Master of Strange Dao

The city of Gengchen under his feet was merely a small town with a population of tens of thousands.

Despite both being County Magistrates, their statuses were vastly different.

Although it felt plausible, Yu Ziqing still decided to try. In an instant, his figure vanished from the spot.

He returned to the void where the An History Book was located.

After confirming there were no issues, Yu Ziqing entered again.

The place he appeared remained outside the city.

After finding Lou Huai, Yu Ziqing asked him a question.

"When I left, how did it feel here? Also, how long was I gone?"

"Didn't feel much, big brother, you were gone for about half-incense burning time."

After calculating a bit, Yu Ziqing nodded. It seemed as long as someone was here, it would keep running without restarting.

He took Lou Huai straight to the county office. Upon reaching the entrance, he held a Big Seal in one hand and shouted directly,

"Is County Magistrate Li Ying of Gengchen City here?"

The guard at the gate, upon seeing the Big Seal, hurriedly ushered Yu Ziqing in.

"Forgive my poor eyesight, how should I address you, sir?"

"Qing Ziyu, County Magistrate of Dinghai City."

A moment later, Yu Ziqing was sipping a cup of hot tea when he saw a middle-aged man enter from outside.

Before stepping in, he waved his hand at the people outside.

"You all may leave."

He stepped forward and bowed.

"Subordinate Li Ying, has met you, sir."

"Do you know where you are?"

"Sir, I do know." After Li Ying sat down, he poured more tea for Yu Ziqing and filled his own cup.

"Subordinate has sunk deep into the Devil. My Divine Soul was also devoured by the Devil; it's just my regretful and wishful thinking as I faced my doom.

I exhausted the last bit of my consciousness to seal myself, otherwise, my family, children, and the citizens of the city would all have faced disaster.

Now that I see you, sir, I naturally know that the Devil must die. I ask that you show no mercy."

Yu Ziqing glanced at Lou Huai beside him.

"Did you see through it?"

"I saw through it. He actually has become a Devil. He's already dead, just has a sliver of consciousness left in the seal."

As Yu Ziqing and Lou Huai spoke, magic emanated from Li Ying.

The Devil was resisting.

"To awaken in your final moment is not easy. Just so you know, there is a way to resolve the Devil Thought in the future. Farewell." Yu Ziqing stood up and saluted.

Li Ying returned the salute, magic surging around him more vigorously, yet he appeared relieved, even giving a faint smile in return.

"Thank you."

Yu Ziqing extended his hand and struck with his palm, the force hitting Li Ying's head and reverberating through his entire body.

With that single strike, he shattered abruptly, turning to dust, and magic burst forth into the sky.

It surged toward Yu Ziqing, who stood there expressionless, allowing the magic to intensify.

After a moment, Devil Patterns began to appear on his body, with Yin God holding a small Devil like a tiny chick.

With just one bite, it spat it out immediately. In the palm of the Yin God, Black Fire emerged, burning it into oblivion.

Yu Ziqing felt for a while longer, and the Devil Patterns on him gradually faded with time.

"Bah, ancient Devils are truly pathetic. Lou Huai, this guy is far worse than you."

"I tread the righteous path, no comparison to such trash." Lou Huai puffed out his chest with a proud smile.

Yu Ziqing didn't deliberately do anything. The magic only caused him to go Devilic for less than one incense stick's time, and the depth of it didn't even change his skin color. The Devil Patterns only covered less than a quarter of him.

As the magic dissipated, Yu Ziqing saw everything here folding in on itself.

Lou Huai tucked into his boots, and shortly after, he returned to the void once more.

Viewing the characters, Yu Ziqing stepped forward and added,

"Qing Ziyu annihilated the Devil, erasing its both spirit and form."

He then stamped with the Big Seal.

The gray page with bloody words turned into black paper with white text, finally settling as an irreversible historical record.

At this moment, gazing at this record, Yu Ziqing fell into contemplation.

He did not know how long Dadui had existed, but from the An History Book, he could discern quite a bit.

For instance, the disasters sealed earlier either couldn't be resolved in time or the right method to dispel them hadn't been found, but in any case, they were enormous troubles.

Yet toward the back of the An History Book, even a County Magistrate's self-sealing from going Devilic was considered an unresolved sealing.

To be honest, with such an issue, regardless of how far the County Magistrate had gone Devilic, merely sending an expert could directly solve it.

Before Yu Ziqing appeared, almost all the Devilic individuals had essentially the same outcome.

Just like Duke Lin of Dali, without Yu Ziqing's advent, he would likely have eked out an existence, setting everything in order before quietly passing away as events spiraled out of control, preserving a last shred of dignity.

Dealing with both the possessed and the Devil together was a very longstanding method.

This County Magistrate Li Ying was only self-sealing for fear of harming his family if he went mad; otherwise, if he could have killed himself, he'd have chosen to do so at the last moment.

From this small piece, Yu Ziqing gathered some speculations.

It might have been that during that period, Dadui had begun experiencing significant problems.

So much so that an incident like a small town's County Magistrate going Devilic remained unsolved and had to rely on sealing.