Above the Great Dao
Chapter 399 - 196: Don’t Go Too Far!_3

Chapter 399: Chapter 196: Don’t Go Too Far!_3

Chen Shi sat down, and Black Pot came over and sat beside him. Chen Shi said, "I thought, the young master should be killed! With small favors and grace to blind people’s hearts, bewitching them into believing in righteousness, causing them to lose the sense of right and wrong, not to distinguish between good and evil, this young master must be an Evil Spirit on earth!"

"Wang!" Black Pot barked towards the collapsed wall.

Chen Shi spoke softly, "I know he’s very powerful, more so than any enemy I have encountered! The forces under his command, I’m afraid, are extremely vast, and it’s even possible that I might die a violent death without ever having seen him. But behind Phoenix Ridge, when I helped those children’s souls ascend to the afterlife, I told them I would avenge them, and only then did their resentment fully dissipate, allowing them to move on."

Black Pot cocked his head and looked at him, puzzled, "Wang?"

Chen Shi stood up and walked outside, his gaze deep, "As a Talisman Master, my duty is to slay evil and exorcise spirits. No matter how deep this Evil hides, it’s my mission to eradicate it!"

He stepped over the collapsed wall and headed to the restaurant diagonally opposite, walking straight up to Governor Xu Jian’s table, pulled out the chair opposite and sat down, and said with a smile to the approaching waiter, "Add a set of bowls and chopsticks."

The waiter looked at him in surprise and then at Xu Jian.

Governor Xu watched Chen Shi with a smile and nodded lightly.

The waiter hurried away.

Chen Shi said apologetically, "Governor, you have invited me several times, but these past few days have indeed been crucial for my intensive training and breakthroughs, making it impossible for me to spare any time. I’ve failed to meet your expectations, please forgive me. This meal is my treat."

Xu Jian laughed, "Brother Chen, why be so formal? You’ve arranged birds as informants everywhere, monitoring these spies’ every move, and planning their assassination. You’ve even deployed quite a few birds to watch over me as well. You’ve been indeed very busy."

Chen Shi hurriedly apologized, "I had no intention of surveilling you. Just now, I happened to see that you were dining here when I released the yellow bird, so I took the liberty of coming over."

Xu Jian didn’t seem to want to pursue the matter further and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, we are not strangers. The Cold Mountain Wanderer is actually my grand uncle."

Chen Shi looked at him in surprise.

That the Cold Mountain Wanderer was from one of the Thirteen Families, the Xu Family, was completely beyond his expectations!

"Many Independents come from the families."

Xu Jian said with a smile, "Independents seek different things than those of us in the government. Some talents from the families can’t stand the bureaucracy and yearn for the life of an Independent, so they go off to become one. As long as the Independents don’t go too far, the court turns a blind eye to them."

The waiter brought over the bowls and chopsticks.

Xu Jian continued, "For instance, if you commit murder in the Chen residence, the court can choose not to intervene."

At this moment, a government officer from the government office rushed over, loudly shooing away the crowd of onlookers, ready to inspect the scene.

One of the officers, upon seeing Xu Jian and Chen Shi, hurried over and bowed, "Your Excellency, I heard that a murder occurred here and rushed over..."

"Murder? What murder?"

Xu Jian, while picking out food, asked without even raising an eyebrow, "How come I didn’t see any murder?"

The officer got the hint and turned to attend to his duties.

Xu Jian laughed and said, "Another example, if an Independent commits a heinous crime like hanging corpses on Golden Mountain, then the court would have to intervene. After all, the court also wishes for peace in the world."

He put down his utensils and looked intently into Chen Shi’s eyes, "Chen Shi, you and your grandfather are both stubborn, I can’t buy you. Houses, women, treasures, thousands of acres of fertile land, none can buy you! But, can you give me face and refrain from doing anything too extreme during my term in Xin Xiang Province?"

Chen Shi picked up his bowl, took the chopsticks, and started eating, "As long as your Excellency conducts himself without excess, how could I, a mere peasant, act excessively?"

Xu Jian looked at him intently, then after a long pause, leaned back and laughed, "You’re more reasonable than your grandfather. All right, I will do my best to be a good official! Tell me, what do you need?"

Chen Shi put down his bowl and chopsticks, and looking earnestly into his eyes, asked, "Regarding the Young Master of Yudou, how much does your Excellency know?"

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