**Prefecture of Linhai.**

After bidding farewell to Jiang Wang, Lin You Xie’s face remained expressionless.

The Green Card possessed secret channels, allowing them to find lodging anywhere. But Wu Lie hadn’t utilized the Green Card’s resources in a long time.

The two walked amidst the crowd, just like any ordinary pair of grandfather and granddaughter, intimate and natural.

“Not in a good mood?” Wu Lie asked casually, “Because of Jiang Qingyang’s attitude?”

He didn’t believe Lin You Xie harbored any special feelings for Jiang Wang. With such little contact, it wouldn’t have reached that point.

However, faced with a young man who was undeniably excellent in every respect, his attitude of avoidance, like one would shun snakes and scorpions, would inevitably lead to self-doubt.

Lin You Xie didn’t deny it, simply asking, “If he is a good person, and he hates me, does that mean I am a bad person?”

Wu Lie smiled, “The world’s standard for evaluating good and bad people is not always the same as the way we Green Card execute right and wrong.”

“You are not a good person, and neither am I. But we are not bad people either. Law is rules, it is order. A true Green Card must first strip away the definitions of good and bad, and only obey ‘law’.”

“Jiang Qingyang recoiling from us is very normal. Anyone who is being watched by us will hate us. But this is no reason for us to doubt ourselves, nor do we need to change for this.”

“An excellent Green Card will inevitably be hated by people and detested by ghosts. The more excellent, the more so. This is because they only speak of rules, not human emotions.”

Wu Lie opened his palm, tracing the lines, seemingly recounting stories from times past. “But people’s evaluation of good and bad truly only cares about ‘good for me’ or ‘bad for me’, not good and bad in itself. This is a common human sentiment. However, law does not tolerate emotion.”

“Uncle Wu,” Lin You Xie pondered for a moment, then said, “You say we must strip away right and wrong, and only obey ‘law’, obey rules. But you have been investigating the Tian family for so many years without any permission, nor any legal order supporting you. Isn’t this not conforming to the rules, not following ‘law’, and violating your own path?”

“That you can think to this step is very good,” Wu Lie retracted his hand, and said softly, “You said ‘permission’ and ‘support’, not ‘law’. A command from a powerful figure, a verbal decree from someone, are also not ‘law’. ‘Law’ is fair like water, tending towards balance everywhere, impartial to all. ‘Law’ is the Xie Zhi, striking evil upon seeing it, regardless of others. It is unrelated to loyalty, filial piety, wisdom, foolishness, good, evil, noble, or lowly. If there are evil deeds, then the law will rope them in.”

“Those you say should support me but do not, they obey not ‘law’, but power, pros and cons, and considerations. In their world, the value of one person, one family, overrides ‘law’.”

“My path is different from theirs.”

“I follow my ‘law’, I walk my path. I care not for matters, I avoid not people or ghosts.”

“I care not for matters, I avoid not people or ghosts.” Lin You Xie murmured these eight words, feeling an especially resolute power.

She seemed to have gained something, and also seemed to have lost something.

After she had digested it for a while, as they walked, Wu Lie suddenly asked, “Do you want to go to the Three Punishments Palace?”

“Ah?” Lin You Xie was stunned.

She had been raised by Wu Lie since childhood; it was not an exaggeration to say they were like biological grandfather and granddaughter. How could she not know that in Wu Lie’s heart, the weight of Qi Country far exceeded that of the Three Punishments Palace?

This person had the qualifications to cultivate in the Three Punishments Palace at any time, but even after retiring from the Green Card, he had never entertained such a thought. Going to another country to seek the dao was not something to be ashamed of, and the country itself would not obstruct it. But for some people, the heart that protected their country was where their dao resided.

Wu Lie’s question at this moment inevitably carried a hint of melancholy.

After a moment of thought, Lin You Xie said, “My parents are both Qi people, and I am also a Qi person.”

Wu Lie did not force her, only saying, “That is also good.”

The two remained silent. The figures of grandfather and granddaughter slowly disappeared into the crowd.

Every drop of “water” surging within the crowd had its own magnificent life.

Some leapt out of the water, making themselves known to the world, while others sank into the sea, silent and unknown.

But regardless of whether they were old or young, wise or foolish, prominent or downfallen, all people were in it. All people surged together, and that was the crowd.

“Master, where are we going?” Fan Qingqing asked.

Although she was an inner mansion cultivator, she had always stayed on the islands near the sea. Up to now, this was her first time coming to Qi Country, and she was very curious about everything here, her eyes constantly moving along the way.

“I will write you a letter. Take the letter and go to Qingyang Town in Yang Di. Find a girl named Du Gu Xiao. She is my confidante and helps me manage my fief. If there are any oversights in handling affairs, you can teach her more.”

Jiang Wang had already made arrangements in his heart. “Qi Country is very safe. Those who are pursuing you will not dare to come to Qi for at least five years. Just rest in Qingyang Town and simultaneously help me build Zheng Sheng Hall. After I finish my business in Lin Zi, I will return once.”

Even leaving cultivation aside, Fan Qingqing’s vision and means, once an elder of a sect, were far beyond what Du Gu Xiao could compare to.

But in terms of trustworthiness, Fan Qingqing was naturally far inferior to Du Gu Xiao.

Sending Fan Qingqing to Qingyang Town was partly because the role she could play in Lin Zi was limited. Jiang Wang himself lived in the Chong Xuan Sheng Mansion all year round, and if anything happened, he fundamentally didn’t need Fan Qingqing. Sending an inner mansion realm cultivator to Qingyang Town would certainly have the effect of suppressing everything.

With the rapid development of De Sheng Merchant Guild day by day, Qingyang Town, as the hub of the merchant guild in Yang Di, was becoming increasingly important. Du Gu Xiao was actually unable to hold the fort, relying purely on the Chong Xuan family’s tiger skin. However, a tiger skin worn for too long is ultimately not a real tiger.

Letting Fan Qingqing go to Qingyang Town could also happen to teach Du Gu Xiao, allowing her to grow faster.

And the most important reason was actually Zheng Sheng Hall.

His boundless success on the islands near the sea this time was not entirely due to him, Jiang someone, being outstanding and unbeatable. The immense support from Qi Country could not be ignored either.

A person with sober understanding must know where their achievements come from. If they are arrogant enough to attribute everything to themselves, that is the time of their self-destruction.

Similar records are repeatedly seen in historical books.

Jiang Wang’s extensive construction in his fief exactly indicated a part of his loyalty. This indicated that he had a deeper sense of belonging to Qi Country and wanted to settle down here.

Compared to this, Zheng Sheng Hall’s assistance to the voice department cultivation of the Five Immortals Like Dream Order was still secondary.

Fan Qingqing, of course, had no objection to Jiang Wang’s decision and left with the letter.

A dignified inner mansion realm cultivator, with a clear address, of course, wouldn’t fail to find a place. Qi Country wasn’t the kind of region where there was no protection from dawn to dusk; even ordinary people could go out for a stroll.

Jiang Wang rented a horse carriage, and as usual, unwilling to waste any time, planned to return to Lin Zi while cultivating.

Of course, the Bao family’s carriage business firmly refused to do business with him. He paid double the price and only managed to rent a horse carriage from a small local carriage business.

However, the horse carriage had not traveled far when it was stopped.

“May I ask, is the person inside the carriage Lord Jiang Wang?”