Its Ghostly Wonders Are Beyond Pursuit

Chapter 28: Cousin

In a coffee shop, under a cool tent.

Zhang Yuanqing held a steaming cup of coffee, staring blankly at the street side. Street lights, car lights, and store lights intertwined into a splendid and prosperous night scene.

After a long time, he took a big gulp, then let out a sigh-like breath from his chest, as if spitting out all the spiritual pollution.

"Devouring spirit bodies to enhance strength seems to be a crooked and evil way."

He finally understood why the Night Travelers of the Taiyi Sect were unwilling to devour spirit bodies.

If the world is compared to a sea of bitterness, mortals are like small boats floating in it, entangled in misery. Everyone has their own misfortunes and sufferings.

These sufferings would be transferred to the Night Travelers along with the spirit bodies. Even if it was only a small part, when the quantity accumulated to a certain extent, the spiritual pollution caused would be extremely terrifying.

In the long run, a split personality would be the least of their concerns.

But the benefits were indeed immediate. His current experience value was 46%, and the time limit of the "Night Traveling" skill had not increased, still nine seconds, but his physical fitness had a relatively obvious improvement, and his vitality and healing ability had also increased.

This was a solid gain.

"By the way, I still don't know the cause of death of that gay man... No, I don't want to know at all."

He drank a mouthful of coffee with lingering fear.

In the morning, at the villa.

In the large conference room that could accommodate thirty people, Fu Qingyang swept his gaze over both sides of the long table, his eyes calm and deep, like a cloud layer accumulating a storm.

He had a handsome appearance, with the nobility and pride of an aristocratic son. When he had no expression, his aura was strong, bringing a strong psychological pressure to people.

"Five team leaders, more than a dozen team members, and dozens of security officers were dispatched, but the Bewitching Demon still escaped." Fu Qingyang's expression was cold: "I am very disappointed in you."

On both sides of the long conference table sat the participants of this operation, five team leaders and twelve team members, including Li Dongze and Guan Ya.

Faced with the criticism of their executive-level superior, the team leaders lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

The muscular man wanted to say something but held back. However, he couldn't help but say in a low voice:

"Commander Fu, it seems that Ou Xiangrong was contaminated by some kind of evil power, becoming especially powerful and crazy. This is the reason for our failure. Moreover, the Bewitching Demon itself is a top-level profession."

Fu Qingyang said lightly: "Failure is failure. Any reason is just an excuse for cowards to refuse to admit their failure."

His sharp eyes swept over the crowd. None of the Spiritual Realm Walkers at the table dared to meet his gaze, except for Guan Ya.

Guan Ya was playing with her nails with her head down, absent-minded.

Fu Qingyang continued:

"Because of your failure, the incident has escalated. A heavily injured Bewitching Demon who has been contaminated by evil power can easily go out of control. With the cruelty of a Bewitching Demon, it will definitely cause a large number of casualties.

"Now all the Spiritual Realm Walker teams in Songhai City are participating in the search. If you can't kill Ou Xiangrong within three days, you will all roll back to the training camp."

Li Dongze, Qingteng, Tang Guoqiang and other team leaders looked at each other with unsightly expressions.

Fu Qingyang sneered:

"Of course, I am also very unsuccessful in this matter, because I had the wrong expectations of you and overestimated your abilities. So, in the next three days, I will personally participate in the hunt. Since Ou Xiangrong wants to find the register and the Holy Grail, his target will definitely shift to Zhao Yingjun's family members or women with close relationships. Search along this line."

Seeing his subordinates nod, he glanced at his expensive wristwatch and said:

"Your time is running out. Dismiss! Guan Ya, stay for a moment."

The long meeting finally ended, and it was past mealtime.

The Spiritual Realm Walkers got up somewhat dejectedly, bowed at the end of the long table, and withdrew from the conference room in an orderly manner.

The five team leaders took the lead. The muscular man, who was 1.9 meters tall, lowered his voice and said angrily:

"I don't deny my failure, but Commander Fu is too arrogant. He wasn't at the scene at all and doesn't know how powerful Ou Xiangrong is."

Touching the bleeding knife wound on his chest, the muscular man, wearing a tight-fitting outfit, snorted:

"When we were fighting outside, he was sitting on a handmade sofa in the villa, enjoying fine wine, smoking cigars, and being served by bunny girls."

As he spoke, three bunny girls came upstairs with refreshments and entered the conference room.

All the service staff in the villa were bunny girls in their prime, with tall and slender figures and beautiful faces.

White Dragon lightly patted the perky buttocks of a bunny girl and lowered his voice:

"I heard that Commander Fu is extremely popular among the White Tiger troops. He is the only one among the four young masters who can rival the young master of the Red Fire Gang."

Fu Qingyang was transferred from the capital to Songhai at the end of last year. It was said that he came down to gain experience for a few years, accumulate qualifications, and then return to the capital to become a reserve member of the Elder Council.

Hearing this, the muscular man snorted lightly: "Just rumors. Our young master is the most outstanding among the younger generation of the Five Elements Alliance."

Qingteng looked at Li Dongze and said, "What does Captain Li think?"

Li Dongze took a cigarette and laughed:

"Of course, it's because he has money. That's what you think, right?"

Isn't it? The other team leaders glanced at him.

"Foolish!"

Li Dongze pointed to his own head:

"Use your not-so-smart brains to think about it. If it really gets to the point Commander Fu mentioned, such a bad incident, someone needs to take responsibility. For such a big deal, can it be resolved by going back to the training camp?

"When Commander Fu said to let us roll back to the training camp, the other meaning of this sentence is that if the worst situation occurs, he will bear all the responsibility. We don't need to be removed from our positions or held accountable. We just need to stay in the training camp for three months, even if we messed up such a serious matter."

He took out a lighter, lit the cigarette, and shrugged: "Alright, let's get to work and drag out that bastard Ou Xiangrong as soon as possible."

In the conference room, Fu Qingyang stared at the woman who was filing her nails and frowned:

"Li Dongze said you were injured?"

Guan Ya blew on her nails, took out a makeup mirror from her handbag, and said while touching up her powder:

"If you have something to say, just say it. I still need to go back to work."

Fu Qingyang's stern face showed a trace of helplessness: "Auntie called me and told you to go back to the country next month to meet the fiancé she arranged for you."

"I already made it very clear to her when I came back that I won't marry for the family alliance. Just because she is willing to be a sacrificial lamb for the family doesn't mean I am too."

Guan Ya snapped the makeup mirror shut and said, "You Fus are really boring. Qingyang, take power early and let the old folks retire."

Fu Qingyang said in a deep voice:

"If you don't want an arranged marriage, show some results and don't idle around all day, wasting your talent. The elders of the family only respect the strong, like me, like her.

"How about this, I'll transfer you to another team. The third team in Changtai District is very good and can get a few second-class collective merits every year. You can gain some accomplishments there, and it will also be easier for me to refuse Auntie.

"Li Dongze's second team has too few talents, making it difficult to gain merit."

Guan Ya frowned and sighed: "The second team is indeed not competitive. It's hard for me to refuse... Let me think about it. We have a new little guy in our team who is quite interesting. Let me observe him for a while."

She put away the makeup mirror, picked up her handbag, and walked towards the door with a smile:

"You should worry about yourself first. If Ou Xiangrong goes on a killing spree in Songhai, it will be an indelible stain on your resume. They will do everything to prevent you from entering the Elder Council.

"Cousin is leaving. Bye~"

In the morning, Zhang Yuanqing walked towards the comprehensive building with his backpack.

His schedule for today was to attend professional classes in the morning, chat with old colleagues at noon and in the afternoon... No, it was to communicate with colleagues, enhance friendships, and expand social circles.

Groups of two or three people flowed towards the comprehensive building. As soon as he reached the bottom of the building, Zhang Yuanqing heard someone calling him.

Turning his head to look, it was Li Lesheng and a few classmates.

Li Lesheng brought a few male students to catch up, showing expectant faces as he extended an invitation: "We plan to have a group date with a few girls this weekend. Do you want to join? I heard you are a local of Songhai."

Group date? This weekend, the day after tomorrow... Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Sure."

Li Lesheng and the other male students breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Then let's add each other as friends. With you joining, I believe the girls will be willing to come out and play."

"Let's add each other as friends too."

"Let's also add each other." The other male classmates took out their phones one after another.

After adding friends with his classmates, Zhang Yuanqing walked towards the comprehensive building with everyone.

Li Lesheng laughed: "I heard from a female student from the same hometown that yesterday, some security officers came to find Xu Yingying, and then Xu Yingying cried for a long time in the dormitory."

"Security officers? What happened?"

The few male students were shocked. After all, for college students, security officers were an extremely distant group.

Li Lesheng said, "I heard that the rich man who was supporting Xu Yingying got into trouble, but I'm not sure about the specific situation. The security officers came to ask her about that person's situation."

"Could it be that he ran away with the money? Now the economy is in a downturn, and there are many examples of rich people going bankrupt." Someone speculated.

As Zhang Yuanqing listened to his classmates gossip, his eyes swept over the students coming and going. In the not-too-crowded flow of people, he saw a familiar figure.

It was a pretty girl wearing a white long dress, with long black hair scattered down, and delicate light makeup. It was none other than Xu Yingying, the female protagonist of the topic just now.

She was nestled intimately against a man. The man was wearing a mask, had a crew cut, sparse eyebrows, and a small section of a scar exposed above the edge of the mask.

Zhang Yuanqing's pupils suddenly contracted.

Ou Xiangrong?!

He looked at Xu Yingying again, observing carefully. Only then did he notice some clues.

Xu Yingying's expression was stiff. She seemed to be nestling in Ou Xiangrong's arms, but it was more like she was being held by his shoulders and coerced.

PS: Update first, correct typos later.

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