to see you."

"Cultivators? Did they state their purpose?"

"No, they only said they have something to discuss with you in person."

"Discuss in person?"

He murmured softly, but soon gave a self-deprecating smile, shook his head, and said.

"Things have come to this, what is there to discuss? Regardless of their intent, let it be. Go tell them that Haoyang Prefecture is beyond saving and tell them to leave as soon as possible, otherwise, they won't be able to." ===== CHAPTER 1522 =====