Chapter 391 – The Chapter of Foreign Beasts of the Nine States

“After King Huai died, I took advantage of the chaos to take the soul dan, brought it back to the capital, and gave it to His Majesty ……..” Que Yongxiu’s soul, honestly answered.

No wonder Yang Yan said that when the blood sacrifice of the people, the essence of the blood floated up into a blood dan, the soul into the ground, but afterwards there is no trace, so it was stolen by Que Yongxiu to take advantage of the chaos ……….

Xu Qi’an suddenly realized that he had thought that the soul elixir had been taken by the Earth Sect’s Dao Head, but he hadn’t expected that it had entered Emperor Yuan Jing’s pockets.

“In that case, the head of the Earth Sect is involved in this matter for the sake of the so-called “evil”… Well, the King of Zhenbei and the head of the Earth Sect have a certain degree of cooperation… I wonder if the Emperor Yuanjing will also be eye-to-eye with the head of the Earth Sect?

“This isn’t good, if that’s the case, then I need to pay attention to my identity. When we were 1v5 that day, the Earth Sect Dao Head had detected that I had the Earth Book Fragment aura.

“He knows that the mysterious expert in Chuzhou is the holder of the Earth Book Fragment, so when guarding the Nine-colored Golden Lotus, I will have to erase all traces of Xu Qi’an.”

“Xu Qi’an is in Chuzhou, and a mysterious expert has appeared in Chuzhou with the scent of an Earth Book fragment. That doesn’t mean anything. However, what if Xu Qi’an is also an Earth Book Fragment holder? That’s too much of a cat’s meow.”

Thinking of this, Xu Qi’an asked again, “Is there any secret collusion between Emperor Yuan Jing and the Earth Sect Dao Head?”

Que Yongxiu replied woodenly, “I don’t know ……”

“What is Emperor Yuan Jing refining Soul Pills for?”

“I don’t know ……..”

If you don’t know this, you don’t know that, why do you need you? Xu Qi’an was a bit angry, pondering for a long time, asking with incomparable seriousness:

“Have you any unknown property, or silver?”

Que Yongxiu gave an honest account, “No.”

Although the Protectorate is in the capital, but Que Yongxiu has been operating in Chuzhou for many years, private money and so on, even if there is, it is also in Chuzhou.

Well, the Protectorate must be copied, otherwise it can’t give an explanation to the princes, but unfortunately I’m not a night watchman now, I can’t participate in the copied activities, otherwise I’ll be rich……….. Xu Qi’an’s mouth ached.

“Duke Cao, what unknown industry do you have?” Xu Qi’an looked at Duke Cao again.

“I have thirteen private residences in the capital, keeping foreign affairs and luan children, three of which are unused, and of the three that are unused, one has been used by me to store some rare antiques, paintings and calligraphy, as well as silver.”

Precious antiques are not stored at home, but exist outside, these things are not allowed to see the light, right ……… What a hateful corrupt official ………. Xu Qi An was surprised and criticized at the same time.

“Where are the deeds to the land and houses of those private homes?” Xu Qi’an asked again.

“The mansion that I used to store my antique treasures, the land deed and house deed are in the mansion, while the rest are in the State Duke’s Mansion.” Duke Cao replied.

Damn, the twelve private houses left me ……… Xu Qi An s heart sank, and an unspeakable sense of sadness surged.

At the same time, he became more and more curious about the private residence that was used to collect rare antiques. The fact that the deed to the house and land was left in the private residence instead of being placed in the State Duke’s Mansion meant that Duke Cao had made a complete severance between that private residence and himself, and the State Duke’s Mansion.

No matter which side goes wrong, it doesn’t bring the two sides into contact.

The questioning was complete, and in order to retain a few moments of anticipation, he didn’t ask what treasures were in Lord Cao’s private residence.

Retrieving the two souls back into the scented pouch, Xu Qi’an walked out of the secret room and went to visit the three companions of the Tiandi Association, who belonged to different rooms.

Xu Qi’an was the first to arrive at Li Miaozhen’s room and knocked on the door.

Creak …….. The door opened and peeked out a face of a beautiful country, that was Xu Qi’an’s paperboy wife.

“Pop!”

She whirled around and closed the door again.

After a few more minutes, the door to the room reopened and Li Miaozhen was sitting fully dressed at the table, while Chu Caiwei was packing up the ointment, gauze, medicine pots, and other objects.

Was it changing the medicine just now?…….. Xu Qi’an didn’t move and glanced at Li Miaozhen’s body for a moment, asking with concern, “Nothing serious, right?”

Waiting for Li Miaozhen to nod, he said, “Emperor Yuan Jing issued a sinful edict and promised not to make things difficult for you, so you don’t have to leave the capital too soon.”

In fact, even if he doesn’t forgive you, you’re not afraid. The Taoist head of the Heavenly Sect is on the same level as the Supervisor.

Give Emperor Yuan Jing ten guts, he wouldn’t dare to really kill you.

It’s good to have a “father” to support you ……… Xu Qi’an sighed inwardly.

No wonder when he used to read novels, those villains with backers always liked to jump up and down, arrogant and arrogant, and if he wasn’t unlucky enough to run into the protagonist, the general public really couldn’t do anything about them.

“Anything else?” Li Miaozhen asked with a frown.

Why do you look like you want to drive me away, am I affecting your three-party orange power? Xu Qi’an spat in his heart and laughed:

“Soul elixir, I want to know what soul elixir is for.”

Li Miaozhen sniffed and looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if to say, Didn’t Daoist Jinlian tell you.

Xu Qi’an lowered his voice, “I just channeled Que Yongxiu’s soul and learned from him that the one who needs the Soul Pill isn’t the Earth Sect’s Dao Head, but Emperor Yuanjing.”

Li Miaozhen’s pupils seemed to contract.

Xu Qi’an continued, “Just based on what Daoist Golden Lotus said, the Soul Pill doesn’t seem to be enough to make him do such heartless deeds, but it is, so I’m guessing that the Soul Pill might have other, unknown uses.”

Li Miaozhen pondered for a long time and slowly shook her head.

At this time, Chu Caiwei curiously said, “Is it the kind of Soul Dan that is refined with the soul?”

Xu Qi’an turned to look at her, and with a questioning gaze and tone, asked, “You know?”

This wasn’t like Chu Caiwei, the wide-eyed cute girl didn’t look like a studious person who would go and read books in other fields besides medicine.

Chu Caiwei then said, ”When Senior Brother Song did his research a few days ago, he said that the Soul Dan might be able to fuse the physical body and soul that he refined, but it was just a guess, after all, the Soul Dan is too treasured and the conditions for refining are harsh.

“It’s impossible for him to kill someone to make an elixir, Teacher Supervisor Zheng would be the first to finish him off. Well, I heard from Senior Brother Song that there are records about soul pills in the collection on the eighth floor of the Stargazer Building.”

Xu Qi’an and Li Miaozhen immediately said, “Take us there.”

“This ……..”

Chu Caiwei revealed a difficult look, “The Book Pavilion is the forbidden land of the Sitian Supervisor, only disciples within the gate can enter, and they have to obtain the consent of the Supervisor Teacher, or Senior Brother Yang first. I can’t bring you guys in, or you’ll be punished.”

Li Miaozhen was a bit deflated.

Xu Qi’an stepped forward and patted Caiwei’s fragrant shoulder, “What do you want to eat in these few days, feel free to tell your brother and satisfy you.”

Chu Caiwei smiled with her eyebrows, “I’ll take you there.”

Li Miaozhen was stunned, “You’re not afraid of being punished anymore?”

“Gee, it’s all small stuff.”

“……..”

The three people and one ghost entered the Book Depository, but Chu Caiwei couldn’t remember what the book that recorded the Soul Dan was called and where it was placed.

Rows and rows of bookshelves filled the large space, and trying to find relevant records from it was like finding a needle in a haystack.

“I, I’ll go ask Senior Brother Song …….” Chu Caiwei spat out her tongue and bounced away.

Li Miaozhen and Xu Qi’an searched aimlessly with dark faces.

Suddenly, Xu Qi’an’s attention was attracted by an ancient book: the Chapter of the Fae Beasts of the Nine Regions – The Upper Volume.

It was written in the book that the foreign beasts were descended from ancient gods and demons, and how many kinds of ancient demon gods there were could be glimpsed based on the foreign beasts of the later generations.

The most numerous and widespread is the “Jiao”, which is mentioned in the book as the distant ancestor of the “Dragon”.

Another example is the beast that appeared in the legend of Yunzhou, which came from overseas, breathing winds and thunder and raining torrential rain, and its distant ancestor may be a god or devil called “Qilin”.

Xu Qi’an flipped through the pages one by one, and was shocked to find an “old friend”, Spirit Dragon.

What is the distant ancestor of the Spirit Dragon, no evidence can be traced, it was first enshrined in history, in the ancient emperor period, is the human emperor conquering the five lakes and the sea mount.

Riding the wind and breaking the waves is one of the overlord in the water.

“This isn’t right, just the posture that dog licking dragon showed, it doesn’t look like a water bully at all ……..” Xu Qi’an spat in his heart.

Wistfully, he continued to look down the page, and he saw some different information.

Huaiqing had said to him that the Spirit Dragon loved to eat purple qi, thus chasing after the royal family and becoming their companion spirit animal. To the royal family, it was also a symbol of earthly orthodoxy.

However, the book said that the Spirit Dragon had another ability, which was to gulp down the dynasty’s qi and make the dynasty’s kingdom last longer.

Everything will decline when it is in full bloom, it is the heavenly will of the underworld, when a dynasty’s qi is like a blazing fire cooking oil, it will surely usher in the decline, and the Spirit Dragon can gulp qi, when the qi is too full, it will devour it, and when the qi is weakened, it will spit it out.

Let the dynasty’s chi always exist at a leveling off degree.

Chakra equalizer?

The word flashed through Xu Qi’an’s mind.

When I first traveled here, I suspected that this world’s dynastic fortunes didn’t match the “three hundred year rule” that I had researched in my literature.

I thought at the time that it was a factor of the presence of transcendent powers, but now it seems that it could be the presence of spirit dragons?

As she was thinking, Chu Caiwei returned bouncing and crisply said, “That book is called the Record of Strange Dans, it’s in the B position, the third shelf, the second compartment, I’ll fetch it for you.”

Xu Qi’an collected his thoughts and followed behind Chu Caiwei, watching as she drew out a book from the third bookshelf in the B position, the second compartment: the Record of Strange Dans.

The results were disappointing; the effects of the Soul Elixir had basically been summarized by Daoist Golden Lotus and had not been left out.

Golden Lotus Taoist as a Taoist senior, it is indeed impossible to omit the role of the soul dan, that is to say, either the soul dan is just a front, or the soul dan has these roles, a certain one is vital, but we did not find ……….. Xu Qi’an secretly pondered.

He decided that when he had the chance to find Luo Yu Heng to ask for advice, he would at least tell Luo Yu Heng about it and ask her to keep an eye on Emperor Yuan Jing.

Of course, before that, he would have to ask Daoist Golden Lotus first.

“The kind sister-in-law is not familiar with me, whether she can be trusted or not, it has to be the gatekeeper …….. of the Golden Lotus Daoist.” Xu Qi An Xin said.

Well, tomorrow I will first go to the private residence of Lord Cao, and the day after tomorrow I will go to Yunlu Academy to pick up my second uncle and aunt, then I will contact Taoist Master Jinlian and ask my sister-in-law if she can be trusted.

Also, the human consort has to be picked up, can’t keep leaving her out there, tsk, so much crap ………

…………

Night.

The moon was frosty, coating the lake with a shallow, soft glow.

The Spirit Dragon lay on its back on the shore in a listless fashion, sometimes snorting, sometimes slapping its tail, stirring up the water and churning the jagged waves.

A figure came from the darkness and stopped in front of Spirit Dragon.

He leaned down, stroked the Spirit Dragon’s coarse, hard mane, and sighed, “The case of King Huai’s massacre has finally become public, and I was unable to change the ending, unable to save the face of the royal family.”

The Spirit Dragon responded to the man with a lazy snort.

He continued, ”The royal family having no face left means losing their hearts, and losing their hearts means that another portion of their qi fortune has been dispersed. I do want to scatter the qi, but this is beyond the limit of what I can bear.

“I, like you, am trying to maintain the balance, not a bit more, not a bit less. But those people out there are too unintelligent, and Wei Yuan is even more unintelligent, repeatedly disobeying me.”

He stopped stroking and pressed his palm onto the Spirit Dragon’s brow, his voice gentle yet cold, “Return a portion of the qi that I have present here with you.”

In the Spirit Dragon’s big black button cute eyes, hatred and resistance flashed, but in the end, he didn’t do anything and allowed him to seize the qi.

………….

The next day, early morning.

Zaza ……..

At the sound of the stone door slowly opening, Xu Qi’an turned towards the dark underground and shouted, “Senior Sister Zhong, I’ve come to fetch you.”

Soon after, Zhong Li, wrapped in cloth robes and cloaked in hair, slowly ascended the stone steps.

She held her head high, and between her messy hair, those watery eyes danced with joy.

It had been a month and a half since Xu Qi’an had traveled north.

“Your cultivation has improved again.” Zhong Li whispered.

“And yet you’re still the same.” Xu Qi’an pressed his palm on her head.

Jong Li slapped it away.

He pressed on again.

Jong Li slapped it away again.

“Go back then.” Xu Qi’an said angrily.

Zhong Li then gave in and allowed the man who called him senior sister to touch her head.

He brought along Zhong Li and Li Miaozhen, the paper man’s wife, and Chu Yuanzhuan, and the two groups of people stepped on flying swords, and with a swoosh, they rushed up from the Bagua Terrace and flew towards Cloud Deer Academy.

“Why are you getting involved as well?” Xu Qi’an indignantly transmitted his voice to Chu Yuanjian.

“Four people with one sword, how crowded, is it bad for me to give you a ride?”

Chu Yuanjian explained innocently, this person has no conscience, his injuries have not yet healed, and acted as a “car driver”, to take him to Yunlu Academy.

Instead of thinking of gratitude, he blames himself.

Noticing Chu Yuanjian’s displeasure, Xu Qi’an let out a sigh, and not being able to show his lewd thoughts too nakedly, he helplessly said:

“I just wanted to reminisce about squeezing the subway, it’s kind of nostalgic.”

“What is disciple iron?”

“You don’t need to know this ………”

………..

The gentlemen of the Cloud Deer Academy had spent the past two days in a very unhappy and even restless state of mind.

Because there’s always an ungrateful couple that catches them and says: teach your kids.

Teach your mother!!!

The gentlemen mentally growled as one.

That child they know, the Xu family’s little girl, Xu Ningyan and Xu Rui old youngest sister, angry people are very good at it.

I didn’t realize that she had come back to the academy to pursue her studies.

There are a dozen learned gentlemen in the academy who teach the art of war, the scriptures, and so on, so it is reasonable to say that it would not be easy to teach a young child to enlightenment.

But some people are always gifted, and they think differently from normal people. The same thing that applies to ordinary people doesn’t apply to them.

Xu Lingyin was one of those gifted kids.

Riding on the wind, with green mountains under his feet and a long official road, Xu Qi’an arrived at Qing Yun Mountain after only two quarters of an hour.

He glanced down and saw by the gazebo near the academy, in the withered grass, a child lying in a meatbag-like bun.

“I see Suzume, go down go down.”

Chu Yuanzhan complied, descending his flying sword and landing by the gazebo.

Xu Zhongyin lay on the ground, huffing and puffing, covered in broken leaves and grass clippings.

Xu Qi’an went up and shook her awake, saying angrily, “If you lie here sleeping again, I’ll call your mother to come and beat you.”

“It’s the cauldron ah ……”

Xu Lingyin bravely kept her position on all fours, ignoring her big brother’s threats.

“Master and I came out to hunt wild game, Master disappeared while we were fighting, I was tired, so I took a nap.” Xu Lingyin explained in an organized manner.

Then, raising his little eyebrows, he added, “I’m not afraid of Mother hitting me.”

Xu Qi’an sneered, “You’re not afraid of Mother’s beating, aren’t you also not afraid that your father will whip you with bamboo strips?”

Xu Lingyin’s eyes widened as she shielded her small buttocks with both hands, exclaiming, “Cauldron, it seems like my Tu’er is starting to hurt.”

“What’s a tu’er?” Xu Qi’an picked her up like a chicken and headed for the top of the mountain.

“Tu’er is ass ah, my new word.” Little DouDing finally found a chance to educate his big brother, “You know.”

“That’s hip.”

“Toure.”

“Ass!!!”

“Figures.” Is there nothing wrong with Little Bean reading along?

………

PS: I’m in a terrible state today, sitting withered and unable to write, it’s not that I don’t have anything to write, there’s still plenty of plot. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write, there’s still plenty of plot. I’m sorry.

If the next chapter isn’t updated after 12:00, save it for tomorrow to make up for it.