All sects work

Chapter 183 Deja Vu
The first round of the competition between the martial artist and the mystic was over, and it ended hastily without the final competition. Master Xuanying promised that every participant would get spiritual fruit, and the winning team would get twice as much.

The incident of the goddess mending the sky caused a huge uproar in the two counties. From officials and gentry to the elderly, women and children, everyone talked about the miracle of last night.

Tao County.

A donkey cart with a green shed passed through the bustling crowd and stopped outside the gate of the Wang residence. A middle-aged man in gray cloth jumped off the cart, walked hurriedly through the side door, crossed the courtyard and went straight to the study.

"The spies have returned, saying that the miracle can be seen within the two counties, but no one outside the two counties knows about it." He bowed and rushed to the chief official Wang to report the news he had obtained.

Mr. Wang looked solemn and said, "So the rumors are true."

It has been rumored these days that the county magistrate used an ancestral treasure to open up a battlefield for cultivators, but unexpectedly, the sky cracked and the goddess jumped out of the battlefield across the water to save the people.

In other words, a wisp of the goddess's soul was originally in the county magistrate's ancestral treasure, and the two counties were able to be preserved thanks to the county magistrate's grace.

"Then...should we continue?" the middle-aged man hesitated.

Mr. Wang thought for a moment and said, "Let's report this to the master first and let him make the decision! The county magistrate is very cunning. She only gives us the grain after planting it in the official fields. I'm afraid it will be difficult to transport it under her watch. It's better to wait a few months until this season's rice seeds are harvested."

Just as Shi Xuanying had guessed before, the Wang family had a close relationship with the Chen Kingdom's Restoration Army.

The Wang family was formerly the top family in the Small Chen Kingdom. They had managed to fight for a glimmer of hope during the collapse of the Small Chen Kingdom, and had originally planned to lay low and recuperate for a while, but now that chaos has occurred, it is the best time to return to the top!
If the world is reshuffled and they dare not even sit at the poker table, then for at least the next few decades, the Wang family can only rely on the glory of their ancestors to survive, or worse, they may become an ordinary family.

Therefore, even though they were now seriously injured, no one in the Wang family would choose to retreat, so as soon as the entire family took off their mourning clothes, they immediately began a new round of game.

The aristocratic families are not loyal to any particular monarch. If the Wang family had not suffered heavy casualties, they would have wanted to raise an army and start a rebellion. Unfortunately, they can only serve a wise leader now.

"Yes!" the middle-aged man replied.

"I heard that she is a great master and she has recruited so many cultivators. What on earth is she going to do?" An idea came to Mr. Wang's mind and he lowered his voice and said, "She is not going to take this opportunity to establish a court that respects cultivators!"

The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly: "Should we report this to the head of the family?"

The situation in the two counties was strange. They only transmitted information orally, not by letters.

Mr. Wang said, "Go ahead."

"Then I will..."

"Wait a minute." Mr. Wang suddenly remembered something very important and interrupted him immediately. "I looked at the county magistrate up close yesterday and felt that he looked familiar. I must have seen him somewhere before."

Mr. Wang has traveled far and wide and has met countless faces, but he has one thing in mind - everyone he meets once will be imprinted in his mind and he will never forget them even after many years.

The middle-aged man obviously knew his ability, and seeing that he was lost in thought, he did not make any noise to disturb him.

Where have you seen it?
Faces flashed through his mind, but none of them matched! Mr. Wang was confused.

For him, if he has seen it, he has seen it. There is absolutely no such vague impression as "seemingly seen it".

The middle-aged man waited for a long time and saw that he was frowning and seemed to be in trouble.

Mr. Wang leaned back in his chair, patting his forehead from time to time: "Forget it, I can't remember it at the moment, you go back and report it first."

"Yes!" The middle-aged man left with full of doubts.

Mr. Wang locked himself in his study and pondered over a dead end. He had never encountered such a situation before. It was as if a certain name was on the tip of his tongue, but the harder he tried to think about it, the harder it was to remember! The harder he could remember it, the more he couldn't help thinking about it.

"Is it a disguise?" He covered his head and groaned in pain.

……

The county government's study. "Now both counties know about your contribution," said County Magistrate Cao with a smile, "They all say they want to honor you as well!"

"That's totally unnecessary!" Shi Xuanying refused decisively, "Too much is as bad as too little. I will do my best to dissuade you."

Naturally, she had her subordinates spread the rumor about the ancestral treasure on purpose. County Magistrate Cao and others had no doubts and only thought that she spread the news in order to win people's hearts.

Shi Xuanying said, "If you have nothing else to do, go get busy first."

"Yes, I am resigning."

As soon as County Magistrate Cao left, Bai Xuexing immediately seized the opportunity to ask, "I'm a little confused."

"Oh?" Shi Xuanying glanced at the empty teacup in front of her.

Bai Xuexing had no choice but to go forward and pour tea.

After receiving the teacup offered by the other party, Shi Xuanying took a few sips before saying with a smile, "It is my duty to help the Great Elder solve his doubts."

What do you mean it's your duty and you still need to be served respectfully?
Bai Xuexing didn't bother to find fault with her and asked directly, "Did the illusion yesterday really happen in Xi Nu's dust?"

Shi Xuanying asked with a smile: "That mouth of hers is always busy, didn't she tell you?"

Dongfang Zhentian naturally told it on the spot. Afterwards, he only asked one question, and the little mouth started to talk about how miserable Shi Xuanying was persecuted as Chaoxi but how bravely she chose to repair the sky in the melee. She even told him the reason why Shi Xuanying chose to save the people in the end.

"I've said that, but I'm still in a daze." In order to break through the barriers, Bai Xuexing has been in and out of many places. Naturally, he has experienced the line between life and death, but he has never taken the initiative to challenge life and death. Hearing every choice made by Shi Xuanying, his heart is inexplicably complicated.

Shi Xuanying, on the other hand, could see through his thoughts more clearly, but she did not expose them.

Bai Xuexing was not in a hurry to think deeply, and sighed: "You held a martial arts competition, which not only demonstrated your martial arts power but also created a miracle in front of the people. It can be said that you killed two birds with one stone!"

Although he had some doubts in his mind, he had to admit that the brains of the entire Sword Sect might all be in her head!
"Don't mention it!" Shi Xuanying recalled that her spiritual energy had been flowing out like water in the past two days. She couldn't help but take out a few spiritual sunflower seeds and nibble them. She said incoherently, "I'm really not rich now. I can only spend my spiritual energy to do a few things."

Bai Xuexing twitched his lips and ignored her stingy words: "You asked me about the day when the Lanjiang River would burst its banks before. Is that because of this? You created an illusion first, and when the flood reaches Tao County, you secretly faked a miracle to save the two counties, so as to prove the goddess' blessing?"

"Yes." Shi Xuanying nodded.

"I don't understand. If you stop the flood in public, wouldn't it be simpler and more direct, and you could save some spiritual energy? Why bother with this?" Bai Xuexing couldn't understand why she was so stingy that she would rather use up her spiritual energy to create this huge illusion.

After Master Xuanying finished eating the spiritual sunflower seeds, she carefully put the shells back into her storage bag and asked him casually, "You have been in this world for several years. Have you ever read the myths here?"

Bai Xuexing was stunned for a moment: "I have seen some."

“Even in the world of cultivation, only fragments of gods remain, not to mention that this is the Dharma Ending Age?” When Shi Xuanying decided to rule this world, she began to read a lot of history, classics, and mythology to understand the rules here.

If you want to break something, you have to understand it well enough.

This was actually not in line with Shi Xuanying's usual style of doing things, but before finding a way to use force to directly break through the dust, she was forced to use her brain more.

"The gods are too far away. They disappeared from the world hundreds of thousands of years ago. Even the authenticity of their myths cannot be verified. People here have long been accustomed to relying on themselves. They believe that man can conquer nature. Faith is more like a kind of sustenance. If you know about the gods they have imagined for nearly a thousand years, you will find out how horrible people's demands on gods are." Shi Xuanying is full of expectations for Bai Xuexing, so she is quite patient. "So I can't become a god, I can only become a person favored by gods."

With Master Xuanying's personality, if she really fell into the same situation as Xi Nu, she would definitely be irreconcilable with the people of the world. At that time, let alone clearing the obsession with the Dust Core, she didn't know what she could do if she went crazy.

Even until now, she still has not formed any bond with the core figures of Chenjie, but she always remembers the purpose of her coming here.

Bai Xuexing had to remind her: "Xiao Hongfan has a compassionate heart. Can you guarantee that you will never reveal your true colors in the future? If she knew that you were able to turn the tide to this extent, but did not save so many innocent people, would she still truly submit to you?"

(End of this chapter)