Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

Facing the dean's torture, Jiang Lu picked his nose, his face full of confusion.

"So you just found me disgusting today?"

"Ah, that's not the case." The dean shook his head: "It's just that it's a bit too disgusting today."

Jiang Lu nodded: "I have read it."

"What does 'read' mean?" The dean wanted to say something, but the old face of Xin Yuanxing on the screen really made him sick. He frowned and swallowed his words back: "Forget it, you're grown up, and I can't interfere with your hobbies. I can only say that you should take care of yourself."

After saying that, he turned and walked out, closing the door.

"Divine gold." Jiang Lu shrugged and was about to continue asking what Xin Yuanxing was like when the dean pushed the door open again.

"After you've cleaned up, come downstairs for dinner!"

"Oh."

Snapped!
The door was closed again.

Jiang Lu then said to Xin Yuanxing coldly: "You heard it, I'm in a hurry to eat, so just tell me what you want to say, don't try to guess with me."

"Oh no"

Xin Yuanxing felt a little uncomfortable.

It would be fine if Jiang Lu didn’t know him, but wasn’t the dean an old member of the Exorcist Guild? They had met before, so why didn’t he recognize him either?
How can I pretend to be so awesome?
He now felt as if he was winking at a blind man.

No explanation?

People don’t know their own strength.

Take the initiative to explain?
It also seems a bit cheap, and feels like someone is trying to show off, which is very tasteless.

But I have to say it, I have to say it to advance the plot, otherwise I will really be regarded as an internet pervert.

Thinking of this, Xin Yuanxing had no choice but to choose innocence between face and innocence.

"Well, actually I'm Xin Yuanxing."

Perhaps feeling a little embarrassed, Xin Yuanxing twirled his beard with his fingers that had nowhere to go and added, "I think you should have heard of this name."

Jiang Lu gradually narrowed his eyes and his expression became increasingly solemn, but he just didn't say anything.

"You have no impression at all, right?" Xin Yuanxing's heart finally died.

But Jiang Lu waved his hands stubbornly: "Don't worry, I should remember it soon."

Xin Yuanxing finally gave up and prepared to reveal his identity: "Actually, I am..."

But at this moment, Jiang Lu actually remembered: "Oh! The former president of the Exorcist Guild!"

He was able to remember it thanks to the question that Ghost-Faced Fox once asked in the Infinite Prison in order to verify which prisoners were exorcists. The answer was this name.

Although he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, his hippocampus still helped him remember the information and buried it deep in his mind. Now, after the keyword search, it was successfully dug out.

Hearing this answer, Xin Yuanxing, who had already despaired, was stunned, and then almost burst into tears.

Good, good, good! You actually know it! I haven't completely died in people's memories!
But Jiang Lu's next words made him unable to hold back.

"So? What can I do for you?" No one knew what Jiang Lu was thinking, but a trace of disdain suddenly flashed in his eyes: "After going through so much trouble, you didn't think that I would flatter you if I told you that you have such an awesome identity? This can't cover up the fact that you were spying on me online."

Jiang Lu didn't have any good feelings towards this guy who snooped into his privacy on the Internet and came to his house blatantly.

Even though he knew that the other party was the former president of the Exorcist Guild and was still in a high position of power even though he had retired to the background, he did not flinch at all.

It would have been fine if it was in the past, but now his horizons have long been on the vast sea of ​​stars in other worlds. He really doesn't care too much about the Exorcist Guild.

"This..." Jiang Lu's toughness made Xin Yuanxing a little unsure of what to do for a moment.

Although he wanted to hide his identity in the beginning because he was afraid that Jiang Lu would lick him and only show his hypocritical side, making it difficult for him to judge his character, but when Jiang Lu really made it clear that he would not lick him, his mood inexplicably became a little complicated.

There is a sense of loss when a treasure that you are proud of and cherish is seen as worthless by others.

However, this feeling is not his primary concern at the moment. What is more important is that Jiang Lu seems to have misunderstood something.

"I'm telling you the truth."

Xin Yuanxing explained carefully:
"The Cell Factory is a high-risk spiritual realm identified by the Guild Headquarters. Many elites have failed in it. So in order to prevent exorcists without life-saving items from dying in this spiritual realm, it should have been locked down and a specialist should have been assigned to raid it.

But before the blockade, you entered this spiritual realm and conquered it successfully, so I became interested in you and wanted to examine you through the fate that we once discussed and communicated together.

It may be because of our big age gap, there is a generation gap between us, which caused you to misunderstand my approach. "

"Is that so?" Jiang Lu suddenly realized.

This does make a lot of sense.

However, in Jiang Lu's opinion, there are still some doubts about Xin Yuanxing's words, or some parts that he does not agree with.

"But I have a different opinion!"

"You go ahead." Xin Yuanxing nodded to indicate that Jiang Lu could go ahead and say whatever he wanted.

Jiang Lu said seriously: "I think age is not a problem. The key is to have a young heart. The generation gap only shows that you are unwilling to accept new things, which is not a good thing."

"?"

Xin Yuanxing fell silent.

Having said so much, your question lies in this tricky part, right?
Taking a deep breath, he ignored Jiang Lu's advice based on his own experience and directly made an invitation: "Many things cannot be explained clearly over the phone. If possible, I would like to invite you to the headquarters. I would like to personally inspect you. If you perform well, I can make an exception and let you work at the headquarters."

He thought that even if Jiang Lu was not flattered, he would definitely accept his personal invitation decisively.

After all, the treatment of exorcists at the headquarters and those in the local area is very different, even if they are of the same level.

Any young and aspiring exorcist would definitely work hard to develop in the headquarters one day, not to mention that this is an invitation from oneself and a chance to meet with them face to face.

There is no way anyone would refuse such a good thing that falls from the sky.

But Jiang Lu refused. "Ah," Jiang Lu said without hesitation, "Actually, I'm fine here."

Ghost-Faced Fox had mentioned the same thing to him before, but he refused that time as well.

The reason is that the headquarters is too far from the orphanage.

Although a mere twenty years of life was nothing compared to his long life, but as an ordinary person growing up here, the warmth and coldness he felt and some unforgettable experiences made him recall the plain but interesting time before he became a god, which he cherished more than the days of debauchery in the underworld.

If it weren't for the last resort, he would not be willing to give up this familiar environment and feeling of home easily.

In addition, there are only about thirty days left until the end of the war in the underworld, so there is not much time left in this world. Since we will leave sooner or later, we might as well stay here.

"You really don't want to consider it again?" Xin Yuanxing was surprised and puzzled.

With such an opportunity to achieve success overnight in front of him, he couldn't understand why anyone wouldn't be tempted.

Seeing Xin Yuanxing's persistence, Jiang Lu was confused. "No, why are you staring at me? Is the guild so short of talent? How can the guild not function if I don't go?"

"The guild is not short of talent." Xin Yuanxing shook his head: "The guild is short of talent like you."

He knew clearly in his heart that the [Cell Factory] was not a high-risk spiritual area that had not been sealed off yet. It was a high-risk spiritual area that had been sealed off for a long time and no one had been able to conquer it. It was about to descend.

This means that although Jiang Lu is unknown, his ability is stronger than all exorcists of the same level in the headquarters.

Although he didn't know what level Jiang Lu was rated at, as long as he could conquer the world, in a single-player spiritual realm where there was no room for slacking, his rating would be at least C, and its difficulty was roughly equivalent to B in a multiplayer spiritual realm.

His grandson, Ghost-Faced Fox, received an A-level rating in the multi-person S-level spiritual domain. Even if it was a direct comparison, the young man in front of him would at least be not much worse than Ghost-Faced Fox. And if his rating was higher than C, that would be even more amazing.

Even if we don’t take [Cell Factory] into consideration, I heard from Ghost-Faced Fox that they seemed to be teammates in the [Curse of Shame] that we just conquered?

This means that in the eyes of Ghost-faced Fox, Jiang Lu is definitely not weaker than him, otherwise he would never take the initiative to team up with him. Therefore, it can be judged that Jiang Lu may even be stronger than Ghost-faced Fox.

That's why he is so obsessed with Jiang Lu.

Although he did have the intention of making the guild stronger, it is impossible to say that he had no selfish motives.

Recently he has been worrying about how to pave the way for his grandson, but he didn't expect that such a strong helper would appear now.

After all, no matter how powerful one is, the Exorcist Guild is ultimately based on strength. A blacksmith must be strong himself. No matter how strong his background is, he still cannot convince others without strength.

Therefore, if he could have Jiang Lu's help and support, Xin Yuanxing was extremely certain that his grandson would have no rivals among his peers in exorcism.

Someone is dissatisfied? Then why don't you try to conquer a single-player S-level spirit realm?
Jiang Lu naturally didn't know about his plan. He just didn't understand why this old man had no sense of boundaries at such an old age.

To put it nicely, it means we are eager to recruit talented people; to put it bluntly, it means it is a bit annoying.

Jiang Lu gradually lost his patience: "I said I'm not interested. Don't mention that you are the former president. You are the current president and you can't force me to do something I don't want to do."

"What do you mean by coercion?"

Xin Yuanxing was also a little depressed. Neither coercion nor inducement worked. What should he do?
Of course he didn't know that Jiang Lu's original intention of becoming an exorcist was not for fame or fortune. The headquarters was not important to him at all. He didn't even care whether he was an exorcist or an illegal resident. The most important thing was to be able to enter the spirit realm. Everything else could be put on the back burner.

Just when Xin Yuanxing was at his wit's end, he suddenly had an idea and thought of something: "Hey? Do you have a friend, an exorcist codenamed Ghost Face Fox?"

"You still say you didn't spy on me?!" Jiang Lu was angry.

Sure enough, there are no secrets on the Internet!

"Don't worry." Xin Yuanxing smiled soothingly: "Do you know that he had an accident recently?"

"What could happen to him?" Jiang Lu asked suspiciously.

The Ghost-Faced Fox arranged a legal exorcist identity for him without any discussion. He also worked at the headquarters and had incredibly strong connections. Jiang Lu really couldn't imagine what could happen to such a person.

"He entered a spiritual realm he shouldn't have entered and is now under investigation. It's hard to say what will happen next." Xin Yuanxing said calmly.

Jiang Lu fell silent for a moment.

The Spirit Realm You Should Not Enter
Could it be the one who went in with him and the heavy artillery before?

He looked at Xin Yuanxing and quietly observed the other's expression, which did not seem to be fake.

Moreover, as the former president, there is no need for him to lie to me about such things, and there is no point in joking about such things.

But if even someone with such strong connections like Ghost Face Fox is being investigated, then
He really wanted to send a message to Ghost-Faced Fox to ask what was going on, but he was worried that he would fall into a trap, so he didn't dare to contact him for a while.

So he pretended to be calm: "Oh? There is such a thing?"

"Yeah, I didn't expect him to make such a low-level mistake." Xin Yuanxing observed Jiang Lu's micro-expression and asked meaningfully: "What do you think about this?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Lu thought for a moment, "I want to know what spiritual realm it is. Is it very broad?"

"I'm not sure, but it involves a lot of things." Xin Yuanxing deliberately made it sound serious, and then got to the point: "But he's your good friend, right? Don't you want to help him?"

Jiang Lu's expression was serious: "You mean, if I go to see you, you can settle this matter?"

"That's what you said. I didn't express my opinion." Xin Yuanxing smiled and said nothing, but it seemed like he said everything.

After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Lu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, give me some time."

"It's a good choice that you made." Xin Yuanxing nodded.

There was not much emotion on his face, but he was very happy in his heart.

As expected of someone his grandson values, he panicked upon hearing that something happened to his friend, not at all like the carefree guy he was just now.

I didn't expect that such a person would be willing to make sacrifices for his friends. It seems that friends hold a very important position in his heart. In this way, I can feel more at ease to give him the responsibility of assisting my grandson!
But he didn't know that Jiang Lu actually wanted to say that he was not familiar with the Ghost-faced Fox.

But he also knew that since Xin Yuanxing asked the Ghost-Faced Fox if he was his friend, it most likely meant that he had been found out.

Asking whether it involves a wide range of people is actually asking whether you have been involved.

Xin Yuanxing's answer undoubtedly proved his guess, so he naturally took this as a threat from the other party.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lu's eyes were cold: "You'd better keep your word."

The more Xin Yuanxing looked at Jiang Lu, the more satisfied he became: "Of course, of course." (End of this chapter)