Master of Strange Dao

Just by observing those soldiers, Yu Ziqing knew that even in the End Period, when everything was rotten to the core, there were still some people striving hard to save the day.

Indeed, in any era, there would always be such people.

Unfortunately, by the End Period of the Dingmao Era, those in power were indeed utterly corrupt.

Killing all would certainly wrong some innocents; sparing every other one would definitely miss many who deserved death.

Standing atop the city walls, listening to the cheers below, Yu Ziqing broke into a grin.

When he saw the sky begin to curl backward, signaling that the Sealing was unraveling, Yu Ziqing knew it was time for him to scold again.

Yu Ziqing glanced at Yang, and Yang immediately said,

"Don't let me see it."

Saying this, Yang crawled into a Storage Bag and even took the opportunity to seal the Storage Bag from within.

The Sealing unraveled, transforming into a page of a book.

Yu Ziqing took out a red pen, looking at An History Book playing dead.

"Stop playing dead. I know, scolding you is useless, don't mind my harsh words."

"History is not a whore to be dressed up, manipulated, and humiliated by anyone, but this book of yours definitely is.

If you think I'm wrong, feel free to argue back. I'm listening."

An History Book continued to play dead, not moving an inch, lying flat taking the scolding.

Yu Ziqing sighed and didn't bother about An History Book any longer; speaking to it was futile.

He held the red pen, looking at the content written by Si Lan on that page, and found it increasingly offensive.

In the end, he directly marked it with a cross using the red pen.

Originally, Yu Ziqing wanted to blot it out completely, but then thought better of it; he decided to leave it, letting its stench linger through the ages.

He started writing something new underneath it.

"Si Lan, Prefectural Governor of Dingyou City, neglected his duties, avoiding battle.

As a result, tens of thousands of Dadui reinforcements perished outside the city.

To cover up his culpability, he claimed that these people died in battle.

He allowed his family to change their surname to Shi and defect to Daqian.

He altered historical records, whitewashed his responsibility, and fabricated merits, his crimes terribly heinous.

The Undying punishment is not enough to appease the people's wrath.

Now, Qing Ziyu, Prefectural Governor of Jiazi City, strips him of his governorship and executes him on the spot.

His spirit is fashioned into a kneeling statue, placed in the Prefectural Governor Mansion, as a warning to others."

After writing, Yu Ziqing affixed the Big Seal, settling the matter as unchangeable, black on white, never to be altered again.

He continued flipping forward a few pages until he came to a page that shimmered with flowing light.

"Since we've killed some, might as well kill more; previously I thought they were good people, but now it seems they're all just crooked beams and warped pillars."

Yu Ziqing placed his hand on it, entering the Sealing.

He appeared in the Wilderness, tapped on the Storage Bag, and Yang crawled out from inside.

Looking at this expanse of Wilderness, it was as if he was seeing the former wastelands.

The ground was littered with starved bodies; numerous skeletons lay beside the road, without a ghost in sight.

Yang looked toward the horizon, where dark clouds gathered, yin qi soared into the sky, and distant traces of battle fluctuations transmitted through.

With Yu Ziqing, Yang flew Advanced, covering a hundred miles in no time, and could already see the situation on the other side.

Countless starving ghosts were gathered; just by glancing briefly, Yu Ziqing knew there were more than even on Jinlan Mountain.

And that vast congregation of starving ghosts brought with it immense ghost qi and yin qi.

An elder from the Shi family was battling a Big Ghost in the sky, while his son was fighting countless ghostly beings alongside a man in Dadui official robes.

The gathering of such a massive number of ghostly beings was already not something one could crush like ants at whim.

Just like the human Battle Array, once gathered in sufficient numbers, their auras blending as one, they had the chance to triumph even against stronger foes.

Before entering, Yu Ziqing felt that he shouldn't be swayed by emotions to insist they were all villains, including the governor here.

It's a common occurrence for a son to be a scoundrel even if his father is a hero.

For someone to come into the Sealing to help unravel it was a normal thing.

However, just witnessing this scene, with so many starving ghosts appearing in just a few days, Yu Ziqing felt there was no need to look further or investigate.

If the local Prefectural Governor or Priest here were not so derelict, even if merely incompetent, things wouldn't have gotten this bad.

"How can we kill them without letting them know it was us who did it?"

"You're overestimating them," Yang shook his head.

"Dean Wu might have some tricks up his sleeve to escape with a message at the moment of his death.

But the Shi family, no disrespect, but they're just hacksters who don't even know how they managed to Advanced to Ninth Tier.

I could kill them right before their eyes, and no one would know it was my doing."

"Killing them ourselves feels like letting them off too easily."

"What are you thinking of doing?"

"Just let them die at the hands of the ghosts; that's the retribution they deserve."

Yang glanced at Yu Ziqing and discreetly nodded.

If Yu Ziqing couldn't control himself, and insisted on personally killing those people, after this calamity ended, Yang was prepared to take Yu Ziqing back home.

"Don't look at me; I just feel that dying by my hands is letting them off too easily."

Yu Ziqing looked toward the distance, Dingyou City reduced to a tiny black dot, barely visible.

"Let's head to Dingyou City. If I'm not mistaken, over two catastrophes separated by hundreds of years, this governorship has become hereditary for them.

It seems they have been at a stand-off for quite some time; I'll just go and add fuel to the fire."

Yu Ziqing, in his capacity as Prefectural Governor of Jiazi City, entered Dingyou City.

He personally witnessed bodies strewn everywhere in the city, and saw people gathering the corpses, whereas just across half the city, life was still flourishing as usual.