Wei Yuan waved his hand, letting his two protégés leave the Haohui Tower.

Nangong Qianrou, who had grown accustomed to Wei Yuan's anger, didn't bother to complain or mock him. She left without a word.

Yang Yan stood at the bottom of the tower, waiting for his adoptive father to finish talking to Xu Qi'an.

In the teahouse, only the two of them remained. Wei Qingyi turned a teacup upside down and poured a cup of tea for Xu Qi'an. "About the Heavenly Dao Society?"

"I did receive a message from the Heavenly Dao Society, from the God of Poison." Xu Qi'an was a little surprised and took the cup of tea. It tasted slightly bitter but had a sweet aftertaste.

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"Number Five in the Heavenly Dao Society is a member of the God of Poison's tribe and holds some influence. Yesterday, they sent a message through the earth book, saying that there were signs of the revival of the God of Poison in Jiyuan."

Wei Yuan paused for a moment, "Before the Jiazi Cleansing of Demons, the God of Poison was suppressed by the Poison Tribe and the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom. Now that the Ten Thousand Demons Kingdom has been destroyed, there are not many top-notch experts, and the Poison Tribe alone may not be able to resist the revival of the God of Poison."

As he spoke, his expression became sorrowful. The head of the Earth Sect had gone mad, the God of Poison was showing signs of revival, and the sound of reading from the Cloud and Deer Academy echoed in the sky... all these things indicated that something bad was going to happen.

Turbulence in various places often meant a year of great chaos.

"In recent years, the ambition of the Buddhist sect has been growing stronger." Wei Yuan sighed.

Xu Qi'an's heart moved, "Did the Buddhist sect destroy the Demon Kingdom to spread their religion?"

Wei Yuan sneered, "Was it for the sake of the people?"

He paused and asked, "What do you need to report to me?"

Xu Qi'an adjusted his expression and said, "I have already investigated the sealed object under Sangpo's control. This matter involves a secret from five hundred years ago and may cause great disaster. My strength is weak, and I dare not conceal it..."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan's eyes flickered with a strange light, but he concealed his shock well and probed, "Sealed object?"

"It's the First Generation Supervisor." Xu Qi'an shared the secret carefully and lowered his voice, "The First Generation Supervisor is sealed under Sangpo. At that time, Emperor Wu usurped the throne... relying on his virtue to ascend the throne. The First Generation Supervisor did not support Emperor Wu. After Emperor Wu ascended the throne, there was no record of the First Generation Supervisor in the history books."

Wei Yuan listened without changing his expression and nodded slightly, "Your analysis is very reasonable."

Xu Qi'an took the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot, "Emperor Yuan Jing has not yet announced the situation to the public. Everyone is in the dark. However, if the First Generation Supervisor conflicts with the current Supervisor, the capital..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but he believed that Wei Yuan could understand his meaning.

Wei Yuan held the teacup and stared at the blue and white pattern on it. He changed the subject inexplicably, "Have you felt any pain in your dantian recently?"

Xu Qi'an was taken aback, wondering how Wei Yuan knew.

Recently, he had been practicing qigong and always felt uncomfortable with a burning sensation in his stomach. He wanted to excrete something, but he couldn't. He had thought of asking Fu Xiang for help, but he was too busy with his tasks and couldn't spare the time to go to the brothel.

"Yes," Wei Yuan nodded, "This means that you have entered the realm of Qi cultivation. Later, this pain will surge to your middle dantian, and then to your upper dantian. At that time, you will be able to enter the realm of refining the gods.""I'm good at studying, but not so much at martial arts. However, I've accumulated some experience and can guide you a bit."

"When your pain moves to your lower abdomen, I'll have someone send you a visualization technique to help you enter the refining realm faster."

"In the refining realm, you have to rebuild your physical body and strive to know it like the back of your hand... but that's all for later."

Although Wei Yuan is extremely intelligent, he doesn't have much talent in martial arts? Heh heh, Xu Qi'an feels balanced in his heart... "Thank you for your guidance, Master Wei. I am willing to do anything for you."

Wei Yuan chuckled, "You're not an idiot, but sometimes you're even more foolish than one."

This is not foolishness, it's principle, it's faith, learn a little about Marxism... Xu Qi'an thought to himself, while feeling a bit sad that there was a gap between him and this era.

"There's one more thing I think you should know. His Majesty issued a decree today to lift the city ban." Wei Yuan looked at Xu Qi'an with a strange smile on his face, as if mocking, teasing, or taunting him.

"???"

Xu Qi'an's face stiffened.

This is unreasonable, this is impossible!

Emperor Yuan Jing's attitude is problematic, the first generation supervisor has been released from captivity, and the contemporary supervisor and the royal family are the first targets. Under these circumstances, the normal operation should be to close the door and eliminate the threat.

Opening the city gate has several meanings, such as showing goodwill to the first generation supervisor and living in peace with each other?

Impossible. Although Emperor Yuan Jing is an incompetent emperor, he is not a fool. Moreover, the contemporary supervisor would not agree to Emperor Yuan Jing's betrayal of the revolution.

Yes, the attitude of that old supervisor is also strange. The teacher has risen from the dead, shouldn't you lead your sorcerers and step on the coffin lid, shouting: "Help me stabilize this old man's coffin board!"

The result is feigning illness!

Is there a deeper purpose behind this, such as the first generation supervisor being sealed for five hundred years, not at the peak anymore, and hiding somewhere to heal?

Intentionally opening the city gate to lure the enemy out of the city, and then taking the opportunity to move the battlefield out of the capital?

"You have a lot of question marks, little friend." Xu Qi'an smiled bitterly as he left Haoyi Tower.

Xu Qi'an gathered some people and gave three orders. The first order was for Chu Caiwei of the Supervisor of Heaven's Observatory to investigate the whereabouts of the artifact that conceals one's aura.

The second order was for Min Shan and Yang Feng, the two silver gongs, to continue verifying the production and use of gunpowder in the Ministry of Works.

The third order was to go to the prefectural government and interrogate the county magistrate of Taikang.

The first two orders were not a big deal, but the third order confused everyone.

Xu Qi'an explained, "Don't you think it's strange how the demon clan knew about the saltpeter mine in Dahuang Mountain?"

At these words, everyone was stunned.

"Right, could it be that the demon clan is secretly mining in the gray area?" Xu Qi'an sneered, "Of course, someone is colluding with the demon clan. Dahuang Mountain is in Taikang County, and the county magistrate is definitely involved."

The three silver gongs and more than ten bronze gongs showed great respect.

Xu Qi'an is meticulous in his thinking and experienced, the gold medal was not given to him for no reason.

The three groups went their separate ways at the gate of the yamen to complete their tasks.Xu Qi'an watched Chu Caiwei's bumpy figure on horseback and suddenly felt that one day, it would also be a pleasing sight to see her from below.

"Boss, why doesn't His Majesty summon the astrologers of the Bureau of Astronomy and question the court officials one by one?"

"You just had Caiwei miss go investigate the device that blocks divination." Li Yuchun glanced at Xu Qi'an, who was originally his subordinate but now became his subordinate's subordinate.

After a pause, he added, "Astrologers are also human."

If they were human, they could be bought. For small cases, it didn't matter, but for matters involving the court officials, it couldn't rely solely on the astrologers. Emperor Yuan Jing was both suspicious and had a strong desire for power... Xu Qi'an nodded slightly.

Song Tingfeng beside him found an opportunity to speak up, "Ning Yan, you're familiar with Caiwei miss from the Bureau of Astronomy, right?"

Xu Qi'an nodded.

Song Tingfeng continued, "I have a friend who's been feeling weak lately... I want to help him find some medicine to strengthen his kidneys and yang."

Xu Qi'an didn't expose his lie and said with a smile, "Tell your friend not to play too much Russian roulette."

Li Yuchun frowned, looking puzzled. "What Russian what?"

Xu Qi'an, Zhu Guangxiao, and Song Tingfeng smiled at each other.

...

At Yunlu Academy, after more than two hours of class, the dean Zhao Shou admonished the students to work hard and waved his sleeve, "From where you came, return there."

He disappeared abruptly.

The students were already used to it and began to discuss the recent major events in the capital.

"Why was Sangpo bombed? It's the place where the founding emperor of The Great Feng proved the Dao, and it was destroyed by a bunch of hooligans. They are all a bunch of waste. If Yunlu Academy was in charge of the capital, this kind of thing wouldn't happen."

"Enough is enough."

The students were filled with righteous indignation and habitually cursed at the heavens and the earth, despising anyone who wasn't a scholar.

Xu Xinnian packed up his books and was about to leave when a student behind him shouted, "Old Word, let's go for a walk in the mountains."

Go hiking in the dead of winter and drink the northwest wind? Xu Xinnian shook his head and warned, "Black hair doesn't know the importance of studying early, white hair regrets studying late."

As he was about to leave, he heard a student behind him say sarcastically, "Xu Cijiu is now in the Body Refinement Realm, he's different from us now, and he probably looks down on us."

Xu Xinnian turned around and saw that it was Zhu Tuizhi, who was supposed to have received the jade pendant from the great scholar Ziyang but was blocked by him.

Furthermore, their relationship was not good, and they had exchanged barbs with each other a few years ago.

Xu Xinnian sneered, "Don't frame me, I've never been with you."

Zhu Tuizhi became furious, "Xu Xinnian, don't think that you're better than anyone just because you've become a Tier 8. You're just one step ahead."

The students of the academy were both envious and jealous of Xu Xinnian's promotion to the Body Refinement Realm.

Xu Xinnian said indifferently, "I didn't even use any effort to enter the Body Refinement Realm. Am I proud of that? A few days ago, I visited the Princess Chang and gained her appreciation. Am I proud of that? Later, I'm going to ask my teacher for advice and consolidate my cultivation, and listen to the divine wonders of the Tier 7 Realm. Am I proud of that?"

He looked at Zhu Tuizhi's face and suddenly sneered.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhu Tuizhi glared at him.Xu Cijiu sneered, "Some people's faces are as ugly as a wrongful case."

... Other students felt offended.

Zhu Tuizhi exploded on the spot and rushed over to fight Xu Xinnian, but was firmly blocked by his classmates.

"Tuizhi, why argue with him?"

"Xu Cijiu's mouth is as sharp as Wu Fu's knife. Let's not argue with him."

"... Don't be impulsive. You are no match for him, whether it's words or martial arts."

Xu Xinnian left proudly.

These people felt like they could jump up and down without paying attention to him for a while.

When it comes to arguing, Xu Cijiu is no less capable than anyone else.

...

The prefecture of Jingzhao manages fifteen counties around the capital. The prefect of Taikang County is being held in the dungeon of the prefectural yamen.

Xu Qi'an led his men into the prefectural yamen and went straight to the hall of the assistant magistrate. The assistant magistrate was not there, and the official on duty frowned and asked, "What brings you here, gentlemen?"

Song Tingfeng said, "We are here to interrogate the official prisoner, Zhao, the prefect of Taikang County."

The official asked again, "Do you have a letter from the prefect?"

Song Tingfeng shook his head.

The official was no longer polite, "Please leave."

Is Nightwatcher too arrogant to try to take the prisoner without a letter from the prefect? You need to be accommodating outside, but this is the prefectural yamen. Can you just interrogate the prisoner without proper procedures?

"You bastard!"

The assistant magistrate, who had just returned, heard the conversation and his face changed slightly. He walked over quickly and scolded them.

Then he ordered someone to take Xu Qi'an and his men to the dungeon.

"Assistant magistrate..." The official was a bit aggrieved, "This is against the rules."

"Nonsense, he's going to die anyway. Why bother with these things?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

"That person is Xu Qi'an, the madman who killed someone in front of the Ministry of Punishment. Do you want to accompany him to his death?"

"Thank you for saving my life, sir."

Xu Qi'an had lived in the dungeon of the prefectural yamen before and had some acquaintance with Jack and Xiaoqiang here.

Led by the jailer, they arrived at the dungeon where the prefect of Taikang County was being held.

"Get up, someone wants to talk to you." The jailer knocked on the fence with a stick.

The prefect of Taikang County, wearing prisoner clothes, lay sideways on a tattered mat, with his back to everyone, motionless, as if he hadn't heard.

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