Ruins of the past

Inside the Qi and Blood Workshop.

Chu Qiguang looked at the white cat transformed by Zhou Yujiao and asked casually: "Is the matter done?"

Zhou Yujiao took a few deep breaths, and then said in fear: "That old Taoist priest is so scary, I feel like he could spit me to death."

Chu Qiguang said: "Didn't you control the incarnation?"

Zhou Yujiao: "It's the manipulation of the avatar that makes it scary."

"Because at that time he gave me the feeling... like he could beat me to death through Hercules."

"Oh?" Chu Qiguang was a little surprised when he heard this, because he knew that Jiaojiao's luck was the best among the people he met, and it was definitely not unreasonable for the other party to have such a unique feeling.

"It seems that he is the best in the world. He is really unique."

Chu Qiguang looked at the various information displayed on the meat carpet in front of him and thought to himself: 'Everything is ready now, just waiting for me to go to Dragon Snake Mountain. ’

‘The only thing I can worry about is hoping that I won’t get sick by then. ’

But the next day, something unexpected happened.

Chu Qiguang and Zhou Yujiao discovered through their own intelligence networks that rumors about him and the Tianshi Sect began to appear throughout Shuzhou.

"On January 15th, Chu Qiguang and Huang Daoxu made an appointment to fight on the top of Dragon Snake Mountain."

"Chu Qiguang threatened to level the Dragon Snake Mountain."

"Chu Qiguang angrily killed the statue of Taoist Xuanyuan, determined to destroy the Tianshi Sect in Shuzhou..."

All kinds of gossips were flying all over the sky, getting more and more intense, and spread throughout Shuzhou.

But then Chu Qiguang and many of his men discovered that the news spread far beyond Shuzhou.

From Yuezhou in the south to Lingzhou in the north.

From the most remote Dianzhou to Shenjing in the center, even the grasslands outside the Great Wall, above the East China Sea...

The news that Chu Qiguang had an appointment with Huang Daoxu on the top of Dragon Snake Mountain... has spread all over the world and caused an uproar.

The 20th year of Yongan, early January.

The two major stock markets of Shuzhou and Lingzhou plummeted.

Countless investors lost their money overnight.

As the stock prices fell, the market value of the Lingzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Bashu Chamber of Commerce evaporated millions of taels of silver overnight.

Chu Qiguang's bank also suffered a run. Countless aristocratic families, businessmen, and ordinary people lined up to withdraw money. Panic spread everywhere.

As a result, the non-governmental cotton cloth industry and agriculture suffered from poor turnover and suffered a blow, which even caused cloth and grain prices to rise in the south and grasslands. The entire Han Dynasty became increasingly precarious.

In the court, countless impeachments related to Chu Qiguang were handed over like snow flakes, but they were temporarily suppressed by Emperor Yong'an and Mr. Wu Ge.

In Shuzhou, a large number of followers of Xuanyuan Dao Zun expressed their dissatisfaction. Some believers appeared outside the Qianhu Office of Zhenmo Si to protest. Some fanatic believers even rushed into the shop of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce, smashed, smashed and looted.

In the mountains and forests, the indigenous people who were originally struggling to survive seemed to have discovered an opportunity and began to frequently attack the caravans of the Bashu Chamber of Commerce.

Suddenly, many people in the world seemed not to be optimistic about Chu Qiguang's future.

And in the deeper martial arts, martial arts, and sects, many powerful people also had various reactions to the news of the battle.

…

Changsheng Palace, inside the Immortal Palace.

Li Shentong half-knelt on the ground, listening to the voice of Emperor Yong'an of Queen Baisha.

"Send people to Shuzhou and Longshe Mountain immediately."

"Ask what's going on."

"Don't let Chu Qiguang and Huang Daoxu conflict. You must save him for me."

"Chu Qiguang is not a fool. He will not cause trouble for Huang Daoxu out of nowhere. And this time, news of this fight is spreading all over the world. Someone must be secretly adding fuel to the flames."

"Find out which company is doing this."

…

Quanzhou.

As one of the three major states in the southeast, Han Quanzhou's commerce and maritime trade are extremely developed.

Some of the trendsetters in the business world became rich overnight, while others went bankrupt overnight.

Faced with this phenomenon of drastic changes in life that had not happened in the past, people were confused about it, and with insufficient knowledge, they tried to explain it with luck, feng shui, and gods.

Coupled with the need to resist evil contamination, all this led to the widespread spread of beliefs in the three southeastern states.

In addition to the Tianshi Sect, the Baiyang Sect, the Holy Fire Sect, even some Buddhist sects and even the belief in dragon worship are all spread here.

From the dignitaries to the common people, their beliefs are far more complicated than those in the north.

There are even some people who are believers in multiple sects.

At this moment, the streets of a port in Quanzhou were still brightly lit, and several men in black were heading somewhere in the city.

One of the bearded men said: "Have you heard? Chu Qiguang has made an appointment with Huang Daoxu."

Another bald man said: "Who is Chu Qiguang?"

"That is the Demon Suppressing Envoy of the Demon Suppressing Division. I heard that he is only twenty years old this year and is the youngest martial god in this dynasty."

"Challenge Huang Daoxu at the age of twenty? Humph, I think he is probably a person who is just looking for fame..."

Suddenly a gust of cold wind swept through, and the big men felt their bodies become stiff and cold, as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and their energy and blood were exhausted.

And as the dark wind gathered together, a pale woman slowly walked out of the darkness. It was Dalin Lan who had been away from Chu Qiguang for a long time.

She looked at the few big men in front of her and said, "Are you from the Baiyang Sect?"

"Tell me what you just said again carefully."

…

Yuezhou.

As the southernmost state of the Han Dynasty, although it is already January, the weather in Yuezhou still seems a bit warm.

From time to time, shouts could be heard from the factory not far away. It was the largest iron smelting plant in Han Dynasty that was starting work.

Thousands of craftsmen are constantly working, and the heat of blood and the heat of the blast furnace are mixed together, making people who enter the ironworks think they are back in summer.

An Yiyun, the leader of the Tianjian Sect, stood on a small building, looking at the blazing heat in the ironworks, and asked, "Has what I want been laid?"

Beside her, a young woman said with a smile: "How can it be so easy to make a flying sword, especially when it is very troublesome to find the evil points. There are not many people who can do this craft nowadays."

"But we have been preparing for twelve years, why are you suddenly anxious now?"

An Yiyun sighed: "I want to perfect this flying sword before January 15th. Please help me think of a way."

"I don't want to miss such an important day."

…

A small island in the East China Sea.

When the Prince of Daxia heard the news about Chu Qiguang's appointment with Huang Daoxu, his face turned livid.

"Chu Qiguang dares to challenge Huang Daoxu... Could it be that he has already surrendered to the Xuanming Tianpu Sword?"

"Impossible. I am the destined master of Xuanming Tianpu Sword. It is impossible for Divine Sword to choose him."

"But if he hadn't surrendered the Xuanming Tianpu Sword, how could Chu Qiguang dare to challenge Huang Daoxu?"

When he thought that his family's divine sword might be being played with at will in Chu Qiguang's hands, the prince of Daxia felt bursts of anger in his heart.

"Chu Qiguang..." He turned his head, looked at the person beside him and gritted his teeth and said, "Father, let's go to Dragon Snake Mountain this time, so we can take this opportunity to snatch back the Xuanming Tianpu Sword."