Who could have guessed that the more Xu Yi hinted he had no intention of opposing Mu Kuang, the more tightly wound Mu Kuang became? It was only when Xu Yi said that his next priority was cultivating prosperous incense offerings in Anlu and that he might need Director Mu's help that Mu Kuang finally relaxed. After making a show of promising to take care of everything, he took his leave, all the while marveling at how hard-won his life was.
As Xu Yi watched Mu Kuang leave, Huang Mei popped out and cried, "Just as expected, one punch opens the way and saves you from a hundred more. You really are the clever one. Now you should hurry and condense Incense Spirit Essence. This determines whether you can truly shed your mortal body and ascend to the ranks of the immortals."
Xu Yi immediately summoned Right Cao Official Xie Hua and the newly appointed Left Cao Official Tu Min, then announced his governing program.
After hearing it, Xie Hua fell silent, while Tu Min stared up at the sky. Both men had seen plenty in their time, but neither had ever heard of anything so absurd. Xu Yi was actually demanding that every official, great and small, in the entire City God's Mansion be stationed at Anlu's six City God Temples to listen to the people's hardships.
"What, do the two of you think this Immortal Lord's strategy won't work?"
Xu Yi's voice turned cold.
Xie Hua couldn't help trembling. He hurriedly said, "Since the Immortal Lord has given the order, I will certainly do my utmost." As one of the survivors of Xu Yi's plot to kill Liu Qingping, Xie Hua, like Mu Kuang, was convinced that the uncle-and-nephew pair Liu Yuanshan and Liu Qingping had died at