Chapter 11: Second Level of Enlightenment, Moving into the County Government Office
"Public opinion... is really ironic."
After Sun Yourong left, Xu Chong sat alone in the study for a long time.
Now, he can basically confirm the relationship between spiritual energy and public opinion.
Either public opinion is spiritual energy, or public opinion can gather spiritual energy.
If he wants to activate immortality, he must sharpen his head and climb up.
Because the higher the level of the yamen, the more public opinion it gathers, and naturally the higher the concentration of spiritual energy.
"I thought the golden finger could allow me to escape the restrictions of the imperial court, but I didn't expect it would tie me tightly to it."
Xu Chong laughed at himself and called up the panel: "In that case... Deep Blue !"
The consciousness fell and clicked on the plus sign after the Zhengyang Jin.
This time, the warm current truly appeared out of nowhere, without any source.
And as soon as it appears, it automatically and consciously spreads to every part of the body.
There was a constant sound of 'bang bang', which was the sound of the acupoints being opened.
After a stick of incense, Xu Chong slowly let out a long breath.
Looking at the panel again, the data has changed.
【Name: Xu Chong】
[Realm: Second level of enlightenment]
[The Right Method: Right Yang Power (A Brief Introduction)]
[Rule: Immortality (consumes 10,000 spiritual energy to activate)]
[Spiritual Source: 0]
[Tip: The spiritual energy concentration does not meet the standard, and the spiritual energy cannot be generated]
"The second level of enlightenment, my strength has increased a lot. It won't be as difficult to move the stone table as last time."
Xu Chong felt the changes and thought to himself: "I can protect myself now, but if someone wants to harm me, it shouldn't be a problem to make some noise to scare them away."
"It's still a bit risky to move into the county government office, unless... unless we sleep during the day and be on guard at night."
"Well, that works."
After making the decision, Xu Chong’s future path became clear.
He used the county government's continuous generation of spiritual energy to forcibly improve his martial arts realm, secretly becoming the strongest in Canglong County, and then looking for opportunities to climb up.
In his opinion, the real way to hide martial arts is definitely not to not practice or use it.
But it is powerful enough to make anyone who knows about it shut up forever.
…
Early the next morning.
"Let's all move in."
Xu Chong directed his servants to carry large and small bags of daily necessities into the county government office.
The noise quickly attracted Wu Wenjing who had just woken up.
"What's this, Xu Dianshi?"
Wu Wenjing was a little surprised, thinking to himself, could it be that this nerd has finally come to his senses and figured out how to give him a gift?
"It's the county lord. It's nothing, just some daily necessities."
Xu Chongxin thought that he had come at the right time, "I plan to stay in the government office for a long time."
Wu Wenjing pulled his beard and said tentatively, "Xu Dianshi is so devoted to public affairs, I am not as good as him."
"Your Excellency the County Master has misunderstood."
Xu Chong chuckled, "I don't know what's wrong with me. I've been feeling low during the day, but very excited at night. It's hard to handle my official duties with such a reversed day and night cycle, so I decided to move in."
Hearing this, Wu Wenjing's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Even if you come to the county government office at night, what's the harm? There are gatekeepers to open the door. There's no need to stay here for a long time, right?"
"It seems that the county magistrate does not want me to live here."
Xu Chong deliberately raised his voice a bit, "Could it be that there is something shameful going on in the county government office at night?"
Being contradicted by his own subordinates, even though Wu Wenjing was a shrewd man, he couldn't help feeling depressed.
"You are joking, Mr. Xu. It's just that the conditions in the county government office are simple and cannot compare to the Xu family's mansion. I am afraid that you are not used to living there."
"Thank you for your kindness, sir."
Xu Chong bowed and turned to the Dianshi Yamen with his servants.
As soon as he left, Zhou Ze emerged from the darkness.
"Sir, does Xu Chong know something?"
Zhou Ze asked in a deep voice.
Moving into the county government office with such fanfare looked like a deliberate attempt to make a bigger fuss so that more people would know about it.
Not to mention that they announced right away that they would be living a life of day and night reversal. It was such an obvious precaution, even a fool could see it.
"It's not impossible. If he does this, it will be difficult for us to move."
Wu Wenjing nodded slowly.
"What about our arrangements?"
Zhou Ze's face turned ugly. "He is different from Xu Youan. Not only is that old man watching him, but the common people will also pay attention to him. Now he is even more wary of us..."
What Xu Chong didn't know was that Wang Hezhi had privately met with Wu Wenjing and implicitly expressed that he would continue to take care of Xu Chong.
This made Wu and Zhou feel constrained.
It would be better if Xu Chong didn't move into the county government office, as he would still have some opportunities.
As long as they act fast enough, find the opportunity when the court is dismissed to capture Xu Chong, force him to reveal Xu Youan's property, and then destroy the body without leaving any evidence, even if Wang Hezhi calls out the people behind the scenes, they will not be able to do anything to them.
But it’s not possible now.
Xu Chong's move of retreating to advance actually caused them to lose the opportunity.
"No hurry, no hurry, let me think about it."
Wu Wenjing stroked his beard and turned to walk into the inner hall.
…
A few days passed and the county government was as calm as usual.
For his own safety, Xu Chong really adjusted his daily routine to reverse day and night.
It was hard for Zhao Liu and Liu Er, who had to take turns guarding the door.
Through this incident, Xu Chong realized that the two of them were truly loyal to him, and he began to treat them as his own people.
This afternoon.
Xu Chong was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by a burst of chaotic footsteps.
"Zhao Liu!"
Xu Chong frowned, stood up and shouted to the outside.
"grown ups."
Zhao Liu pushed the door open and walked in.
"With all the noise, go ask what's going on."
Xu Chong ordered.
"yes."
About a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Liu came back, panting.
At this time, Xu Chong had already stood up and changed his clothes. He also poured tea: "Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly."
"Thank you, sir."
Zhao Liu didn't dare to sit down. He took a sip of tea and said, "You were supposed to lead the team, but you had already given instructions, so the brothers didn't come to disturb us."
"It doesn't matter, let's get to the point."
Xu Chong waved his hands to show that he didn't care.
Since you said you would work the night shift, you can't blame others if they have something to do during the day.
"yes."
Zhao Liu continued to report: "All the brothers in the fast squad have been dispatched. It is said that they are going to seal up Youde Bookstore."
"Youde Bookstore?"
Xu Chong's pupils shrank slightly.
There are not many literate people in the whole Canglong County, so there are only two bookstores, which are very small. I used to work as a clerk for these two bookstores.
Among them was Youde Bookstore, where the owner himself was the shopkeeper, named Zhang Youde.
It was Zhang Shunyi’s father.
"Is this kind of small business worth sending out the entire express team?"
Xu Chong asked calmly.
"Someone reported that a false book was found in a bookstore. The county magistrate took it very seriously and asked Zhou Zhubu to go there in person."
At this point, Zhao Liuchao glanced outside, then leaned over and whispered, "When Zhou Zhubu went out, the county lord said a few words to him. I have sharp ears and heard a little bit."
