Chapter 120: with translation of chapter title: 120

120 "My salt has no technology and no hard work."

In the still night, several people clad in black uniforms concealed themselves within.

Their gaze was not only fixed on Tushan Jiu's movements, but they also had to vigilantly observe everything around them.

Thus, the tense atmosphere lasted for half an hour.

Suddenly, Tushan Jiu stood still.

Lin Xiu'er's nervous palm emitted tiny currents of electricity.

Chen Rang held a numb-snake whip in his left hand and an opened bag of edible salt in his right.

Some others held magical implements, while others clung to salt bags half a person's height.

But the next second, Tushan Jiu quickly bent over and squatted down.

Everyone's gaze hurriedly turned to her feet, and the magical implements in their hands tightened.

The result was that upon seeing Tushan Jiu's shoelace merely undone, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Danger lifted.

As for everyone being this tense, Tushan Jiu had no idea.

As she walked, she caught sight of her white shoes in her peripheral vision, the laces undone; thinking she shouldn't delay things later, she squatted down to tie them.

But it was precisely this action that let her discover that the black calamity had already appeared.

It was now inside her shadow.

Because the edge of her white shoe had turned 'black'.

This black wasn't dirt; her shoe's edge had vanished, merging with the darkness.

However, one must admit, this black calamity is truly very 'black'.

She stared at the shoe's edge for a while before noticing that layer of shadow.

So as not to startle it, after tying her laces, Tushan Jiu stood up as if nothing had happened.

She didn't continue forward, just stood in place motionless.

Tushan Jiu thought it was because she moved slowly that it could keep pace with her steps.

If she were to speed up so much that it couldn't keep up, wouldn't she be able to peel it away from her shadow?

In that case, let alone devouring her, she probably couldn't even touch a single strand of her own hair.

Coincidentally, she could also test how much her Shrink Earth to an Inch technique had improved.

She flipped her wrist, swiftly forming a hand seal, and chanted the incantation: 'Shrink Earth to an Inch, a step covers a thousand li; over mountains and ridges, tread on level ground.'

Instantly she vanished from the spot.

The next second, she appeared five meters away.

And there, where she had just stood, only a black shadow remained, suddenly bereft of its target and somewhat dazed.

Tushan Jiu wasted no time, saying into the earpiece one word: 'Catch!'

As soon as her voice fell, a huge Bagua formation appeared beneath her feet.

The moment the Bagua formation appeared, it began to spin rapidly.

The black calamity seemed to react, instantly turning into a mass of black mist that rose up, trying to flee.

Tushan Jiu slightly furrowed her brows, narrowing her eyes.

Who would have thought that the black calamity, originally devoid of consciousness, would gain intelligence after devouring a person?

Fortunately we discovered it early; if it were really given some time, after devouring a few more people it could easily become a regional disaster.

The Bagua formation temporarily trapped the black calamity.

The black calamity lunged left and right, trying to escape.

Tushan Jiu's Qi surged wildly around her, sustaining the Bagua confinement.

At the same time, the office staff had already arrived before it.

Chen Rang flung the edible salt from his hand at it, and everyone else likewise tossed their salt toward it.

The instant the black calamity touched the salt, it shrank into a ball.

As if it were afraid of something.

But after probing, it found its movement unhindered, so it immediately expanded a circle, then instinctively went crashing around, seeking an exit.

This caught everyone off guard.

Because besides fearing salt, other utmost-yang things had barely any effect on it.

But they were all veteran employees, and even faced with sudden situations they could remain composed.

Although the black calamity is impervious to blades and spears, and magical techniques aren't very effective against it, it's still better than nothing.

Lin Xiu'er took the lead, moving her palm, and thunderbolts came in succession, striking at those inside the formation.

Xu Lao directed the others on how to cooperate with Tushan Jiu's confinement, making their attacks twice as effective.

Everyone gave their all; today we must subdue this thing.

Because not only could Tushan Jiu see that it had gained intelligence, they could see it too.

Only Tushan Jiu at this moment had the leisure to wonder.

Her grandfather said this thing fears salt; how could that be wrong?

The more she thought, the more it seemed off.

She diverted a portion of her focus, retracted her ghost-head blade, and took out the canister of salt she had grabbed from the kitchen when she left home, which was inside her bracelet.

She had prepared it for emergencies, thinking that if the black calamity got close, she could temporarily restrain it.

She glanced at the salt Chen Rang and the others had scattered on the ground, then looked at the salt in her own hand.

After a moment, she opened the lid and flung it toward the black calamity inside the formation.

Sizzle

That black calamity instantly shrank a bit, could not recover, and also emitted a huff sound.

Tushan Jiu: "......"

How is it that this black calamity is not afraid of salt?

This Chen Rang must have bought fake salt!

Not only was she stunned, but the one who opened his mouth the widest was Chen Rang.

He incredulously asked Tushan Dao friend, "What did you just splash? I look at it and it looks so much like salt!"

Tushan Jiu: "It's not just like salt; it is salt."

Chen Rang was dumbfounded: "Huh? Why is our salt not working, but yours works? Could it be that your salt is not ordinary salt?"

Lin Xiu'er and the others were also curious, but they dared not slack off in their actions, chopping at the black calamity while waiting for Tushan Jiu's answer.

Tushan Jiu shook her head: "No, it's just the edible salt we eat."

Chen Rang: "???"

Old Xu paused, looked at the salt on the ground, and suddenly thought of a possibility.

As expected, Tushan Jiu said: "My salt has no technology, no hard work."

The implication is, your salt is fake salt!

Everyone: "......"

Lin Xiu'er was so shocked by this reason that even lightning would be split askew, almost striking her own feet.

Frightened, she quickly jumped up.

The last time she got struck by lightning, she still remembers it vividly; that feeling, old sour and refreshing.

As for Chen Rang himself, he can only say he feels "no place to hide", and now just wants to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Today, his mistake almost ruined things.

Old Xu, after glancing at the dejected Chen Rang, made a decisive decision, ordering him to quickly go buy salt again, and after returning, write a ten-thousand-word investigation and analysis of edible salt.

Chen Rang nodded, admitting his mistake: "I'll go buy it now!"

Suddenly, Tushan Jiu spoke up, raising her phone: "No need, my fiancé has already gone to buy it; he'll be here soon."

Then, the surroundings fell silent.

Everyone at the office felt embarrassed to the point of being thrown into outer space.

Today, in this mission, Tushan Jiu not only discovered the black calamity, cooperated with their work, but also stepped in to help trap the black calamity, and finally let them discover their work mistake.

Moreover, they even mobilized family members to help buy salt, saving them a lot of time and preventing further mishaps.

Their fiancé is a wealthy CEO, who went to the store late at night to purchase a large amount of edible salt.

If this were filmed and put on the news, how would it be written?