Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 273 No More Thoughts
As usual, Yang Qian worked until the evening before returning home.

These days, there are already some shops and stalls open on the streets. We need to eat, so we can't just sit there and eat all the food, right?

The black smoke from the burning of corpses in the city is disgusting. White flour cakes are now covered with a layer of white cloth to block it. Otherwise, if there is some ash floating on the cakes, no one will buy them. Who knows if it is bone ash?

Before going home, Yang Qian bought a few meat patties and a pot of wine. The canteen of the police station could not be opened for the time being, so he had to find a way to solve the problem of food. He made a choice of flatbread, noodles or soup and rice every day. Just enough to fill his stomach.

As soon as he entered the room, Yang Qian didn't expect that there was already someone sitting in the main room, reading a storybook with great interest.

"Elder Xu, you're here?"

The visitor was none other than Xu Xiushan, the elder of the Five Thunder Palace. Seeing Yang Qian coming back, he greeted him cheerfully.

"Well, knowing that you were on duty, I couldn't go looking for you, so I waited for you in the room. But I didn't expect that you were so busy all day, and you didn't come back until after dinner. Do you have time to practice here?"

"It's okay. Although I'm busy, I still have some spare time. I can squeeze it in and make sure I don't fall behind in my practice."

It was a simple question and answer, but Yang Qian could feel Xu Xiushan's curiosity.

Of course, anyone would be curious about why Yang Qian was so busy yet could make such rapid progress in his cultivation. How did he practice?
Yang Qian was not worried about this. It was impossible for anyone to detect the experience panel, so he didn't care how others asked or how they spied on him. The final result would only be attributed to his extraordinary talent.

Xu Xiushan smiled. The test just now was not planned by him, but a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Only a few months had passed, but the feeling Yang Qian gave Xu Xiushan had changed a lot from before.

In Xu Xiushan's eyes before, although Yang Qian's aura was still very chaotic, he could still vaguely tell that he was different from ordinary warriors. The qi and blood aura on his body alone was far beyond that of ordinary warriors.

Now, while Yang Qian maintained this peculiar aura and blood that was hard to grasp, there was also a kind of hidden oppression emanating from Yang Qian. Even with Xu Xiushan's cultivation, he could feel it.

To give an example, before Xu Xiushan looked at Yang Qian as if he was looking at a bug, but now it was like looking at a young animal that was just beginning to show its claws, and a poisonous one at that. Although he was not afraid, he would be subconsciously alert.

"You should know more about this trouble than I do. Tell me about it?"

This was one of the reasons why Xu Xiushan came here. The Five Thunder Palace was not a large sect like the Seven Trees Sea. Its position in the Immortal Alliance was very delicate and it had to be cautious in everything. Therefore, since so many people died from the involvement of evil cultivators this time, the Five Thunder Palace had to take it much more seriously than the Seven Trees Sea.

Of course, the purpose of the Five Thunder Palace is not to catch the murderer or avenge those who died unjustly, but to see if there is anything strange that they need to be careful about.

Yang Qian did not hide it. After all, he had long wanted to have a good talk with Xu Xiushan about Zhou Zhong's incident, which had angered the people and the heavens.

So Yang Qian ate his pancake while he told the whole story.

The most important thing is Zhou Zhong's purpose of causing this disaster. Of course, Zhou Zhong's purpose was all inferred by Yang Qian, but it was not imaginary, but based on the "Cult Book" and the special patterns on the stone platform.

Xu Xiushan did not interrupt and listened quietly. His expression changed from a smile at the beginning to a serious face and a slight frown. After Xu Xiushan flipped through a few pages of the pure gold "Cult Book" that Yang Qian took out, he looked at the fragments collected from the Broken Mirror Lake and the stone platforms in various places, as well as the special symbols on the fragments. Xu Xiushan fell silent.

After a while, Xu Xiushan finally spoke: "There is also a copy of this "Herd" in the Five Thunder Palace. It was confiscated by the founder of the Five Thunder Palace many years ago. It is exactly the same as yours and is displayed as an antique in the exhibition hall on the main peak of Leiming Mountain.

Not only do we have it, but any immortal sect in the Immortal Alliance that has some strength or has existed long enough should have this kind of "Cult Scripture" preserved as a display, or as some information about the evil ways.

So the "evil thoughts" you mentioned and the "immortal characteristics" of the evil god Jiang Yuhe are not secrets in the immortal sect. It is not wrong to say that everyone knows about it.

But these things have long been ignored.

Not only Jiang Yuhe's "immortality" but also the so-called "evil thoughts" are more like a lie. No matter how difficult the path is, it is impossible that Huashen Sect has not had a successor for so many years, right?
And it has been thousands of years, if Jiang Yuhe is not dead, why hasn't he woken up yet?"

Xu Xiushan pushed the "Cult Book" back in front of Yang Qian. After a pause, he continued, "As for that prince and this catastrophe, I think it's just another crazy attempt by the Huashen Sect."

Yang Qian had also thought about Xu Xiushan's reaction. After all, the people in the immortal sect are all from the same big circle. The people in the Seven Trees Sea don't care about the evil done by the Huashen Sect, and there is no reason for the Five Thunder Palace to care.

That seems to be the case now.

However, Yang Qian would not give up his previous speculations because Xu Xiushan was only inferring the unknown based on past facts. Just because "something like this happened before", he was sure that there would be no changes?
This is still too hasty.

So Yang Qian asked again: "Elder Xu, what if Zhou Zhong really succeeded in cultivating evil thoughts and escaped?"

"What else can we do? We can only deal with the enemy with our soldiers and with the water with our earth. Haha, Yang Qian, you don't want to remind the Immortal Alliance through us to make preparations early, do you?" How could Xu Xiushan not understand Yang Qian's thoughts.

But shaking his head, Xu Xiushan said: "When the Immortal Alliance was first established, it was indeed to deal with the Huashen Sect and the evil spirits that were allied with it. But that was more than 3,000 years ago. The Huashen Sect has long been gone, and the evil spirits have been suppressed and can hardly raise their heads. Naturally, the Immortal Alliance can no longer be the same as before.

Let’s not talk about the fact that no one cares about evil cultivators right now. If we, the Five Thunder Palace, want to bring up this topic in the Immortal Alliance, we will only be laughed at. We may even be suppressed under the pretext of “not being able to distinguish right from wrong”.

So even if there is a second Jiang Yuhe as you guessed, that will be a matter for the future. No matter who brings it up now, it will be meaningless.

Do you understand what I mean?"

Yang Qian nodded. How could he not understand? Xu Xiushan was telling Yang Qian that unless it was urgent, the Immortal Alliance would never believe his "nonsense".

"By the way, your mother and brother have already arrived at the town at the foot of Leiming Mountain. I asked Feng Qingyi to arrange a place for them to stay. I will send someone to take them back after Sandao City is stable. You can rest assured."

Xu Xiushan smiled and waved his hand, stopping Yang Qian from standing up to thank him. He then asked, "The sect leader is also concerned about your practice. How far have you come? Would you like to try your hand with me?"

(End of this chapter)