Xu Qi'an was enraged. Anyone would be enraged when faced with such a situation.
If it were not for the fact that he knew he could not defeat the monk, Xu Qi'an would have gone up to him long ago. He grabbed the monk's collar with one hand and slapped him with the other.
Didn't you say you would save me? You scammer, give me back my life!
This stupid monk had completely betrayed his trust. Didn't you say that I would give you my body and you would help me kill the enemy? Although it was a verbal agreement, couldn't you at least have some spirit of the contract?
At this moment, Xu Qi 'an thought of a song that fit the occasion:
Betraying my love, you have a debt of conscience. When I finally know the truth, I shed tears.
What should I do now? Can I still live? Should I be reincarnated, or should I be reincarnated? Does reincarnation exist in this world?
Xu Qi 'an's heart was filled with anxiety. He suppressed all his emotions and tried to negotiate with monk Shen Shu with kind words.
Since things had come to this, it was useless to turn against him. He should think about how to face the future. This was not cowardice, this was the thinking of an adult.
Between reincarnation and reincarnation, Xu Qi'an preferred the latter. After all, it would take a long time to grow from 8D to 8D.
An adult's soul trapped in a baby's body would go crazy from boredom after a few years.
As Xu Qi'an was lost in his thoughts, Shen Shu opened his eyes. He looked peaceful and said, "You seem to be blaming me?"
No, I don't blame you. I can only blame myself for trusting the wrong person … Xu Qi'an complained in his mind.
"How much do you know about the Warrior System?" Shen Shu asked with a smile.
Xu Qi'an thought for a while and said, "Hum hum hum hum hum?"
Shen Shu's expression froze for a moment as if he did not hear it. He said lightly, "Warrior trains himself and uses his strength to fight against the power of heaven and earth. This' body 'does not only refer to the physical body, but also the essence, spirit, and spirit. "
It's not fun … "Xu Qi 'an nodded in realization." So, even if the great master was sealed in the Sang Po for five hundred years, his primordial spirit is still immortal, is this the reason? "
That was reasonable. If it was only about training the physical body, then the shortcoming of martial artists was too obvious. Daoism, which focused on cultivating Yuan Shen, could easily take over a martial artist's body?
Although martial artists were not as fancy as other systems, they felt that the later stage was the most stable, at least more stable than Daoism.
Look at what the three sects of the Daoist Faction are like, they can't do anything, ruining the first place.
Hearing this, Xu Qi'an suddenly realized something was wrong. If the essence, spirit, and spirit were equal, then why did only the seventh rank train the Yuan Qi'an's body?
Hearing this, Xu Qi 'an suddenly realized that something was wrong. Since the ratio of essence, qi, and spirit was equal, why was it that only the seventh grade tempered the Primordial Spirit?
"Now you understand the importance of Soul Refinement realm, right?" Monk Shen Shu explained.
"Ordinary martial artists are only at the initial stage of Spirit Refinement. This is considered low-level. "Normal martial artists only reach the limit in the beginning. This is the lower level. The more solid your foundation is at this stage, the stronger your foundation will be when you reach the higher ranks. "
"Great Master, Seventh Grade Spirit Refinement, which grade is the foundation for?" Xu Qi 'an's heart stirred.
"Second rank Unification."
"This is too far away for me. It's hard to say if I can reach that level in this life …" Xu Qi 'an thought to himself. "That's true, but, but I'm still dead."
He felt that it was too much of a waste to sacrifice his life for the illusory foundation of the second rank.
"Living toward death. If you don't die, how can you live?" Shen Shu said with a smile.
"Then, should I be reincarnated or reborn through possession?" Xu Qi'an asked. "If I can choose, I hope to be reborn through possession. I don't have many requirements. Hmm, first, you must be handsome.
"Second, you must be the legitimate son of a prominent family, born with a golden spoon in your mouth. Of course, it's best if your cultivation base is Qi Cultivation, not Spirit Cultivation. I don't want to go through the bitter days of sitting in meditation and sighing.
"Finally, you must have a foxy sister in her twenties, the kind that can cry."
The monk Shen Shu ignored his request. His face seemed to be engraved with an eternally unchanging peace.
"Rank-3 martial artists can regrow broken limbs. They are extremely difficult to kill. When cultivated to the highest rank, they are known as immortal. I was lucky to reach this rank. "
Xu Qi'an thought of something. Shen Shu said, "Before you died, I took the last bit of your life force. I will use your body to nourish my body and return it to you. I will give you a drop of blood. Refine it, and you can come back to life. "
Is that wisp of vitality the current me … That's why I'm here? Xu Qi'an asked, "Thank you, master. When can I wake up?"
"This is a long process," Monk Shen Shu said.
Fortunately, there was no cremation in this world. Otherwise, the suona would have sounded for nothing … No wonder Master Shen Shu didn't save me. So this is what it means to be reborn from death … You should have said so earlier. I could have shouted more slogans and pretended to be sober … After confirming that he could come back to life, Xu Qi'an was in a good mood.
…
Outside the city!
The boorish Warrior pounced on him. Dream Sorcerer held his breath. He felt like he was facing a mountain or a tsunami.
At this moment, confusion and regret were useless emotions. Killing the enemy was his only way out.
Dream Sorcerer formed a seal with both hands and muttered. His body exploded with a blinding bloody light, and his aura rose.
Blood Spirit Art. Burning blood essence as the price to temporarily increase combat power.
Jiang Lv's unparalleled fist intent arrived.
Dream Sorcerer countered with his fist.
The two fists collided. At first, there was no sound, but a few seconds later, there was a loud rumble like a thunder explosion.
The ground under their feet sank at the same time. Dust flew up and covered a radius of a few hundred meters.
Yang Qianhuan couldn't dodge in time. He stamped the ground in a hurry. Lines of runes lit up and turned into barriers, but they shattered in the next moment.
The Act Tough King felt someone hit the back of his head with a stick. His back was hit by a carriage. He almost cried out in pain, but he held it in because it was not in line with his identity.
Bang bang …
Another two punches followed. The bloody light on Dream Sorcerer's body dissipated, and the black smoke above his head dissipated. He flew backward like a cannonball.
Jiang Lv Zhong's rationality had been overwhelmed by anger. Now, he was in perfect harmony with the state of mind of a martial artist. He was fearless in fighting against heaven and earth.
Suddenly, Jiang Lv Zhong felt like his brain was pierced by a steel nail. His heart felt like it was cut in half by a knife. He spat out a mouthful of blood. The sudden change made it impossible for him to continue his pursuit.
The Killing Curse Art!
In that instant, the Dream Sorcerer had stolen a corner of his clothes and used it to activate the Curse Killing Technique.
If he was a low-ranked martial artist, he would have died on the spot.
In a battle between high-ranked powerhouses, this kind of interference could almost decide the outcome. The chance to win was in an instant. However, Dream Sorcerer decisively gave up on this opportunity because his opponent was Warrior.
Copper skin and iron bones.
All the major cultivation systems hated Warrior. They felt that he was crude, except for the fact that Warrior's methods were monotonous and only knew how to use violence. There was another reason: Warrior was very difficult to kill.
They could make ten, twenty, or even more mistakes. You couldn't kill them and could only slowly grind them down.
As long as you made one mistake, they would beat your brains out.
They might even lift your skull, take a look at your brain, and walk away in disappointment.
Bah, what a crude martial artist.
After the Killing Curse Art took effect, Dream Sorcerer quickly retreated and fled into the distance.
"Bang!" He then crashed into an invisible wall.
"Yang Qianhuan!!" Dream Sorcerer roared angrily.
"Among the formations I'm proficient in, six of them are techniques to trap the enemy. Hurry up and break the formation. There are still five more formations waiting for you." Yang Qianhuan appeared not far away, his back facing Dream Sorcerer.
Anyone who looked at his back would sigh with emotion, "An otherworldly master!"
Dream Sorcerer had no chance to break the formation. He was not Warrior. His margin of error was too low. Jiang Lvzhong arrived. His War Soul had collapsed after three punches. Dream Sorcerer was no longer a 'martial artist'.
As everyone knew, when it came to close combat, all the major cultivation systems were nothing compared to martial artists.
Pfft!
Jiang Lvzhong punched Dream Sorcerer in the face. His skull exploded. Red and white, broken pieces of bone shot everywhere.
The headless corpse stiffened, then slowly withered.
"Bastard, bastard …"
An illusory figure appeared in mid-air, looking down at Jiang Lvzhong and Yang Qianhuan with a twisted face.
That was Dream Sorcerer's Primordial Spirit. After a high-ranked powerhouse died, their Primordial Spirit could stay for a few days. Moreover, in the field of Primordial Spirit, sorcerers were second only to Daoism.
"What should we do with this guy?" Yang Qianhuan asked.
Jiang Lvzhong shook his head. "I can't do anything to Primordial Spirits. I can't kill him, and I can't trap him either. "
If it was his flesh, he could kill him with a punch. However, Primordial Spirits were special and immune to fist attacks. Vibrating Qi could indeed cause damage to Primordial Spirits, but the effect was limited. At this time, if Dream Sorcerer's Primordial Spirit wanted to escape, Jiang Lvzhong would not be able to do anything.
Yang Qianhuan said proudly, "I can trap him! There's a lady in the city who works for Tenzō. She has a way to refine this ghost. "
After saying that, he said slowly, "Holding the moon and plucking the stars, there's no one like me in this world …"
Boom!
Primordial Spirit Power surged. Dream Sorcerer had self-destructed.
Jiang Lvzhong turned his head slowly and stared at the Warlock in white. He said word by word, "He self-destructed."
"… You're too impatient," Yang Qianhuan said gloomily.
"Isn't the problem that you wasted the time by talking too much?"
"Farewell!"
"Yang Qianhuan …" Jiang Lvzhong shouted. However, the Warlock in white had already disappeared. He could not finish the second half of his sentence.
Xu Qi 'an had sacrificed himself.
…
Late at night, the relay station was filled with a sorrowful atmosphere. The bright candlelight dispelled the darkness, but it could not illuminate the haze in people's hearts.
It was now a quarter to one in the morning. The heavily injured Copper Gongs stayed at the relay station. The Imperial Inspector was not there. Yang Chuannan was not there either. He had been released.
The Imperial Inspector had personally released him.
When the disheveled but expressionless Imperial Inspector Zhang returned, he came to him and asked, "Are you willing to make a contribution to redeem yourself?"
Yang Chuannan immediately agreed. It was not because he was eager to escape punishment, but because at this moment, Commander Yang saw a storm in this scholar's eyes that made his heart palpitate.
Yang Chuannan immediately left the relay station. He was ordered to mobilize the Guard Division's army into the city. Together with the Flying Swallow Army, they wiped out the rebels of the other three schools.
In the process of wiping out the rebels, Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng took the lead and started a massacre. They were hit by several arrows and had no choice but to return to the relay station to recuperate.
After taking over the White Emperor City, Yang Chuannan and Li Miaozhen led the army to surround the Five Cities Warden's Office. From the sixth-ranked "commander" to the lowest ranked officials, they were all arrested.
After that, Imperial Inspector Zhang forcibly gathered all the officials of the White Emperor City. He ordered the Warlock in white to interrogate them one by one. He found thirty-four rebels of Song Changfu. Adding the officials and officials of the Five Cities Warden's Office, as well as the captured soldiers, there were a total of four hundred and eight people.
There was no follow-up interrogation or imprisonment. Imperial Inspector Zhang acted arbitrarily and escorted the rebels to the execution platform to be beheaded. The Imperial Inspector had the right to act at his discretion, but it did not include beheading officials who had committed crimes.
However, this was a critical period. Any overstepping could be explained by wiping out the rebels. As long as Imperial Inspector Zhang quelled the rebellion in Yunzhou, the imperial court would only reward him.
Heads rolled on the execution platform and blood flowed like a river.
The matter was not over yet. According to the Dream Sorcerer who had his head smashed by Jiang Lüzhong, the rebels' plan was to kill the Imperial Inspector first, then take over the White Emperor City. After that, they would cooperate with the mountain bandits to attack Yunzhou.
Imperial Inspector Zhang had already sent messengers to all the prefectures and counties, asking the local Guard Stations to be on standby and watch out for the mountain bandits' attacks.
Li Miaozhen and Yang Chuannan were actively preparing for the defense of the city. They recruited the militia, moved and repaired the city's defense equipment. They rubbed their palms together and waited for the enemy.
However, even after waiting until late at night, there was no sign of the enemy. The scouts that were sent out also did not return to report.
The Southern Gate was built in a barbican on the city wall.
Imperial Inspector Zhang, Jiang Lüzhong, Yang Chuannan and Li Miaozhen were sitting at the table discussing matters. Jiang Lüzhong squinted his eyes and stared at the city's defense map to study.
Li Miaozhen had a gloomy expression and was silent.
Imperial Inspector Zhang glanced at the two of them and finally looked at Yang Chuannan. He humbly asked for advice, "Lord Commander, did the mountain bandits receive the news of the failure of the mutiny and cancel the operation?"
He was a scholar. Although he had studied the art of war for a few years, it was not worth mentioning. The two present were martial artists and one was a Taoist disciple. All of them were experienced generals.
Yang Chuannan's face was still pale and his chest was aching.
Fortunately, he was a talented general. Although his cultivation was temporarily crippled, his ability to deploy troops on the battlefield was more important than his personal strength.
"When it's useful, he calls me Lord Commander. When it's useless, he calls me rebels …" Yang Chuannan could not help but criticize in his heart. However, he looked calm and solemn on the surface and said,
"If it's a multi-front battle, the speed of information transmission won't be that fast. Even if the troops attacking the White Emperor City received the news, it's impossible for the other troops to synchronize the information.
"Logically speaking, if it's really as that Dream Shaman said, a war should have broken out in all the prefectures and counties. We'll wait for another two hours. If there's no rebel army attacking the White Emperor City, we'll send troops to support the prefectures and counties. "
Yang Chuannan looked at the Flying Swallow Heroine whom he was close to. "Miaozhen, what do you think? Miaozhen, Miaozhen … "
"Ah!" Li Miaozhen seemed to have come back to her senses. She asked, "What's the matter?"
Yang Chuannan repeated the question and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
Li Miaozhen shook her head. The image of the young Copper Gong guarding the entrance of the courtyard appeared in her mind again.
It was tragic and desolate.
But what made Li Miaozhen unable to forget was not the simple impact of the image. She never thought that the man she thought was shameless and lecherous could actually do this.
When everyone was in a desperate situation, when the other Copper Gongs chose to meditate and heal their wounds, the one who stood out was that lecherous man.
The impact of such a huge contrast was the most intense.
Every time she recalled the image of him standing with his sword, Li Miaozhen would feel a little sad. Maybe after many years, when she recalled this scene today, it would still be vivid and deep.
"Where's Yang Qianhuan?" Inspector Zhang asked.
"He left. I couldn't keep him," Jiang Lvzhong said.
He was venting his anger on Yang Qianhuan. Whenever he thought of the sacrifice of his three subordinates, Jiang Lvzhong would feel powerless and furious. He hated himself and would also vent his anger on Yang Qianhuan.
Although Yang Qianhuan had a concise explanation.
Self-blame and remorse would accompany him for a long time. Until the knot in his heart was untied in the passage of time, he could "meet and smile" with himself and let go of the past.
"Why did he come to Yunzhou?" Inspector Zhang frowned.
Jiang Lvzhong shook his head.
Suddenly, Jiang Lvzhong's ears moved. He turned his head to look at the dark night sky. Li Miaozhen was a second slower. She also turned her head.
"He's here!" Jiang Lvzhong said in a low voice.
Everyone immediately ran out of the barbican and came to the city wall. Looking into the distance, they saw continuous fire appearing in the darkness far away. It floated slowly like a flowing river.
"Wu wu wu … Dong dong dong …"
Horns and drums sounded at the same time, echoing in the silent cold night.
The soldiers who were dozing off against the parapet woke up one after another. They grabbed the spears, bows, shields and other weapons beside them and entered combat mode.
Li Miaozhen stood on top of the wall and looked into the distance with squinted eyes. She suddenly shivered and shouted, "Watch out!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a silver light broke through the air. The tip of the spear made a sharp whistling sound in the air.
A Rank-4 martial artist!
And a peak Rank-4 martial artist!
Li Miaozhen turned pale with fright. Her delicate body tensed up. Yunzhou actually had a master of this level? There was a master of this level among the mountain bandits?
What happened next shocked her. Jiang Lvzhong actually took the initiative to meet the spear. He reached out his hand to catch the silver spear unhurriedly. He did not have the seriousness and vigilance to deal with a strong enemy.
What surprised her even more was that the seemingly fierce silver spear was actually soft and powerless. It took the initiative to send itself to Jiang Lvzhong's hand.
Li Miaozhen stared at it. It was a heavy silver spear. The silver paint on the spear body was mottled, showing the vicissitudes of time. However, the tip of the spear was cold and the blood had not dried yet.
Compared to the ordinary silver spear in her hand, this spear was a real combat weapon.
Li Miaozhen's natal weapon was a flying sword. She used a spear mainly because she needed a weapon that matched her identity after joining the army.
With a loud "boom" in the distance, a figure leaped hundreds of meters away, drew a high arc in the air, and fell on the horse path of the city wall.
This person wore a black night watchman uniform with a Jinluo flag embroidered on his chest. His expression was cold and stiff like a sculpture.
"Why are you here?" Jiang Lvzhong was surprised and delighted. He threw the silver spear to him.
"I was ordered by my foster father to exterminate the mountain bandits in Yunzhou," Yang Yan took the spear and answered concisely.
Inspector Zhang was stunned. He seemed to have grasped something and asked, "What did Duke Wei say to you?"
"My foster father said the mountain bandits in Yunzhou will cause trouble, so he ordered me to come here secretly," Yang Yan said.
"A few days ago, I had already secretly obtained the military strength of the various guards in Yunzhou. Initially, I planned to exterminate the mountain bandits after some time, but unexpectedly, there were a dozen groups of mountain bandits causing trouble everywhere at dusk today. I had just led a team to exterminate them, and guessed that something might have happened in White Emperor City, so I immediately came here.
"Sixty miles away from White Emperor City, I encountered a group of two thousand soldiers and horses. I just killed them."
Li Miaozhen glanced at the tip of the spear, and thought to herself, "No wonder there are bloodstains on it."
Inspector Zhang felt relieved. "It turns out that we are only the chess pieces in the open, and Duke Wei still has other arrangements in the dark."
Yang Yan's gaze swept across the crowd, and searched through them. He frowned and asked, "Where is Xu Qi'an?"
Inspector Zhang's expression suddenly froze, and the surprise in Jiang Luzhong's eyes slowly faded.
Yang Yan's heart sank, and his originally expressionless face became even colder and harder.
"He …" Inspector Zhang's eyes were filled with sorrow, and he said, "He … died in the battle."
Li Miaozhen lowered her head slightly, and sighed.
Crack … the stone bricks under Yang Yan's feet suddenly cracked, and waves of Qi Ji flowed out uncontrollably, indicating that this Jinluo had lost control of his emotions.
His gaze was as sharp as a knife, and his expressionless face was rarely distorted. He squeezed out a sentence from the gaps of his teeth, "How did he die?"
Inspector Zhang told Yang Yan everything that happened today. In the end, when he talked about how Xu Qi'an defended to the death to protect everyone, Inspector Zhang's eyes turned red,
"He was hit by thirty-one arrows, and had more than sixty knife wounds … He was standing even when he died, and he said he wouldn't retreat … His promise is worth a thousand gold, a promise is worth a thousand gold."
Jiang Luzhong slowly exhaled, and looking at Inspector Zhang's sorrowful expression, he couldn't bear it, and said in a deep voice,
"It's my fault, I'm sorry …"
The long spear in Yang Yan's hand swept horizontally without any warning, and the spear shaft bent, and smashed heavily on Jiang Luzhong's chest.
Bang!
Between heaven and earth, there was a loud sound like that of a great bell.
Jiang Luzhong crashed into the parapet wall, and was thrown out.
Yang Yan stomped on half of the city wall, and soared into the sky. His angry roar echoed far away, "Jiang Luzhong, you useless thing, I must kill you today."
…
In the main hall of the courier station.
The corpses of Xu Qi'an, three silver gongs, and one bronze gong were placed in the middle of the hall, covered with white cloth.
The arrows on Xu Qi'an's body had been removed, and his blood-stained face was washed. Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao, who couldn't sleep late at night, came downstairs together, brought two chairs, and sat beside Xu Qi'an, one on the left and the other on the right.
They didn't say anything, and just sat quietly, accompanying each other.
The man's sorrow was silent.
During this period, Song Tingfeng said two sentences, "I'll take it as keeping vigil for you," and "We'll be brothers in the next life."
Zhu Guangxiao said one sentence, "In the end, it's still the two of us."
The candle gradually burned to the end, and the candle tears rolled down and solidified. In this sorrowful atmosphere, Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao didn't say a word.
Until the sound of heavy footsteps came from outside the courier station, and a team of night watchmen came to the courier station, led by Yang Yan. Yang Jinluo seemed to have just experienced a big battle, and he was battered and exhausted.
Behind him, several silver gongs followed him to Yunzhou, and Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao knew them.
Xu Qi'an also knew them, such as Min Shan and Yang Feng, who had investigated the Sampo Case together, and … Li Yuchun, the three's immediate superior.
At this time, Li Yuchun was like a walking corpse. He walked towards Xu Qi'an step by step, very slowly. In just a dozen steps, he seemed to be covered with thorns, and a step would cause a heart-wrenching pain.
Li Yuchun reached out and lifted the white cloth … His body swayed.
"Boss."
Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao hurried to help him.
Li Yuchun lowered his head, looked at Xu Qi'an's face, and said, "I heard that Ning Yan died in battle, but I don't know how he died, and the specific process. Can you two tell me?"
Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao looked at each other, a little worried. Their boss was too calm.
Song Tingfeng told Li Yuchun what had happened, and the latter listened quietly, nodding slowly. "As expected of the bronze gong I brought out. Good job, he didn't embarrass me.
"The way he does things has always been to my liking, just like when he killed that little bastard surnamed Zhu. He has never been greedy for money, which is better than the two of you. You have to learn from him.
"The only bad thing is that his cultivation is too sloppy, and he often sneaks to the brothel to listen to music when he's patrolling the streets. Someone came to me several times to complain."
He rambled on about the trivial things and recalled the bits and pieces of the past.
He was generally calm, which made Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao breathe a sigh of relief. They knew that their boss valued and appreciated Xu Qi'an very much. Back then, because of the saber cutting the silver gong, he dared to humiliate Duke Wei in public.
However, when he lifted the white cloth and checked Xu Qi'an's clothes, he suddenly flew into a rage.
"Which son of a b * tch tidied up his clothes? Which son of a b * tch tidied up his clothes? The lapels are not symmetrical, the lapels are not symmetrical …"
He cursed loudly, as if he was about to draw his saber and hack someone. It seemed that as long as he did so, others would ignore the surging tears in his eyes.
"Boss," Song Tingfeng called out.
"The lapels are not symmetrical, the lapels are not symmetrical." Li Yuchun held his face with both hands, his shoulders trembling non-stop …
…
Li Miaozhen returned to the mansion in the White Emperor's city. She sat alone in the study for a long time, with a small jade mirror by her hand.
She wanted to pick it up several times and tell everyone about the death of Number Three, but she held back.
"I'll take it as saving a little face for him …" Li Miaozhen sighed, but still picked up the small jade mirror and sent a message.
[Taoist Master, I have something to tell you in private.]
In the middle of the night, the members of the Heaven & Earth Society were suddenly awakened by the throbbing of messages. They were very angry when they saw the contents of Number Two's message.
'Again?'
[Nine: I've blocked everyone else.]
[Two: Taoist Master, the matter in Yun State has been settled.]
[Nine: This is a good thing.]
[Two: I already know that Number Three is Xu Qi 'an.]
The Jinlian Taoist priest chuckled. [Nine: This is a good thing.]
[Two: Xu Qi 'an died in battle.]
[Nine:???]
[Two: I'll find a way to retrieve the Earthly Tome fragment. When spring comes next year, I'll leave Yun State and make a trip to Capital City.]
[Nine: Are you sure that Xu Qi 'an died in battle?]
[Two: Yes.]
[Nine: That's impossible.]
[Two: Why do you say that, Taoist Master?]
[Nine: Xu Qi 'an is a person of great fortune. He's definitely not a person with a short lifespan.]
[Two: But he's really dead. I personally buried his body.]
The Jinlian Taoist priest asked, [Is there any primordial spirit?]
Li Miaozhen furrowed her brows. [When I arrived, he was already dead. Moreover, he's not at the God-Ascension level yet. His primordial spirit isn't that strong. It's very likely that he dissipated on the spot after being attacked by the murderous aura and blood aura.]
Besides, with her Tenzō Shōnin's standards, how could she not tell if a corpse was still alive or not?
The Jinlian Taoist priest did not reply for a long time. After a few minutes, he replied, [I understand. You don't have to worry about the Earthly Tome fragment. I'll personally verify whether Xu Qi 'an is dead or alive.]
Li Miaozhen raised her brows. The Jinlian Taoist priest obviously did not believe her judgment. However, she did not refute him. The news had already been conveyed. Whether he believed it or not was up to the Taoist priest.
However, the Earthly Tome fragment was a treasure of the Earth Sect. Li Miaozhen felt that the Jinlian Taoist priest handled it too casually and did not take it seriously enough.
After ending the block, Number One immediately sent a message: [Number Two, is the case in Yunzhou over?]
Li Miaozhen replied: [If you want to know the specific situation, you can exchange information of equivalent value.]
[One: Okay, no problem.]
[Two: The one who really colluded with the Witchcraft Cult and supported the mountain bandits is the Chief Secretary Song Zhangfu. After the incident was exposed, he sealed off the city of the White Emperor and gathered the rebel army to kill Inspector Zhang. Although he failed, the night watchmen suffered heavy losses.
[We … The Xu Qi 'an that was often mentioned in the letters was sacrificed.] In the end, she did not announce the fact that Xu Qi 'an was Number Three.
Number Three will never appear again … Li Miaozhen added in her heart, feeling a little sad.
Xu Qi 'an sacrificed himself?
Within the Heaven & Earth Society, the one who reacted the most strongly was Hengy Yuan, followed by Number Four. However, Number Four was purely feeling pity for the talent.
Monk Hengy Yuan was different. He once again experienced the grief of his junior brother Heng Hui's death.
[Two: After the beginning of spring, I will go to the capital. Number One, I want to know all the information about the younger generation of Renzong.]
Number One did not reply to her again.
…
Yunzhou was now a mess. The officials in the city of the White Emperor were in turmoil and everyone was in a panic.
As the inspector appointed by the imperial court, Inspector Zhang could not leave. He wrote a report about the case in Yunzhou and submitted it to the imperial court. Then, he stayed in Yunzhou to take charge of the situation and wait for the imperial court's order. When the new Chief Secretary arrived in Yunzhou, he could only return to the capital.
Jiang Lvzhong and Yang Yan stayed in Yunzhou to suppress the bandits and protect Inspector Zhang.
However, the bodies of Xu Qi 'an, the three silver gongs, and one bronze gong had to be transported back to the capital. They were heroes and should not be buried in a foreign land. In the winter, the bodies would not rot in a short time, but they could not be left in Yunzhou for a long time.
The task of escorting the four bodies back to the capital was given to Min Shan and Min Yinlu.
Li Yuchun and the other two decided to stay in Yunzhou to participate in suppressing the bandits and vent their sorrow. At the same time, deep in their hearts, they did not dare to bring Xu Qi 'an's body back to the capital. They were afraid to face his family.
Inspector Zhang prepared the coffins for the five night watchmen. He bowed deeply and did not get up for a long time.
When he sealed the coffins, Inspector Zhang placed the four letters sent from the capital on Xu Qi 'an's chest.
…
February 2nd, the Day of Spring Sacrifice.
There was no Spring Festival in this world, but there was a festival similar to it called the Day of Spring Sacrifice.
On this day, the emperor led the civil and military officials to worship the heavens, praying for good weather and peace for the country. It was the most important day in Daibun.
Every family would worship the heavens, cook sheep and slaughter cows. Even the busiest people would return home on the Day of Spring Sacrifice to reunite with their families.
The spring was chilly and thin ice floated on the canal. The official boats slowly headed north, on their way home.
Xu Qi 'an woke up on the Day of Spring Sacrifice.
