Chapter 598: Homecoming

Roar!

A deafening roar seemed to resound in Xu Qi’an’s heart.

He shuddered, blessedly turning to look back, and saw a monster that made his jaw drop.

The monster’s body covers the sky and its image cannot be described in simple words because the structure is too complex and frightening.

It was a massive hunk of flesh, a tendon bulging and a muscle swelling like a mountain made of muscle.

The muscles make up the “mountain” body with rows and rows of stomata, spewing out dark green smoke, dazzling in the sky, forming dark green clouds.

Sticky shadows flowed from the base of the mountain of flesh.

And in the shadows, countless creatures mated frantically, obliviously, with nothing but mating and reproduction on their minds.

Behind the mountain of flesh followed a group of walking dead alien beasts.

The reason why Xu Qi’an was able to judge the “front” and “back” of the mountain of flesh was because it had a pair of eyes full of wisdom, as if it could see through the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and could see through the rush of the ages.

Compassionate God!

Without needing to ask for proof, Xu Qi’an naturally knew its name.

The only surviving God-Devil from the Ancient Era, one of the superpowers of the world, an ancient beast that has been sleeping in the Extreme Abyss for endless years.

“Why did I see the legendary Compass God ……….”

Doubts flashed through Xu Qi’an’s heart, and at that moment, he saw large, surging shadows from the Compassionate God’s wisdom-filled eyes.

Xu Qi’an turned back to look ……..

“Roar!”

With another clear and loud roar, he saw the blue sky and the pale earth. He saw the true dragon crossing the sky and rising up; he saw the flaming bird sweeping across the sky, and the evening sun was burning like a fire.

The Cyclops was seen walking aimlessly across the pale earth with a waning sun behind him.

I saw a wildly dancing tentacle stretching out from the wantonly boiling ocean, covering the sky and the sun.

Seeing the black basilisk turtle entangled in the giant snake.

Saw the red-colored one-eyed giant snake that opens its eyes to day and closes them to darkness.

Saw giants with twelve pairs of arms; black-scaled serpents with nine heads; golden lions with three tails; round balls of flesh covered with eyes and strewn with tentacles; and great birds of divine steed flashing with five colors of divine light ……….

The image shattered and endless darkness struck.

Xu Qi’an suddenly opened his eyes, and in his line of sight was the familiar quiet room and its simple furnishings, which gave him a great sense of security and brought him back to reality.

“Ancient gods and demons?

“What I saw was the gods and demons of ancient times ……..

“Why am I seeing Him who should have been annihilated long ago in the river of time?”

Xu Qi’an recalled the images she had just seen, only to feel a palpitation, nearly being dominated by fear.

It was only at this time that he realized his back was drenched in sweat.

“So terrifying, every Ancient God and Demon is incomparably terrifying, it’s hard to imagine what kind of era that was.”

He got up and went to the coffee table, poured himself a cup of hot water, and sipped a few sips with a dazed expression for a while before feeling himself “alive” and free from that fear.

After calming down, he began to analyze where those memory fragments came from.

Conclude that “they belong to the God of Compassion”.

“The only thing on my body that is connected to the Compassion God is the Seven Extinction Compass, so the question arises, why does the Seven Extinction Compass have fragments of the Compassion God’s memories?

“As the only treasure in the world that fuses seven kinds of compulsion techniques, the Seven Extinction Compass really does have secrets behind it.”

Xu Qi’an’s brows furrowed, and in this state of confusion, he couldn’t help but think of himself when he was still a newcomer.

“According to my style, when I come across something like this that I can’t figure out, I turn my head and go to Wei Gong and leave the brain-breaking matters to him.”

Xu Qi’an laughed, and as he laughed, he fell silent.

He rubbed his face to get rid of distracting thoughts and scrutinized the upgraded Seven Extinction Compass.

The first is the Heavenly Compass, which has not changed in any way, can predict the weather, can sense the changes of the twenty solar terms, and the core ability to “move stars and change buckets”.

As for the skill of peering into the heavens and briefly foreseeing the future, because the level was too high, the Seven Extinction Compass was not yet in control.

……….

Two of the Dark Compass’s abilities, Shadow Jump and Shadow Sneak, had received a huge boost.

The shadow jumping range had been increased to 300 meters, and there was no longer a “buffer”; previously, when Xu Qi’an shadow jumped, there would be a buffer of less than a second (with his body dissolving like a shadow).

Shadow Stalking, on the other hand, is faster, more stealthy, can be viewed as a recluse, and can carry one person.

In addition, a third ability has been added: Shadow Possession!

Xu Qi’an could cling to the shadow of his target for up to two hours.

But be wary of deepening the two previous side effects and additionally adding a third:

A moment of “shadow possession” every day.

“It’s not so bad, I can hide under a woman’s skirt …….. The Seven Extinction Compass is simply ghostly.” Xu Qi’an spat out.

………..

The power compulsion is enhanced by an additional self-healing ability.

To the current Xu Qi’an, the self-healing ability was a complete chicken scratch.

The heart compulsion is enhanced in two ways:

One, to deepen the impact on intelligent creatures; and two, to control the increase in the number of low-intelligence beasts.

The first can be used to influence the enemy, as in the case of the Beggar’s Happiness Dan Xiang against the Taiping Blade.

The second is suitable for use in war, where one man is a small army.

However, special attention should be paid to the fact that the host’s love for the animal deepens, and if he or she cannot control himself or herself well, he or she may have terrible thoughts like “I might as well have an offspring with him or her”.

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The change in the poisonous parasite is that he can turn his saliva, blood, hair, etc., into something highly poisonous and into any poison he tastes, if he so desires.

For example, if Xu Qi’an had once taken some kind of poison that could be used in medicine, then he could turn his hair, or his nails into that kind of poison, and use it to be used in medicine to save others if necessary.

Or maybe, having tasted some kind of poison that made people tingle all over, he could turn his spit into that poison and then ferry it into the State Master when he kissed her so that he could do whatever he wanted.

Of course, unless the God of Compassion himself was present, there was no poison in the world that could strike the State Master.

The side effect is that the craving for poison deepens and becomes more fussy every day, and if he doesn’t get a rich variety of poisons in half a month, he loses his temper.

…………

The love parasites were able to differentiate into as many as eighteen sub-companions, secreting aphrodisiac gases that were even more effective, and if Xu Qi’an was willing, he could have the people around him engage in a multi-person campaign at any time, anywhere.

In addition, the Love Compass has two more new abilities:

One, to improve the durability of intercourse.

Second, enhance personal charisma.

The first one was undoubtedly also a chicken rib for Xu Qi’an, who was a martial artist.

The second one is the equivalent of a low-profile version of Charmed.

The side effect was that on top of the original lsp, it added the need to have intercourse once within half a month. Of course, with Xu Qi’an’s current Third Grade body, he could suppress this side effect.

It’s just not necessary.

……….

And finally, the corpse compulsion.

From the original four, the number of sub-compasses was increased to eight, and from the previous retention of pre-life skills, it was upgraded to retaining some of the remnants of the deceased’s souls, allowing the puppet to become more agile and stronger in battle.

The side effects deepen and can be roughly summarized in one sentence:

Can’t see the naked bodies! Can’t see the naked bodies! Can’t see the naked bodies!

Say it three times if it’s important.

“The side effects of the corpse compulsion are completely contrary to my hobby of dissecting corpses ah ……… I should be thankful that I hadn’t inherited the Seven Jedi Compulsion when the case of Concubine Fu was first brought to my attention …… …”

Otherwise none of Huang Xiaowei and Concubine Fu could escape.

Corpse parasites are the most perverse, and then heart parasites …….. Xu Qi’an spat silently.

He whirled around and blushed as a thought occurred to him:

Why do I find corpse compulsion more perverse than heart compulsion? Are beasts and men more acceptable than men and corpses? Am I influenced by the heart compulsion that I would think this way?

The corner of Xu Qi’an’s mouth twitched viciously.

At that moment, the latticed door to the quiet room was pushed open from the outside, and the Master of the State, holding his duster, crossed the threshold and entered the room.

“I sensed you were awake, something was wrong with your breath just now, what happened?”

She asked, full of concern.

Xu Qi’an gently twitched his nose, smelling the tallowy, ethereal scent.

Taking a closer look, Luo Yu Heng had drawn light makeup and was dressed up more and more beautifully.

She should be dressed up for me, this personality Luo Yuheng is a real, normal woman ……… Xu Qi an just wanted to praise a few words, but suddenly he was shocked, and his pupils reflected Luo Yuheng s silhouette, which was actually a beast ear cat lady.

Mature imperial type beast-eared catgirl.

……… Xu Qi an closed his eyes and reopened them, and the cat lady was gone, this time turning into a centaur, the upper half of his body was a feathered whisk, a cool and absolutely beautiful national master, and the lower half was a horse body.

“Pop!”

Xu Qi’an slapped himself hard.

Luo Yu Heng frowned slightly:

“What are you doing.”

Beat back my view of choosing a spouse and three views ……… Xu Qi an wordlessly exhaled a breath and said:

“No harm, no foul, don’t worry about it, State Master.”

He immediately realized that it was Luo Yu Heng’s strange charm of being haunted by karmic fire that made him see a new image from her other than the image of a “kind sister-in-law”.

Extra-human mother!

This new image, however, was influenced by the Heart Compass, and after he made certain compromises, he combined his experience in his previous life to come up with an image that would satisfy the Heart Compass’s desire for beasts, but also allow him to accept it to a certain extent.

The state master is really a demon mirror for lsp ………. Xu Qi An forcefully suppressed his inner erotic thoughts and said:

“Master of the State, I’m going back to the house.”

Luo Yu Heng hesitated for a moment and said softly:

“If there is no urgent matter, stay at the Spirit Treasure View until dusk.

“Tomorrow is the “evil” of the seven emotions, the most difficult negative emotion to control.

“To be on the safe side, there will be no double cultivation tomorrow, and I will set a seal so that I can spend tomorrow in slumber.

“So ………”

Xu Qi’an understood, what she meant was that she was now making up her share of tomorrow’s dual training.

After a fierce fight, the fight came to an end, Xu Qi’an hugged his two big round and tight legs and said:

“Kokeshi, can you “meow” a little?”

“Master of the State, woof woof will do.”

“State Master, do you know how a horse is called. What are you poking me with your sword, State Master ……”

…………

The end of the court meeting is less than half an hour, but all the ears and eyes of the capital officials, basically know the storm of today’s court meeting.

The future son-in-law of Chief Minister Wang, the second son of the Xu family, Xu Xinxin, acted as the front man of the “donation policy”, denouncing all the eunuchs and criticizing the nobles at the Golden Palace. He pleaded with His Majesty to adopt his plan and call for donations.

According to the Beijing officials who stood outside the temple at the time of the Dan Sheng revealed that Xu Erlang tongue fights all the public, scolded the temple ZhuZiGui no one to answer the battle.

Although Xu Erlang won in the skill of the tongue, he was ultimately unable to counter the general trend, and the court meeting ended in near farce under the extreme opposition of the nobles and the princes.

For a while, Xu Rui Lao became a popular figure and the center of conversation.

“I’ve heard long ago that His Majesty is calling for donations; the treasury is empty, so naturally it will be filled by taxes, and there’s no reason for us to spread our wealth.”

“Alas, His Majesty is young and impetuous and does things without rules.”

“You don’t know, this plan to call for donations was thought up by that New Year Xu. His Majesty didn’t agree at first, but he couldn’t resist this thief’s skillful tongue, describing this plan in a dazzling way, making His Majesty feel that as long as we donate silver, the disaster will be solved everywhere.”

“Shameless, simply shameless! This Xu New Year is really doing everything for his future, how come he didn’t scatter his family’s wealth? We have limited salaries, and it’s just a way to make ends meet in front of us.”

“Hmph, just an official villain.”

“More than a villain, he’s a little white boy, if it weren’t for the fact that he seduced Chief Minister Wang’s daughter by virtue of his pussy-like face, he’d be nothing.”

Forced donations are unwelcome, even abhorrent, in the eyes of any group, in any era.

After all, there are a few loyalists who are passionate about serving their country and their people.

Coupled with Xu New Year’s list of the current dynasty’s chief minister, the future is bright, would have attracted a lot of red-eye, he undoubtedly became the object of abuse and spurned by the various strata of the officialdom.

Hanlin Academy.

Xu New Year, who is in the center of the storm, ignored all the rumors and gossip in the outside world and wrote a notice.

“Rhetoric.”

A few plebeians stepped into the hall and said with righteous indignation:

“The curses outside are raging, this group of dimwitted people have read so many years of sage books in vain.”

“Hmph, they are used to living an extravagant life, will they care about the people’s deaths and lives.”

The Hanlin Academy is the purist of purists and has always looked down on unusual officials.

If ordinary officials are compared to sludge, then they are self-proclaimed lotus flowers.

The usual condescending posturing is annoying.

But they are indeed purer than ordinary officials, their thoughts are more enlightened, and they have not yet had their minds defiled by the dyke that is the officialdom.

Xu Erlang thought for a moment, drew out a piece of rice paper, and put pen to paper:

“Six hundred years of raising a warrior dynasty, how all the civil and military have fled.”

Several of the plebeians’ eyes lit up, clapping their hands and praising, “Wonderful!”

At this time, the stereotypical and serious scholar of the Hanlin Academy, Ma Xiowen, walked in with his hands behind his back, expressionless.

“Sir!”

Xu Xinxin bowed and saluted along with several of the plebeians.

Mathew Man’s character is old-fashioned, often without expression, so his face looks stiff. He coldly “hmm”, said:

“Xu Rui Lao, come to my hall.”

With that, he turned to leave.

A few of the concubine jioshi threw Xu Xinxin an expression of “you take care of yourself”.

Xu New Year let out a bitter laugh, and in a rare moment, his scalp tingled a bit.

He arched his hand toward his fellow officers and left at a brisk pace to where Mathewen was sitting.

Ma Xiuwen sat behind the case, holding a brilliantly glazed blue and white tealight in his hand, his eyes staring at Xu Xinxin for a few moments through the rising steam.

“Pour your own tea!”

He trailed off.

Xu New Year shook his head, “A stomach full of tea, can’t eat anymore.”

Without forcing it, Mathewen was silent for a while, then suddenly said:

“Chief Wang’s idea?”

Xu New Year shook his head, “It was my own idea, and Lord Chief Minister did not know about it originally. It wasn’t until His Majesty adopted my ploy that he told Lord Chief Counsel.”

It dawned on Ma Xiowen, ”I knew that, how could Chief Minister Wang let you do something like this that violates the public’s anger. Cutting off someone’s wealth is like killing their parents. Robbing people of their money is no better.”

Taking a sip of hot tea, he continued:

“It’s hard for His Majesty to reach into their pockets and take money from them, let alone you.

“You haven’t even gotten out of the Hanlin Academy yet, and you’ve already ruined your reputation. The goodwill that accompanied the hundred officials blocking the noon gate to angrily denounce the King of Huai that day has all been lost because of this.”

Xu New Year was not condescending, “A truly loyal person would not blame me or hate me for this.”

Ma Xiuwen was a university scholar of the Hanlin Academy, responsible for teaching the young officials of the Hanlin Academy, and Xu Xinxin was also considered his student.

Ma Daoshi shook his head, “After all, it is necessary to be in harmony with the light, may as well be straight with you, this plan does not work.”

After a pause, he said in a deep voice, “Fang went out for a walk, those who cursed you abounded, those who envied you, even more wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to deal with you. Be prepared to be impeached tomorrow.”

Xu New Year made a bow and said, “Thank you for reminding me, sir.”

Mathewen waved his hand, “Go on.”

Xu New Year returned to the office hall, a few friends of the plebeians came over again and said:

“Resignation, go to the Churchyard for a drink after your shift is over, and forget about all this bad stuff.”

It is a normal operation and common for officials to go to the Church Office in pairs after work.

Xu New Year was subconsciously about to refuse, but he heard a certain fellow officer say:

“It’s freezing cold, I can’t hold a quill in my hand, and I need the breasts of the girls in the faculty to warm them up.”

Xu Rui Lao, who hadn’t touched a woman in months, thought about it and agreed, saying:

“But there is something going on at home this evening, and I must return to the house before dusk, so I will not rest at the Churchyard during the night.”

………..

Dusk!

With his unpredictable dark compulsion tactics, Xu Qi’an left the Spirit Treasure View and walked in the direction of the Xu Mansion along with the bustling crowd.

No matter how severe the disasters were everywhere, the capital, especially the inner city and the imperial city, was always full of songs and dances, and the people were rich and well-off.

“It would be so easy to be blinded by one leaf!”

He let out a sigh of emotion, walking and looking down the street.

Soon he found his target, an old man selling clementines.

The old man was sitting on the street with two baskets of green oranges in front of him.

Green orange flavor acid, can resolve phlegm cough moistening lungs, orange peel taste heavy, after drying can be burned to repel mosquitoes.

It has been selling well because of its extreme medicinal value.

“The State Master has put on a lot of rouge, I have to deodorize ……..”

Xu Qi’an instinctively bought a bag of green oranges, then used the peel juice to drive away the smell of lipstick from her body.

Then, suddenly, he realized – why do I need to de-lipstick?

The reason why we used orange juice as a cover was because Xu Dalang’s persona was a simple boy who “wouldn’t even go to a hookah”.

The whole family thinks so.

But as his reputation grew, the reputation of the head of the teaching department could not be suppressed.

To this day, there is no need to hide it.

“Alas, my lord’s youth is over.”

Xu Qi’an still carefully used the orange peel juice to drive away the rouge odor, then carried a bag of green oranges home.

You can give it to Suzume!

Consider it a gift for her from her big brother back home.

He paced unhurriedly to the entrance of the Xu Mansion, and with a twitch of his ear, he looked sideways behind him, only to see Erlang Xu coming home on his steed.

Er Lang also saw Xu Qi An, his face couldn’t hide his joy, and he sharply reined in his horse, dismounting as he shouted:

“Big brother!”

Xu Qi’an was about to nod his head in response when he saw Xu Xinxin backhandedly take out a bag of clementines from his horse bag.

At this time, Xu New Year also noticed the butter paper bag in his big brother’s hand, and fixed his eyes on the green orange!

“………”

The brothers looked at each other for a few moments, neither of them mentioned this, nodding to each other as Xu Ershu also returned.

“Ning Yan!”

Uncle Xu was overjoyed to see his nephew after a long absence, even though he had already learned of Da Lang’s return from Xu Ling Yue last night.

“You finally came back, your aunt worried about you every day ……..”

Uncle Xu Ershi rolled over and dismounted, taking out a bulging butter paper bag from his horse bag as he spoke.

Uncle Xu’s face abruptly froze when he saw the green oranges in his nephew and son’s hands.

Fathers and sons, uncles and nephews, brothers, look at each other.

Master Qing returned to …….. Xu Qi’an murmured in his heart.

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