Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

He excitedly licked his lips.

Like a demon in human skin from a legend.

"Oh, you'd better not count on Young Master Gu's fancy but ineffective martial arts skills."

"Before becoming the heir to the Meng family, I fought in underground boxing matches for many years."

Shen Nian glanced at Gu Yuncheng and nodded: "I didn't count on him."

She moved her wrists.

Just right.

Since she came back from the dead, she hasn't had a proper fight.

In this era, both mortals and mystical practitioners are too weak. Shen Nian is always afraid that he might accidentally kill the other party.

Moreover, due to the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao, she cannot harm ordinary people.

But Meng Ke was different.

He was burdened with deep sins, so even if Shen Nian accidentally killed him, it would be considered eliminating a scourge for heaven.

Oh, in today's terms, it should be considered legitimate self-defense.

So, when Gu Qiwen led the police into the third basement level of the mall, what he saw was—

The dying Meng Ke was grabbed by the collar and thrown out by Shen Nian. He crashed into the hard wall with a sickening cracking sound, then slid softly to the ground like a noodle, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

I don't know if the broken bone pierced my lung.

Gu Qiwen: ...

Police officers from the Jinghai Criminal Investigation Brigade: ...

Shen Nian slowly exhaled, feeling refreshed. She turned to the newcomers: "You've come at the right time; you can take her away now."

She waved to Gu Yuncheng again: "Has all the evidence been recorded?"

Gu Yuncheng removed a miniature camera that resembled a button from his collar.

This document not only records everything that happened to them since they entered the mall, but also includes Meng Ke's self-confessed testimony after the signal was cut off.

Meng Ke was in excruciating pain all over his body, feeling as if every bone in his body had been shattered.

But he still looked up at Gu Yuncheng in disbelief.

Gu Yuncheng shrugged: "It's not surprising that we livestreamers have a few extra cameras on us, is it?"

Perhaps Shen Nian went too far, or perhaps he knew he had no chance of escaping punishment, Meng Ke's eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Shen Nian shrugged: "Officer, he was trying to kill us to silence us. I was just acting in self-defense."

police:……

The captain of the criminal investigation team stepped forward and first briefly checked Meng Ke's physical condition.

Strangely, the wounds on his body were not as serious as he appeared.

Several police officers handcuffed Meng Ke and escorted him away from the third basement level.

The remaining police officers said to Shen Nian and Gu Yuncheng, "We need your help to identify the scene. You will also need to come back to the police station with us later to make a statement."

Shen Nian nodded.

Strangely, when the police followed the two back to the fire escape, they could no longer see the stairs leading to the fourth basement level.

The fire escape was empty and flat; no matter how hard you looked, you couldn't find the staircase that seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

Shen Nian was not surprised at all.

She walked back and forth a few steps and roughly drew a circle on the ground with chalk.

"The body is right below here; we might need tools to cut the floor open."

A policeman asked in confusion, "But you clearly walked downstairs just now."

They watched the replay of Gu Yuncheng's live stream on their way there.

His brow twitched, and he thought to himself, could there really be supernatural beings in this world? Thinking of this, he unconsciously took a closer look at Shen Nian's appearance.

The girl had her eyes downcast; her eyebrows and eyes were as black as ink, her lips were crimson, and her skin was snow-white, giving her a captivating beauty.

He suddenly realized the man looked familiar and asked, "Was that the case a while back where the body was bricked into the wall, was that one you reported to the police?"

That case was equally bizarre.

The person who reported the crime clearly had no prior knowledge of the perpetrator, had no connection with him, and had never even met him in real life, yet he discovered the murder with unparalleled accuracy and pointed out the location where the body was hidden.

Although some time has passed, the police are still deeply impressed by this bizarre case.

The reason I didn't recognize her immediately was that the girl in front of me had changed quite a bit in both temperament and clothing compared to before.

Shen Nian nodded: "It's me."

The young policeman's name is Xiao Bo.

On the way to the police station, he would occasionally turn his head to look at Shen Nian, seemingly still finding it hard to believe that such a... extraordinary person really existed in the world.

If there were more people with such extraordinary talents, would there still be unsolved mysteries in the world?

If murderers can be identified simply by divination, then what is the point of police officers being there?

He was momentarily lost.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Shen Nian suddenly spoke up: "Don't worry."

"...Uh, excuse me, what did you say?"

Shen Nian said calmly, "The vast majority of criminal cases require your investigation to obtain evidence and convict the criminals."

"Fortune telling cannot replace evidence and testimony. My abilities are limited, and I cannot possibly calculate all the sins in the world."

Besides, she had no interest in doing so.

She didn't really want to get involved in Meng Ke's case.

She only came at the request of the fox demon, and she will take it back.

"Only when there are cases that modern technology cannot solve, or when there are signs of ghosts or spirits involved, can a sorcerer be called upon."

Xiao Bo was taken aback: "If such cases really occur in the future, can we seek your advice?"

"Can."

Shen Nian agreed readily.

The power of faith from the official sources is stronger and more beneficial to her cultivation than that from mortals.

why not?

"However, if I'm not mistaken, China should have an official... metaphysical organization."

After all, although the spiritual energy has declined, some mystical arts have been passed down intermittently.

Aside from charlatans like Luo Shi who delve into unorthodox practices, there should still be legitimate schools of metaphysics and masters of esoteric arts in China.

Although they cannot compare to cultivation sects, at least they are not frauds.

If nothing unexpected happens, Meng Ke's case may alarm the official metaphysical organization.

Shen Nian pondered.

Upon arriving at the police station, Shen Nian and Gu Yuncheng gave their statements, while Gu Qiwen sat quietly in the lobby waiting for them.

Shen Nian felt a little strange—after all, waiting for someone like this wasn't something Boss Gu would do.

She attributed it to the fact that Gu Qiwen genuinely cared about his adopted younger brother.

Halfway through taking the statement, a policeman suddenly came in and said something.

Then Shen Nian and Gu Yuncheng were taken to another recording room.

There were no police officers in uniform blue uniforms in the new interrogation room.

Instead, there was an elderly man with white hair wearing a brown Taoist robe, and two middle-aged men in suits.

"Miss Shen, Mr. Gu, please have a seat."

"From this moment forward, this case has been officially transferred to the Xuanmen Guild."

The old man smiled slightly: "Miss Shen is a sorcerer, so she should know what the Xuanmen Guild is."

really.

Shen Nian thought to himself, this case has indeed alarmed the official organization.

The array formation on the fourth basement level of the Meng Family Shopping Mall, as well as the Meng Family's capture of spirits, both exceeded the jurisdiction of ordinary police stations.

The matter was naturally handed over to a special department for investigation.