Chapter 26 Chapter 26 If you want to work in another place, you really need to use your blood...
The first year of the spiritual energy recovery, March 3rd, 9:25, Penglai·Juying Pavilion.
The demon world is still basically ruled by different clans. In ancient times, before a disaster, the leaders would gather together to discuss countermeasures. This custom has been passed down to this day and is called the "Gathering of Heroes".
The meeting place of Juyinghui is Juying Pavilion. Of course, the term Juying Pavilion also refers to the organization that coordinates the interests of various tribes and represents the overall will of the demon tribe in modern times, the "United Nations" or "United Tribe" of the demon tribe.
Ning Changkong sat expressionlessly at the seat of the Hundred Birds Tribe as a mascot. Under the occasional glances from the demons, he felt sleepy while listening to the speeches.
Zhu Huan spent the whole afternoon yesterday discussing what he should do at today's meeting.
To sum up, it is to prove that the phoenix does exist, appropriately contribute his experience in exorcising evil in the human world, and then grab the job of dealing with evil spirits.
There is no need to rob. Ning Changkong closed his eyes slightly. No one is more suitable for this job than Feng Huang, and he really needs to use this opportunity to make a name for himself in the demon world and open up information channels.
The one reporting now is Zhang Xuan, the third daughter of the current Tiger Clan leader, who has long represented the Soul Protection Division in the human world. He had met her once in the Alien Bureau.
Chu Qingge read the intelligence: "Zhang Xuan, courtesy name Zi'an, was at the same level as Yan Yi'an and Yue Jingting when they were exchanged at Longyuan Academy."
Ning Changkong sighed: "Those sent by the demon tribe for exchange are all children who are not favored by their own tribe."
The demon world has absorbed a lot of human technology and culture. Even in the development of the Utopia area, most of the demons' concessions were made in exchange for humans' promise to build infrastructure.
However, it can only be "monster learning as the body, human learning as the application", and the core leadership team still has to maintain the purity of the monsters. Not to mention that staying in the world for a long time in the past means giving up cultivation.
This is why after discussing with Zhu Huan, Bai Xian decided not to mention that he was a mixed-blood, and even made up a background story for him - the half-month he was active in the human world was enough to cause a lot of conservative monsters to gossip about him, and a mixed-blood phoenix would only push the Hundred Birds Clan to the forefront.
Ning Changkong didn't care. With the recovery of spiritual energy, the integration between humans and demons would inevitably deepen, and it was only a matter of time before their attitudes gradually changed.
"…about the method used by the Hundred Birds to cure evil spirits…" Zhu Huan was reading the script.
Here they come. Ning Changkong straightened his back.
"...For patients with mild symptoms, injecting phoenix spiritual power into the evil-repelling formation can temporarily suppress the disease. For patients with severe symptoms, use phoenix blood as a medicine..."
There was a sudden commotion in Juying Pavilion. Zhang Xuan's tail circled around the leg of the stool and his eyes turned to the figure opposite him.
Senior Ning lowered his eyes to avoid the sight of all the monsters, with an indifferent expression. He was not wearing a mask. Zhang Xuan had watched a lot of his videos on the Internet, and today he finally saw his true face.
Just as she imagined, he had a handsome face, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. But perhaps because his eyebrows were drooping and his eyes were slightly closed, he looked a bit sad and compassionate. He was not as sharp and hot as she imagined, like a blazing fire.
After hearing him personally admit at the Alien Bureau meeting that his spiritual power had the effect of restraining evil spirits, and also hearing that many bird monsters from the Hundred Birds Tribe who had evil spirits in their bodies recovered overnight, Zhang Xuan already had a similar guess in his mind.
Her worldly-wise side coldly considered how much political capital this could gain for the young master of the Hundred Birds tribe who had just returned to Penglai, and how many risks would come with it.
But deep down in her heart, she, who had wished in her youth to become a great hero, could not help but feel overwhelmed.
Phoenix, oh Phoenix, do you really want to use your flesh and blood to save the world?
You clearly know that evil spirits are man-made, so why do you want to be the target?
You have just come down from the mountains and into the world, but you know that people will not appreciate your honesty, but will only become more and more concerned about how to squeeze out your value?
In the second half of the meeting, Zhang Xuan was not surprised that Ning Changkong was appointed as the deputy director of the Soul Guarding Department and was tasked with investigating and responding to evil spirits*.
Zhang Xuan wagged her tail gently under the table; she began to look forward to working with this new colleague.
The first year of the spiritual energy recovery, March 3rd, 13:45, Penglai Soul Protection Division Headquarters.
"First, I need to rely on the special properties of the phoenix's spiritual power to gain a firm foothold and influence."
"Secondly, considering the characteristics of phoenix spiritual power, the effect of phoenix blood cannot be concealed."
After all, blood is a good carrier of spiritual power.
"Third, I wish the evildoers would take action against me sooner and lure them out of their hole."
This is how Ning Changkong explained his ideas to Chu Qingge.
The meeting lasted for three hours. After a simple lunch at noon, Ning Changkong accepted Zhang Xuan's invitation and came to the headquarters of the Yuling Division.
"My name is Su Kunxiang, Director of the Yuling Department, and I'm honored to meet Mr. Mingqi." The middle-aged man smiled flatteringly, the tip of his fiery red fox tail wagging.
"The Book of Sui Dynasty·Biography of Xu Shanxin" says: "When the Zhou Dynasty was rising, the cuckoo was singing on Mount Qishan." The cuckoo is another name for phoenix.
Mingqi Jun is a euphemistic honorific for Phoenix. Ning Changkong was suddenly promoted to the deputy director of the Soul Protection Department. Su Kunxiang should be his superior, but Ning Changkong's bloodline is more noble than his. This title is a compromise to get the best of both worlds.
Ning Changkong returned the greeting: "Director Su."
The Soul Guarding Department has one director and an unlimited number of deputy directors, usually one or two. This term's deputy directors are Zhang Xuan and Ning Changkong.
Su Kunxiang took him to familiarize himself with the office and introduced the general situation of the Yuling Division.
The Soul Guarding Department is a violent agency under the Juying Pavilion, responsible for investigating and handling criminal activities within the demon tribe, which is equivalent to the Internal Security Bureau.
Despite all these, the various tribes of the demon clan are highly autonomous. The main work of the Soul Guarding Department in recent years is to help the Alien Bureau capture the big demons that cause trouble in the world, or to extradite the demons captured by the Alien Bureau back to the demon clan for processing.
Therefore, the staff of the Spirit Exorcist Bureau are all monsters who are far away from the center of power and have a good understanding of humans.
Finally, Ning Changkong and his three companions entered the conference room, ready to hold a short meeting.
The relationship between the Soul Guarding Department and the violent organizations of the demon tribes can be compared to the relationship between the United States Homeland Security Agency and the police of each continent. In theory, the patrols of each tribe should cooperate with the Soul Guarding Department, but in reality... it's good enough if they don't blame each other.
"Therefore," Su Kunxiang rubbed his hands, "Mingqi-kun's actions to control the evil spirits in our Yuling Division can be said to be of vital importance."
The two divine beasts that are currently appearing before humans are a phoenix and a blue bird. Who dares not to show some respect to them?
Even if you don't believe it, you have to pretend to please him first and test the truth.
With the Naruki-kun pressure formation, the Yulingsi now has what it has always lacked and can finally move forward with the investigation.
Ning Changkong flipped through the information he had collected so far and frowned.
There are really too few of them, and it is difficult to see what commonalities there are between the monsters with evil spirits in their bodies.
He closed the case file and asked about the topic that had always concerned him: "When I was walking in the world, I heard about the Qianshi Bank."
Zhang Xuan nodded: "The public security in Taoyuan area is jointly managed by the Abnormal Affairs Bureau and the Spirit Protection Bureau. Qianshi Bank was searched that night."
She said: "The basement where the spirit stones were stored was almost reduced to ruins. Almost all the account records were destroyed, and the spirit stones and money were looted."
"The bodies of all the store employees, including the bank president, were neatly laid out on the second floor."
It was handled very neatly. Ning Changkong rubbed his brows and continued to look at the files related to Qianshi Bank.
The top bosses and others were all killed, and nothing could be learned from the minions below.
Ning Changkong then carefully studied the information of Qianshi Bank. Qianshi Bank was a newly emerged spiritual stone exchange, which had only been around for about five or six years. It could not be ruled out that it was completely supported by the cult.
As an emerging exchange, what made Qianshi Bank stand out was its abundant and stable supply of spirit stones.
The Lingshi mines in Penglai are all monopolized by major families, and banks can lease the mining rights of the mines. But it is impossible for a small bank to lease any high-quality mines.
Qianshi Bank claimed that the poor mining area they leased had produced an unusually rich supply of high-quality spiritual stones.
"It's very suspicious." Chu Qingge said, "I checked their spiritual stone trading volume in recent years. The best mines in Penglai may not be able to produce so many spiritual stones."
Ning Changkong said, "I am concerned about another point. If the spirit stone is really tampered with, how can we ensure that the evil spirits will take effect after the spirit energy is revived?"
Qianshi Money House was closed down on the night of the Lantern Festival. It is possible that the spiritual stones related to the evil spirit were sold before the spiritual energy recovered.
"The spiritual energy recovery is limited to the present world, and there is also a concentrated outbreak of evil energy in Penglai." Chu Qingge analyzed, "It is unlikely to be related to the concentration of spiritual energy. A simple delayed bomb? The collective evolution of evil energy?"
Based on the tragic situation of the Qianshi Bank at that time, and the fact that the formation used to summon the Kiriyama illusion left no trace, Yulingsi tended to believe that the bad guys took advantage of the Qianshi Bank to kidnap Lin Jinsong and his group, and then killed the people in the bank to silence them.
Ning Changkong, who had witnessed the formation that required time and effort to prepare and the cult followers cheering in the basement, firmly believed that there was a deep cooperative relationship between the bank and the cult.
Ning Changkong asked, "Where is the mine leased by Qianshi Bank? Is it still being mined?"
Zhang Xuan was somewhat surprised, and obviously had not expected that he would suspect Qian Shi Qian Xing.
Ning Changkong briefly pointed out Qianshi Qianxing's doubts about the mining of spiritual stones, and then stood up.
Once the news that this fake Phoenix who was suspected to be Lin Jinsong had taken over the evil spirit investigation got out, Li Bo would definitely be bold enough to take drastic measures and kill all the people involved, just like Qianshi Bank did.
Therefore, there is no time to delay.
"I'd like to ask Deputy Director Zhang to go with me." He said calmly, "It wouldn't be wrong if we do a more careful investigation."
"Besides," Ning Changkong considered the reasons to attract Zhang Xuan, "Aren't you all curious... where did the abnormal amount of spirit stones come from?"
Unreported new mines, smuggling of spirit stones... these are all possible and are within the scope of the Spirit Protection Bureau's enforcement.
The two demons in this conference room both understood the other possibility that Ning Changkong hinted at:
Humans and demons have been exploring for thousands of years but have never developed another miracle that is as famous as the revival of spiritual energy - the technology for preparing spiritual stones.