Xu Qing was feeling very nervous. Four days had passed since the spiritghost inspection. During that time, Xu Qing had collected a bit over a thousand dao fruits. And word had spread about the Captain going out and about to provide blessings that improved caste status. Thanks to the way the Captain operated, he had amassed quite a bit of valuable treasure.6

But their true goal was the Ten Entrails Tree, which had not yet bloomed.0

The more time that passed, the more uneasy Xu Qing felt. It was the same type of uneasy feeling he had experienced when he first arrived in the county capital. Both feelings came from his ‘heavenly dao bluegreen dragon.’0

Another factor was that he hadn’t seen Mu Ye for quite some time. Based on what he could sense, Mu Ye was in a distant location.1

They probably sent him to one of the royal dynasties.... Xu Qing checked the dao fruit he had harvested and calculated how much it would be worth in military credit. At that point, his desire to leave grew even stronger. But the Captain wasn’t ready to give up yet.11

“Let’s just stay one more day, little Ah Qing! Tomorrow I have a big customer coming to get blessed. Besides, I heard that people have sensed fluctuations of change coming from...9