After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Lin Anru pouted. The girl thought of Jiu Feng, that sickly and delicate girl, and her anger subsided considerably.

"I understand, I'm going to get to work now."

As Leng Qing watched Lin Anru walk away, a sudden thought struck her.

"Xiaoru, wait a minute."

Lin'an seemed to stand still.

Leng Qing walked up to Lin Anru.

Leng Qing remembered that Lin Anru also seemed to exist in her dream.

If we think about it more deeply...

Leng Qing asked.

"Xiaoru, have you had a dream recently where it's ten years in the future, but the Awakened Ones haven't been exposed to the public yet...?"

Lin Anru looked at Leng Qing with confusion.

"What kind of dream is that? But..."

Lin'an is like a dot on the lips.

"I did have a very strange dream before. In the dream, it was Xiao Yan, and all four divine beasts died at Mount Tai. The underworld opened up, and the entire human world was occupied by powerful ghosts and monsters. Senior, you died not long after that, and the entire Vermilion Bird Academy..."

Lin'an was pointing at himself.

"In the next hundred years, I was the only one who survived, and I struggled to lead all the living people to survival."

Then, Xiao Yan came out.

Lin Anru imagined the scene of her three-hundred-year-old self confessing her love to Zhou Yan.

The more Leng Qing listened, the more somber his expression became.

Chapter Four: In a Dream

In just one step, Zhou Yan went from the private room of the private kitchen restaurant to the street entrance of Shanglinfang. When he got there, Zhou Yan was still a little scared, so he walked a few more steps and went from the city center of Luomen City to the suburbs.

The roads outside the city are now lined with all kinds of vehicles, and large quantities of supplies are constantly being transported out of the city.

Smoke and dust were kicked up by the wheels and slowly drifted toward Zhou Yan, who was walking by the roadside.

Zhou Yan was too lazy to dodge, he was just thinking about what Jiu Feng looked like just now.

Without a doubt, it was not the young girl Jiu Feng, but the young woman Jiu Feng from the Chu Capital world. The charm of a young girl and a young woman are very different, and Zhou Yan would never be mistaken.

But the question is, why did the Jiufeng from ten years later merge into the current Jiufeng?

Aren't these two different worlds? 5

Wait... 7

Zhou Yan remembered that when he first went to save the Bodhisattva of Joy and Bixia Yuanjun at the Paradise Temple, Yinglong had said that he would create a past for the Buddhas of Mount Ling. 6

Therefore, he devised a way to establish connections with the imperial court within the world of "A Chinese Ghost Story," and killed the wicked monk Pudu Cihang, who was preparing to devour the nation's fortune and transform into a dragon, thus performing meritorious deeds for the Bodhisattva of Joy and the Jade Maiden of the Azure Clouds. 6

But that's the past. Zhou Yan can understand that the past, having created something positive, can influence the present. 3

But what about the future? 4

Can the future influence the present? 4

Oh no... 2

If both the future and the past can influence the present...

Zhou Yan realized a very bad situation.

It's something that only exists in horror and suspense movies; once discovered, it can shatter one's worldview and send chills down one's spine.

We need to confirm this.

……

Odori City, the municipal government.

Wearing a zombie mask, Leng Qing paced back and forth in her office. The usually aloof girl's brows were now clearly furrowed.

The assistant, sitting at the desk in the office, asked in confusion.

"Governor, you seem very uneasy ever since you woke up?"

As a highly awakened demigod, Leng Qing took drastic measures to quell the chaos after arriving in the area.

As it turns out, even in modern society, violence is the best and simplest way to solve problems.

Leng Qing relied on his fists and the hanging corpses to create a spectacle in front of some cultists, and in just one year, he recaptured more than ten cities through terror.

Having worked with Leng Qing for nearly two years, the assistant knew very well that with the governor's abilities, at least within their own state, there was nothing that could make the governor frown or feel that it was difficult to solve.

and so……

The assistant asked cautiously.

"Governor, has the federal government put pressure on you?"

The assistant looked disgusted.

"These guys are really good for nothing and good for making things worse!"

Leng Qing didn't reply, but silently walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of her office, drew back the curtains, and looked out.

This city is the heart of the state, and at this time, the heart of the state is not necessarily the place with the most money or the most developed financial industry, but rather the place with the most resources and the smoothest roads.

Therefore, there are no large trading centers or financial service companies outside the municipal government building, only a network of roads and ports for transporting goods.

Leng Qing's eyes reflected the harbors and roads, but her mind was on a man—Zhou Yan.

Leng Qing was a little tired before, so she took a short nap in a bedroom in the city government building. In her dream, Leng Qing became an older single woman. Because she couldn't get married, her parents kept pressuring her, and Leng Qing had no choice but to consider a fake marriage.

The person she was shamly married to happened to be Zhou Yan.

What happened next was too bizarre for Leng Qing to comment on, but after the girl woke up, she seriously considered Zhou Yan.

Honestly, it's impossible not to like Zhou Yan.

Especially after Zhou Yan crushed the vice principal of the First Academy, Leng Qing thought that compared to her classmates, Zhou Yan was indeed more responsible.

But this shouldn't be a reason for dreaming about Zhou Yan and treating him as a potential marriage partner.

It is well known that any work of art, whether aimed at women or men, that involves the concept of a fake marriage will eventually turn into a real one.

Leng Qing felt that if she had chosen Zhou Yan as her fake husband, she would probably only realize that the fake relationship had become real when she was rubbing her pregnant belly in the future.

So, is my view of Zhou Yan actually more positive than I rationally believed? II

Of course, this positive aspect is useless. Zhou Yan is a true god now, while Leng Qing herself is only a demigod. If she were to force herself to be paired with Zhou Yan, not to mention Jiu Feng's attitude, Leng Qing herself would not be willing.

If the status and abilities of the two parties in a marriage are too different, it will result in a one-sided situation. Leng Qing does not want her husband to have several other women besides her.

More than love, Leng Qing values ​​dignity. (Lin)

So Zhou Yan, don't even think about it... 4

"Knock knock knock..." Three

Someone knocked on the door behind Leng Qing. (Wu)

Leng Qing doesn't like to talk, her assistant asked. Lu

"Who is it?"

There was no response from outside the door, so the knocking continued several times.

The assistant walked to the office door and opened it.

The man outside the door looked somewhat familiar, but I couldn't immediately recognize who he was.

"Senior Leng..."

The familiar voice made Leng Qing, who was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window in the office, shudder.

Leng Qing turned her head to look at the office door.

As the saying goes, "Speak of the devil and he appears," or "What you fear most is what you get most." Just moments ago, I was thinking about Zhou Yan, and now Zhou Yan is standing right in front of me.

Leng Qing asked in surprise.

"Junior, what can I do for you?"

The assistant's heart skipped a beat.

Junior?

Is the man opposite me a student from Suzaku Academy?

Because Leng Qing has to manage a state and is short-staffed, people from the state government to local governments are poaching talent from all over the country.

Free accommodation, full medical insurance, and meal allowances that allow people to eat five pounds of meat a day—these benefits are only enough to attract average college graduates.

As for those who have awakened, or highly skilled individuals like those with master's or doctoral degrees, if you don't offer them positions like district councilors, they'll all flock to central Taiwan or the special municipalities of the Four Symbols Divine Beasts.

Since Zhou Yan is Leng Qing's junior, he must be an Awakened One, and such an Awakened One must come from his hometown...

自家的州长刺‘≈蝟∵4摺￠】代§购~〔：29ˇ_40=￡4∮3【□564要给出多少好处才能拉过来啊。

Zhou Yan walked into the office.

Leng Qing glanced at her assistant, who tactfully left, closing the door behind her.

Leng Qing walked back to her desk and sat down.

Tea or coffee?

"Need not……"

Zhou Yan pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Leng Qing.

"I have some questions I'd like to ask you, senior."

"go ahead."

Leng Qing glanced at the time. Hmm, there were still twenty minutes before the next meeting. Twenty minutes was enough time for her and Zhou Yan to discuss a topic.

But what does someone like Zhou Yan want when he comes here? Resources, wealth, or...?

No, no, no, Leng Qing believes that with Zhou Yan and Bai Ze's bloodline, money and resources are just a matter of a word.

But if they're not here for money or resources, what are they doing here?

Talent!

Zhou Yan didn't come here to ask me for people, did he?

Leng Qing felt that she had grasped the key point.

Indeed, Zhou Yan can dig out resources and wealth with just a word, but talent is something you can't conjure up with a single sentence.

The only problem is that we lack talent ourselves.

So how should I refuse Zhou Yan's request to come later?

Should we call Lin Anru over?

"So, senior, have you had a dream these past few days where the Awakened Ones haven't been known to the public yet?"

Zhou Yan asked. 9

Leng Qing was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Truly worthy of being Lord Bai Ze, you know exactly what I dream about."

Zhou Yan shook his head. 2

"What if I said that this dream wasn't a dream?"

Leng Qing's mouth, hidden beneath the zombie mask, opened slightly, then quickly closed again, before opening it once more a few seconds later to speak.

Is it a parallel universe? Or Zhuangzi's dream of a butterfly?

In this day and age, parallel worlds and time travel are already commonplace. Leng Qing is the kind of veteran who can guess the ending of these shows just by watching the beginning.

Therefore, Leng Qing did not disbelieve what Zhou Yan said.

"It's not that complicated. I just feel that things in that world..."