Chapter 812

Wei Yuan processed the mountain of government affairs at high speed, then took the opportunity to record the footage of himself smoothly handling sixty-four tasks and sent a copy to Xiaoyu.

Based on Wei Yuan's understanding of Xiaoyu, he would inevitably strive for improvement after seeing this footage. And with the strength of Xiaoyu's spiritual sense, multitasking wasn't a very difficult thing; he should be able to improve to one hundred and twenty-eight tasks very soon.

By that time, given Xiaoyu's temperament, he would certainly be unable to resist coming to find him to show off fiercely, and then he could witness the spectacle of the Great World Lord Wei drinking tea while easily handling two hundred and fifty-six tasks; he estimated that Xiaoyu's Dao heart would shatter into pieces again.

Wei Yuan's fishing method was crude, but effective, simple, direct, and highly efficient; it would show results in a few days. If he dragged it out for too long and let Xiaoyu see the task-handling level of the others, especially Feng Tingyu, Wei Yuan feared he would lose a great joy.

At this moment, a small matter that seemed unimportant suddenly caught Wei Yuan's attention.

In a residential area of Yongan City, many people had developed vomiting and diarrhea, with high fevers that wouldn't subside, suspected to be caused by eating something unclean. The doctors at the local medical clinic had already seen them, but it was difficult to determine the cause of the illness for the time being, and the treatment effect was very slow. The clinic had already reported it to the main clinic and was waiting for further handling.

Wei Yuan read this official business twice, always feeling something was wrong, but he couldn't find the problem for the moment.

Wei Yuan had always trusted his intuition. Since this matter seemed problematic, he would hand it over to someone powerful to break the deadlock with force. To some extent, Xiaoyu had enough destiny and a hot temper, making him perfect for stepping into traps and jumping into pits... no, breaking the deadlock.

Thus, Wei Yuan casually threw this official business to Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu was busy arguing with Shaoyang Star Lord while handling sixteen tasks, and Shaoyang Star Lord was doing the same. As a result, both of them were distracted, and the sixteen tasks they had gradually been able to control became chaotic.

The vast majority of tasks delegated by the system were links in a huge task process, so there were extremely strict requirements for processing time. After all, if one link wasn't completed, the next link couldn't begin.

So, Xiaoyu and Shaoyang Star Lord now felt like they were playing Whac-A-Mole; if they were a bit slow, the mole would shrink back, and then it would curse at them from inside the hole.

If one task timed out, Xiaoyu's overall rating would drop by one level. If two more timed out, the system would start giving comments, and the wording of the comments was quite impolite—it was just one step away from directly questioning Xiaoyu's intelligence.

The system stated that Azure Void didn't support idlers. If Xiaoyu had been inserted as a connection-hire, he should hurry up and roll to the room for eight tasks, not occupy the latrine without doing anything here, and also lose face for the person who sent him in.

Xiaoyu was both angry and annoyed, his face flushed red. Shaoyang Star Lord was in a similar situation. The two looked at each other, just about to stop arguing and focus on work, when suddenly two tasks were inserted.

The two were already flustered, and the sudden insertion of two tasks was adding fuel to the fire; as a result, two more tasks timed out and were swiped away.

Xiaoyu and Shaoyang Star Lord glared at each other, both feeling that the other was holding them back, and then each took an inserted task. After looking at them, one was calm, and the other's body temperature suddenly rose.

The two looked at each other again and exchanged tasks to examine them carefully. This time, it was Xiaoyu whose body temperature rose, while Shaoyang Star Lord was very calm.

Xiaoyu stared at the footage of Wei Yuan easily controlling sixty-four tasks, gnashing his teeth in anger. What made him furious wasn't the footage, but the task itself, which required Xiaoyu to watch it carefully for a full cup of tea's time to learn how to handle multiple tasks.

Xiaoyu and Shaoyang Star Lord had both seen enough of Wei Yuan's big face, and then instinctively felt that there was more to the other task—it wasn't as simple as ordinary mortals having upset stomachs.

Immediately, Xiaoyu set the process: first return to Yongan City to examine the patients, then go to Sun Yu's medical clinic—first to see what the conclusion was, and second to pay a visit to his Uncle-Master... and his Dharma Form.

After deciding, Xiaoyu left the "Human Fireworks" and woke up from his sleep. He immediately flew to the Yongan City medical clinic, which was already overcrowded with patients suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. Xiaoyu examined the patients and talked to the doctors, but had no leads.

Xiaoyu didn't delay and went to the medical clinic headquarters where Sun Yu was.

At this time, Sun Yu was holding a meeting with a group of disciples; on the sand table in front of him was a map of the city, on which hundreds of red dots were the places where the patients lived.

Sun Yu directly drew a circle on the map, enclosing hundreds of red dots, and said: "Check all water sources within the range, and then examine the markets selling vegetables and poultry, especially the markets selling live animals; you must check carefully."

The disciples received their orders and left. Xiaoyu watched from the side, truly admiring him. Sure enough, there was a specialty in every trade; Sun Yu understood the illness and made targeted arrangements.

Seeing Xiaoyu arrive, Sun Yu greeted him warmly. After understanding his intention, he explained that most of the patients had gastrointestinal illnesses; in this situation, checking the water first, then the vegetables and poultry, would likely lead to the source of the illness.

Just as he was listening to the explanation, Xiaoyu suddenly felt something and saw a giant scorpion several zhang large crouching in the courtyard next door, spraying poisonous smoke at a row of cannonballs in front of it.

Xiaoyu looked carefully at the Tripod-Carrying Giant Scorpion for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

The scorpion sprayed by Sun Yu used elixir fire, and then he treated illnesses and saved people, accumulating a considerable amount of destiny, so the poisonous fire sprayed by the giant scorpion now actually had the true meaning of endless life. Shaoyang Star Lord had excellent insight and knew at a glance that if he were sprayed with a mouthful, he might drop a rank.

Therefore, unless there was a deep hatred, it was best not to fight Sun Yu; getting hit with a mouthful was worse than death. Although Shaoyang Star Lord had the certainty of victory, it would be a miserable victory, and after winning, his own path would be over.

Leaving the medical clinic, Xiaoyu went to the Elixir Temple to ask Xu Henshui for healing elixirs, and took the opportunity to observe his Uncle-Master's Dharma Form. Xu Henshui did not suspect anything and immediately displayed the Lily Fairy. This immortal herself did not enter Shaoyang Star Lord's eyes, but at this moment, the Lily Fairy was covered in a hazy seven-colored immortal light, and above her head was a pillar of light shooting straight into the sky—clearly, she possessed great destiny!

Her destiny was too terrifying at this moment; although Shaoyang Star Lord had the certainty of victory, the terror of the destiny backlash after defeating her was something even Shaoyang Star Lord's true body couldn't withstand. By then, with karma entangling him, Xiaoyu's path would be over again.

This amount of destiny was so great that even Shaoyang Star Lord was very tempted. He couldn't figure out how a mere plant-turned-immortal could have such great destiny.

Xu Henshui didn't know Xiaoyu's inner thoughts and enthusiastically gave him several elixir formulas, then pointed Xiaoyu to the medicine garden to get the medicine. Thus, Xiaoyu composed himself and headed all the way to the medicine garden.

At this time, Wei Yuan was calculating until he felt like he was dying, when suddenly a bit of cold sword intent pierced his brow!

Wei Yuan was meditating in the cultivation room. When the sword Qi shot over, he remained sitting still, but a Mirage Demon appeared on each side of the room, their hair shooting out and directly binding the assassin's wrist, preventing her from advancing even an inch.

The assassin reacted extremely quickly, flying up and kicking, her skirt turning into waves, kicking straight toward Wei Yuan's face with destructive force.

Wei Yuan still didn't open his eyes, casually gripping the assassin's foot. Through the thin and soft spirit beast leather boots, Wei Yuan subconsciously thought: So soft.

Four more Mirage Demons appeared in the cultivation room, their long hair binding the assassin firmly like a spider web. The six Dharma Form Mirage Demons' magic power was like a mountain, pinning the assassin in the air.

Wei Yuan opened his eyes, looked at the person who had come, and sighed: "We have no grudges, and we have a bit of friendship; what are you doing this for?"

The intruder was Shangguan Qianmo from the Jiangong. Although this time wasn't too long after the last—in the eyes of a Dharma Form cultivator, it was just the time it took to close for seclusion—she didn't know that Wei Yuan was already two completely different people.

Shangguan Qianmo still maintained the strange posture of flying with a sword while kicking, struggling but unable to move at all.

She wasn't known for her thick magic power, so she was pressed firmly by the six Dharma Form Mirage Demons, with no room to struggle. She watched helplessly as her skirt slid down her lower legs, piling up at the base of her thighs; she couldn't put her leg down, and she couldn't hide her face.

Her translucent little face immediately turned crimson, and her glazed eyes seemed about to drip water. Shangguan Qianmo was both angry and shy, saying: "I just wanted to teach you a lesson... let me down!"

Wei Yuan let go, let the Mirage Demons put her in a more decent posture, and said sternly: "What did I do that you had to travel thousands of miles to teach me a lesson?"

Shangguan Qianmo hummed and looked to the side, her pride hanging from her brow to her nose to the corners of her lips, clearly not wanting to talk.

But Wei Yuan had his own methods for dealing with such Jiangong disciples who cared about face. He let the Mirage Demons put Shangguan Qianmo back into her original posture, then took out a recording stone and prepared to activate it.

Shangguan Qianmo was shocked: "You can't record!"

"Then talk properly."

"... Xiaoyu of the Xia family has cultivated into Shaoyang Star Lord, and with this, the Sword-Holding Star Lord can firmly enter the top three among the younger generation of the Jiangong. This is a great event for the Sword Dao, and the Xia family plans to hold an Immortal Ceremony, and the Jiangong sent me to attend."

"As a result, I spent several days rushing to the Xia family, only to hear that Xiaoyu had already come to Azure Void to see you. I was angry, so I wanted to teach you a lesson."

The more Wei Yuan heard, the stranger it became, and he interrupted: "You went to the Xia family, not just to attend the ceremony; the real purpose was to go on a blind date?!"

Shangguan Qianmo stopped talking.

Wei Yuan frowned slightly, instinctively smelling something unusual. If Xiaoyu and Shangguan Qianmo really became Dao companions, with Shangguan Qianmo's overbearing temperament and the Jiangong backing her, Xiaoyu might be pressed firmly. By then, the entire Xia family might lean toward the Jiangong, and the Primordial Palace would naturally suffer accordingly.

However, Wei Yuan didn't show any of his thoughts on his face, saying: "This is a great thing. Let me see where Xiaoyu is now... oh, he's in the medicine garden. I'll have my subordinate take you there."

The Mirage Demon retracted its long hair, five disappeared, and the remaining one came to Shangguan Qianmo and said: "Immortal, please."

Shangguan Qianmo followed the Mirage Demon and left for the medicine garden.

After she left, the more Wei Yuan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Although the Jiangong had once been kind to him, in such a major matter concerning the future direction of the Xia family, Wei Yuan wouldn't consider past favors at all, only focusing on Azure Void and the Primordial Palace.

The Jiangong being able to send Shangguan Qianmo out must have been carefully considered, with absolute certainty. Perhaps someone in the upper echelons of the Xia family was also vigorously promoting this matter.

It was just that perhaps neither the Jiangong nor the Xia family expected that as soon as Xiaoyu left seclusion, he would run straight to Azure Void without saying a word. Shangguan Qianmo was naturally unwilling to give up, so she chased him thousands of miles.

Since Wei Yuan had noticed, he wouldn't let it be.

He thought for a moment and sent his incarnation in the medicine garden to find True Person Chuhe and give him detailed instructions.

(End of chapter)