Master of Strange Dao

They were unwilling to leave, nor willing to abandon Nie Shuang.

Not a single soul was burnt to death by the Anger-fire, and Yu Ziqing didn't know whether it was because his sweet rain was mixed in with the falling rain, the chance of transformation took effect, or the fire's specificity was too strong. Anyway, it's not important anymore.

Yu Ziqing opened his mouth, wanting to persuade them that even if they transformed into hungry ghosts, they could still follow Nie Shuang.

But when the words reached his lips, he just couldn't bring himself to say them.

He didn't see a problem, but others might not feel the same way.

This was their resolution.

Yu Ziqing bowed with a clasped hands salute in return.

"Now that the dust has settled here, if you like, you can transform at any time, I won't persuade you further."

Nie Shuang took out a Big Seal and handed it to Yu Ziqing.

"I am already dead, no longer fit to wield this Seal."

"Come on, can you not give it to me? Why does everyone want to give me the Big Seal?"

"Think of it as provisional custody. I am a ghost and it's not fit for me to hold it any longer. Besides, you already have the County Magistrate's Seal, having another from the Prefectural Governor is like a promotion. In the future, you can use whichever you want. After all, your Dinghai City County Magistrate's Big Seal isn't always useful everywhere."

"Okay, okay, but don't think I don't know, once I carry this Big Seal out, it's no longer just a Big Seal."

"Thank you for your troubles." Nie Shuang gave a formal bow.

At this time, the whole world began to rewind, like a scroll being rolled up.

"Brother Qing, take care."

"You too, take care."

Yu Ziqing escorted the departing Yang back out, and just as he was about to leave, Nie Shuang called out again.

"Brother Qing, be careful in all things. In the future, don't trust people so easily. In Dadui, not everyone is of good character. Strike when you must, without mercy. Your survival is the most important!"

"Thanks."

The scroll shrank completely, turning into a page of a book.

Standing before An History Book, Yu Ziqing looked at the content on the page and was silent for a long while before taking out a red pen.

"Prefectural Governor of Dingwei City, Nie Shuang, ignited himself with Anger-fire, his troops closely following."

"Anger-fire ignited obsession, sweeping across the Sealing with radiant light, and billions of locusts, turned to ash and smoke."

With that, Yu Ziqing stopped writing.

The next moment, the characters on An History Book started shimmering faintly.

"What do you mean? Mocking me?"

An History Book flickered again, affirming its intention.

"I thought you were sentient before, but I didn't expect, your intelligence isn't that high, is it?

The credit and glory should be theirs. It is they who burned the Sealed Land with Anger-fire. Writing this poses no issue.

Not seeking fame or credit has always been a virtue since ancient times, worthy of everyone's praise. And this was my choice, I have the right to choose whether or not to claim that credit.

And those I cursed earlier, their actions are reprehensible to all. To record them in history is a duty, which must not be tampered with.

Can these two things be equated?"

An History Book continued to shine, indicating mockery.

Yu Ziqing tried to imprint the seal but was stopped by a force; it just wouldn't allow him to do so.

"Are you insisting on picking a fight?

Do you understand the difference between rights and duties?

It's okay not to leave a name for doing good deeds, but bad deeds must be held accountable. Can they really be the same?"

An History Book still wouldn't agree, refusing to let him imprint the seal, insisting on recording the resolution.

Yu Ziqing was irate; this was clearly revenge.

This fellow was taking revenge on him!

He had ranted and criticized before, even writing disparaging remarks in the records.

An History Book had tolerated it all because Yu Ziqing said it was a book of history that must record the truth, not allowing for embellishment.

Now, it clung tenaciously to this point and wouldn't allow Yu Ziqing to hide his own merits.

"Absolutely imbecilic."

"Alright, alright, you win this time. Are we good now?"

Yu Ziqing picked up the red pen and added a sentence in front.

"County Magistrate of Dinghai City, Qing Ziyu, brought the Fire."

And he added another sentence after.

"With the defeat of the locust god, its remaining consciousness perished at the hands of Qing Ziyu, County Magistrate of Dinghai City."

"There, no issues now, right? If there's a problem again, I'm really going to start cursing."

This time, An History Book didn't stop Yu Ziqing from stamping the Big Seal.

The page turned to simple black text on white paper, the dust settled.

Yu Ziqing spread his hand out, returning the page of Alien Fire back to the book.

After all, he wasn't planning on bringing any pages out with him for the time being.

He always had a feeling that taking any page out would bring about unknown changes, and the odds were it wouldn't be good.

After completing these tasks, with a thought, Yu Ziqing left the place.

This visit, if not for Yang suggesting it best to keep it a secret that he could enter and bring people out, he wouldn't have considered resolving the disaster.

Before going in, he had thought about whether to knock Feng Buju unconscious and just bring him out.

However, after entering and seeing those starving ghosts and Nie Shuang, he couldn't hold back and helped resolve the disaster.

In any case, Yu Ziqing was determined that once he brought the Yin Family people out, he wouldn't go back to resolving disasters in An History Book anymore.

Yu Ziqing wasn't afraid that resolving the disasters would cause a problem, nor was he unwilling. He simply felt that even without taking the pages out, the settled dust of history might still lead to some unknown changes.

He didn't know whether those changes would be good or bad, better not to take any risks and figure it out first.

Unless absolutely necessary, he has no plans to go in again.