Chapter 184 - 183: Stirring, Tracking

While Kong Wu might not be the most reliable person, he was never sloppy when it came to official matters.

Upon learning that Li Jing needed the Assistant Inspector Department’s help to find the culprits, he promptly agreed.

After hanging up the call and sending the photos to Kong Wu, Li Jing looked up nearby clubs on his phone’s map.

In the surveillance records Xiao Ai had filtered for four Great Demons, it was found that they had frequented high-end clubs along the eastern coast multiple times.

Whether or not these four Great Demons knew how to have fun, was hard to say.

But at the very least, they knew how to enjoy themselves.

This was not difficult to understand.

Great Demons "created" using the Soul-Burning Beast Control technique did not have long to live.

If they did not seize the day to enjoy, when their time came, they would not have another chance.

Additionally, the fact that none of these four Great Demons had any records indicated that before being "created," they were Second Realm demons without even the ability to transform.

The spiritual intelligence of monsters develops gradually with cultivation level.

Only after reaching the Three Realm and having the ability to transform, they could be regarded as indistinguishable from humans.

For the "made" Great Demons, they could at most maintain their human forms for about half a month.

That is to say, it has taken only half a month for their spiritual intelligence to become fully developed.

There’s no question about their intelligence.

But within such a short time, they could not possibly suppress their inherent wild instincts.

The beast-like nature of monsters.

To overcome it, they need to have sufficient wisdom and resist it with willpower over time.

As the Evil Cultivators have control over them, their instinct for slaughter would inevitably be limited.

But primary impulses like pleasure and the instinct to breed cannot be eradicated just by a means of restriction. They needed to vent.

The Evil Cultivators behind them must have considered this, allowing these beasts to frequent high-end clubs - they gave them financial support.

Otherwise, these newly transformed Great Demons would probably not be able to afford such luxurious clubs.

After reviewing, Li Jing confirmed that there were three clubs nearby.

One high-end and two mid-range.

Ignoring the mid-range clubs, Li Jing turned to Yulian.

"With your ability to sense, how far away can you detect the existence of a Great Demon?"

"If simply detecting it, it’s roughly within a radius of about ten miles, or five thousand meters," Yulian promptly replied.

"But if I can sense them, they can also sense me."

"It’s not a big problem, running into a Great Demon by chance won’t make them particularly vigilant," Li Jing answered.

"The Assistant Inspector Department is already helping to find them. If those four Great Demons are wandering around, they should be spotted by someone. However, it will be difficult to find them among the masses, so we might as well not hang around. There’s a high-end club nearby, let’s go try our luck, see if we can find them."

"I’m not good at finding people in investigations. Anyway, I’ll just do what you say."

Yulian nodded her head.

...

To get to the club, Li Jing did not fly.

At this moment, both of them are within the possible activity range of the four Great Demons.

If they ran into one by sheer luck and were noticed flying above, it would be awkward.

If you can fly in the sky, you’re either patrolling or you’re a part of the Management Bureau.

If the others didn’t mind, that would be fine. If they were aware of it, it would be hard to imagine what these four fighting Great Demons would do.

It took about half an hour for Li Jing and Yulian to get to the club, walking and stopping the entire way.

At the entrance of the club, Li Jing turned his head to look at Yulian.

Seeing this, she shook her head silently, indicating that she had not detected anything.

Getting this response, Li Jing simply started walking the streets with Yulian.

Yulian’s sensing range was around ten miles in diameter, which easily covered the entire Ye Sheng Club.

Since they weren’t there, there was no need to go in.

Rather, they should continue walking around, trying their luck.

What if?

...

The two of them wandered around for more than two hours.

They hadn’t bumped into any Great Demons, nor had the Assistant Inspector Department reached out.

Li Jing and Yulian weren’t short on patience, but aimlessly wandering around was undoubtedly tedious.

In the end, Yulian couldn’t help but speak up.

"Say, why don’t we check out the stores along the street?"

"I don’t mind, whatever store you’re interested in, I’ll accompany you to take a look," Li Jing replied.

With his approval, Yulian gave a slight nod and led Li Jing towards a jewelry store at the side of the street.

Seeing Yulian head straight for the jewelry store, Li Jing asked in surprise,

"You’ve been a monster for over a hundred years, are you still interested in gold and silver jewelry?"

"Just because I’m a monster doesn’t mean I’m not a woman," Yulian responded matter-of-factly.

"What woman isn’t fond of these treasures?"

As they were talking, the two stepped into the store.

Inside the jewelry store, three sales associates, two females and one male, were chatting idly.

When they saw the two walk in, the male sales associate hurriedly greeted them.

"Welcome! Sir, madam, may I..."

But he could not finish his sentence. He was mesmerized by the sight in front of him.

The natural charm Yulian possessed was very powerful.

Usually, she consciously suppressed it to avoid attracting unwanted attention.

Her influence is relatively limited, roughly about a meter around her.

At this moment, the shop assistant is already within the range and is affected.

Yulian had long familiarized herself with this situation.

Leaning towards Li Jing, she spoke softly.

’Where’s the counter for your store’s latest products?’

The male store assistant snapped back to attention upon hearing her question.

With envy, jealousy, and resentment in his eyes, he glanced at Li Jing who was Yulian’s male companion. With much effort, he moved his gaze away from Yulian, turned sideways, and gestured for her to proceed.

’The new product counter is over here.’

’Thank you.’

Yulian smiled, pulling a certain someone towards the counter.

The male store assistant followed closely behind them.

Li Jing had seen everything the male store assistant did when he approached him earlier. He looked back, his expression somewhat strange, and quietly passed Yulian a message.

’Do all men react like this when they meet you?’

’If you mean when I’m out casually, pretty much.’

Yulian replied via message, then continued.

’I try my best to control it, but ordinary people with One Realm cultivation are too weak to resist; they react this way when they get close to me. It’s better at the company, our employees are mostly above the Second Realm, there are no One Realm employees.’

Li Jing pursed his lips and sent a message back.

’Isn’t it tiring to live like this?’

’You get used to it.’

Yulian laughed lightly. Arriving at the counter, she looked at the array of new products, then sent Li Jing a message.

’This is a rare opportunity, let me show you my skills.’

?

Li Jing.

Before he could react, Yulian giggled with a mischievous smile.

’My dear, help me pick out a couple of nice pieces.’

Upon hearing this, Li Jing’s calves almost gave way, almost falling onto his knees.

This phrase ’my dear,’ Yulian had infused it with her ’magic.’

He was unprepared and close at hand, almost making a fool of himself.

As for the male shop assistant who followed, his eyes were almost spouting fire.

Jealousy.

Not to mention the two women who didn’t come over, weren’t much better either.

The looks they gave were filled with murderous intent, as if they wanted nothing more than to tear him apart.

Seeing even the two female store assistants were affected, Li Jing looked at Yulian, who was playing innocent despite having teased him, and pointed at a not too fanciful ring in the counter.

’Take this one out to take a look.’

As Li Jing spoke, the male store assistant brusquely kicked open the counter, grabbed the ring, and was about to throw it towards Li Jing’s face.

Upon seeing this, Li Jing’s face darkened.

Even though he knew the shop assistant was influenced by Yulian’s ’magic’ and had developed hostility towards him, his patience was wearing thin.

After all, he was a Fifth Boundary individual, and having an item thrown at his face by someone at One Realm would surely disgrace him.

Just as he was about to speak, Yulian lifted her hand.

With a simple movement, the hot-headed male store assistant respectfully handed the ring to her. During this, his fingers didn’t dare touch her as if she were sacrosanct.

Seeing this, Li Jing couldn’t help but look at Yulian with admiration.

This ability of hers was quite impressive.

He was without a doubt, that if Yulian suggested the male store assistant pack up all the items in the store, he would gift her all the jewellery.

Noticing a look of admiration on a certain someone’s face, Yulian gave a triumphant smile, placing the ring on her ring finger and holding it up.

’How about this? Does it look nice?’

Li Jing gave it a careful look and nodded.

’Not bad, let’s get it.’

With these words, he took out his phone, scanned the QR code on the counter, and finished paying.

Yulian was stunned at this scene.

Li Jing bought the item immediately, intending to buy this ring for her?

This...

A ring is not something you simply give away!

Plus, she was wearing it on her ring finger right now.

Feeling confused, Li Jing turned around and held her hand.

???

Yulian.

Although she was extremely used to having men wrapped around her finger, this situation left her stupefied.

She indeed has a soft spot for Li Jing.

True, they’ve only known each other for two days, but it’s a woman’s nature to admire the strong.

Without a doubt, Li Jing is stronger than her.

In her eyes, he also has quite an impressive background.

Unlike Chen Jing, Li Jing’s character isn’t overwhelmingly intimidating, and from time to time, he shows a sensitive side.

A man more powerful than herself, with a great background, who knows how to cater to her needs.

Which woman wouldn’t appreciate that?

If nothing had happened, Yulian wouldn’t give it much thought.

Right now, with the hand bearing the ring being held, her heart, unwavering for over a hundred years, began to flutter.

At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her youthful days of daydreaming about love, which made her fantasize uncontrollably.

’What would I do if Li Jing suddenly kneeled and proposed to me?’

’Would I accept?’

Or...

In a state of panic and confusion, Li Jing took the ring from her finger and put it into his storage space.

???

Yulian.

"Why are you glaring at me? I didn’t say I’d buy it for you."

Li Jing tilted his head.

"..."

Yulian.

She considered herself to have a good temper.

But at this moment, she blew her top.

She had begun to consider simply going along with it to solve her century-long singlehood issue, and Li Jing pulled this move.

Who plays like this?

His pettiness was untenable!

Revenge isn’t supposed to be done overnight!

Looking somewhat exasperated, Yulian turned her head and selected the jewelry she liked.

She was the first to make a sarcastic remark, she couldn’t argue about it.

Neither was she so juvenile as to use petty tricks to regain face.

That would be too cheap...

Seeing that Yulian’s pretty face had turned green, but she suppressed her anger. Li Jing couldn’t help but laugh.

"Choose a bracelet, I’ll give it to you."

Taking a little revenge on Yulian was just incidental.

He chose the ring simply because Liu Sisi had asked for it.

Now that Yulian was angry, it’s better to appease her a bit.

In any case, they would rely on Yulian to deal with the four Great Demons later on.

Upon hearing Li Jing’s words, Yulian rolled her eyes, looking suspicious but remained silent.

However, her body was very honest, and she glanced towards the bracelets in the display counter.

...

After Yulian had picked her bracelet, Li Jing paid the bill and left the jewelry store with her.

Fundamentally, Yulian was just passing time. She only needed something to wear for fun with no special requirements.

Now that she had a bracelet, she was satisfied.

Back on the street, they didn’t walk far before Yulian set her sights on a dress shop.

After all, a bit of shopping and eating was her love.

Even the Great Demon wasn’t an exception.

Just as she was about to pull Li Jing into the dress shop, the latter’s cellphone rang with a pleasant tune.

Li Jing took out his phone.

The screen showed that it was Kong Wu calling.

"The Assistant Inspector Department has news."

Whispering that, Li Jing stopped.

Hearing his voice, Yulian had no choice but to stop as well.

Li Jing answered the phone.

"Kong Wu, is there news?"

"Yes."

Kong Wu replied.

"An Assistant Inspector ground operative has run into your suspects during a drunk driving check on Ninth Avenue. The four guys are in two commercial vehicles, each with their chauffeurs, heading into the city. I will send you their plate numbers soon, and the ground operatives will keep monitoring their movements."

"Okay."

Li Jing responded.

"Please look after the operatives, Kong Wu, don’t be too explicit. This group of four is very dangerous."

"Got it."

Kong Wu agreed before hanging up and sending over the two plate numbers.

After receiving the plate numbers, Li Jing hailed a taxi and instructed the driver to head towards the city via Ninth Avenue.

Next, he sent the plate numbers to Xiao Ai and asked her to use the road surveillance cameras to track the two vehicles in real-time.

Soon, Li Jing was notified by Xiao Ai that she had found the vehicles.

The two commercial vehicles were indeed heading into the inner city, just like Kong Wu had said.

Li Jing wasn’t in a rush as he sat in the taxi.

For more than ten days, those four Great Demons were operating along the eastern coastline.

Suddenly heading into the city suggested they might be meeting someone.

They would wait until their destination was confirmed.

Inside the city, there were surveillance cameras everywhere.

Under Xiao Ai’s watchful eye, those four couldn’t escape anywhere.

...

About half an hour later, Xiao Ai reported that the two commercial vehicles had stopped in front of an upscale club named "Haosheng", and the surveillance cameras had caught the four entering the clubhouse.

Shortly after, Kong Wu’s Department reported the same.

By this time, Li Jing and Yulian were close to the city center, not too far away from "Haosheng".

It wasn’t long before they arrived.

After paying the fare and stepping out of the taxi, Li Jing looked at the darkening evening sky and turned to Yulian.

"What’s it like?"

"They’re inside, in a private room at the southeast corner of the club."

Yulian said.

"There are six, not four."

Li Jing raised an eyebrow at that.

Only monsters can elicit a response from Yulian.

There were four when we came, but now there are six.

Two more.

The additional two are probably accompanying someone, acting as bodyguards.

With an evil cultivator who possesses the soul-burning beast control technique behind them, the great demons are expendable and not worth caring about.

The people accompanying them are the key.

This time, we might be able to catch a fish.

Without further thought, Li Jing entered the club with Yulian.

Upon seeing the two enter, a man resembling a manager immediately came forward to greet them.

Before he could approach, Yulian’s lips moved slightly.

"Get lost."

At the sound of her heart-gripping words, the manager stood still as if he had lost his soul, and everyone in the lobby, men and women, stopped in their tracks as if they had also lost their souls.

Seeing this, Li Jing did not pause and went straight towards the southeast corner of the club.

In a short while, they arrived at a private room in the southeast corner.

The room was easily recognizable as the only room in the corner.

Without any hesitation, Li Jing took out the boundary stone, infused spiritual power into it, and targeted the entire private room.

Close at hand, his primordial spirit could clearly perceive the eight presences inside the room.

With Yulian at the door, the six great demons inside would be alerted. Regardless, they would be relegated to the subspace first.

The spatial boundary unfolded.

The next second, including Li Jing and Yulian, ten people were isolated in the subspace.

As Li Jing had perceived, there were eight people inside the room.

Two of them were human, and the other six—three men and three women—each possessed a health bar over 6000 points.

Suddenly finding themselves in the subspace, the two humans and six demons were all taken aback.

Upon seeing Li Jing and Yulian, the face of a middle-aged man with a hooked nose among the two humans sank.

"Damn! It’s the patrol!"

As he spoke, he opened his mouth and expelled a foul-smelling grey gas.

The man from the Four Realm wasn’t slow to react either. He swiftly summoned his flying sword and fired it off as a sword light.

Simultaneously.

The six great demons simultaneously transformed into six huge pythons over ten meters long and charged forward.

Facing such an onslaught, Yulian’s face changed continuously.

Judging from their attack, one of the two men was from the Four Realm while the other was from the Fifth Boundary.

The man from the Fifth Boundary was the middle-aged man who had spoken.

He was an evil cultivator.

They’ve hit the jackpot!

The one from the Four Realm could be ignored.

The remaining seven had to be taken seriously.

The six great demons had diluted strengths because they were artificially "manufactured," but they were still from the Fifth Boundary.

Plus, with a genuine evil cultivator from the Fifth Boundary mixed in, how strong could their lineup be?

Yulian believed that Li Jing wouldn’t have problems, but she had to protect herself in the ensuing chaotic battle.

Just as she was about to act, Li Jing softly called.

"Linglong, Divine."

With a "hum," the Linglong Tower appeared beside him, quickly enlarging to become a tower of hundreds of meters in height, sheltering both him and Yulian.

In the next moment, the swordlight, foul-smelling grey gas, and the six great demons crashed against the Linglong Tower in succession.

The Linglong Tower, a Grade Four spiritual weapon, had double the might under the enhancement of divine might.

Li Jing himself did not know how strong it was to unleash the highest mystery of the Divine Protection.

The foul-smoking grey gas expelled by the Fifth Boundary evil cultivator dissipated upon contact with the Linglong Tower as if it had never existed.

The flying sword sent out by the man from the Four Realm shattered with a "ding" sound and he fell to the ground, vomiting blood.

The six great demons, trying to confront the Linglong Tower physically, ended up with bleeding heads and fell to the ground.

Yulian was dumbstruck.

Li Jing just casually weathered an onslaught from two humans and six demons?

Not only did he withstand it, he also retaliated and injured seven.

Among the seven, six were from the Fifth Boundary!

She could see that protecting her and Li Jing was a tower that was a high-grade spiritual weapon.

But this was just outrageous!

The key point was that the Linglong Tower did not even shake and was extremely stable.

Seven people from the Fifth Boundary plus one from the Four Realm,

Eight attacks, and not even a splash?

Just as she was stunned, Li Jing whispered.

"Stay inside the tower. I’ll handle the outside. I need to use some force if we want to keep a prisoner alive."

Having said that, he moved.

"Boom!"

With the sound of thunder, Li Jing, now red lightning, shot out from a window of the Linglong Tower.

The red lightning struck one of the Fifth Boundary snake demons outside, which was too dizzy to withdraw. Before it had a chance to groan, its body, over ten meters long, was caught up in the frenzied red lightning.

This was a diluted Fifth Boundary great demon.

Its flesh was strong on the outside but weak on the inside and supported by its cultivation level, making it pitifully weak in actuality.

Against the frenzied fire thunder, it was practically defenseless.

"Experience +6114."