In the taxi, Zhang Yuanqing remembered that he hadn't informed Aunt Xiaoyuan about clearing the Slaying Instance.
—Although she definitely already knew from Kou Beiyue.
“Interpersonal relationships still need to be maintained. I was entangled with Guan Ya all morning and forgot to give Xiaoyuan a heads-up.”
Zhang Yuanqing hurriedly picked up his phone and sent a message to “Magic Aunt Xiaoyuan”:
“Aunt Xiaoyuan, I’m back. Beiyue probably told you my score, haha, I broke the record. It’s a pity I didn’t make a bet with you before entering the Slaying Instance.”
Unexpectedly, the message was sent and disappeared without a trace, with no response for a long time.
Didn't see it? Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself. At this hour, she should be standing at the front desk of the hotel, playing with her phone with her head down.
He sent another message:
“Just promoted to Saint, busy with various matters. I’ll visit you at the hotel in a few days (smile).”
Having received no reply, he opened the official forum and checked the Five Elements Alliance's various branch evaluations of him.
#Yuan Shi Tianzun has accomplished an unprecedented feat. Does everyone think he has what it takes to be the Alliance Leader?#
#The Night Wanderer of the Taiyi Sect has completely reversed his evaluation of Yuan Shi Tianzun, unanimously shouting: Elder Sun is confused!#
#Back then, Demon Lord united with evil professions to screw over official colleagues who entered the instance. Now, Yuan Shi Tianzun has annihilated the evil faction. It’s a great relief!#
Ignoring the pinned announcement and the post by Peony Fairy, the first few pages of the forum were all posts discussing the Slaying Instance and discussing him.
Many familiar Spirit Realm IDs were frantically spamming in the comments: “Lord Tianzun.”
Zhang Yuanqing also saw many unfamiliar Spirit Realm IDs.
[Tyrant Blade Cuts Chicken: This year’s batch of Extraordinary colleagues are lucky. Back then, two-thirds of the colleagues who entered the Slaying Instance with me died. This time, the Five Elements Alliance has promoted a full fifteen Saints, plus the Slaying Instance at the end of the year. The organization has had a great harvest this year. Based on this alone, Yuan Shi Tianzun’s contribution is so great that it’s immeasurable. I wonder what reward headquarters will give him.]
[Honest Man Zhang Bairen: He earned more merits in one Slaying Instance than we do in a lifetime. Speaking of which, I’m now looking forward to teaming up with him in an instance so I can latch onto Yuan Shi Tianzun’s coattails.]
[Third-Rate Detective: Yuan Shi Tianzun broke the record for points. The experience and items he obtained are top-notch, even better and stronger than ordinary Saints. If we match with him, we might really have to latch onto his coattails.]
[I Suffer from an Ailment: These guys are all deacons, right? Otherwise, they would never dare to be so presumptuous and directly call him Lord Tianzun.]
[The Days of Suffering are Many: It doesn’t matter. In another year or half, they’ll be calling him Lord Tianzun just like us.]
[Little Pig George: Be bold, maybe they’ll be calling him Lord Tianzun in the second half of the year.]
[Tyrant Blade Cuts Chicken: Which branch are the people above from? The internet is not a lawless place. Watch your words.]
Among these chaotic posts, there were also a few that were out of sync, such as:
#I admit that Yuan Shi Tianzun played a key role in the Slaying Instance, but everyone shouldn’t blindly follow the trend and ignore the contributions of others#
Posted by: Tianxia Guihuo.
However, no one paid any attention to him. Among the few dozen comments, half were trash talk and half were mocking him, calling him the shame of Fire Masters.
All those who scolded him were Fire Masters.
For example: #Just heard a piece of news. The official forum of the Taiyi Sect has been collectively silenced. It is said that Yuan Ting posted something, and the post has been deleted. The content is temporarily unknown#
Seeing this, Zhang Yuanqing’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. He thought to himself that what was coming was finally coming.
I don’t know if Yuan Ting will be silenced if the scandal of the Great Elder of the Hundred Flowers Association spreads, but I will definitely be implicated.
Then, he thought of something even more terrifying: Fu Qingyang’s trash theory and the information confessed by the Demon Eye Heavenly King would definitely not be kept secret.
“The Centurion won’t let me go, and neither will the dog Elder. I’m done, Barbeque.”
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly felt a chill in his heart. It was mid-June, noon, and the sun was scorching.
Outside the residential area, along the street, a supermarket had plastic windbreak curtains hanging down, with few customers. In the fruit shop next door, the owner was boredly gnawing on watermelon, also with few customers.
This year’s summer was particularly hot, and the elderly didn’t like to go out.
Apart from the still-turbulent traffic, there were surprisingly few pedestrians.
The taxi stopped outside the residential area. Zhang Yuanqing, who had once again left Blood Rose in Fujiawan, pushed open the car door and, braving the scorching sun, first ran to the fruit shop across the street to buy two large watermelons, and then went to the supermarket to buy a carton of cigarettes.
He didn’t need to bring gifts when going home, except when he had done something “wrong.”
He had been in the Slaying Instance for three days straight. His grandma and aunt had more than thirty missed calls and dozens of unread messages.
If he didn’t bring something back this time, he would be subjected to a mixed double beating, and with his grandpa added, it would be three against Zhang Yuanqing.
He took the elevator to his doorstep, entered the password, and opened the security door.
It was just past lunchtime. In the living room, his grandparents, who had just finished lunch, were sitting and watching TV.
“Grandma, I’m back!”
Zhang Yuanqing called out “sweetly.” His grandma turned her head to look, her face full of cold mockery: “Who is this? Why are they calling out randomly? We don’t have a grandson, but we do have a thankless wretch.”
Zhang Yuanqing then said, “Mom, I’m back.”
“Who are you calling Mom!” His grandma got up and started hitting him.
“Didn’t you say you didn’t have a grandson?” Zhang Yuanqing pretended to be wronged.
His grandma smacked him on the head a few times, angrily saying:
“You still know to come back? You don’t answer the phone, you don’t reply to messages. Have your wings hardened?”
“Didn’t I say I was going out to stay for a few days? I just got a girlfriend.” Zhang Yuanqing lied as soon as he opened his mouth, using “girlfriend” to emphasize that he was an adult and his grandma shouldn’t interfere too much.
“Having a girlfriend doesn’t mean you can disappear. Is it that girlfriend of yours who won’t let you answer the phone?” His grandma thought to herself that the grandson she raised would never be so rebellious. It must be some wild woman outside who spoiled her precious grandson.
It’s the Spirit Realm, not my girlfriend, who won't let me answer the phone. Zhang Yuanqing avoided the topic and quickly handed over the watermelon: “My girlfriend knows you love watermelon and bought it specifically at the entrance of the residential area.”
Then he handed the cigarettes to his grandpa: “Grandpa also has a gift.”
His grandpa took the cigarettes, examined them, and nodded in satisfaction. “Be careful about moderation.”
Having received the watermelon, his grandma’s attitude improved slightly, and she snorted:
“Did she send you back? Why didn’t she come up with you?”
“She’s shy.”
“The day after tomorrow is Saturday. You bring her back for a meal. I told you to bring her back last time, and you’ve been dragging it on for so long. If you keep being perfunctory, I’ll call your mom about this.” His grandma struck a pose of “I’m going to examine her.”
“What does it have to do with Chen Shu, I’ve already kicked her out of my family registry,” Zhang Yuanqing muttered.
His grandma glared at him: “What did you say?”
Zhang Yuanqing said loudly: “I said I understand. I’ll ask her later.”
He planned to bring Guan Ya back. If Guan Ya didn’t agree, he would bring Blood Rose back and pretend to be his girlfriend.
Although the Yin corpse had a cold gaze and lacked spirituality, he had the Ghost Bride. The Ghost Bride was a maiden from a hundred years ago and was very attentive to seniority and etiquette. He assumed she would be extremely respectful to her husband’s grandparents.
The only thing to watch out for was that she might suddenly say: “Little Girl Bai Lan greets the two old ancestors. I will definitely serve my husband well in the future and carry on the family line.”
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Zhang Yuanqing, who was good at socializing, really didn’t know how to smooth things over.
“Have you eaten?” His grandma asked with a straight face.
“I’m starving!”
“There’s still some food. I’ll make it for you now.” His grandma turned and went to the kitchen.
There were never any leftovers at home. If they couldn’t finish it, they would throw it away.
International Building.
Anne sat at her computer desk, her round, delicate fingers flying across the keyboard, typing an email rapidly and clicking send.
After learning the news from Ling Jun of the Taiyi Sect, she returned to her office and contacted certain official members funded by the Goddess Association to confirm the information was true.
She immediately wrote an email and sent it to her immediate superior, the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Anne took her hands off the keyboard, picked up the cup on her desk, took a sip of coffee, and stared at the words “Sent Successfully” displayed on the screen, lost in thought.
Even now, she hadn’t recovered from the shocking news.
She had expected Yuan Shi Tianzun to have a chance to reach the top of the list, after all, he was the man she had set her sights on, but Anne never expected that this young man from a foreign land would achieve such an exaggerated result.
A quarter of an hour later, the inbox showed an unread email.
Anne knew that the Minister’s response had arrived.
She immediately opened the mailbox and saw the heading of the Goddess Association’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the email.
The Minister’s reply was short, but it conveyed a sense of determination: “Develop Yuan Shi Tianzun into a member of the Goddess Association, no matter what method you use. Within half a month, we hope to see results, otherwise we will consider letting Betty replace you.”
Betty was the Demon Lord’s lover, an outstanding beauty in the Goddess Association.
She was very good at seducing men and had an angelic face and a devilish figure. That was why the Demon Lord knew it was a trap, but still resolutely threw himself into it.
Anne was confident that she was no worse than Betty, but she had to admit that she was inferior to Betty in terms of seducing targets.
Anne came from a wealthy family. Her ancestors were aristocrats two hundred years ago.
Therefore, she had been taught etiquette since she was a child, and hearing about the glory of her ancestors, she had pride in her heart. In diplomatic affairs, she was good at using proper etiquette, elegant speech, and professional characteristics to achieve her goals.
Betty was better at using beauty and flesh to complete her tasks.
Of course, Anne would naturally make full use of her beauty for targets like Yuan Shi Tianzun, but she needed to carefully consider how to win over Yuan Shi Tianzun.
Generally speaking, young boys of this age were very easy to seduce and could be easily lured into bed, but Yuan Shi Tianzun was different. He seemed to have a soft spot for pig tails, and the profession of Love Desires was neither the Eastern Witchcraft Master nor the Western Demon Race, so they couldn't grow alluring pig tails.
Therefore, she needed to change her approach.
Young boys have a strong possessive desire. Since he is not the kind of boy who can be easily seduced into bed, then I have to pay attention to my image and not let him think that I am a promiscuous woman, so that he will stay away from me.
Men like gentle women, and they lack resistance to all kinds of flattering beautiful women. In Chinese, I need to use a gentle and appeasing strategy.
First, I will invite him to dinner under the pretext of celebrating his promotion to Saint.
At this moment, the phone on the table rang. The caller was Ling Jun.
Anne answered the phone.
“Ms. Anne, are you free tomorrow night? May I invite you to dinner?” Ling Jun’s mellow and gentle voice, full of masculine charm, came over.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Ling Jun, I’m not free tomorrow night.” Anne politely refused. “Okay.”
Ling Jun couldn’t understand why the woman he had been having such a pleasant conversation with in the morning had suddenly turned cold. Love Desire professions were indeed all sea queens.
But Ling Jun wouldn’t give up. He had plenty of strategies to win over Anne and complete the task assigned by Fu Qingyang.
After eating and drinking the pigeon soup stewed by his grandma, Zhang Yuanqing lay on the bed, patting his belly.
Enjoying the cold wind blowing from the air conditioner, he drifted into boundless thoughts, considering all kinds of problems.
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"It's strange, I've been back for most of the day, and the people on the forum praising me can line up from Songhai to Beijing, why hasn't the dog Elder come to me yet? He should be talking to me by now"
"It's impossible for him to guess that I want to take the opportunity to make requests and apply for materials from the organization's warehouse to improve the level of Yin corpses and spirit servants."
After being promoted to Saint, many things are waiting for him.
First of all, there is the issue of position. His merits and level are sufficient, and the organization's appointment document should be issued soon. Before issuing the document, the dog Elder should talk to him, make suggestions about promotion and assignment, and solicit the opinions of the parties involved.
Zhang Yuanqing's idea is that he should stay in Songhai as much as possible.
He hasn't reached the age to leave his hometown for the sake of a job background, and he hasn't made that determination.
Secondly, there is the upgrade of Yin corpses and spirit servants.
Whether it is the Ghost Bride, the Little Doofus, or Blood Rose, they should all be upgraded, otherwise they will not be able to match his level.
Finally, there is the investigation of Bing Ge's affairs.
"I am now a Saint and can investigate Bing Ge's disappearance. But apart from the King Cat speaker, he didn't leave any clues... That's right, the King Cat speaker is the clue, this thing has self-awareness. It should play Bing Ge's clues after it knows that I have been promoted to Saint."
Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing got up and went to the desk, opened the drawer, and took out the black metal-cased speaker.
"I have cleared the Slaying Instance, tell me now if there are any clues about 'Young Soldier King'."
The King Cat speaker is very dead, ignoring him at all.
It's really a non-violent, uncooperative prop, why didn't the Demon Lord dismantle you? Zhang Yuanqing familiarly took out the Bloodthirsty Blade, the tip of the blade resting against the speaker's casing.
"Squeak... Help, murder, Chang Wei murdered!"
A cheap and cowardly cry for help came from the speaker.
Zhang Yuanqing exerted force on his palm, and the King Cat speaker's cry for help stopped immediately. In the squeaking sound of the electric current, heavy breathing came: "Hoo, hooo..."
The breathing sounded like an old blower, extremely hoarse.
Then, the Demon Lord's gritted teeth voice came: "Damn white-haired woman, her strength is too much stronger than mine. I haven't reached the Demi-God realm yet, I am not her opponent. Wait, when I become a Demi-God, become that supreme strongman, I will definitely wash away today's shame..."
"However, White Hair is really beautiful, more beautiful than my Yin Ji, more beautiful than most of the women I have slept with. The only one who can match her in appearance, figure, and temperament is the President..."
Zhang Yuanqing frowned slightly. He confirmed that this was the Demon Lord's voice, but compared to the Demon Lord during the Extraordinary and Saint periods, this voice was more vicissitudes, more hoarse.
As far as he knew, the Demon Lord's rise to fall did not last long.
In just a few short years, he suddenly became vicissitudes. Zhang Yuanqing thought that this guy had probably experienced things in the few years he became a Spirit Realm Walker that others could not experience in several lifetimes.
Then, he wondered who White Hair was, and how beautiful was she? Could it be more beautiful than my Guan Ya?
What is a Demi-God? Extraordinary, Saint, Dominator... Is Demi-God after that? Or is it that Demi-God is a non-official term, specifically referring to certain powerful groups?
"Demon Lord, do you have anything else in your head besides sleeping with women?" A voice rang out from the speaker, a very familiar voice.
Zhang Yuanqing's spirit was lifted, this was Bing Ge's voice.
"Hehe!" The Demon Lord sneered:
"Don't you only know violence in your head? By the way, I invited some nice-looking Wood Demons, they are moist and tender, you stay and play together, life is short, enjoy yourself in time."
"Not interested!" Bing Ge's voice became even lower: "After being promoted to Dominator, the erosion of the Fallen Grail has deepened. Demon Lord, I hardly recognize you anymore."
Speaking of this, Bing Ge suddenly sighed:
"I thought that Yin Ji could change you, I thought that she was a good medicine, but I didn't expect that after losing her, you would become more and more decadent. Self-abandonment is not your style."
The Demon Lord was silent for a few seconds, skipped the topic of Yin Ji, and slowly said:
"So, we must kill the Ghoul Eye Judge, the higher the level, the deeper the erosion of the Fallen Grail. Since being promoted to Dominator, I always hear sounds that I shouldn't hear, see things that I shouldn't see, and when I sleep, it seems that there is a terrible will awakening in my body. It wants to replace me, control me, and that will comes from the Fallen Grail."
"I suspect that once I am promoted to Demi-God, I will be taken over by that will..."
Bing Ge's voice immediately rang from the speaker: "Do you have a detailed plan? When are you going to do it?"
"Six months later..." The Demon Lord replied, and then said:
"We must first prepare for failure. If we die in the hands of the Ghoul Eye Judge, all of it is off the table. But if we are lucky enough to survive, but fail, then we have to find a way to suppress the pollution of the Grail. Do you have any ideas?"
Bing Ge thought for a while and said:
"I know a Scholar named 'Lian Sanyue', her research on props is the pinnacle, maybe she will have a way to suppress the Grail's pollution."
"Lian Sanyue... Is her husband called 'Beacon Fire'?" The Demon Lord laughed, "Okay, give me the answer as soon as possible."
The audio ended here.
It was rare to hear an audio of the Demon Lord without "slap slap slap" and "ah ah ah". Zhang Yuanqing silently complained in his heart.
I stared at the King Cat speaker, carefully thinking about the audio content:
"The erosion of the Grail will deepen with the increase in level, and it will directly take over at the most terrible time? But it is also possible that the consciousness that the Demon Lord refers to is actually the second personality born from the Grail... No wonder the Demon Lord had to kill the Ghoul Eye Judge. Part of it was grudges, and the other part was that he didn't dare to be promoted to Demi-God without killing the Ghoul Eye Judge."
That's right, Zhang Yuanqing has confirmed that Demi-God is above Dominator.
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"I remember that the Demon Lord was only one step away from the Supreme. That Supreme should be Demi-God, but the Ghoul Eye Judge must be far away from the Supreme... The Demon Lord died back then, as expected, there is still an inside story..."
At the same time, he knew what the next step to investigate Bing Ge was - to find Lian Sanyue!
According to the audio content, it is not difficult to infer that Bing Ge later found a way to suppress the pollution of the Fallen Grail. Find this Lian Sanyue and you can know the whereabouts of Bing Ge.
Not bad, as my level increases, the King Cat speaker gives more and more useful information. Zhang Yuanqing touched the top of his beloved prop, opened the drawer and put it back.
"Squeak..." The King Cat speaker made an electric current sound, seeming unwilling to be taken back so quickly, and released a loud audio:
"Something happens, Zhong Wuyan, nothing happens, Xia Yingchun! Something happens, Zhong Wuyan, nothing happens, Xia Yingchun!"
The sound reverberated deafeningly in the room. "Yuanzi~"
Grandma's voice came from the living room: "Turn the volume down a little, don't disturb your grandpa watching the news."
"Got it." Zhang Yuanqing put the King Cat speaker back on the table.
After all, the content played was just a simple protest, not the Demon Lord's in-depth and easy-to-understand audio of controlling women, so he could compromise appropriately.
The King Cat speaker immediately played a soothing and melodious piano music and lowered the volume.
This prop, which cannot be put into the inventory, sometimes has a strong desire to perform like this.
--- Inside, there is a free and uninhibited soul of the Cat King imprisoned.
Listening to the soothing piano music, Zhang Yuanqing remembered that there was one more thing, whether the Vajra Pestle should be returned to the Old Hag, he still needed to ask the dog Elder.
"The Vajra Pestle has been located by the Goddess, if it is not returned, it cannot be used in the instance, but at least it can still be used in reality... Once it is returned, this prop is completely out of my reach. As the first prop, my feelings for it are as deep as a cat's love for dried fish. Speaking of which, the Old Hag is really beautiful, an Eastern classical goddess..."
Muttering, he took out the Vajra Pestle, and touched it more while it was still around.
There might not be a chance in the future.
About half an arm long, slightly heavy in the hand, a brass pestle engraved with exquisite spells appeared in his palm.
Zhang Yuanqing's fingers stroked the cold copper pestle, looked at it for a few seconds, and suddenly found something wrong. The originally dim brass pestle had become extremely bright, as if it had been polished, as if it had just been driven out in a factory.
"Eh, it became brighter and newer after the Old Hag used it? Let's see if the attributes have changed..."
As soon as the voice fell, the Vajra Pestle suddenly burst into a strong golden light, overpowering the sunlight coming in from the window, and dyeing the ceiling, walls, and everything in the room into a brilliant gold.
A goddess in neon clothes and feather skirt, with fairy-like jade appearance, floated out of the Vajra Pestle, and fluttered in the air.
In the next second, the fairy lowered her cold pool-like eyes and said coldly, "Old Hag?"
Zhang Yuanqing's mind was greatly impacted, petrified, forgetting to bow down.
ps: Wrong words will be changed later