Chapter 434: I Am a Disciple of Yun Zhi of the Wen Dao Sect

The Provincial Governor's residence was located in the very center of Hanshui City and was the intersection of power in Huangzhou. The residence had seven courtyards and seven gates, with defensive arrays inside and out.

This was not only the Provincial Governor's residence but also his office. While traversing the residence, Lu Yang saw many officials rushing about, holding documents as they took off and landed, extremely busy.

This wasn't just walking fast; they were truly flying.

Before meeting the Huangzhou Provincial Governor, Lord An had already reported the intelligence to him. As soon as the Provincial Governor saw Qiu Jinan and the others, he greeted them warmly and shook hands.

Lord An still had to arrange for a city-wide search for True Monarch Meng Tian, so he excused himself first.

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, I have long admired your name! My surname is Lü, and my given name is Ke. People all call me Old Lü." Provincial Governor Lü was a talkative person. Although the recent ghost plague had kept him working around the clock, he was still spirited and showed no signs of fatigue.

"Greetings, Lord Lü." Qiu Jinan smiled, not calling him Old Lü.

The last person to be so familiar with him was one of the nine of the Wen Dao Sect; the impression was deep.

Qiu Jinan's father was the previous Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect. In his youth, he accompanied his father to visit the Wen Dao Sect, where he met the enthusiastic nine of the Wen Dao Sect.

At that time, he was young and ignorant, and his judgment of people was poor; he didn't see that the nine of the Wen Dao Sect were full of bad intentions. The Sixth Elder, Feng Ya, was the only exception; she was out of place among the nine of the Wen Dao Sect, although she was never missing whenever bad things were done.

Therefore, he was very wary of people who were overly familiar.

"You say the previous Provincial Governor had nothing better to do than hold a birthday banquet for his daughter, and he invited many people. Inviting people is one thing, but he also brought a pile of gifts without reporting it to the Imperial Court in advance. Now it's fine, he's been dismissed and put inside, and several supervising officials and figures from several large sects in Huangzhou have also been put inside." Provincial Governor Lü complained endlessly.

This was also one of the reasons why he was so busy now; manpower was short, key positions were filled temporarily, and scheduling was difficult. Even the ghost plague had to rely on the nearest Corpse-Driving Sect for help.

"Old Xu, who has been on leave for a long time—oh, that is the Minister of Justice—has finally rested enough and is dealing with them."

The Minister of Justice had publicly claimed that an old friend had died suddenly and wanted to take leave to see him one last time.

"Because of this, His Majesty doesn't trust the officials of Huangzhou and pulled me, who was in charge of money and grain, over to fill the spot, forcing me to leave the Imperial City and rush to Huangzhou."

"By the way, I've been doing all the talking and haven't had time to ask, who are these young people?" Provincial Governor Lü realized and noticed Lu Yang and the others.

"These three are disciples of the Wen Dao Sect; they can be considered my juniors, and I am helping to look after them. This is Zhao Po, a disciple of the Great Elder of the Corpse-Driving Sect. He also witnessed the entire process of the battle just now."

Hearing that Provincial Governor Lü was an official from the Imperial Capital, Qiu Jinan did not say that Lu Yang was a disciple of Daoist Bu Yu.

"Solid foundation, full Golden Core; they are all excellent young people." Provincial Governor Lü nodded and praised them twice. "I ask Fellow Daoist Qiu to speak about the battle just now."

This was the most urgent matter at the moment.

Qiu Jinan recounted in detail how Lu Yang encountered Huang Ming, defeated Huang Ming, how True Monarch Meng Tian made a move, and how he defeated True Monarch Meng Tian.

"So that's how it is. It was True Monarch Meng Tian who went to various places to capture evil ghosts and throw them into our Hanshui City?" Provincial Governor Lü was furious, finally finding the culprit behind today's busyness.

No wonder there were so many evil ghosts. This was probably capturing all the ghosts in the Great Xia, not even letting go of the ghosts in the East Sea!

It would be a ghost if this could be cleaned up!

"The ghost plague in Hanshui City shouldn't be something one person can complete. I suspect he has accomplices." Qiu Jinan said.

"They were sure that I had just taken office and couldn't skillfully use the Power of National Destiny!" Provincial Governor Lü hadn't known about the Power of National Destiny before; it was only recently that the Xia Di had told him upon taking office.

"And that Huang Ming who dissipated his cultivation and recultivated, we must also pay attention. In the past, we only focused on ancient cultivators at the Integration stage and ignored the possibility that some of them might have dissipated their cultivation and recultivated!"

Provincial Governor Lü sighed: "It's useless to notice. Dissipating cultivation and recultivating is like a new birth; it's very difficult to find their roots."

"Forget it, I will report the matter of dissipating cultivation and recultivating to the Imperial Court later. The top priority now is to deal with the ghost plague."

"Before, I thought the ghost plague was created by the Nine Nether Sect. After all, the Nine Nether Sect itself has many ghosts. Now that it is confirmed to be the work of Great Yu cultivators, the matter is serious. Great Yu cultivators don't raise ghosts. They went to great lengths to capture fierce ghosts everywhere and throw them into Hanshui City. It shouldn't be as simple as just looking for trouble; there must be other purposes!"

Provincial Governor Lü's face was gloomy; he wished he could tear these Great Yu cultivators into ten thousand pieces.

"May I ask, is it possible that they are setting up an array?" Lu Yang raised his hand and asked cautiously.

"An array?" Provincial Governor Lü and Qiu Jinan were both stunned, chewing on these two words, as if they had thought of something.

When Lu Yang was in Yanjiang County, the then-Helm Master of the Yanjiang Helm, who was also the County Magistrate, had set up an array throughout the county, wanting to absorb the lifespan of the entire county to improve his strength.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang asked this question.

"It is indeed possible that they are setting up an array!" Provincial Governor Lü slapped his thigh. He had been so busy these past few days that he hadn't thought of this.

He came to a huge sand table and clapped his hands gently. The sand shook, rising and falling like sand waves, finally taking shape and turning into the appearance of Hanshui City.

He took a small flag from his bosom and threw it onto the sand table. The place where the small flag landed was where the ghost plague disaster was occurring.

Above each small flag was marked the type and grade of the ghost.

"Hiss, looking at it this way, it really does look a bit like an array." Provincial Governor Lü was overjoyed to see that Lu Yang's conjecture was very likely the answer.

"As expected of a Wen Dao Sect disciple, a famous teacher produces excellent students. I wonder who the little friend studied under in the Wen Dao Sect?"

Lu Yang: "..."

Before telling the truth, Lu Yang wanted to know how much hatred Provincial Governor Lü had for his master.

"I am a disciple of Yun Zhi of the Wen Dao Sect."

Lu Yang respected his teacher and valued the Dao. When away from home, he didn't dare to mention his master's name.

Meng Meng Jingzhou looked at Lu Yang with contempt. How shameless.

"Yun Zhi? This name sounds a bit familiar." Provincial Governor Lü pondered for a moment, not having heard that there was someone named Yun Zhi among the elders of the Wen Dao Sect.

"My master rarely leaves the sect, so the world rarely knows her."

"So that's how it is."

Provincial Governor Lü didn't try to recall who Yun Zhi was again. Neither he nor Qiu Jinan was proficient in arrays, so he ordered his subordinates to invite the array masters in the city to study what kind of array the Great Yu cultivators had set up in the city.

Soon, several old men with white beards were invited over, standing by the sand table to observe and deduce.

Fortunately, these few array masters were all male cultivators.

Several array masters joined forces and soon reached a preliminary conclusion. After hearing the preliminary conclusion of these array masters, Provincial Governor Lü said to Qiu Jinan, his expression much more relaxed than when they first met: "Little Friend Lu's guess was correct. The Great Yu cultivators are indeed setting up an array, but it is a lost array. It will take some time to deduce its function and the method to break it. You and I should wait a moment."

Seeing that the timing was right, Qiu Jinan cupped his hands and said: "Since there is some free time, can Provincial Governor Lü allow me and this kid to use the Power of National Destiny?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 435 =====