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

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In the brightly lit room, He Li's golden eyes were fixed on the soul entity Shi Fang, which was invisible to ordinary people. At this moment, the latter was unconsciously absorbing the faint Qi.

The Qi body was grayish-purple, originating from two sections of pale red wood, unlike the small pieces of wood from blue planet species.

This is the Yin Soul Wood that He Li exchanged.

The effect is to nourish the soul.

Now it seems that the effect is quite remarkable.

As Shi Fang absorbed the Qi from the wood, his soul body became noticeably more solidified.

Those dazed, lifeless eyes regained some liveliness, as if they had regained a sliver of intelligence. Seeing this, He Li immediately summoned the soul of the ten-horned dragon...

And take out everything else that is helpful to the soul and let them absorb it to their fullest extent.

Because the soul ignores physical effects...

There's no need to worry about the decagonal shape not fitting in a large room.

Anyway... it can go through walls.

What surprised He Li was that after the Ten-Horned Dragon absorbed the special Qi that helped strengthen its soul from materials such as Yin Soul Wood, changes occurred in the Ten-Horned Dragon.

Its spiritual form seems to be able to influence reality.

Touching it makes you feel cold.

And the soul will feel a slight pulling sensation.

It seems... if we continue to raise it, it will be able to directly unleash a soul-snatching power.

"As a soul entity, it is naturally able to touch souls."

"This shouldn't be considered a special ability."

"It's just an innate power of soul beings."

"However... this is a killer move. Maybe in the future I can control the ten-horned dragon in its soul form and directly harvest certain annoying guys on a large scale..."

Seeing that the Yin Soul Wood and other things had been absorbed, He Li withdrew his two soul bodies, his gaze turning sinister.

He thought of those guys from Sakura Country.

You'll never meet those people in the end.

Otherwise... hey!

While pondering, He Li took out the spirit stone given to him by Situ Ji, the head of the Emei Sect, and began to absorb the spiritual energy within it. However, he had already reached the stage of opening seventy acupoints of the spirit.

To achieve further breakthroughs, even more spiritual energy is needed.

By the time he finished absorbing the spiritual energy from the spirit stone, it was already dawn, and he had not broken through any further.

Fortunately, the spiritual energy of this spirit stone can be absorbed and restored.

Just continue absorbing it next time.

And now... it's time to go to Shanghai.

However, to He Li's surprise, when he came out, he found that not only Yu Ji was there, but Mu Lan had also arrived, but He Li did not see Li Xu.

"Huh? Brother Li didn't come?"

Last night, Mu Lan said she wanted to come along, and later He Li contacted Li Qing about it through the watch.

He had assumed that both Mu Lan and Li Xu would go.

But right now it seems only Mu Lan is there.

He looked somewhat suspicious, but Mu Lan shook her head upon hearing this: "His family had some matters to attend to, so he went back first!"

"Family?" He Li asked suspiciously.

Mu Lan nodded: "Yes, you may not know, but Li Xu is not a free spirit like us. He comes from another martial arts family..." She explained briefly.

He Li nodded slightly without asking any further questions.

But he roughly guessed that Mu Lan's request to accompany him was probably because her partner Li Xu had left the team.

The group talked as they got into the car and headed to the airport.

Zhao Hu and his group arrived just as they were leaving.

This time, neither of them went along.

The main problem was the vast difference in strength; they couldn't offer any help. They decided to stay in Bacheng to complete missions and improve themselves first. Li Qing even reminded He Li of this as he boarded the plane…

"The authorities in Shanghai have already received the notification, although they don't know that you are the special investigator."

"But they will definitely be suspicious and keep a close eye on you."

"So, you need to be careful!"

"Yes!" He Li nodded.

He knew, of course, that the investigators from the Shanghai Special Investigations Bureau would definitely keep a close eye on him, not just because they might suspect that He Li was a special investigator...

More importantly, he ate the ten-horned dragon, ruining those people's goal of ascending to the immortal mountain.

But they certainly won't give up.

Those people couldn't find any other true dragons...

They might target him.

"I wonder what measures they will take. Will they put pressure on me in every way to force me to help them? Or... will they try to take me down in a simple and direct way?"

He Li's lips curled up; he was actually somewhat looking forward to the actions of the Shanghai Special Bureau and other forces.

He was thinking about things in Shanghai.

Suddenly, Yu Ji leaned close to his ear...

"I heard it was your suggestion to bring Sister Mu along?"

"Hmm? What's wrong?" He Li asked in return.

Yu Ji shook her head: "No, I'm just curious. By the way...didn't you say that Sister Mu and the others made a discovery at the anomaly point in Buddha City? Did she mention anything about what they found there?"

"Yes!" He Li nodded.

He then told Yu Ji about the message about the gold foil that Mu Lan had told him yesterday.

Until the plane landed at the Shanghai Special Bureau Airport...

The group then stopped chatting.

However, just as He Li was disembarking, he noticed that there were still foreigners not far from the airport...

"They are samurai and shrine maidens from the Sakura Kingdom!"

Beside her, Mu Lan stared at two men and two women who were getting off the plane not far away. Led by the Shanghai investigators, who were bowing and scraping, they walked forward with their heads held high and their faces full of pride.

They were dressed in kimonos, or carried samurai swords, large fans, or bells.

He Li stared at them, expressionless.

Yu Ji also spoke in a low voice: "After the appearance of spiritual energy, our Great Xia martial arts have become even stronger."

"There are many more awakened ones."

"There are also some special forces groups in foreign countries."

"For example, the samurai of Sakura Country are similar to warriors, while the shrine maidens are similar to our Gu masters. In short, they use spiritual energy to perform special attacks or poisoning, etc..."

At this point, Yu Ji gave a cold laugh.

"Although I had already guessed that these people in Shanghai must have some connection with those people in Japan."

"But look at how they bow and scrape..."

"He doesn't look like an investigator at all!"

Yu Ji was practically cursing them as lackeys.

What annoyed and angered her and Mu Lan even more was that when those people from the Sakura Kingdom passed by, they noticed them and immediately showed extremely lewd smiles and looked them up and down.

Finally, the leading samurai...

She even grabbed the investigator who was leading the way, clearly quite dissatisfied.

"Ms. Zhang, are those investigators from your bureau also? Why didn't you send them to receive us?"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, the Shanghai investigator who was leading the way looked at He Li and his group, whose eyes were cold. Although he didn't recognize them, he could tell that they were investigators from out of town, so he could only shake his head with an awkward smile.

"Mr. Honda, I'm sorry."

"That's an investigator from out of town."

"It wasn't us..."

"Hey!" Before he could finish speaking, Honda, the leader, stopped and brazenly sized up the two women, leering, "Didn't you say your Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau is second only to Kyoto?"

"With your high status, you can just arrange things however you want with mere out-of-town investigators, right?"

"Now, have them come and greet us."

"We are high-ranking samurai from the Sakura Kingdom."

"We've come here specifically to help you explore the historical sites, with the intention of promoting friendly exchanges between our two countries. We've come all this way, aren't you willing to give us the best hospitality?"

Hearing this, the investigator felt helpless.

However, he nodded nonetheless.

"Okay, I'll go ask!"

"That's more like it!" Hondaki laughed even more arrogantly. "It's their honor to receive high-ranking samurai from Sakura Country. I don't think they'd refuse, would they?"

"After all, in your Great Xia, there are many female college students from prestigious universities who voluntarily offer themselves to us."

"We are noble."

"Being chosen by us is their good fortune!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." The Shanghai investigator nodded repeatedly with a fawning smile, and at the same time, he strode towards He Li and the others to fulfill these people's requests.

Yu Ji and the others were so angry that their faces turned red.

They truly hadn't expected that the Shanghai investigators would treat these Japanese people with such humility...

Are they so eager to be dogs?

They were both annoyed and incredulous.

I am even more disappointed with Shanghai.

However, just as they were pondering how to respond, and as the Shanghai investigator turned around, coldly looking at them with contempt as they approached, and as those from the Japanese country laughed smugly...

He Li, standing nearby, already had a fierce glint in his eyes...