Chapter 1667
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Chapter 1667 Selection of Extraordinary Individuals
After a stick of incense had burned out.
Three figures walked out of the Imperial Study.
This meeting went about as Lin Qiye had expected. Emperor Wu of Han rewarded Huo Qubing, giving him a large amount of gold and manpower to establish the Demon Suppression Bureau. Then he tried to befriend Lin Qiye by offering him land and titles, but Huo Qubing intervened, and after some persuasion, Lin Qiye was only awarded five hundred taels of gold.
After leaving the Imperial Study, Lin Qiye and Huo Qubing’s expressions remained unchanged, while Chloe walked with her head down, her face full of resentment.
“You should give up on establishing a religion in the Han Dynasty. Your ideology isn’t suitable for this place,” Lin Qiye said, finding Chloe’s expression somewhat amusing as he tried to comfort her.
“Sigh…” Chloe replied helplessly. “The Han Dynasty has a vast population and territory. If I leave here, who knows how far I’ll need to travel to find a suitable place.”
Chloe suddenly stopped, as if something had occurred to her, and grabbed Lin Qiye’s sleeve.
“Hey, you’re from the future, right? Did I succeed in your era?”
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. “Very successfully.”
Hearing this answer, Chloe’s eyes immediately lit up. “Then can you tell me where I succeeded? Where should I go?”
Lin Qiye opened his mouth to say something, but hesitated before speaking. “Wait a moment.”
Lin Qiye raised his fingertip, and in his vision, a thread of cause and effect extended from his finger into the void. His brows furrowed as if calculating something.
After a moment, he withdrew the thread and shook his head:
“I’m sorry, but this isn’t something I should tell you. If I did, I would not only become entangled in enormous causality but would also alter the course of history… You must discover it yourself.”
Outside Chang’an, Lin Qiye had already realized that his actions might be a predetermined part of history, but this didn’t mean all his actions fell within this scope.
For example, if he had just struck down Emperor Wu with his sword in the Imperial Study, the history of the Han Dynasty would have undergone earth-shattering changes, and the future might have become chaotic. Of course, the normal Lin Qiye would never do such a thing, so this possibility never occurred in history.
Lin Qiye had been wondering why only he could return to this era.
Now he had a guess. Because sending anyone from the future back to this era carried enormous risk, as the time gap between this era and the future was too vast. Any action here could potentially cause earth-shattering changes in the future. Even burning a book could lead to the extinction of some school of thought in later generations.
Once someone realized this, they would inevitably become overly cautious, not daring to kill even one person, because they wouldn’t know whether their actions were part of history or would affect the future.
But Lin Qiye was different. He possessed [Causeless Cause] and [Predetermined Effect], allowing him to judge whether his actions would affect the future through the causality they created. He was the only one who could act freely in this era while avoiding causal fluctuations.
“Alright…”
Seeing that Lin Qiye was unwilling to reveal more, Chloe was disappointed, but knowing she was destined for success still filled her with hope for the future.
“His Majesty has already permitted the establishment of the Demon Suppression Bureau. I will be busy with this matter in the coming days,” Huo Qubing turned to Lin Qiye. “Lin Qiye, is your business urgent? If so, I can help you first, then return to Chang’an to attend to other matters.”
“It’s not urgent,” Lin Qiye waved his hand. “Establishing the Demon Suppression Bureau is most important. If you need my help with anything, just ask.”
With over two thousand years until Lin Qiye’s era, there was naturally no rush for these few days. Besides, Lin Qiye still needed to find a way to address his mental energy’s inability to withstand [Causeless Cause] and [Predetermined Effect]. He didn’t want to drive himself to death or madness before accomplishing his mission.
After last night’s battle, Lin Qiye did feel mentally exhausted. Those two abilities placed too great a burden on his brain, suggesting that the two-month limit mentioned by the boy was already an optimistic estimate.
Huo Qubing thought seriously for a moment. “There is indeed something I need your help with.”
“What is it?”
“Establishing the Demon Suppression Bureau requires handling many matters, but our current members only amount to about ten people… We’re somewhat short-handed,” Huo Qubing paused.
“I have issued a recruitment call for extraordinary individuals throughout the realm. Many will come to Chang’an in the coming days, but among them will certainly be opportunists, and some whose character makes them unsuitable for the Bureau. I hope you can help screen suitable candidates as our first batch of members.”
“Screening extraordinary individuals… No problem.”
Lin Qiye agreed without much hesitation. Identifying extraordinary individuals, evaluating abilities, and assessing character might be major challenges for people of this era, but they posed little difficulty for Lin Qiye.
After all, he had been a training camp instructor, and now with the aid of [Causeless Cause], he surpassed the extraordinary individuals of this era in many aspects.
“By the way, won’t this affect your causality?” Huo Qubing asked with concern.
“It’s fine,” Lin Qiye smiled. “I’m just meeting and screening them, at most seeing them once. I have ways to handle this small amount of causality.”
Huo Qubing nodded. “I’ll give you an address. The screening will take place there… I estimate it will take at most four days to complete everything.”
…
An hour later.
Creeeeak!
The heavy mansion gate was slowly pushed open. Dried leaves scattered across the ground were stirred by the wind. Withered branches grew crookedly in the courtyard. Cobwebs and rat holes covered the corners of the walls and rooms. There was no sign of life as far as the eye could see.
“Brother Qiye, are you sure… this is the Demon Suppression Bureau?”
Wu Quan asked with a strange expression as he looked at the ancient mansion that had been abandoned for who knows how long.
“The Demon Suppression Bureau operates independently from the court and is composed of extraordinary individuals, so of course it should be as secretive as possible. How could it be located in Chang’an?” Lin Qiye shook his head. “The Marquis has already taken people to select a site in the mountain valley to build the bureau’s headquarters. This place is just for selecting extraordinary individuals.”
The true location of the Demon Suppression Bureau could not be easily revealed to the public. Unless an extraordinary individual truly passed the assessment and became a member, they would never see the real bureau. Therefore, the assessment location had to be set up separately. This mansion was given to Huo Qubing by Emperor Wu years ago, but Huo Qubing didn’t accept it then. Now, for the sake of the bureau, he had asked Emperor Wu for it back.
Lin Qiye, dressed in wintergreen Han clothing with a white jade token at his waist, slowly entered the mansion, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings.
“Let’s clean this place up. Those extraordinary individuals coming for the assessment should arrive soon.”
