Cafe, under the pergola.

Zhang Yuanqing held a cup of hot coffee, staring blankly at the street. Street lights, car lights, and store lights intertwined into a gorgeous and prosperous night scene.

After a long while, he took a big gulp, then sighed and let out the foul air in his chest, as if he had spit out all the spiritual pollution.

"Devouring spirits to increase strength seems like a crooked way."

He finally understood why the Night Wandering God of Taiyi Sect was unwilling to devour spirits.

If the world is compared to a sea of ​​suffering, mortals are the small boats floating in it, surrounded by sorrow and misery. Everyone has his or her own misfortune and pain.

These sufferings will be transferred to the night-wandering gods along with the spirits. Even if it is only a small part, when the number accumulates to a certain level, the spiritual pollution caused will be extremely terrible.

In the long run, schizophrenia is considered a mild disease.

But the benefits were immediate. His current experience value was 46%. The time limit of his "Night Tour" skill was not extended and was still nine seconds, but his physical fitness had improved significantly, and his vitality and healing ability had also increased.

This is a real gain.

"By the way, I still don't know the cause of death of that gay guy... No, I don't want to know at all."

He took a sip of coffee with lingering fear.

..........

Early morning, villa.

In the large conference room that could accommodate thirty people, Fu Qingyang swept across the long table with his eyes calm and deep, like clouds gathering for a storm.

He is handsome, with the nobility and arrogance of a young man from a wealthy family. When he has no expression on his face, he has a strong aura and brings great psychological pressure to people.

"We dispatched five captains, more than a dozen team members, and dozens of security guards, but the bewitching demon still escaped." Fu Qingyang said with a cold expression: "I am very disappointed in you."

On both sides of the long conference table sat the participants of this operation, five team leaders and twelve team members, among whom were Li Dongze and Guan Ya.

Faced with criticism from their deacon-level superiors, the team leaders lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

The big muscle tyrant wanted to say something but stopped himself. He couldn't help but whispered:

"Captain Fu, Ou Xiangrong seems to have been contaminated by some evil force. He has become extremely powerful and crazy. This is why we failed. Moreover, the Bewitching Demon itself is a top-notch profession..."

Fu Qingyang said calmly: "Failure is failure. Any reason is an excuse for a coward to refuse to admit failure."

He swept his sharp eyes over the crowd, and no one of the spiritual realm practitioners at the table dared to look at him, except Guan Ya.

Guan Ya was playing with her nails with her head down, absent-minded.

Fu Qingyang continued:

"Because of your failure, the incident escalated. A severely injured bewitching demon that has been contaminated by evil forces can easily lose control. With the cruelty of bewitching demons, it is bound to cause a large number of casualties.

"Now, all the Spirit Realm Walker teams in Songhai City have participated in the search. If you cannot kill Ou Xiangrong within three days, you will all go back to the training camp."

Captains Li Dongze, Qingteng, Tang Guoqiang and others looked at each other with grim expressions.

Fu Qingyang sneered:

"Of course, I also failed in this matter, because I had wrong expectations of you and overestimated your abilities. Therefore, in the next three days, I will personally participate in the search. Since Ou Xiangrong is looking for the list and the Holy Grail, his target will definitely shift to Zhao Yingjun's family or women with whom he has a close relationship, and the search will follow this line."

After his subordinates nodded, he glanced at his expensive watch and said:

"You don't have much time left, let's adjourn the meeting! Guan Ya, please stay for a moment."

The long meeting finally ended and it was already past lunchtime.

The spiritual realm travelers stood up in frustration, bowed to the end of the long table, and left the meeting room in an orderly manner.

The five captains led the way, and the 1.9-meter-tall muscular tyrant lowered his voice and said angrily:

"I don't deny my failure, but Captain Fu is too arrogant. He was not at the scene at all and doesn't know how powerful Ou Xiangrong is."

Wearing a tight suit, he touched the bloody knife wound on his chest and snorted:

"While we were fighting outside, he was sitting on the handmade sofa in the villa, sipping fine wine, smoking a cigar, and enjoying the service of the bunny girl."

As they were talking, three bunny girls came upstairs with snacks and entered the meeting room.

The service staff in the villa are all young bunny girls with tall figures and pretty looks.

Bai Long gently patted the bunny girl's buttocks and lowered his voice:

"I heard that Captain Fu is very popular among the White Tiger soldiers. He is the only one among the four young masters who can compete with the young master of the Red Fire Gang."

Fu Qingyang was transferred from the capital to Songhai at the end of last year. It is said that after gaining experience for a few years and accumulating experience, he will return to the capital and become a candidate for the Elders Group.

When Big Muscle Hears this, he snorted and said, "It's just a rumor. Our young master is the most outstanding among the younger generation of the Five Elements Alliance."

Qing Teng looked at Li Dongze, "What do you think, Sergeant Li?"

Li Dongze put a cigarette in his mouth and snorted:

"Of course it's because of the money, that's what you think."

Isn't it? The other captains looked at him.

"madness!"

Li Dongze pointed to his head:

"Think carefully with your not-so-bright brains. If it really comes to what Captain Fu said, someone will have to take responsibility for such a terrible incident. For such a big thing, can we just go back to the training camp?

"Captain Fu told us to go back to the training camp. Another meaning of this sentence is that if the worst happens, he will take all the responsibility. We don't have to be fired or held accountable. We only need to stay in the training camp for three months, even if we messed up something so serious."

He took out his lighter and lit a cigarette, then shrugged: "Okay, let's get to work and catch that bastard Ou Xiangrong as soon as possible."

.........

In the conference room, Fu Qingyang stared at the woman doing her nails and frowned:

"Li Dongze said you were injured?"

Guan Ya blew on her nails, then took out a makeup mirror from her handbag and said as she put on some powder:

"If you have to fart, just fart. I still have to get back to work."

Fu Qingyang's stern face showed a hint of helplessness: "My aunt called me and asked you to return home next month to meet the fiancé she arranged for you."

"When I came back, I made it very clear to her that I would not marry for the sake of the family. Just because she is willing to be a sacrifice for the family doesn't mean I am willing to do so too."

Guan Ya closed the makeup mirror with a snap and said, "You Fu family members are really boring. Qingyang, you should take power sooner rather than later and let the old guys enjoy their retirement."

Fu Qingyang said in a deep voice:

"If you don't want to marry, then show some achievements. Don't be idle all day and waste your talent. The elders of the family only respect the strong, like me, like her.

"How about this, I'll transfer you to another team. The third team in Changtai District is pretty good, winning several second-class collective merits every year. You can get some experience there, and I'll have a reason to refuse my aunt.

"Li Dongze's second team has too few talents, so it's hard for them to achieve anything."

Guan Ya frowned and sighed, "Team Two is really disappointing. It's hard for me to refuse... Let's talk about it. There's a little guy in our team. He's quite interesting. Let me observe him for a while."

She put away the makeup mirror, walked to the door with her handbag, and said with a smile:

"You should worry about yourself first. If Ou Xiangrong goes on a killing spree in Songhai, it will be an indelible stain on your resume, and they will stop you from joining the Elders Council at all costs.

"Cousin, leave now. Bye~"

.........

Early in the morning, Zhang Yuanqing walked towards the comprehensive building with a backpack on his back.

His schedule for today is to have professional classes in the morning, and chat with senior drivers at noon and in the afternoon. No, he wants to talk to colleagues to exchange feelings, enhance friendship and expand social circle.

People in groups of three or four flocked to the comprehensive building. Just as they reached the downstairs, Zhang Yuanqing heard someone calling him.

Turning around, I saw Li Lesheng and several classmates.

Li Lesheng and a few other boys caught up with him and invited him expectantly, "We're planning to have a social gathering with a few girls this weekend. Do you want to join us? I heard you're from Songhai."

Socializing? If it's the weekend, then the day after tomorrow... Zhang Yuanqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."

Li Lesheng and several other boys breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Then let's add each other as friends. Ha, with you here, I believe the girls will be willing to hang out."

"Let's add him as a friend, too."

"Let's add it too." Several other male classmates took out their mobile phones.

After Zhang Yuanqing and his classmates added each other as friends, they all walked towards the comprehensive building together.

Li Lesheng smiled and said, "I heard from a girl from the same hometown that a security guard came to Xu Yingying yesterday, and then Xu Yingying burst into tears in the dormitory."

"Sheriff? What happened?"

Several boys were surprised. After all, for college students, security guards were an extremely distant group.

Li Lesheng said: "I heard that something happened to the rich man who supported Xu Yingying, but I don't know the details. The security guard came to her to inquire about the man's situation."

"Could it be that the donors ran away? The economy is in recession now, and there are too many examples of wealthy people going bankrupt," someone speculated.

Zhang Yuanqing was listening to his classmates' gossip and looking at the students coming and going. In the not-so-crowded crowd, he saw a familiar figure.

She was a beautiful girl wearing a white dress, with long straight black hair and delicate light makeup. She was the heroine of the previous topic, Xu Yingying.

She snuggled up to a man like a little bird. The man wore a mask, had short hair, sparse eyebrows, and a small scar was visible on the upper edge of the mask.

Zhang Yuanqing's pupils suddenly contracted.

Ou Xiangrong? !

He looked at Xu Yingying again and observed her carefully. Only then did he discover some clues.

Xu Yingying's expression was stiff. She seemed to be leaning on Ou Xiangrong's arms, but it looked more like she was being coerced by him with his arm around her shoulders.

.....

ps: typos will be updated first and corrected later.