Chapter 009 Yu Heng
The commercial street was a little deserted in the early morning.
A young man in a black Tang suit walked over. He held a folding fan in his hand, which he folded and gently placed in front of his lips. A touch of red eyeshadow appeared on his lower eyelids. This touch of red diluted his alienated feeling, making him look more approachable.
As he walked, the jade pendant hanging around the man's waist swayed slightly.
Mo Xuanji yawned in boredom. For some reason, every time he controlled this body, he would become lazy.
"System, I think we can scan a shared bike to go there, walking is too slow."
"Have you ever seen any cool guy riding a shared bike?"
"What kind of big shot would walk twenty kilometers to look for someone?" Mo Xuanji showed the navigation, and the long route made Tong silent.
After the main body went to school, the vest was kept at home in Linjiang City. Since it was not yet holiday, the main body could not leave the school and could only control the vest to go there, but the Wanbaotang that the system asked him to find was in the next city.
At first, Mo Xuanji planned to take a taxi, but for some reason, as soon as he got in the car, every cell in his body was clamoring to leave, as if he was very reluctant to stay in a small space. He was forced to get off the car after just a few seconds, and his image as a great boss with an air of fairy spirit almost collapsed. He originally thought it was a problem with the car, but after trying more than a dozen cars in a row, he found that the problem came from himself.
The system felt a little guilty at the time, and it said that this was the setting of this vest and it could not stay in a particularly small space.
"Let's walk." If you can't stay, then don't stay. At worst, you can just walk forward. Anyway, the vest won't feel tired.
"When you have improved your cultivation, I will teach you the spell to shrink the earth into an inch. From now on, wherever you want to go can be done with a spell."
Mo Xuanji's eyes lit up: "Are you serious?"
"Seriously. When have you ever seen me lie to you?"
Mo Xuanji immediately forgot about this unpleasantness.
Soon, everyone arrived at their destination.
The magnificent building almost blinded Mo Xuanji. Wanbaotang, as its name suggests, specializes in selling all kinds of precious jewelry and occasionally deals in antiques. Wanbaotang is now a leading industry in the industry, with chain stores everywhere. And the one in front of them is the headquarters of Wanbaotang.
Mo Xuanji tidied himself up briefly, took a deep breath, and began his performance.
Zhou Zhengda is a manager at Wanbaotang. He arrived at his workstation early as usual, clocked in, changed into work clothes, and started a new day's work. Not long after, a strange guest came to visit.
The visitor was very impressive, and judging by his clothing style, he looked a bit like the boss's friends. The first thing the man said confirmed his guess: "I'm here to see Boss Yan."
The man had a faint smile on his face when he spoke, and his attitude was gentle yet a little distant.
This is the smell. It must be the boss's friend. Adhering to the principle of following the rules, Zhou Zhengda still asked, "Do you have a reservation?"
The man shook his head.
"Then please sit here for a while. I'll go up and report."
The man thought for a moment, then took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to him: "Okay, please help me hand this jade pendant to Boss Yan."
This is a piece of top-quality black jade, as black as lacquer, with a smooth texture, and it seems to contain an extremely pure energy. The jade pendant is not overly decorated, with only a strangely shaped flower engraved on it.
Zhou Zhengda didn't recognize the flower, but that didn't stop him from judging the value of the jade.
Jade of this quality is definitely the best of the best even in the demon world.
Zhou Zhengda did not dare to be negligent. He took the jade pendant respectfully, then switched shifts with a colleague and walked towards his boss' office.
Boss Yan was shocked when he saw the jade pendant. He immediately grabbed Zhou Zhengda's arm and asked "Where did it come from? Where is the person?"
Zhou Zhengda was confused and answered truthfully: "It's a gentleman. He asked me to give it to you. He is in the reception room now."
Zhou Zhengda was a little surprised. He has been working here for more than ten years, but this was the first time he saw his boss behave so improperly.
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Mo Xuanji sat bored in the reception room, casually opening a fan and staring at the patterns on it in a daze.
The system was puzzled: "What's so good about fans that cost ten yuan each on a stall like this?"
Without waiting for Mo Xuanji to answer, Boss Yan walked in. When he saw Mo Xuanji, he was stunned at first, as if he had not expected the visitor to be a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.
After a brief surprise, Mr. Yan immediately showed a delighted expression: "I didn't know you were coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. You've been waiting for a long time."
"No problem." The man sat there steadily, closed the fan gently, and looked up at him.
What Mo Xuanji didn't know was that although there was no emotion in his look, the aura in his bones was inadvertently released by him. Boss Yan felt as if he was glanced at by some dangerous existence. His calves immediately went weak and he had to hold on tightly to avoid falling to the ground.
Demon King! Which little ancestor of the tribe has come out to play?
Boss Yan wiped the sweat off his face and smiled politely, "What's your name, distinguished guest?"
"My name is Yuheng." The man's voice was gentle and his expression was calm.
However, at this moment, Mo Xuanji was thinking: Help! Why is he looking at me like that? Is there something wrong with my performance? System! System! System Daddy!!!
System: Don’t cue me, hold your momentum high for me, or I’ll kill you if you mess up!
Yuheng? Boss Yan had never heard of this name among the demons and thought it might be an alias.
The monsters do not rely on their human form to recognize each other. After all, they are all illusions and are not fixed. It is common for them to change their appearance if they are in a good mood. To judge the identity, most of the time, they rely on the other party's true form and monster power.
The big demon in front of him maintained his human form, and his demonic power was restrained. Boss Yan couldn't tell who he was. Seeing that the search was fruitless, he had to give up the idea and respectfully returned the jade pendant to the other party.
"I have checked the jade pendant. There is no problem. Please follow me."
Yuheng nodded calmly, as if he didn't care about Boss Yan's inquiry just now, and followed him slowly.
Mo Xuanji quietly called the system in her mind: "What on earth did you arrange? Why does it feel so weird? Don't mess around."
System: "We live in a society ruled by law. As a good system that abides by the law in the 21st century, how could I possibly do something that disrupts social order? Don't worry, everything I arrange for you is done through formal channels."
"Don't worry, everything is under the control of this system."
"All right."
When they reached a secret room, Boss Yan stopped and stepped aside: "We are here. You can input your magic power into this door and open it. Behind the door is what you want to take out."
Oh, input demonic power... Wait, demonic power? So Wanbaotang is a demon clan industry? No, Mo Xuanji is a human, where does the demonic power come from? Is this boss Yan also a demon? Then he has lived for a long time, so he shouldn't be able to see through such a clumsy performance at a glance!
"Don't panic. He can't tell. Just input your special ability into it."
With the system's guarantee, Mo Xuanji felt relieved.
Yu Heng glanced at Boss Yan nonchalantly, raised his hand and placed it on the spirit stone that transmitted the demonic power. The demonic power flowed, and when the colorless spirit stone was filled with blazing red, the specially made door opened automatically.
Boss Yan finally let go of his worries when he saw the door open. He glanced at the spirit stone calmly, and a genuine smile appeared on his face.
That master had specifically instructed that when the owner of the jade pendant came, he would give him the item behind the door. Boss Yan has changed countless times over the years, and he has been guarding this place for more than a hundred years. Boss Yan thought he would never get the jade pendant in his lifetime, but fortunately he finally got it today.
The door opened, and the room was empty, with only a dark red wooden box lying quietly in the middle of the room. Yuheng looked calm, as if he already knew what was in it. Boss Yan noticed Yuheng's gaze, immediately understood, closed the door and left.
Mo Xuanji breathed a sigh of relief, and then focused his attention on the box. He looked around but couldn't find the switch, but he did find a few movable patterns.
"This is a box with a mechanism. If you want to open it, you have to unlock the mechanism on it first." The system said slowly. "Come on, solve it in three minutes."
"Three minutes? What will happen if you don't solve it within three minutes?" In some literature, the puzzle box is described as magical, and the setting of "unlocking it incorrectly will release hidden weapons to attack people" is child's play. Although there is no relevant record in history books, it is always right to be cautious. What if art really comes from reality?
"If you can't solve it within three minutes, I will doubt your IQ." The system's voice was still gentle, but the sarcasm value instantly reached its maximum after adding these words.
"......"
In two minutes, Mo Xuanji disassembled the box into a pile of parts and cast a provocative look at Xu Kong.
The system clapped emotionlessly in his mind.
"What is this, a title deed?" No one knew what process had been used to process the title deed, but even after so many years, the paper was still as shiny as new - it might have been placed there just recently by the system.
There was a feather under the deed. The feather was slender in shape and its color was as red as fire, without a single trace of mixed colors. Mo Xuanji liked it very much at first sight and took it carefully in his hand.
Based on his experience, he judged that these should be the tail feathers of some bird.
"This is the tail feather of a phoenix."
"Oh~Phoenix..." Mo Xuanji almost choked on his saliva: "Ahem! What did you say, Phoenix?"
"What's wrong? What's so surprising?"
"I thought the phoenix only existed in myths and legends, and was made up by people. I didn't expect it to really exist." He even held its feather in his own hands! Oh my God, this is the feather of the mythical beast phoenix!
"Are you so excited about just a phoenix feather? Be good, and wait for your dad to give you some dragon scales to play with one day." The system's voice inexplicably had a hint of pity, sounding disdainful.
Once you get familiar with them, their true nature gradually reveals itself, system.
Mo Xuanji carefully examined the feather, but no matter how he looked at it, it seemed to be just an ordinary feather, without any extraordinary power as he had imagined. Mo Xuanji could not help but feel a little disappointed.
"Please keep this feather carefully. It may be useful in the future."
"Okay." Mo Xuanji took out an exquisite wooden box from the storage magic tool and carefully placed the phoenix feather in it.
After a while, Yuheng came out holding the wooden box as if nothing had happened. When he saw Boss Yan standing beside him, he smiled and nodded: "Boss Yan, see you later."
This was a farewell. Boss Yan seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden, and his expression was relaxed. He smiled and said, "See you later. If you have any needs in the future, just take out this jade pendant and Wanbaotang anywhere will serve you."
Yuheng nodded, his expression indifferent: "It's thoughtful. Say hello to your master for me."
Zhou Zhengda looked puzzled, and Boss Yan had no intention of explaining to him. In Boss Yan's pocket, the screen of his mobile phone lit up automatically, showing the chat interface just now.
Opposite is a dark avatar with the nickname blank.
In a chat record that seemed to be a work report, the other party only sent two words.
"Help him."