The spiritual energy was restored, and he became a mortal immortal in two days.

midnight.

Qingcheng, Paradise Bar.

The city was ablaze with neon lights and the intense sounds of heavy metal reverberated through the air.

Men and women, arm in arm, walked out of the building, reeking of alcohol.

A beautiful woman, heavily made up, with a slender figure, wearing stockings and high heels, stumbled and fell unconscious against the wall.

"Miss, why are you drinking so much? It's so heartbreaking to see you like this."

The man, who had been waiting for a long time, glanced at the woman and, seeing that she had no companions, immediately went forward to help her.

"Come on, it's too cold. You'll catch a cold if you sleep here. I'll take you home."

The woman was so drunk she was unconscious, but her hands naturally landed on the man's neck.

"Awesome! I stumbled upon a gem tonight while walking through dog poop."

The man was even more agitated and immediately helped himself to his car, unable to contain his emotions.

then.

This delivery went right into the hotel.

The middle part is not something people like to read, so I'll omit 18,000 words of it.

The next day, at 1 a.m.

The housekeeper opened the door to clean the room and saw the terrible state of the bed. Her terrified screams echoed throughout the hotel, and she collapsed to the floor in shock.

"That's how it happened, Captain Li."

The person from the Order Hall bowed as he reported, his face twitching, and he looked like he was about to vomit several times.

Ye Li glanced around the room and said in a deep voice, "Leave the rest to us. You guys take care of maintaining order outside and keep things confidential."

The people from the Order Department breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran out of the room. This matter was beyond their capabilities and far beyond what their ordinary departments could handle.

"How many cases is this?"

Ye Li frowned as she looked at the dried corpse on the bed.

Overnight, it drained the man's essence and blood completely, leaving nothing behind.

The veins bulged, the skin was shriveled, the mouth was wide open, and the eyes were full of terror. Before dying, he felt his life force slowly draining away. This was far more terrifying than being burned or drowned.

"Including the one from the day before yesterday, this is the eighth." The deputy's face was grim.

These kinds of incidents happening one after another in the areas they are responsible for have put them under a lot of pressure.

Ye Li: "Still can't detect any aura?"

"no."

The deputy, carrying instruments from the Lingtai Academy, searched the scene several times. "There's no trace of demonic energy; it wasn't done by a demonic beast."

"There's no trace of demonic energy left, which is very strange, as if the other party doesn't exist at all."

"Tonight, send all the special agents out to all the nightclubs and bars in Qingcheng. Keep an eye on them! We have to find this guy!"

Ye Li's face turned ashen. Whether it was a human or a ghost, they had to find out!

The only information we have so far is that the dead men had all been to nightclubs and bars that night!

As soon as people came out, all the street cameras became ineffective and were destroyed due to the fluctuations in spiritual energy!

Back at the office, Ye Li rubbed her temples wearily.

Lingxiao still has too few people, or more precisely, too few cultivators, making it impossible to quickly handle many extraordinary events.

Since the revival of spiritual energy, hundreds of extraordinary events, both large and small, have occurred in Qingcheng every day.

Among them, only Foundation Establishment cultivators can handle C-level incidents, and she is the only one in the entire Qingzhou who can do that.

Lin Xiaoman is unreliable. She is addicted to eating, drinking and having fun all day long and doesn't care much about cultivation. She has a revived soul but hasn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet.

"Prefect, when will the men you promised to send arrive?"

Ye Li opened the communication with her superiors and once again asked An Changmin for more people.

"Looking at the time, we should be arriving soon," An Changmin said with a smile.

"So straightforward?"

Ye Li was somewhat skeptical: "I've asked you several times, but you haven't sent anyone."

"Cough cough—"

"The entire Qingzhou and Jiangzhou are short-handed, so don't blame me. There really wasn't anyone to assign to you."

An Changmin coughed lightly and then said, "But this person is a newcomer, and he immediately asked to go to Qingcheng as soon as he joined."

"Who is it?"

Ye Li became a little interested: "If she's like Lin Xiaoman, I'm afraid she'll be very difficult to manage."

"I don't know how to describe it."

An Changmin gave a vague answer, "Generally speaking, she's a little better than Lin Xiaoman."

then.

He quickly hung up the phone, using the excuse that he had other things to take care of, fearing further questioning.

If Ye Li knew that he had sent her a drunkard, she would definitely be cursing him out.

Alas, there's really nothing I can do. China is a vast and resource-rich land with a huge area, and there are just too many places I have to take responsibility for.

"Receive the Jiangnan region and inquire whether Wu Minghuang needs support."

The next moment, An Changmin, with a solemn expression, gave orders to the communications personnel.

Today, the southern border region, beyond the Jiangnan region, is in complete chaos. If not handled properly, the entire land of China will be dragged into the vortex.

This is the real focus right now, and he's willing to give all his resources.

……

After hanging up the call, Ye Li still felt that the person sent was not very reliable.

But having someone come is better than having no one; we can only take it one step at a time.

"Lin Xiaoman, stop playing games. I asked you to observe Chen Xuan's movements. Did you learn anything?"

Upon entering the room, I saw Lin Xiaoman engrossed in playing games.

She didn't understand the specifics, but it was just that cartoon characters were constantly running around, and the task was to collect pretty clothes.

"I didn't observe it," Lin Xiaoman said without turning her head.

"you……"

Ye Li's face showed mild anger. Had this guy completely given up?

Chen Xuan's previous life must have been at the Nascent Soul stage, and he was also Shangguan Wanyi's husband.

They're right here in Qingcheng, and they're not paying any attention at all?

"Sister Li, please calm down. I just think that Chen Xuan doesn't like being disturbed. If we observe her secretly, it will only annoy her."

Lin Xiaoman has her own analysis.

"But we shouldn't ignore everything either."

Ye Li's face hardened.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Chen Xuan suddenly turned gloomy one day, she wouldn't be able to sleep, fearing that something had upset him and made him angry.

"It doesn't have to be about secretly observing each other. We can be friends."

Lin Xiaoman pointed to the gifts placed in the room, "These days, I've been taking the initiative to visit Lu Yao, chat about nice clothes, and play with their junior brothers and sisters."

"Just this afternoon, Lu Yao asked me to go shopping and take them to the zoo. I really enjoy being friends with them."

Ye Li immediately fell silent.

I must say, Lin Xiaoman's approach amazed her.

"Then you should be careful how you interact with them, so as not to make them dislike you."

"No, we're friends. There's no need for friends to be so careful with each other."

Lin Xiaoman said nonchalantly.

"Sister Li, you're just too nervous."

"Relax. If Chen Xuanzhen wanted to do something, the Tai Xuan Sword would have wiped us all out on Qingcheng Mountain that day."

"You're quite good at comforting people."

Ye Li was speechless for a moment, then asked, "Did you mention to Lu Yao that we could provide resources if Chen Xuan needs them for cultivation?"

"I told him, but I don't think he needs it."

Why?

Ye Li looked puzzled. If Chen Xuan wanted to quickly recover his cultivation level from his previous life, he would need to rely on cultivation resources, but the world was still too barren.

Lin Xiaoman said seriously, "Because I discovered that Chen Xuan didn't cultivate at all."

"That's unlikely. What cultivator wouldn't want to cultivate? Does he intend to rely solely on the Tai Xuan Sword?"

The first thing every reincarnated cultivator does upon regaining their soul is to focus on cultivation.

Only their own level of attainment and strength can make them feel safe, without exception.

Judging from the current situation, it seems Chen Xuan hasn't broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage yet, right? Isn't he in a hurry?

Why would I lie to you!

"Chen Xuan has never cultivated. Every day he just does morning exercises, gathers herbs, makes tea, and takes walks. He lives like an old man."