"Symbol Arts?"
Zhou You was slightly surprised. He had only heard of this, but never seen it.
There are many intricate arts in the world.
Symbol Arts is a relatively large category.
Whether it's setting up formations, healing, attacking, or defending, 'Symbol Arts' will be involved.
The bearded man put his hands together and formed a unique hand seal.
The yellow light grew even more dazzling, its vast radiance covering Zhou You.
Suddenly, the bearded man was startled. The floor beneath his feet shattered, and he sank directly into it.
The yellow talisman was cut open from the middle, including the bearded man's topknot.
Zhou You's eyes flickered as he estimated the power of this Symbol Arts. All in all, it was decent.
If he were still in the Fan Blood Realm, he probably wouldn't have been able to cut it open so cleanly.
"Wait a moment!"
The disheveled bearded man shouted, "Your Excellency's swordplay is so exquisite; it's absolutely not something those evil spirits could Cultivate successfully."
Zhou You tilted his head, showing a look of confusion.
The bearded man quickly said, "I am Hua Waiyin of the Exorcist Bureau."
"Exorcist Bureau?"
Zhou You frowned, thought for a long while, and then suddenly realized, "I know the Exorcist Bureau."
Zhou Chen had told him about the Exorcist Bureau and the Demon Subduing Division.
Hua Waiyin's face turned ugly. "It seems I made a mistake. How could someone as handsome and refined as Your Excellency be an evil spirit infiltrating our Hua Xia Dynasty? My sincerest apologies for disturbing your mood."
Zhou You's Right Hand released the sword hilt. "What exactly does the Exorcist Bureau do?"
He wasn't clear on the specifics.
Hua Waiyin quickly explained, "We are mainly responsible for expelling and killing evil spirits."
"Evil spirits?"
Zhou You became a little curious. "I've heard of them several times, but I don't know what they are."
Hua Waiyin looked troubled. "I apologize, but this kind of information cannot be known by ordinary people for now, to avoid causing unrest. I hope you understand."
Zhou You hummed, "Suit yourself. I don't really care about such things."
Hua Waiyin continued, "However, Your Excellency possesses such strength, have you considered joining the Exorcist Bureau? To be frank, although our Exorcist Bureau has few members, every one of them is a talent. In terms of benefits, we are definitely not inferior to those large Sects."
Zhou You was curious. "Are the benefits better than those of the Demon Subduing Division?"
Hua Waiyin showed disdain. "How can the Demon Subduing Division's benefits be compared to ours? Besides, the Demon Subduing Division is only responsible for killing Yao Beasts. What our Exorcist Bureau does is truly for the entire world. If it weren't for the existence of our Exorcist Bureau, who knows how chaotic this world would become."
Zhou You thought for a moment and took out his identity token. "I seem to be a Xuan Pao Demon Subjugator?"
Hua Waiyin's eyes widened. After confirming it was real, his expression suddenly became very complicated.
Xuan Pao is not low at all!
Because this represents an official employee of the Hua Xia Dynasty.
Far incomparable to temporary workers, it signifies true power and being 'one of us'.
The phrase 'one of us' carries weight.
Aside from rebellion, for any mistake committed, even something as serious as slaughtering a city, the Dynasty would at most reprimand a few times. In severe cases, they might remove your name.
"Although this person is so young, his strength is indeed extraordinary."
"I didn't expect the Demon Subduing Division to have such Wisdom Eye, directly recruiting such a promising Xuan Pao Demon Subjugator."
Hua Waiyin's heart was filled with these thoughts. In his opinion, since the evil spirit had targeted this person but had not yet attacked Zhou You, it indicated that they were not enemies.
Based on his years of dealing with evil spirits, he knew that those fellows were all full of murderous intent, cunning and unpredictable.
But for the Exorcist Bureau to poach someone from the Demon Subduing Division, that would be unethical.
Zhou You, however, had lost interest in talking. He directly kicked open the door and saw his elder brother, Zhou Chao, leaning in the corner, with a young man who resembled Zhou An sitting beside him.
Zhou Chao looked up, his chapped lips trembling. "Little brother, you've come."
Zhou You nodded. "Yes, I've come."
As he spoke, he checked Zhou Chao's condition. His injuries were quite severe, but not fatal.
"You are... Second Master?"
The young man spoke, his eyes full of disbelief.
Is Second Master perhaps too skilled at preserving his youth?
Over a hundred years old, yet looking like a young man?
Zhou You glanced at him, and the young man quickly knelt down. "Zhou Xian greets Second Master."
Zhou You helped his elder brother Zhou Chao up. "Tsk, young people nowadays are really polite."
Zhou Chao laughed, "I can't say anything else, but our Zhou Family's family education is very strict."
Zhou You nodded, expressing agreement.
At least, during their time together, Zhou Chen had given him a very good impression.
When the three came out, Hua Waiyin was still standing outside, looking at Zhou You as if he had something to say but hesitated.
Zhou You was puzzled. "Do you still have something? You're not waiting for me to invite you to eat, are you?"
Hua Waiyin forced a smile. "No, no."
With that, he quickly jumped over the wall and left. At the same time, he secretly wondered if he should figure out what this person's background was. Just that one sword strike against him earlier was definitely not something an ordinary Xuan Pao Demon Subjugator could achieve.
Anyway, no matter what, this matter still needed to be reported.
Zhou Chao was puzzled. "Little brother, who was that? Your friend?"
"I don't know him."
Zhou You shook his head. As he went out, he saw Zhou An observing the commotion outside the door.
Zhou An immediately became so excited that he was incoherent. "Oh, my father, my son, are you alright?"
Zhou Chao reprimanded, "You are the head of the family, how can you act like this?"
Zhou An quickly said, "In front of you and Second Uncle, how can I still be the head of the family?"
With that, he busied himself helping Zhou Chao.
As for his son, he wasn't as delicate as a daughter, so he could just let him tough it out and walk on his own.
Zhou Xian was also full of curiosity about this Second Master whom he had never met.
However, the biggest difference between him and Zhou Chen was that...
Zhou Chen believed that Second Master would return sooner or later.
Zhou Xian, on the other hand, believed that Second Master might have died long ago.
Zhou You smiled. "Big brother, as long as everyone is still alive, that's enough."
Zhou Chao sighed. "If it weren't for you, little brother, coming down from the mountain, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to withstand this calamity."
Recalling the cause of all these events, it was merely because they had broken off an engagement with a scoundrel.
As a result, the matter escalated to such a grand scale, and over a hundred people died because of it. But fortunately, all those who died were outsiders.
Zhou You smiled and glanced at Zhou An. "Nephew, you can't be so reckless with marriages anymore."
Zhou An nodded repeatedly. "Second Uncle, I'll listen to you."
He thought to himself, even if I wanted to be reckless, I wouldn't have the chance anymore.
Anyway, having children is definitely out of the question now.
If there are no more children, then naturally there won't be another marriage alliance incident.
As they were talking, they saw a large group of people approaching.
At that moment, Zhou You instantly became alert. Seeing the murderous intent in each of their eyes, they were definitely not coming with good intentions.