"Dong! Dong!
Dong! "Two days passed quickly. Just as Ye Xuan was recovering the Primordial Essence he had used to practice talismans and draw talismans, the door to his room suddenly rang.
After withdrawing his consciousness from his body and exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Ye Xuan used his Divine Telekinesis to look outside the door and found that it was Zhiqiu, who had been out for two days.
With a thought, the tightly shut door opened automatically.
"Senior!" The door opened, and Zhiqiu Yiye walked straight in. He saw Ye Xuan sitting cross-legged. "Senior, you were cultivating. Sorry to disturb you."
"I didn't!" Ye Xuan shook his head and said, "How is it? Are you sure?"
"Yes, Senior, you have a great foresight. I didn't expect that the State Protector was really an old demon in disguise." Zhiqiu felt a little ashamed when he remembered that he had doubted Ye Xuan's words.
"Yes!" Ye Xuan nodded and asked, "Since you're back, has the State Protector arrived at Jinhua County?"
"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. There are many officials waiting at the city gate to welcome them. I think they should be at the city gate soon," Zhiqiu said.
"Alright, let's go and take a look." Hearing that Kṣitigarbha had entered the city, Ye Xuan got out of bed and called out to Zhiqiu. Then, the two of them moved toward the city gate.
At the east gate, the people who were supposed to be coming and going had been pushed to the sides. Instead, dozens of officers from the magistrate's office were guarding the gate. In the middle of the officers was a group of officials in official robes. The leader was a fat man in a green official robe. There was a sparrow embroidered on his chest. Obviously, he was the county magistrate of Jinhua County.
The weather was so hot that the fat county magistrate's face was covered with sweat even though the pointy-mouthed monkey-stuffed advisor was fanning him with all his might. Even so, he didn't look like going back to avoid the heat at all. Instead, he looked at the official road in front of him with an eager expression.
"They're here, I see them, Sir. They seem to be the guards of honor of the State Protector …" the advisor suddenly shouted in surprise.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and sure enough, they saw a group suddenly appear on the official road in the distance.
There were about twenty people in this group, and most of them were carrying golden lids, battle tents, Buddhist bells, golden drums, drums, gongs, and many other Buddhist instruments. Buddhist chants drifted in the wind, and among this group, the most eye-catching was the soft sedan in the middle. The sedan was carried by four novice monks, and a plain white veil separated the person sitting in the sedan from the outside world. One could only vaguely see a figure sitting in the sedan.
"Senior, senior, that old demon seems to be coming," Zhi Qiu, who was standing on one of the roofs with Ye Xuan, whispered to Ye Xuan.
"En!" Ye Xuan naturally saw the group coming from the official road. He calmly said to Leaf Zhiqiu, "Don't act rashly."
"Yes, Senior!" Although Leaf Zhiqiu did not understand why Ye Xuan did not directly expose Pudu Cihang, he thought for a moment and did not refute him. He believed that Ye Xuan must have a plan, otherwise, he would not have asked him to inquire about Pudu Cihang.
The speed at which the group moved was very strange. It seemed slow, but it was actually very fast. It seemed to be several miles away, but in a short while, it had already arrived in front of the city gate.
"I, Yang Yuan, the county magistrate of Jinhua County, pay my respects to the State Protector!" The fat county magistrate dashed to the guards of honor at a speed that was disproportionate to his body size, knelt on the ground, and bowed respectfully.
"Pay my respects to the State Protector!" When the other officials saw the county magistrate kneeling down, they quickly followed suit. Even some of the commoners who were watching from the side knelt down as well.
"This old demon sure is extravagant!" Zhi Qiu said disdainfully to the officials and commoners who were kneeling in front of the city gate.
"Lord Yang, you are too courteous. Please rise!" The procession stopped, and a soft voice came from the palanquin. Although the voice was soft, it seemed to have a magical power that spread in all directions and into the ears of the people around. These people couldn't help but stand up from the ground.
"Thank you, Lord Reverend!" Yang Yuan also stood up involuntarily. He was stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered and said, "Lord Reverend, I have already prepared a residence in the magistrate's office. I hope Lord Reverend won't mind. You can move to the magistrate's office so that I can welcome you."
"In that case, thank you, Lord Yang," Pudu Cihang did not stand on ceremony and said lightly.
"Lord Reverend, you are too polite. This way please!"
Watching the county magistrate of Jinhua County and Pudu Cihang's group leave, Ye Xuan and Leaf Zhiqiu came down from the roof and walked back to the inn.
"Senior, why didn't you just reveal the old demon's true identity in front of everyone just now?" After walking for a while with Ye Xuan, Leaf Zhiqiu finally could not help but ask the question in his mind.
"You have observed Pudu Cihang for two days. Have you found out what kind of background he has?" Hearing Leaf Zhiqiu's question, Ye Xuan smiled slightly. After all, he was a young man. He could endure it for a while, but not for long.
"Please enlighten me, Senior!" Leaf Zhiqiu shook his head and said.
"According to my speculation, Pudu Cihang may be a centipede demon with thousands of years of cultivation. His purpose is to use the fate of the Great Ming Nation to transform into a dragon. Let me ask you again. If you were to fight him, are you confident that you can enforce justice on behalf of Heaven?" Ye Xuan asked again.
"Senior, you must be joking. With my cultivation at the Early-stage of the Divine Transformation Realm, how can I be a match for this demon?" Leaf Zhiqiu smiled shyly and looked at Ye Xuan. "However, with your cultivation, you should be able to defeat this old demon, right?"
Ye Xuan smiled slightly, shook his head, and said without hesitation, "You think too highly of me. If I were to fight against a thousand-year-old demon, I might have a chance of winning. However, this old demon has cultivated for thousands of years and has a strong demonic power. Moreover, he has absorbed the fate of the Great Ming Nation over the years, so his demonic power is even more unfathomable. Under normal circumstances, even a Dao Integration cultivator would find it difficult to defeat him, let alone me."
"Then … then what should we do? Are we just going to watch this old demon wreak havoc on the world and make the common people live in misery? " Hearing Ye Xuan's words, Leaf Zhiqiu could not help but become anxious. "Senior, why don't I go back to my sect and ask for help? There is also a Dao Integration Grandmaster in my sect. If my sect can contact other hidden sects, they should be able to get rid of this old demon."
"Haha, there's no need to mobilize so many people." Ye Xuan shook his head and said with a faint smile, "Don't worry, I've already thought of a way to get rid of this old demon. According to my deduction, there will be an eclipse of the moon tomorrow night. At that time, the dark sky will disappear, and even though Kṣitigarbha has thousands of years of cultivation base, he will be greatly affected. That will be the best time for us to kill him. "
"I see. Senior is wise!"
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