Full-Time Magister: I Am the Shadow King

Chapter 50 Reporting Members of Parliament

Upon entering the conference room, a middle-aged man with a thick beard slammed his hands heavily on the table and stared at everyone with a serious expression.

Seeing the group of people walk in, he merely glanced at them briefly before looking away.

Tang Yue stared angrily at the man with the thick beard, muttering something under her breath.

Seeing that Tang Yue seemed to be losing control of her emotions, Cheng Xiaoyu asked in a low voice.

"Sister Tang Yue, who is this person?"

"Zhu Meng, member of the trial council."

Tang Yue stared intently at Zhu Meng and answered through gritted teeth.

"You seem to really dislike him. It's probably because he wants to harm the Totem Serpent, right?"

"Um."

Then, Tang Yue explained Zhu Meng's purpose to Cheng Xiaoyu, and said angrily.

"The big guy is poisonous, but it doesn't release its toxicity randomly, and it certainly won't use it on humans. If it really wanted to use its toxicity, there wouldn't be a single living creature in the entire West Lake area."

"Yueyue, calm down."

Leng Qing patted Tang Yue on the shoulder, offered a comforting word, and then spoke to Cheng Xiaoyu.

"Actually, we sent people to check a week ago. The location where the totem snake appeared was a construction site where a high-rise building was planned. At that time, there was no one at the construction site. Even though it was huge, it didn't crush any living beings, let alone corrode people with its venom!"

Tang Yue nodded affirmatively and echoed her.

"Most importantly, during the molting period, the big guys only secrete a fluid that allows the old skin to shed, and it is non-toxic during this time. So, someone must have taken advantage of the situation and framed the two mysterious corpses on the big guys."

Tang Yue was certain that no one understood the Totem Serpent better than her; it would never trample on any living being, especially the humans who had raised it.

The remains discovered a week later were definitely not the work of the big guys, absolutely not!

Cheng Xiaoyu lowered his head in thought. In short, he had a general understanding of what had happened, but there was no good solution at the moment. To resolve the issue, he had to start investigating.

Zhu Meng slammed his hand on the table, glared at him, and said in a very forceful tone.

"That's your totem, what does it have to do with us? What I'm concerned about is whether this monster will cause chaos!"

This angry rebuke interrupted Cheng Xiaoyu's thoughts. He couldn't help but look at Zhu Meng, thinking to himself that this councilor really had a bad temper, and how this guy got to this position.

In his stereotype, shouldn't those members of parliament be approachable and kind?

Since the incident in Jinlin City, he has had little affection for those high-ranking people, especially those who bully others by abusing their positions.

Even though I understand that Zhu Meng might genuinely be concerned for Hangzhou's safety, I still feel inexplicably very uncomfortable.

Cheng Xiaoyu watched as Zhu Meng continued to go all out, then quietly took out his phone and turned on the recording function. He suddenly realized how amazing the audio and video recording functions were; why hadn't he thought of them before?

There's nothing we can do; after all, our teacher is the people's principal, so there's nothing wrong with reporting a member of parliament who doesn't meet the standards of conduct!

Soon after, Zhu Meng left with a group of palace guards, leaving behind a room full of speechless people.

Those who were neutral, as well as those who favored obedience to the Magic Court, the Magic Association, and the Supreme Inquisition, all stood up and left.

This matter—it seems—is now a done deal!

"Tang Yue, I think you should take the Totem Serpent away from here as soon as possible and find a safe place for it to spend its molting period in peace."

After the group left, Tang Zhong pondered for a moment and then spoke earnestly to Tang Yue.

"Okay, I understand."

Tang Yue nodded solemnly in response.

"Who is this?"

"Oh, he was one of my students when I taught in Bocheng, and he's also Leng Qing's junior."

"I see----"

Tang Zhong sized up Cheng Xiaoyu. He couldn't detect the young man's true cultivation level. It seemed that he had some kind of magical artifact that concealed his cultivation level.

However, since he's my niece's student and also from the Qingtian Hunting Grounds, he should be trustworthy.

Cheng Xiaoyu was sorting out his thoughts. Although Zhu Meng's tone was forceful, he had left some room for maneuver. As long as he could gather evidence within the next two days, the matter would naturally be resolved.

But if they actually ran away with that snake, wouldn't that show they were guilty?

However, given the current situation, it is difficult to find out in a short period of time, so this seems to be the best solution.

The four left the meeting room and headed straight for the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon.

Tang Yue held the totem bead in her hand, squatted down, and spoke towards the lake.

"Big guy, that Zhu Meng is trying to get back at you again. I'll take you away right now and get you to a safe place to rest—big guy, can you hear me?"

Soon, ripples began to appear on the calm surface of West Lake, bubbles rose to the surface, and then a huge, flat snake head emerged from the lake.

Only then did Cheng Xiaoyu take a closer look at the totem snake. Its head alone was about the size of a small mountain. The sight of its entire body that night was indeed quite frightening.

"Wow, it really is a totem beast!"

Leng Lingling wasn't scared at all. She ran up and stroked the scales of the totem snake, looking excited, like a little child at this moment.

"Sister Leng Qing, you said that the totem snake is the guardian deity of Hangzhou, right?"

"Yes—what's wrong?"

Cheng Xiaoyu took out his phone and searched, discovering that the White Demon Eagle lineage lived in Xiling, Hangzhou, and that it even had a monarch-level Silver Sky Lord.

They're staying so peacefully in Xiling. It seems Sister Tang Yue and Sister Leng Qing weren't lying. The totem black snake has been the guardian deity of Hangzhou for so many years—then we must confirm this identity as a "guardian deity"!

"Sister Tang Yue, I might have a way to speed up the molting process of the Xuan Snake."

Upon hearing this, Tang Yue was slightly taken aback, and then looked at Cheng Xiaoyu in surprise.

Cheng Xiaoyu checked the shop for a while, and the next second a bottle of potion appeared in his palm, which he held up to the totem snake.

When the totem snake saw the bottle of potion, its huge snake eyes seemed to light up, and it tilted its head slightly forward, flicking its scarlet forked tongue.

Upon seeing this, both Leng Qing and Tang Yue were startled. The performance of the totem black snake proved the credibility of Cheng Xiaoyu's words.

"Xiao Yu, this potion of yours—"

Leng Qing wanted to ask for clarification, but she swallowed her words, realizing that this was her junior brother's secret.

Cheng Xiaoyu stared at Tang Yue and said in a very serious tone.

"Sister Tang Yue, I have a way to make the Totem Serpent truly confirm its identity as a [Guardian God], but I need your full cooperation."

Since you're used to being high and mighty, then you should at least put in a little more work, after all, you're serving the people.

Cheng Xiaoyu secretly arranged for two commander-level shadow demons to work in Tang Yue's shadow, while he and Leng Lingling went out to investigate the plague incident overnight.

With Leng Lingling's sharp mind and his decisiveness, the two of them thoroughly investigated the matter by the next morning. It turned out that someone was using the blood of a demon called Lingzhao Plague Rat to produce large quantities of healing blood serum, which led to the outbreak of this plague.

The entire production chain of blood serum is strictly controlled by the Magic Association, making the possibility of such a material sourcing error extremely low. The most likely explanation is—

Someone colluded with the Magic Association's supervisors to mass-produce this illegal blood serum using the special blood of the Claw Plague Rat!

They assumed that these inferior blood serums had the same effects as the legitimate ones, but they did not expect that the strange blood of the Lingzhao plague rats, which lurked in the human body, suddenly caused disease, and the disease even underwent a stronger mutation, resulting in infection.

Those who had also taken this substandard blood serum had their diseased blood quickly activated, which accelerated the spread of the plague and led to the tragic epidemic in Hangzhou.

Now that things have developed to this point, the source of the plague has been completely found. The plague has nothing to do with the totem serpent; it was a man-made disaster!

Immediately, Leng Lingling informed Leng Qing of this significant discovery, and the latter also made good progress. She had found out that the person who had been in charge of monitoring the blood serum was none other than the wife of the deputy presiding judge, Wang Yi.

Even if Wang Yi were bold, he wouldn't dare to put this diseased blood into the production of blood products on his own. If we trace it further back, the mastermind behind it would be a person—that is, Councilor Luo Mian!

"Indeed, the world is not lacking in such people, especially those in high positions who wield real power!"

Cheng Xiaoyu completely agreed with Leng Lingling's anger. He had already learned from the Shadow Demon that Tang Yue had arrived, and the Totem Serpent should be molting soon.

Next comes the most important step —