The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 264 - 131: Innate Finger, Capital Shaken (Request for Subscription)

Chapter 264: Chapter 131: Innate Finger, Capital Shaken (Request for Subscription)

"Not good." Xu Qing, momentarily distracted, suddenly felt a terrifying Pure Yang aura rushing towards him.

Boom!

In Xu Qing’s Sea of Consciousness, the light of the Ziwei Star greatly intensified, and the already connected Azure Dragon’s Horn and Neck acupoints lit up one after another.

Under the explosive release of his powerful Divine Soul Power.

A fearsome Demon God aura surged from Xu Qing’s body.

The Yaksha King with a green face and fangs, the Asura King holding a saw wheel, the fierce Asura King, and the Vajra King holding the Vajra Bell, the Four Great Demon Gods appeared around Xu Qing.

This Pure Yang aura assaulted the Four Great Demon Gods.

A moment later, the vision disappeared.

Xu Qing let out a long sigh.

The Four Great Demon Gods, now could both attack enemies and serve as Protecting Demon Gods.

The Pure Yang aura just now, was the nemesis to Ghosts.

Xu Qing naturally visualized the Four Great Demon Gods as protectors.

Originally, visualizing the Four Great Demon Gods at the same time would cause them to go out of control, but as soon as they appeared, they were shattered by the Pure Yang aura, which actually avoided the risk of losing control.

Even so, Xu Qing still fell into a weakened state due to the shattering of the Four Great Demon Gods simultaneously.

He chanted the Thunder Sound, activated the Golden Light Spell, and used his Qi-Blood to nourish his Divine Soul, quickly replenishing the deficit.

"What happened?" Feng Wu, seeing Xu Qing was alright, breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked.

Xu Qing: "This time it’s fortunate you didn’t recklessly use your Divine Soul to probe this painting, otherwise, I wouldn’t see you again."

While he said this, he suspected in his heart that the Pure Yang aura was triggered by the bronze mirror.

He possessed the Demon God Visualization Map of the Five Great Demons, yet even the most formidable Destruction Ming King Visualization couldn’t compare with this painting.

He even suspected that the image of Chongyang True Man in this painting, if worshipped like the Five Great Demons, could possibly nurture a Daoist deity comparable to a Possessed Great Success, or even a "Ghost Immortal."

Feng Wu: "I’m not foolish, knowing that this is an ancestor portrait venerated by the Quanzhen Dao’s Chongyang Palace, after suffering a loss once, would I dare use my Divine Soul to probe it?"

Xu Qing twitched the corner of his mouth, realizing Feng Wu was calling him foolish.

Xu Qing cried foul internally, clearly blaming the bronze mirror.

However, on normal days, he regarded the bronze mirror as one with himself, so shifting the blame now wasn’t appropriate.

Anyway, he was unharmed.

No harm, no foul.

Justice may not be on his side, but he was emboldened!

Xu Qing: "So it’s the portrait of Chongyang Ancestor venerated by the Quanzhen Dao, that explains it. This painting even surpasses the Demon God Map of the Destruction Ming King from that day. Where did you get it?"

"It’s a wedding gift from my uncle, the Chaotian Temple Master even wanted it, but he didn’t give it to him."

"This item is rare, it’s just that the Grandmaster, who doesn’t cultivate, couldn’t perceive its power. The Chaotian Temple Master, however, is discerning," Xu Qing nodded his head.

The Academic Supervisor being called Great Grandmaster by the scholar community, so Xu Qing affectionately referred to him as Grandmaster instead of Uncle, as they were not yet married.

Feng Wu smiled gently: "The Temple Master and I have a good relationship, he said he’d send a congratulatory gift after our marriage, but we have to wait until we return to the Capital."

Xu Qing coughed: "We probably won’t be going to the Capital in the next two years, how about asking him to send it over?"

Feng Wu laughed lightly and said, "You have the nerve. But aren’t you planning to participate in next year’s examination?"

Xu Qing shook his head: "Even if I partake in next year’s Imperial Examination, it’s impossible for me to become an Imperial Examination."

Feng Wu couldn’t help being curious: "Why? With your talent, not to mention securely being the top scorer, there’s definitely no way you couldn’t pass the examination. Moreover, being the Top Scorer of South Zhili, if you don’t change your literary style, the examiners wouldn’t misrecognize you, much less deliberately fail you."

Xu Qing, in this matter, naturally couldn’t keep secrets from Feng Wu. He first mentioned the letter from the Grand Secretary, then roughly discussed the stake in the land survey, and explained to Feng Wu why he couldn’t participate in next year’s Imperial Examination because of this.

The only thing he didn’t mention was that he also didn’t intend to participate in next year’s Imperial Examination himself because the matters were more complex and related to Xu Qing’s own dark psychology. It was best not to talk about it.

Even as they would be husband and wife, to maintain a harmonious relationship, there should still be some secrets kept from each other.

Secrets, things too secret to tell others.

For example, the matters concerning Su Lianqing and the Red Flower Society, it wouldn’t be good to involve Feng Wu.

In his plan, dirty and tough tasks were meant for Su Lianqing.

This was also determined by the identity of Su Lianqing.

After hearing Xu Qing’s explanation, Feng Wu immediately understood, saying: "So the Grand Secretary wants to keep you in South Zhili to work for him, that’s why he doesn’t want you to come to the Capital for the examination early."

Because after passing the Imperial Examination, it is normal to participate in the court examination, observe political affairs, or enter the Hanlin Academy. If ranked first in the Imperial Examination, one directly enters Hanlin. The top scorer is a Sixth Rank Hanlin Editor, the second and third places are Seventh Rank Hanlin Editors.

Feng Wu thought of this, and thinking of her father, she continued: "But dad could directly come to South Zhili as an Imperial Censor, why can’t they make an exception for you?"

Xu Qing softly said: "Because I’m too young, he wants to suppress me, to ensure there’s nothing to hold against me later."

Feng Wu immediately got angry and said: "He was suppressed by someone once and held a grudge for decades, now he wants to suppress you, that’s too much."

Xu Qing shook his head: "No matter who sits in that position, it’s impossible not to suppress young people like me. This time, if I don’t fight for myself, even the local examiner Shen Junshan, would probably want to suppress me, to take me under his wing."

"Aren’t they afraid you’ll hold grudges?"

"What grudges? Matters of the officialdom are driven by interests. Moreover, once the teacher-student relationship is established, what can I do?"

Although the officialdom is not void of instances where people betray their mentors or friends for gain, the outcomes are generally not good.

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