Chapter 1673
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Chapter 1673 Suppressing Evil Spirits in Chaotic Times
“The Marquis is here!”
A voice came from the front of the residence, and the nineteen black-robed figures who had been whispering immediately stood straight, their eyes fixed on the direction of the gate, their faces filled with anticipation!
These nineteen were all the ordinary members from the establishment of the Evil Suppression Bureau. Six of them were originally abnormals who followed Huo Qubing, while the other thirteen were new members selected by Lin Qiye in the past few days.
The study door slowly opened. Lin Qiye, wearing that wintergreen Han robe, followed by Wu Quan and Chloe, gazed toward the main gate.
Except for Hu Jia, his connections with these new members were fabricated using [Causeless Cause], so in each of their perceptions, Lin Qiye played a different role. This didn’t matter though, since with just a thought from Lin Qiye, these fabricated connections would disappear, and they would completely forget Lin Qiye’s existence.
Creak—!
The gate opened, and several figures walked in. Leading them was Huo Qubing wearing his marquis robes, accompanied by Zhan Yuwu and Yan Zhong. Looking further back, Lin Qiye let out a surprised sound.
Behind the three men, Gongyang Wan walked gracefully in an elegant cyan dress, her black hair tied up with a jade hairpin. If one ignored the occasional sharpness in her gaze, she looked like a gentle and virtuous lady from a noble family, completely different from before.
“Now she’s starting to resemble that person…” Lin Qiye couldn’t help but remark.
Indeed, clothes make the person. Gongyang Wan, having shed those dirty prison clothes, was definitely a standard beauty. He had seen the Gongyang Wan from two thousand years later wearing court attire on the National Destiny Island. Though there was still a big difference in temperament, they already looked very similar… Over thousands of years, she hadn’t aged at all.
Gongyang Wan’s formal appearance also indicated that Huo Qubing had abandoned the idea of killing her, which was undoubtedly good news.
“Greetings to the Chief Director!”
“Greetings to the Chief Director!!”
All nineteen members of the Evil Suppression Bureau knelt on one knee in salute, glancing at the young general in his marquis robes with admiration written all over their faces.
“Rise,” Huo Qubing said calmly.
Everyone quickly stood up. Huo Qubing’s gaze swept over them as his deep voice rang out:
“This Marquis established the Evil Suppression Bureau to gather the power of abnormals throughout the land, to eliminate evil spirits, and to protect the people’s well-being…”
Huo Qubing’s voice echoed throughout the courtyard as everyone quieted down to listen attentively.
Lin Qiye and Wu Quan stood behind the threshold of the study, watching this scene with an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
“Brother Qiye, does this count as witnessing history?” Wu Quan couldn’t help asking.
“It does,” Lin Qiye smiled slightly. “We not only witnessed history but were once part of it… though no one will remember that in the future.”
In modern society more than two thousand years later, who could imagine that this small residence with barely twenty people was the original form of the Night Watchers?
In this era, having the foresight to establish the Evil Suppression Bureau was already an extremely rare thing, and to accomplish this required both formidable strength and extraordinary courage… which the young Huo Qubing possessed. This was why Huo Qubing was so revered in later generations. He could truly be called the founder of all Night Watchers, and his title as the first ceiling was well-deserved.
“…We have been blessed with heaven-bestowed powers, so we must give back to the world.” Huo Qubing clasped his hands before his chest and bowed slightly to everyone before him.
“I ask all of you to join this Marquis in suppressing evil spirits in these chaotic times and restoring peace to the world!”
“—We swear to follow the Marquis to death!!”
“—Suppress evil spirits in chaotic times, restore peace to the world!!”
Everyone’s voices rang out loud and clear, their chests heaving with excitement, their eyes filled with passion.
Behind Huo Qubing and the others, Gongyang Wan’s eyes calmly swept over these blood-boiling figures, her expression unchanged, as if everything before her was irrelevant to her.
Without fanfare, without the clamor of gongs and drums, after a simple ceremony, this ancient organization that would span two thousand years of human history was quietly established without anyone noticing.
“Yuwu, first take them to receive their salaries and weapons. You two come with me.” After giving simple instructions, Huo Qubing led Yan Zhong and Gongyang Wan directly toward the study where Lin Qiye was.
As the study door slowly closed, Lin Qiye noticed Huo Qubing’s solemn expression and asked curiously:
“Marquis, what happened?”
Huo Qubing took a deep breath and said gravely, “Lin Qiye, do you remember a few nights ago when that giant willow released a large number of spores into the sky?”
“I remember, what about it?”
“The situation is not good,” Huo Qubing said in a deep voice. “On my way back to Chang’an, I received urgent reports that those willow monsters have appeared all over the Han Dynasty… They should be offspring left behind before it died.”
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes. “Offspring? Do they have the same abilities as it?”
“Basically similar, but weaker. They can also release colored smoke, but the range is very small, and they can’t copy abnormals’ abilities, only ordinary people… Their combat power isn’t high, roughly equivalent to a third-realm abnormal.
But the problem is, there are too many of them. Just from the urgent reports I’ve received these past few days, there are at least fifty, not counting those in more remote areas where messages haven’t had time to arrive yet.
It’s said that these willow offspring copying ordinary people have already caused great unrest in various places, even showing signs of forming armies…”
Hearing this, everyone in the room frowned. Lin Qiye asked puzzlingly:
“Strange, logically speaking, when its main body was killed by Chloe, these offspring should have disappeared too…”
“That’s what this Marquis is truly worried about,” Huo Qubing’s expression was extremely serious. “There are also urgent reports claiming that… in places other than Chang’an, giant willow monsters have appeared as well. Whether in terms of size, smoke coverage area, or ability to copy abnormals… they are identical to the one we encountered that night.”
“You mean there are other Kusuns??” Lin Qiye exclaimed in shock. “How is that possible? Didn’t [Chaos] bring only one? But if that’s the case, why didn’t it bring them all to Chang’an to kill me?”
After Lin Qiye finished speaking, as if realizing something, he suddenly froze in place.
“What did you think of?” Huo Qubing asked.
Lin Qiye paced silently in the study for a long time before slowly saying:
“From the current intelligence, Kusun has the ability to reproduce a large number of secondary offspring. The abilities of these offspring are significantly weakened in all aspects… but we overlooked one question: can these offspring reproduce another generation of offspring? Like vampires?”
“Is it possible that… what Chloe killed that night wasn’t Kusun’s main body… but a first-generation offspring reproduced by the true divine being Kusun?”
“Otherwise, it doesn’t explain why Chloe, without laws, could kill that Kusun.”
The more Lin Qiye pondered, the deeper his frown became. He continued pacing around the room, muttering:
“If that’s really the case, then what you just mentioned, Marquis, about those that can only copy ordinary people, should be second-generation offspring. They come from first-generation offspring that can copy abnormals’ abilities… Following this reasoning, doesn’t it mean that the true Kusun main body can copy… divine beings?”
