This person reminded Xu Qing of Bai Xiaozhuo, the original governor of Sea-Sealing County in the days of the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan. When the Sovereign Kingdom of Violet and Cyan was destroyed, Bai Xiaozhuo sacrificed all of the people in the county to open the eyes of the broken face. Then he followed the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan in reincarnation.4

Just before Bai Xiaozhuo was devoured by Emperor Ancient Spirit, the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan arrived and demanded back the fragment of time that Bai Xiaozhuo had taken. [1]2

Xu Qing averted his gaze slightly. Considering that the Crown Prince of Violet and Cyan was the imperial preceptor, it wasn’t a stretch to imagine that he might have brought Bai Xiaozhuo back to life and set him up as the schoolmaster of the God-Merging School.5

Xu Qing couldn’t be certain that the seemingly implausible scenario was as he imagined it. However... the concept of ‘god-merging’ made him think about Master Shengyun and his father. Given how new Xu Qing was to the Imperial University, he wasn’t familiar with all the details of ‘god-merging.’ He would need time to learn more, and thus, he melted into the crowd.4

Given that he wore the same clothing...0