“Ye Qingxuan?”
Upon hearing the name, a flicker of surprise crossed Lu Xuan’s eyes.
He hadn’t expected this person to be Ye Qingshan’s daughter.
Back when Li Yanran left Baidao Prefecture, she had mentioned a few words to him, asking him to look after this Ye Qingxuan.
“Alright, I understand.”
In that case, he would designate Ye Qingxuan as a key cultivation target for the prefectural city’s Xuan Bird Guard, granting her the same treatment as Liang Cheng.
Seeing Lu Xuan agree, Ye Qingshan was overjoyed.
This was the only way he could help his daughter now.
“By the way, Lord Lu!”
“This Calamity-grade anomaly, in my humble opinion, has some peculiar aspects.”
“It shouldn’t have appeared in a place like Anzhou.”
Lu Xuan was taken aback by this; he didn’t understand what Ye Qingshan meant.
“Anzhou is located in the Southern Region, far from the Heavenly Capital.”
“Therefore, it’s absolutely impossible for supernatural anomalies above the Calamity-grade to appear here.”
“Because the further from the Heavenly Capital, the lower the grade of supernatural anomalies that appear!”
“The supernatural anomaly that appeared today clearly far exceeds an ordinary Calamity-grade.”
“The extent of its anomalous domain even covered the entire county town; the intensity of its Yin energy is something I have never witnessed in my life!”
Hearing this, Lu Xuan’s gaze toward Ye Qingshan changed, becoming more attentive.
How would a minor county magistrate like Ye Qingshan know such detailed information about supernatural anomalies?
Naturally, Lu Xuan was also aware of what Ye Qingshan mentioned.
As for why anomalies above the Calamity-grade wouldn’t appear in the Southern Region?
That’s because the Southern Region is far from the Spirit Ruins.
The Spirit Ruins near the Heavenly Capital are the fundamental reason affecting the grades of supernatural anomalies.
Since learning this information, Lu Xuan had been patiently waiting for Li Chengfeng’s return.
Once Li Chengfeng returned to Baidao Prefecture, it would be time for Lu Xuan to head for the Central Prefecture’s Heavenly Capital.
Only in the Central Prefecture would supernatural anomalies appear.
Lu Xuan was now somewhat curious about Ye Qingshan’s identity.
As a Blood Refinement realm martial artist, he actually resided in a small county town like Qingyun County.
Regarding Lu Xuan’s doubt, Ye Qingshan seemed to recall some past events, a look of melancholy gradually appearing on his face.
“Magistrate Ye, it seems your origins are not so simple. How do you know these things?”
“Sigh, Lord Lu, to be honest with you, my original name is not Ye Qingshan, but Xu Zheng!”
“I hail from the Xun Wind Academy within the Great Xia Academy, and I am the true disciple of Dean Liu Fengtai.”
………….
Half an incense stick of time later, Lu Xuan had listened to Ye Qingshan’s various past experiences.
Twenty-five years ago, this Ye Qingshan was originally a student of the Great Xia Academy.
Due to his fairly decent martial arts aptitude and outstanding talent, he was taken in as a closed-door disciple by Liu Fengtai, the dean of the Xun Wind Academy.
However, in his youth, full of vigor, Ye Qingshan seemed to have written some negative remarks about the Luo family, one of the Eight Great Families of the Heavenly Capital.
If he had just kept them to himself, it would have been one thing.
But this Ye Qingshan, fearless, even posted these writings outside the Great Xia Academy.
The result, as one might expect, was that Ye Qingshan attracted the attention of the Luo family.
On the very same day, a full five Inner Qi realm martial artists attempted to assassinate Ye Qingshan on the street.
However, Ye Qingshan was saved by a mysterious expert passing by, who casually threw him back into the Great Xia Academy.
Seeing this, Ye Qingshan’s master, Liu Fengtai, immediately placed him under house arrest.
It wasn’t until two years ago, after Ye Qingshan’s wife passed away unexpectedly, that he was deeply affected. Liu Fengtai then released him.
Moreover, Liu Fengtai used his own influence to secure the position of Qingyun County Magistrate for Ye Qingshan.
The reason Dean Liu Fengtai of the Xun Wind Academy cared so much about Ye Qingshan was that Ye Qingshan’s wife was his own daughter.
“Lord Lu, this is also why your humble official knows so much.”
As the number one academy in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Great Xia Academy naturally has records of various secrets of the world.
Coincidentally, information about supernatural anomalies is recorded in the books of the Great Xia Academy.
The Eight Great Families, the Luo family?
Lu Xuan silently noted this name in his heart.
He had finally obtained a bit more information about the Eight Great Families of the Heavenly Capital.
Of course, Lu Xuan didn’t intend to ask too much about the Luo family.
After all, there was a deep-seated enmity between the Luo family and Ye Qingshan, and Lu Xuan understood the need for discretion.
The immediate priority was to understand why this Calamity-grade anomaly appeared in Qingyun County.
“Magistrate Ye, then where do you think this Calamity-grade anomaly came from?”
“Unless someone brought this Calamity-grade anomaly from elsewhere.”
“Your humble official suspects that someone used a sacrificial artifact to seal that Calamity-grade anomaly and brought it from the Central Prefecture to the Southern Region’s Anzhou.”
As soon as Ye Qingshan uttered the words ‘sacrificial artifact’, Lu Xuan’s eyes focused sharply on him.
“Sacrificial artifact!”
“Magistrate Ye, is that true?”
“There are actually things in this world that can seal those… things?”
Sacrificial artifacts again!
Lu Xuan had only heard of such things from Li Chengfeng and Mo Ronghua.
Now, Ye Qingshan was also speaking to him about sacrificial artifacts.
Moreover, he mentioned a secret that greatly shocked Lu Xuan.
Supernatural anomalies could actually be sealed by these so-called sacrificial artifacts.
Wait!
Seal?
The word ‘seal’ suddenly reminded Lu Xuan of that bronze bowl.
Lu Xuan remembered that the system panel had once prompted him that the extraction of World Origin failed as it was in a sealed state.
Could it be that the so-called bronze bowl was a sacrificial artifact?
Considering this possibility, a fervent light gradually appeared in Lu Xuan’s eyes, unable to conceal the excitement in his heart.
“Magistrate Ye, please take a look at this item and see if it is one of those so-called sacrificial artifacts.”
Lu Xuan had no intention of hiding the matter of the bronze bowl.
Because Ye Qingshan, who came from the Great Xia Academy in the Heavenly Capital, was now the only person who could answer Lu Xuan’s questions.
Lu Xuan took out the bronze bowl he had just obtained from his chest, held it in his palm, and handed it over to Ye Qingshan.
Yet, Ye Qingshan didn’t even glance at it, simply smiling and saying, “Lord Lu, you are unaware of this. No one can tell if something is a sacrificial artifact just by looking.”
“The only way to confirm if it is a sacrificial artifact is for a martial artist above the Inner Qi realm to inject the power of heaven and earth into it. Only then will the sacrificial artifact reveal its true form.”
“Oh?”
Lu Xuan’s eyes lit up. Wasn’t he precisely a martial artist above the Inner Qi realm?
“Lord Lu, if this bronze bowl is the sacrificial artifact that sealed that Calamity-grade anomaly, then at this moment, it is an unclaimed sacrificial artifact.”
“You can precisely inject your Gang Yuan to wield this artifact!”
“Unclaimed?”
Do sacrificial artifacts have owners?
“A sacrificial artifact can only be wielded by a martial artist who has claimed ownership of it with their own power.”
“Unless the person who claimed the artifact dies, or if the sacrificial artifact has sealed a supernatural anomaly.”
“As long as a sacrificial artifact seals a supernatural anomaly, the power of the person who claimed it will be devoured by the anomaly, and then it becomes an unclaimed sacrificial artifact!”
As Ye Qingshan spoke to this point, he vaguely guessed the answer in his heart.
“Lord Lu, your humble official may already know who did this.”
“Aside from those heretics of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, no one would be willing to sacrifice a sacrificial artifact to seal these supernatural anomalies.”
“Hmph, those heretics of the Pure World White Lotus Sect fear no chaos in the world and view life as worthless grass.”
