Chapter 150 Breakthrough Plan (1) It must be said that in the workplace...

Si Ling's words seemed to give things some hope. The two of them immediately went to Fox City and met the Fox Ancestor smoothly as usual.

And then, in less than five minutes, that little bit of hope was shattered again.

Fox Ancestor stared at them in confusion: "What skeletons? I've never heard of them."

Si Ling initially thought it was a bargaining tactic and immediately said the terms were negotiable. However, after several rounds of back-and-forth, Fox Ancestor remained adamant that he had never heard of it. Finally, he said bluntly, "Friend, I'm not trying to trick you."

"Let's be honest. It's been tens of thousands of years. The catacombs aren't some kind of enclosed space. They have oxygen, air, bacteria, and viruses. Bones would have weathered away by now, right?"

Fox Ancestor gave a scientific explanation that was totally inconsistent with her personality.

Si Ling had no choice but to explain: "He is the Emperor of Heaven's general, the most powerful divine beast in Heaven. His flesh will decay, but his bones will not."

"Then his bones are natural magical weapons." The Fox Ancestor laughed, folding his arms and leaning against the back of the white jade couch, his long, snow-white legs carelessly draped over the table. "They'll definitely be picked up. You should know that ghosts have some sense of magical weapons, and some specific species have even stronger intuition."

She looked at Xuan Chi as she spoke. "He can sell even a feather for a fortune, so do you think no one would want bones? If I had known about this thing earlier, I would have spent tens of thousands of years doing nothing but getting a few bones."

"...Okay." After hearing this, Si Ling had to believe that Fox Ancestor really knew nothing about his remains.

She had no choice but to ask another question first: "Do you have a way to make him ascend to heaven?"

"That's easy." The Fox Ancestor snapped his fingers, effortlessly conjuring up a folder and dropping it on the table. "The immortal records listed here can all be processed at Fox Market. The service is reliable, the prices are fair, and there are no follow-up fees."

Si Ling opened the folder while listening to her advertising words, and after flipping through a few pages, he realized that Fox Ancestor had misunderstood.

——The folder does contain the household registration of various cultural realms. The corresponding promotional materials can basically be found in the book that Xuan Chi had previously prepared for her, but this is obviously not what she wants.

Si Ling closed the folder: "I'm talking about the immortal records of the Porcelain Kingdom."

Fox Ancestor was silent for three seconds: "You are talking nonsense."

"Hot knowledge, regardless of heaven, earth, or hell, immigrants from unpopular small countries have more options. Even if you can immigrate to a large country, you have to go through the formal channels. You don't even have basic identification, so even if you want me to go through the formal channels for you, I can't do it."

Si Ling lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment. In the end, he did not tell Fox Ancestor the explosive information that he was once the Emperor of Heaven. He only asked: "Is there no way?"

"No." Fox Ancestor shook his head. "It's not that I won't do it for you. Who doesn't want money? But this is the truth, and I can't lie to you. Besides, we've been away from the West for tens of thousands of years, and we don't even know anyone in the East. We're really not good at these things. How about you look for a way in the East?"

"Let me think about it, thank you." Si Ling stood up and Xuan Chi also left the table and said goodbye to Fox Ancestor politely.

Things seemed to be stuck, stuck at a very important link. The two were at their wit's end, feeling a bit like lonely ghosts because they had no home to return to. So they had no choice but to go back to the Ghost Academy to sleep.

If the Ghost Academy has new tasks in the near future, they don’t mind continuing to participate in the tasks to adjust their mood.

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In Fengdu, after Xie Bian returned to the Soul-Catching Division, he actually went out on a field mission to collect souls from the human world. With him in charge, the mission was completed very quickly, and it only took an hour and a half including the round trip time.

When they returned to the Soul-Catching Division office, A Ling told Xie Bian that "Lord Hei Wuchang has also gone out on field work." This seemed quite novel to Xie Bian, who couldn't help but laugh, "The sun is rising from the west?"

A Ling said, "It seems like he remembered some old case and said he wanted to go and take a look."

"An old case?" Xie Bian was confused for a moment, but he didn't take it too seriously and sat down to rest.

Unexpectedly, Fan Wujiu was away for three days on his field work. Three days later, when he returned to the Soul-Catching Division, he didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before he started contacting colleagues everywhere to arrange work.

Although Xie Bian himself has been extremely busy recently, he rarely sees Fan Wujiu so busy, so out of curiosity he wants to ask Fan Wujiu what he is busy with, but Fan Wujiu is busy answering and making phone calls and doesn't pay any attention to him.

Xie Bian noticed the file bag left on the desk after he entered the room, so he picked it up and took a look. After taking a look, he became even more confused.

The documents in the file bag indicated that the case Fan Wujiu was investigating was called the "Ruan Yunxiong Case." Xie Bian had never heard of this case, so he specifically looked at its date.

Then I discovered it happened...

The prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Xie Bian couldn't help but frown - at that time, although he and Fan Wujiu were already in Fengdu, they had not yet become ghost officials.

He couldn't understand why this case was handed over to Fan Wujiu.

Xie Bian wanted to ask, but Fan Wujiu made a phone call and then went out in a hurry, and then he was not seen for two whole days.

On the third day, Fan Wujiu returned to the Soul-Snatching Division. Without Xie Bian asking, he took the initiative to come over and told Xie Bian straight out, "I'm going to see Si Ling. Do you want to go?"

"Ah?" Xie Bian was confused by this sudden question. Fan Wujiu gave him a look, indicating that he should talk somewhere else.

The two of them came to the stairwell at the end of the corridor, and Fan Wujiu said, "First, let me apologize. I overheard you talking with Si Lingxuanchi that day."

"Ah?!" Xie Bian was confused again.

Fan Wujiu nodded apologetically. "You've been acting strangely lately. I was afraid you might be having a problem and wouldn't talk about it, so I followed you. Outside the restaurant's private room, I heard everything."

“…” Xie Bian didn’t say anything.

He did not think that Fan Wujiu was avoiding the important issue, nor did he think that Fan Wujiu would harm him. Their friendship extended from the human world to the underworld. If he even doubted Fan Wujiu, then there was no one he could trust in the Three Realms.

He just didn't know what to say for a moment - Fan Wujiu overheard what he said, and then what?

Fan Wujiu pondered for a moment, "I know you're a go-getter. You think we're doing pretty well in the underworld... and we are."

"But I have a different idea from you. I've always wanted to find an opportunity to move up a level." Fan Wujiu said frankly, "So from the beginning I encouraged you to help Si Ling and Xuan Chi. If you weren't responsible for Si Ling's overseas trip, I would have wanted to take care of everything myself."

"No..." Xie Bian was speechless, "It's not like that. You are most likely being tricked by the karma curse."

"Maybe." Fan Wujiu didn't argue with him on this point, only saying, "But I really want to seize this opportunity."

"It's too dangerous." Xie Bian shook his head repeatedly, "You don't know what they want to do..."

"I know, but wealth and honor come with risk." Fan Wujiu looked relaxed and patted Xie Bian's shoulder. "Now I have found a way to help Si Ling break the impasse. No matter what you think, I will go to see her. You can decide for yourself whether to go with me or not."

Xie Bian was stunned for another two seconds and asked, "What method?"

Fan Wujiu said, "I can't tell you that."

Xie Bian: “…”

"Anyway, if you want to come, come along." Fan Wujiu said, extending his hand towards the stairwell door, "If you don't want to come, forget it."

"That's too much!" Xie Bian said angrily.

But he finally decided to go with Fan Wujiu, and the two of them went through the exit procedures again and headed to the Ghost Academy.

When they arrived at the Ghost Academy, Si Ling and Xuan Chi were not there. They were on a mission with other ghosts.

Fortunately, this mission did not take long. They left home yesterday morning and returned to the Ghost Academy that evening. The Black and White Impermanence only waited for a few hours.

Si Ling was a little surprised to see Xie Bian, because Xie Bian was obviously resistant and stressed about her affairs. The only two times he saw Xie Bian, he was very irritable.

Fan Wujiu's appearance surprised her even more, because she and Fan Wujiu had never been very familiar with each other, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

However, Fan Wujiu spoke first: "If it's convenient, let's find a place where there's no one to talk."

Si Ling hesitated for a moment, then immediately said, "Then let's find a restaurant. I'll treat you."

Fan Wujiu said, "Let's find a safer place, away from eavesdroppers."

Upon hearing this, Xie Bian glanced at him indifferently - people who have eavesdropped on others are indeed more afraid of being overheard by others.

"Then come to my room." Si Ling said.

Seeing that Fan Wujiu had no objection, the four of them walked into Si Ling's suite living room. For Si Ling, this place was safe enough because Lucifer had set up barriers in every room when he built the Ghost Academy. Even ghosts couldn't directly pass through the wall to someone else's room.

But Fan Wujiu was not at ease. After she closed the door, he immediately added a barrier to the living room.

This action made Si Ling and Xuan Chi realize that something was unusual. Xie Bian became even more nervous and stared at Fan Wujiu and asked, "What on earth are you going to do?"

"Don't worry." Fan Wujiu smiled and sat down on the sofa contentedly. He glanced back and forth between Si Ling and Xuan Chi and cleared his throat. "I've found a way that might help you break the impasse, but my ability is limited. I can only find this person. You'll have to ask him for the specifics."

Si Ling asked: "What?"

Fan Wujiu produced a file bag and pushed it in front of Si Ling.

It was the "Ruan Yunxiong case".

Xie Bian suddenly realized and gave Fan Wujiu a look of admiration - it had to be said that in terms of being a "veteran in the workplace", Fan Wujiu was better than him.

In the underworld, anyone who can solve this old case that spans thousands of years is considered to have made a great contribution. Fan Wujiu's bringing up of this case means that this matter has a "guaranteed profit" for him.

In other words, if the method he provided really helped Si Lingxuanchi break the situation, and Si Ling successfully returned to the throne of the Emperor of Heaven, he would have held on to a golden thigh;

Even if he didn't help, or Si Ling failed in the end, he would have gained tangible benefits by settling the case.

In addition, on the one hand, he does not have to face Ruan Yunxiong directly. On the other hand, even if Si Ling really breaks the deadlock after this, the method of breaking the deadlock is what she asked Ruan Yunxiong herself. In the future, whether he wins or loses, Fan Wujiu will not have too much responsibility.

It’s really perfect!

If Si Ling and Xuan Chi were not here, Xie Bian would have wanted to applaud Fan Wujiu directly.