Chapter 122 World Four [8]
Wen Ruyue's change of tone comforted Jing Ke Xiaomao in time, preventing her from being hit by Jing Ke Xiaomao's cat punches on the street.
After diligently serving as a mobile vehicle and walking around two streets, Jing Ke Xiaomao was attracted by the food street not far away and kept urging Wen Ruyue to go to the food street.
How could Wen Ruyue dare to disobey Xiaomaomao's order? She immediately changed direction and walked towards the food street where many fragrant smells were wafting out.
The food court is surrounded by parked cars and small electric stoves. Judging from the banners and billboards at the entrance, this is a place set up by a nearby shopping mall to increase traffic and build its reputation.
Because the food court was outdoors, there was no rule prohibiting pets from entering. When Wen Ruyue carried Jing Ke and her kitten in through the entrance, she was given a lot of small gifts.
"There are a lot of people here. If it's inconvenient for you to stand on the hat, I can hold you." Wen Ruyue reminded while looking at the dense crowd.
"No, the view is good this way. I can see everyone's heads. It's very convenient." Jing Ke Xiaomaomao said, very satisfied with her superior position.
Wen Ruyue is about 1.76 meters tall, and almost 1.8 meters tall when wearing shoes and a hat.
The length of Jing Ke kitten from head to tail base is about 40 centimeters. When sitting upright, it can perfectly obtain the vision of the two-meter giant.
After hearing that Jing Ke's kitten was keen on stepping on her head, Wen Ruyue could only continue to follow the kitten's instructions and move forward, trying her best to keep her steps steady and not be squeezed, so as not to make the kitten sit unstable.
"Contractor, the grilled squid in front looks good, I want to try it." Standing high and seeing far, Jing Ke Xiaomao quickly used the height advantage to lock onto the delicacy he wanted to taste.
"Okay, is it the third one on the left?" Wen Ruyue asked.
"Yes, I want to eat big squid. Ask him to cut it quickly, with plenty of sauce and a slightly spicy taste." Jing Ke said, patting the brim of his hat to urge Wen Ruyue to take action.
Wen Ruyue walked straight to the third stall and replied with a hint of indulgence that she herself didn't even notice: "Okay, I'll buy it for you."
A kitten on the head is eye-catching enough. If the person doing this is also a beautiful woman with a cool temperament, then it is not a simple addition of one plus one equals two.
As soon as Wen Ruyue approached, the customers who were still waiting for the grilled squid to come out of the oven all turned around and looked at them.
"Hello, I want some squid. Please cut it into small pieces and make it slightly spicy." Wen Ruyue repeated Jing Ke's request.
"Ouch~" Jing Ke patted Wen Ruyue's hat brim and reminded her, "There's still lots of sauce."
Wen Ruyue reached out and adjusted the brim of her hat to avoid losing her vision. "Please put more sauce on it."
"Miss, are you buying food for your cat again?" asked a little girl who had just received squid from the store owner.
"Well, it wants to give it a try." Wen Ruyue did not object.
"Can I feed it a piece? It's just out of the pot! I haven't eaten a single bite yet!" the little girl asked with a hint of anticipation.
Wen Ruyue touched the cat's tail on her neck and asked, "Xiaobai, do you want to taste it now?"
Jing Ke hesitated for a moment, then chose to pull her tail out of Wen Ruyue's hand. The temptation of delicious food was not too great for her, so accepting food from others seemed a bit uneconomical. She was not a kitten who would be tempted by a piece of squid!
"Sorry, Xiaobai prefers to eat the food that belongs to him." Wen Ruyue immediately understood what Jing Ke meant, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
"Oh, can I take a photo with the kitten?" the little girl asked with a hint of regret.
This time Wen Ruyue did not refuse. After all, there were no less than twenty people who asked Jing Ke to take pictures with Xiao Mao Mao, and she had become very skilled at cooperating with Xiao Mao Mao in taking pictures.
After waiting for about fifteen minutes at the grilled squid restaurant, Wen Ruyue finally got her portion. After asking the boss for two more skewers, she took the food to a chair on the side and sat down.
Without Wen Ruyue's warning, Jing Ke changed from stepping on her head to stepping on her legs.
Wen Ruyue skillfully picked up a piece of squid with a wooden skewer and blew on it. When the temperature was suitable for eating, she handed it to Jing Ke.
Jing Ke took a bite and savored it, her tail wagging a little more vigorously. "It tastes good. Have another piece."
Wen Ruyue fed the kitten Jing Ke diligently, and only finished the remaining half after the kitten had eaten most of the squid.
Just like that, under the direction of Jing Ke Xiaomaomao, Wen Ruyue bought a bunch of snacks that looked extremely delicious, including meatballs, ice cream, stinky tofu, potato tarts, etc.
I don’t know if the kitten Jing Ke deliberately left food for his breeder, or simply didn’t like to finish it, so no matter how much the portion was, about one third was left.
After walking around, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, which was time for office workers to get off work.
The well-fed kitten Jing Ke was too lazy to stand on the keeper's head to patrol the territory. He just let her hold him in his arms and began to fall asleep.
Just when Wen Ruyue was walking to the gate of the community with Jing Ke kitten in her arms, she happened to meet a neighbor girl coming out with a cat bag on her back.
"Sister Wen!" The little girl recognized Wen Ruyue at a glance, waved at her happily, and walked over quickly with the cat bag on her back.
"Is Sister Wen taking the cat out for a ride?" After seeing the little cat Jing Ke was holding in her arms, the little girl couldn't help but want to touch the beautiful cat.
"Meow~" Before Wen Ruyue could answer, the big orange cat that was originally sleeping in the cat bag seemed to smell the scent of its own kind and suddenly became energetic.
"Big Orange, you're awake. Do you want to meet some new friends?" The little girl opened the zipper of the cat bag to let her big orange cat out to breathe.
"Meow~" The big orange cat poked its head out and shook its head, and a string of orange hair flew out from its body.
Seeing this, the little girl took a step back embarrassedly, "Excuse me, Sister Wen, Daju has been losing a lot of hair recently."
"It's okay." Wen Ruyue said, her eyes fell on the translucent and breathable cat bag, and she felt a little moved.
Wen Ruyue didn't mind Jing Ke sitting on her head all day long, but her neck was not made of iron after all. Just because she could hold on now didn't mean Jing Ke would be able to hold on when he grew up.
Jing Ke, who had half-closed his eyes in Wen Ruyue's arms, seemed to sense her thoughts. He quickly opened his eyes and gave her a painless cat punch on the chin without any hesitation.
"Are you taking your cat out for a ride?" Wen Ruyue changed the subject, and at the same time pinched Jing Ke's raised little paw and pinched her paw pad.
"Almost. By the way, take Big Orange to the pet hospital for a bath and a check-up. Big Orange has gained weight recently and has exceeded the recommended weight by the doctor." The neighbor girl said with a little distress.
The saying that big orange cats are the most important is not just talk, and the saying 'nine out of ten orange cats are fat, and one is as big as an elephant' is not without basis. It is still very difficult to raise an orange cat into a slim and skinny cat.
Wen Ruyue glanced at the orange cat, which was almost twice the size of Jing Ke's kitten, and nodded in agreement. "Being overweight is really not good for a pet's health. You can let it run around the house more often."
"I want to, too, but Big Orange doesn't like to move much. I bought him a lot of toys, but it's still the same." The little girl sighed helplessly and stroked Big Orange's head, which was still covered with loose hair. "I've also thought about controlling his diet, but when Big Orange rubs against me and meows, I can't bear to do it."
"Sister Wen, you understand what I mean, right? Who can resist a cat acting like a spoiled child?" The little girl looked at Wen Ruyue eagerly, trying to find a sense of identity from her.
"This..." Wen Ruyue pondered for a moment. From a rational point of view, such behavior is doting on Daju, which will only make its health worse.
But if a cat rubs against you and acts coquettishly, saying it is hungry and wants to eat, it seems really hard to refuse.
Look, Jing Ke, the kitten doesn't even need to act coquettishly, she already lets the kitten step on her head, and she also works hard to go out and play and buy so many snacks to feed the kitten.
"It's really hard to refuse, but it's best to do two things at once. Try to reduce it a little bit every day and let it move more." Wen Ruyue said, rubbing the cat's paw pads with her fingertips.
The little girl couldn't help but pinch her big orange cat's paw, "That's what I was planning too, Sister Wen. With my experience as a warning, you should also remember to control your kitten's diet."
"Meow!" The big orange cat seemed to realize that he had become a substitute, and scratched his owner lightly.
"Be good. I'll open the can for you after you take a shower." The little girl comforted him skillfully.
After hearing the word "can", the big orange dog immediately became selectively deaf and consciously put its paw back into the poop shoveler's hand.
The little girl shook her head helplessly, lifted up her big orange dog and waved at Wen Ruyue, "Little Sister Wen, I'm going to take the big orange dog to the veterinary hospital first. See you later."
"See you later." Wen Ruyue followed suit and waved goodbye while holding Jing Ke's little cat's hand.
After the little girl and the big orange cat walked away, Wen Ruyue let go of Jing Ke's hand and asked in a low voice, "Is the big orange cat okay? I didn't detect any spirit aura from it."
Jing Ke licked her paw that had been pinched. "Nothing's wrong. It's just an ordinary big orange cat. Very healthy."
After hearing this answer, Wen Ruyue breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the monsters were not too rampant, and she did not encounter two every time she went out.
After carrying the kitten Jing Ke back home, Wen Ruyue made some spiritual dried meat for her as requested, so that she could nibble on it when she was bored.
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Just like that, when Wen Ruyue doted on the little cat Jing Ke without any bottom line, time had come to November.
The temperature in Hai City has started to drop in November. During this period, Wen Ruyue took Jing Ke Xiaomaomao, Sun Lin and Zhang He to handle two C-level tasks and captured two little monsters that had just become spirits.
The little monsters had not killed any humans and had not even harmed any humans, so after taking some communication measures and leaving a tracker, they let the two little monsters go.
The Special Management Bureau's task arrangements are calculated according to the Gregorian calendar, so in November and December, many monks who have not completed the three fixed tasks each year will come to work for the Special Management Bureau, which in disguise reduces a lot of burden on Wen Ruyue, the consultant.
As for Wen Ruyue's target of completing no less than 10 B-level tasks a year, she had already accomplished it long before she met Jing Ke. Her subsequent assistance to the Special Management Bureau in completing the tasks was purely due to Wen Ruyue's professionalism.
Of course, after becoming the keeper of Jing Ke's kitten, Wen Ruyue had another reason to accept the task, which was to earn points to raise the kitten.
This has nothing to do with whether Jing Ke has spirit stones or not. It is purely because of Wen Ruyue's sense of responsibility. She cannot accept that she is being kept by Jing Ke, a little cat who has not yet grown up.
One day when Wen Ruyue was preparing lunch for Jing Ke and the kitten in the kitchen, the phone on the dining table started vibrating.
Jing Ke, who was closer to the dining table, jumped over to take a look. When he found out that it was his junior brother calling, he wanted to press the red hang-up button immediately.
Jing Ke Xiaomao didn't like this little junior brother who was thinking about her at all. She disliked him so much that she wanted to scratch him a few times when she saw him.
"Contractor, this is your junior brother calling." Jing Ke shouted to Wen Ruyue in the kitchen.
After hearing this, Wen Ruyue put down the ingredients she was preparing, wiped the water droplets on her hands, and picked up her still vibrating phone.
"Hello, it's me." Wen Ruyue pressed the answer button, and Qin Guang's voice came from the receiver.
"Big Sister, are you free now? My little sister and I accepted a mission in Dongzhou City. It was originally a C-level mission, but the clues given by the Dongzhou Special Management Bureau were wrong. We discovered a great demon in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment disguised as a small demon in the Qi Refining stage."
Qin Guang suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Big Sister, Little Sister used a spiritual tool to conceal her aura and followed the big monster, but I'm worried that the big monster will discover Little Sister's whereabouts. Big Sister, can you come over and help?"
Wen Ruyue frowned slightly, "Didn't you notify the Dongzhou City Special Management Bureau? A monster in the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage should be an A-level mission, at least requiring the cooperation of the captain."
"Senior Sister, the captain of Dongzhou City is also on a mission, and I can't contact him for the time being." Qin Guang's speech speed suddenly increased. "Senior Sister, I will send you the specific location now. Please come as soon as possible. I'm worried that Junior Sister might have an accident."
"The big demon seems to have noticed us. Let's stop talking for now. Goodbye, Senior Sister." Qin Guang didn't give Wen Ruyue a chance to continue asking questions and quickly hung up the phone.
When Wen Ruyue called back, both Qin Guang and Zhu Qiuyu's phones were turned off and could not be reached.
In the end, the only useful clue Wen Ruyue had was a text message with the specific longitude and latitude.
What happened? Didn't Junior Sister and Junior Brother already complete the three required missions? Why would they go to Dongzhou City to take on a mission?
Wen Ruyue's brows furrowed even more, but she didn't act rashly. Instead, she used her internal authority to find the phone number of the director of the Dongzhou City Special Management Bureau branch and called him directly to inquire about the situation.
"Hello, Director Hao, it's me, Wen Ruyue, the special consultant of Hai City." Wen Ruyue's call was quickly connected, and she briefly explained the content of the call she had just received.
Director Hao of Dongzhou City quickly found the relevant information in the backend. "Yes, Qin Guang and Zhu Qiuyu accepted a C-level mission online yesterday to track and investigate a celebrity who suddenly became popular."
Director Hao briefly explained the situation. "This celebrity's sudden rise to fame was somewhat sudden. After analysis, the Special Management Bureau believes they may have resorted to unconventional means to gain influence, so they've issued a task force for professionals to investigate."
"All we ask is to disguise ourselves as their fans and conduct close investigations. The risk level is very low. We've already used professional testing, and there are only very weak spiritual fluctuations from the star."
Director Hao said that judging from the information, this C-level mission is very simple and only requires tracking human celebrities.
The most difficult part of the mission is just pretending to be a fan to detect the spiritual fluctuations of the other party. In principle, the difficulty lies in concealing your identity, otherwise the other party will notice that something is wrong and will not face any danger directly.
"Don't worry, Consultant Wen. I have already located the approximate location through longitude and latitude, and have dispatched the first team to provide support. If it really is a great demon in the middle stage of foundation building, we will temporarily cancel the mission and will issue a new mission after reassessing the level." Director Hao said.
"Okay, thank you Director Hao for your help. I will come as soon as possible." Wen Ruyue breathed a sigh of relief after getting Director Hao's promise.
After thinking about the cultivation level of her junior sister and junior brother, Wen Ruyue put down her phone and looked at Jing Ke Xiaomaomao, as if she was choosing her words.
"Put the unprocessed ingredients back and cook me a big meal after you're done." Jing Ke spoke first, "I don't object to you going to rescue your junior sister, but you can't abandon me."
"Okay, the location sent by my junior brother is about 300 kilometers away from us. I will fly there directly on my sword." Wen Ruyue said, taking off the apron tied around her body.
"Okay, put on a coat with a hood, I want to lie in the hood." Jing Ke did not object, but just made his own request.
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Flying with a sword is a must-have skill during the Foundation Establishment stage, and the speed of flight varies slightly depending on the level of cultivation. If one is exceptionally gifted, one can also learn to fly with a sword during the Qi Refining stage.
With unlimited spiritual power supply, it would take Wen Ruyue about an hour to fly 300 kilometers on a sword. If she could break through to the Golden Core stage, she would be able to fly on par with civil aircraft.
After changing clothes in three minutes and checking the inventory in the storage bag, Wen Ruyue bent down so that Jing Ke Kitty could easily jump into her hood.
After slapping a talisman on her body that could hide her figure for three minutes, Wen Ruyue took out a special long sword for flying and took off directly from the balcony.
After rising to a certain height, the talisman that concealed Wen Ruyue's figure lost its effect.
However, given Wen Ruyue's current height, humans standing on the ground can no longer observe her with the naked eye, so it doesn't matter whether she hides her body or not.
The speed of flying with a sword is indeed very fast, but it also consumes a lot of spiritual energy.
The monk who flies the sword not only needs to use spiritual power to drive the sword to fly, but also needs to build a spiritual power barrier during the flight to prevent it from being blown away by the strong air resistance.
Seventy minutes later, Wen Ruyue patted the spirit stone powder on her hands that had been drained of her spiritual power, got off the flying sword and stepped onto the concrete road.
According to the longitude and latitude given by the junior brother before he lost contact, Wen Ruyue arrived near a slightly remote village.
Not long after walking forward, Wen Ruyue saw an off-road vehicle with a special license plate.
"Hello, I'm Wen Ruyue from Hai City." Wen Ruyue recognized that it was the license plate of the Special Management Bureau and stepped forward to say hello.
"Hello, Consultant Wen, I'm the captain of the First Action Team of Dongzhou City. You can just call me Old Cheng." The person who greeted Wen Ruyue was a short-haired woman who looked to be around forty years old.
Captain Cheng was also wearing a full set of combat gear, and his usual weapon was the same as Wen Ruyue's, a Tang sword with a blade about one meter long.
Wen Ruyue had never dealt with Captain Cheng, but she could feel a cold and murderous aura from him.
This murderous aura was not directed at Wen Ruyue, but was something Captain Cheng possessed. It was the kind of aura that only existed after one had executed more than a hundred evil creatures with a blade.
"Captain Cheng, is there any news about my junior sister and junior brother?" Wen Ruyue asked.
Captain Cheng shook his head. "We arrived here about twenty minutes ago. We only detected very weak spiritual energy fluctuations. We haven't sensed any other cultivators' presence yet, nor have we detected any signs of spirit activity."
Wen Ruyue frowned even more tightly. Before she could start to look around, Jing Ke Xiaomao crawled out from her hood first, stepped on her shoulders and jumped onto the hood of the car.
"Xiaobai, have you discovered anything?" Wen Ruyue asked with a little anticipation.
Jing Ke ran to the roof of the car and turned around, then jumped into Wen Ruyue's arms, "There is indeed the breath of a great demon, it should be a fox in the foundation-building stage."
Wen Ruyue frowned subconsciously, "What about my junior sister and junior brother? Can you sense any aura related to them?"
"The scent is very chaotic and mixed, all the scent of a fox. The other party must have intentionally mixed the scent. I can't determine the specific range." Jing Ke said, "You can try using tracking skills, which should be able to determine the approximate direction."
With Jing Ke's reminder, Wen Ruyue quickly found something given to her by her junior sister in her storage bag.
"Captain Cheng, I would like to borrow your tracking weapon." Wen Ruyue said.
Captain Cheng made an OK gesture and quickly asked his team members to take out the magic weapons from the trunk. He worked with Wen Ruyue to extract the aura from the jade token.
Before the tracking device could give any specific results, black smoke started to emerge from it. If the team member had not cut off the spiritual power supply in time, this expensive device would have been scrapped.
"Captain, we just found out the approximate location, which is about 37 degrees west of us." The team member said, trying to identify the feedback from the magic weapon.
"Open the map and see if there is anything on the route thirty-seven degrees west by northwest." Captain Cheng ordered.
Wen Ruyue was not idle either. She took out her mobile phone to locate the approximate direction.
"Report to the captain, there is a village three kilometers away in a straight line, and there is an ancient tomb that has just been discovered and reported seven kilometers away." The team member reported immediately.
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