Chapter 150 A Talented Actor Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 47) Lin...
Lin You was able to be certain that Director Huang was not an undercover agent for another reason: she did not detect any ghostly aura of a level nine ghost king from him.
After all, if an undercover agent can rise to such a position, the people behind him probably wouldn't leave him unprotected.
Even a level nine Ghost King at the early Foundation Establishment stage has to team up to farm bosses in the world. Lin You believed she had paid attention in class in the last world, so there shouldn't be many tricks that could fool her here.
Director Huang hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the talisman and respectfully bowed as a junior. He hadn't expected this senior to be so generous, offering such a top-grade talisman as a gift.
He carefully invited the two of them to his office, personally poured them tea, gave them fruit, and thoughtfully gave Lin You her favorite snacks.
Then he stood aside, cupped his hands, and asked, "I wonder what has happened to Senior Lin and Master?"
He looks exactly like a student who's been called to the teacher's office for a talk, and one who isn't doing very well academically at that.
Song Yu knew Lin You's true identity. Although she often called her "Grandma," she treated her like a friend. Xue Ziqi and the others were young and respected Lin You, but they also joked and laughed with her.
This was the first time Lin You had ever been treated as an elder in a proper way, especially by an elderly person over fifty with gray hair. She felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Director Huang, don't be nervous. We're not here to ask Song Yu to resign. It's nothing serious. Please sit down, and we can talk slowly," Lin You reassured him.
Unfortunately, her words had little effect. Although the bureau chief sat down, his upright posture made him look even more serious.
Song Yu coughed lightly, and without further pleasantries, he went straight to what they had recently discovered.
From Lü Guoqiang discovering that someone wanted to harm Song Xia, to the aura of a level nine ghost king on Zhou Wuzheng, Song Yu spoke without any concealment.
As Director Huang listened, he became increasingly alarmed.
The third senior brother in their group, who usually doesn't talk much but always answers questions, is not only not human, but also a ghost messenger from the underworld.
Besides the one that was destroyed back then, there is another level nine ghost king in this world that is sealed away and could be broken at any time.
Those self-proclaimed righteous sects are actually using the ghostly energy of a level nine ghost king to control people and make them do things for them?!
They kill people to silence them at the drop of a hat? And those they kill will become the power to break the seal of the level nine ghost king?
Compared to these things, having an undercover agent on our side and the fact that the so-called ancient book is fake are nothing.
Director Huang rubbed his forehead. With so many things going on, how could this be considered nothing serious? Could it be that this senior is capable of dealing with a level nine ghost king?
He looked at Lin You expectantly, but Lin You simply shrugged and said, "My current cultivation level is not as high as that of a level nine Ghost King."
Although she has been cultivating diligently lately and has used spirit stones to set up arrays, it is still somewhat difficult for her to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage in such a short time.
"That Ghost King has been sealed for thousands of years, and he won't be able to come out anytime soon, so you don't need to worry too much." Anyway, she'll definitely help take care of that thing before she finishes her mission and leaves.
As for whether she could defeat it at that time, she only said that her cultivation was inferior to its opponent's, but she did not say that she had no way to kill it. Ye Zhen gave her a lot of things, of which at least half were offensive.
Director Huang hadn't held out much hope to begin with, and now that he'd only confirmed it, all he could do was urge everyone to train hard so they could have the strength to fight in the future.
The Paranormal Administration Bureau doesn't just have this one location. This place is in the capital, which is considered its headquarters, and there are three other departments in other places as well.
The reason there are only three is, of course, due to a shortage of manpower. The combined manpower in these three locations is only two more than that at headquarters.
Of course, this does not include cleaning ladies.
With the help of Song Yu's team, the department staff no longer need to travel frequently. Most of them stay at their workstations to cultivate and then go to the conference room to listen to Xue Ziqi's lectures every day.
While Lin You and Song Yu were having a meeting, they hid next door to observe everyone. Apart from Zhang Mofeng, all the colleagues from the Supernatural Management Bureau were there, but none of them had the ghostly aura of a Ninth-Rank Ghost King.
Perhaps those sects were afraid that the ghostly aura would be too easily exposed, so they used other methods?
After Lin You went into hiding again, she got up close to everyone and still couldn't see anything wrong.
Director Huang wasn't too worried about the undercover agent. If the metaphysical methods couldn't find him, he could use investigative methods. With so many clues already, finding him was only a matter of time.
After leaving behind a large stack of talismans, Lin You went back with Song Yu. Before leaving, the two took some time to visit the famous tourist attractions and bought some local specialties.
Zhang Mofeng and Zhang Mochen, who only come back every few days, were lucky enough to receive two boxes of pastries each, all of which were their favorite flavors.
For this reason, Zhang Mofeng even made a video call and showed off to Ji Dongyuan for a while, until the other party asked, "Where is this specialty from? It looks similar to the one from the shop next to our department."
Zhang Mofeng finally realized what was happening and hurriedly hung up the video call to check the box. Sure enough, it showed a familiar address. So he had returned to headquarters. That meant that not only did others have it too.
Zhang Mofeng, feeling utterly defeated, took a bite of the pastry and realized that half of its familiar sweetness was gone.
On the other side, Ji Dongyuan stared thoughtfully at the phone that had been abruptly disconnected. So these two really had been here.
After Song Yu returned, he joined the film crew for shooting. Lin You no longer worked as his assistant and stayed at her residence to continue her cultivation.
In her previous life, she broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage with the help of elixirs. Now, she plans to try to break through on her own.
Song Yu's two main quests, the one about avoiding danger in the shadows, have been completed to 100% completion since Lin You upgraded Song Yu's personal talisman.
Even if the talisman on his body were removed at this point, the quest progress bar would not decrease, which Lin You was quite satisfied with.
Another task is to win the Best Actor award. For Song Yu, whether it's a TV series or a movie, as long as he wins the Best Actor award, he will have completed his task.
Lin You had already done her research beforehand. The most authoritative awards in China are given out in February for TV dramas and in March for movies.
The films and TV series that were selected were all released the previous year. Song Yu has only filmed one movie, "Twins," which has just finished filming. It will take at least half a year to edit and release it.
There are still two and a half months until New Year's Day, and filming for "Jianghu Dream" has just started. According to the normal filming process, it will probably take about half a year.
Moreover, whether it's a movie or a TV series, it's Song Yu's first time playing a leading role. Whether she can get a nomination is still uncertain. She still has a long time before she completes her mission.
When people are busy, it's easy to forget the passage of time. While Lin You was diligently cultivating and Song Yu was seriously filming, the progress of their missions was slowly but steadily advancing.
Zhang Mochen's formation was slowly unfolding at a rate of one area every two days, and the post-production staff of "Twins" were also rushing to meet their workload at an incredible speed.
The filming of "Jianghu Dream" was done on location. Since it's a martial arts film, it naturally features various natural landscapes. In other words, the filming locations were relatively remote.
When Lin You and Song Yu, whose signal was weak, came to their senses, they found that their cheat-like mission was almost complete.
"Twins" was also released just before the New Year's Day deadline, along with "The Path to Immortality".
As if overnight, Song Yu, who had only gained some fans through variety shows, suddenly became an internet sensation.
Incidentally, Xue Ziqi and the others who filmed with him also gained a lot of fans.
Now, if Song Yu wants to go out with Lin You again, he'll have to use the Ignore Spell. Fortunately, his cultivation has stabilized considerably, and he can now perform many spells on his own.
After Song Yu's popularity soared, he was bombarded with various announcements and endorsements. Although his agent, Wen Yi, tried to schedule fewer for him, he was still much busier than before.
As Xue Ziqi and Wei Chengzhi advanced in their cultivation, Zhang Mofeng was once again certain that popularity could help with cultivation, and he informed his boss.
Director Huang is still investigating matters related to the undercover agent, but many of the clues he has gathered point to Zhang Mofeng as the suspect.
If he hadn't been following Lin You and Song Yu around, Director Huang would have really doubted his identity.
Zhang Mofeng had just finished reporting his new discovery and thought he would be praised and given a bonus, but instead he received this question.
"What a joke! How could I be an undercover agent!" Zhang Mofeng was so angry that he jumped up from his chair, his voice several times louder.
“I didn’t say you were an undercover agent, I just said that all the clues are related to you. Of all those people who died in accidents back then, at least 80% were cases you handled. And the taxi driver incident that just happened recently, only you know about it… Even that fake ancient book, you found it.”
Director Huang released a bunch of evidence. If Zhang Mofeng hadn't known he hadn't done it, he would have almost suspected him too. He really was an undercover agent.
Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he blurted out, "I told Ji Dongyuan about the taxi driver one night when I couldn't sleep. Is it possible that he let it slip to someone?"
"...Do you think he's like you, with nothing better to do than call and bother others to share gossip in the middle of the night?" Director Huang reminded him helplessly. "Ji Dongyuan went on a business trip a month ago and hasn't come back since."
"That's impossible, I called him a month ago!" Zhang Mofeng said, then suddenly realized that this matter might be related to him again.
After confirming that Lin You had indeed captured the traitor and even gone to headquarters to help investigate the undercover agents, Zhang Mofeng finally realized what his box of pastries had revealed.
But how could that be?!
Ji Dongyuan joined the Supernatural Management Bureau around the same time as him. Back then, before the seniors sacrificed themselves, the two of them were just lowly henchmen helping out with odd jobs.
At that time, neither of them had mastered the basics. Every day, they would hold books, studying how to cultivate while dreaming of achieving great cultivation and dominating the world.
Ji Dongyuan comes from a well-off family, but he is very frugal and doesn't care much about food or clothing. Zhang Mofeng sometimes takes him to some high-end clubs and watches him drink juice at parties and reject one girl after another who tries to flirt with him.
In return, Ji Dongyuan would share his health regimen with him, such as going to bed early and getting up early to cultivate his mind and body. He even thoughtfully set a time to call Zhang Mofeng to get up and go for a run.
After exchanging pleasant messages for a while, the two became even closer.
Zhang Mofeng would sometimes joke that Ji Dongyuan was too abstinent, but little did he know that he might actually be abstinent.
"Although there's no concrete evidence yet, you should be prepared," Director Huang reassured him before hanging up.
Zhang Mofeng stood there stunned for a while before picking up his phone and dialing a familiar number. Ji Dongyuan had told him before his business trip that the signal was bad in the area he was going to and that he shouldn't worry if he couldn't contact him for the time being.
Unlike the previous times when the phone was not on the server, it rang three times before being answered, followed by a long silence.
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Author's note: Is this world really going to end this time? _(:з」∠)_
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