Strictly speaking, Yu Ziqing could only be certain that the person in front of him was the one who had been backlashed by the Hungry Ghost's incense power.
Although the only person who might have been backlashed was White Sun Holy Mother.
As his thoughts raced, the young girl in the courtyard had already waved at the youth.
"Big Brother, the city has sent us grain."
White Sun Holy Mother stood rooted to the spot, feeling somewhat numb.
Just now, the people from the village had gone to inform him that someone from the city had arrived, so he had immediately hurried back.
Bianlan City had originally been merely a small city. According to Great Li's current plans, it should now be called a county.
Every month, someone from the county would come—not only to inspect them, the former believers, but more importantly to examine the village's farming situation and mediate the water disputes that frequently arose between villages.
He actually had not paid much attention to it. He only needed to go through the motions. If he were absent, trouble might arise instead.
He just had not expected this time to be different.
The young man leading the group was of mediocre strength. Judging from his surging Blood Essence, he should be a body cultivator. A body cultivator of this level could only serve as a minor county official, which was perfectly normal.
But the old man standing behind that young man had an aura so tightly restrained that he gave White Sun Holy Mother an intensely dangerous feeling.
He did not know whether the other party had seen through him, but he had no choice left. He could only act as he had in the past and hope that no flaw would be exposed.
"You're A Xiao from