Chapter 1254: Chapter 1253: County Magistrate Man Assumes Office for 7 Days, Zhongshan County Disappears

"It’s finally over."

The crowd witnessed Yao Saint’s self-detonation, disappearing in a puff of smoke and haze, all of them exhaling a sigh of relief as if unburdening themselves.

Yao Saint had brought immense pressure to everyone, his physical body incredibly strong, the Speak and Follow Dao Fruit mysterious and unpredictable—only when the Yingtian Three Immortals joined hands did they manage to injure him once.

If it weren’t for Fairy Eternity and Yun Zhi working together, the five of them alone would have definitively been unable to defeat Yao Saint.

"Thank goodness for Senior Jiang’s Taishang Sword," Lu Yang couldn’t help but remark.

Without the Taishang Sword to restrain the Dao Fruit, Yao Saint would have definitely fled, either by faking his death or by altering the timeline.

However, Lu Yang also had regrets, for there were still many unanswered mysteries involving Yao Saint. But now that Yao Saint was dead, it was feared that those answers would never be found.

But was Yao Saint really the mastermind behind everything?

"All settled." Yun Zhi spoke in the voice of Fairy Eternity, causing Lu Yang’s eyes to twitch at the stark contrast; Eldest Senior Sister’s switch was indeed a bit frightening.

Fairy Eternity left Yun Zhi’s body and took the opportunity to reward those who had served in protection: "For your meritorious service in safeguarding, I appoint you as the Minister of War for the Great Bean Dynasty!"

Yun Zhi hadn’t expected that her good intentions in lending her body to Fairy Eternity would result in injury rather than gratitude.

She had not escaped the Great Bean Dynasty after all.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"How about that, Little Yang? Am I impressive?" Fairy Eternity couldn’t wait, spinning circles around Lu Yang; it was her time to shine and impress on all fronts.

"Fairy is impressive!" Lu Yang gave a thumbs-up and praised, different from his usual flattery—this time, he meant it sincerely.

"As long as you know I’m impressive, that’s the extent of my true power," Fairy Eternity said proudly, albeit having borrowed Miss Yun’s body, but that wasn’t any issue.

Yun Zhi returned the Supreme Shovel to Jiang Pingan.

Jiang Pingan stowed the shovel away, caressing the barrier distressedly.

His barrier wasn’t only sturdy, but it also had the power to limit the Dao Fruit; the reason Yao Saint didn’t employ a command like "leave barrier" to use abilities comparable to the Spatial Dao Fruit was precisely because of the barrier.

The power of national fate accumulated over one hundred thousand years was used up by more than half; fortunately, it succeeded in killing Yao Saint, otherwise, it would have been a blood loss.

"Are you the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord?" The Yingtian Three Immortals surrounded him with unfriendly expressions.

"We heard you’ve been looking for us, and you said if we didn’t cooperate, you’d kill us and have your four Divine Monarchs succeed us in becoming immortals?"

Sweat broke out on the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord. He had been indeed searching for the Four Ancient Immortals, but he hadn’t expected to meet them under such circumstances.

Still, as the Founding Emperor, even facing three of his peers, he did not lose any of his imposing manner: "I warn you to be nice to me, I have backers, and you’ll see if you dare touch me!"

"Backers?" Yingtian Immortal smirked in disbelief.

Seeing this, the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord hurriedly shouted out, seeking protection from Seek Dao Sect.

"You all from Seek Dao Sect have a duty to protect prisoners, right? I surrender."

Prisoners of the Seek Dao Sect were considered part of the Seek Dao Sect.

Yun Zhi hadn’t expected the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord to take such an initiative; she paused for two seconds before uttering a simple affirmation.

Immortal Jiuchong took the lead from his belligerent personality and elbowed Qilin Immortal: "Qilin, where have you been all these years, showing up only now?"

Initially cheerful upon defeating Yao Saint, Qilin Immortal’s smile gradually faded along with the atmosphere around him growing oppressive.

"How, how could you react like that?"

Qilin Immortal stayed silent for a long while before he stuttered out, "Originally, I was the one who killed Time Immortal."

Yingtian Immortal and Immortal Jiuchong’s expressions changed drastically: "Qilin, that’s no joke!"

Qilin Immortal just shook his head and sighed, struggling to find words for his two friends.

Seeing Qilin Immortal’s reaction, how could they not know he was telling the truth?

Yingtian Immortal and Immortal Jiuchong’s anger surged from within, grabbing Qilin Immortal’s collar and punching him in the face.

"Son of a bitch, what have you done!"

Qilin Immortal, acknowledging his guilt without resistance, was knocked to the ground by the punch.

Yingtian Immortal and Immortal Jiuchong, still unable to quell their fury, picked him up from the ground and delivered another punch.

"Has Time Immortal ever wronged you!"

Qilin Immortal didn’t know how to explain this to his friends, turning his head to ask Immortal Fairy Eternity.

"Fairy Eternity, where is Time Immortal now? I want to see him."

It was his mistake, and he was bound to give an explanation.

He had already made up his mind, whether Time Immortal hit him, cursed him, or even killed him, he wouldn’t hold any grudges.

"In the Western Paradise Temple in Buddha Country."

Yingtian Immortal and Immortal Jiuchong’s voices suddenly rose several octaves, "Time Immortal is still alive?!"

They had always thought that Time Immortal was dead.

"Uh, actually, Time Immortal is not dead, his soul has escaped." The news that Time Immortal was still alive had been kept from Yingtian Immortal and Immortal Jiuchong, and Immortal Fairy Eternity showed a rare expression of embarrassment.

But she couldn’t be blamed for that, as it was Time Immortal himself who didn’t want to see anyone.

Hearing the good news, Yingtian Immortal and Immortal Jiuchong clenched their fists in excitement, trembling. It’s good that he’s alive, so good that he’s still alive!

They each supported one side of Qilin Immortal, "Come, let’s go to Buddha Country to see Time Immortal together!"

"Hold on, Little Yang and I will come too," shouted Immortal Fairy Eternity.

"Fairy, the affairs of Zhongshan County haven’t been settled yet." Lu Yang scratched his head, believing in finishing what one starts.

"Then hurry up."

"Alright." Lu Yang, seeing that the Fairy was determined to go to Buddha Country, hurried to wrap things up.

However, there seemed to be nothing in need of his attention; after all, he was just a constable in Zhongshan County, not the decision-maker in major affairs.

"The entrance to Fengdu Space should be here."

During the outbreak of the Immortal Battle, Lu Yang remembered that Old Meng had poked his head around this position two or three times.

He opened the entrance and entered Fengdu Space.

"Old Lu, you finally made it." Meng Jingzhou sighed with relief when he saw Lu Yang enter, as the outside world was in tumult, and even with all the nerve in the world, he didn’t dare to peek out again, he could only wait for Old Lu to come and find him after everything ended.

"Has it ended?" Thief King, who was sitting on the ground chatting with two Divine Monarchs, scrambled to his feet.

Si Heng, Si Shi, the two Divine Monarchs, and County Magistrate Man were all very concerned about this issue.

Lu Yang nodded, "It has ended."

"How is Zhongshan County then, I heard from Senior Brother Meng that the houses collapsed, and it was a charred land."

Lu Yang found the question difficult to answer, "The actual situation is somewhat different, seeing is believing, it’s best that you go out and see for yourself, Junior Brother Man."

"That makes sense."

Man Gu stepped out of the Fengdu Space, missed his footing, and fell down, landing in a mess.

Man Gu realized he had fallen into a huge pit, with nothing around.

Where is my Zhongshan County? How come there’s not even charred land, just a pit left?

Lu Yang flew down to help Man Gu, bidding farewell sincerely, "Junior Brother Man, I came here to catch ghosts, and now that the matter is neatly handled, I should be leaving."

It was then that Man Gu remembered he had invited Lu Yang and another person to come for ghost-catching.