Chapter 187: Evil God Ascends, Inspectors Watch

Bai Zhenzhen asked again, "By the way, what about that evil god's little treasury? Did you find it?"

Fuji said, "How could it be that easy? After that guy knew he couldn't win, he wiped all the records and data from his own mind."

"And even if there were any, never touch the legacy he left behind."

"The commotion we caused this time isn't small; it's definitely been noticed by quite a few people."

"The patrol team might already be investigating this incident, so you must be careful from now on."

As she spoke, strands of icy malevolent godly power emerged from Fuji's body, and she said proudly, "But after devouring that guy, I've now recovered to the rank of a lower-level evil god, more than enough to cover for you on the first layer of Kunxu."

Through Fuji's explanation, Zhang Yu learned that evil gods also have a hierarchy, and the key to this hierarchy is the so-called rank.

Fuji said, "From level 1 to level 9, evil gods have nine ranks. Only with a higher rank can you infiltrate higher-level divine power networks."

"For example, Kunxu has 36 layers. The higher you go, the higher the network level, and the harder it is to infiltrate."

"But now that I've recovered to level 1, the rank of a lower-level evil god, infiltrating the divine power network of Kunxu's first layer shouldn't be a big problem."

Zhang Yu knew that all networks in Kunxu were essentially divine power networks, channels for the orthodox gods to transmit information and power, and they were only gradually opened for civilian use later on.

Hearing Fuji's words, Zhang Yu asked, "So what exactly can you do?"

As if wanting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to recognize her usefulness, Fuji began introducing the power she had after recovering to a level 1 evil god, like a salesperson.

"First, of course, I can now perform various rituals."

"Detection rituals can locate where the cameras are."

"Shielding rituals can block cameras."

"Anti-surveillance rituals can control cameras..."

"Also..."

Zhang Yu couldn't help but say, "Are you obsessed with cameras or something? Why is everything about dealing with cameras?"

"That's because you don't understand the trade," Fuji pointed out. "The lower the layer of Kunxu, the less developed the divine power network. The first layer is the most underdeveloped of all, so the orthodox gods use the most primitive and crude methods to monitor the first layer."

"On the first layer, surveillance cameras are the eyes of the orthodox gods, their most important way to observe the world and monitor society."

"If you can avoid all the cameras, it's like avoiding the gaze of most orthodox gods, making you practically invisible on the first layer."

"So among the rituals that a level 1 evil god masters, the ones related to cameras are the most numerous."

Bai Zhenzhen remembered how she monitored Song Xu and the others through cameras, and asked, "But Song Xu and his group didn't seem to use this?"

Fuji chuckled and said, "Because even for evil gods, rituals cannot be used infinitely."

"Each level of evil god can only maintain a limited number of rituals."

"For example, my colleague there had to maintain the wish rituals for eight followers, a shielding ritual to block cameras in the apartment building, and also cast shadow gu to monitor you—he was almost at his limit. How could he have any remaining capacity to freely perform rituals for his followers?"

"And unlike him, I didn't buy a bunch of junk stocks."

"I only have the two of you as followers, so I can set up detection rituals on both of you, allowing you to sense the locations of cameras at all times."

"There's also the anti-detection ritual. Once this ritual is completed on you, as long as no orthodox god is presiding, it will let you hide part of your data when being tested for mana or physical strength."

"Hehe, your data has been getting more and more attention lately. This ritual should help you lie low for a while, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen nodded repeatedly. With no one backing them, their rapidly increasing physical data had indeed become a major headache.

Especially since they were preparing for the foundation-building qualification exam, excessively high test scores no longer meant much to them and could easily attract unnecessary covetousness.

For example, when Zhang Yu was selling seeds, Director Long had paid special attention to him.

Seeing that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were both interested, Fuji finally stated her real purpose: "Well, if you prepare the materials and venue for the rituals, we can start anytime..."

But as he looked at the materials she kept listing, Zhang Yu frowned and said, "What's with these antiques? That adds up to over a hundred thousand, doesn't it? Does the ritual really require such expensive antiques?"

Fuji had prepared for this and explained, "The evil god's rank is just the threshold for performing rituals and infiltrating the divine power network."

"Actually performing each ritual consumes evil god power."

"Of course, I can steal a little power from the orthodox gods' divine power network every day. It would take about half a year to gather enough to perform these few rituals."

Zhang Yu looked at the phone screen, where Fuji had selected items like statues, incense burners, and candle holders into the shopping cart, and frowned, "So these antiques can supplement your evil god power?"

Fuji said, "Long before the Divine Power Network was established, the deities already stood tall in Kunxu, worshipped by countless people, receiving the power of incense and faith."

"This power of incense and faith is the predecessor of divine power."

"And in various artifacts left over from the old era, traces of residual incense and faith power can always be found. By absorbing this incense and faith power, I can replenish my evil divine power."

After speaking, Fuji continued to persuade, "Your progress is becoming more and more astonishing, and you need to properly conceal your strength. Also, the matter of Song Xu might alert the patrol team. They could monitor you with cameras at any time. What if someone sees something they shouldn't?"

"With so many secrets on you, you need methods of concealment the most." "Spending over a hundred thousand to buy peace of mind is absolutely not a loss."

"Also, don't worry about having too many ritual effects on you and being caught during the Foundation Establishment exam. I can temporarily turn off all rituals except the Wish Ritual for you during the exam. With my technical expertise, I can fully hide them, and they will never be discovered by the orthodox deities."

Bai Zhenzhen thought for a moment and said, "Yu Zi, this guy makes sense. It seems this hundred thousand or so can't be saved."

"Alright." Zhang Yu nodded. "Then let's prepare."

Fortunately, after returning to Songyang, Zhang Yu had earned some money by selling seeds and charging mediation fees, so he could do some shopping on his phone now.

Then Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen began cultivating again.

Zhang Yu twisted his body, channeled his magical power, and continuously struck various postures to temper his flesh and blood while accelerating the expulsion of waste and toxins from his body.

Since returning from Xiandu City, Zhang Yu had been seizing every moment to continuously cultivate the Spring Autumn Boundless Zen, a top-tier body-tempering technique.

These past few days, not only had he pushed the level of this technique forward and felt the growth of his physical strength, but during the cultivation process, he also sensed the residual pill toxins and medicine toxins in his body being expelled bit by bit.

After all, over the past few months, in order to pass the Foundation Establishment qualification exam, Zhang Yu had completely abandoned his original natural body-tempering path, crazily injecting and applying medicinal agents, and continuously consuming Hunyuan Pills.

No mistakes, no omissions, everything in one look!

Although this process had driven his cultivation to advance fiercely and skyrocketed his various stats, it also left a large amount of hard-to-expel impurities in his body, gradually affecting the metabolic functions of his internal organs.

In fact, even before taking the last Foundation Establishment exam, he had felt a kind of pain coming from his organs.

But now, through the cultivation of Spring Autumn Boundless Zen, he felt his flesh and blood becoming cleaner and cleaner, and his internal organs gradually gaining a light, comfortable feeling.

After finishing another round of Spring Autumn Boundless Zen, Zhang Yu felt his whole body relaxed and comfortable. He glanced at his Yushu.

Spring Autumn Boundless Zen Level 6 (14/60)

"Once Spring Autumn Boundless Zen reaches Level 10, I'll go cultivate those high school basic techniques and see what effect that Chain Method Diagram's High School Saint Body actually has."

Over the next few days, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen cultivated while preparing the materials and venue for the ritual.

That day, at White Dragon High School.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, who had just finished sparring with Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong for two hours, were walking out.

Zhang Yu recalled Yu Xinghan's pale face today and thought to himself, "Is this guy okay? He won't overwork himself and drop dead from overwork someday, right?"

Just then, they saw several people in patrol team uniforms striding loudly down the corridor of White Dragon High School, with students all around making way for them.

"Patrol team..." Zhang Yu thought back to the intel he had just gotten from Yu Xinghan and Song Hailong.

The disappearance of Song Xu, a top student at White Dragon High School, had not caused much of a stir, apparently because the inside story had been suppressed. The students at White Dragon only knew that Song Xu hadn't come to school for a few days, but not that this academic star had already died from the backlash of an evil god ritual.

Seeing the patrol team's appearance, Zhang Yu immediately guessed they might be investigating Song Xu's matter. He and Bai Zhenzhen quickly moved to the side, wanting to avoid drawing their attention as much as possible.

But just as they passed by him, the woman at the head stopped and turned to look at Zhang Yu.

"Huh? You're Zhang Yu, right?" She looked at Zhang Yu and chuckled. "You're Zhang Pianpian's... heh."

Seeing the beautiful woman proactively come over to greet them, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen both tensed up.

But she continued, "My name is Yun Ni, the captain of the patrol team."

"We talked before, don't you remember?"

Zhang Yu was slightly startled, because she looked far too young, completely different from the image of a patrol team captain he had imagined.

What Zhang Yu didn't know was that Yun Ni came from ten generations of patrolmen in her family—a famous patrol clan in Songyang.

And as an outstanding member of this generation, Yun Ni had become a member of the patrol team back in high school. After graduation, following her family's arrangement, she skipped college and directly became the patrol team captain.

Yun Ni seemed to want to say something else to Zhang Yu, but her gaze swept over the White Dragon people around them, and she frowned slightly. "Sigh, White Dragon is full of stench now, all looking like a bunch of demons and monsters."

Zhang Yu was momentarily stunned, then realized she was talking about how the current White Dragon students, after undergoing the imitation demonic flesh and muscle modification surgeries, had mostly taken on the appearance of demonic descendants.

Yun Ni sighed, "With these half-human, half-demon appearances, if they'd been running around at our old school, a flying sword would have stabbed them to death long ago."

"Who could have imagined... that the high school campus would turn into this ghostly place now."

A patrol team member nearby quickly reminded her, "Captain, if anyone hears that, you'll be reported again."

Zhang Yu understood—the Yun Ni before him was a standard discriminator against demon descendants.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that." Yun Ni shook her head, then looked at Zhang Yu with a slight smile. "Zhang Yu, let's find another place to talk."

Zhang Yu told Bai Zhenzhen to go on ahead, while he followed behind Yun Ni.

As they walked, Yun Ni asked, "Zhang Yu, have you been in contact with Song Xu recently?"