Chapter 1667 – Exoticist Selection
One incense stick later.
Three figures walked out of the imperial study.
This meeting was more or less as Lin Qiye had imagined, Emperor Wu of Han praised Huo Zaiwei and transferred him a large amount of gold and manpower to form the Evil Suppressor Division, and then wanted to make friends with Lin Qiye and give him some territories and titles, but as a result, he was still stopped by Huo Zaiwei, and after a bit of persuasion, he was only rewarded with five hundred taels of gold.
After leaving the imperial study, Lin Qiye and Huo Zaiwei’s looks didn’t change much, on the contrary, Chloe, hung her head all the way down, her face full of grudges.
”You’d better give up the idea of establishing a religion in Great Han’s, your set of ideas, it’s not suitable here.” Lin Qiye couldn’t help but feel a bit amused when he saw Chloe look like this and softly comforted her.
”Alas ……,” Chloe helplessly opened her mouth, “Dahan has a large population and a vast area, after leaving this place, I don’t know how long and how far we have to travel before we can find a suitable place.”
Chloe’s footsteps suddenly lurched as if she thought of something, and pulled on Lin Qiye’s sleeve.
”Eh, aren’t you from the future? Did I succeed in your era?”
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow, “Very successful.”
Hearing this answer, Chloe’s eyes instantly lit up, “Then can you tell me where I succeeded? Where should I go?”
Lin Qiye opened his mouth and was about to say something when he hesitated and then spoke, “Wait a moment.”
Lin Qiye lifted his fingertips lightly and in his vision, a thread of karma floated out from his fingertips and extended into the void as he frowned as if he was calculating something.
A moment later, he put away the thread of karma and shook his head:
”I’m sorry, this matter shouldn’t be told to you by me, otherwise I will not only be entangled in huge karma, but will also change the course of history …… you can only explore it yourself.”
Outside Chang’an City, Lin Qiye had already realized that his actions might be part of the destiny in history, but that didn’t mean that all of his actions, were within that realm.
To use an analogy, if he had just cleaved Emperor Wu of Han with a sword inside the imperial study, the history of the Han would have been turned upside down, and perhaps everything in the future would be in chaos. Of course, a normal Lin Qiye would never do such a thing, so this possibility didn’t happen in history.
Lin Qiye had been wondering why the one who returned to this era could only be himself.
Now he already had a guess, because the future Chloe sending anyone back to this era was accompanied by great risks, because this era was so far away from the future that every move here could cause a sea change in the future, and even if he casually burned a book, it could result in the demise of a certain school of thought in the afterlife.
And once he realized this, he would inevitably do things with his hands tied, not daring to kill even a single person because he didn’t know if what he was doing was part of history or if it would have an impact on the future.
But Lin Qiye was different, he possessed [Unprovoked Cause] and [Established Fruit], and was able to judge whether or not he would have an impact on the future through the karma caused by his own actions, and he was the only one who could act freely in this era and could avoid karmic changes.
”Alright ……”
Seeing Lin Qiye’s unwillingness to disclose, Chloe was a bit frustrated, but she was still hopeful for the future after realizing that she was destined to succeed.
”His Majesty has already allowed the formation of the Evil Suppression Division, and for the next few days, this marquis should be busy with this.” Huo Qiwei turned his head to look at Lin Qiye, “Lin Qiye, is the matter you have to prepare urgent? If it is urgent, this marquis will work with you and the errand first, and then return to Chang’an to get busy afterwards.”
”Not urgent.” Lin Qiye waved his hand and said, “Forming the Evil Suppression Division is most important, if there’s anything you need my help with, just ask.”
There were still more than 2,000 years to go before Lin Qiye’s era, so naturally there was no rush for these two days, and Lin Qiye still had to find a way to deal with the problem of his spiritual power not being able to withstand the [Unwarranted Cause] and [Established Fruit], he didn’t want to kill himself and make himself crazy first before things were done.
After last night’s battle, Lin Qiye did feel a bit mentally exhausted, the load of those two abilities on his brain was too great, so it was clear that the two-month period the little boy had spoken of was already the most optimistic estimate.
Huo Zaiwei pondered seriously for a moment, “There is indeed a need for your help.”
”What?”
”There are many things that need to be dealt with in order to form the Evil Suppression Division, but our current members, combined, are only about ten people …… somewhat understaffed.” Huo pauses for a moment.
”This marquis has already issued a foreigner recruitment order to the world, there will be a large number of foreigners coming to Chang’an in recent days, but there are bound to be people who fish in troubled waters, and people whose hearts are not suitable for joining the Zhen Evil Division, and this marquis would like you to screen suitable foreigner candidates for the Zhen Evil Division to serve as our first batch of members.”
”Screening foreigners?…… No problem.”
Lin Qiye barely hesitated before nodding his head and agreeing. Distinguishing foreigners, rating their abilities, and assessing their heart, these might be a big hassle for people in this era, but for Lin Qiye, it wasn’t much of a challenge at all.
No matter what, he also came from a training camp instructor, and now that he had the help of the [Unwarranted Cause], he surpassed the xenos of this era by a large margin in every aspect.
”By the way, doesn’t this have any effect on your karma?” Huo asked worriedly.
”No harm.” Lin Qiye smiled, “Anyway, I’m just meeting them face-to-face to screen them, at most, I have my own way of dealing with such a small amount of karma.”
Huo nodded, “This marquis will give you an address, the place to screen the foreigners is there …… This marquis estimates that it will take at most four days to handle everything.”
One hour later.
Creak-!
The heavy mansion door was slowly pushed open, the ground full of dry and cracked fallen leaves were whipped up by the wind, withered stumps grew crookedly in the courtyard, spider webs and mouse holes were all over the walls and corners of the house, and there was not the slightest bit of life as far as the eye could see.
”Seven nights brother, are you sure …… that this is the Zhenxie Division?”
Wu Quan looked at the ancient mansion in front of him that had been deserted for an unknown period of time and asked with an odd expression.
”The Evil Suppression Division is independent of the dynastic hall and is made up of foreigners, so of course the more secretive it is, the better, so how could it choose a site in Chang’an?” Lin Qiye shook his head, “Marquis has already brought people to choose a site between the valleys to establish the division, this is just a place used to select the foreigners.”
The real location of the Zhen Evil Division must not be easily known to the world, unless the foreigner really passed the examination and became a member of the Zhen Evil Division, it was impossible to see the real Zhen Evil Division, so the examination place had to be set up separately, this mansion was given to Huo Zhaodi by Emperor Wu of Han in the early years, but Huo Zhaodi didn’t ask for it back then, and now for the sake of the Zhen Evil Division, he had gone to the Emperor Wu of Han and asked for it back.
Lin Qiye was dressed in a winter green Han outfit with a white jade token tied around his waist as he slowly stepped into the mansion, his eyes sweeping over the surrounding area.
”Clean up this place a bit, those foreigners who came to take the test should be arriving soon.”