Facing the shameless words of the Foundation Establishment cultivator who acted as a traitor, Chu Xingchen didn’t hesitate to check his attributes.
[Target: Guan Quan]
[Blue Trait: Flexible Morals]
[White Trait: Somewhat Clever]
[White Trait: Ruthless]
[Black Trait: Poor Talent]
Seeing these traits, Chu Xingchen smiled with satisfaction. Flexible morals? Exactly the kind of talent he was looking for.
"Luck is on my side. I’ll choose him," Chu Xingchen thought.
He then remarked, "You’re clearly a capable man. It can’t be easy to have your own dock here, right?"
Guan Quan smiled warmly and replied, "Thanks to the blessings of you two officers, I manage to get by."
"We came to ask for your help with a case," Chu Xingchen said, patting Guan Quan on the shoulder. "You’re free, aren’t you?"
"Of course, officer. Everyone at my dock will do their best to assist."
"No need for so many people. Just you will do."
Guan Quan was taken aback. Just him?
Considering the things he’d been up to lately, he wasn’t much better than Wang Ermazi, whom he’d just reported.
Who in their right mind would follow a Demon Suppression Bureau squad leader on a case?
Were they trying to bait him into a trap?
Was this so-called case actually about dealing with him?
Guan Quan hesitated and tried to decline, "Officer, more hands make lighter work…"
"True," Chu Xingchen nodded in agreement, then his expression turned sharp as he glared at Guan Quan. "You’d better call more people too! Don’t say we’re bullying you!"
The threat was crystal clear.
Faced with Chu Xingchen’s intimidation, Guan Quan quickly knelt down.
He had no choice. These two were clearly here to cause trouble. This dock was all his savings. He could run, but the dock couldn’t follow him.
With a pained expression, he pleaded, "Officer… Can’t we discuss the case here? I’ll cooperate fully."
Seeing Guan Quan on the verge of tears, Chu Xingchen decided to get to the point before scaring him off completely.
"Recently, someone has been buying a lot of ritual foundation stones at high prices, right?"
Guan Quan froze, a sense of unease washing over him. As he tried to figure out how to respond, he caught Chu Xingchen’s knowing smirk.
Taking a deep breath, Guan Quan forced a bitter smile. "Yes, a group of people bought a lot of ritual foundation stones, and they didn’t care about the price at all."
Hearing this, Zhao Wanqing’s eyes lit up. Even she could figure out what was going on.
She eagerly pressed, "Who bought them? What are their names?"
Guan Quan gave Zhao Wanqing a strange look, hesitating to speak.
What kind of fool was this woman to be a squad leader? Why do you think they’d spend so much money here instead of buying from a reputable store like the Treasure Pavilion?
Obviously, their identities couldn’t be revealed, or their faces were already on wanted posters.
Seeing Guan Quan’s odd expression, Zhao Wanqing quickly realized her mistake and felt a bit foolish.
Chu Xingchen spoke seriously, "Now, do you understand what those people are planning to do with the stones?"
Guan Quan replied meekly, "We don’t really know…"
Chu Xingchen cut him off coldly, "Think carefully before you answer. You only get one chance."
Seeing Chu Xingchen’s icy demeanor, Guan Quan knew he had to say something or this wouldn’t end well.
He glanced at his subordinates around him and, with no other choice, raised both hands in surrender.
"Sir! I really don’t know anything!"
Chu Xingchen instructed Zhao Wanqing, "Take him away."
Zhao Wanqing was puzzled. What good would taking him away do?
Were they planning to torture him at the Demon Suppression Bureau?
By the time they got him to talk, wouldn’t it be too late?
Still, she obediently escorted Guan Quan out.
The subordinates watched as their boss was taken away, but none dared to intervene.
Guan Quan cooperated fully, offering no resistance, but he kept shouting, "Officer! I really don’t know anything!"
Chu Xingchen ignored him and walked away. Zhao Wanqing followed closely, dragging the loudly protesting Guan Quan.
After walking for a while, Chu Xingchen suddenly turned into an alley.
Zhao Wanqing hurriedly followed, only to find it was a dead end.
Chu Xingchen stood there, watching them.
Guan Quan stopped shouting and said flatteringly, "Officer, could you loosen your grip a bit?"
Zhao Wanqing looked at Chu Xingchen, who nodded, so she released Guan Quan.
Chu Xingchen asked, "Now, care to talk?"
"They seem to be a group of demonic cultivators. The recent blood sacrifices are probably their doing," Guan Quan quickly said. "Officer, I only sold them a small amount, and once I found out what they were doing, I stopped selling to them!"
Zhao Wanqing watched as Guan Quan, who had seemed so defiant earlier, now acted like a sycophant.
This…
Chu Xingchen looked slightly impatient. "Say something useful."
"They’re planning to set up a massive ritual! And it’s going to be huge!" Guan Quan hurriedly added. "I’ve heard they bought a Tai Xuan Stone as the core of the formation!"
Chu Xingchen asked, "Who sold it to them?"
Guan Quan blurted out, "Wang Ermazi sold it!"
Before Chu Xingchen could even respond, Zhao Wanqing instinctively reached for the dagger at her waist.
Chu Xingchen sighed, "What exactly did Wang Ermazi do to make you hate him so much?"
"No, really! Wang Ermazi sold it! I had already spent a fortune to get a piece, but that Wang Ermazi stole the deal! I lost a lot of money on that stone!"
Zhao Wanqing was speechless. So that’s what happened.
Guan Quan pleaded, "Officers, that’s all I know."
"You’re not being honest," Chu Xingchen said, patting Guan Quan’s shoulder. "Do you think we just randomly picked you? Guess who sent us to you?"
Guan Quan’s expression changed instantly. He cautiously asked, "Wang Ermazi?"
Chu Xingchen suddenly summoned a spirit sword and held it to Guan Quan’s neck, coldly saying, "It was your great-grandmother. She appeared in my dream last night and said if you dared to hide anything, she’d have me send you to meet her!"
Facing the spirit sword at his neck, Guan Quan’s face fell. He quickly stammered, "It really was Wang Ermazi who sold it! All I know is that those demonic cultivators call themselves the Spirit Demon Sect. I don’t know their specific plans!"
Chu Xingchen sneered, "You don’t know? Then why are their people still at your dock?"
Guan Quan was stunned. He looked at Chu Xingchen, but all he saw was mockery in his eyes.
Was this man bluffing, or did he really have information?
But the cold blade at his neck was no bluff. The spirit sword’s chilling aura was already pricking his skin.
Taking a deep breath, Guan Quan finally said, "They’re from the Central Continent!"
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
