This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Li Daoxuan gently moved the Moonflower Sword out of Mingyue's hand and nodded.

"Master understands. Master is not trying to stop you from taking revenge, but as a county magistrate, if you kill her like this, the consequences will be endless..."

Zhao Chun'an's face was ashen, and he said with a bitter smile:

"Miss Mingyue, I am ashamed and deserve to die."

"But your master is right. I am a county magistrate appointed by the imperial court. If you kill me, it would be tantamount to challenging imperial authority and the law. The imperial court will not let you off the hook."

Mingyue bit her lip hard, a trickle of blood slowly sliding down her cheek, her surging magical power nearly out of control.

The scene of her killing her own parents kept replaying in her mind, tormenting her repeatedly.

This pain drove Mingyue almost mad; only by tearing Zhao Chun'an to pieces could she relieve the hatred in her heart.

However, she couldn't disobey her master's words...

Zhao Chun'an took a deep breath, and a glimmer of light reappeared in his eyes.

He gazed into the distance, just as he used to look down upon Anyi County from the pavilion of the county government office, and murmured:

"This county, with its three towns and twenty-eight townships, has a total population of over 116,700. It cannot be left unattended..."

"Don't worry, Miss Mingyue, I will petition the court and request the Ministry of Personnel to appoint a new magistrate."

"Once the people of this county are settled, I... will be at your disposal, young lady..."

Mingyue wouldn't listen to reason, and never let go of the Moonflower Sword.

Li Daoxuan sighed and said softly:

"Mingyue, since we've come this far, why don't we wait a little longer?"

The blood feud between parents is irreconcilable.

Therefore, Li Daoxuan would not try to persuade Ming Yue not to seek revenge.

But at least it will give Mingyue some time to think things through, preventing her from acting impulsively and allowing her to follow her heart and consider things carefully.

If Mingyue still insists on killing Zhao Chun'an by then, Li Daoxuan will not say another word.

It might even help her eliminate all potential dangers.

Mingyue trembled as she looked at Li Daoxuan. She could feel the mental power emanating from Li Daoxuan repeatedly nourishing her primordial spirit, clearly out of concern that she might lose control and suffer a qi deviation.

Mingyue's heart softened instantly, but at the same time, it was accompanied by a strong sense of resentment and pain.

She released the Moonlit Sword that was always by her side, leaped into the air, and flew away into the distance.

"Bright moon..."

Qingfeng was very worried. He glanced at Li Daoxuan and saw that Li Daoxuan nodded, so he followed him.

Only Li Daoxuan and Zhao Chun'an remained in the courtyard.

Li Daoxuan looked at Zhao Chun'an with a complicated expression. In the past year or so in Anyi County, he knew very well that Zhao Chun'an was a good official. Although Anyi County was not large, under his governance, at least the people could live in peace. In the past year or so, Li Daoxuan had not seen anyone starve to death.

When people talk about Lord Zhao, most of the people of Anyi County will give him a thumbs up with great respect.

However, this capable and virtuous official committed the evil deeds of condoning evil spirits to harm people and raising evil spirits.

Even Li Daoxuan didn't know how to deal with Zhao Chun'an.

"Mr. Li...embroiderer..."

Zhao Chun'an was still unwilling to give up and muttered another sentence.

Li Daoxuan glanced at him and said helplessly:

"Lord Zhao, although I don't know what they did to the embroiderer, I can tell you honestly that even if they hadn't taken her away, since I knew of her existence, I would still have sent her to the underworld."

"Such a ferocious creature should not be allowed to exist in this world."

Upon hearing Li Daoxuan's words, Zhao Chun'an seemed to completely deflate, sitting there blankly, as if he had lost his soul.

Li Daoxuan sighed, sat down opposite Zhao Chun'an, and said in a serious tone:

"Lord Zhao, now is not the time to think about these things. The sudden appearance of such a group of highly skilled young men in Anyi County, who also possess methods that surpass the power of a Grandmaster, may well be a hidden danger."

"Does Lord Zhao know their background?"

Zhao Chun'an, after all, still cared about the people of the county. Hearing this, he managed to muster some spirit, raised his head, and said weakly:

"I don't know their background. Within Anyi County, there has never been a gang with such a deep foundation that could cultivate so many outstanding talents over the years."

At this point, Zhao Chun'an suddenly remembered the story of the embroiderer being captured by the other party with a gourd, and a legend suddenly popped into his mind.

Li Daoxuan noticed the change in his expression and quickly asked:

"Has Lord Zhao remembered something?"

Zhao Chun'an hesitated for a moment, then said uncertainly:

"I can't be sure either, but when I took the imperial examination in Shangdu back then, I only heard people talking about a secret story."

Li Daoxuan became interested.

"Tell me about it?"

Zhao Chun'an thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Whether it's true or not, it's rumored that every so often in the history of the Great Zhao and even the surrounding countries, a group of extraordinary people would appear."

"Most of these people are seventeen or eighteen years old, at most in their early twenties."

"But without exception, they were all young prodigies whose strength far surpassed that of their peers."

"For them, the fourth-level Grand Martial Master is just the starting point. Moreover, these people can unleash combat power that exceeds their own martial arts cultivation level."

"These people came and went in a hurry; no one knew where they came from, nor where they ended up."

"All I know is that these people seem to be particularly interested in the vengeful ghosts scattered around the world and some powerful spirits."

At this point, Zhao Chun'an's face turned deathly pale, and he said in a trembling voice:

"Could they be the ones who kidnapped the embroiderer?"

After listening to the rumors told by Zhao Chun'an, Li Daoxuan was basically convinced of them.

He was a cultivator, whose primordial spirit far surpassed that of ordinary people, and whose mental power was exceptionally sharp.

That's why he was able to clearly perceive the power levels and characteristics of those teenagers.

Compared to the fourth-realm martial arts masters they usually saw, the true energy within these teenagers was noticeably different.

First, there is a difference in the degree of refinement. If the density of true qi in the body of a great martial arts master in the martial arts world is six, then the strength in the bodies of these teenagers has reached at least eight.

Secondly, the nature of the energy is different. The true energy in the bodies of the great martial arts masters and even grandmasters I have seen before is extremely pure. True energy is just true energy, unlike his magic power, which is a combination of essence, energy, and spirit.

The same was true of the power within those teenagers. Although it wasn't as mystical as magic, it possessed a kind of agility that martial arts true qi lacked.

From this, it can be inferred that the cultivation system and environment of this group of teenagers are probably quite different from the martial arts system of the martial arts masters of the Great Zhao Kingdom.

That's why there's this difference.

Li Daoxuan gradually had some inexplicable thoughts and couldn't help but ask Zhao Chun'an:

"Lord Zhao, do you know what lies beyond the Great Zhao and its surrounding kingdoms? Are there even more distant and powerful dynasties existing here?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Chun'an shook his head with a wry smile and said:

"The territory of the Great Zhao Kingdom alone spans three thousand li from east to west and five thousand li from north to south. The Great Li Kingdom to the north is said to have an even larger territory, and to the west, beyond the Yan Hui Mountains, lies the legendary Yelang Kingdom..."

"Such a vast world, one could not explore it all in a lifetime, let alone the even more distant places..."

Li Daoxuan nodded upon hearing this, which was perfectly reasonable.

Without satellites and modern long-distance transportation, it would be an almost impossible task for people in this world to understand the size of their own world.

But then Li Daoxuan thought again, if it was so far away, how did these young people manage to get to Anyi County, the southernmost part of the Great Zhao Kingdom?