Chapter 521

Chapter 521: The Tragic Incident at the County Office

"Ah! So one thousand taels is just the fee for the introduction? Help requires another five thousand taels? Why didn’t you say that from the beginning?" He Mu Shan felt somewhat angry.

"Impudent, how dare you be rude in front of the county magistrate!" the county magistrate immediately scolded He Mu Shan.

He Mu Shan pretended to be frightened.

At that moment, the county magistrate lightly said to He Mu Shan, "He Daxuan, your situation is either to provide five thousand taels of silver, or you can wait to be beheaded."

So, he directly prepared to leave.

Seeing this, the county magistrate instructed a few officers, "Come, take He Daxuan to the jail and let him experience the eighteen forms of torture in our prison."

Upon hearing this, several officers moved to grab He Mu Shan and take him away.

"Wait a minute."

He Mu Shan hastily called out.

Seeing all eyes on him, He Mu Shan continued, "I am willing to provide an additional five thousand taels of silver; I only ask that you release me quickly."

Upon hearing this, smiles appeared on everyone’s faces.

At this moment, the county magistrate, who was preparing to leave, returned. "Very good, you should have said so earlier."

"How will you prepare to pay the five thousand taels?"

"The silver notes are with me; I will give them to you."

As He Mu Shan spoke, he reached into his chest and pulled out a stack of silver notes.

The county magistrate quickly took the silver notes, counted them, and found that they were indeed five thousand taels.

He then handed them quickly to the county magistrate.

The county magistrate looked at them, then his expression turned stern: "These silver notes are fake. You cunning villager, how dare you use counterfeit notes to fool me! You all, search him; let me see how many more counterfeit notes he has."

After saying this, he signaled to several officers.

Soon, the officers grabbed He Mu Shan again and began searching him thoroughly.

"County magistrate, all my silver notes are real, they are all real!" He Mu Shan argued as he "struggled."

The officers completely searched He Mu Shan from head to toe and found no other silver notes.

"These silver notes are fake. If you want to live, you must provide another five thousand taels of real silver notes, or your only fate will be beheading," the county magistrate threatened He Mu Shan.

"My silver notes are real! If you don’t believe me, give me back the notes, and I will exchange them for silver and bring it back to you," He Mu Shan said to the county magistrate.

"You have counterfeit silver notes. Do you know what crime it is to privately use counterfeit notes? If investigated, it’s also a capital offense…"

"So, if you want to survive, you’d better find a way to pull together another five thousand taels of real silver."

Upon hearing this, He Mu Shan felt utterly speechless.

After thinking for a moment, he said to the county magistrate, "Alright then, I will get another five thousand taels of silver notes; this time, I guarantee they are real."

So, He Mu Shan reached into his chest again.

In the next moment, another stack of silver notes appeared in He Mu Shan’s hand.

Upon seeing this scene, everyone’s eyes went wide.

After a moment of shock, the county magistrate quickly snatched the silver notes from He Mu Shan and signaled to a few officers.

Seeing the county magistrate’s signal, the officers hurriedly grabbed He Mu Shan again and began to search him once more.

Some even prepared to strip He Mu Shan of his clothes.

"This is too much!"

He Mu Shan finally reached his limit.

In the next moment, a token appeared in his bosom.

An officer reached toward He Mu Shan’s chest and happened to touch the token.

After feeling the token, he quickly pulled it out.

He looked at the token for a moment, then became dumbfounded.

"What is this?"

Seeing this, the county magistrate hurriedly snatched the token from the officer’s hand.

After taking the token, he glanced at it as well.

Then he too froze in shock, and he couldn’t help but slump down to the ground.

At the same time, the look he gave He Mu Shan was filled with terror.

"What is going on?" The county magistrate asked, rushing forward to grab the token.

In the next moment, when he saw the words on the token, he was also left stunned.

The token had a line of text — Order of the Imperial Eagle Guard Commander!

So this young man in front of him was the commander of the Qingyi Guards?

At that moment, cold sweat broke out on the county magistrate’s forehead, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

The other officers who were searching He Mu Shan also immediately stopped when they witnessed the county magistrate and the county magistrate’s reaction.

Clearly, the way they behaved indicated that this young man had a high status.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on He Mu Shan’s lips.

This token was given to him by Emperor Dong Muyun Cang, who said that if he encountered trouble within the empire and it was inconvenient to reveal his magical arts, this token would be very useful.

Initially, Dong Muyun Cang had given him a token that represented "as if I were present."

However, fearing some lower-ranking officials in the empire might not understand it, he had replaced it with the token of the commander of the Qingyi Guards.

The Qingyi Guards were a renowned organization in the Da Min Empire; no one was unaware of them. Thus, the Qingyi Guards commander token was far more effective than the "as if I were present" token when facing ordinary people.

From the attitudes of the county magistrate and the county magistrate, it was clear that they were both terrified.

They had tried to extort someone so important; it was like the old man taking poison — clearly asking for trouble.

However, the smile on He Mu Shan’s face hadn’t lasted three seconds before it turned into shock.

He heard the county magistrate scolding the officers, "This cunning villager dared to attack me! I command you to capture him and execute the sentence immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the officers were left dumbfounded.

However, the county magistrate’s eyes darted, and he jumped up immediately.

In the next moment, he drew his saber and shouted, "Bold cunning villager! You dare to attack the county magistrate! You seek death!"

Saying this, he charged at He Mu Shan with his saber raised.

Seeing this situation, the officer who had seen the token earlier also revealed a determined expression.

In the next moment, he drew his saber and quickly joined the attack on He Mu Shan.

He Mu Shan remained calm upon seeing the two charging at him.

Their attacks were sharp, but he appeared completely at ease; with quick movements, they couldn’t land a hit on him at all.

"What are you all waiting for? Quickly kill him! If he leaves alive today, we will all die!" the county magistrate ordered the other three officers who hadn’t yet acted.

Hearing this, the three officers hesitated for a moment, then drew their sabers and joined the assault on He Mu Shan.

Seeing this, He Mu Shan lost any desire to toy with them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

With a series of loud thuds, in the next moment, everyone surrounding He Mu Shan was sent flying, crashing against the walls or the ground, and then fell silent.

They looked as if they had been struck by a truck weighing tons.

Witnessing this scene, the county magistrate was left dumbfounded.

Regaining his senses, he quickly ran outside.

"Running away?"

In the next moment, He Mu Shan appeared right behind the county magistrate and lifted him up as if he were a chick.

"Please spare me, my lord…"

Soul Searching!

Ignoring the county magistrate’s pleas, He Mu Shan directly performed Soul Searching on him.

Logically, he was at the Nascent Soul level, and if he performed Soul Searching on an ordinary person, that person would likely become an idiot.

However, He Mu Shan couldn’t care less. This dog of a county magistrate was trying to kill him; he wasn’t worried about whether the other would become an idiot or not.

"Ah~"

The county magistrate screamed in agony, but his voice seemed to be muffled, failing to escape.

Moments later, He Mu Shan dropped the county magistrate’s body onto the ground.

At that point, the county magistrate was bleeding from all seven orifices, breathing shallowly.

After completing Soul Searching on the county magistrate’s memories, He Mu Shan’s face darkened with anger.

Through Soul Searching, He Mu Shan learned some of the county magistrate’s memories.

It turned out that situations like today’s were not new for the county magistrate.

Extortion was merely the tip of the iceberg; some people had even been annihilated by the county magistrate’s orders.

The saying about the county magistrate extinguishing families was not just empty words.

The county magistrate had been in office for several decades, and the number of people who had died at his hands totaled dozens.

If today He Mu Shan were not a cultivator, he would face a situation of being exploited brutally, having the last penny squeezed from him, and then being silenced permanently.

Moreover, this county magistrate was only one link in a larger chain.

The entire county office, including the county magistrate, county deputy, clerk, and various officers, all benefited from this scheme.

Discovering this situation truly angered He Mu Shan.

In the next moment, he unleashed his divine sense completely.

"Sword, come!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A stream of light shot out rapidly.

Before long, lives were quickly being harvested.

The clerk of the county office was currently working in an office at the county office.

In the next moment, a saber dropped from the roof and pierced through the clerk’s head.

A few minutes later, the entire county office transformed into a living hell.

After completing these tasks, He Mu Shan became invisible and flew into the sky.

Not long after, He Mu Shan appeared in He Family Village.

Upon arriving in He Family Village, his divine sense fluctuated, and then he turned and left again.

Just after He Mu Shan departed, several people in He Family Village turned into idiots.

These individuals were the descendants of He Mu Shan’s real brother who had gone to the county office to report him.

He Mu Shan repaid kindness with kindness and avenged any grievances.

Not directly killing those people showed great mercy.

Returning to the county town, He Mu Shan discovered that news of the events at the county office had spread throughout the entire city.

Many ordinary people were discussing who the ruthless person could be that slaughtered the entire county office.

He Mu Shan paid no attention to this; he went straight to a property owner in the county town that he had his eye on, then bought several connected houses with silver notes.

He planned to demolish these houses and build a larger courtyard.

However, the buying process was not very smooth. Fortunately, He Mu Shan had some confusing spells that played a crucial role.

After securing the foundation, He Mu Shan quickly found some skilled teachers to assist in constructing the new courtyard.

The courtyard He Mu Shan wanted to build was large and required a lot of money, but to He Mu Shan, money was insignificant. He insisted on using the best materials and paid a hefty sum in advance for them, which kept smiles on the faces of the builders.

While He Mu Shan was busy constructing the house, many significant events were unfolding in the county town.

First, the governor personally arrived at the county office to assess the situation.

Then, this matter was quickly reported to the provincial governor. Not daring to delay, the provincial governor swiftly reported it to the court.

When the court learned of this, they were astonished and escalated the issue to Emperor Dong Muyun Cang.

In the palace, Dong Muyun Cang glanced over the reports below him, his gaze flickering slightly.

Through some deductions, he could conclude that this incident must have been caused by that Immortal.

He understood that the entrance to the fairyland was in Mayun County, and that Immortal was likely in that county.

To silently kill all the people in the entire county office seemed impossible for anyone other than an Immortal.

To slaughter dozens of people in a county office, even if a person were incredibly powerful, it would be impossible not to alert others outside the county office.

After all, if someone were trying to kill you, you would surely shout for help.

After thinking for a moment, Dong Muyun Cang gave a command to the eunuch beside him.

Half an hour later, a middle-aged man entered.

"Your servant, Mo Wuyan, commander of the Qingyi Guards, pays his respects to Your Majesty," the middle-aged man said respectfully to Dong Muyun Cang.

"Rise. I have a task for you to accomplish…"

…

For the next period, the massacre at the county office shocked the entire empire, and even other countries heard about it.

However, the investigation into this matter turned out to be more noise than substance.

To determine the situation, the court dispatched an imperial envoy, and even the emperor sent the Qingyi Guards.

Yet, no matter how both sides investigated, they could find no leads on who killed the county magistrate and the dozens of county office staff.

…

In the Eastern Hua secret realm, Li Xiaojun looked at the two little girls bouncing around in his courtyard with a headache.

These two little girls were, of course, the twins sent by He Mu Shan.

Li Xiaojun was quite speechless when he learned that the girls were only 14 years old.

Fortunately, He Mu Shan had also sent a 19-year-old woman, who had turned 20 after several months.

At this time, the woman was already pregnant.

Meanwhile, she was also a cultivator, having reached the Nascent Soul stage.

This woman was none other than Jiang Yulan, the second young mistress of the Jiang family.

The reason she could reach the Nascent Soul stage in just a few months was entirely due to her ability to share the innate talent of the chaotic divine demons with the baby in her womb.

At the same time, Li Xiaojun provided her with a large amount of top-grade cultivation resources, such as top-grade elixirs and demon essence, which allowed her to achieve the Nascent Soul stage in such a short time.

Her cultivation progress over a few months was equivalent to He Mu Shan’s ten years of effort.

"You should now be able to sense the secret realm mark. Try to communicate with the mark, and you will be able to return," Li Xiaojun said as he brought Jiang Yulan out of the isolated formations.

Upon hearing Li Xiaojun’s words, Jiang Yulan showed no expression.

It was clear that she had no fondness for Li Xiaojun.

After a moment, she vanished before Li Xiaojun’s eyes.

Li Xiaojun did not take Jiang Yulan’s attitude to heart.

Because she was only after results.

As long as his descendant appeared there, he could teleport over and collect the Creation Jade Plate fragments.

Of course, Li Xiaojun could wait for Jiang Yulan to give birth before sending her back; as long as the child was born to the mother, the child would still carry the secret realm mark.

However, to obtain the Creation Jade Plate fragments as quickly as possible, Li Xiaojun had Jiang Yulan return while pregnant.

He only hoped that she wouldn’t be criticized for returning in such a state.

But thinking about Jiang Yulan already being at the Nascent Soul stage, he felt there was nothing to worry about.

An ordinary person could not harm her.

To ensure Jiang Yulan’s safety, Li Xiaojun provided her with many life-saving methods.

Even his disciple He Mu Shan could not harm Jiang Yulan.