"Where's the new recruit? I can't see him." After arriving at the training room, Shang Yan looked around but didn't see anyone.
Hongying coughed lightly twice, "Ah...you'll have to ask Old Zhao..."
Shang Yan seemed to understand, "The person hasn't been confessed yet?"
Si Xiaonan nodded. "Uncle Zhao said he's trying to catch the person, but we don't know when he'll be able to."
Shang Yan frowned and pondered for a while, then said with great interest, "How about we go meet the newlyweds in advance? We can hold a welcoming ceremony for them!"
Hongying: "That seems to make sense."
Si Xiaonan: "...I think it's okay."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go right now..." The phone rang, and Shang Yan swallowed the words he was about to say.
He took out his phone, and his gaze sharpened when he saw the word "wife" in the contact name on the screen. Then he answered the call.
"I'll take this call first," Shang Yan said to Si Xiaonan and the others before walking to a corner.
Si Xiaonan poked Hongying, "Did you see that?"
She had just seen the nickname on Shang Yan's phone. She smiled and took Hong Ying's hand, the two of them huddled together with expressions of utter disbelief.
Ring ring—
Before the two of them could even eavesdrop on Shang Yan and Zhou Ping's conversation, Hong Ying received a phone call.
"Hongying, we've detected traces of masked men in the city center and old town of Cangnan. I've sent you the exact locations. You and Xiaonan, head to the city center immediately!"
"Received!" Hongying hung up the phone and put on her headset. She turned and exchanged a glance with Si Xiaonan.
On the other end, Shang Yan, who was on the phone with Zhou Ping, hurriedly said something and then hung up.
"Honey, I'll get back to you later. I need to get to work now."
After putting his phone in his pocket, he hurried towards Si Xiaonan and the others. "Let's get going quickly. It's been a while since we've been to Cangnan City..."
Things seem to be getting more and more chaotic.
Rumble—
Just as Shang Yan stepped out, a sudden rumble of thunder sounded, followed by a light drizzle. The rain wasn't too heavy yet. After putting on his headset to ensure communication was working, Shang Yan took Si Xiaonan and Hong Ying's hands.
"I have a way to get to the old town as quickly as possible, but it's an unconventional way," Shang Yan said, grabbing the two of them and taking them flying before they could react.
Hongying looked at the person beside her in surprise, "When did you learn this? I remember your Forbidden Ruins can fly...?"
Si Xiaonan pushed up her glasses. "Excuse me, what level are you at now?"
Shang Yan smiled and replied to Hong Ying, "I suddenly learned it. The rain was too heavy and it was blocking my vision a bit, but flying like this is much faster than driving."
He should be able to reach his destination in no more than ten minutes.
Then she whispered to Si Xiaonan, "Si Xiaonan is so smart, can you guess?"
After saying that, he didn't forget to emphasize again, "Remember to keep the seeds safe; there's something wrong with the aura around you."
"Huh?" Hongying was taken aback. "What aura? What are you talking about?"
“…”, a dark glint flashed in Si Xiaonan’s eyes.
The rain grew heavier, but it didn't fall on the three of them. In less than ten minutes, Shang Yan led the two men to the masked man's hideout.
"Leave this to me." Shang Yan slightly raised his hand and smashed the ground with a punch, instantly revealing the scene below to the group.
The ugly, masked man, who was chewing on some unknown piece of meat, roared when he saw Shang Yan and then charged at him.
"There should be a few small fry over there. Leave this area to me." After saying this, Shang Yan jumped down and swiftly swept his leg, sending the masked man flying.
"Alright, then it's up to you!" Hongying naturally trusted Shangyan's strength. She gripped her spear and headed towards the spot Shangyan pointed to.
After watching Shang Yan kick one masked man after another, Si Xiaonan followed closely behind Hong Ying and walked towards the underground floor not far away.
After the two left, Shang Yan stretched out his hand and said to the group of masked men surrounding him, "I'm in a hurry, let's all come at him together."
Seeing that Shang Yan looked down on people, the masked men present roared and pounced on him.
Shang Yan's green beast eyes flashed excitedly. The long skirt was too much of a hindrance, so Shang Yan simply tore off the lower half of the skirt. After punching the masked man who rushed forward through the air, he reached out and gently wiped the green liquid splattered on his face.
His aura surged, and the suppression of his cultivation level forced the group of masked men in the Pool Realm to retreat.
Within ten seconds, the masked men who had been surrounding Shang Yan scattered in all directions.
"Come on, why are you running?" Shang Yan flicked the vine in his hand and chased after him.
After he reached out and twisted off the head of the sixty-first masked man, Chen Muye's message came through the earpiece.
"The Ghost-Faced King is in the old city! Everyone move to the old city to rescue him, Old Zhao is there!"
"Captain, Xiao Nan and I have finished cleaning. We've handed over the downtown area to Shang Yan. We're on our way to the old town now, and we'll be there in three minutes!"
Upon hearing this news, Shang Yan reached out and took out a handful of seeds, scattering them. "Yes, leave this to me. I won't let a single one escape."
The moment he finished speaking, the entire sewer was covered by green vines, and all the masked men who had scattered and fled were bound and captured without exception.
Shang Yan wanted to set the vines on fire and burn the place down.
019 quickly stopped him from throwing the fire, "Don't throw it! What will happen to the people living here if you burn down the sewers of Cangnan City!"
Shang Yan remained silent for a moment. The seeds he had just thrown out were ordinary vines, which could only bind and restrain those masked men, at most strangling them to death.
"Fine, I guess I'll just have to take them down one by one." He pulled out a knife and walked toward the target location.
Five minutes later, a hand stained with green liquid clung to the edge of the sewer, and the next moment, a light green-haired, fox-eared youth leaped up.
Just as he was about to head to the other side, he stopped. A luxury car was parked on the side of the road, waiting for the traffic light to change.
Shang Yan stepped forward and knocked on the car window.
The car window slowly rolled down, revealing a young man's face, who looked somewhat impatiently at the person outside wearing a pink skirt.
"I don't have any special fetishes..."
"No, I mean, your death is today." A blood-stained hand suddenly reached out and grabbed the young man's neck, delivering a fatal blow.
In the last second before he lost consciousness after his neck was broken, the young man heard a sentence that was unusually clear.
"An Outer God's avatar, stepping into this place, will die."
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