Chapter 574

In the inn, Miao Youfang let out a satisfied and painful sigh.

Ever since he started following Xu Qi 'an, this master in name, but in reality, his teacher had been helping him collect herbs to temper his physical body.

He even taught him a unique method to circulate qi to aid in his advancement.

He soaked in medicinal baths every day and endured the pain of being burned and corroded by fire. He silently circulated his qi and finally crossed the threshold, advancing to the sixth-grade with copper skin and iron bones.

He stood up from the bathtub and looked around himself. The surface of his bronze-colored skin shimmered with a faint divine light.

His strength and five senses had improved significantly, and his aura was much more vigorous. However, what surprised him the most was his invulnerable body.

There was a saying in the pugilistic world: A sixth-grade county magistrate, a fifth-grade magistrate, and a fourth-grade marquis.

Using official positions to describe a Warrior's rank, a sixth-grade could dominate a county, and even the government would not dare to provoke them.

A fifth-grade could flaunt their might in a prefecture.

A fourth-grade referred to being able to dominate a region like a marquis.

Of course, this saying was limited to being a hero in the pugilistic world and did not involve the imperial court.

Miao Youfang looked down and saw the salted fish in the grass shimmering with divine light like a peerless divine spear.

He said in surprise,

"Wow, it's just as I expected.

"In the future, the spear will be unstoppable, and the girls will be crying for their parents... Hey, Brother Li, are you envious? You must be very envious.

"Only a martial artist can deal with a martial artist."

Li Lingsu glanced at him and said indifferently,

"No matter how hard an embroidery needle is, it's still an embroidery needle.

"Oh, you think it'll hurt the girls a little?"

Miao Youfang was furious and straightened his back. "Compete?"

Li Lingsu crossed his legs and sneered, "My stuff is only for beauties to see. I won't stoop to the level of an embroidery needle."

At this moment, Xu Qi'an pushed open the door and glanced at them. He said expressionlessly, "Pack up and leave Jiang State Capital."

"Pack up and leave Jiang State Capital."

"Two buffoons..." Xu Qi'an muttered in his heart and turned to leave.

He was not in a good mood. He did not expect Jiang State Capital, the main city of a continent, to only have a scattered host of Dragon Breath.

...

Yu State.

The Xiang, Jing and Yu Provinces were close neighbours to the Fire Country and based on the principle of proximity, Narang Tianlu had first "ransacked" the hosts of the Imperial Qi in the three provinces.

His decision was undoubtedly correct. After a period of collection, they collected eight Dragon Breath hosts in Xiang State and two Dragon Breath hosts in Yu State.

Tian Room in the highest restaurant in the city.

Dongfang Wanrong was wearing a peach-colored low-cut dress, revealing her white chest. She sat sideways on the soft couch and drank tea.

The door was pushed open. Dongfang Wanqing, who had the same appearance as her elder sister but had a cold temperament, crossed the threshold. She reached out to take the tea handed by her elder sister and said,

"I caught a spy. To be precise, he came to me on his own accord."

Dongfang Wanrong raised her delicate eyebrows and said in surprise,

"Wanqing said. Tian, Dongfang raised her and said in.

"Dongfang," Dongfang Dongfang Dongfang said. "

Heavenly Mystery Palace … Dongfang Wanrong frowned slightly. This name was unfamiliar to her.

Tian in Dongfang said. Qi, Wan Wanrong Dongfang said.

As Dongfang Wanrong conveyed her teacher's orders, she asked in her mind,

After a few seconds, Nalan Tianlu replied.

After a few seconds, Nalan Tianlu replied,

"An intelligence organization established by a rank 2 Warlock. They are spread all over the Central Plains and even the Nine Regions. "Wei Yuan suffered a lot in the past."

"Wei Yuan suffered greatly in the past."

In her impression, Warlock was also a synonym for Celestial Commissioner, and Celestial Commissioner belonged to Daibun.

In her impression, warlocks could also be a synonym for the Imperial Astronomer, and the Imperial Astronomer belonged to the Great Feng Imperial Court.

In her impression, Warlock was a synonym for Celestial Commissioner, and Celestial Commissioner belonged to Daibun.

"The Shanhai Pass Campaign was essentially an outbreak of increasingly intensified contradictions between the forces of Nine Regions. But if it weren't for two people, the Shanhai Pass Campaign might have been delayed for more than ten years.

"Among those two people, one is the leader of the Heaven Gu Division, the Heaven Gu Old Man, and the other is this Second Rank Warlock."

A Second Rank Warlock and the Heaven Gu Division joined hands to promote the Shanhai Pass Campaign? This was the first time Dongfang Wanrong heard about the inside story of the war.

"Why did the Second Rank Warlock do this?"

Nalan Tianlu said slowly, "Of course, to replace the Supervisor and promote to the first rank."

Replace the Supervisor … Dongfang Wanrong suddenly said,

"No wonder you want to see the spy. That Second Rank Warlock is an ally."

Nalan Tianlu snorted.

"Just a temporary ally. He is a terrible character. I was suppressed in the Buddha's Pagoda for twenty years. When I came out again, he had already made Daibun into such a mess.

"The biggest beneficiaries of the Shanhai Pass Campaign, besides the Buddhists, were him and the Heaven Gu Old Man. Although Daibun won, half of the fate of the country was stolen. If that was the case, it would not have fallen into such a situation.

"But that man has been planning for twenty years. He killed the King of Zhenbei and Wei Yuan. Not to mention the King of Zhenbei, everyone was relieved when Wei Yuan died."

Nalan Tianlu suddenly became silent. Dongfang Wanrong looked at the door.

Creak ~ ~ The door opened once more, and Dongfang Wanqing led a mysterious person in a cloak and hood into the room.

"Greetings, Palace Masters. I am Feng, a secret agent of Tianji Palace. I am in charge of Yuzhou."

A deliberately hoarse male voice came from the hood, "Please allow me to introduce, Tianji Palace is …"

Dongfang Wanrong interrupted indifferently, "Get straight to the point."

Feng was silent for two seconds and said with a smile, "It seems that the Palace Master already knows our background."

He reached into his arms, took out a letter, and handed it over with both hands.

Dongfang Wanrong waved, and the envelope fell into her hand automatically.

Ten seconds later, she put the letter on the table and said with a smile,

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Feng bowed and said,

"The Palace Master is wise. Young Master also said that if we meet Xu Qi'an, we should avoid him and wait for an opportunity.

"Dragon Breath has the characteristic of mutual attraction. As we collect more and more Dragon Breath, the parties will meet sooner or later. At that time, we will work together. "

After a pause, he said,

"Next, there is information to share with the two Palace Masters.

"Of the nine vital Dragon Breath, Xu Qi'an has got three. They are in Leizhou, Zhangzhou's Xiangzhou, and Qingzhou's Ranger Miao Youfang.

"There is no host for one of the nine Dragon Breath in Yongzhou.

"Now we know that there is one in Yuzhou, but not in Yunzhou. Daibun has thirteen continents. There are only Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou in the northeast, Jianzhou, Chuzhou, and the capital. The remaining five streams of Dragon Qi are scattered across these six continents. "

In the official administrative division of Daibun, the capital was also a continent.

"There is no one in Xiangzhou!"

Dongfang Wanrong shook her head.

The 'Wind' spy said, "In that case, Jing and Yu, two prefectures, must have one, maybe two. If it is not intercepted by the Celestial Commissioner's Sun Xuanji in advance. "

"I see." Dongfang Wanrong said.

Feng nodded and said,

"After the two Palace Masters have gone to the three northeast provinces, the remaining provinces are Jiangzhou, Jianzhou, and Chuzhou. We and Xu Qi'an should have a conflict in one of these three provinces.

"Is the Witchcraft Religion's Spiritual Wisdom Master nearby?"

He hinted tactfully. Without the strength of the Transcendent Realm, it was impossible to participate in the battle of this level.

Dongfang Wanrong said with a smile, "Don't worry."

…

Yuzhou.

Xu Yuanshuang spread his arm and let the pigeon land on his forearm. He took out a small note from the thin bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's claw.

After reading it carefully, a smile appeared on his handsome face. He turned around and said,

"The Seven Constellations of Black Dragon have captured the host of the Dragon Breath in Yuzhou. Although there were twists and turns, and he almost escaped several times.

"But with the help of the secret agent of Heavenly Secret Palace, and the strength of the Seven Constellations of Black Dragon, it is a daunting but not dangerous situation."

It was one of the nine vital Dragon Breath.

Liu Hongmian and the others were relieved. Ji Xuan said with a smile, "Next, it's time to contact the two Vajras."

…

In Qingzhou, which was close to Yunzhou, Jingxin and Jingyuan walked thousands of miles on foot. Finally, in a county on the border of Qingzhou, they met the two Vajras, Du Nan and Du Fan, in a deserted temple.

The Vajras were wearing cloaks and hoods to hide their dark golden skin.

"Master! Martial Uncle! "

"Martial Uncles!"

Jingxin and Jingyuan put their palms together and bowed.

Jingxin told the two Vajras in detail what happened after he was captured.

"Xu Qi'an released us as promised."

At this point, even though he was a Zen Master, he could no longer call that person Arhat.

Anger lingered in his heart.

"Three years …"

Du Fan sighed, "Fortunately, the son of the Asura King has returned."

Even Buddhism can't afford to lose a Grade 2 Arhat.

Jingxin and Jingyuan were overjoyed.

The latter asked, "Master, Martial Uncle, what are you doing here?"

Du Nan said slowly, "An embodiment of Galo Tree Bodhisattva is in Cloud State's Hidden Dragon City. There might be orders in the near future. The two of us will wait here for the messenger. "

Jingxin asked in puzzlement, "Why aren't you entering?"

Du Fan said in a low voice, "The Supervisor is watching Cloud State."

Jingxin and Jingyuan looked at each other in horror.

…

Ten days later, in Jiang State Capital.

After going around in circles, Xu Qi'an had traveled all over Jiang State and returned to this main city.

He had already captured all the hosts of Dragon Breath in Jiang State, but he still hadn't found one of the nine hosts of Dragon Breath.

"If Jiang State's Dragon Breath host is a Ranger, then he has already traveled elsewhere, just like Miao Youfang."

Xu Qi'an led the filly to the porridge stall built outside the city with Miao Youfang and Li Lingsu.

There was a long queue there. Poor people and refugees dressed in simple clothes held broken bowls and bamboo tubes, waiting for the porridge to be distributed.

The city guards crudely maintained order, reprimanding, punching, and kicking the poor people.

Although their methods were crude, they had indeed stabilized the situation.

As for the starving and cold poor people, although their faces were still numb and in pain, their eyes lit up when they looked at the porridge stall.

To be honest, the Yongxing Emperor's disaster relief measures had changed Xu Qi'an's opinion of him greatly.

At this point in Daibun's reign, the various officials were mostly people who paid lip service to him. The decay of the dynasty was not something that the Emperor alone could change. In fact, it was not something that the Lord of the capital could change.

Government decrees were hard to execute, and this had always been the biggest headache for every dynasty and generation.

According to Huaiqing, the Yongxing Emperor adopted Xu Erlang's suggestion and dispatched all the imperial censors in the capital to supervise the various provinces. He gave the Inspector the right to act first and report later.

Beside each Inspector, there was also a Warlock in white to supervise.

As everyone knew, Warlocks in white were famous for being proud and rich, which greatly prevented joint corruption.

However, because low-ranked Warlocks were weak, to prevent the Inspector from being tempted to commit corruption and silence them, the court added an iron law:

If the Warlock died, the Inspector would be executed.

As for the various local officials, the court encouraged neighboring counties to supervise and report each other.

Once it was verified, the informant would be promoted, and the person who was reported would be dismissed or executed depending on the severity of the case.

There were many other policies to prevent officials from embezzling disaster relief rations, such as "chopsticks floating in the porridge bucket, heads falling to the ground", and so on.

As for how to deal with those who pretended to be refugees and falsely claimed relief rations, the shrewd Wang Shoufu's solution was:

70% rice, 20% chaff, and 10% sand.

These still couldn't completely eliminate corruption, but played a great role in restraining it.

Li Lingsu looked at the porridge stall and said with a smile, "Although compared with the disasters in the Central Plains, the effect of these things the court has done is limited, but at least it gives hope to the people."

Miao Youfang rarely did not argue, but looked at the scene with gentle eyes.

They entered the city and planned to rest for the night. Their next stop was Jianzhou.

…

At night.

Xu Qi 'an moved the candle on the side of the round table to the study table, spread out the rice paper that the inn had prepared, and wrote:

"Xiang, Jing, Yu, Jian, Chu."

Mu Nanzi came over with the little white fox in her arms and looked: "Where are these places?"

"Don't you read the Geography of Daibun every day?" Xu Qi'an asked.

"I forget it after I read it. How can I remember it?" Mu Nanzi curled her lips.

"Bad student …" Xu Qi'an thought.

If this woman lived in his era, she would probably have two choices:

One: Marry a tycoon with her extraordinary beauty and become the wife of a rich man.

Two: Enter the entertainment circle and be a queen of bad movies that can't be popular.

Why can't she be popular? Because the reincarnation of the Flower God was obviously not the kind of person who could bear hardships.

Xu Qi'an did not have any requirements for her, except for being too arrogant. She was kind in nature and would not be a burden at the critical moment.

For Xu Qi'an, a woman who was willing to travel the world with him was the rarest quality.

"The remaining six streams of Dragon Qi are basically in these few places."

Xu Qi'an touched his chin and analyzed for her: "But we can't judge whether the Witchcraft Cult, Buddhism, and Hidden Dragon City have taken the fruits in advance."

Mu Nanzi nodded seriously and looked serious, like a good student who was listening to the class.

"If they get one of the nine Dragon Breath, they will immediately return to their base. This is the most troublesome situation."

She asked nervously: "What should we do?"

"There is no solution to this." Xu Qi'an shook his head: "My bottom line is to lose two vital Dragon Breath and use the scattered Dragon Breath to make up for it."

Mu Nanzi immediately frowned: "How can we compete with them?"

Xu Qi'an smiled:

"There is no rush. I carry half the fate of the country. The probability of me running into a Dragon Breath is higher than them. If I haven't run into it, they won't either. At most, they will run into one or two.

"I have a feeling that there will be one of the nine Dragon Breath hosts in the Sword Province."

At this moment, he sensed something and took out the Sound Transmission Snail.

"In..."

As soon as Sun Xuanji's voice came from the other side, Xu Qi'an immediately answered:

"In the third room on the east of the third floor of the Blessed Inn in Jiang State City."

There was a long silence on the other side.

Xu Qi'an waited patiently for two hours. Finally, the Light beside the bed rose from the bottom and intertwined to form a young man in white clothes. He was of average height and features.

"Senior Brother Sun, what is it?"

As he spoke, he respectfully handed over a pen and paper.

If he could do it, he would not let Senior Brother Sun talk.

Sun Xuanji held the pen as if he had accepted his fate and wrote:

"Dragon Breath Intelligence Summary!"

After a pause, he wrote: "I found something strange."