I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 540: Gu

Chapter 540: Chapter 540: Gu

Soon, the distinct voice of the Saintess came from the phone, "Little Liu, how’s the situation?"

"That man appeared again."

"Which man?" The Saintess obviously didn’t catch on immediately.

"The one who previously sabotaged our refining of the Nine Nether Ghost Cat."

The originally pleasant and magnetic voice of the Saintess suddenly deepened, "It’s that Li Muyun again! Weren’t you supposed to act covertly? How did he find out?"

"An experimental subject underwent a mutation, causing the evil aura within the barrier to leak out, infecting quite a few ordinary people, so..."

"I don’t want to hear any explanations. Just tell me, is the Ghost Gu finished?"

"It’s almost done. Li Muyun hasn’t found the Ghost Gu." Little Liu nervously wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly added, "Although Li Muyun has set up an Array around the entire building, he still doesn’t know about the existence of the Ghost Gu. After dark, I will personally retrieve it. Even though this will delay the completion of the Ghost Gu by more than half a month, I promise to complete it before the Saintess arrives in China!"

"This is your last chance. If you fail, you’ll take care of it yourself."

"Yes!"

A drop of cold sweat fell from Little Liu’s forehead, and his expression turned complex as he looked towards the building.

After driving away from the building, the six of them returned to the Guihua Cafe in two cars.

Taking a seat in a secluded spot, Yang Kai, who couldn’t hold back any longer, finally turned to you and asked, "Old Shu, what exactly is the situation inside that building right now? How should we proceed?"

Instead of immediately responding to Yang Kai, you turned to look at Tao Wenwen and Hu Meili, who were walking towards you, and asked Tao Wenwen, "Wenwen, did the advance payment from Sister Ling’s commission come in?"

Tao Wenwen, a top finance student, naturally became the cashier and accountant of the supernatural detective society, with the entire society’s funds under her control.

She nodded slightly, her voice still as faint as a mosquito buzzing, "President, the money had already arrived shortly after you left, and they paid it all at once."

"Wealthy people are just capricious. We’ve only just started investigating, and they’ve already paid the entire commission. It looks like we’re going to have to work overtime tonight."

Yang Kai usually didn’t pay attention to this, but now that it was mentioned, he also asked Tao Wenwen out of curiosity, "Wenwen, how much is the commission this time?"

"Two million."

"What!? That much!" Xian Qianling turned to look at you and asked, "Since when did you become so obsessed with money?"

You shrugged and smiled, "Money may not be everything, but without it, nothing can be done. Our supernatural detective society’s survival depends on these commissions."

Xian Qianling rolled her eyes, "All of your members are freshmen, barely having stepped into society, to have this kind of practical opportunity is already fortunate. Besides, for you, handling these kinds of things is often a walk in the park, isn’t it?"

"Police Officer Xie, you can’t say that!" Yang Kai immediately disagreed, "To others, it might seem like we’re just going through the motions, but we’ve worked with the police more than once or twice, and you know best how risky it is. To put it bluntly, we’re risking our lives for this. When has it ever been easy?"

Wei Shuxian pushed up his glasses and laughed, "Aside from swearing to Nie Ying that he’d be a good person, this is the most sensible thing Little Kai has said to date. People only see the outcome, but each talisman takes a great deal of effort from us. Normally, there’s a saying in our line of work, ’We might not do business for half a year, but when we do, it feeds us for three.’"

You then added, "She’s a rich heiress; she can’t understand the hardships of us poor folks, so there’s no point in discussing it further."

Seeing Xian Qianling looking displeased at you, you said with a smile, "Just kidding, no need to take it so seriously. Now, let’s discuss how to bring out the real culprits behind the building."

Wei Shuxian had been pondering over this issue and after a moment of contemplation, he said to you, "First off, we need to clear something up, this mastermind is definitely not simple. Anyone who can find Zero Boundary and set up a barrier there to tamper with things must possess out-of-the-ordinary abilities."

"Hm." You nodded earnestly, "Glasses is right, and that’s the reason I didn’t take action immediately before. On one hand, our understanding of Zero Boundary is far too limited, and the location of that building is too peculiar. If we attempt to investigate the barrier, we might break it, which could let ghosts escape or release a massive amount of evil aura, and that would endanger the people around."

"On the other hand, there’s that little ghostly figure that bit off half of that dark shadow’s head in one go. It has me quite concerned." As you mentioned this, your brow furrowed deeper, "To my knowledge, demons and monsters rarely kill each other, and even if they do fight, they definitely don’t eat one another."

"So what do we do now?" Xian Qianling asked.

After a moment of silence, you said to Xian Qianling, "It’s a commercial district there, with no residents around, so I would like to ask the police to first block off the area around the building for about a hundred meters or so, to avoid involving innocent people."

"Sure, no problem."

Protecting the lives and properties of the public is part of Xian Qianling’s job.

"Leave the rest to me." As you spoke, you turned to Wei Shuxian, "After the police have secured the area, I will set up four markers around the building. Pick four people from our society to stand there and activate the Two Days Heaven Bagua Array, creating a sealed barrier to prevent anything from escaping."

Wei Shuxian nodded, "We have already discussed this on the way back. With Madman absent, Nie Ying, Yang Kai, Liao Yong, and I will activate the Two Days Heaven Bagua Array."

"Okay." Turning your head to Zong Wangyue, you suddenly said, "Zongzi, you’re coming with me into the building tonight. I need a human target."

"What the heck!?" Zong Wangyue immediately jumped up, his face crestfallen as he said to you, "Boss, do you see this physique of mine? Am I fit to be a target?"

You nodded naturally. Before you could say anything, Liao Yong added, "Your size is just right, very eye-catching."

"Get lost!" Zong Wangyue glanced sideways at Liao Yong disapprovingly and approached you with a grin. "Boss, I think our newcomer, Little Pen, is pretty good. He was just shouting about wanting to join you on a mission."

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