Starting with magical girls, I'll reign supreme for eternity.

The remaining leaves withered and fell together, and the ethereal voice let out a short, painful cry.

"Sister, sister, are you alright?"

"It's alright. The Witch Society discovered us. That Aunt Dujuan is probably a core member of the Witch Society. Why would she find the Sect Master?"

"The barrier leaves on the Sect Master and Lord Bing Tang have not disappeared yet; it must just be a coincidence."

"No, it might be the sect leader's sister. They've got their eyes on Coco."

"We must inform Lord Bing Tang immediately!"

……

Disaster Management Bureau, Divination Room.

The blue magical girl, who had been sitting upright in front of the chopping board wearing glasses, suddenly slammed her head against the chopping board.

Yinluo, who was grading documents nearby, was startled and immediately put down her pen. She went over and shook the blue magical girl. "Peony, Peony? Why are you asleep again?"

It took the blue-clad magical girl a long time to finally manage to get up from the table. After fumbling around for a while, she finally found her glasses, put them on with difficulty, and then, gasping for breath, rubbed her forehead. "Those two wretched little girls! I'll catch them sooner or later!"

Yinlu breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down in her seat. "It seems like you've never won even once?"

"Two against one is inherently unfair. I'm the only one in the BH City Disaster Management Bureau with this kind of investigative ability, so it's bound to be difficult. If I borrow a reconnaissance-type magical girl from next door to cooperate, I'll definitely take them down!"

After reverting to her transformed state, the blue magical girl revealed a youthful and beautiful appearance. She wasn't actually that old, only in her early twenties, but with her glasses and stern face, she resembled a mature homeroom teacher.

Peony's job is indeed that of a teacher.

"How dare they call me 'Auntie' and 'Grandma'!" Peony slammed her fist on the table, gritting her teeth. "When I catch them, I'll give them a good spanking! Students won't learn if they're not disciplined!"

Yinlu smiled helplessly, "Alright, so how are you going to explain this to Yinlian? The task she gave you was to find the members of the Witch's Guild, but you ended up getting into trouble with the Qingyun Sect again."

There's nothing we can do about it.

Peony looked dejected. "I've searched everywhere, but I haven't seen anyone from the Witch's Guild. But those two girls are too conspicuous. I was thinking that if I could capture them, I might be able to find the Witch's Guild through the clues."

"I think you're just looking to settle a personal score," Yinlu said, somewhat speechless. "Yinlian will definitely be angry; she won't be lenient with you on this matter."

At this point, Peony, the teacher, immediately looked even more distressed.

Although Yinlian was a student and Mudan was a teacher at school, Yinlian still respected her teachers, even though they were not from the same school.

However, once she joined the Disaster Management Bureau, Ginren became the captain of the Magical Girl Squad, wielding absolute power to reward and punish its members.

If she didn't complete the task properly, she would have her salary deducted, and she wouldn't be able to escape even writing a self-criticism.

When Yinlian gets serious, even her seniors are quite afraid of her.

"Please, Yinluo, please put in a good word for me. She's your sister; she'll listen to you eventually..."

"Don't look for me. When she gets angry, she won't treat me like her older sister."

"Why is this..."

Yinluo paused for a moment, then asked, "So, have you found any clues?"

Peony also straightened her expression. "No, the Witch Society is as vigilant as ever in this regard, making it very difficult to find anything. The two girls from the Qingyun Sect have special abilities and might be able to find some clues, but they will probably get injured. I hope they don't force it; the Witch Society's methods are too insidious."

"You should worry about the Witch Society more than the Qingyun Sect."

Yinluo immediately laughed, "Do you know how many members of the Witch Society the Qingyun Sect has killed over the years? So far, only one member of the Qingyun Sect has fallen into the Witch Society. The casualty ratio between the two sides is not on the same level, so there is nothing to worry about."

“I am a teacher.” Peony snorted. “It doesn’t matter how many people from the Witch Society die, but those two girls from the Qingyun Sect have great potential and are not bad-hearted. Over the years, at most they’ve only let me take a nap, and they’ve never killed me. I definitely can’t bear to see anything happen to them.”

"Don't have too many illusions about the Qingyun Sect," Yinluo said in a deep voice. "You know better than I what their sect leader, Ziyuan, has done."

Peony's expression was also a little unpleasant, and then she shook her head, "I know, don't worry, I'm just worried about those two brats. I don't know the others in the Qingyun Sect, and they have nothing to do with me. Let whoever wants to arrest them can arrest them, I can't control that. But those two girls, I have to deal with them myself and give them a good spanking to vent my anger!"

Yinluo didn't respond to her words, but stared at the documents in her hand, lost in thought, seemingly pondering something.

……

Opening her eyes in the darkness, Dujuan touched the scars on her face.

He let out a surprised "Eh."

"It actually failed?"

He muttered to himself, somewhat incredulously.

The lame man obtained a considerable amount of power from the Seed of Lamentation; even if it was only a semi-finished product, it was still far beyond what an ordinary person could handle.

That's power that rivals that of a budding magical girl.

He tentatively opened the crystal ball, hoping to trace back and find out what had happened.

But something was clearly interfering with her recollection. The veins of the leaves covered the crystal ball, making it impossible to see what had happened. She could only vaguely see the cripple being knocked to the ground.

Does Jiang Si possess interference magic similar to that of the Disaster Management Bureau's magical girls?

Perhaps these are safety measures specifically prepared by the Disaster Management Bureau for new magical girls. After all, the Witch Association has often targeted the families of new magical girls in the past, so it's normal to have preventative measures.

Just as she was deep in thought, the crystal ball in her hand suddenly lit up, and the veins that had covered the leaves disappeared, revealing the captain's face. "What are you doing! Du Juan, the people from the Qingyun Sect have already found your name. If I hadn't stopped you in time, your location would have been exposed! Do you want to die?!"

Du Juan was also stunned by the scolding, and then frowned, "How is that possible? I didn't even notice."

"By the time you realize it, it'll be too late! The Disaster Management Bureau and the Qingyun Sect have swept through your area twice. Peony from the Disaster Management Bureau is manageable, as her reconnaissance abilities are limited. But the people from the Qingyun Sect—if you're not careful, everything will be exposed. I've warned you countless times! Be careful! This is Qingyun Sect territory!"

Du Juan was scolded until her face turned red and her neck bulged. She wanted to refute him, but she couldn't find any reason to do so.

After all, if the captain hadn't intervened, she might have really been in trouble.

She was completely absorbed in the battle between the cripple and Jiang Si from beginning to end, and had no idea that the Disaster Prevention Bureau and the Qingyun Sect were already investigating her.

"Has Jiang Si been caught?"

When the captain asked again, Du Juan was also a little embarrassed: "It's almost done. We sent a half-finished product to capture him before, but it failed. It's probably because the half-finished product was unstable and caused itself to collapse."

She said confidently, "That half-finished product was indeed my mistake. I forgot to conceal it. I originally thought I could capture Jiang Si quickly, but not this time. I will take action personally and carefully conceal my presence so that they can't detect me. I will capture Jiang Si as quickly as possible! There will be absolutely no mistakes!"

The captain's expression softened slightly. "I always trusted you the most when it came to handling things, but you were really too careless this time. Be more careful."

"Understood, Captain."

Then Du Juan added, "However, I tried to trace the battle between Jiang Si and my unfinished disaster beast, but I was interfered with. Perhaps the Disaster Strategy Bureau had placed magic on him in advance to prevent us from taking action."

Du Juan analyzed the information she had obtained and made a judgment, "It seems that the Disaster Management Bureau attaches great importance to the new magical girl this time. Not only did they conduct reconnaissance immediately, but they also took precautions to protect Jiang Si in advance. If they capture Jiang Si, threaten that new magical girl, or even bring her into the Witch Association, the Disaster Management Bureau will probably be in a very difficult situation, hehehe."

“Not bad,” the captain said with satisfaction. “Recently, Oleander’s progress over there hasn’t been going very well. Our Disaster Beast will take some time to be born. Right now, the Disaster Management Bureau’s attention is all focused on the Miracle Seed, so it’s difficult for her to act. If your plan succeeds, the Disaster Management Bureau’s attention will shift, and it will be easier for Oleander to act.”

"Heh, I think oleander is a bit unreliable. Is it that she can't get it out, or that she doesn't want to?" the woman said with a sinister look. "If she can't bring out the miracle seed this time, I suggest we cripple her."

“Since being hunted down by the Qingyun Sect, it has become increasingly difficult to find new people. Oleander’s motives are very credible, and I don’t think there is any need to doubt them.”

The captain also said in a deep voice, "Moreover, missions are becoming increasingly difficult to carry out. Every time we face attacks from both the Disaster Management Bureau and the Qingyun Sect. Especially the Qingyun Sect, even you almost failed. We don't have enough manpower to begin with, so it's better to avoid internal strife, Dujuan."

"Do as you please, just don't get angry and take it out on me after being deceived by the oleander. But the fact that the Qingyun Sect reacted so quickly to divine my name suggests that they might also be keeping an eye on Jiang Si."

The captain paused, seemingly surprised. "Really? Why would the Qingyun Sect care about him? The Qingyun Sect only cares about magical girls. He's a man, isn't he?"

Du Juan sneered, "This is the first time a new magical girl has been taken away by the Disaster Management Bureau. Given the petty nature of the Qingyun Sect, they will definitely seek revenge. They might even be thinking of kidnapping Jiang Si and then forcing that new magical girl to join the Qingyun Sect."

The captain nodded with a look of realization. "Very likely. No wonder they found you so quickly. The Qingyun Sect is indeed no good either. Using the same methods as us, they even dare to criticize our Witch Society with righteous indignation. They're really newcomers."

"In short, we need to strike before they do. Jiang Keke, that new magical girl, only has her brother left in her family. The two of them have relied on each other for so many years, so she must value her highly. As long as we capture Jiang Si, she'll walk right into our trap, hehehe..."

After the captain left and the crystal dimmed, Dujuan emerged from the wall again; it was already late.

After thinking for a moment, he turned around and took a seed out of the wall.

The seeds were black and rotten.

Although I haven't used it in a long time, I don't feel like I need it.

But it's always good to be safe just in case.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Our Qingyun, Bustling and Noisy

Qingyun Sect, Illusion Moon Cave.

Jiang Si, sitting under the water curtain, closed her eyes and listened quietly to Bing Tang's report.

"You've worked hard," he said, opening his eyes. "Give Clover a month's paid leave."

Bing Tang picked up a towel and handed it to him, saying, "That's exactly what I was planning to do too."

After Jiang Si wiped her face clean, she handed over the new clothes that had been prepared next to her. The old clothes were soaked with sweat from exercising, so she put them in a bag and placed them aside.

Although I really wanted to take it back and wash it for him, unfortunately Jiang Si didn't like others washing his clothes.

As he stood up, he casually asked, "Did you sell those magic crystals I gave you last time?"

Even after three years, Bing Tang still pauses for a moment every time she hears "magic crystal".

Then he immediately realized: "Oh, the Seed of Lamentation has been sold. That B-grade Calamity Beast's Lamentation... Magic Crystal is a bit hard to sell. We've been buying less and less lately."

Is that so?

"Moreover, there are very few B-level magical beasts recently, and if we act too quickly here, it will be easy for the Disaster Management Bureau to discover us."

Jiang Si dressed and sat back on her sect leader's prayer mat.

There was only one futon in the entire Qingyun Sect, because no one else liked to sit on it.

To be honest, this thing isn't very big, and you have to curl up your legs to sit properly. Most people wouldn't be used to sitting in it, so only Jiang Si likes it.

Bing Tang chattered on beside her, saying, "In the past three years, the number of magic crystals leaving the Qingyun Sect has been increasing, and the market price has started to drop. Low-level magic crystals are no longer as expensive as before. If this continues, the Qingyun Sect may face an imbalance between income and expenditure..."

"Then let's go to the Witch's Guild and ask them to produce more B-grade disaster beasts."

His tone was so relaxed, as if the Qingyun Sect and the Witch Association were long-term partners.

Rock Sugar felt somewhat helpless.

The expenses of the Qingyun Sect cannot rely solely on her. No matter how rich she is, it is impossible for one person to support such an organization for long.

Therefore, one of the more important businesses of the Qingyun Sect is selling the Seed of Lamentation.

Of course, this was Jiang Si's suggestion, because in his opinion, the Seed of Lamentation is similar to the Magic Crystal, both being rare items that would definitely have buyers, and the price would not be low.

That's how it's written in novels.

So, Bing Tang, with some skepticism, mobilized her family's connections to look for it, and to her surprise, Jiang Si was right.

In some places, the seeds of lamentation were indeed purchased at high prices.