Chapter 1261

As the barbarian bone stood dazed, an old farmer carrying a hoe walked over, smiling and looking at the barbarian bone.

"Are you the barbarian bone?"

The barbarian bone knew that everyone standing in the Zhongshan Pit now were important figures, and dared not be rude: "May I ask who you are?"

Jiang Ping'an did not answer, but instead sized up the barbarian bone: "Not bad, not bad. It's been a while since someone from the Questioning Dao Sect came to take office, especially with such a rapid promotion speed."

"The imperial court is stagnant water; it needs people like you to liven up the atmosphere."

"Work hard, I have high hopes for you." After saying this, Jiang Ping'an vanished on the spot, fully displaying mystery.

"Ah? Oh." The barbarian bone was completely confused by what the old farmer said.

"Senior brother, who is that person?" The barbarian bone asked Lu Yang for clarification.

Lu Yang waved his hand: "Not a big shot; my position is still not as high as that of a Pillar of State Minister."

After returning to the Fengdu space, the barbarian bone gathered everyone to inform them of the outside situation.

"Although Zhongshan Commandery has been destroyed, please rest assured. When I first took office, I purchased insurance for Zhongshan Commandery from the Landing Gold Money Guild. The guild will fully help us rebuild Zhongshan Commandery!"

The high-ranking officials of Zhongshan Commandery exchanged glances, all admiring the barbarian commandery governor's decision.

Purchasing insurance for the entire commandery was a major expense. The barbarian bone used the commandery's funds to buy insurance upon taking office, drawing much criticism.

Now, the ironclad facts tell them that the initial decision was extremely correct!

"The barbarian governor is unfathomable."

Looking at that person who often reveals a simple smile, the barbarian bone, the high-ranking officials of Zhongshan Commandery, while admiring, also felt a chill.

The disguise is so deep, and rightly so—one who could successively eliminate three commandery governors and sit in the governor's seat, how could they possibly appear so simple on the surface!

Moreover, when they first entered the Fengdu space, the Jiuyou Sect and the Yaoyang Sect actually surrendered to the barbarian bone on their own initiative—what an achievement! And how the barbarian bone managed this, they still don't understand.

Upon hearing this news, the Bandit King clutched his chest and fainted outright. Fortunately, the two divine lords, Siheng and Sishi, supported him from left and right, preventing him from collapsing to the ground.

When the barbarian bone stepped down to thank the Bandit King, he happened to see the Bandit King faint, and was startled, thinking it was a dark injury left from the previous battle.

The two divine lords joined forces to wake the Bandit King, and the Bandit King slowly regained consciousness.

The Bandit King felt he didn't need to be so sorrowful so soon—he is now a prisoner, able to be jailed for several years in the great prison, and the guild won't make him responsible in the short term.

After the Bandit King woke up, what met his eyes was the barbarian bone's honest, large face.

The barbarian bone grasped the Bandit King's hand, excitedly congratulating him: "Senior Bandit King, let me tell you good news—you have been released."

During the battle with the shadows, the Bandit King fought bravely and made great contributions. After unanimous agreement by the high-ranking officials of Zhongshan Commandery, the Bandit King was released.

Upon hearing the bad news, the Bandit King fainted again.

Upon hearing that the guild could help them rebuild their homes, the people of Zhongshan Commandery were no longer so agitated, and even had leisure to discuss this battle.

"Speaking of which, how did Lu Shao Sect Master and that divine lord of the Great Qian manage to do this, leaving our commandery with nothing but a pit?"

In their eyes, it was Lu Yang and the divine lord Siheng who fought from the Fengdu space to the outside world, after which news came of Zhongshan Commandery's destruction.

As for the appearance of the divine lord Sishi, the Qilin Immortal, the Zhongtian Emperor, and various immortal battles in between, they know nothing.

Lu Yang: "..."

Don't wrong the innocent—does this have anything to do with me? I didn't damage a single brick or tile of Zhongshan Commandery.

After the barbarian bone finished explaining his resignation, Lu Yang instructed: "Old Meng, I have to go to Buddha Country for a while. Zhongshan Commandery is in ruins awaiting revival, and the barbarian junior brother is exactly in need of help. You should help him more here."

"That goes without saying." Meng Jingzhou nodded; Lu Yang didn't need to say it—he would stay as well.

"Come to think of it, I always feel the senior sister's expression during battle was strange—her expression was extraordinarily rich. Old Lu, do you know what's going on?" Meng Jingzhou pondered for half a day but couldn't explain what he saw.

The senior sister's rich expression was like being struck by the Seven Emotions Dao Fruit.

Lu Yang thought to himself: The senior sister's expression is not just rich—if you had risked your life back then and poked your head out, you could still have seen the senior sister self-destruct.

"She was possessed by an immortal."

"Ah?"

……

After Lu Yang left, the Bandit King was also released and left Zhongshan Commandery.

Upon truly seeing that only a great pit remained of Zhongshan Commandery, the Bandit King's eyes twitched, and he hastily activated the embryonic form of the Speed Dao Fruit to flee this ghostly place.

"President, you're back?" The president's secretary saw the Bandit King and was stunned for a moment—this was the first time he had seen the president so anxious, his gaze seeming able to devour people.

"Did Zhongshan Commandery take out insurance with us!"

In a one-to-one look, no mistakes version!

"Yes."

"Bring out the initial risk report for me—how did you assess such a huge risk!"

The president's secretary dared not delay, hurriedly found the thick risk report, and the Bandit King directly flipped to the last page to see the conclusion.

Risk is extremely low.

The report also detailed the investigation process of the seven elders, from Zhongshan Commandery's historical customs and local conditions, to the personality analysis of the newly appointed barbarian commandery governor—quite thorough, with not a single flaw to be found.

The Bandit King rose; matters having come to this, he might as well run away.

I am already a half-immortal—where in the vast world cannot I go?

"Little Wang, when you see the old master, tell him for me: this president loves whoever he wants—let whoever he wants be president."

"Where do you want to run to?" A one-legged old man pushed the door open, leaning on a cane, his hair and beard all white, thick white brows covering his eyes.

The Bandit King's face changed—damn it, why did the old master come at this time!

"Nothing much—just that I've been president for quite a while now. This president's position is a shackle for me, restricting my talent. I want to go out and wander."

The Bandit King smiled apologetically, speaking while retreating, taking advantage of the Bandit Ancestor's inattention to smash through the window and flee!

The Bandit Ancestor raised his eyebrows, his cloudy eyes flashing a glint of sharpness: "Good kid, not a small harvest—you've condensed the embryonic form of the Speed Dao Fruit!"

Soon, the Bandit King was caught back by the Bandit Ancestor.

Thus it can be seen that the newly promoted half-immortal and the veteran half-immortal still have a gap.

"Why are you running for no reason?" The Ancestor of Thieves was puzzled. You condensed the speed Dao fruit prototype just to run when you see me?

The Thief King could only recount the failed investment case in Zhongshan Commandery.

After listening, the Ancestor of Thieves chopped the Thief King once: "This is a good thing, why are you running?"

"Ah?" The Thief King was dazed. Could this be a good thing?

"Think about it: if Zhongshan Commandery hadn't come to us to buy insurance, they would have exhausted their finances and still couldn't fill this gap. Huangzhou and the imperial court would have to allocate funds, and the governor's evaluation would definitely drop."

"But the fact is they came to us to buy insurance, suffered no loss, and saved Huangzhou and the imperial court money. So what evaluation will this governor have in Huangzhou and the imperial court? His future prospects are limitless!"

"This is such a successful investment case; it must be heavily promoted."

"The Zhongshan Commandery matter was purely coincidental. Can officials from other commanderies and counties guarantee that the Zhongshan Commandery incident won't happen to them? Of course they cannot."

"In that case, they will also come here to buy insurance from us. This is big business!"