I proved immortality through the imperial examination.

Chapter 90 An unexpected surprise
Xun Sizhou led his team to retreat first.

Xue Xiangchong cupped his hands in thanks to Ding Chunxia, ​​saying, "Thank you for your help, Sect Leader Ding. I will remember this favor."

"No, where?"

Ding Chunxia seemed rather composed.

He had originally only been trying to curry favor with Xue Xiang, but after witnessing the power of this standard equipment today, he felt a sense of unease and realized that the martial prowess of his Kaishan Sect seemed unlikely to prevail against the Eleventh Chamber.

While he fawned over Xue Xiang, he also felt a sense of awe.

"Let's meet for dinner another day. Goodbye."

Xue Xiang didn't want to spend much time with Ding Chunxia, ​​especially alone with her.

Ever since he ate a meal with Ding Chunxia last time, Xue Xiang felt that the way Ding Chunxia looked at him was... well, he automatically categorized Ding Chunxia as an old glass vibe.

Half an hour later, Xue Xiang met Xin Changsheng in the guardhouse of the First Bureau.

He was firmly bound by the Dragon-Binding Rope and tied to the torture rack, yet his eyes remained defiant.

Xue Xiang waved his hand, and Xun Sizhou led his men to withdraw.

"Fellow Daoist, having fallen to such a state, do you have anything to say about it?"

Xue Xiang said with a smile.

"People die for wealth, birds die for food, I have no regrets. Fellow Daoist Xue must be a local official, right?"

Xin Changsheng said coldly.

Xue Xiang nodded. "Head of the Eleventh Division, in charge of public security."

"No wonder there's such a commotion. My crime doesn't warrant death, does it?"

"You want to negotiate?"

"Isn't this exactly what you wanted, Director Xue?"

"Tell me about it."

"How about I offer the method to activate the Enlightenment Realm in exchange for the freedom of the three of us?"

"can."

“Swear it.”

"You still believe in this toothache curse?"

"I believe in the will of Heaven."

"No, you believe in immortality."

Xin Changsheng was taken aback before realizing that he was using his alias to distract him. "You're unwilling to take an oath?"

"How to say."

“You are so young to be the head of the department, you must have taken the imperial examination route. You should swear on the imperial examination. If you break your oath, you will fail every exam.”

"Hiss! That's pretty ruthless. But I'm making this deal in good faith, I'm not afraid to swear an oath..."

Xue Xiang quickly swore an oath.

Xin Changsheng indeed kept his promise.

Xue Xiang took out the jade tablet and, under Xin Changsheng's command, placed four spirit stones at the four corners of the jade tablet, activated their spiritual power, and struck the intersections of the latitude and longitude lines pointed out by Xin Changsheng.

Suddenly, the jade tablet emitted a dazzling light, and the lines of longitude and latitude refracted their brilliance, intertwining in mid-air.

"You, you actually cleansed the dust from this treasure. The Enlightenment Jade Realm, it really is the Enlightenment Jade Realm."

Xin Changsheng looked excited.

Xue Xiang took the spirit stone and the jade tablet, then prepared to leave.

"and many more."

"Is there anything else?"

"Could you explain the technique to me in person? If anything goes wrong, I can help you explain."

"No need."

"It's useful."

Before he could finish speaking, Xue Xiang coldly shouted, "Bind!"

The literary energy transformed into a rope and appeared behind Xin Changsheng.

The rope tightened, binding a wisp of black energy within it. The black energy would occasionally manifest as a monstrous creature, baring its teeth and raging with flames.

"bundle!"

"cut!"

"twist!"

Xue Xiang chanted the words frantically, and under his torment, the black aura grew weaker and weaker.

"No!" Xin Changsheng let out a shrill scream.

After being captured, he kept maneuvering with Xue Xiang, trying to trick him into handing over the Enlightenment Jade Mirror.

This was because he also harbored the belief that one cannot obtain tiger cubs without venturing into the tiger's den.

Now that he had witnessed Xue Xiang activate the Enlightenment Jade Realm, Xin Changsheng was ready to launch a counterattack from a desperate situation.

The yin creature he kept was almost free from the dragon-binding rope.

Unfortunately, Xue Xiang used his literary energy to trap the Yin entity.

The spirit of literature naturally restrains yin entities, and its ability to harm yin entities is also fatal.

But these were not the key reasons that shocked Xin Changsheng.

This is because the creature he keeps is a naturally yin being, invisible to the naked eye of anyone but him.

But Xue Xiang captured the Yin creature with a single move, leaving him utterly shocked.

Little did he know that while he was fishing for Xue Xiang, Xue Xiang was also fishing for him in return.

Xue Xiang possessed the Mysterious Night Eyes, and as soon as he met Xin Changsheng, he saw the yin-like object crouching on Xin Changsheng's shoulder.

During the fierce battle in the teahouse, Xin Changsheng did not touch the evil object.

Xue Xiang then guessed that this item must be Xin Changsheng's trump card.

He then calmly allowed Xin Changsheng to keep this trump card.

The reasoning is simple: he made Xin Changsheng mistakenly believe that there was still a chance to turn things around and that there was still a fighting chance.

Under these circumstances, Xin Changsheng would not treat the activation secret method of the Enlightenment Jade Realm as his last trump card.

Xue Xiang can more easily obtain the secret method to activate the Enlightenment Jade Realm.

Clearly, the situation was unfolding as Xue Xiang had envisioned. Xin Changsheng, who mistakenly believed he still had a chance, indeed revealed the secret method to activate the Enlightenment Jade Realm after Xue Xiang swore an oath.

They planned to launch a surprise attack while Xue Xiang was conducting his experiment.

But despite all his calculations, he didn't anticipate that Xue Xiang possessed the Mysterious Night Eye.

In an instant, the Yin entity was refined by the Wen Qi, and Xin Changsheng coughed up blood on the spot, cursing and swearing furiously.

"Ok?"

Xue Xiangcai noticed that Xin Changsheng's face had many wrinkles.

Getting angry shouldn't make you age instantly.

He stepped forward, ripped off Xin Changsheng's mask, revealing an aged face and a pair of sharp, triangular eyes that were radiating endless rage.

"A person who hides their head and tail is definitely not a good person."

After Xue Xiang left the prison, he instructed Xun Sizhou to attach several more dragon-binding ropes and to draw a portrait of Xin Changsheng's true appearance to be taken to the Eleventh Academy in Yunmeng City for questioning.

He then found an empty room at a public office and moved in.

He took out four spirit stones and placed them at the four corners of the jade tablet. He then sat cross-legged and activated the Enlightenment Jade Realm using a secret method.

After a dozen or so breaths, the four spirit stones simultaneously emitted a faint light, and the entire jade tablet was slowly illuminated, emitting countless rays of light.

Xue Xiang activated the "Nebula Overlord Body Technique," which he had studied countless times, and began to circulate his spiritual energy.

As soon as the spiritual energy was activated, a phantom appeared in the rays of the Enlightenment Jade Realm.

The phantom's body was covered with countless acupoints, appearing like a three-dimensional image.

As soon as the spiritual energy in Xue Xiang's body shifted from the Tanzhong acupoint to the Zhongting acupoint, a yellow line appeared on the illusory Tanzhong and Zhongting acupoints.

Just then, the spiritual energy flowing to Xue Xiang's Zhongting acupoint swirled, and the yellow line connecting the Tanzhong and Zhongting acupoints in the illusory image suddenly broke.

Clearly, the Enlightenment Jade Realm has provided the answer: this path is blocked.

Xue Xiang activated his mind, and a yellow line started from the Tanzhong acupoint and connected to the Juque acupoint. In an instant, the yellow line also broke.

Xue Xiang was not in a hurry. He continued to test the Zhongwan, Zhenwei, and Shenque acupoints until he reached the Qihai acupoint, where the yellow line became stable.

Xue Xiang began to activate the spiritual energy within his body, circulating it from the Tanzhong acupoint to the Qihai acupoint.

This time, the flow was fluid and incredibly smooth.

Xue Xiang was secretly delighted. Cultivating a martial arts technique is fraught with difficulties, and ninety-nine of those difficulties lie in the path of spiritual energy circulation.

Now that we have the Enlightenment Jade Realm to simulate the path of spiritual movement, even if the Nebula Overlord Body Technique is difficult to master, we can eventually succeed by patiently trying and failing.

Xue Xiang left the refining room and returned to the First Office. Xun Sizhou greeted him with a beaming smile. "Does the Chief know who this guy is? He is Wang Guangyang, who has roamed Jiangnan and wreaked havoc in more than ten counties."

This thief raises evil spirits and frequently goes to remote mountain villages to slaughter entire villages and offer blood sacrifices to these evil spirits.

Several states have issued arrest warrants for him, and the bounty offered has reached fifty spirit stones.

"If we can capture this person, your performance record for this year will be top-notch!"

(End of this chapter)