Minister Xijing was a fat man. He walked out of the cold palace and bathed in the late spring sunshine. He started sweating on his face after walking a few steps. With the help of a sting official, he took off his thick coat while walking.

"Can things like souls also exchange with each other?" he asked.

"You saw it." Mu Xingqiu showed him the red bead in his hand. It was an explosion wrapped in a illusion. It had been reduced to the size of an egg and was bright red in color. Once he walked out of the palace, he was blessed with more magic to avoid suddenly cracking. Mu Xingqiu planned to throw it away when he went to the deserted area. With the magic power he exerted, the bead could last for at least three days without breaking.

"I saw an official explode in the palace, but I didn't see his soul." Minister Xijing began to pant. "In my opinion, there are many explanations for this matter. Yes, the unlucky official said some inexplicable words, but...ah, his family has been officials for generations, but now there is only... a bead left. Please give it to me so that there is a little burial in his family."

Mu Xingqiu was serious, no mistake, small, said, "The power in the bead has not been released yet. When it explodes, it can kill the people in the entire palace."

The fat minister quickly glanced at Mu Xingqiu and continued to lead the way, "I heard about the deeds of Taoist priests. It is said that you are much more powerful than talisman masters and scattered cultivators, but there is another saying that you like to be mysterious. To be honest, can you deal with more than two talisman masters?"

The country has been closed for too long, and the subjects inside have deep doubts about everything they have never seen before. The Longbin will send troops to the Taoist priests every six months, obviously did not promote it much.

"It depends on what kind of talisman master is." Mu Xingqiu had no intention of proving something. He had just saved the lives of the monarch and ministers in the palace. Perhaps it was too easy to save. Not only did he not receive any thanks, but he was considered to be "deceited and mysterious".

The golem was still standing at the intersection, and no one could move him. The guards and officials outside the hall had heard about what was inside, and at this time they all turned their curious eyes to Mu Xingqiu.

Minister Xijing has his own official office. Not far from the palace, it is not large in size, divided into two rooms inside and outside, and all decorations are made of wooden. He sat down comfortably in an armchair in the outside room, panting, and chatting with the six or seven subordinates who came to see him in their own language, as if he was deliberately delaying time.

"Most of the affairs on the island are under my control." Minister Xijing dismissed his subordinates and instead spoke to Mu Xingqiu in human language. "That was the case last year. The Longbin Association's delegation arrived on time. A talisman master got the strange disease you mentioned. At that time, he was escorting a group of new demon slaves to the island."

Minister Xijing moved uneasyly on the chair, looking very reluctant, "After that, a demon slave did become...unusually."

"How many demon slaves are there on the island?" Mu Xingqiu asked.

"We have been accurately controlling the number, and the ratio of men and women, old and young is very suitable. This is a complicated task. It is very complicated. Longbin may send a group of new demon slaves at any time. Once the balance is broken, we have to work overtime to restore the balance, which sometimes takes one or two years. There are too many accidents, but the balance must be restored." Minister Xijing raised his pangpang's hand and emphasized his meaning.

“How to balance?”

Mu Xingqiu's voice was a little stiff, and the fat minister didn't hear it. "First do a lot of calculations and observations. As needed, remove some old and young, and sometimes reduce their prime. Especially those guys who don't have families, they are very disobedient and willing to cause trouble. If it weren't for maintaining balance, I would be willing to kill one every day!"

Minister Xijing's fat hand slapped on the table, as if there was a demon slave he didn't like standing in front of him. "But King of Fire Tree is always kind and often betrothed to these guys to have wives and let them have children. Once they have children, they will become honest. This is a good idea, but it's too slow."

Minister Xijing said while picking up the pile of debris on the table, and finally found a sign made of black wood. "This is a pass token. I will take you to the island to see the sick demon slave. To be disrespectful to His Majesty, I don't think that demon slave will be a talisman master. Even if your statement is correct, there are still obvious contradictions here: it is understandable that seizing the body of a young and promising official. What is the use of seizing the body of a demon slave? And it is also a... a disobedient demon slave, who will be killed sooner or later."

"There are often unexpected things in the world." Mu Xingqiu said that his impression of Zhibubang is slowly changing. The subjects here are simple but also cruel. Speaking of the demon slaves, it seems that they are a group of livestock.

"There hasn't been the Shibubang, it's been tens of thousands of years, and Shibubang has been like this. The demon slaves always stay at about three thousand, and the fire trees are always thirty-three thousand. All the fresh things are brought by the talisman master and you intruders." Minister Xijing was a little indignant, "What you brought is very bad. Your Majesty actually trusts you, I'm very surprised."

Minister Xijing selected ten guards to escort him and Mu Xingqiu, criticizing all kinds of "fresh things" along the way. He had heard of the legend that the demons were about to return to the world, but he didn't care at all. "This is another change outside. A new dynasty is about to be established. But Shibubang will not be affected. We plant trees for the whole world and then get rewards from the Longbin Society. The Longbin Society is over, and there will be Tiger and Leopard Society. Even if the Magic Society is in trouble, what can happen if it is a Magic Society? Everything is still the same..."

Mu Xingqiu rarely responded. Before finding his relatives in Yelin Town, he did not intend to have a dispute with Zhibubang again. Instead, he was thinking about the previous words of Minister Xijing, why should a soul-changer who pursues power possessed a demon slave?

The golem was left in its original place. Mu Xingqiu used several illusions on it, and then rode his horse out of the palace with the ministers and guards, and soon arrived at the seaside pier. The ships were ready and transported to the island with people and horses.

Minister Xijing still talked endlessly about the tradition of Shibubang and his own way of becoming an official, but Mu Xingqiu was observing silently. He was always a little puzzled about something, so he interrupted the minister, "Where are the people of Shibubang living? I don't seem to have seen an ordinary house."

Minister Xijing's obesity could not hide the seriousness on his face at all. He looked at Mu Xingqiu coldly, and after a while he replied, "Isn't that right ahead?"

The far deserted peninsula, or the far deserted island, is right in front of you, with flames, trees and houses all clearly visible.

Most of the island is filled with flames, and three layers of remains are planted on the outside. In Shibubang, they have a simpler name - Fire Tree. In this way, there are very few open spaces left. The outermost fire trees are about a distance from the sea, and more than thirty steps away from the nearest. It is such a ring area, but most of the people and all the demon slaves of Shibubang are gathered.

"The mainland belongs to King Fire Tree and his confidants." After getting ashore, Minister Xijing looked at the other side, as if he had already felt homesick. "You can't let the people get too close to His Majesty, as it will nourish their pride and ambition."

Mu Xingqiu also looked to the other side. The palace on the high ground was blocked by lush trees, with only a few sharp corners exposed, but he saw more. Through the illusion left on the golem, he saw some interesting things: a large number of guards were trying to move the golem, and more guards and officials were running around, and many strange things were brought out, like spell casting tools.

Mu Xingqiu smiled, and the King of Fire Tree rushed him to the island with a hurry. Sure enough, he had another purpose.

"There is a soul-changer in the palace, one among the demon slaves, and there are four soul-changers left. I have been in the palace for a long time. Have you ever heard of anyone who has had a strange disease in recent months?"

"No." Minister Xijing said firmly, "Come on, let's solve the matter here quickly, and then we will conduct a comprehensive investigation."

Minister Xijing did not go deep into the island. He stayed on the dock, rode a horse, and ordered the soldiers on the island to bring the demon slave. Then he said to Mu Xingqiu: "This demon slave was not honest and actually gave himself a name 'Leijing', but their real name would not change because of this. Zhang A-san is simple and clear, and is very suitable for his status."

"Thunder rush." ​​Mu Xingqiu whispered, indeed feeling the unusualness of the demon slave from this name.

"The believers of the ancient gods are so weird."

Mu Xingqiu suddenly understood that the symbol of the ancient gods was the thunder character composed of four mouths, so Zhang Asan simply changed his surname to Lei.

"There is also an ancient god church here?"

"It's one of the new things you intruders bring, and there are still many believers. This is why I have never dealt with this Zhang A San. It's not enough to get rid of only one. I have to uproot the ancient gods' religion, but it has to be calculated and cannot destroy the balance..."

The soldiers escorted a middle-aged man in rags. The man was not tall, dark in skin, thin and lean, with wrinkles on the corners of his eyes, but his eyes were bright and bright. He knelt down to the Minister Xijing according to the rules, but refused to lower his head and did not dodge his eyes.

Minister Xijing sighed, "Zhang A San, don't think about yourself, but also think about your child. What can you get by spreading the Ancient God Cult?"

"My name is Lei Jing." The man's voice was hoarse and low, and his voice seemed to have been injured.

Minister Xijing shook his head and said to Mu Xingqiu: "Is he the so-called soul-changer? If you can turn him into a bead, I have no objection."

Lei Jing stared at Mu Xingqiu and suddenly said, "You are a Taoist priest, you are the Taoist priest who is said to destroy Zuhuo and Zhibubang!"

"That was just an absurd legend, and he was not a Taoist priest," Minister Xijing corrected.

"I used to be a Taoist priest, but now it's not." Mu Xingqiu couldn't check this demon slave because the spell prohibition on the island was stronger than in the palace, and even the eighth level of illusion could not be used. But he had a feeling that Lei Jing was not controlled by any soul and was still the original body.

"I used to be a Taoist priest...what are you doing here?" Lei asked in shock.

"I'm looking for two groups of people, one is a talisman master, the other is an ordinary mortal, from Yelin Town. Have you heard of Yelin Town?"

Lei Jing frowned and pondered, but Minister Xijing was stunned. He didn't like the questions raised by Mu Xingqiu very much, but it was no longer important. He drove his horse and slowly retreated, and soldiers who had already received the order quietly surrounded him.

"What a coincidence, I know someone who talks about Yelin Town every day. He... You don't seem to be pleased by the Fire Tree King." Lei Jing had noticed the abnormal movements of the soldiers, with more than fifty people holding weapons, and their eyes were all staring at the "former Taoist priests".

Mu Xingqiu took out the bead that had an unfinished explosion and found that it was becoming unstable on the island. "It is difficult to please the King of Fire Trees, but I am working hard."

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Chapter 703 The Minister’s Indignation:

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