Chapter 214.

“You can’t hide things in your heart, if you have something to say, say it.”

Zhou An put down the information in his hands and said, “Since I’ve come to take office, I don’t want to see a henchman who doesn’t dare to speak.”

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that at this moment, He Sheng seemed to have something to say, but it seemed like he was in the way of something, so when the words came to his mouth, he was too embarrassed to say them instead.

He Sheng hesitated for a moment, and then hearing Zhou An say this, he took a deep breath and said, “Lord Zhou, in fact, at the moment, everything is well maintained in Zhen Gui Si, there are no major problems, but the only thing is that the relationship with the Yamen is not very good in this Huai Xi Jing.”

Speaking here, He Sheng reached out his hand and took part of the information on the table away, then found one of the books.

This book of information was very thin and didn’t look like much, only a few pages.

But for He Sheng to be able to turn over this book of information, it was bound to be useful, otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten into this mess.

“My lord, the reason is all in this material, just take a look and you’ll know.” He Sheng thought for a moment and said.

Zhou An’s brows furrowed at first when he heard He Sheng say that the relationship with the Yamen was bad.

It was reasonable to say that whether a place was prosperous or not was inextricably linked to the Yamen.

On the other hand, a place’s stability or lack thereof, on the other hand, had a relationship with the Zhen Gui Si that should not be underestimated.

Stability and prosperity are the standards of a region.

Only when these two criteria are met, then the region is considered qualified.

In every city, the government office is responsible for the livelihood of the people, while the Zhen Gui Si is like a sword, blocking out all the incoming weirdos and jianghu demons.

The Yamen and the Zhen Gui Si seemed to be two departments with their own responsibilities, but the two would act together at certain times.

Zhou An had encountered this a few times before.

But now, this situation in Huaixi Jing seemed to be a bit of a problem.

Zhou An did not say much and picked up the information on the table and read it carefully.

Only after he finished reading this information did it dawn on him.

“So this relationship is bad because of my problems.”

He thought it was something, even thought it was something big.

But now it seemed that this big deal wasn’t a big deal.

The reason for this was related to the Huaixi Jing’s capital order.

The name of Huaixi Capital’s capital order was Pei Lin, a scholar of the Tongling realm, and an old man of the Great Chu Kingdom.

When the Great Chu Kingdom was first founded, he had also made a lot of contributions to the Great Chu Kingdom.

To be honest, Pei Jingling is still quite capable in this area of readers.

In addition, there is Pei Jingling the identity of the old man of the state of Da Chu, is also his capital in the official position.

But the problem is in this identity.

That generation of readers, are headed by the prime minister.

And the prime minister …… looked at him very unpleasant.

Even the prime minister was upset with him, and the people who stood beside the prime minister were naturally treated in the same way.

Therefore, the bad relationship that He Sheng had just mentioned came from Zhou An himself.

There was nothing wrong with that statement at all.

“A small matter, it doesn’t matter.” Zhou An put the information aside and said indifferently.

To him, it was indeed trivial.

The way he dealt with things was simple.

If you get along well with me, we will be courteous and I will take you seriously.

But if you don’t get along well with me, then everyone should stop playing, and I will definitely be the first one to lift the table.

Now, the Yamen and the Town Gui Si are all different powers, basically nothing to intermingle with each other.

It’s fine for everyone to get along, Zhou An is content to be a shirker and liver proficiency here.

If there was to be trouble, Zhou An would let the other party know the power of the Butcher’s Knife Technique.

“What Your Excellency said is very true.” He Sheng arched his hand and said.

Him saying this to Zhou An was actually what a subordinate should say.

After all, Zhou An was new to his post, so if he didn’t even say anything about this, and something happened only later, then it would fall on his head.

Now that it was said, what Zhou An was going to do, He Sheng wouldn’t care or understand.

It was all the leader’s own business for the leader to worry about.

Zhou An was the Sijing of the Zhen Gui Si, with just one word, he, He Sheng, would just directly lead the charge, no need to consider the excess.

“Alright, you go down.” Zhou An waved his hand and said.

He Sheng, as the armor room armor chief, naturally had a whole lot of things to do, so he sniffed and hurriedly left.

As for Zhou An, he began to look at the information.

There was a lot of information, there was the basic situation of Huaixi Jing, the distribution of people and forces, and also a variety of local customs.

More so, there were about the various layouts of the Zhen Gui Si in Huai Xi Jing, as well as illustrations about the bizarre, various secrets of the Jiang Hu, and so on.

There were many of these things that Zhou An had never seen before.

The books given by the Emperor were naturally a lot, but if they really wanted to encompass all of them, then Zhou An would not necessarily be able to finish reading them even if he looked at them for a very long time.

So at this moment, Zhou An temporarily put down his liver proficiency, but first absorbed the information in front of him.

Intelligence, is the most important thing.

No matter how high or low the strength is, without intelligence and knowledge, it’s like a blindfolded man who doesn’t even know where to stab.

After all, blind stabbing was not something everyone could do.

So Zhou An also prioritized.

It didn’t take long for Zhou An to memorize all of this information.

It was a good thing that he was a man of the trade, forgetting everything was standard, so it didn’t take much time.

“This trip is actually not a loss, just this information alone is already a good deal.” Zhou An put down the information and thought in his heart.

He stood up and took Black Jade with him as he prepared to go out.

His visit to Huaixi Jing this time was a double duty.

Not only was he the Sijing of Huaixi Jing, but he was also the Supervisor of the Craftsmanship Supervision.

So on the side of the Crafting Supervisor, Zhou An was also going to make a trip.

Fortunately, nothing happened on the way.

Zhou An successfully went to the Crafting Supervisor, and after recognizing the Crafting Supervisor’s side, he followed the same old routine and told them to find himself if there was anything they couldn’t solve.

After all this, Zhou An made another trip to the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.

Since he was in a new place, and he had a relationship with himself, he would prioritize the run.

The person in charge of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce in Huaixi Jing was called Gu Wei, a middle-aged, wealthy businessman.

On this visit, naturally, a chat was inevitable.

Of course, Zhou An’s mansion in Huaixi Jing was also arranged by the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.

After chatting for a while, Gu Wei personally brought someone and went to Zhou An’s mansion.

It was still the same as before, the things inside were all replicated according to Zhou An’s habits, not much had changed.

After doing so, quite a bit of time had passed.

Zhou An traveled to the Zhen Gui Si and found He Sheng.

He told He Sheng to go to the mansion to find him once there was something he couldn’t handle.

As a capital-level city, what Huaixi Jing did was more of a commander position.

So every day’s work was actually very simple and routine, and it was true that things weren’t very busy, as Eunuch Wei had said.

After all, by now, Zhen Gui Si is already considered a mature organization, naturally, there is no need for too many changes.

With everything complete, Zhou An then took Black Jade and returned to his mansion.

Although it was a new house, the furnishings inside felt familiar to Zhou An due to the fact that they were replicas.

Black Jade was also familiar, and after arriving at the house, she pulled Zhou An’s hand.

“Chair ……”

The chair was something that basically existed in Zhou An’s place now when he was out on the ground, so at this point, Black Jade specifically looked for Zhou An to ask for a chair.

Zhou An did not nag and took out the chair from the pink money bag and handed it to Black Jade.

After Black Jade had the chair, she happily ran to the side and continued to fiddle with her chair.

As for Zhou An, he began to liver up his proficiency.

Proficiency currently had quite a bit of growth, especially in Bagua Arithmetic, even when Zhou An was at Emperor Xingwu’s birthday, he didn’t relax and grabbed some free time to liver every now and then.

There was already quite a bit of light at the endpoint of the air body villain.

“Seizing the time to liver proficiency is the right thing to do, arriving at the Tongling Realm earlier, not only is there a guarantee in strength, but it is also possible to go and wander around within the Tongling Space.”

Zhou Xin thought in his heart.

Not long ago, he had also learned from Monk Hwa Dust that the Psychic Space was actually a buffer zone that was also connected to the rift.

Zhou An certainly wanted to go and take a look.

Although he was very capable of fighting now and killing the Psychic Realm was like playing, his true realm was only the Innate Realm.

Reaching the Psychic Realm early would also allow him to explore the Psychic Space earlier.

Zhou An felt that he should have gained something within the Psychic Space by then.

Now, Zhou An’s goal was clearer, and that was to head towards the Psychic Realm.

Thinking about this, Zhou An began to frantically liver up.

—————–

Zhou An’s side was livering the Bagua Arithmetic.

His arrival, however, caused many people to have different thoughts.

Huai Xi Jing was a Jing level city, and the complexity of the place could be imagined.

Whether it was the various officials, or the various family forces, as well as the various sects and forces in the surrounding area, it was not something that could be compared to a Prefecture level city.

After all, a capital-level city was also in charge of many prefectural-level cities.

The current Zhou An had long since made a name for itself in the Jianghu.

The various forces had their own thoughts.

Some were thinking of going to Zhou An’s mansion in a few days to make friends, some were hesitant because they were concerned about the Prime Minister, and others were acting as spectators on the side, swaying from side to side like wallflowers.

The Zhong family, is a big family in Huaixi Jing.

The reason why the Zhong Family was said to be big was because in the Zhong Family, there was a family head of the Tongling Realm.

This Zhong Family’s family head was named Zhong Quan, and he was also famous in the Jianghu.

It was said that when he was young, he had once made a name for himself in the jianghu with his skill of flying daggers that was out of this world.

As a family of martial artists, the Zhong Family had already gained a firm foothold in Huaixi Jing under the leadership of Zhong Quan.

The Zhong Family was definitely aware of Zhou An’s arrival.

There were already quite a few members of the Zhong family, thinking about whether or not to go up and make friends.

However, Zhong Quan did not give any indication, leaving the Zhong family puzzled.

They did want to befriend Zhou An, but since the family head hadn’t even said anything, they didn’t dare to make a move, after all, they were always members of the Zhong Family.

At this moment, Zhong Quan was sitting on a recliner in his room, drinking tea and pressing the Zhenshou below.

Beside him, stood a black-robed man, silently watching the scene.

Zhong Quan was already very old, and his hair was tinged with a silvery color.

However, the word “old and strong” was evident on him.

After a while, accompanied by a sigh, the lightly veiled woman raised her head.

“It’s been a long time again, Family Master.” The lightly veiled woman laughed.

Zhong Quan waved his hand and did not say anything.

The light veil woman then silently stood up and came next to the black-robed man.

“Family Master Zhong, how is this overwhelming martial arts technique?” The black-robed man laughed.

“The Double Harmony Technique, using the mouth as a connection to constantly purify the air in the body, for you, that’s quite appropriate.”

Zhong Quan put the teacup in his hand aside, glanced at the black-robed man, and then at the veiled woman, and said, “If you can give this woman to me, that would be the most suitable for me.”

“This gong method you call it is indeed powerful, but the requirements for a woman are too high.”

The black-robed man shook his head and continued to laugh, “Coming once a month to purify it for the Zhong Family Master is already considered the best, if I were to give it away, then I would have lost my capital.”

Zhong Quan laughed coldly, “There are quite a few other clans that have practiced this double merging method of yours, this woman is afraid that she is very busy.”

The black-robed man shrugged, “This has nothing to do with Zhong family master, this is my own business.”

Zhong Quan did not want to say more on this topic and changed the subject, saying, “Tell me, what exactly do you mean by asking me not to befriend Zhou An.”

“According to the meaning of verticality, I should belong to the pegs of Huai Xi Jing, and going to befriend at this time will hide me better.”

“It can also make me appear more normal.”

The black-robed man sniffed and shook his head, “There is no need to hide or be normal, not bothering with Zhou An, that is the most normal.”

“We are currently working on a big plan, that’s why I specifically came over and told you not to go and cross paths with Zhou An, so as not to delay the plan.”

“After all, even if you pretend to be close to Zhou An, there is still a risk of being discovered after prolonged contact.”

Zhong Quan fell into deep thought, and only after a while did he say, “In that case, I will agree.”

The black-robed man’s purpose had been achieved, and without continuing, he turned around and directly left, walking very quickly.

When the black-robed man left, the room fell into silence and a pin could be heard.

Zhong Quan stood up, lifted his pants up and looked at the tea cup on the table with some emotion.

“I don’t know where the hell the vertical sex got these techniques from, it is really mesmerizing, even I almost couldn’t hold it.”

“Fortunately, I have a scale in my heart.”

“They should be coming.”

As Zhong Quan uttered these words, the next moment, within the room, a figure suddenly appeared.

“What’s the result?”

Room A’s Ding Chang, Zong Shan Yin, suddenly appeared like a ghost, making it undetectable.

If not for the issuance of this voice, one would only be dead, not even knowing who moved.

Zhong Quan immediately turned around, respectfully arching his hand and said, “Zhong Quan, Ding member of the A room of the Zhen Gui Division, I have seen you, Your Excellency.”

Zong Shan Yin waved his hand and said, “Let’s get straight to business, how is the situation of this verticality?”

Zhong Quan slowly said, “Currently, it is still impossible to find out the specific purpose of Zong Sex, as well as exactly which clans he has enlisted.”

When he said this, Zhong Quan was careful.

Only Zhong Quan knew that he had another identity.

He had joined the Zhen Gui Division a long time ago and became a Zhen Gui Division’s secret son.

As everyone knew, the Zhen Gui Division had to manage the people in the Jianghu, and that workload was extremely huge.

But they had a new way of thinking.

That was to develop members among the forces.

Especially these clans, having an official identity was an absolute benefit for them.

Zhong Quan was one of them.

Originally, Zhong Quan thought that he had become a secret agent of the Zhen Gui Si with the purpose of helping the Zhen Gui Si to monitor other family forces in passing.

But what he never expected was that one day, the people of verticality came looking for him and brought him the Double Harmony Technique.

This technique was to utilize that indescribable posture to purify the air in the body.

To be fair, the effect was very remarkable.

And Zhong Quan also learned about the plan of verticality.

It seemed to have used this trick to pull in quite a few clans.

After all, very few people could resist this kind of temptation.

It was both a boost in strength and very cool.

As for the specific plan, and what clans were being pulled together, the people from Zong Seity were cautious and did not tell Zhong Quan.

Of course, logically, Zhong Quan had another task, which was to be a reverse nail in the verticality.

These days, it is common for you to engage in darkness, and for me to engage in darkness, and for people to trip each other up.

High-end plotting and scheming is often so plain and simple.

Zhong Quan is very smart and understands today’s momentum.

Even if you verticality give more, can you still be as bullish as the Great Chu Kingdom?

The Zhong family was the family of the Great Chu Kingdom, and Zhong Quan was a scout of the Zhen Gui Si, and reasonably, it was not much better than Zong Shi’s identity, so of course he was on the side of the Zhen Gui Si.

“Well, continue to ambush and try to spy on Zong Sex, but don’t expose yourself, you know your role is important.”

Zong Shan Yin slowly said, “That lord has already come, he has a deadly enmity with Zong Sex, I’m sure that if this matter is done well, there will be no shortage of benefits for you.”

As he said these words, Zong Shan Yin kept it steady, but he could not suppress the adoration in his heart.

“I heard that as soon as Lord Zhou came, he terminated the Xin An Temple, not caring at all about the face of the Qing Huang Temple?”

Zhong Quan carefully said, “Truly an ironic tactic, if not for this mission, I would have inevitably gone to pay my respects to Lord Zhou.”

The things that Zhou An had done at the Xin An Temple had also been rumored by now.

Zong Shan Yin laughed, “There are plenty of opportunities, when you’re done this time, naturally you’ll be looked upon by Lord Zhou, do your thing properly, behind you, is the Zhen Gui Si, you understand.”

“Understood, understood!” Zhong Quan hurriedly replied.

When he raised his head, Zong Shan Yin’s figure had already disappeared.

Only then did Zhong Quan make an effort to adjust his expression and become the same as usual again.

On the other hand, Zong Shan Yin returned to the Zhen Gui Si and reported everything to He Sheng.

“Lord He, things have basically taken shape, it’s time to tell Lord Zhou.” Zong Shan Yin said after he finished his report.

Actually, when Zhou An came, He Sheng wanted to tell this matter.

However, he couldn’t figure out Zhou An’s style of acting.

Sometimes, as a subordinate, it was best to clarify things before talking to your superior.

Otherwise, if your boss suddenly asked a question and you ended up not knowing how to answer, that would be a loss of face.

More so, it will leave a bad image with your supervisor, which will be counterproductive when the time comes.

Now that things were clear, then it was time to tell Zhou An.

Thinking about this, He Sheng said, “Go to Lord Zhou’s residence and tell him the original story.”

Zong Shan Yin nodded and quickly left.

—————–

Today, it was already the second day since Zhou An had come to Huaixi Capital.

Currently, the growth in proficiency was still in order.

Zhou An was actually not far from the seventh level of Bagua Arithmetic.

In the morning, Zhou An took Black Jade as usual and headed out to the streets to have a breakfast.

After eating, Zhou An returned home, intending to continue his liver proficiency.

To be honest, Zhou An felt that the current days seemed to have returned to his previous life.

Although it was boring, it was also very regular.

The proficiency was also slowly rising.

On the way back, Zhou An naturally followed the old rules and prepared to continue his liver proficiency.

But what he didn’t expect was that before he could liver, he sensed that someone had arrived at the door.

Through his Clairvoyance, Zhou An saw that the visitor was Zong Shan Yin, whom he had met not long ago.

“Finding it at this time, it seems like something is up.”

Zhou An thought to himself as he came to the door and opened it.

Outside the door, Zong Shan Yin was pondering what tone of voice he was going to use to speak to Zhou An, and did not knock on the door for a long time.

Unexpectedly, Zhou An opened the door first, which in turn made him freeze.

“Come in.” Zhou An said indifferently.

Zong Shan Yin hurriedly nodded his head and quickly crossed into the courtyard, following behind Zhou An.

Zhou An led Zong Shan Yin, walked into the room, and poured Zong Shan Yin a cup of tea, “Drink, there is no need to be formal here as this is not the Zhen Gui Si.”

Zong Shan Yin nodded and took a shallow sip before saying, “My lord, this time I came, there is something, the matter is like this ……”

He said all the things that had to do with verticality.

Zhou An was listening on the side, and also roughly heard what happened.

“These guys, the ability to mess things up is really endless.”

To be honest, Eunuch Wei was right about one thing.

When he became this Sijing, things weren’t much more, but the speed of obtaining intelligence, it was really fast.

Especially about verticality.

For this organization that did not do anything, Zhou An only had one idea, and that was to beat them all to death.

Now that there were clues, Zhou An would try the easiest method first.

Thinking about this, Zhou An operated the air in his body.

The golden colored Eight Trigrams appeared.

Before Zhou An’s eyes, the Eight Trigrams Arithmetic began to run continuously.

He intended to use Bagua Arithmetic to see if he could discern any clues.

In the past, this skill that was unrivaled, just take the last time the Heart An Temple stood out as a speedy pass.

But now this situation was different.

The Eight Trigrams Calculation was surprisingly blurry, and it was impossible to see the specific situation at all.

“It can’t be calculated, there seems to be a bit of a problem.” Zhou An stroked his chin and thought in his heart.

It was obvious that the sixth level of Bagua Arithmetic could not calculate the specific situation, which meant that the situation this time was quite big.

Next to him, Zong Shan Yin could not see the golden bagua, but he could feel that at this moment, there was a subtle aura flowing through Zhou An’s body.

This kind of aura, he had once seen on a trigram master.

“But the difference between that trigram master and Lord Zhou is too great.” Zong Shan Yin thought to himself.

While he was thinking this, Zhou An withdrew the Trigram Arithmetic.

“Continue investigating, and if there are any problems, tell me directly.” Zhou An said.

In fact, the current thinking of the Zhen Gui Si was right.

There was nothing left to fine-tune with the Dark Son as an insider who could better control the situation.

As long as there was information, tell Zhou An directly, and Zhou An would be able to step in and smooth out the problems.

Zong Shan Yin hurriedly replied, “My lord, subordinate understands!”

This trip was to tell Zhou An the news.

Now that the news had been spoken, Zong Shan Yin naturally would not stay longer.

He was very observant and knew that he could not be disturbed at this time, so he left.

After Zong Shan Yin left, Zhou An did not stay idle and continued to liver up the Bagua Arithmetic.

“Since the sixth level Bagua Arithmetic can’t be calculated, what about the seventh level?” The corner of Zhou An’s mouth rose slightly.

After waiting for the seventh level, if he was able to calculate it, then he would directly strike with precision.

“You all, one of you don’t want to escape, those who have offended me, all go down to accompany Auntie, Auntie is quite bored alone.”

Thinking of this, Zhou An no longer thought much and began to liver up.

The days that followed were calm and quiet.

Zhou An seemed to have fallen into an extremely regular life as well.

Every day was just eating, hepatic fortune telling, and teaching Black Jade.

Due to the emergence of the verticality thing, Zhou An currently did not liver other proficiencies, but instead, he livered up the Bagua Arithmetic.

So much time had passed.

Due to the fact that Bagua Arithmetic Level 6 required 100,000 points of proficiency, it had not been upgraded yet.

But after such a long time of furious livering, it reached a point like eighty thousand points.

And eighty thousand points of proficiency was exactly the limit of the air body villain’s stored proficiency.

At this moment, the endpoint on the air body villain’s chest had reached its limit.

Further up the liver, there would be no rise in the light of the endpoint, and for Zhou An, it would be a loss instead.

So Zhou An decided to use this store of proficiency first.

Eighty thousand points of proficiency, after the storage of the light at the endpoint of the air body villain, there were now also forty thousand points of conversion.

Zhou An of course did not have the slightest due, and chose the Butcher’s Knife to add points.

Before long, the proficiency of the Butcher’s Knife soared.

And the price was that the light of the Air Body Villain Endpoint gradually became weaker.

Soon, the light of the air body villain endpoint completely disappeared.

When the light disappeared, the Butcher’s Knife Skill had also gained a huge boost.

In front of Zhou An’s eyes, the other proficiencies did not change, but only the Butcher’s Knife and Bagua Arithmetic had changed.

[Potentate’s Knife Technique lv.6 (Speed +8, Accuracy +8, Sharpness +8): 80,000/100,000]

[Potentate’s Town Technique lv.6 (Strength +8, Destruction +8, Seal +8): 1/100000]

[Flying Dragon Body lv.6 (Speed +8, Dodge +8, Flight +8): 1/100000]

[Cast Self Body lv. 6 (Hardness +8, Fusion +8, Defense +8): 1/100000]

[Read a Thousand Scrolls lv. 6 (Spirit +8, Understanding +8, Bounce +8): 1/100000]

[Rise and Shine lv.6 (Watery +8, Water Control +8, Healing +8): 1/100000]

[Healing Compulsion lv.6 (Healing +8, Toxicity +8, Poison Penetration +8): 3,500/100,000]

[Clairvoyance lv.6 (Detection +8, Illusion Breaking +8, Range +8):1/100000]

[Holy Spirit Magic Body lv.7 (Purification +10, Dispel +10, Might +10):1/120,000]

[Bagua Arithmetic lv.6 (Precision +8, Deduction +8, Formation +8):80,000/100,000]

Zhou An looked at these two skills and felt somewhat comfortable with his OCD.

The Butcher’s Knife and Bagua Arithmetic both had 80,000 points.

It wouldn’t take long for Zhou An’s Bagua Arithmetic to reach level 7, and by then, he would be able to calculate the group of verticality.

At this time, it was just about noon.

Black Jade was playing with a chair on the side in boredom.

Recently, although Zhou An had taken her out to eat every day, Black Jade felt that she was quite bored when Zhou An was busy.

Luckily, there was a chair to keep her company.

At this moment, Zhou An slacked off a little, and Black Jade curiously came over.

It had been a long time since she had skinned herself, and she wanted to skin herself a little.

But the result was obvious.

“Thunk!”

Black Jade’s face was full of aggression, covering her head and running back to the chair.

“Zhou An …… knows what I think!”

She felt that the next time she skins, she must do it by surprise.

Zhou An didn’t care about this, he was just going along for the ride.

He intended to continue his Liver Eight Trigrams Arithmetic and raise his Eight Trigrams Arithmetic to the seventh level earlier.

Thinking about this, Zhou An intended to continue.

But just as Zhou An was preparing, a knock sounded on the door.

At this moment, a member of the Zhen Gui Division was anxiously standing outside the door.

Zhou An frowned, then came to the door.

Only just after opening the door, the member of the Zhen Gui Division spoke.

“My lord, it’s bad, something big has happened.”

“You should quickly follow me to the Zhen Gui Division.”

Zhou An stroked his chin and said, “Go!”

Since he had found this place, it was bound to be something big that could not be dealt with.

Zhou An put the matter of proficiency aside for the time being, and first made a trip to the Zhen Gui Division a priority.

Soon after, Zhou An closed the door, took the black jade with him, and walked towards the Zhen Gui Division.

At this moment, there was a seriousness inside the Zhen Gui Division.

In the courtyard of Zhen Gui Si, there was a white cloth on the ground.

Underneath the white cloth, there were corpses covered.

When Zhou An walked into the courtyard, he looked at the ground full of corpses and frowned slightly.

He Sheng was there inspecting it.

The white cloth on one of the corpses was lifted, revealing the corpse.

Zhou An took a good look and realized that the corpse was extremely horrifyingly dead.

The body was all like a dried up tree, without the slightest bit of blood color.

It was as if it had been drained of all blood.

He Sheng also saw Zhou An and hurriedly walked up.

“What is the identity of the deceased, and also, what was the cause of death?” Zhou An said succinctly.

He Sheng also knew that at this time, it was not the time to ink, so he answered quickly, “These deceased, are those families that were compelled by the vertical sex, this one family, all died in one night.”

“Surprisingly, even if these families died, the scene did not have any traces of fighting, as if it was a sudden death.”

“Just now there has been a coroner’s inspection, this group of people …… were drained of their entire body’s essence and blood, and also …… were drained of their air, not even a single trace of it was left.”

Drained of essence and blood and air?

Zhou An sniffed and walked over to a corpse and examined it.

Even when a person in the lineage died, there would still be Qi remaining, which would disappear over time.

Now these corpses, indeed, as Hao Sheng said, seemed to have been drained.

These people, all of them are traitors, practicing that so-called double harmony method.

By all rights, they should be considered vertical people.

Yet they died unexpectedly.

This phenomenon was obviously related to people who were vertical.

Thinking about this, Zhou An asked, “Any sign of it?”

Since all the corpses had been found, the Zhen Gui Si should have found out some clues as well.

As expected, He Sheng gave an answer when Zhou An finished his sentence.

He Sheng nodded, organized his words, and slowly said, “Lord Zhou, perhaps …… it has something to do with an Eight Extreme Techniques ……”