While Chen Ping'an went to the city god pavilion to check on the situation, both Xu Yuanxia and Zhang Shanfeng went to the prefectural office to visit the prefectural overseer. However, they were both prepared to be turned away.1

To their surprise, Prefectural Overseer Liu quickly walked to the guest hall to welcome them after receiving news of their arrival from his son, Liu Gaohua. There was an anxious expression on Prefectural Overseer Liu's face, and not only did he not turn the big-bearded martial artist and the young Daoist priest away, but he didn't ask Xu Yuanxia to brandish his sword and Zhang Shanfeng to manipulate his peach wood sword either.0

He hesitated for a moment after hearing the two cultivators describe the situation, and he asked the two of them to follow him to the main hall. Xu Yuanxia and Zhang Shanfeng were both astonished when they saw the seven or eight people sitting in the main hall. 1

There was a general dressed in a suit of armor with a saber across his knees, there was an elderly official pointing and gesturing at a geomantic map, and there were a few men and women who were filled with vitality and vigor. It was clear that the latter group of people were cultivators. Unless they were concealing their aura on purpose, they were all third to fourth tier Qi refiners.1

Prefectural Overseer Liu briefly introduced the people in the main hall. Most of them were powerful people from Blusher Prefecture. However, there were also outsiders who had come after learning about the situation in the prefecture. These people were similar to Xu Yuanxia and the others.0

Xu Yuanxia paid extra attention to an ordinary-looking man. His aura was calm, and he was most likely a powerful cultivator who would be calm during normal times but ferocious whenever he unleashed his power.0

Meanwhile, Zhang Shanfeng stole a few extra glances at a certain Daoist priest. The old Daoist priest was drinking tea in a leisurely manner right now, and a copper-armored warrior three meters tall was standing behind him....0