Chapter 86.

The visitor was dressed all in black and wore a black hood so that his expression could not be seen clearly.

He only had his hands exposed.

Upon arriving at the entrance of Qingliu Village, the man in black looked around as if checking for any abnormalities.

When this person appeared, Zhou An and the others immediately held their breath and waited patiently.

Not long after, the man in black walked in and removed the hood in front of him.

When the hood was removed, it revealed a face with a beard, and it was none other than Magistrate Chen.

“Alas ……”

Magistrate Chen sighed and said in a rather regretful tone, “I was indeed fooled, a few of you can come out now.”

Hearing this, Zhou An winked at Zhang Si Xian and the others and walked out from the shadows.

They surrounded Magistrate Chen and did not make a move.

“Lord Chen, I truly did not expect that the black hand behind the scenes was you.” Zhang Si Xian spoke heavily.

Magistrate Chen sighed, “The human world is full of disturbances, there are many places you would not have thought of.”

Zhou An drew the long knife at his waist, “Listening to you, you know that this place is a trap.”

“Even if it is a trap, I still have to come, because I cannot afford to miss a single opportunity.” Magistrate Chen stared at the long knife in Zhou An’s hand.

“I was really surprised that you are a hidden expert, and you are the one who badgered me, but are you sure you want to do it here?”

The surroundings were filled with villagers, and there were few cooking smokes.

This meant that the people would suffer if they made a move here.

Zhou An laughed, “I won’t bother Lord Chen to worry about that.”

Next to him, Ye Frost made a gesture and several people made of straw came out of the surrounding rooms.

These scarecrows had talismans attached to them, and the lively scene just now was made by the scarecrows.

When Magistrate Chen saw this scene, he said indistinctly, “So that’s how it is, the use of talismanic soldiers is as good as real people, worthy of being the ninth disciple of the State Master, Mr. Ye’s talismans are truly advanced.”

“I lost convincingly.”

At this moment, the speed at which several people were gathering around was accelerating.

“Can we talk? Don’t make a move as soon as you come.” Magistrate Chen sighed.

“Dogwoman Li, what else do you have to say?” Zhou An snickered.

The village loved to take names that were good to feed on, let’s say Dogwa.

From the beginning until now, Magistrate Chen had always had a calm demeanor.

But when Zhou An said those three words, Magistrate Chen’s expression changed.

The calm expression became angry, as if it had touched his scales.

“Shut up!” Magistrate Chen’s tone was so angry that his beard fluttered, “I take my mother’s surname, not Li!”

“That malodorous man, who only reads dead books, and wants my mother to feed him, and since I was a child, he even instilled the benefits of reading in me every day.”

“But what’s the result? This world is not something you can accomplish just by working hard, I’m always one step behind, always and forever!”

“One step is an eternity away!”

“They have the talent, they have the ability, they are true readers, I have to suffer unfair treatment, why!”

“Where am I inferior to them?”

“His Majesty said that the imperial examinations are fair, but I don’t see fairness, I only see injustice in this world, I want to change, I want everyone to look up to me, not harbor in such a poor place!”

A series of words that came out of Magistrate Chen’s mouth, Magistrate Chen’s expression was furious to the extreme, and paired with the inexplicable aura on his body, there was a sense of oppression that came over him.

“Do it.” Zhou An raised his eyebrows and slowly said.

He didn’t want to argue about anything else, in the eyes of a paranoid person, everything was paranoid.

“Slow down!” Magistrate Chen suddenly raised his hand to interrupt.

“I’ll give you all a chance, you submit to me, I won’t kill you, I’ll let you see my talent, I’ll take you to the highest peaks, and let your names be remembered in the history books.”

“I think highly of you, if you become my right hand man, you will be honored by this decision.”

Zhou An strangely said, “Have you always been so confident?”

Magistrate Chen froze.

“Just kill it.” Zhou An pointed his long sword at Magistrate Chen and said.

He did not explain anything and moved first.

The battle then unfolded in an abrupt manner.

When Zhou An made his move, everyone struck out.

Zhou An, Zhang Si Xian and Sheriff Xie all used long knives, and when the light of the knives swept by, white light became flakes.

Zhang Shixian’s blade style was about the word fierce, wide open and extremely strong attacks.

Sheriff Xie, on the other hand, was about the word fast, swift as lightning, and difficult to defend.

Zhou An’s blade was both fast and fierce, but it was also free and easy to use.

Zhang Si Xian was a giant sword light, Sheriff Xie was a sword net, while Zhou An was a silk thread that could be stretched and retracted freely.

On the other side, Ye Frost also made his move.

Taking a handful of talisman paper in his hand, he threw it out very casually.

The breeze blew by, bringing up Ye Frost’s sleeves, a sense of floating coldness and clarity came over.

The talisman paper that floated out instantly spontaneously combusted, turning into countless ice, fire and lightning.

The convergence of the four people’s attacks produced enough power to fill a tall building.

Rumbling sounds resounded continuously, smoke and dust poured out, and huge incomparable cracks appeared in the entire land.

The place where Magistrate Chen was standing slowly turned into a deep pit.

“Something’s not right.” Zhou An frowned.

He was not the only one who felt that something was wrong, everyone present was thinking the same thing.

They were able to determine that the attack had landed on County Magistrate Chen.

But there was too much of a falsehood here, there was no way that Magistrate Chen could have tied his hands.

Just then, a burst of light emerged from where County Magistrate Chen was standing.

“Your means, they are still really strong, it’s a pity that you have met me.”

The smoke and dust that had risen gradually disappeared, and Zhou An and the others saw the situation in the field clearly.

Magistrate Chen had his hands behind his back, standing in place, a layer of white light enveloping his body.

Directly above the light, there was a book that was hovering above Magistrate Chen’s head.

The text on top of the book was glowing with a dense light, and even from a distance, one was able to see it clearly.

“The Book of the World’s Great Potential.” Ye Frost spoke coldly and clearly, “It’s a pirated version.”

Zhou An was puzzled.

Zhang Si Xian explained, “This is a book written by the Prime Minister, it is about the great situation in the world, this book is revered by the readers to the extreme, this book of his should be copied by himself.”

The Prime Minister, was the head of the hundred officials of the Great Chu Kingdom, and was even more of a role model for the readers of the Great Chu Kingdom to follow.

Magistrate Chen, who was in the middle of the light curtain, slowly said, “It is indeed a copy, but it is already enough.”

“I have been simulating the Prime Minister with the Water Burial Method for a few years, unfortunately, my own realm is too low, and ultimately, I am not a scholar, so there are limitations, but it is enough to deal with you all.”

The Law of Water Burial was good at simulation, even Zhou An’s ability to simulate it.

Magistrate Chen had been immersed in it for a few years and had clearly gotten the framework.

Just as Magistrate Chen finished his sentence, the book above his head released an even stronger light.

One by one, words were ejected from the book, carrying a powerful might that turned into the size of a millstone and suppressed towards several people.

It had also been spoken about before.

Regardless of the lineage, regardless of which of the four major categories, they all emphasized the difference between mind and technique.

It was the same with readers.

Those who practiced mind techniques were immersed in them.

And the techniques of the readers were even more special; they were learning and improving their techniques step by step through an article.

But the threshold is high.

Copying, is one of them.

The moment the text surfaced, everyone present changed their faces.

Zhou An executed the Swimming Dragon Steps and took two steps back, managing to dodge the text.

Ye Frost’s method of response was even more outrageous, as she pasted a talisman paper onto herself, which unexpectedly turned into a gale and disappeared into nothingness.

Only after the text passed through did it coalesce again.

Zhang Si Xian and Sheriff Xie did not have a corresponding dodge method, but the two of them were talking about a match between them.

The net of swords was in front, and the giant blade light was behind, splitting the words in front of them.

However, the two of them were no better, the hands holding the knives were already shaking slightly.

“Second rate.” Sheriff Xie’s face was slightly distorted, and with the scar on his face, it looked even more terrifying.

The magistrate Chen in front of him had already stepped into the rhythm of a second-rate expert.

“A second-rate expert against a third-rate expert is a devastating blow, I’ve said it all, you can’t deal with me.”

County Magistrate Chen’s tone was indifferent: “I’ll give you guys one more chance, if …… so?”

Before the words were finished, he saw Zhou An strike again.

“A chance? I don’t need it, I will only give others a chance.”

Zhou An said indifferently.

With his right hand hiding his sword, he raised his blade light once again.

This time, the blade light was thin and dense, transforming into countless threads and weaving into a giant blade light in the sky.

This giant blade light was different from Zhang Si Xian’s.

While Zhang Sixian was splitting out a whole block, Zhou An was weaving from tiny blade lights, each carrying a strangling force that was much more powerful.

“Boom!”

When the blade light landed on top of Prefect Chen’s head, it was intercepted by the white curtain of light and dissipated in an instant.

The surrounding houses were destroyed by two of them by the residual power of the blade light, while the book above the head of County Magistrate Chen, surprisingly, shook slightly.

At the same time, Zhou An wiped his left hand on his waist, and the palm-sized pan fell into his hand, directly covering the white light curtain.

“Upside down!”

The air in his body flowed crazily, and Zhou An wanted to turn Magistrate Chen upside down.

But unexpectedly, a resistance came from the pan in his hand, which was actually resisting the force of the upheaval.

The book above Magistrate Chen’s head shook even faster.

“I didn’t expect that you would almost break my defense.”

“Zhou An, you really gave me too big a surprise, third rate breaks second rate …… I have decided that I must kill you.”

The murderous aura on Chen Magistrate’s body became even thicker.

The books above his head appeared to glow intensely.

At the same time, on County Magistrate Chen’s right hand, a brush appeared.

County Magistrate Chen’s brush was gently waved.

The light of the text skyrocketed twofold in an instant and shot towards Zhou An.

Deep in Zhou An’s heart, a sense of crisis surged.

This had never happened before.

Magistrate Chen had caused him to feel this sense of crisis for the first time.

As the words were about to close in, the Qi on Zhou An’s body surface surged wildly, and the Swimming Dragon Steps were performed by him.

The ability to be as graceful as a swimming dragon was utilized to the extreme, dodging at a rapid pace.

But the words were like maggots, as if they had a target, no matter how Zhou An dodged, these words were densely packed behind him.

And looking at the speed, it was already getting faster and faster.

“You can’t hide.”

Magistrate Chen said indifferently.

“I’ve already figured out your ability long ago, although your stance is superior, the difference in our strength is here.”

While he was speaking, Prefect Zhang Si and Sheriff Xie attacked again.

“You guys are annoying.” Magistrate Chen waved his hand indifferently.

The words that had boosted their power by two times crashed into them.

This time it was not something Zhang Si Xian and the others could stop.

The two men flew out backwards, the long swords in their hands crumbling as they spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, already seriously injured.

“Blast!”

Ye Frost took out a talisman paper, which burned rapidly.

Zhou An who was dodging felt that a green smoke enveloped him.

In the next moment, his speed was unexpectedly boosted.

The words behind him slowed down accordingly, and after Zhou An dodged, he took this opportunity to flip over and make two moves.

“Boom!”

The text crumbled and disappeared.

Only then did Zhou An look at Zhang Si Xian and Sheriff Xie.

He realized that these two had already been seriously injured and had no power to resist.

“I’ve suddenly changed my mind, leaving you with a few lives.” Magistrate Chen said slowly.

“You guys were behind everything, and you also attempted to lay your hands on the court officials, so then I resisted and captured all of you.”

“By the way, in the process of fighting against the black hand behind the scenes, the ninth disciple of the State Master and this county’s constable, Zhou An, died in an accident.”

Zhou An sneered, “Lord Chen, after being an official for so many years, you haven’t learned anything, but you know how to plant evidence with one hand.”

Magistrate Chen ran his hand through his long beard, “This will explain it, after all, I have to continue to be this magistrate, maybe after this is reported, I will be able to be rewarded, and after this selection, transferred to a more prosperous place, at that time, no one will find out about me again.”

“Zhou An, Mr. Ye, you guys go!” Zhang Si Xian dropped to the ground and shouted.

He was a smart man and had already thought of the choke point here.

If Zhou An and Ye Frost died here, the two of them wouldn’t be able to defend themselves even if they had a hundred mouths.

But if the two escaped and survived, then they only needed to report the matter upwards, and it would be difficult for Magistrate Chen to fly.

“Can’t get away.” County Magistrate Chen once again waved the brush in his hand.

One by one, the words rose up into the sky, surrounding the area.

Zhou An raised an eyebrow, “Lord Chen, you are making it difficult for me.”

Magistrate Chen laughed, “It can’t be helped if it’s difficult, who made you have to go against me?”

“Lord Chen, you may have mistaken one thing.” Zhou An slowly said, “From start to finish, you were the one who sought me out first, if I don’t do something, am I waiting to die?”

“What’s the use of explaining now, you’re going to die anyway.” Magistrate Chen said.

He did not seem to intend to argue with Zhou An.

Zhou Anle said, “Does Lord Chen think he has absolute certainty?”

Magistrate Chen sniffed and frowned.

He suddenly felt that something was not right.

From start to finish, Zhou An did not seem to be panicked at all.

Even now, Zhou An had a calm demeanor.

This feeling was as if he was very well grounded.

“Something is not right ……,” thought Magistrate Chen.

When this thought appeared, he could not suppress it.

“Could it be that you want to defeat the second-rate with the third-rate?” Magistrate Chen subconsciously asked.

Zhou An flicked the back of his sword with his finger, a murderous aura on his body.

“You’re wrong, it’s not about overcoming, it’s about chopping off your head.”