The Bureau Chief's Reply

Unaware that he had been targeted by the City God, Yin Yunze led Xu Hanxian into Dao Field reception hall of the inner temple.

Retrieving the tea set and tea leaves that had been prepared beforehand from the reception room on the real side, Yin Yunze placed the tea leaves into the tea set and then used his Authority over Frost and Snow to condense ice. He placed the ice into the teapot and lit a green Fox Fire under the teapot to begin cooking.

Before long, the water boiled. Yin Yunze picked up the teapot, poured two cups, and then pushed one of them in front of Xu Hanxian.

"Good tea."

Picking up the teacup and placing it in front of him, Xu Hanxian couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as he smelled the fragrant tea.

After taking a small sip, Xu Hanxian looked at Yin Yunze and said, "The tea is good, but after being brewed with snow by the fair hands of the Lady Qingnü, it is even more wonderful."

"Are you flirting with me?" Yin Yunze glanced at Xu Hanxian and said irritably, "Your wife and children are out there. Believe me, I'll drag them in and let them hear what you have to say!"

"I'm just stating the facts." Xu Hanxian wasn't afraid at all, shaking his head and laughing, "I have no intention of offending you in the slightest. If Lady Qingnü is willing, you can bring Xiaoyu and Yue'er in as well, so they can taste the flavor of Lady Qingnü's snow-boiled tea!"

Yin Yunze wasn't sure Xu Hanxian flattering him, but he felt goosebumps all over his body.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Looking at Xu Hanxian, Yin Yunze said impatiently, "I only brought you in to discuss this in detail because you mentioned the Tomb of Prince Jing— "

"Of course I haven't forgotten this matter."

As they spoke, Xu Hanxian his sleeve and handed it to Yin Yunze: "Lady Qingnü, please take a look at this."

With a hint of doubt, Yin Yunze took the paper.

While Yin Yunze was reading the contents of the paper, Xu Hanxian: "After hearing about the appearance of Drought Demon at the Tomb of Prince Jing last time, I reported the matter to the Great Wei's Supernatural Pursuit Bureau. This document is the Supernatural Pursuit Bureau's reply to me recently."

The contents of the paper were not complicated. In essence, it stated that the appearance of Drought Demon at the Tomb of Prince Jing was purely fictitious, and that Xu Hanxian should no longer pay attention to such matters.

It's a lengthy piece of writing, spanning hundreds of words, but the core message boils down to eight words: nonsense, ignore it.

"I'm not lying to you!" Yin Yunze slammed the paper on the table and said with a stern face, "There really is Drought Ghost, almost Drought Demon monster, in the Tomb of Prince Jing! And the drought of the past few months is all the fault of that Drought Ghost!"

"Lady Qingnü, please don't be anxious, I trust you!"

When Xu Hanxian said this, his expression was serious and he did not appear perfunctory.

Extending his finger, Xu Hanxian pointed to the signature on the document. "Not to mention that I personally investigated and found that the Tomb of Prince Jing is indeed not as peaceful as the records describe. This signature alone is quite telling."

"The Chief of Exorcism?"

Upon hearing this, Yin Yunze's gaze fell upon the signature, where he saw the large seal that read "Chief of Exorcism".

"Yes, the Chief of Exorcism."

As the light fell upon the red seal bearing the signature, Xu Hanxian said solemnly, "Your Lady Qingnü may not be very familiar with the structure of the Supernatural Pursuit Bureau, but if I were to say that the Chief Exorcist is the highest-ranking person in the Supernatural Pursuit Bureau, what are your thoughts, Your Lady Qingnü?"

"Something unusual must be going on!"

Qingling County is just a county town, but the name Supernatural Pursuit Bureau) suggests that it is the department of the Great Wei responsible for investigating evil spirits throughout the land.

The highest-ranking official of the Supernatural Pursuit Bureau was not a high-ranking official of the first or second rank, but at least not a powerful figure that Qingling County could easily influence.

Even setting aside the fact that if it were truly a case of spreading rumors and misinformation, and it had already been presented to the head of the Supernatural Pursuit Bureau, shouldn't they at least send someone down to investigate?

In other words, if everything is truly alright, then this message shouldn't have been personally sent by the official in charge.

The official in charge personally replied, but the core message was that everything was fine and there was no need to worry about it?

Yin Yunze discovered that the waters Tomb of Prince Jing seemed to be much deeper than she had imagined!

"Yes, something's definitely fishy when things are going wrong."

Upon hearing this, Xu Hanxian sighed, shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "This document, rather than saying everything is fine, is more like that the head official warning me that this is not something I can get involved in! The Supernatural Pursuit Bureau probably not only knew about the Tomb of Prince Jing incident, but even concealed it—"

In the end, Xu Hanxian couldn't even maintain a bitter smile, and said bitterly, "They clearly knew, yet they acted as if nothing had happened! They watched helplessly as half of this prefecture suffered from this drought! How many people, because of their one thought—"

Hearing Xu Hanxian's words, Yin Yunze tapped the table with his fingertips in frustration.

Ever since learning that the Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag was a water mine that could destroy the corpse of Prince Jing, Yin Yunze had always felt that something was wrong.

Now that Yin Yunze had learned this information from Xu Hanxian understood what had made him feel something was wrong!

Because it's such a coincidence!

Among the five elements of thunder, water thunder is arguably the weakest.

Aside from being effective against evil spirits like the Drought Demon, which it is countered by, in terms of lethality, it is arguably no match for the other four attributes of lightning.

But why is it such a coincidence that the master who had a love-hate relationship with Prince Jing's corpse in Tomb of Prince Jing happened to be carrying a complete set of Dark Heavenly Lightning Flag!

What if everything wasn't a coincidence?

In retrospect, there was no coincidence at all.

That expert probably came for Prince Jing's corpse, which was about to turn into Drought Demon, from the very beginning!

Only a highly skilled person could make the head of the Supernatural Pursuit Bureau neglect his duties of exorcism, not only turning a blind eye but also providing cover for him.

If this possibility holds true, it might not be a coincidence that the corpse of Prince Jing in the Tomb of Prince Jing transformed into Drought Demon, but rather that a master was nurturing the corpse.

It is said that it takes a thousand years of cultivation for a corpse to transform into Drought Demon, but the Tomb of Prince Jing has only existed for a few hundred years.

Although Yin Yunze didn't know what the point of raising this unlucky thing was, who knew if the expert had some wonderful use for it!

The only thing Yin Yunze knew was that those who could raise Drought Demon were rarely good people in the traditional sense!

"Lady Qingnü." Looking at Yin Yunze, Xu Hanxian stood up solemnly and bowed deeply. "The matter of Tomb of Prince Jing will likely depend on you! On Xu Hanxian thanks Lady Qingnü in advance!"

Rely on me? You're more likely to be! I don't even have that much confidence in myself, and you have so much confidence in me?!

Seeing Xu Hanxian's behavior, Yin Yunze finally understood why Xu Hanxian was so generous.

He was given a title and two thousand taels of gold!

Yin Yunze originally thought that Xu Hanxian realized he was wrong and wanted to ask for some food to maintain stability.

Little did I expect that the real trouble was yet to come!

No wonder, they hadn't even given a hint about something this important before, but as soon as the official announcement was made, they immediately revealed it!

Feng Zheng wasn't taking gold; Yin Yunze could return the gold, but he Dynastic Karmic Luck.

This flesh has already become part of Yin Yunze's bones and blood. If Yin Yunze wants to vomit, he will have to have his bones cut out and his flesh removed!

The imperial edict stated something about safeguarding the peace of a region and ensuring the abundance of a land.

Now it seems that this is basically saying that if something happens, Yin Yunze needs to step up, not lose face, and hurry up and step in!

Looking at Xu Hanxian's somewhat handsome face, Yin Yunze wished he could reveal his true form and slap him across the face.

Sensing the hostility in Yin Yunze's green eyes, Xu Hanxian calmly picked up his teacup, drank the tea, and then sighed, "It seems I will never have the chance to taste the fragrant tea personally brewed by the Lady Qingnü again."

"You schemed against me like this." Staring blankly at Xu Hanxian, Yin Yunze asked quietly, "Aren't you afraid of death?"

"I'm afraid!" Xu Hanxian said without hesitation, "I'm just a mortal, with a virtuous wife and a loving daughter, how could I not be afraid of death?"

Turning his teacup, Xu Hanxian looked at Yin Yunze and said, "However, this is something you, Lady Qingnü, taught me. Some things are more important than one person's future, honor, or even life. To save thousands with one's own strength—though fearful, I have no regrets!"

You wretched child! When did I ever teach you that?!

Although he was still angry, Yin Yunze calmed down.

After all, while it was called a scheme, Xu Hanxian was actually throwing out bait, which Yin Yunze couldn't resist taking.

If Yin Yunze were not greedy and did not take anything, then this scheming would be meaningless. Moreover, this scheming was for the public good, not for personal gain.

To put it another way, Yin Yunze's core support base is right here. Unless he abandons it, Yin Yunze will most likely need to resolve the Tomb of Prince Jing issue.

The impact of the official appointment was that it forced Yin Yunze to confront the matter of Tomb of Prince Jing.

To be honest, compared to his previous bureaucratic mannerisms...

Yin Yunze couldn't help but admire Xu Hanxian's actions of risking his own life for the sake of the common people.

In other words, Yin Yunze's values are still influenced by modern society. If it were any other deity, they would most likely have killed someone in this situation!

Yin Yunze also didn't want to see this person for the time being.

When Xu Hanxian realized that the fox-eared beauty was no longer in front of him, and even the tea set was gone from the table, he understood that he had been kicked out.

"Thank you Lady Qingnü! Since Lady Qingnü is willing to spare Hanxian this time, then Hanxian will return to do what I must do!"

Xu Hanxian bowed again in the direction where Yin Yunze had been sitting, then turned and walked out of the temple.

Watching Xu Hanxian figure, Yin Yunze could only helplessly accept that she was going to fight the Drought Demon.

Fortunately, according to the previous Divination results, Yin Yunze still has at least six months of safety.

If nothing unexpected happens, Yin Yunze can spend six months carefully considering how to deal with the corpse of Prince Jing!