boom!

The moment he saw the Iron-masked Man, Xue Cheng felt as if a thunderbolt was exploding in his mind.

After the underground river demon incident was dealt with, he would summarize the incident every day in various Jinyiwei or Liushenmen related departments and share his experience in handling the incident.

It was made up at the beginning. As an old member of the Jinyiwei, with many years of training and relevant strict and detailed intelligence, it was very easy for him to make up a fake investigation process, and it was quite complete.

At first, Xue Cheng felt a little ashamed and thought that he shouldn't do this, but as he made up the story, he began to believe it and thought that the entire underground river demon incident was investigated and handled by him.

I kind of lost myself in the adulation among my peers and colleagues in other areas of the department.

This matter was handled too perfectly, it was a textbook-level event for the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Compared to the fact that the monsters in the underground river have been hiding for many years without anyone discovering such a serious mistake, the Jinyiwei and the Liushenmen have been hiding and investigating for many years in order to play a long game and catch a big fish, and wipe out all the monsters in the underground river in one fell swoop.

The latter story obviously sounds pleasant and moving. At the beginning, there were still some problems with the investigation intelligence compiled by Xue Cheng, but after the tacit improvement by colleagues from the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it was almost seamless, with all kinds of intelligence investigations and various field visits.

Even the most sophisticated and rigorous investigation experts among the Jinyiwei could not find any fault with it.

Xue Cheng thought the whole incident was over, until today, when he saw the mysterious Iron-masked Man again under the moonlight.

The fear that he felt when he was dominated by the Man in the Iron Mask that day once again surged into his heart.

All the arrogance and complacency in his heart, as well as the feeling of ecstasy, collapsed, and he suddenly came to his senses.

“Senior…Senior!”

"I've been so grateful for your help in the last incident, Senior. I haven't thanked you yet. I wonder what's the important matter that has brought you here? If I can help, I'll do my best."

Xue Cheng's attitude was much better than last time, and he was not as nervous as he was the first time he met the Iron-masked Man.

As an acting captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and soon to become a real captain, he has been spreading his excellent experience to his colleagues these days. He has met many big figures in the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Six Gates, which has broadened his horizons.

He is no longer the small general in a remote area as he was at the beginning. He is a rising star with a promising future in the Jinyiwei. The difference in his identity and status makes him handle things with a different attitude and feeling.

He felt more at ease than before, and he was also certain that this senior was obviously from the Jinyiwei, and would not harm his life, so he felt more at ease.

Zhang Mingtu clearly felt the change in Xue Cheng. Compared to his previous nervousness, Xue Cheng was now much more confident. However, he didn't care and just said indifferently.

"I came to see you one last time in advance, so that we won't miss each other later."

"Um?"

Xue Cheng's heart skipped a beat. Feeling the air around him that seemed to solidify, and the other party's round and integrated state without revealing any breath, he finally came to his senses.

No matter how brilliant his future may be, this person now may be the master-level figure that he can turn all his potential into reality based on the existing foundation, or he may not be able to match.

Being suddenly warned of his own death by such a prominent figure made his face stiffen. He forced a smile and said, "Senior, you're joking. I'm considered highly regarded now, so I won't die easily. Could it be that my achievements have offended my colleagues?"

Xue Cheng was quite obedient to a master-level figure of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who had once taken the initiative to show goodwill to him, but he didn't quite believe it when this figure suddenly announced his death.

The main reason was that he couldn't imagine how he would die in the underground river demon incident. He took the initiative to unite the Six Gates to ease the tense relationship between the Six Gates and the Jinyiwei, and at the same time he took the initiative to sell himself.

Both the Six Gates and the Embroidered Uniform Guard had a good impression of him.

In recent days, he has received quite a lot of olive branches, and many important figures in the Jinyiwei and Liushenmen have expressed their interest in him.

The Jinyiwei had been silent for many years, and it was rare for someone to stand out with real achievements. Now that there was a rare figure like him, the Jinyiwei also wanted to promote him and sweep away the decadent and hedonistic atmosphere of the Jinyiwei.

In this situation, he couldn't think of who he would offend. Even if his achievements were brilliant, at most he would make people jealous, not hate him.

After all, his achievements did not depend on finding problems with his colleagues, but on killing demons. He could never imagine that such a path would involve the threat of death.

Zhang Mingtu sneered, "Standard? Model? Go back to the underground river and see what you've done."

"As a Jinyiwei, you are so rough in your work. You are the one who asked for death."

"Underground river?"

Xue Cheng thought to himself that the underground river was going to be a model event, which was the best event he handled and also the one for which he had made the greatest contribution so far.

He had made many reports on such incidents and felt that he would not have much trouble recalling them.

But it was the Grandmaster who had informed him of the information who pointed out that there was something wrong with the underground river incident, and he couldn't help but think about it for a moment longer.

"Is there a secret that I don't know?"

"Didn't the Grand Master of the Imperial Guard come here on a secret mission?"

"When he saw me that day, he was clearly carrying the Qingshuang Sword on his back. He must have discovered a group of demons while searching for the Qingshuang Sword. He wanted to hide his identity and told me because it was inconvenient to deal with it. Is there some hidden secret behind this?"

Xue Cheng was in a state of confusion and had countless questions he wanted to express.

He no longer wanted to go to the underground river again, because now that he was reporting the incident everywhere, it meant that the incident was over and his contribution was great enough, and he didn't want any other accidents to happen.

But thinking of what the master had just said, he did not dare to be negligent. After all, this might be related to his death.

He looked up and wanted to ask again, but the iron-masked man in front of him had disappeared, just as he had come, without a trace.

Xue Cheng stood there in a daze, thinking blankly for a moment, and then he gritted his teeth.

"Go, you still have to go and take a look."

There are many people who want to entertain him tonight, but for him these things are dispensable, just for colleagues to get to know each other.

If both parties are capable, can help each other and become connections, if not, then there is no point in attending such a banquet or not.

When the moon was high in the sky, Xue Cheng once again came to the entrance of the underground river.

Compared to the last time, he was wearing the uniform of a centurion of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and his status and identity were very different, but his mood was the same both times he came here, and he was equally nervous.