Chapter 1221: Chapter 1220: Valued by Ineffable Officials

Lu Baqian held a Peach Wood Sword, surrounded by numerous magic artifacts enshrouded in a thick fog, all designed to combat zombies.

Magic artifacts floated nearby for easy activation, and the thick fog helped conceal their forms from the Drought Demon.

During his flight here, Lu Baqian thought through many strategies, determined to restrain the Drought Demon here and prevent it from slaughtering the innocent!

Using his compass, he arrived at the cemetery on the outskirts of Quyi County, only to find empty coffins before him.

"Damn, I’m too late, it has escaped!" Lu Baqian’s face looked particularly unpleasant; with the Drought Demon free, endless troubles would follow.

After a careful observation, Lu Baqian was puzzled, "But the emergence of a Drought Demon scorches the earth for thousands of miles, so why does this place still have vitality?"

Logically, after a Drought Demon emerges, it would unconsciously release its domain, strip vitality, and turn the area into a dead land.

"And isn’t this Chaotic Tomb Ridge, why is there no Yin Energy at all? Was it absorbed by the Drought Demon?"

...

"Control the domain a bit, release just a hint of Death Qi and see," Constable Meng said unapologetically.

"Yes, yes, I will control it well," the female demon replied with a forced smile, her Death Qi domain was automatically released, and controlling the leakage of Death Qi required a lot of energy.

A person has to bow under the eaves, if she dared release Death Qi, these two Tribulation Crossing Great Powers would respond with Yang Qi and Sword Qi.

"Is it this direction?"

"Yes, we are very close to the Mountain Seal now."

...

"Lord Zhang, congratulations are in order, soon you’ll be promoted to the County Magistrate of Zhongshan County."

Lord Zhang blew away the steam from his teacup casually and asked indifferently, "Wangzhi, seeking me out so late, it must be about more than just this, right?"

"Nothing much else, just that I happened upon a treasure, quite delighted, and thought to share the appreciation with Lord Zhang."

"What kind of treasure?"

Wangzhi took out a Big Seal wrapped in red cloth from his bosom and pushed it in front of Lord Zhang.

Lord Zhang picked up the Big Seal and read the two big characters on the bottom: "Mountain Suppressing?"

"This seal is truly remarkable, look at this craftsmanship, these patterns, surely made using the long-lost Ninety-nine Stages of Refining Technique!"

"Absolutely, the pattern even hides the words ’Wang An’, a Divine Craftsman’s signature, absolutely genuine, definitely a work of the Divine Craftsman Wang Family!"

"However, for nearly a thousand years, the Divine Craftsman Wang Family hasn’t produced any notable figures, heavily declined, the artifacts passed down are decent but far from their peak works."

"Your Lordship has insight, according to my research, this Mountain Seal is indeed the peak work of the Divine Craftsman Wang Family."

Hearing ’Mountain Seal’, Lord Zhang became even more enamored with the Big Seal: "Indeed, this is the Mountain Seal, known for its power to suppress mountains and evil."

Seeing Lord Zhang’s reaction, Wangzhi knew the matter was settled.

Lord Zhang did not care for Spirit Stones or magic artifacts, only showing interest in Feng Shui, evident from the arrangement of his house.

This had been specially arranged by the people from the Heavenly Strategy Sect, facing south with its back against the mountain rocks, harnessing the Spiritual Energy of the mountains and rivers, and capturing the essence of the sun and the moon. The front of the house was open, and from a distance, one could see the water in the courtyard pond, signifying the gathering and retaining of wind and Qi.

Not to mention the relationships the Heavenly Strategy Sect’s people had used, or how many Spirit Stones they had spent, just take these mountain rocks and pond water—though seemingly ordinary, the mountain rocks were actually brought back from the mountains of the Demon Territory, and the water of the pond was melted from the Extreme Northern Lands.

He had discovered that the people from the Heavenly Strategy Sect had said that to achieve the best Feng Shui layout, it was ideal to use a Mountain Suppressing Seal with the power to suppress evil as a magic artifact.

Ordinary magic artifacts couldn’t catch the eye of Lord Zhang, only the best would be used.

He happened to find a record in ancient tomes, dating back five hundred years, where tomb raiders found a hidden tomb beneath the cemetery in the neighboring county. On the coffin, there was a Mountain Seal left; just as he thought to retrieve the Seal, dark clouds formed above the coffin and lightning struck out of nowhere, hitting the coffin and scaring away the tomb raiders.

Lord Zhang laughed heartily, "The people from the Heavenly Strategy Sect really are as prescient as gods, they said it would surely catch the attention of an incredibly prestigious official, eliminating any worries about my career from then on!"

Having thought that it would take ten or twenty years to be promoted to County Magistrate, now being able to advance ahead of time, he probably had already caught the eye of that incredibly prestigious official.

"Originally, I was hesitating whether to recommend you or Dinghai for the position of County Magistrate after I leave, but now it seems Dinghai, though capable, is straightforward and lacks adaptability. Promoting him might hurt him. Wangzhi, you are cunning and perceptive, so you should climb higher."

"Wangzhi thanks Lord Zhang for his recognition of my merits!"

Just as Wangzhi prepared to take his leave, suddenly three figures appeared in the room, two men and one woman.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Lu Yang drew his sword and aimed it at the two people, "Put your hands on the table and don’t move. We are constables from Quyi County, we’ve been watching you for a long time. The bribery you’re involved in has already been recorded by the Recording Orb; you’re under arrest!"

Initially, hearing that these two were just constables, Lord Zhang was unconcerned, but when he heard Lu Yang mentioning the Recording Orb, his expression drastically changed, for it could be used as leverage against him!

"You dare!"

Lord Zhang’s shadow split into two shadow wolves, which bit at the constables’ shadows—an extremely rare Shadow Divine Ability, unpreventable.

"Don’t think about harming anyone!"

The female Dry Corpse immediately stepped in front of the two men, stomping on one of the shadow wolves, and since Lord Zhang was connected to the shadow wolf, he felt as if his chest was being crushed, making it hard for him to breathe.

The female Dry Corpse excitedly turned to Lu Yang, "Sirs, does this count as a merit for me?"

"Who are you people to dare arrest me!"

Meng Jingzhou rolled his eyes, annoyed, and slapped Lord Zhang’s old face, "If you’re deaf, how can you still be a County Magistrate? Didn’t we just say, we are constables from Quyi County."

"I’ll have you know, I’ve already been noticed by that prestigious official, and no longer worry about my career path. My promotion to County Magistrate this time was that official’s doing, if you provoke me, you are opposing that official!"

"What a mess."

...

Early in the morning, Lu Yang and his companion originally wanted to wake Man Gu, but hearing the snoring sound coming from the room—Man Gu was sleeping soundly—it seemed inhumane to wake him, so they left a note overturned at the room’s doorway.

After a while, the secretary, carrying an official decree, also placed it at the doorstep of Man Gu’s room.

Rubbing his eyes, Man Gu opened the room door and saw two papers on the chair by the door, yawning as he picked them up to read.

"The decree states that the position of County Magistrate has been finalized and is assigned to Zhang Tongheng of Guyuan County."

"From Senior Brother, let me see, they caught a tomb raider last night, also stumbled upon the disposing process, the matter was urgent, they’ve already arrested the person, asking me to issue an arrest warrant now. The arrest warrant’s content is all prepared, just missing my signature?"

Man Gu unfolded the arrest warrant left by Lu Yang and his companion.

"Strange, how is this person also named Zhang Tongheng?"