General Zhou had heard from Zhou Yuanyuan last time about the existence of a group of cultivators within the Langyuan Secret Realm. After witnessing Zhou Yuanyuan's power, General Zhou realized that the distance between cultivators and ordinary people was as vast as a galaxy.
General Zhou was a pragmatist. He had no wish to unify the worlds of cultivation and the secular world. He simply hoped that the cultivators would remain peacefully in their "paradise" of Langyuan Secret Realm and not return to stir up trouble in the secular world. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the regime, how sophisticated the equipment, or how advanced the weaponry, they would be unable to withstand the cultivators' magical powers.
However, some things, no matter how urgent, can't be helped. You can't close the entire secret realm just because of something that might happen in the future, right?
Huh? Closing the secret realm? That seems like a good idea!
Zhou Yuanyuan's mind was racing, thinking about the possibility of doing this.
In the eyes of the monks, the current secular world is not suitable for them to live in at all. Not only is the spiritual energy thin, but even the spiritual plants and ores that the monks need to use in their cultivation and refine weapons cannot be found in the secular world.
For a cultivator, cultivating the true self is no less than a battle for life against the heavens. From ancient times to the present, cultivators have favored environments rich in spiritual energy, allowing them to breathe and refine their essences at any moment. Precisely because of this, upon learning that the Qingqiu Fox Clan possessed a secret realm imbued with spiritual energy, these cultivators were determined to seize it, even at the cost of shedding rivers of blood.
After the monks moved into the secret realm en masse, the spiritual energy within couldn't withstand the sheer volume of people using it, and gradually became thinner. The monks then found another way, using formations to convert the energy within demon cores into the spiritual energy they needed. Therefore, in the hearts of the monks, nothing was more important than their living environment.
When the spiritual energy in the secret realm becomes thinner than that in the secular world, it will be time for these cultivators to leave the secret realm.
"Master, Hu Sanniang has not yet completely refined the jade token that controls the secret realm, so it is not possible to close the secret realm now!" Xiaoyu felt Zhou Yuanyuan's thoughts and quickly explained.
"Xiao Yu, after Hu Sanniang finishes refining the jade token, will everything in the secret realm be under control?" Zhou Yuanyuan was a curious baby and did not hesitate to ask.
"That's the theory, but... to control the entire secret realm, Hu Sanniang's ability must reach the level of a demon fairy. With her current cultivation as a demon king, it's already very good that she can guard the gate of the secret realm." Xiaoyu ruthlessly punctured Zhou Yuanyuan's dream.
As expected... It's just a thought! If the secret realm was so easy to control, it wouldn't be her and Hu Sanniang's turn to take advantage.
Zhou Yuanyuan thought about this, smacked her lips, and swallowed the regret. One should not be too greedy. She, Zhou Yuanyuan, was lucky enough in this life. Not only were her family members who died young in her previous life still alive and well, but each of them lived a good life, rich and noble! She herself was very powerful and possessed two extremely powerful spiritual treasures. Not to mention that she, Zhou Yuanyuan, had never even dreamed in her previous life that she would have a perfect fiancé like Wen Ziqing in her next life...
Hehehe...A person should be content with what he has, and repeat the important things in his heart three hundred times!
Xiaoyu blinked. She didn't understand why Zhou Yuanyuan had put it and the Chaos Pearl behind Wen Ziqing. It was obvious that it and the Chaos Pearl were more valuable than Wen Ziqing, right? Could it be that her master valued beauty over treasure?
Before Xiaoyu could figure out what was going on, General Zhou told Zhou Yuanyuan about Yu Xiaohan's family.
"Yuanyuan! Something happened at your Grandpa Yu's house last night. Three people and a dog from the Yu family all died suddenly."
Sudden death? Zhou Yuanyuan was shocked.
Sudden death generally occurs when someone is already ill or experiencing some kind of stress. But what's the story behind three people and a dog suddenly dying together on the same night in the same place? Can dogs also die suddenly? When did sudden death become a group thing?
"This matter is a bit unusual. The Gongqiao Branch has reported the incident to the Special Operations Team." General Zhou touched his sparse hair and felt a headache.
The Yu family's home is within the jurisdiction of the Gongqiao Public Security Bureau. Criminal cases like this usually begin with an investigation by the Gongqiao Public Security Bureau, and only if they remain unsolved will they be referred directly to higher authorities.
Before Zhou Yuanyuan went to the secret realm, she "got" Yu Xiaohan to stay temporarily at the Zhou family. Zhou Yuanyuan told both General Zhou and Yu Xiaohan that Yu Xiaohan could not leave General Zhou's house until she returned to Kyoto City.
Yu Xiaohan was busy with work, so after moving to General Zhou's house, he couldn't go out by himself. He had to ask several assistants and bodyguards to run between the company and Zhou's house all day long. The meetings that he was supposed to attend were also attended by his assistants.
Because of this, Yu Xiaohan only left a cook, two bodyguards and a dog to look after the house. The others were so busy that they didn't even have time to go back to sleep.
Last night in the middle of the night, Zhao Qingshan heard Yu Xiaohan's dog bark miserably and then died.
Zhao Qingshan got up and put on his clothes, just as he was about to go to Yu's house to check. He remembered that Zhou Yuanyuan had told him that if Yu Xiaohan had offended a powerful enemy, Zhou Yuanyuan would find a way to protect him. No matter what the Zhao family heard about the Yu family, no one could go to check.
Zhao Qingshan felt that the dog's barking sound was strange, so he had to call the police.
The police arrived at the Yu family's home within ten minutes of receiving the report. Upon entering, they found the three people who had been left behind to look after the family, each asleep in their own room, their bodies already stiff. The dog was also dead, lying beneath the large tree in the courtyard.
What made the police even more surprised was that Yu Xiaohan's house was extremely cold. The entire Yu family home was like an ice cellar, and they were shivering with cold.
The forensic doctor took out a thermometer and measured it. It showed a temperature of -20 degrees Celsius. Thinking the thermometer was wrong, the forensic doctor took it to the door to measure it. The temperature at Yu's door was 3 degrees Celsius, which was consistent with the temperature forecast for that day.
Police worked for most of the night at Yu's house, but were unable to determine the cause of death. Neither the three people nor the dog had any injuries. The forensic doctor's initial assessment suggested the three people and the dog had died simultaneously, likely due to a sudden drop in temperature.
After inspecting the scene, the police sealed off the Yu residence. Director Wang of the Gongqiao Public Security Bureau felt that a case like the one that occurred at Yu Xiaohan's home last night was clearly unusual. None of the officers at the Gongqiao Public Security Bureau were capable of solving the case, so they decided it would be better to ask their superiors to send in outside assistance rather than just blindly guessing.
It's actually a good thing that the Gongqiao Public Security Bureau didn't try to save face. Otherwise, wouldn't those ordinary police officers have lost their lives in vain if they encountered some unknown existence?
After Director Wang reported the case, it attracted great attention from the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security.
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