Master of Strange Dao

Even the dead member of the Yin Family had one piece on them.

This was the only thing their personal belongings had in common.

"When did they give you this thing?"

Yu Ziqing asked the remaining living member of the Yin Family.

"After we arrived at that cave, they gave us this, telling us to hold it to avoid the other seals and reach here."

Yu Ziqing put away the ores. With just this alone, it was hard to determine where they came from.

There were quite a few people who had purchased Jinlan Ores from Jinlan Mountain in the past.

If we trace back further, it would be even harder to determine over the many past years.

However, the individuals from Daqian purchased the largest quantity of Jinlan Ores.

Go back and let the village chief see if these few ores were sold in recent years.

Yu Ziqing looked up at the sky, showing no sign of disaster being averted.

But others were unaware of this fact.

Logically, the "God" of that Evil should have been sealed by both families together, thus considered resolved.

But it wasn't.

Glancing at others, Yu Ziqing had a thought, sending them out first.

When only Yang was left, he opened his mouth and spat out the green gemstone, handing it to Yu Ziqing.

"What do you think?"

"It's not that the seal of the Feng and Yin Families is ineffective, but that what's sealed inside is incomplete."

Yu Ziqing glanced at the ground littered with evil creatures and said.

"Do you remember the fist skill? Use it to kill these evils."

Yang nodded.

The two moved together, using the power from the Jade Tomb after smashing through dozens of evils, causing a riot among them, leading to mutual slaughter.

More and more evils seemed to sense the change here, gathering and joining the self-slaughter.

Gradually, the number of evils decreased, but their strength increased.

After several days, amidst the corpses, only a dozen evils remained, each at least of the Seventh Tier.

Yang weaved through the evils, using the fist skill to forcibly extract the power of the Jade Tomb from them.

The remaining evils completely lost their minds and all fell to the ground within an hour.

At this moment, all the corpses of the evils rapidly weathered away, with evil qi steaming up and transforming the corpses into fragments of normal animal and human remains.

The scattered white bones turned into dust with a gust of wind.

Only the pervasive evil qi drifted still in the world.

Then, finally, the horizon began to roll up, like a scroll being put away.

Evil qi and evil thoughts were continuously compressed toward the center and then streamed into the green gemstone in Yu Ziqing's hand.

Yu Ziqing thought to send Yang away.

Silently watching as the evil qi and thoughts voluntarily entered the seal, his mind was filled with many thoughts.

Why was it like this?

Once all the evil qi and thoughts gathered, the green gemstone calmed down, and the seal remained intact.

Yu Ziqing saw Xu Hang flying over from afar.

Xu Hang glanced at the gemstone in Yu Ziqing's hand with a calm expression and gave a respectful salute.

"You're leaving, aren't you?"

"Yeah, this thing definitely has to be taken out." As he said, Yu Ziqing put away the gemstone.

"Taking it out is good, let everything here be settled, I'm tired and don't want to care anymore." Xu Hang said with a calm expression, looking as if resigned to his fate.

"I have a question for you."

"Ask away."

Hardly had the words left his mouth when Yu Ziqing suddenly attacked, delivering a punch using the fist skill upon Xu Hang.

In an instant, black qi unique to the Jade Tomb emerged from Xu Hang.

On Xu Hang's face appeared that struggling expression once more.

"This is my question: where exactly did the fist skill come from?"

Before the words were finished, Yu Ziqing delivered punch after punch with the fist skill onto Xu Hang.

A stream of black qi surged from Xu Hang's body.

His struggle on his face grew more intense, yet after the initial attempt to dodge, he stood there motionless, bearing all of Yu Ziqing's punches head-on.

Once all the black qi spewed out, a strand of evil thought flew out, now devoid of malice, rushing toward Yu Ziqing.

Yu Ziqing flipped his hand, took out the gemstone, and caught that strand of evil thought, allowing it to enter the gemstone.

The next moment, Xu Hang's face returned to tranquillity, and he bowed deeply to Yu Ziqing.

"Thank you, Lord Qing."

"No need to thank me, for I have met your ancestor Xu Yang, whom I respected both as a person and in his official capacity.

I also don't believe that his descendant, someone who dared to sacrifice himself to seal away the God of the Evil, would experience such a drastic change in thoughts within the seal.

Moreover, I have witnessed more than one county magistrate sealing themselves, and they all died.

I know you must have died too, leaving only your last wisp of obsession and belief.

Also, the Big Seal was shattered.

So I didn't believe a word of what you said before."

"Fortunately, Lord Qing's keen judgment prevented that evil thought from escaping." Xu Hang smiled wryly, somewhat helplessly.

"The truth is, my strength was limited, and back then, I couldn't seal the Evil's body and spirit together, only its spirit.

And I noticed that the power of the Jade Tomb was fundamentally different from the evil's thoughts; on the contrary, the power of the Jade Tomb allowed me to maintain my rationality.

I suppressed and sealed it within myself, allowing the evil thought to abandon all evil qi within the seal, leaving only a wisp of purest evil thought hidden in me.

You may find it unbelievable, Lord Qing, but the fist skill was actually created by that evil thought, intended to expel the Jade Tomb's power from me.

But later, the thought had other plans, using the power of the Jade Tomb to veil its final core evil thought, thus avoiding the seal.

Had it not been for Lord Qing's acuity, it might have escaped by now.

Hence, the seal couldn't detect the last wisp of that evil thought.

If it had escaped, I'd indeed bring shame upon my ancestral honor, and wouldn't have faced my ancestors even in death."

Xu Hang bowed again as he spoke.

"What is the origin of that evil thought?"

"That I do not know; merely when it attached itself to me, there was a vague glimpse that it seemed to come from a long-distant era, before Dadui even existed. During that age, it was exiled to the Void, and after countless years, it returned once more."

"Nothing more?"

"No more, apart from affirming that the evil qi and the power of the Jade Tomb are not the same force, but what the Jade Tomb is, I do not know."

"Thank you. Would you like to leave with me?"

"No, I'm already dead. I'm quite satisfied that I could restore my self-awareness at the end, and my obsessions have dissolved. That's enough.

As for the Sealed Items, Lord Qing, please ensure you hide them well."

"I understand, I know a place where no one can find them."

"Thank you." Xu Hang gave a bow, a slight smile on his face as his form drifted away like wind.

At this point, the world from earlier compressed into a page of a book.

Yu Ziqing stood in front of An History Book, sighing.

"Your records have far too many errors and omissions; this time, we almost failed.

Moreover, you even allowed into your annals the Evil Dao that intended to liberate the Evil; do you even possess spiritual wisdom?"

An History Book continued to feign ignorance.

Yu Ziqing sighed, took out a red pen, and began writing.

"Xu Hang, County Magistrate of Jiayin City, suppressed the evil thought with his life.

Qing Ziyu, County Magistrate of Dinghai City, led men to slay infiltrated Evil Dao, Feng and Yin Families sealed the evil thought of the Evil."

Once finished, Yu Ziqing stamped it with the Big Seal, while An History Book didn't stir, pretending to be dead all along.

Shaking his head, Yu Ziqing had a thought and left the place.

Climbing up along the rock wall, Yu Ziqing looked at the others, took out that gemstone, and casually tossed it into the depths of the cave.

After pondering, Yu Ziqing shouted into the dark cave depths.

"Big Brother inside, you are probably lonely staying there, so I've sent you some amusement. It doesn't matter if you destroy them, and if you enjoy it, I can send something else next time."