Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

Wan Jianyi's sword-holding arm was trembling slightly, and on the other side, the red-haired man was even more unbearable, with blood spurting out of his mouth, staining his robe red, but he did not retreat. Instead, the fighting spirit in his eyes became stronger.

Wan Jianyi frowned slightly, "Your physical body is so strong that it surpasses even the demon cultivators of the same level. What kind of cultivation do you follow?"

The red-haired man didn't say anything. He was spitting out blood, but he was gathering his strength. His unyielding will to fight for survival made Wan Jianyi frown slightly.

The other party used a secret method to temporarily raise his cultivation to the Spirit Severing stage, which made him feel difficult at the moment. This person used his fist to block his sword, but his body was not seriously injured. He just spit out a few mouthfuls of blood. This kind of cultivator is the most difficult to deal with in the World of Ten Thousand Spirits.

Their vitality is too strong, and their physical defense is extremely resistant to attacks. Unless they have an overwhelming advantage, the fight will turn into a war of attrition.

He originally wanted to show off his fighting ability in front of Song Xuan and others, but ended up running into a tough opponent. If things go wrong, it might end up as a war of attrition. This was not the result Wan Jianyi wanted.

"Ancient Road, calling the wind and rain!"

After wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, the red-haired man pointed to the sky. The next moment, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, as if a black dragon was rolling in the clouds. In an instant, rain fell in all directions, and the rain curtain, with endless murderous intent, covered Song Xuan and others!

"interesting!"

Song Xuan waved his sleeves, and no power fluctuations were seen, but the rain curtain between heaven and earth suddenly stagnated, and then dissipated like a bubble.

The red-haired man's face changed drastically. Before he could react, he felt a great fear rising in his heart. Then, he was horrified to find that a hand had been pressed on his head without him knowing when.

There was no power fluctuation on his palm, but he dared not move. His soul was madly warning him that if he dared to make any movement, he would die.

Song Xuan placed his left hand on the man's head, a warm smile on his face, and spoke gently, like a cheerful older brother next door.

"what's your name?"

"Junior Gu Daoyi, greetings to the senior!"

"Gu Daoyi?" Song Xuan blinked, then nodded and smiled, "What a good name!"

As he spoke, he looked at Wan Jianyi and said, "Old Wan, his name is similar to yours. You two are quite destined to be together!"

Wan Jianyi was shocked by Song Xuan's strength at the moment, but he muttered to himself in dissatisfaction, "What kind of fate can there be between me and a barbarian who cultivates his physical body!"

Of course, although he thought so in his heart, his face showed an expression of agreement, "Your Excellency is right, I think so too!"

Song Xuan looked at Wan Jianyi with a complicated expression. Is this still the Wan Jianyi in the Zhu Xian plot that he remembered, who was upright and proud?

What happened after he left Qingyun Sect that caused his edges to be smoothed out, from a handsome and elegant swordsman with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, to such a smooth-talking old man!

Sighing secretly that time has passed quickly since he entered the martial arts world, Song Xuan once again set his gaze on Gu Daoyi beside him.

"What kind of Tao are you practicing?"

"Senior, the ancient divine way that I practice is a legacy that I accidentally obtained in a secret realm. As a casual cultivator, I have been practicing in this boundless sea for over a hundred years.

My cultivation resources have been exhausted today, and I suddenly felt like collecting some tolls. I hope you can forgive me for any offense I have caused you."

Song Xuan smiled.

Sure enough, under the threat of the immortal touching my head and shattering my soul with an inch of strength, this red-haired handsome guy who was cold in front of Wan Jianyi also began to become reasonable and easy to talk to.

Chapter 605: Guess when my brother will kill him with one sword?

Song Xuan looked at Gu Daoyi, staring at the four star-like light spots rotating between his eyebrows.

He felt the surging physical energy and blood power from the other person. The ancient god's way that the other person practiced was similar to his method of refining the acupoints of the stars.

After a moment's thought, he said in a deep voice, "To live or to die?"

"Senior, I want to live!"

The greatest source of motivation for those who practice cultivation is longevity, to live longer.

As long as there is a way to survive, few people would seek death for the so-called dignity.

Gu Dao couldn't understand Song Xuan's strength at first glance. The opponent's methods were neither as ethereal as those of the immortals nor as violent as those of the demons, but he could easily dispel his Gu Dao magical powers.

The other party was practicing a kind of Tao that he had never seen before, and this Tao made him instinctively feel fear.

His own ancient divine way seemed to be completely restrained by the other party's way!

Song Xuan withdrew his hand and spoke calmly, "I, Song Xuan, will soon be going to the Imperial City Department to take over the position of Deputy Captain of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Prefecture. I'm currently in need of an attendant to run errands and do odd jobs. Would you be willing?"

"Thank you for your support, Senior. I am willing to help you!"

Song Xuan nodded slightly, said nothing, and just looked at him quietly.

Gu Dao was stunned for a moment, "My Lord, do you have any other instructions?"

"Why are you pretending to be confused?"

A light shout rang out from not far away. Song Qian looked disdainful and stared at him coldly, "Hand over your soul blood voluntarily! My brother won't speak, and you're playing dumb here, right?"

Gu Daoyi looked at Song Xuan's face with a look of doubt and uncertainty. Then he gritted his teeth, raised his hand and tapped his forehead. Then a ball of soul blood wrapped in a halo was drawn out.

"grown ups!"

Gu Dao held the soul blood in his hands and presented it respectfully.

Song Xuan waved his sleeves, collected the soul blood, and his expression became much gentler.

"From now on, we are all family. There is no need to be so reserved."

"As long as you don't have any other intentions, I will return your soul and blood to you after a hundred years."

Glancing at Gu Daoyi, whose face was a little pale, he continued, "The soul blood is in my hands, which may not be a bad thing for you.

If you die in an accident, at least, with me, you still have a chance to be resurrected!"

After he said this, Gu Daoyi's expression immediately became much better, and there was a bit more conviction in his eyes when he looked at Song Xuan.

"Don't worry, sir. I keep my word. Now that I've followed you, I won't have second thoughts!"

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The rest of the journey was uneventful.

Three days later, they arrived at the territory of Suzhou and Hangzhou Prefecture.

Hangzhou City is the capital of Suzhou and Hangzhou Prefecture. The Thousand Households Office of the Imperial City Administration stationed in Suzhou and Hangzhou Prefecture is located in an extremely vast area on the eastern outskirts of the city.

"Life is a huge cycle, going around and around, and finally returning to where we started."

Looking at the magnificent city of Hangzhou, Song Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

When he debuted in the Xuanyiwei, he started from the Xuanyiwei Qianhu Division in Hangzhou City. Although it has now become the Imperial City Division, the scene before him still made him feel somewhat familiar.

I just don’t know if the captain of the Qianhu Office will have the foresight to do this time.

If he doesn't keep his eyes open, he might have to go back to his old ways and kill another thousand households.

He is a professional in chopping off his boss!

...

It has to be said that the Imperial City Bureau's intelligence capabilities are quite impressive. Before Song Xuan entered the city, a line of Imperial City Bureau soldiers were waiting at the city gate.

Seeing Song Xuan and his companions approaching, a middle-aged man in the lead, dressed in a dark brown official uniform, laughed out loud and walked forward to greet them.

"Master Song, did you have a smooth journey? Did you encounter any danger?"

Song Xuan looked at the man inconspicuously. He had a square face, big ears, and looked mature and heavy-handed. If nothing unexpected happened, he was Zhou Yang, the captain of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Prefecture's Qianhu Division.

If someone respects me an inch, I will respect him a yard. Captain Zhou went out of the city specifically to welcome him and show full courtesy, so Song Xuan naturally would not act unreasonably.

He immediately clasped his fists and bowed, "Song Xuan, greetings to the Thousand Household Master!"

Seeing this, Captain Zhou's smile grew even wider. "Brother Song, you're too polite. We'll be brothers in the same government office from now on. There's no need to be so polite.

Come, let’s go to the yamen first to familiarize ourselves with the future office environment, and then take a look at the accommodation arranged for you.

The kitchen has prepared a banquet to welcome you all tonight.

What do you think of my arrangement, Brother Song?"

"You are too polite!" Song Xuan smiled noncommittally, "Everything is up to your arrangement."

"Haha, brother is a straightforward person!" Zhou Yang laughed out loud.

Song Xuan also laughed, and for a moment, the atmosphere was very cheerful, without any of the tension that would be present when the principal and deputy met.

Only Victoria Song and the two people who invited her looked at each other and communicated with each other.

Victoria Song: "I feel like they're both so hypocritical."

Yao Yue: "That's how it is in the officialdom. Even if you secretly want to kill someone, you still have to be friendly and make money on the surface."

Victoria Song: "Sister-in-law, guess when my brother will kill this boss with a single blow?"

Yao Yue: "My husband is not a bloodthirsty person. If the other party is fair, it may not be impossible for my husband to work with him and coexist peacefully."

Victoria Song: "That's true... Although this person looks like a smiling tiger, as long as he doesn't do anything stupid, my brother may not make trouble.

After all, we're new here, and we don't have much support in the Imperial City Department. Given my brother's personality, we should be able to stay stable for a while."

The two of them communicated with each other and followed Song Xuan and others into the city.

To Song Xuan's surprise, there were not many cultivators in Hangzhou City, and most of them were very low-key, without any aura of cultivation leaking out. If one did not observe carefully, they were no different from ordinary mortals.

There are a million people in the city, and 99% of them are ordinary people who have never practiced cultivation. The streets are busy with traffic, and there are shops on both sides of the streets. Various hawking and bargaining sounds are heard one after another. Is it no different from the mundane world of the Great Zhou world?

Seeing Song Xuan's strange expression, Zhou Yang smiled and said, "Brother Song has been practicing in Hunyuan Sect for a long time. You are used to seeing practitioners. Suddenly seeing so many ordinary people, are you a little uncomfortable?"

Song Xuan nodded slightly, "It's a bit unexpected."

Zhou Yang explained: "This is normal. In our Dao Song Dynasty, there are many cultivators, but compared with the huge group of mortals, they seem insignificant.

Moreover, most cultivators generally have their own places to go, either practicing in caves, or exploring secret realms in groups of three or five, or becoming officials in the court and planning their fortunes.

It is said that the secular world is a good place to refine one's mind, but it is also the easiest place to corrupt one's cultivation. There are very few cultivators who would live exclusively in secular cities.

The people are governed by the prefects, and there are garrisons in the city. Our Imperial City Department does not need to worry about public security. Relatively speaking, our Imperial City Department is relatively idle.

Brother Song, choosing to work in the Imperial City Division is truly a wise choice."

Song Xuan laughed twice without comment, but if you look closely, you can see that the smile on his face is gradually fading.

Chapter 606 Song Xuan: Watch my eyes and I’ll get angry at any time!

This guy!

Song Xuan chuckled twice with a forced smile.

Even though Captain Zhou's words sounded nice, how could Song Xuan not understand the implicit meaning behind them?

The local government is responsible for governing the people. The Suzhou and Hangzhou areas belong to the secular world, and there are not many monks. As long as they do not cause trouble, the Imperial City Administration does not need to deal with it.

The meaning is very simple. The Thousand Households Office of the Imperial City Division here is very idle and there is nothing to do on weekdays. When you come here, you can just take up an idle position peacefully, practice when you need to, and have fun when you need to.

As long as you don’t think about getting involved in power, it’s good for you, me, and everyone!

Song Xuan's mind was as clear as a mirror, but he showed a look of surprise, acting like a fledgling disciple of the sect, with an incredible look.

“Are you serious, sir?

Before leaving the sect, the Supreme Elder had said that the Imperial City Bureau would have to face many dangers and a high mortality rate. Not only would they have to deal with emergencies within their jurisdiction, they might also have to fight against spies from other dynasties.

Could it be that the Grand Elder is wrong?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang looked a little embarrassed and laughed dryly twice.

Hunyuan Sect is an eighth-level sect, and its supreme elder is at least in the middle stage of the fusion realm. Such a great cultivator is far beyond the reach of a thousand-householder like him who is only in the return to the void stage.

"What the sect's Grand Elder said is actually not wrong, but the security in our Suzhou and Hangzhou area is relatively good. At least when we don't encounter trouble, everyone is still very free."

Song Xuan glanced at him and did not continue the topic.

Promotions in the Imperial City Department are based on merit, not simply on one's cultivation.

If you have no merit, even if you are a powerful person in the fusion stage, you can only stay where you are. But if your merit is great enough and alarms the top leaders of the Imperial City Bureau, even if you are just a cultivator in the Yuanying stage, it may not be impossible for you to be promoted to a Wanhu or even a higher-level pacification envoy.

Of course, this is just a possibility.

In the world of cultivation, strength is what is respected. Without strong strength, ordinary people don’t have the ability to achieve great achievements.

This Qianhu's cultivation level is average, and in his eyes he is just a small Karami. If he can be sensible, it will be fine, and everyone can be safe.

But if they resort to the tactics of suppressing and undermining the officialdom, Song Xuan has plenty of ways to deal with them.

He has deep understanding of how to control his superiors.

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