Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

What Xu Fu said was indeed his own opinion, but he was Yang Ling's close friend, and his attitude could represent Yang Ling to a large extent.

Duanmu Yu was grateful for Xu Fu's reminder. He was indeed a little too hasty in testing the attitude of the master towards Southern Xinjiang.

After Xu Fu left, Duanmu Yu also went downstairs. As soon as he came downstairs, he saw the people who were sent out in the morning to follow Ziying.

After the two looked at each other, Duanmu Yu raised his eyebrows. The man immediately understood and turned away calmly.

Yang Ling listened to every word of the conversation between Xu Fu and Duanmu Yu outside the room. Although Xu Fu's words were not asked by him, they were exactly what he wanted.

Although Xu Fu's nature was not good, he did understand him. With Xu Fu's words, a smart man like Duanmu Yu would naturally understand and would not bother him again during his time in southern Xinjiang.

On the day when the gates of the main city of Southern Xinjiang were opened, the crowds that had been wandering outside the city for many days swarmed in and instantly blocked the gates.

The people in the city had anticipated this situation, so every time the city gate was opened, they would send more people to station at the city gate. With the main city soldiers stationed, no matter how many people outside wanted to enter the city, they had to stand there and wait.

However, these rules are meaningless to aristocratic children like Duanmu Yu, especially the young master of Southern Xinjiang. He can even make the rule of the Southern Xinjiang main city opening every seven days disappear with just one sentence.

At this moment, Duanmu Yu planned to let the people in front wait and send Yang Ling and his group into the city first. After that, the rule of opening the main city of Southern Xinjiang once every seven days would also disappear.

"Master, please wait here for a moment. I will arrange for someone to take us into the city." Duanmu Yu stepped forward and bowed slightly to Yang Ling for instructions.

Yang Ling looked at the team in front of him, which was not too long. They came early just to get into the city as soon as possible. Yang Ling was not a person who liked to be special, otherwise he could fly into the city immediately and there was no need to wait outside the main city.

This time, he came out to observe the changes in various places in the world after the arrival of the era of spiritual energy revival and the spiritual outlook of practitioners in various places. If convenience is given everywhere, such a goal cannot be achieved.

"No need, it will be our turn to go into the city soon."

Yang Ling glanced at Duanmu Yu and waved his hand gently in response.

Hearing Yang Ling's words, Duanmu Yu was slightly startled, and then he suddenly realized that this expert didn't want to attract too much attention. He smiled and nodded: "Then I will wait in line with the expert."

Yang Ling said nothing more, quietly waiting for the people ahead to enter the city. There weren't many people ahead of them, and only an incense stick of time passed from the time the city gate opened to their turn to be inspected. It was just that the people behind them didn't follow the rules, or more precisely, it was the last group of people who didn't follow the rules. They were a group of fierce-looking officers and soldiers, and they were escorting a short, very thin child.

"Get out of the way, everyone. I'm in the government office in the main city of Southern Xinjiang. Please make way for me!"

The man walking in front was wearing the local official uniform of southern Xinjiang and holding a whip in his hand. He swung it casually and hit anyone who blocked his way.

Wherever he passed, there were screams and wails. The faces of those who were beaten showed anger, but when they saw the official uniform on the man, they dared not say anything and stepped aside to make way for him.

These people walked forward arrogantly, and when they passed by ordinary people, they would deliberately kick them and make a few sarcastic remarks.

Seeing these people appear, Duanmu Yu frowned. He looked at the people around him and asked, "Why do they appear at this time?"

The people around Duanmu Yu showed a helpless look on their faces, and explained in a low voice: "Young Master, you said yesterday that you would not deal with them outside the city for the time being. I just warned them a few words. These people may be afraid of being caught, so they got up early today and went back to report..."

The leader raised his whip high again, and when he was about to drop it, it was in front of Yang Ling and the others. He looked coldly at Yang Ling who was standing in front of him, his eyes full of sarcasm, as if he was looking at a young man who didn't know his place.

However, he obviously didn't know that the one who was truly ignorant of the danger was actually himself.

The whip that was raised high fell down, but it did not fall on Yang Ling as the officers and soldiers expected, but was firmly grasped by Duanmu Yu.

The leader felt that his whip was grabbed by someone, and he was a little angry, so he wanted to pull it out to teach Duanmu Yu a lesson. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it even a little bit.

Duanmu Yu's cultivation strength is the best among the younger generation. Even before the breakthrough, he was the undisputed number one in Southern Xinjiang. Even the Duanmu family can't compare with him, let alone those who depend on the Duanmu family.

"Who are you? I am from the Duanmu family. I advise you to be sensible!"

The leader seemed to sense something was wrong and became alert. However, he was not afraid and even wanted to rely on the reputation of the Duanmu family to scare Duanmu Yu.

Duanmu Yu loosened his grip on the whip. The policeman thought that he was frightened by the name of the Duanmu family, and his eyes showed mockery.

However, Duanmu Yu ignored him, but clasped his hands together, bowed deeply to Yang Ling, and said: "Today's incident is really the fault of my Duanmu family. Yu, apologize to the gentleman!"

"Since this is Young Master Duanmu's family affair, you can handle it yourself."

Yang Ling responded by waving his hand nonchalantly.

They had originally planned to enter the city in a low profile, and no one expected to meet these people before entering the city. Now, Duanmu Yu's identity no longer needs to be concealed.

The Duanmu family rarely goes out, and indeed few people know the real person in power in their family. But most people know the followers around Duanmu Yu. When Duanmu Yu's personal attendants stood up, both the generals guarding the city and the officers and soldiers who had previously drawn people showed a look of horror in their eyes.

"This is the young master of the main family. How dare you speak nonsense in front of the young master?"

The attendant glanced coldly at the officers and soldiers, and scolded them, "Why don't you apologize to the young master and the master!"

After hearing what attendant Duanmu Yu said, the few people who had been so arrogant before seemed to be kicked in the back of the head. They reacted suddenly and knelt on the ground in fear.

The Duanmu family indeed led the entire southern border in the name of benevolence, but that did not mean that they treated the people in the family in the same way. The Duanmu family had a good family tradition, mostly due to the strict family management. Everyone in the family properly controlled their subordinates. Those who were responsible for the city affairs were affiliated with the County Governor's Office, which was ostensibly directly led by Daqin. However, this was in the southern border, and the county governor knew in his heart who his real master was.

Therefore, the governor of the main city of Southern Xinjiang was also a member of the Duanmu family. He was well managed by the Duanmu family, but he failed to manage his subordinates well.

Today, these people offended the young master of the Duanmu family at the city gate, as well as the gentleman who even the young master Duanmu had to treat with respect. They will definitely be severely punished by the county governor when they return.

The county magistrate's rule was indeed not strict, but that was because his people did not infringe on the interests of the Duanmu family. Once these people offended the Duanmu family, how miserable would their fate be.

It was precisely because they understood this that the officers and soldiers who had wanted to whip Yang Ling before were so frightened that they dared not even raise their heads. The city gate guard who watched him oppress the people without doing anything was also sweating profusely.

"Take them all back and let your county governor deal with them personally!"

Duanmu Yu glanced at the officers and soldiers kneeling on the ground and said coldly: "Don't waste time here!"

On the way, he was thinking about bringing Yang Ling to Duanmu's house as soon as possible, but when he arrived at the main city gate, he was blocked by the obstacles he had set up before leaving. He had already wasted a long time, and Duanmu Yu didn't want to be delayed by these insignificant people.

Yang Ling may change his mind at any time, especially after seeing so many terrible things in southern Xinjiang before even entering the region. It is conceivable how much more difficult it would be to win over Yang Ling.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Yu rarely showed dissatisfaction on his face. The followers around him also saw that he was really angry this time, and immediately stepped forward to take the person kneeling on the ground away.

"Sir, we will go directly into the city. Please follow me!"

When Duanmu Yu looked at Yang Ling, her face returned to her previous warm smile, as if nothing had happened during this period.

Yang Ling didn't say anything more this time. So much trouble had already happened outside the city, there was no point in them continuing to queue, they might as well go straight into the city.

Not long after they entered the city, the head of the Duanmu family knew about this matter. This time, Duanmu Qingsong went directly to the county governor's office and asked the county governor to severely investigate the officials at the city gate who were bullying others.

The county magistrate was frightened and at a loss. After sending people to inquire, he found out that several of his officers had offended the young master of the Duanmu family, and almost beat up the distinguished guest that the young master had invited back from afar.

Those brainless officials were quickly investigated and dealt with, and Ziying was inexplicably released because he was the victim of bullying in this matter.

However, after being released, no one investigated the cause of death of the old man outside the city. No one even investigated the reason for his imprisonment. Ziying was very disappointed with the Nanjiang County Governor's Office and contacted the power of the Xianyang City Palace to help investigate.

Ying Zheng gave Ziying only one mission, which was to investigate Rong'er's life experience and origins. The clues given to him were all in the Duanmu family in southern Xinjiang, so Ziying came here for this purpose.

The old man outside the city knew that he had said he knew the clue on the first day, but he died on the second day. This could not be a coincidence. The rope hanging around his neck was enough to explain everything.

The Nanjiang County Governor's Office was unwilling to take care of this matter because it had nothing to do with their interests. Just like Ziying was so concerned about this matter because it was related to the task assigned to him by Ying Zheng.

For normal people, if it is useless to them, it is a waste of time to look at it any more. Moreover, it is a matter of death, which has nothing to do with them, so no one would care.

It would take some time for the power of the Xianyang Palace to reach Southern Xinjiang, and Ziying did not want to just sit there. He had not been in Southern Xinjiang for long, did not know anyone here, and did not want to expose his identity.

Ziying could only think of one person who could help him at this time, and that was the immortal-looking man he met while drinking tea at a tea stall outside the city not long ago.

Ziying also knew what happened at the city gate when he entered the city. He was the honored guest invited back by Young Master Duanmu, so he could be found by going to Duanmu's house.

The people who took Ziying away put a black hood on his head, but did not cover his ears. Therefore, when he entered the city that day, Ziying could hear all the movements around him. He also knew that the iron plate that the people who took him away kicked was the person who sat with him and drank tea not long ago.

Yang Ling also found Ziying, but he didn't plan to help him. After all, it didn't matter to him, and he believed that Ziying had the ability to get out of this predicament. If he really couldn't get out of it, he didn't deserve to help.

Yang Ling not only knew that Ziying could get out, but also guessed that Ziying would come to him for help after he got out of trouble. No matter what kind of help he could ask for, he could only think of himself.

Therefore, Yang Ling did not go to their spiritual herb garden with Duanmu Yu today. Duanmu Yu guessed that maybe Yang Ling and Xu Fu were tired from touring around yesterday, so he did not bother them, but just sent someone to bring some food from time to time.

The Duanmu family was quite accomplished in the cultivation and breeding of spiritual plants, and owned many spiritual herb gardens. After two days of wandering, Yang Ling found a lot of spiritual plants that he liked, and Duanmu Qingsong also asked Duanmu Yu to give them all to him.

Although two days was not enough for Yang Ling to visit all the spiritual herb gardens of the Duanmu family, he had decided not to continue because he had divined yesterday and foresaw that something more interesting was about to happen.

Xu Fu and Duanmu Yu were waiting at the door early in the morning, but they did not explain their purpose. They just stood there quietly. People who didn't know the situation thought they were on guard.

The guards at the door seemed a little nervous when they saw their young master standing at the door. Some even began to wonder if there was something wrong with their sentry post, which led to the young master standing here in person.

However, these people were only the outermost vassals of the Duanmu family and had no right to talk to Duanmu Yu. Since Duanmu Yu did not take the initiative to speak, they naturally did not dare to ask more questions.

Xu Fu and Duan Muyu waited until noon, but no one showed up. As the sun set, Duan Muyu couldn't help but ask Xu Fu, "Master Xu Fu, what are we waiting for?"

"Master said that someone would come to see him today, and asked me to bring the person in when I saw him. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to bring the person in, so I brought you along."

As no one had appeared until this moment, Xu Fu could not help but frown and mutter, "Master clearly said today, there shouldn't be any mistake!"

Yang Ling's words have always been a golden rule in everyone's mind, and Xu Fu has never doubted that his master would make a mistake, so the problem must be somewhere else. He raised his eyes and looked at Duanmu Yu. (End of this chapter)