Chapter 274: Chapter 273: The Method

Li Huowang hadn't been out of the inn long before he once again came to the residence of the supreme ruler of Pi County, where the entrance boasted two stone lions and a large drum at the government office gate.

This time, Li Huowang didn't intend to sneak in; instead, he walked up to the entrance and had someone inside report his presence to the County Magistrate.

Perhaps if someone else had done this, they might have been blasted out as a nuisance and a scoundrel.

Yet when Li Huowang, clad in a red Taoist robe, his face obscured by a Copper Coin mask, and with two longswords slung across his back, stated outright that he could solve the entire county's troubles of diminishing yin and yang, he was immediately and respectfully invited inside.

Yang Hongzhi, the County Magistrate of Pi County, picked up a green porcelain teacup, pushed the lid to nudge the floating tea leaves, and carefully took a sip.