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Chapter 350 - 350 320 Lower Official Wu Qingfeng Greeting

Chapter 350: Chapter 320: Lower Official Wu Qingfeng, Greeting the Superior! (Extra) Chapter 350: Chapter 320: Lower Official Wu Qingfeng, Greeting the Superior! (Extra) Returning to the Chen Family small courtyard, Chen Yuan cast aside those thoughts and continued his cultivation. Inside the room, he arranged a simple Gathering Essence Array using Primordial Crystals.

Visible to the naked eye, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy around him was increasing. Chen Yuan’s body was like a vortex, absorbing the nearby Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy.

While Chen Yuan was immersed in his cultivation, the news of his return to Ping’an County quickly spread from the mouths of a few constables at the county’s gateway to the ears of many.

The County Magistrate Wu Qingfeng and the County Magistrate of Ping’an County were the first to learn of this news, and they were immediately shocked. They hesitated about how to meet Chen Yuan,

wondering if unannounced disturbances might displease him?

Both of them felt very conflicted.

They were not ignorant constables in the County Government. Only those at a certain level knew what Chen Yuan’s presence in Nanling Prefecture meant, although it was said that he had been transferred elsewhere.

However, the connections and reputation he had left behind in Nanling Prefecture were immense.

Even ordinary Jianghu martial artists, upon merely hearing this name, might tremble with fear. The name “Murder God” was indeed too terrifying; he had directly destroyed three of the Five Great Forces in mighty Nanling Prefecture.

Even prominent Reach Profound experts were no match for him.

Furthermore, there were rumors about Chen Yuan’s relationship with the current Heavenly Patrol Green Envoy of Nanling Prefecture… Their hearts were filled with fear and excitement. Apart from the two of them,

other old acquaintances also learned of this through spies in the County Government.

Zhu Sihai of the Beihai Gang in North City, Tie Xuan’s sister Tie Qinghua, as well as the former masters of several martial arts halls who had had conflicts with him, all heard the news.

Nevertheless, without exception, all of them dared not go to meet Chen Yuan. Those martial arts hall masters were afraid that Chen Yuan might casually kill them, and Zhu Sihai was scared that Chen Yuan might hold a grudge about their past and take it out on him, so he left Ping’an County overnight in fear.

As for Tie Qinghua, her feelings were somewhat complicated. On one hand, she was immensely indebted to Chen Yuan for having protected the Tie Family’s legacy, while on the other hand, she considered other possibilities.

After weighing the options, Tie Qinghua sighed and decided not to meet Chen Yuan. After all, given the current gap between them, she didn’t even qualify to catch his eye.

Why invite humiliation?

Thus, several figures in Ping’an County who could usually shake up their surroundings all suffered from insomnia that night.

About this situation, Chen Yuan knew nothing and wished to know nothing. The past was like the wind; what was gone was gone. He had no intention of reminiscing with them.

Lord Chen’s time was precious. According to his plan, he would stay in Ping’an County for only two days this time; he had more important matters to attend to.

One involved matters in Tangshan Prefecture, and the other was about the debate conference in Shuzhou.

These were the significant issues before him.

The next morning, as dawn faintly broke, Chen Yuan, who had been cultivating, slowly opened his eyes and took a deep breath. With a focused look, he leaped up from the bed,

dressed himself neatly in the uniform of the Green Envoy, flicked his sleeves and a strong suction force collected a few dimmed Primordial Crystals from the array.

With the Yan Ling Saber hanging at his waist, Chen Yuan opened the door. The low courtyard wall instantly revealed the people outside, many of whom Chen Yuan recognized.

Most were his former subordinates from his time as an arrest officer. Besides them, there were former colleagues and a superior, the County Magistrate Wu Qingfeng.

In front of Wu Qingfeng stood a stranger, a Gang Condensing Martial Artist dressed in official attire, likely the successor to Li Mingqi.

At that moment, they all waited outside the gate in silence, daring not make a sound, as if afraid of waking Chen Yuan inside—though they would not have guessed that Chen Yuan had already sensed their approach when they had just neared.

Seeing Chen Yuan emerge from the doorway, the crowd outside stirred. Chen Yuan waved his hand, and a powerful burst of Gang Qi blew the courtyard door open. Wu Qingfeng and others tidied their official robes and one by one entered the Chen Family courtyard.

The group gathered before Chen Yuan where Wu Qingfeng, the County Magistrate, and several other officials from the Ping’an County Government simultaneously bowed and said:

“Lower official Wu Qingfeng, greets the Lord Green Envoy.”

“Lower official Shi Yang, greets the Lord Green Envoy.”

“Lower official…”

“Lower official…”

Following them, the former subordinates knelt on one knee and loudly declared:

“Your subordinate greets the Lord.”

“Your subordinate greets the Lord.”

The sound persisted as the nearby common folk, awakened by the commotion, gathered to witness this rare grand scene where the high-ranking local magistrates humbly addressed a young man as a lower official.

The tone was humble and exceedingly respectful.

Chen Yuan’s gaze swept over the crowd, whose familiar faces brought an involuntary smile to his lips. There was a time when he too stood before Wu Qingfeng, referring to himself as a lower official in a respectful tone.

Now the tables had turned; it was his turn now.

This sense of achievement was something he never felt with those unfamiliar officials.

Chen Yuan didn’t make it difficult for Wu Qingfeng and the one who called himself Shi Yang, the County Magistrate. He casually lifted his hand and an invisible force of Gang Qi raised the two of them as he said lightly:

“County Magistrate Wu, please rise. You and I are old acquaintances; there is no need for such formalities.”

Wu Qingfeng kept his head bowed: “Even as old acquaintances, the Lord remains a superior officer.”

His statement was not wrong. Although Chen Yuan was affiliated with the Heavenly Patrol Bureau and was not their direct superior, his official rank was still apparent—from Fifth Rank, Heavenly Patrol Green Envoy,