How quickly your emotions shift! After seeking the collection, you find even greater convenience.

The meeting of the Yellow River draws the gaze of the world.

Everything upon the River-Viewing Platform will be dissected and analyzed by all.

As the Chief of the Yellow River Meeting’s Inner Mansion trials, Jiang Wang naturally commands the most attention.

It is no longer a secret that he carries an inheritance from the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, a relic of the near-ancient era.

That technique, the Step on Azure Clouds Immortal Technique, which allows one to walk on air as though treading solid ground, effortless and free, can truly be called peerless under heaven.

It was precisely because of this that the Divination Master knew that the Immortal Lord of Cloud Top Immortal Palace, whom he had sought through divination in the state of Yong without success, was in fact Jiang Wang, the favored son of the state of Qi.

With the fierce reputation of the Human Demon, having found his target, of course he must come to his door.

But the state of Qi is not the state of Yong.

He dared to divine the secrets of heaven, to boldly extinguish the Azure Cloud Pavilion within the state of Yong, yet it is impossible for him to infiltrate the state of Qi and deal with Jiang Wang. Let alone him, even the Chief of the Human Demon tribe, were he to dare enter Qi, would find only death.

But the Divination Master is a Divination Master after all, and he is, after all, the second among the Human Demons, the Fortune-Telling Human Demon!

Sometimes, to deal with a person, there is no need to get too close.

Just like… now.

Today’s Qing Yang Town is a stark contrast to its usual tranquility.

The fierce soldiers of Qi search everywhere, their shouts, the cries of small children, mingling with the clatter of bottles and jars…

Though constrained by Chong Xuan Sheng’s threat, these soldiers dare not go too far. Yet, searching itself is a kind of destruction.

It first destroys the prestige of the domain lord, the sense of security of the domain’s people.

Secondly, rummaging through boxes and cabinets is in itself a form of tangible destruction, inevitably causing chaos and disruption.

Everyone in the Qing Yang Town Hall is confined, and the entire domain of Qing Yang Town lies open to the search teams.

Chong Xuan Sheng goes nowhere, merely following leisurely behind Zhang Wei Yu, interjecting a few sentences from time to time.

“Hey, old man, make a note! If anything is missing from your home later – gold, silver, Dao Yuan Stones, whatever – Official Department Lang Zhong Zhang will see to the compensation!”

“Come, come, quickly make way for Lord Zhang! You, yes, you! What are you doing? Seeing Lord Zhang arrive and not even stepping aside? Is that not hating the country? Where are you from? What is your surname and given name? What do you do? Do you have some unspeakable secret purpose?”

“Hey! Look at those eyes of yours!”

“Eyes open wider, all of you! Bring out the valuable things, oh no, bring out all the evidence of crime! Otherwise, today you will surely witness Lord Zhang’s ferocity!”

Zhang Wei Yu knew that within the domain of Qing Yang Town, the reputation of “dog official” would definitely cling to him…

This person could not be hit or scolded, yet persistently clung to him like a dog-skin plaster.

After several such occurrences, he could only abandon his attempt to “lead by example,” his face sinking as he returned to the town hall, thinking that sitting down and asking questions was a better course. He naturally headed towards the main seat.

Unexpectedly, a thin figure once again blocked his path.

Zhang Wei Yu’s face was extremely displeased: “What more do you want to do?”

Du Gu Xiao lowered his eyelids, explaining very seriously: “This is my family’s Lord Jue’s seat. When he is not present, it remains empty. No one else can sit in it.”

Zhang Wei Yu was so angry he laughed, pointing at Du Gu Xiao and saying to his subordinates on either side: “A mere pavilion chief, yet he dares to obstruct repeatedly like this! One can only imagine how arrogant this Jiang Wang must be in his usual demeanor!”

Chong Xuan Sheng reached out from a distance, and a great force of gravity pulled Du Gu Xiao forcibly away: “What immense courage you possess! A small pavilion chief actually dares to block the way!”

“Do you perhaps know, that court discussion doctor, Master Chen, once said a sentence? ‘Where the law does not prohibit, there is freedom’!”

“Do you understand the meaning of this?”

“Which Qi Law stipulates that an Official Department Lang Zhong cannot sit in this seat?”

“Master Zhang is a capable assistant to Master Chen.”

“Let alone a mere seat in Qing Yang Town, even if it were higher, higher, higher, even higher! Hey! I say he can sit, and he has sat!”

By the time Chong Xuan Sheng finished speaking this half-sentence, Zhang Wei Yu had already seated himself on a nearby chair, no longer insisting on the main seat.

Chen Fu’s original words were, “Where the law does not prohibit, there is freedom; where virtue does not bind, all can be pardoned.” His original meaning was to discuss the boundary between law and morality.

But Chong Xuan Sheng deliberately twisted the meaning by taking it out of context like this, and he had no way to connect it.

As soon as he sat down, he said: “Next, this official will personally interrogate the case!”

His meaning was now clear. If Chong Xuan Sheng were to casually interject again, it would be obstructing official business.

He could not afford to not use the Qi Law to suppress him.

Fourth-grade blue card holder Ma Xiong, not knowing when, had also entered the town hall. However, he merely silently found a seat, then remained motionless, his eyes fixed on his nose, and his nose on his heart.

In this whole mess of a dog-fart stove and broken affairs, it was not good for him to investigate, and not good for him not to investigate. Zhang Wei Yu had thrown the burden, and he also quickly withdrew. Anyway, his main duty this time was to supervise Zhang Wei Yu—although Chong Xuan Sheng was already “supervising” very specifically and quite effectively.

Zhang Wei Yu also ignored him, only lifting his eyes to face Fan Qing Qing and saying: “I heard you are of Sea race origin?”

Fan Qing Qing said: “Replying to milord, indeed so. I was located at the Five Immortals Gate, which was destroyed by evil people. Fortunately, I was taken in by Lord Jue Jiang, and then in this town, I built buildings and halls with him. Counting on my fingers, it has already been several months.”

What she said was, of course, the truth, but it also subtly distanced herself from Jiang Wang. She indicated that she was not a close confidant.

“An expert of the Inner Mansion realm with your kind of rich experience may not be able to use up their talent in a small town domain.” Zhang Wei Yu, of course, heard that this woman was not as loyal as Du Gu Xiao. Looking at her, his eyes held encouragement: “Perhaps you can investigate later, who destroyed your sect?”

Fan Qing Qing was not a young person just out of the mountains. She had once held the position of an elder in a super-ordinary sect, and naturally would not be swayed by this degree of hint.

She only shook her head, her face bitter as she said: “My power is weak and meager, and I cannot investigate.”

She would not exhaust herself bowing for Jiang Wang, but in front of so many people, she also did not dare to deliberately frame or harm Jiang Wang.

Zhang Wei Yu had originally made a casual move, and failing to achieve his goal, he did not care much. Thus, he looked towards Du Gu Xiao again: “How long have you followed Jiang Wang, and do you have any other family?”

Du Gu Xiao said: “My parents are both dead, and I have no siblings. I was merely a common maid, casually bought and sold by people. Lord Jue pitied my loneliness, pitied my hard labor, and granted me extraordinary ability…”

Zhang Wei Yu tutted, then stopped asking her. Suddenly, his gaze was like electricity, staring at that timid man leaning against the doorframe.

Zhang Hai suddenly flinched, his hand subconsciously moving behind his back.

“What are you hiding in your hand?” Zhang Wei Yu asked sternly.

Before Zhang Hai could reply, a Chopping Rain Army soldier stepped forward. With a swift grab, he seized the sheepskin roll hidden in Zhang Hai’s hand and offered it to Zhang Wei Yu.

Zhang Wei Yu unfolded it and saw some obscure things that he could not understand.

Squinting at Zhang Hai, he sneered: “Zhang Hai, is it? What secrets do you have? It is best to confess now. If you wait until this official investigates, it may be too late!”

Zhang Hai was extremely nervous.

He was originally just an ordinary cultivator, mediocre and without achievement, pinning his hopes on illusory fantasies. Only because of his early friendship with Jiang Wang did he always stay in Qing Yang Town. He truly had no experience dealing with a big figure like Zhang Wei Yu. For a time, he stuttered and found it difficult to speak: “I… I…”

“Alright, no need to speak!”

Zhang Wei Yu waved him away and handed the sheepskin roll to his subordinate: “Go and have someone examine this. What secret language is this?”

“Milord… milord!” Zhang Hai braced himself and said: “This is not some secret language, this is a pill formula I… newly researched!”

Zhang Wei Yu’s face was expressionless, but his hand was already clenched tightly.

He looked at the sheepskin roll again, on which was written—

“Nine pieces of Pu flower, four pieces of You stone, half-dried grass, three steams of rice, water from an empty mountain, fog from a Dao technique, mixed together as one…”

Again it was flower, again it was stone, again it was grass, again it was rice, again it was water, again it was fog. You are telling me you are refining pills???

Are you truly not afraid of eating yourself to death?

Chong Xuan Sheng choked, a laugh escaping him.

Then, as if he could no longer hold back, he burst into loud laughter.