Fu Xiu hurried to the prefectural yamen, only to see Prefect Xia Fenghua packing his luggage, preparing to take his entire household and flee Youzhou.
Fu Xiu hurried forward to stop Prefect Xia. "Sir, the catastrophe has broken out! Let's take the common folk of the city and flee this place!"
Xia Fenghua shoved him aside and raged, "Take them? How can we take them? You know this is a catastrophe too! If we can escape with our lives, it'll mean our ancestors are burning high incense!"
Fu Xiu furrowed his brows, but seeing that Xia Fenghua's family—other than Xia Fenghua himself—were all in states of metamorphosis, he stopped speaking.
Xia Fenghua summoned the Earth Book to protect his family, then activated a Myriad Souls Banner. He shook the Myriad Souls Banner, sending ghosts and gods within it dancing into the air to lift his whole family up.
Just as Xia Fenghua was about to leave, he caught sight of Fu Xiu still standing in place with a bewildered look.
Xia Fenghua felt a twinge of soft-heartedness. He tossed down a Myriad Souls Banner and said, "Fu Xiu, how many people you can save depends on your own ability."
He took his family and rose into the air, shaking the Myriad Souls Banner. The ghosts and gods hoisted up the pale clouds, piercing the void and flying away.
Fu Xiu grabbed the Myriad Souls Banner, feeling slightly more at ease, and immediately headed straight for the Talisman Master Association. The Myriad Souls Banner can rouse ten thousand ghosts at once to save ten thousand people, he thought. *With this treasure, plus mobilizing the talisman masters of the Talisman Master Association to activate the Heavenly Court Token and use the Lesser Heavens, I might just be able to save the people