Chapter 24 The Truth About the Evil Spirit Root

"Later, countless people studied this mysterious evil spirit root, claiming to possess it. But all of them experienced a decline in their human strength upon practicing the Evil Path. And as soon as they fell by one realm, the Yin Envoys would appear! It was as if cultivating the evil spirit root was more defying of the heavens than achieving immortality! Unacceptable to the Heavenly Dao, watched by the Yin Envoys!"

"Then, the evil spirit root completely became a legend, a huge lie. Without exception, all those who pursued the evil spirit root met a tragic end."

"The above examples are for those who normally cultivated to the Evil Path and improved their major realms. Most people didn't even get to that stage before dying a violent death. The Evil Path, or rather, the strange cultivation route, inherently conflicts with human cultivation methods. Forcibly cultivating it causes the internal origins to collapse, not to mention anything else. Only great figures could achieve any results."

"Even these great figures all fell before the Yin Envoys, before the evil spirit root. Afterwards, the evil spirit root became a deeply taboo word in the cultivation world. Encouraging someone to cultivate the evil spirit root was no different from encouraging them to seek death."

"Originally, I didn't intend to say so much, but seeing that you, Little Ye, seem to still have thoughts about this, I decided to explain it clearly, lest you get confused and mistakenly enter the pit of the evil spirit root. By then, even the gods won't be able to save you!"

After listening to Lord Han's words, Fang Yue gained a general understanding of the evil spirit root.

Could it be that, as Lord Han said, I was simply stimulated by An Shenyi's Fierce Essence Pill, which caused the appearance of the Evil Eye, similar to Lin Ling now?

Fang Yue felt somewhat depressed. He had always thought he possessed the evil spirit root and was about to become invincible. But it turns out the evil spirit root is not only dangerous but also fake, and he was just being presumptuous…

Just as he was feeling upset, the back of his hand suddenly started to burn.

The scarlet mark of the evil curse, *Wu Yu* (Black Rain), has been showing its presence more and more frequently lately.

Fang Yue had asked Lord Han about the *Wu Yu* evil curse, but Lord Han had no solution for it, as evil curses were not within his area of expertise.

"Master, then I'll be leaving first."

"Mm."

After bidding farewell to Lord Han, Fang Yue went out and found that You Sisi was long gone, with only Yu Baiyi yawning and guarding the door.

Seeing Fang Yue, Yu Baiyi perked up.

"Ye Baiyi, you're finally out. Lord You waited here for half the night. Seeing that you didn't come out, she left in the second half of the night and asked me to wait here for you to come out."

Yu Baiyi's attitude towards Fang Yue was somewhat fawning and ingratiating, a little different from usual, and much more enthusiastic.

Fang Yue was only slightly stunned before he immediately understood.

Clearly, You Sisi did not deliberately hide the fact that she was preparing to promote him to Qingyi.

Qingyi and Baiyi may seem to be only one rank apart, but in reality, the difference is huge.

A Qingyi can already manage a county. Without superiors visiting, they are basically the city lord of the county, and there are only three of them.

According to the meaning of the superior Qing Si, three Qingyi are enough to guard a county.

Indeed, under normal circumstances, three Xiantian (Innate Realm) martial artists should have no problem guarding a county.

Anyway, as far as Fang Yue knows, the Black Green Mountains rarely see Disaster-level anomalies. Blood-level is already the top-level anomaly under normal circumstances.

Anomalies mostly act alone. Even if they are of the same level, humans are inferior to anomalies.

However, three Xiantian Qingyi, in coordination with the Houtian (Acquired Realm) Baiyi, Heiyi (Black Robe), and Huiyi (Gray Robe), are enough to deal with Blood-level anomalies.

It's just a pity that the situation Qing Si County is currently facing is clearly not a conventional one.

The pressure from that Coffin-Pulling Anomaly is not at the level of a Blood-level anomaly at all.

"I need to become stronger, I need to become stronger faster!"

Thinking of his agreement with Lord Han, Fang Yue silently clenched his fist. The burning sensation of the evil curse on the back of his hand did not subside for a long time.

"You Sisi asked you to guard here. Did she instruct you to do anything else?"

"Yes, Lord You said that after going to the Hall of Merits, go to the Wanmin Field and report to her. She will gather the villagers there to make unified evacuation arrangements."

Caring for the people is the mark of a good official.

From this point of view, You Sisi is a good official. Despite having many immature ideas and behaviors, these can be slowly changed and gradually matured.

Fang Yue seemed to have already seen the future You Sisi, becoming the pillar of Qing Si County, leading Qing Si County to develop and grow stronger, becoming the first city in the Black Green Mountains.

"Qing Si City… that's not bad."

Fang Yue has the inheritance of Lord Han and can develop while staying in Qing Si County. In addition, including Lin Ling, everyone is thinking of rebuilding Ancient Moon Village, so naturally, they have no intention of leaving the Black Green Mountains.

It seems fine to stay here and take root.

Of course, this is just Fang Yue's temporary idea. If he encounters a situation where his cultivation cannot be improved and Qing Si County cannot provide assistance, then he will naturally have to go out. Moreover… his evil curse, *Wu Yu*, still needs to be resolved by the palace master of the Thousand Echo Palace.

No one in Qing Si County knows what kind of sect the Thousand Echo Palace is, but if it's the capital of Qing Country, Qing City, someone should know where the Thousand Echo Palace is located.

Qing City has many names. Some call it the Capital City, and some call it Qing Du. In short, it is the most core and strongest city in Qing Country.

Fang Yue is also quite yearning for Qing City and wants to see it with his own eyes.

But before that, he should first learn a martial skill to enhance his strength.

The Hall of Merits is also inside the Qing Si Division. Fang Yue had passed by it several times before, but never entered it. He always wondered what that unpopular house was for.

Now, being led here by Yu Baiyi, he learned that this is the Hall of Merits.

In the empty room, there is only a long counter standing in the middle, separating the inside and outside. An old man wearing small round glasses, squinting his eyes, is calculating something with an abacus.

"Elder Pan."

Yu Baiyi respectfully saluted.

Fang Yue also followed suit.

Similar to Elder Pan, Old Jue, although they are named Baiyi, their actual status is only second to Qingyi, that is, the highest under the three Qingyi.

Although this has not been officially recognized, nor is there any document to prove it.

But within the Qing Si Division, this is the default. Every time there is a meeting, these elders with special skills are respected by everyone.

If there are any problems in the matters being discussed, their opinions are also given priority consideration.

To put it bluntly, this is the Baiyi in charge, managing the merits of the Qing Si Division up and down. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble to not be polite to such a person?

"You're here?"

Elder Pan stopped the abacus with a snap. He seemed to have a one-sided squint, one eye scanning the two of them askew, and then his gaze landed on Fang Yue.

"Tsk!"