Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

The celebration banquet was very lively.

Perhaps because He Li had previously used the Golden Four-Eyed Mask to clear out all the monsters in the city, the other investigators in the department rarely had a chance to relax.

The celebration banquet lasted a bit longer than usual.

By the time everything was over, it was already dark.

He Li didn't go back immediately; he still needed to exchange for the items he needed in the mall.

Yu Ji then left first.

Judging from her hurried departure, she must have had something to do.

However, just after she left...

Mu Lan suddenly came to He Li, who was standing outside the Special Affairs Bureau, facing the breeze, and said, "I've heard Zhao Hu talk about what happened to you in Rongcheng and Emei."

"You certainly didn't disappoint us."

"Moreover, your business trip this time was quite eventful, which made me somewhat envious of Yu Ji."

"Following you has broadened my horizons more than just."

"I see that her skills have improved a lot."

She said with a smile.

He Li also knew that Yu Ji's strength had increased; it seemed that she had reached the late stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.

I'm afraid they'll break through to the Spirit Realm very soon.

However, she is not a combat-oriented investigator.

His realm improvement is still not as good as Mu Lan's.

The main reason is that Mu Lan's supernatural abilities are very strong...

Her sonic technique... that speed is so fast that even a genius like Lin Fan would have a hard time keeping up with it.

He Li listened to her words, glanced at the watch store, then shifted his gaze to Mu Lan beside him and shrugged: "What's there to envy? You can even bring some people with you when you go to Shanghai."

"After all, the situation in Shanghai is much bigger."

"Many tedious tasks also require someone to handle them."

"I mainly deal with the most troublesome ones."

"I can talk to Deputy Director Li and see if Sister Mu and Brother Li can come too..."

"Sure!" Mu Lan said with a bright smile.

Seeing this, He Li asked curiously, "By the way, I was wondering before that you went to the anomaly point in Lecheng Buddha City after I left. Did you find anything special there?"

"A special discovery?" Mu Lan thought for a moment.

Then he nodded: "Yes!"

"According to Zhao Hu and the others, that Kurongzi mentioned that the anomaly was the site of the Wanfa Sect."

"After you left, we found many relics there that appeared to be those of Qi cultivators from the Myriad Laws Sect. Although most of them were already decayed, a small portion of them were valuable."

"And among those valuable things..."

"There's a tattered piece of gold leaf!"

At this point, Mu Lan frowned slightly: "It seems that there is a Qi refining technique hidden in that gold foil."

"It's just that we can't fully decipher it yet. What's strange is that the back of the gold foil is covered with patterns of the sun, moon, and stars, which also look somewhat like writing... and although those patterns are inanimate objects..."

"But if you look closely, the patterns and words seem to come alive."

"You can even hear them talking."

"Speak?" He Li asked suspiciously. "What are you saying?"

"Five sentences!" Mu Lan said seriously.

"The past has collapsed!"

"Things are changing now!"

"The future has been swallowed up!"

"The river of time has stopped flowing!"

"We are falling into the abyss, stepping over our own corpses!"

Ok? ? ?

What kind of riddle-solving person is this?

He Li scratched his head, not understanding yet.

Mu Lan continued, "I heard that the Kurongzi you met told you that they encountered a calamity? I feel that these words are related to that calamity."

"Although I don't understand what was said before either."

"But that last sentence... could we interpret it as the Qi cultivator doing something...?"

"In the end, they reaped what they sowed?"

"Didn't that Kurongzi say that he cultivated for two hundred years, daring to compete with immortals just to pave the way for all living beings? Is it possible... that his so-called 'paving the way' is actually finding a new path to survival?"

Hmm~ That makes sense.

He Li couldn't help but nod.

Seeing this, Mu Lan laughed and said, "I was just guessing, but if we could find other Qi Refiners..."

"It would be best if the Qi cultivators who know about the Myriad Laws Sect and Kurongzi knew more about them, so they could also figure out what their so-called calamity is."

"Other Qi Refiners?" He Li's lips curled up.

"Don't worry, you'll meet him soon."

Shi Fang's notes are now available.

The fact that a Qi cultivator came from Shanghai suggests that there are likely still Qi cultivators hiding in Shanghai.

It doesn't matter if we don't have it.

Aren't there also mythical islands overseas?

Once we take that mountain, I don't believe we can't catch the Qi Refiner.

As He Li was thinking this, Mu Lan didn't press him about what he meant by "meeting soon." She simply hesitated after suppressing her smile.

He Li, regaining his senses, noticed something was amiss.

He asked, somewhat puzzled, "What other questions are there?"

"No..." Mu Lan shook her head.

After thinking for a moment, she tentatively asked, "How much...how well do you know your partner?"

"Yu Ji?" He Li smiled.

"Not many, but we used to be deskmates."

"Really?" Mu Lan smiled faintly.

Then he continued, "When I received the notification to go to the anomaly point in the Buddhist capital, I encountered some criminals. They should be martial artists from some ethnic minority sects."

"They are skilled in Gu poison."

"Although I was fast enough, their moves were too unpredictable for me to hold them off."

"There was a criminal I seriously injured who couldn't be saved, and he had a wooden sign hanging on his body."

"There's a cuckoo carved on it!"

Hearing this, He Li frowned.

"you mean?"

Mu Lan shrugged: "She's not an ordinary person."

"You should have guessed that there are some things... that the Special Bureau didn't even record, yet she knew them. However, she's not a criminal; after all, the Five Departments of Shu Province are practically major sects!"

"There are good people and bad people in there..."

"The five regions of Shu Prefecture?" He Li interrupted Mu Lan, gesturing for her to explain, somewhat puzzled.

Seeing this, Mu Lan thought about it carefully.

Then he said, "The ancient Shu Kingdom was once called Shu Prefecture."

"However, the ancient Shu Kingdom covered a much larger area."

"The present-day Shu Prefecture is a scaled-down version, while the ancient Shu Kingdom produced five great emperors!"

"Cancong, Baiguan, Yufu, Duyu, Bieling!"

At this point, she paused slightly and then asked He Li, "Have you heard the myth of the Five Ding Opening the Mountain? Actually, the Five Ding Warriors were five people from the Five Emperors' tribes."

"The five tribes of Shu Prefecture are the tribes of the Five Emperors."

"They are like different factions that have split off from a top-tier sect."

"For example, the Sword Sect and Qi Sect of Mount Hua."

"Yu Ji should be a member of Emperor Du Yu, that is, the Cuckoo Tribe of Shu Province, but we don't know her specific status in the Cuckoo Tribe."

"But the actions of the five tribes of Shu Prefecture..."

"She should know something."

At this point, Mu Lan helplessly shrugged.

"Deputy Director Li has some guesses about Yu Ji's identity."

"Although we know she hasn't committed a crime, these things are still somewhat related to her, and we can't very well interrogate her directly like a suspect..."

"so……"

"Why don't you go and ask them when you have time?"

Huh?

He thought about it for a moment and then nodded.

He had long since noticed Yu Ji's unusual nature.

It wasn't just in Chengdu that Yu Ji seemed to care a lot about the martial artists who cooperated with Qin Yuan's group; it was also because He Li saw that Yu Ji's soul was different from others.

Yu Ji is definitely not normal.

She has a secret.

He Li was unaware that she came from a rather secretive and special force called the Five Tribes of Shu Province.

However, she was a very competent partner.

So He Li didn't ask any more questions, after all, she wasn't a criminal and He Li didn't need to interrogate her.

But now Mu Lan has brought these things up...

He Li felt that when he had some free time later, he should indeed ask Yu Ji what was going on, and if she had any trouble, he could help her deal with it.

That way, she will obediently assist him.

Otherwise, with too many worries on her mind, she wouldn't have the energy to think about the case, which would be troublesome.

He couldn't be bothered to think about those things.

To make it easier...

This really needs to be resolved.

He Li pondered silently in his mind.

Seeing this, Mu Lan waved her hand at him: "You can ask about Yu Ji's matter when you have time. There's no rush. And... if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Didn't you want to exchange something?"

"After all, we earned so many merit points!"

"Tsk~ I won't bother you anymore!"

There was a hint of envy in Mu Lan's voice when she said this.

She had already heard about He Li's reward, and it was so generous that even an investigator would be envious.

He Li nodded upon hearing this. After Mu Lan left, his gaze returned to the watch store, and soon, an extremely expensive item caught his eye...