Chapter 32

Qin Ziyang heard Su Chen's question, feeling even more guilty, and merely let out a soft hum.

Seeing this, Su Chen immediately comforted him with a few words, reassured him, and then hung up the phone.

After hanging up, Su Chen swept his spiritual sense slightly and immediately sensed several unfamiliar auras downstairs.

These auras were considerably stronger than an ordinary person's, and one of them unmistakably emanated the aura of Condensed Qi Third Level.

Su Chen pushed open the door, preparing to meet these people.

It wasn't that Su Chen was reckless; first, he believed he had the system in hand, so these people could do nothing to him, and if worse came to worst, he could slip away.

Secondly, he had contacted this organization in his past life and believed they meant no harm.

"Dad, Mom, I'm going downstairs for a walk!"

Su Chen greeted Su Father and Su Mother in the living room, then headed downstairs.

A few minutes later, after Su Chen went downstairs, he went straight toward the direction of those few unusual auras.

As soon as Su Chen appeared, several people around furtively glanced at him.

Among them, there was a mother soothing her child at play, an office worker heading home, and an old man exercising his body...

Without waiting for them to react, Su Chen went straight toward one of them.

"Old man, I heard you were looking for me?"

Su Chen walked up to the old man who was exercising and spoke with a smile.

The old man sensed Su Chen's approach, feeling surprised inside, but showed nothing on the surface, continuing his exercise.

However, when Su Chen spoke, the old man gave a wry smile: "Team A, withdraw; they saw through us at a glance."

"You really are a cultivator… not an ordinary person; do you know how much trouble your actions will cause later?"

The old man instinctively wanted to reveal Su Chen's identity, looked around, then forced himself to stop, and spoke somewhat helplessly.

Upon hearing that it would cause trouble, Su Chen's face showed a thoughtful expression; he had not thought much before, only wanting to quickly strengthen Blue Star's power.

More than half an hour later, accompanied by the old man and a young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, Su Chen drove to a building.

Su Chen showed no surprise in his eyes; he had encountered this organization in his previous life.

By chance in his previous life, he met his master, who, as a Golden Core Stage expert, naturally became the head of the Cultivation Management Bureau.

And as his disciple, Su Chen became the deputy captain of a team in the Cultivation Management Bureau, assisting the captain in handling many affairs in Qingshui Shi.

In his previous life, he had seen this old man, knowing he was the head of the Qingshui Shi branch of the Dahuaguo National Security Bureau. At that time, the Cultivation Management Bureau and the National Security Bureau checked each other while also depending on each other.

As he walked, Su Chen formed some speculation; the person he saw was likely the decisive National Security Bureau director from his previous life.

Soon after, Su Chen followed the two up to the eighth floor.

Upon entering, Su Chen looked at the two, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.

Su Chen originally thought this place would overturn his understanding, a mysterious and lofty location.

Yet before him, it was no different from an ordinary office worker's office.

The old man seemed to see Su Chen's thought, smiling slightly: "As a relevant department, we of course cannot be detected, and our work also fits this better, because such an arrangement is the most appropriate."

Su Chen nodded slightly and stopped in front of a closed office.

Just as the old man was about to knock, an elderly voice came from the office.

"Come in!"

Su Chen's heart tightened slightly, instantly focusing his spirit.

Entering the room, an old man with several ferocious scars on his face was seated in the office chair.

Before him lay a thick stack of documents, the topmost opened part bearing Su Chen's name.

Su Chen casually glanced at the documents on the table, feeling nothing inside.

He had already guessed that the other side would surely investigate his situation thoroughly, so he was not angry.

"Do you know why I'm looking for you?"

The old man's voice was hoarse, his eyes deep as the sea.

Even though Su Chen had seen this old man a few times in his previous life, seeing him again now still left him shaken by the old man's gaze and aura, inevitably arousing a vague fear.

However, he showed no trace of fear on the surface, instead probing: "Is it about the livestream?"

Seeing that Su Chen, despite his intimidation, showed no trace of fear, the old man's interest in him grew even greater.

He had once been the captain of a certain Special Operations Group, participating in many special operations, his hands stained with much blood; merely his killing intent once frightened a criminal into kneeling on the spot, losing bladder and bowel control.

Moreover, his cultivation had already reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage; even without deliberately releasing his aura, the young man before him, merely at the third layer of Condensed Qi, remained so calm and composed, which naturally surprised him.

The old man nodded slightly: "What is the purpose of your livestream? For money?"

Su Chen hesitated somewhat, wondering whether he should tell the old man before him that a great catastrophe would occur in ten years.

Seeing Su Chen's hesitation, the old man waved his hand slightly: "Forget it, that's not important; what matters are the consequences of your doing this."

Su Chen's eyes showed a thoughtful expression; he had already considered this problem on his way here.

But because his thinking was constrained by the idea that "doing this can make Blue Star stronger," he failed to work out such a simple problem.

Seeing that Su Chen still hadn't figured it out, the old man sighed inwardly: "After all, he's just an eighteen-year-old kid."

"This will disrupt social order," the old man reminded.

Su Chen's mind exploded with a boom, his face turned pale with shock; he had made a grave mistake.

In his previous life, the news of Spiritual Qi's revival was concealed for over a month; during that time, the government quickly established the Cultivation Management Bureau.

After the Spiritual Qi revival, many who met the conditions began cultivating, but among them were certainly those who intended to use it for wrongdoing.

Even though in his previous life cultivation techniques and resources were scarce, various cultivator criminals appeared worldwide, causing great harm to the world.

"My actions even give an opportunity to those who originally had no chance to cultivate but harbor ill intentions, which will bring the Cultivation Management Bureau even greater trouble—multiples, even tens or hundreds of times more trouble."

Upon thinking this, Su Chen felt a bead of cold sweat trickle down his face.

The old man saw Su Chen's expression instantly turn ugly, and snorted coldly: "You know now, how much trouble you will bring to this world."

Su Chen nodded silently, no longer the calm he had when he arrived.

Seeing his goal achieved, the old man nodded inwardly; in the next instant he posed a question he thought Su Chen could not answer.

"How do you know cultivation? As far as I know, only disciples of Daoist sects and hermit families can master these."

As the old man spoke, his deep eyes fixed firmly on Su Chen.

"Besides, the one who appeared on Luoxian Shan is you, right? You seem to know something."

The old man gave Su Chen no time to think, speaking in an aggressive, pressing manner.