The warmth of the sun shone through the house, bringing the warmth of early spring. But the gloomy atmosphere in the room dispelled all that warmth, leaving only heaviness and oppression.
The pale Sheriff God was dressed in a single garment and covered with a thick brocade quilt, leaning weakly on the bed.
It was hard to imagine that even a strong man at the Phenomenal Realm could be afraid of the cold one day. Even at the Innate Realm, one can sleep on Xuan ice without being exposed to cold or heat.
The reason why the Sheriff God had reached this point was precisely because he was on the verge of running out of oil.
“The old man who checked the Sheriff God’s pulse gently withdrew his hand and shook his head with a sigh, “The Sheriff God has been injured at the root this time, and his body has been invaded by an external evil, so his injuries are not optimistic. It will take at least a few years to recover.”
“Not even with the help of heavenly treasures?”
Ning Wuming stepped forward and asked, “With the power of the Great Qian, there are no heavenly treasures in the world that we cannot obtain. Just say the word, Doctor Wei, and I will get it for you at any cost. Today’s Great Qian cannot do without the Sheriff God.”
Old turmoil had just been put to rest, but new turmoil had arrived. In the Western Region, the PeaC*ck Remnant and the Cang Sheng Sect were in frequent turmoil. Luo Feng, the Marquis of Divine Martial Arts, had just returned the Sheriff God and went back to the Western Region to take charge.
The seven states of the Great Qian also needed the Sixth Sect to maintain stability, and the news that the Sheriff God was seriously injured and would not recover for several years was a great blow to morale.
“There are many medicines that can work on the Sheriff God, but in his current condition, he is unable to sort out and absorb them. I think I am an excellent doctor, but I have not yet reached the true dan of martial arts, so it would be difficult for me to use this kind of power to help Shou Shen with his conditioning. Unless ——”
“Unless what?” Qin Xihai, who was at the side, asked in a hurry.
“Among the medical dao, there is the greatest treasure of acupuncture, named ‘Spiritual Hub Nine Market’. This object can be said to be the number one needle in the world and can solve countless difficult and complicated diseases. If old man gets the help of this object, he will be able to help Shou Shen recover earlier.
It was originally an important treasure of the Hundred Herb Pavilion, but it mysteriously disappeared several years ago, and even those in the Pavilion do not know its whereabouts. It is truly a great loss to medicine.” Tai Doctor Wei sighed as he spoke.
“It is good to have a target,” Ning said confidently, “Department Six has intelligence all over the world. What ordinary people call a problem is not necessarily a problem for us. I will leave it to Ning to find the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Hub.”
“Cough ——” The Sheriff God on the bed coughed several times to stop him, “Wuming, the most urgent task is to stabilise the situation, what you need to do now is not to find the Nine Ruins of the Spiritual Hub, but to take my place and give Department Six a new backbone.”
His own family knew his own affairs, and the Sheriff God understood his own situation best. The Tong Shen realm could generally heal quickly from injuries, but once an extremely serious injury was sustained, the recovery time was also far more than that of a martial artist below Tong Shen.
For a serious injury that was on the verge of death, the several years mentioned by Dr Wei was already an optimistic view. If one were more pessimistic, recuperating for ten years would not be out of the question.
“Sheriff God ——,” Ning Wuming smiled, and was about to speak out and refuse.
“Eh,” the Sheriff God interrupted with a shake of his hand, “You have managed the internal affairs of Department Six well over the years, and have advanced to the Tong Shen level yourself, so I am comfortable with letting you take over my position.”
The resolute sight made Ning Wuming unable to refute. And sensible thinking told him that this was the best option.
“I understand, Sheriff God.” Ning Wuming lowered his head.
“No, from today onwards, you are the Sheriff God.”
The Sheriff God tightened his grip on Ning Wuming’s hand, entrusting his own responsibility to him.
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Having ended a gathering of the Nine Heavens, Qing Yu’s one soul returned to reality, still continuing the work of sorting out the Yuan Qi and smoothing out the Heavenly Calamity.
The previous battle with the Xuanfa duo, in which they performed several heavenly shocking moves in quick succession, had a great impact on the True Martial Sect. If he had not obtained the Ten Directions of Destruction afterwards, Qing Yu might have had to consider transferring the chaotic Yuan Qi to another place.
There was not much to say at this gathering of the Nine Heavens, except to discuss the change of events after the interception of the Sheriff God and Luo Feng. As well as ——
the chaos in the Western Region.
The Old Man of Time and Destiny had already spelled out his own plans. The Western Region Rebellion is being waged by the Gra*slanders in collusion with the PeaC*ck Remnant and the Cang Sheng Cult, with the aim of bringing down the Western defences of the Great Qian.
At the very least, it was to drive the Great Qian out of the Western Region and bring the land under the control of the Gra*slanders, the PeaC*ck Legacy and the Cang Sheng Cult.
The Great Qian had been secretly helping the Cang Sheng Sect to suppress the Nalanda Temple, but it had never thought that a cult was a cult and that the Cang Sheng Sect was now no longer content with the land of the West.
”The Cang Sheng Sect is a much greater scourge than the PeaC*ck Remnant and the Gra*slanders. Years ago, the Cang Sheng Sect had already placed pawns everywhere and woven a great net. Han Wenxin, a student of the academy back then, was a member of the Cang Sheng Sect.
Although I had cleared out the Cang Sheng Sect’s secret sons in Northern Zhou, they may have taken root again after these few years. However, with the three sects of the Devil’s Way in Northern Zhou, it will be difficult for the Cang Sheng Sect to penetrate. I should mainly focus on Great Qian.”
The seven states of Great Qian have a far larger territory than Northern Zhou. Cang Sheng Sect’s secret sons should also be basically planted in Great Qian.
These dark sons would also be one of the biggest causes of the Great Qian’s woes.
“It clearly looked like Spring and Autumn were in full bloom before, but now it looks like it has been mothballed… There is nothing more unpredictable than the changes in the world.”
The ten directions of the Universal Destruction dripped and spun, and the disordered Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi began to slowly return to the right path under its guidance. Qing Yu looked at the heavenly calamities that were slowly being eliminated and laughed, “If I were to fight a battle in another realm and have a few heavenly shocks, wouldn’t this Great Qian have all the heavenly and human calamities?”
Looking at it this way, this Great Qian is really a picture of medicine pills. The natural and man-made disasters and the devastation of the living were just like the end of a dynasty. When he thought that the Shadow King had finally succeeded in usurping the throne and gotten such a pill of a mountain, Qing Yu felt that he was very miserable.
Of course, whether the Shadow King could really usurp the throne or not was still a toss-up. Since the Hall of Ghosts had ties to the Great Qian military, it meant that the Great Qian was by no means as powerless as it was thought to be.
Even if the Sheriff God is now heavily damaged, the strength of the Great Qian is by no means to be underestimated. Even an organisation like the Nine Heavens had to use underhanded means to deal with the Great Qian, so it was clear how powerful it was.
As I thought about it, the Yuan Qi was finally sorted out, and the hidden danger of the natural disaster was finally cleared. Now there was no need to worry about a sudden outbreak of natural disasters at the succession ceremony on February 2.
“Speaking of the succession ceremony, it’s time to move that pawn I planted earlier. He is already strong enough.”
His mind flashed like lightning, triggering the thoughts of another person thousands of miles away.
[Yun Zheng follows orders.] Words came from there.
