What kind of magic? This is called cultivating immortality!

"Oh, Muyue, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing serious, just asking how your patrol is progressing."

“Zhong Hui and I have inspected the city center park and Changlian Commercial Street, and so far we have not found anything unusual.”

“I see.” Muyue said proactively, “The captain and I have already patrolled more than half of the Gongnan District, while Altai and Yingguang have checked more than a dozen hospitals and schools, but so far we have not found any trace of the divine messenger.”

"..."

After a brief chat, the two hung up the phone and returned to their patrol duties.

After walking for a short while, Cang Xing stopped, looking annoyed. He kept fanning himself with his hand and said, "Why is the weather getting hotter and hotter? And these divine messengers are too hard to find. Even the Heavenly Eye can't lock onto them. We're probably going to be very busy in the coming days."

"A calm mind brings coolness."

Zhong Hui said, "Take it slow. As long as the divine messenger doesn't give up on his revenge, he'll eventually slip up."

"I can't sit still, it's so hot!"

Cang Xing looked utterly dejected, wiping the sweat pouring from her forehead. She opened her phone's weather app and exclaimed in shock, "Are you kidding me? Thirty-eight degrees?!"

The climate in Fangyuan City has always been extremely regular.

June and July are the height of summer, and high temperatures are normal. As August approaches, the temperature gradually decreases, and September is a pleasant time of year with clear skies and comfortable temperatures.

Extreme heat like this, approaching 40 degrees Celsius, is rarely seen in this month of previous years.

The more you complain about the heat, the hotter you feel.

Finally, Cangxing couldn't stand the increasingly hot temperature any longer, so she took Zhong Hui to a nearby coffee shop and they each ordered an iced Americano to cool down.

As soon as he sat down, Cangxing relaxed completely, his face full of contentment: "Air conditioning is truly the greatest invention of mankind since the 22nd century."

A cool breeze filled the entire shop, dispelling the lingering heat that clung to her.

Perhaps due to the rapid rise in temperature, the once relatively empty coffee shop was soon filled with customers seeking respite from the heat, and some even kept coming in and standing in the corner to cool off if they couldn't find a seat.

Unaffected by the weather, Zhong Hui calmly gazed at the street through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The once bustling streets suddenly dwindled in number, with pedestrians hurrying along as if fleeing a famine, scrambling to find shady spots to escape the heat.

He glanced down at his phone and saw that the temperature had reached an alarming 40 degrees Celsius. Combined with the unusual scene outside the window, he gradually sensed that something was wrong.

Before he could think about it further, a figure running quickly past the window instantly caught his attention.

The figure, dressed in revealing clothing and with glamorous makeup, was the same woman who had previously engaged in lewd acts in the park's woods during the day.

Zhong Hui frowned. When they first met, the other person's vital signs were within the normal range, but now, her vitality had increased several times over, like a dazzling little sun.

"Does 'absorbing yang energy to replenish yin' mean?"

He muttered to himself, then shook his head slightly, vaguely feeling that it didn't quite match.

Seeing that the woman was about to disappear from sight, Zhong Hui didn't have time to think further. He immediately stood up and said, "You wait here in the cool air. I'm going out for a bit and will be back soon."

"what?"

Before Cangxing could react, Zhong Hui had already quickly left the coffee shop.

"What's going on?"

Cangxing quickly picked up the two iced Americanos that had just been placed on the table, took a deep breath at the door to prepare himself mentally, and then plunged into the scalding heat, quickly chasing after them.

By this time, Zhong Hui had already walked some distance. He suppressed his aura to a minimum, concealed his presence, and cautiously followed behind the running woman, his gaze fixed on her back. "It's definitely not just simple 'absorbing yang to replenish yin'... This seems to be..."

"Hey!"

Cangxing caught up and patted him on the back, but there was no reaction. Following his gaze, she saw the woman in front of her and said with great dissatisfaction, "You left me alone in the coffee shop just for this woman?"

"Hmm." Zhong Hui's gaze did not waver at all.

Seeing his cold attitude, Cang Xing bit her red lips and stared at the woman's back, muttering to herself, "Whether it's figure or skin, she can't compare to me, and her looks are definitely inferior too."

"What are you thinking? I am not a lustful man."

Zhong Hui's gaze followed the figure ahead, and he explained, "A normal person's life state is equivalent to one star, but this woman has reached four stars. This is no longer within the range of a normal person. If you look closely, the life energy in her body is gathered into a ball, just like a small sun."

"You mean she's a divine messenger? And she's the one who caused this high temperature?" Cang Xing's murderous aura instantly surged.

"No, that person is just an ordinary person, but his life state is somewhat abnormal. As for the high temperature... I don't know the reason for it yet. It may be just normal weather warming up."

Zhong Hui walked forward. "She's going far away. Hurry up and catch up. Remember to conceal your presence."

Cangxing nodded, downed her half-melted iced Americano in one gulp, and then followed closely behind him.

The two suppressed their auras and concealed their presence, silently following behind.

Before long, the woman arrived at an old residential community.

Chapter 127 Human Furnace

At the entrance of the old residential area, the woman stopped and looked around carefully. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, she quickly walked into the residential area.

Across the street, Zhong Hui and Cang Xing exchanged a glance and continued to quietly follow.

Both of them had a vague feeling that this woman was definitely colluding with the divine messenger, and that if they continued to follow her, they would surely be able to uncover the key figure behind the scenes.

The woman was very vigilant; after entering the residential area, she did not head straight to her destination, but instead wandered back and forth between the stairwells.

She repeatedly took the elevators of different apartment buildings, went upstairs, stayed for a few minutes, and then immediately came down, wandering aimlessly around, clearly testing and guarding against someone following her.

Cangxing, who had been crouching low and following behind, couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "This person is too cautious. It's like a spy movie. Isn't she hot?"

"This is enough to show that the divine envoy has a grand scheme," Zhong Hui said in a deep voice.

Cang Xing pressed further, "You said the divine messenger behind the scenes went to such great lengths to have her collect a large amount of life energy, what exactly does she want to do?"

"It's hard to say. Life energy has many uses, and I cannot give a precise answer."

In all the heavens and myriad realms, life energy is the essence of all living beings. It can be used for alchemy and cultivation, as well as to nourish the body and prolong life. In short, it has many uses and endless wonders.

It is precisely because of this that the Crimson Forbidden Land once existed among the myriad realms. Every fixed year, the strongest beings within the forbidden land would join forces to launch a harvest, devouring all the spirits of the heavens to nourish themselves.

Of course, after Zhong Hui became emperor, there were no more forbidden areas in the myriad realms. Anyone who dared to stand on their own would only face death.

The woman stopped in front of a building, looked around, and then immediately ran inside. Cangxing quickly waved and gestured, "Follow me, hurry up and follow!"

The two quickly arrived at the elevator. Zhong Hui activated his Origin Heaven Divine Eye and saw the floor the woman had chosen through the elevator's steel plate. Immediately, the two sped up and rushed to the seventh floor. They stood quietly against the wall and patiently waited for her to come up.

"Ding dong~"

The elevator doors slowly opened.

The woman remained cautious, carefully checking both sides of the corridor before exiting the elevator. After stepping out of the elevator, she stood in place for five or six minutes, repeatedly confirming that there was nothing unusual before finally moving on.

She walked to the door of apartment 701, sent a message on her phone, and then gently knocked on the door.

"Squeak."

The door opened instantly, and a large hand shot out, pulling the woman into the room with lightning speed.

By the time Zhong Hui and Cang Xing reacted, the door had already slammed shut with a loud bang, leaving the two of them standing there, stunned and bewildered.

"Uh……"

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Cang Xing scratched his head and said awkwardly, "This person is really fast... Did you notice anything unusual?"

"The person inside seems to be an ordinary person; I did not detect any unusual aura."

Zhong Hui and Cang Xing exchanged a few words casually, and soon they heard intermittent sounds coming from inside the room. Without thinking much about it, the two of them immediately approached the door and listened carefully to the sounds coming from inside.

"Are you sure there aren't any police following us?" a rough male voice came from inside the house.

"Don't worry, I've been extra careful along the way, and absolutely no one is following me." The woman's voice was soft and charming.

"That's good. The police have been cracking down on prostitution lately, which makes me very nervous every time I go."

"Then why don't you behave yourself?"

"That's because you're too alluring, baby. Come here, give me a kiss!"

"No, go take a shower first."

"I've already washed up."

"Wait a minute, I haven't showered yet. I don't know why it's so hot today."

"The original flavor is the best!"

"Waaah..."

Soft tugging and ambiguous sounds came from inside the room.

Zhong Hui and Cang Xing exchanged a glance and fell into a long silence.

The situation is now clear: the person inside doesn't seem to be the mastermind, but rather a young man whose youth is restless... As for the woman, she seems to be... offering help?

Before long, the noise inside the room turned into obscene and decadent music.

Cangxing blinked, her little face instantly turning bright red. She hurriedly covered her ears and turned her head away, feeling so embarrassed that she just wanted to escape immediately.

Although she wasn't an innocent little girl, this kind of thing was still too stimulating for her, exceeding her tolerance.

Zhong Hui, however, had a good tolerance for stress. After hesitating for two seconds, he remained determined to find out the truth and pressed his face against the door to observe what was happening inside.

A man and a woman were behaving intimately, and the scene was quite explicit (100 words omitted).

This overly provocative scene left Zhong Hui speechless, his eyelids twitching wildly, and he felt incredibly strange.

To think that he, the mighty Heavenly Emperor who rules over all the heavens, is now squatting in the corridor of a residential building, doing something like spying through a door, if this gets out, it will probably be recorded in the annals of the heavens and become a dark history that will never be erased.

He suppressed his discomfort, watching as he tried to comfort himself: It's alright, no one else here knows. Besides, I am only trying to find out the results, investigate potential dangers, and protect the people. I am not deliberately spying. It is reasonable and justified. I have done nothing wrong.

Embarrassed to the point of blushing, Cang Xing secretly glanced at Zhong Hui out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that he was still pressed tightly against the door with golden light shining in his eyes, she suddenly realized and showed an expression that said, "I understand."

Her child had grown up... she sighed with emotion.

About three minutes later, the events inside the room finally came to an end. With a long groan from the boy, this absurd scene came to a complete close.

At that very moment, Zhong Hui's brows furrowed suddenly.

He clearly saw that a portion of the man's primordial essence flowed into the woman's body through an invisible attraction.

In total, that's equivalent to a lifespan of ten years.

The woman, whose life status was originally at four stars, has now directly reached the five-star level.