Reporting to the Court

She had originally planned to go down the mountain to check on her family's fields, but unexpectedly, as soon as she descended the mountain, she saw the county magistrate in his blue official robes and a group of constables.

Upon hearing this, the three people in the sect's main hall quickly went out.

They used Concealment Technique to descend the mountain.

Sure enough, a group of constables and a man in a blue official robe were seen hesitating in front of the Heart-Questioning Road, surrounded by villagers.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment. If they didn't show up and let the villagers and officials speculate wildly, they might mistake this place for demons causing trouble and invite the cultivators from the Shangyang Sect or the soldiers to come over. That would be troublesome.

So after a moment's thought, he finally withdrew his Concealment Technique and walked out along the Heart-Questioning Road.

So the people outside the Heart-Questioning Road saw a handsome, tall young man in a white and blue Daoist robe calmly using the Air-Stepping Technique through the air to slowly walk down from this dreamlike mountain path and land on the ground.

Lin Xiao's gaze swept calmly over the crowd below the mountain path, and he spoke indifferently:

"What brings you gentlemen to my Lingxian Sect?"

Upon seeing this, Magistrate Wen immediately revered him as a deity, lowered his gaze, raised his hand in a deep bow towards Lin Xiao's direction, and said with a slightly fearful tone:

"Your humble Wen Keming, pays his respects to the Immortal! Yesterday, upon hearing the rumors circulating in the city about your esteemed place, I was concerned that something amiss and came here specifically to investigate. I was unaware that an Immortal was cultivating here in seclusion. Please forgive any inconvenience caused, Immortal—"

Upon seeing this, the servants and attendants behind him immediately followed suit and bowed deeply to Lin Xiao.

The villagers of Xiushui Village behind them looked completely bewildered.

If they weren't mistaken, that person in front of them, who looked like an immortal, seemed to be Lin Dayou's second son, right?

I haven't seen him much lately, and I never expected him to have transformed into such an ethereal and otherworldly figure!

A group of villagers who had watched him grow up playing with cats and dogs and frolicking in the mud fell into deep self-doubt.

Although many of them had been gossiping before, saying that the second son of the Lin Household had obtained a divine destiny and become an immortal, it was just talk.

Now that they've actually seen it with their own eyes, they're more surprised than anyone else.

Lin Xiao, standing on the mountain path, felt uncomfortable listening to the county magistrate speaking in official jargon. However, in order to maintain his 'immortal' appearance in the eyes of ordinary people and prevent them from accidentally thinking of him as some kind of demon, his expression remained unchanged.

He addressed the Magistrate Wen in a completely flat tone:

"This is the most important place in my Lingxian Sect. The mountain path here is called the Heart-Questioning Road, which is the only way for our sect to select disciples. There are no demons or monsters here. You should all disperse quickly and not disturb the people."

After saying that, he turned around and went back up the mountain without looking back, leaving a group of people staring blankly at his indifferent departing figure.

Only after his figure completely disappeared from the sight of the people below the mountain did they come to their senses.

The villagers began to whisper among themselves.

Magistrate Wen immediately got up and returned to his carriage.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry back to the county!"

He needs to go back and write an official document to report to the imperial court!

Immortals have even established sects within his territory!

I wonder if, after this matter is reported, I will be able to see it for myself.

Thus, Magistrate Wen's carriage did not stay in Xiushui Village for long before it hurriedly departed again.

After watching Magistrate Wen's carriage depart, the villagers of Xiushui Village went from whispering to loud discussion.

"Has the second son of the Lin Household really become an immortal?"

"Of course! Didn't you see it just now? That kid came down from the sky!"

"Pah! Pah! Pah! What 'that kid'! He should be called Immortal Lin! If you offend an immortal, don't drag me into it!"

"Oh my! I never thought that the Immortal Lin used to shout in the village that he wanted to take on disciples to cultivate immortality was actually right! If I had known, I should have let my son play with that Lin Household more often back then. Maybe he would be an immortal by now?"

"Tsk, if that's the case, then the youngest son of the Jiang Household, the son of the Qin Household, and the eldest son of the Hu Household— have they all become immortals?"

"Wow! I'm neighbors with an immortal!"

"Hey, did you guys hear that? Immortal Lin said that this 'Path of Heart-Questioning Road ' is the only way their sect can select disciples. Do you think if my kid walks this path, he can become an immortal too?"

When Magistrate Wen hurried back to the county government office in Anqun County, he went straight to his study without even washing his face and began drafting official documents for submission.

You should know that he usually pays the most attention to his appearance.

But he had no time to care about any of that right now; he only had one thought in mind.

This time, I might be able to ride the coattails of the Lingxian Sect and rise to great heights!

Excited Wen Keming's thoughts flowed freely, and he quickly wrote a beautifully written and eloquent official report.

He then immediately sealed the letter and summoned his trusted confidant to deliver it to the post station.

And it was repeatedly emphasized that it must be placed in the urgent document category.

As is customary.

This official document will first be sent to his superior, the Liaoju Prefecture.

Wen Keming thought for Wen Keming, then hastily wrote another letter. He immediately instructed his trusted confidants to prepare generous gifts, take the letter with them, and, while the city gates were still unlocked, leave the city that very night and ride at full speed towards Liaoju Prefecture.

I will try to deliver a gift and my letter to the prefect before this official document reaches the Liaoju Prefecture, so that he will make things easier for me.

He also promised in the letter to relinquish some of the credit.

Then, Wen Keming returned to his room in a good mood and began to bathe and change.

I've already started imagining what it would be like if I became incredibly successful.

And he's also thinking that he should visit Xiushui Village more often recently.

Try to build a relationship with the immortals; maybe they'll take a liking to you and give you some extra help.

However, what he didn't know was...

The next day, when his confidant delivered the gifts, Tong Shuzheng, the prefect of Liaoju Prefecture, read through his letter at a glance, but then ordered his confidant to take the gifts back.

He said he would handle matters officially.

Tell Magistrate Wen to stop engaging in such bribery.

After Wen Keming's confidants left, Tong Shuzheng immediately instructed his men to intercept the official report from Magistrate Wen when it was delivered to the prefectural city by the post station.

Place this document in the category with the slowest document delivery speed.

In other words, if his document had been sent through the expedited channel, it might have arrived in the capital in less than half a month.

However, now that Tong Shuzheng has replaced it with the most ordinary routine document channel, it will take at least two months for his document to reach the capital.

After making the arrangements, Tong Shuzheng, still quite worried, paid for some extra things out of his own pocket.

The advisor was instructed to emphasize to those people that the official document must not be sent out too quickly.

After arranging everything, Tong Shuzheng returned to his study. After pondering for a moment, he took out the Location Sound Transmission Talisman that Lin Xiao had given him.