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

When He Li returns to downtown Shanghai...

But they found that someone was already waiting there.

And the person who came was Jiang Qingtong, an acquaintance from Kyoto!

"He Li, let me introduce you."

Jiang Qingtong pointed to a tall, thin middle-aged man in a black jacket who was slowly walking forward diagonally behind her and said, "This is Wang Yue, a Level C investigator!"

"Brother Wang is also an assistant sent by the Kyoto headquarters to help you manage the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau."

Celestial Class C Investigator?

Hearing Jiang Qingtong's words, not only were the people around her shocked, but He Li was also very surprised.

After all, top-tier investigators are the kind of elite combat force that the Great Xia Dynasty wouldn't easily deploy, yet now the capital city is actually sending investigators of that caliber to assist them...

No, it shouldn't be entirely supportive.

Perhaps Kyoto also wants him to take over Shanghai?

He Li felt that this was very likely.

Because he won't stay in Shanghai for long, and the higher-ups in Kyoto are well aware of this.

After he left, only investigators with sufficiently strong abilities will be able to keep things under control in Shanghai, especially since Shanghai may become an important city connecting to the Middle World in the future...

Taking these factors into account.

It's not surprising that Kyoto would send a top-level investigator.

He was secretly speculating about these situations.

Wang Yue had already stepped forward and reached out his hand...

"He Li, I've heard so much about you!"

"I've wanted to meet you for a long time. Tsk, tearing apart a true dragon with your bare hands, single-handedly suppressing the Demon City... Compared to you, we seniors really don't have any impressive achievements to boast about!"

He spoke with a smile.

Upon hearing this, He Li snapped out of his reverie and shook hands with him, saying, "How can I compare to Brother Wang and you guys?"

"You are top-level investigators."

"In the past two years, you must have done a lot of great things for the country and the people. It's just that the wind was different in the past two years, so it was not easy to publicize. Otherwise, Brother Wang, you would have been famous throughout the Great Xia by now."

"Where is it my turn to show off?"

For these top-tier investigators...

He Li is still respected.

He's not stupid; he knows without even thinking about the extremely valuable resources held by the special bureaus in various regions...

Nine times out of ten, it was these top-level investigators who risked enormous dangers to venture into those extremely dangerous anomalies, bringing them the resources for advancement.

Without their contributions...

And where did those rising stars of the Great Xia Dynasty come from?

He simply enjoys the resources provided by his predecessors.

Of course, I respect them.

Wang Yue was surprised and impressed by He Li's humility.

As far as he knew, He Li was extremely arrogant and conceited, seemingly impervious to anyone's respect. He had come prepared to be humiliated.

Who knew He Li would give him so much face?

"Rumors are not to be believed!"

"Where is this young man arrogant and presumptuous?"

"Isn't he a very humble and peaceful person? Aren't those who say he's arrogant and conceited just jealous of him?"

Wang Yue thought to himself.

He replied with a smile, "You can't say that. After all, even when our reputation was still unknown, we dared to break the unspoken rules and strike hard against those cancerous elements of Great Xia..."

"Not everyone has the guts to do this."

"Someone like you would shine brightly no matter when you're in that situation!"

After the mutual flattery, Wang Yue noticed the dark red stone fragments floating behind He Li. The fragments gave him a bad feeling and puzzled him...

"What are those rocks behind you?"

He noticed Wang Yue's gaze.

He Li shook his head: "These stones are the stone statues of demon immortals worshipped by those Qi cultivators in the Middle Realm..."

He briefly recounted the events from the initial pursuit of Jiang Xiong to their encounter with Yin Yunzi and Jiang Xiong's revelation of the divine statue, and then to their destruction of the statue and the subsequent events they brought back.

Wang Yue and Jiang Qingtong listened.

The more they listened, the more alarmed they became.

"I never imagined so many things would happen afterward? It even involved beings from the upper realms!"

As he spoke, Wang Yue's gaze fell on Mu Lan.

"Given your physical condition, it would be best to go to the Kyoto Research Institute immediately for a checkup. You can come along since Qing Tong and the others are returning to Kyoto to report back later."

"If the problem is indeed not serious..."

"When the time comes, we can have Zijing use her teleportation powers to send you back, which will be just in time for what happens later."

He made that suggestion.

Mu Lan thought for a moment and nodded.

Although the spirit of Qingyang Mountain said that her body would not have any problems in the short term, that guy only made a rough estimate, so who knows what the specific situation will be like?

It would be safer to go and take a look around Kyoto.

Furthermore, even if there were no physical problems, she wanted to try to control the power of that demon core.

If she went to Kyoto, with the help of many powerful researchers and experts there, she would definitely be able to control and use the power of that demon core more easily.

As long as you obtain the power of the demon core...

When the overseas immortal mountains appear later, she will have the confidence to go with He Li to the middle realm to see the situation.

Otherwise, with her current strength...

Once she went to the Middle Realm, she couldn't defeat anyone.

At most, she can only rely on her supernatural powers to escape around.

It was with these considerations in mind that Mu Lan agreed to Wang Yue's suggestion and prepared to go to Kyoto with Jiang Qingtong and the others. When Wang Yue saw that Mu Lan had agreed, he looked at Qingyang Mountain Spirit.

"Is that the spirit of Qingyang Mountain?"

"We've actually seen other mountain spirits that have become sentient before."

Wang Yue then spoke, and his words were astonishing.

He Li was somewhat surprised to hear this.

Have you seen any others?

"Yes!" Wang Yue nodded.

"The spirit of the great mountain we've seen is called Kunlun!"

"However, she is weaker than you, the spirit of the mountain... or rather, much weaker. Let alone leaving Kunlun Mountain, she has an extremely difficult time even maintaining her energy form."

"The good thing is that the spirits of Kunlun Mountain have no ill intentions towards us and have even helped us a lot."

"Otherwise, we would have already hollowed out her body..."

Wang Yue was talking about the spirits of Kunlun Mountain.

According to him, the spirit of Kunlun Mountain was not a spirit that had transformed from the Kunlun Mountain of their Great Xia Dynasty.

That thing was the product of a mountain spirit that appeared in an anomaly point on Mount Kunlun in the Great Xia Dynasty. Strangely, the Kunlun Mountain spirit always felt that it was a mountain spirit from the lower realm.

"Although I don't know why she thinks that way."

"She herself didn't seem to be able to explain it."

"However, according to researchers in Kyoto, it is suspected that certain places in the Middle or Upper Realm, such as Kunlun, are connected to the region of the same name in our Lower Realm..."

Wang Yue shook his head at this point.

He Li understood that the researchers in Kyoto were not wrong in their speculation about the spirit of Kunlun Mountain.

"The spirit of Qingyang Mountain already mentioned this before."

"When the connection between heaven and earth was severed, those powerful beings not only took away resources but also moved some areas away. It's possible that they also moved the real Kunlun Mountain in the lower realm."

"The Kunlun Mountains that we know today may only be a small part of the real Kunlun Mountains."

"Perhaps that's why..."

"So even if that Kunlun Mountain spirit was born in the Middle Realm, it would still think of itself as a mountain spirit from the Lower Realm..." He Li speculated about these things in his mind.

He also planned to visit Kunlun Mountain to see what was going on with the Kunlun Mountain spirit when he had time.

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I return from the overseas immortal mountain before I have time to deal with this matter."

"After all, I have a lot to do next."

I shook my head, deciding not to think about these things for now.

He Li changed the subject, saying, "I've almost finished cleaning up the interior of the Linhai Ruins where the Qingyang Mountain Spirit is located. There are probably only a few Qi Refiners I missed."

"I didn't have time to search inside either."

"You can take some people to search for it later."

"But we still need to be careful."

"Those fanatical Qi cultivators are still a problem for ordinary martial artists and awakened individuals."

"Okay!" Wang Yue nodded. "I'll arrange for some people to go and handle the ruins later. By the way, I heard you had people collecting something when I came here..."

"It's useful for the soul, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" He Li asked suspiciously.

Wang Yue smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just guessed you might really need that kind of thing."

"After all, Qing Tong said that they found from the records that you seemed to have changed quite a few related things before, so before you came back, I had someone transfer some similar things from the nearby area."

"I just don't know if it's enough for you."

"The higher-ups are now counting on you to expand the Middle Realm."

"Your needs must be met as much as possible!"

As he spoke, He Li was overjoyed upon hearing this.