After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"Dad, what are you thinking? The problem with Zhou Yan is that we old folks can't bring ourselves to fight a kid. It's shameless. If three more of those kids came, we'd tear them apart anyway."

Zhang Ye's grandfather fell silent.

"Relax, Dad. Think about it, we don't have a single True God in Indiana, but there are five True Gods in Central City. Five True Gods can handle anything."

Zhang Ye's father tried to comfort him, but Zhang Ye's grandfather's expression remained unchanged.

Zhang Ye's father was too lazy to persuade them anymore; these old folks really do become more timid the longer they've been around.

Zhang Ye's father went up the stairs to the second floor.

A maid came down from the second floor, and Zhang Ye's father pointed to his own son's bedroom.

The maid replied respectfully.

"The young master has been very quiet lately, not making a fuss, and eating happily, but..."

The maid tilted her head, looking puzzled.

Zhang Ye's father asked curiously.

"Is she about to give birth? Is that why something's wrong with the baby?"

The maid covered her mouth and smiled.

"No way, young master is getting more and more handsome. When I looked at him just now, I couldn't help but think how young master is so charming."

Zhang Ye's father looked puzzled.

Because he had offended Zhang Ye by saying "don't disturb the fetus," Zhang Ye's father hasn't visited his son for several days.

What has happened in the past few days? What does "beautiful" mean as an adjective used to describe my son?

Zhang Ye's father went upstairs, walked up to his son, and knocked on the door.

"Xiao Ye, are you there?"

A calm, gentle, and familiar voice came from inside the door.

"Dad, come in."

The sound seems normal.

Zhang Ye's father grasped the doorknob and carefully opened the door.

The door opened, and a fragrance, different from incense but irresistibly sweet, wafted out.

Zhang Ye's father found it strange that his own air freshener smelled like that.

Why have I never smelled it before?

Zhang Ye's father opened the door completely.

The bedroom inside the door remained unchanged, consisting of a bed, a wardrobe, a computer desk, and a computer.

Zhang Ye sat on the edge of the bed with his head down, his bare feet on slippers on the floor. Whether it was his imagination or not, Zhang Ye's father felt that his son's feet seemed a little whiter than before.

“Xiao Ye…”

Zhang Ye's father walked towards his son.

"how have you been?"

Zhang Ye slowly raised his head.

"I'm fine, very, very well..."

Zhang Ye's father saw his son's face hidden behind his hair.

That was indeed his son's face, but the features seemed softer, and the skin on his face was fairer. Perhaps it was because of the pregnancy. Zhang Ye's father always felt that his son's face exuded an unprecedented feminine charm.

Indeed, as the maid said, she possessed a certain... feminine beauty.

Chapter Three: Mummified Corpses

Inside a corridor of the Zhongzhou City Gymnasium.

"This is Dongfang Shuo's rest room. He came here to rest after his match with Mu Wangxi."

Han Yun, the director of discipline at Suzaku Academy, pointed to a surveillance camera in the corridor.

"This camera captured Dongfang Shuo walking to his lounge."

Han Yun slowly walked to the door of a room with the number "303" written on it, grasped the doorknob, and opened the door.

Inside the door was a small room of about five square meters, containing only a chair for resting, a wardrobe, a water dispenser, and a small shower stall of about one square meter.

Han Yun looked at the lounge and sighed.

"Dongfang Shuo disappeared after entering this rest room."

Zhou Yan nodded, preparing to go inside and take a look, but before reaching the door, he asked Han Yun a question.

Do you have shoe covers?

Han Yun shook his head.

"Let's just go in."

Dongfang Li turned his head to the side.

“The room had already been cleaned twice by the cleaning staff after we discovered something was wrong, and the police found nothing when they came.”

Zhou Yan asked curiously.

"Twice? You only discovered Dongfang Shuo was missing after a whole day?"

The cleaners at Zhongzhou City Gymnasium work twice a day: once at lunchtime when others are taking a break, and the second time before they leave work. For a cleaner to clean twice, it must mean that they were missing for at least a day before something was discovered.

Dongfang Li said it was only natural.

“Xiao Shuo is already an adult, and the public security in Zhongzhou City is quite good. Isn’t it normal for him to be away from us for a day or two?”

This argument is irrefutable. As the leading figure among the younger generation in Indiana, and with the Four Divine Beasts suppressing the area, it's unlikely that anything that crosses the line would happen to Dongfang Shuo, unless it's someone like Zhou Yan who undermines each other but doesn't openly break ties.

Even with Dongfang Shuo's abilities, he might not be able to get hurt even if he faced a fully mechanized division.

It's perfectly reasonable for the Dongfang family to feel comfortable letting their children stay away from home for a day or two.

But nothing is absolute. Dongfang Shuo, who seemed perfectly safe, just disappeared without a trace, and no one could find him.

Zhou Yan entered the lounge.

A few seconds later, Zhou Yan came out of the lounge.

Han Yun and Dongfang Li looked at Zhou Yan expectantly.

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"This won't work; I can't find any useful clues here."

Zhou Yan had just used his omniscient ability to scan the rest room. All he saw were reclining chairs and the production dates and material ratios of the wardrobes. As for the rest, there was nothing except for the remaining footprints.

Dongfang Shuo has been missing for three days now. The place has been cleaned twice by the cleaners, and everything that should be there and shouldn't be there is gone.

Han Yun and Dongfang Li looked disappointed.

"However, the trail should still be open."

Zhou Yan pointed to the window of the lounge.

"You said Dongfang Shuo disappeared after entering this room. Has he not appeared on the security camera since then, and the door to this lounge has never been opened?"

Dongfang Li nodded.

"Yes, the police worked overtime to review the surveillance footage of this corridor and said that after my nephew entered this rest room, the door was never opened. Therefore, the police suspected that Xiao Shuo went out through the window, but they did not find any footprints or anything on the windowsill or other places."

Zhou Yan asked a question.

“Dongfang Shuo can fly, and he flies very conspicuously. If he flew away, it would be impossible for people nearby not to see someone flying in the air.”

As Zhou Yan spoke, he walked towards the end of the corridor, which led to the stands outside the competition venue.

When Zhou Yan came out, the audience erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Go, Senior Leng Qing!"

"Kill the beast from Xiluozhou!"

"Miss Leng Qing is the best in the world!"

Zhou Yan looked from the stands towards the competition venue.

Inside the venue, he took off his mask and then fought with a participant from West Roosevelt.

Because it was their senior classmate participating, all the students from Suzaku Academy came. The younger students held up banners and signs, cheering for Leng Qing with all their might, creating an extremely enthusiastic atmosphere.

Han Yun stepped out from behind Zhou Yan. The discipline director looked at the scene and sighed.

"If it weren't for this ridiculous mess, I'd probably be cheering for Leng Qing in the audience right now."

Dongfang Li also came out, and he seemed a bit anxious.

"Gentlemen, can we be serious for once? My little Shuo might be just a few seconds away from his goal."

Zhou Yan turned around, lowered his head, and walked to one side of the audience seats before stopping at a corner of the other side.

Han Yun and Dongfang Li stopped behind Zhou Yan, and Han Yun asked.

"what happened?"

Zhou Yan pretended to close his eyes and made his ears twitch.

Han Yun's expression turned serious, while Dongfang Li seemed lost in thought.

Zhou Yan didn't find anything in Dongfang Shuo's rest room except for Dongfang Shuo's footprints. Zhou Yan could use his omniscient ability to see that Dongfang Shuo's remaining footprints extended from the end of the corridor to Dongfang Shuo's rest room. These should be the footprints left by Dongfang Shuo when he returned to the rest room after the competition.

Just now, Zhou Yan followed the footprints left by Dongfang Shuo, trying to find the mastermind behind Dongfang Shuo's tracking.

But as Zhou Yan walked along, none of the footprints he saw were of people who had followed Dongfang Shuo to the rest room.

In other words, no one followed Dongfang Shuo from the competition venue to the rest room. Oh no, it's also possible that the cleaner just happened to wipe away the footprints that were following Dongfang Shuo.

After a few seconds, Zhou Yan opened his eyes.

Zhou Yan bypassed Han Yun and Dongfang Li, and returned to the lounge where Dongfang Shuo had disappeared. Once there, he went to the window, opened it, and stepped into the void, walking to the outside of the window.

No, there are still no marks outside the windowsill.

Zhou Yan walked down from the windowsill step by step. In the empty air, Zhou Yan seemed to be walking on steps, walking down very steadily, his eyes constantly turning around the environment below.

Dongfang Shuo's lounge is located on the third floor, ten meters above the ground, and faces a secluded alley.

The alley was deserted, and the dry, flat ground was littered with all sorts of trash. Beneath this trash, Zhou Yan spotted a row of Dongfang Shuo's footprints, only half of which remained, or even just a faint trace.

These traces were extremely faint; if Zhou Yan hadn't been highly awakened and possessed an extremely high level of omniscience, he wouldn't have been able to detect them.

Behind Zhou Yan, through the window of Dongfang Shuo's lounge, Han Yun leaned out halfway and asked Zhou Yan.

"Xiao Yan, have you discovered anything?"

Zhou Yan turned to Han Yun and asked.

Has the police investigated this alley?

"I checked, but didn't find much."

Han Yun responded.

Zhou Yan continued to look at the footprints on the alley. Besides Han Yun's, there were many other footprints with the occupation "police officer" and the name "XXX" flashing on the ground.

Zhou Yan guessed that the police had also searched this alley, but the police did not have Bai Ze's omniscient ability, so they did not see the traces of Dongfang Shuo's footprints that he could hardly see.

Zhou Yan pretended to close his eyes again, twitched his ears a few times, opened his eyes a few seconds later, and followed the footprints out of the alley.

After leaving the alley, there was a main street called "Taian Road". The street was bustling with people and vehicles. Zhou Yan looked around and saw that it was covered with tire tracks and footprints of various people. As for Dongfang Shuo's footprints, they had been covered by other people's footprints and tire tracks several times. Even someone as strong as Zhou Yan could not find Dongfang Shuo's footprints in the center of the street.

If he couldn't find it in the center of the street, so be it. Zhou Yan turned his gaze to areas with fewer people and where cars wouldn't drive by. Soon, he found a footprint of Dongfang Shuo in the direction of the street's eastern exit. Judging from the direction of the footprint, it seemed to be heading towards another street—Hezhong Street.

Han Yun and Dongfang Li arrived behind Zhou Yan again. Dongfang Li saw Zhou Yan walking towards Hezhong Street and said happily.

"My nephew went this way?"

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"I'm not sure. All I can say is that I'm just moving in the direction that's most likely to happen."