Free Web NovelLooking at the whole barrel of calamity water, the owner of Xiao Ming's classmate Funeral Supplies Store couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Unlike Fat Er Ye, who was already used to strange things, this owner's young heart felt frightened.
That was a standard model water dispenser barrel with a capacity of 5 gallons, which is about 19 liters.
Although he recognized that the young girl in front of him was a Witch Seed, it wasn't rare for a Witch Seed to trade in calamity water, but he had only seen it traded by the gram before. He had truly never seen anyone bring out an entire barrel.
This entire barrel of calamity water was indeed enough to offset the cost of making the Paper Cicada Immortal and even had a surplus, but... frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
This stuff is priceless but has no market; not many people buy it!
If I take it back, I don't know when I'll be able ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ to cash it in and recover the cost. The owner thought with some difficulty.
Seeing that the owner hadn't spoken for a long time, Lu Yibei said expressionlessly, "Boss, why aren't you saying anything? You're not trying to go back on your word, are you?"
"Don't dare, don't dare," the owner said repeatedly, a trace of panic flashing across his face as he spoke.
In his opinion, under normal circumstances, a Witch Seed would produce less than fifty milliliters of calamity water a year. Even if the core of Miss Wang's urban legend body was special, it probably wouldn't exceed one hundred milliliters.
However, what was in front of him now was nearly nineteen liters of calamity water.
Such an astonishing amount meant either that Miss Wang was not as harmless as she appeared, but a ruthless killer who even harmed fellow urban legend, or that she had existed for a long time and had accumulated this calamity water little by little herself.
Regardless of which it was, it indirectly proved her formidable strength, making people unwilling to easily offend her.
Thinking of this, the owner weighed his options repeatedly and finally reluctantly reached a deal with Lu Yibei, "Then let's proceed as Miss Wang said! Please wait here for a moment, I'll go get the container..."
As the owner was about to turn around, Lu Yibei softly called out, "Wait! There's another question."
The owner was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "Please speak, please speak."
Lu Yibei thought for a moment, propping her chin with one hand, and said seriously, "As far as I know, the price of this barrel of calamity water should be quite a bit more than the difference that needs to be made up. You're not thinking of just taking it all, are you?"
It's not the first time I've sold this stuff. You want to take advantage of me? No way! Lu Yibei thought.
The owner looked at Lu Yibei's cold face, which showed no ripple, and sweat broke out on his forehead. He said weakly, "Then what do you mean?"
In this desolate and spooky place, if this Witch Seed in front of him wanted to lay a hand on him, he would have no room for resistance at all.
Lu Yibei frowned, looked at the large truck parked not far away, raised her hand and pointed, "Leave the truck, okay? With so many paper figures, I need something to put them in, right?"
Hearing this, the owner breathed a sigh of relief, and just as the stone in his heart was about to drop, he heard Lu Yibei add lightly, "Leave the driver's license too, okay? I don't have that, it will be inconvenient to hit the road then."
Although the metal box obtained from Black Peony was much larger than a guitar bag and came with a solidified Spell for weight reduction, it still couldn't fit a thousand Paper Cicada Immortals and over four hundred kilograms of Alchemy residue!
Moreover, if they really encountered any unexpected situations and needed to use the Paper Cicada Immortals, they couldn't just let them fly over, could they?
Letting a large swarm of paper figures fly in the sky, what kind of underworld operation is that? It would scare the children. Lu Yibei thought.
The owner, "..."
Planning to drive a five-ton truck on the road without a driver's license, isn't this already indiscriminate murder?
Where did Third Master Mao meet such an outlaw!
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A moment later, after watching the owner of Xiao Ming's classmate Funeral Supplies Store carefully walk away holding a barrel of calamity water, Lu Yibei climbed into the driver's seat of the large truck with satisfaction and silently gave a thumbs-up to Miss Rabbit for her friendly sponsorship in her heart.
If it wasn't for her chopping her twice with an axe, Lu Yibei wouldn't have been able to produce so much calamity water recently.
"If I can find an opportunity to catch Miss Rabbit and lock her up, and just let her chop me a little bit when there's nothing to do, wouldn't I be rich?" Lu Yibei muttered to herself.
"I wonder if too much calamity water flowing into the market will cause inflation of calamity water."
As she spoke, she took out her phone and sent a message to Ju Meng.
Lu Yibei: "Have you decided where to go play?"
Lu Yibei: "Got a big truck, want me to take you for a spin?"
However, after waiting in the car for more than ten minutes, she didn't receive a reply from Ju Meng. Feeling a little anxious, she found Ju Meng's number and called, but heard the message that the other party's phone was turned off...
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Hua City, Amber House.
Jiang Li looked at the message she sent to Lu Yibei which was marked as 【Read】, but received no reply. With a knowing smile, she curled her lips. This message, coupled with the unsuccessful attempt to contact Tang City Night Watch just now, made her even more certain of her suspicion that something big had happened in Tang City.
Putting down her phone, while waiting for replies from the Night Watch in various cities, she walked towards the walk-in closet in the bedroom, took off her pajamas, and changed her clothes. When she returned to the desk, there were already several replies from the messengers on her phone.
Without exception, the operatives and reserve operatives related to them had lost contact.
After confirming the situation with the operatives, Jiang Li immediately began compiling a report to her superiors regarding the situation.
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One minute after the report compiled by Jiang Li was sent, it was initially reviewed and reported, then uploaded to the Jin Guan City Night Watch Information Center.
The personnel on duty at the Information Center, in accordance with regulations, made three copies of the report, sending two separately to the Southwest Region Superintendent's Office and the Prosperity Beijing Night Watch Headquarters, and one to the Archives Management Center for filing.
Three minutes later, the piercing sound of a telephone rang in Inspector Xing Yuan's office.
"Is that so? Okay, I understand." After listening to the call, Inspector Xing Yuan's expression was serious as she pondered for two seconds, then she lightly called out to the secretary's office on the other side of the wall, "Jin Jiao, Silver Horn, we have a big job!"
"Jin Jiao, go contact your informants, gather intelligence related to the area around Tang City recently, and organize the useful information."
"Silver Horn, hurry up and go through the procedures, mobilize operatives who are not on missions, and prepare to go to Tang City to support..."
After a pause, she added, "Wait a moment, Silver Horn, the danger level of this mission is relatively high. Those whose Spiritual Energy fluctuation level has not reached B Level, tell them not to come and fill the numbers, not even B-!"
"Understood, Superintendent Adult, I'll go do it now." Silver Horn replied and hurried out of the office.
Five minutes later, Jin Jiao had initially sorted out the intelligence from the past week and reached a conclusion.
Indeed, a large number of illegal Psychic organizations have gathered around Tang City recently. What they are plotting remains to be investigated further.
"Investigate what else? Can we expect those guys to do good things? Help old Grandmas cross the road, help poor areas get rid of poverty and become rich, or fund students in mountainous areas to go to college?"
Inspector Xing Yuan said to Jin Jiao with a serious expression, leaning over to take the stamp from the desk drawer and throwing it over, "Take this, go find Silver Horn, and have him follow the procedure according to the Red Owl signal level."
"This..." Jin Jiao took the stamp with both hands and was stunned for a moment, looking at Inspector Xing Yuan with a frown and saying, "Leader, this is against the rules, isn't it? I..."
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"What 'you' and 'you'?" Inspector Xing Yuan interrupted, "If you don't say anything, and Silver Horn doesn't say anything, who else will know that I gave you the stamp? Go quickly!"
"By the way, that girl Jiang Li suggested in the report not to travel to Tang City by plane to avoid being intercepted and causing unnecessary losses. Have Silver Horn add this point as well."
"In addition, during this operation, Bai Kai, an operative from Hua City Night Watch, is strictly prohibited from participating in the operation."
"Ah?" Jin Jiao was stunned for a moment, his expression becoming somewhat complex, and he tentatively said, "Leader, isn't this a bit..."
"Are you trying to say I'm giving him special treatment?" Inspector Xing Yuan glanced coldly at Jin Jiao and said, "To be honest, it really is special treatment."
"I ask you, this matter involves Lu Yibei, who is related to him. Based on your assessment of his character, if he goes to the scene, will he act recklessly?"
"Uh..." Jin Jiao hesitated, then nodded and said, "Subordinate understands."
Given Bai Kai's personality and his relationship with Lu Yibei, if something really happened to Lu Yibei, once he arrived in Tang City, he would probably immediately turn into a high-energy troublemaker, charge towards the gathering places of those illegal Psychic organizations with his sword, and fight them to the death. The key is that with the characteristics of his Spirit Mark, no one can stop him.
At that time, not only might he be killed by those illegal Psychic organizations, but he would also alert the enemy and affect the actions of other operatives.
So...
What he wants to do and kill, I'll help him resolve it after the operation plan is completed and we start to encircle those guys. Inspector Xing Yuan thought.
Twenty minutes later, the emergency deployment application for the Southwest Region Night Watch operatives was reviewed and approved by the Night Watch Headquarters, and the action permit was issued.
After Inspector Xing Yuan uploaded the Red Owl signal on the Night Watch intranet, she immediately had Jin Jiao, Silver Horn, and three Jin Guan City Night Watch operatives whose leave was temporarily canceled go to prepare for the operation, and they would depart for Tang City in thirty minutes.
After Jin Jiao and Silver Horn left the office, Inspector Xing Yuan, who had been busy for a while, leaned back in her chair and rubbed her slightly aching temples. Her peripheral vision caught the stamp that Jin Jiao had just returned, and as if suddenly remembering something, a hint of worry appeared between her brows.
If I had this little thing in my hand back then, would I not have had to leave Xiao Bai? Inspector Xing Yuan thought, a helpless wry smile appearing on her face.
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Tang City, in a small house within a resort homestay five kilometers away from Taoyuanli Scenic Area.
Driving a big truck for a spin? What is Lu Yibei thinking?
Ju Meng finished reading the message from Lu Yibei, closed her phone with a look of disgust, put it away, turned around, and looked at Shang Nanxing beside her with a serious expression, asking, "Little Pudding, have they all arrived?"
Shang Nanxing glared at Ju Meng sideways and said slowly, "If you call me that name again, be careful, I'll stab you in the back later."
"Oh, didn't you used to like that name very much?" Ju Meng spread her hands and said, "You couldn't even speak clearly yet, but you already knew to yell 'Pudding, I want pudding' in front of my statue all day long, didn't you?"
"You don't know how hard it was for me to find you a serving of pudding back then!"
Shang Nanxing's cheeks flushed from what Ju Meng said. She held her forehead and said, "Let's hurry out, okay? Don't keep everyone waiting."
As she spoke, Shang Nanxing walked forward and pushed open the door of the small house.
"Creak!"
Accompanied by the soft sound of the door hinge turning, the door slowly opened, revealing a small conference room that could accommodate about twenty people. The conference room was already full of people, and many were standing against the wall. A quick glance showed that there were more than forty people.
They were all Psychic and urban legend who had successfully arrived in Tang City to support Ju Meng.
Ju Meng's gaze swept over them one by one, she scratched the back of her head and said with a laugh, "Everyone's here? Sorry to keep you waiting, shall we get to the point?"
As she spoke, her shy appearance was like a primary school student giving a speech for the first time in her life.
She hadn't expected that just sending a distress message through Turtle Elder would bring so many people, and some of them even came despite knowing that they might be intercepted and killed.
Facing these Psychic and urban legend, Ju Meng felt a little embarrassed for a moment, her cheeks slightly flushed.
In fact, when she helped these people and urban legend back then, she never thought that one day she would need them to repay her.
By the way, only that idiot Lu Yibei would treat it as a scam message, delete my distress message, and even block my number! Ju Meng thought.
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A few days ago, Tang City Jianlou Ancient Street.
Liu Banxian, who had arrived in a hurry from the airport, stopped in front of the small pawnshop on the street corner. After meeting his old friend Tan the Wealthy and exchanging a few jokes, Tan the Wealthy's smile remained, but his peripheral vision quietly drifted across the street, landing on a man holding a white porcelain plate.
After settling Liu Banxian, he immediately informed Ju Meng that Liu Banxian was being followed.
"...That's how it is, Adult. I don't think that person was deliberately led here by Old Liu. It's purely because Old Liu's spiritual sense is too weak, and he didn't even realize he was being followed," Tan the Wealthy said respectfully.
Upon hearing this, Turtle Elder, who was waiting at the side, his face darkened. He looked at Ju Meng and said, "Boss, it seems it's not safe here anymore. I'm afraid we can't stay. Let's leave quickly, okay?"
"..."
Ju Meng was silent for a long time before raising her head to look at Turtle Elder and saying seriously, "I'm not going anywhere, I'm staying right here."
Hearing this, Turtle Elder hurriedly said, "But Boss, the person who followed Liu Banxian is likely to attract those guys who attacked Taoyuan. If you get injured again, you might not be able to suppress that tree. What will we do then to kill our way back to Taoyuan and clear out those scoundrels?"
"It's just an injury, as long as I don't die." Ju Meng said indifferently. After speaking, her injuries flared up, causing a surge of qi and blood, which led to a violent cough.
"Cough cough cough, as for that tree, if I can't suppress it, I won't. If I can't kill my way back, I won't go back for now. Don't they want to use those kimchi jars to force the Tang City Night Watch to activate the city barrier?"
"Since we can't stop them, let's go with the plan and let them succeed. Later, you go tell Little Pudding that in the next two days, if I am attacked by those guys again and cause a commotion, she should secretly instigate the guy surnamed Xu to activate the barrier."
"Boss, you're thinking..." Turtle Elder seemed to understand Ju Meng's idea, he was stunned for a moment and said in surprise, "But, if you do that, setting aside the extremely high risk, even if you succeed, your Power will..."
Nine deaths and one life, breaking through and then establishing oneself... From a certain perspective, Liu Banxian's fortune-telling is quite accurate.
"Power?" Ju Meng glanced at Turtle Elder, and said solemnly word by word, "That kind of Power that is already rotten to the root, I don't need it!"
After speaking, seeing Turtle Elder standing stubbornly in front of her, not moving, Ju Meng frowned, then stood up from the chair, patted Turtle Elder's shoulder, and smiled.
"Don't worry, I won't die. Just do as I say. I thought about it seriously just now. Instead of lingering on for a few decades or a dozen years, it's better to take a chance so I can have the opportunity to spend more time with everyone."
"Boss..." Turtle Elder's heart warmed, he looked up at Ju Meng, his nose slightly sore.
"Very touched, right? Since I'm working so hard, how about giving me double the New Year's money this year?" Ju Meng said with a smile.
"..."
Turtle Elder was silent for a few seconds and said seriously, "You wish."
"You! I'm going to cry, okay?"
"You cry."
Ju Meng, "..."
