The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 47 - 43 Night Tour

Chapter 47: Chapter 43 Night Tour

Guo Zhuang’s head and arms were still wrapped in gauze, clutching the freshly received appointment document, disregarding the pain from his wounds, he couldn’t help but wave it vigorously.

It had to hurt, to confirm that he wasn’t dreaming!

He had finally become an arrest officer.

This time, "inviting" Xu Qing back was not easy.

After receiving the order from the County Master, besides calling Guo Li, Guo Zhuang also immediately summoned the clan brothers who worked as unpaid labor under him.

These brothers, since they could be summoned to work in the Patrol Room, were all tough characters from the village, who usually hunted in the mountains and faced leopards and lone wolves without flinching.

They were truly brave!

Fortunately, he brought these clansmen, which allowed him to successfully "invite" Xu Qing back.

After all, Xu Qing had brought bodyguards.

However, he came from Songzhou Prefecture and did not dare to bring strong bows and heavy crossbows.

These items, if privately hidden, pose no issue unless discovered. If they are taken out of one’s territory and encountered an inspector at a checkpoint who doesn’t show favor, being found will immediately turn into a grave crime of rebellion.

Even so, the two bodyguards by his side were usually dominant figures in their region.

They ended up crippling three of Guo Zhuang’s men, including Guo Zhuang himself who was seriously injured. If not for having more people on their side, it would have been difficult to subdue the opponents.

As for Xu Qing’s servants, they truly lacked combat capability and were all "invited" back to the County Government.

After arriving at the County Government, the joints of the two bodyguards were broken, and they were thrown into the jail.

Guo Zhuang was certain to treat them well.

The enmity had already formed; even if they were later released, he would make sure they couldn’t fight anymore.

Right after he finished with these tasks, applied the wound-healing gold medicine, the arrest officer’s appointment document immediately arrived.

After all, the mere appointment of a low-ranking arrest officer was just a matter of a word from the County Master, and just required a follow-up procedure later.

In fact, the County Government is a miniaturized version of the Court, and the County Master is like an Emperor on his own turf.

But the problem is, if the County Master doesn’t know who to trust, appointing or dismissing arrest officers is meaningless.

Previously, County Magistrate Wu did not act against Zhao Xiong because he too couldn’t figure out whom to trust.

Moreover, with Zhao Xiong’s family operating in the County Government for three generations, County Magistrate Wu surely wouldn’t act without certainty. Otherwise, action by the day might lead to a fire at the Government Office by night.

Guo Zhuang, having received his appointment document, couldn’t help but be wildly ecstatic despite his usual composure.

For a low-ranked Government Official, becoming an arrest officer was equivalent to a Scholar passing the exams.

It was a dream too audacious for many Government Officials to even dare to think.

He couldn’t wait to change into the arrest officer’s uniform and headed to the Patrol Room.

News spread quickly within the Government Office.

No sooner had Guo Zhuang’s appointment document been issued than the whole County Government knew about it.

The arrest officer of the County Government was considered the fifth most important person there; Although they’re not called Old Master, anyone in the county without a title would feel intimidated upon meeting them.

An arrest officer is a hunting dog, but also a hunting dog of the Court!

However, Guo Zhuang did not see himself as a hunting dog of the Court.

These days, he indulged Xu Qing, and many Government Officials secretly cursed him as Xu Qing’s dog.

Now that he appeared in the Patrol Room in the uniform of an arrest officer, it was to show those who secretly looked down on him that what’s wrong with being a noble’s dog?

In the past, many of them were Zhao Xiong’s dogs.

Could being Zhao Xiong’s dog make them arrest officers?

Guo Zhuang surveyed the constables.

They bowed their heads, no longer daring to look at this once ordinary Team Leader.

Meanwhile, many harbored a ridiculous thought.

Both Historian Li and Guo Zhuang were previously Government Officials, but because of their connections to Xu Qing, one became an Archivist, and the other an arrest officer.

For a moment, they couldn’t help but suspect, who actually was the real big shot of the County Government?

The seasoned clerks have deeply realized that no matter who the next County Magistrate is, Xu Qing already has tremendous influence over the County Government, surpassing the former Zhao Xiong.

Because Xu Qing, at just fourteen years old and a minor Scholar, as long as he doesn’t make mistakes, the County Magistrate can do nothing about him, and generally, they will not offend such a young and talented person.

After all, County Magistrates are part of the corruption, almost always held by Scholars and Third Class Scholars.

With Xu Qing’s talent as a minor Scholar from the Zhili city, he has a high chance of becoming a Second Rank Scholar in the future.

Under unnecessary circumstances, why would anyone make an enemy of such a talented youth?

That governor who initially obstructed the Grand Secretary’s success in exams, now has grass growing over his grave, and none of his descendants have entered the court to this day.

There’s nothing to do about it; the Minister of Personnel now belongs to the Grand Secretary’s faction.

This is also within expectations.

Without control over the Ministry of Personnel, who dares to enact reform?

When executing major tasks, control over personnel is always the most critical.

Xu Qing doesn’t know that his dignity has deeply permeated the County Government, but he is rather pleased now. Because Xu Landowner has truly been asked to return to the County Government.

The dark energy within his Qi Fortune is now only a faint trace.

His thoughts are somewhat enlightened.

A gentleman’s revenge, ten years is not too late.

But if one can achieve revenge sooner, who would want to wait ten years?

In any case, this time Xu Landowner must suffer a great loss.

"It’s a pity that I can’t eradicate the problem entirely for now. After all, he is the Family Head of the Songzhou Xu Family, and also a Scholar." Xu Qing is not afraid of the other party’s retaliation.

This is Qingshui County, where the Songzhou Xu Family cannot do anything to him.

Moreover, compared to him offending Xu Landowner, Xu Landowner should be more worried about his own fate.

His plot, clarified through County Magistrate Wu to Academician Zhou, how could Academician Zhou let him off?

In fact, Xu Landowner has been a pawn crossing the river since he sought out Xu Qing, no longer in control of his own fate.

"No wonder everyone strives to climb higher, as long as there are higherups, one inevitably becomes a pawn, subjugated to others."

"So even if one achieves an immortal body, if there are still superiors, true freedom is hard to attain. You might even be kept captive, drained of blood..."

Amidst Xu Qing’s satisfaction, a sigh of introspection arises in his heart.

This restraint following his relief causes the "Crane Call" within his Divine Soul to breathe spontaneously.

It’s currently midnight, and the courtyard is quiet and deserted.

In Xu Qing’s mind, there is only the sound of the "Crane Call".

His spine undulates like a dragon or snake, his Qi-Blood surges, all rushing to the tip of his spine at the back of his head.

In a daze, the Moonlight attracted by the Old Wutong Tree turns into a beam of light reaching the top of Xu Qing’s head, inch by inch infusing within.

All at once, Xu Qing feels as though he is bathing in a gentle breeze; his entire being light and ethereal, he actually "flies" up.

He truly "flies" up, and even sees himself!

"I am now in a Divine Soul state."

Xu Qing floats over a water tank, seeing his "Divine Soul" enveloped in a faint layer of moonlight, his figure on the water surface, appearing and disappearing.

Normally when his Divine Soul exits the body, if not enveloped in incense smoke, stepping into the courtyard, the cold winds would slash his soul like a thousand knives, utterly terrifying.

But now he is not afraid.

His Divine Soul, wrapped in a layer of moonlight, seems almost invisible, moving freely around the courtyard.

The cold wind still exists, but its harmfulness greatly reduced.

His attention, placed on the bronze mirror within his Divine Soul, indeed shows a change in the evaluation under the Daoist Skill section:

Night Roaming!