Chapter 205 - 204 - Heavenly Eye Searching for Monster, Painter Jiu Li

Hovering slowly over the ground, Li Jing decided to go to the place where Wang Youwei’s lineage resided.

If he was going to try his luck, he definitely had to go to the place where Wang Youwei’s lineage lived.

Between demons, there can be a sense of each other without facing each other.

The higher the Realm, the stronger the mutual perception.

If he could bump into a Great Demon near Wang Youwei’s lineage residence, he could find clues to the murderer on the spot.

...

The residence of Wang Youwei’s lineage was closer to the Central City spiritual object market, and there was a certain distance from the Wang family’s territory.

Most of the property in the nearby block belongs to the Wang family, they have many livelihood-related industries set up here, but more properties are leased out to businesses and enterprises.

The same thing is also true for all the major families, except for the Jiang family.

Central City does not allow privatization of land. But buying land to build their own commercial circle is also a form of privatization, and the Central City government is pleased to see each family vigorously developing livelihood industries.

After all, the people are the foundation of a country.

Big families like the Wang’s strongly developing related livelihood industries can greatly stimulate the economy of the Central City.

To the big families, their related development is naturally for profit.

The profit from the livelihood industries, once grown and strengthened, is no less than that from the cultivation-related industries.

The high-end crowd with strong consumption ability and rigid demand for cultivation-related things is only a minority after all.

The majority of the lower class who is at the One Realm and the vast majority of ordinary people greatly exceed them in their consumption power due to the sheer numbers.

Leaving aside these digressions.

After arriving at Wang Youwei’s lineage’s residences, Li Jing saw quite a few demons scattered along the way. Unfortunately, none of them were Great Demons.

Li Jing did not approach the residence of Wang Youwei’s lineage after hovering at a distance and taking a glance.

The residence of Wang Youwei’s lineage was a small villa area.

Due to the bloodbath incident yesterday, the entire area of the small villa area had been cordoned off, and there were personnel from the Assistant Inspector Department stationed nearby.

Looking inside, the villa area was now deserted.

Pulling back his gaze, Li Jing subtly moved his gaze around, then moved his hand to make a seal.

"Heavenly Eye, open!"

With a soft exclamation, the vertical eye on his forehead opened.

He came here with the goal of "encountering" a Great Demon, so of course he wouldn’t just rely on his naked eyes.

With so many people, and without a list of Great Demons who had signed the peace treaty, who knows where those Great Demons were hiding to enjoy life.

To "bump" into one, the difficulty would be quite high.

Even if Li Jing could see the health bar, he would still have to see them wandering on the street to confirm that they are Great Demons.

Now, it’s time for the Sky Eye Technique to shine.

The ability to see the health bar is Li Jing’s physical eye.

The Heavenly Eye can’t see the health bar.

However, through the Heavenly Eye, he could directly capture the manifestations of energy such as Spiritual Qi, Demonic Qi, and even Evil Energy; moreover, it could pass through walls.

Shouldn’t such a god skill be used when it’s needed?

The right way is to apply what you’ve learnt.

Through observing with the Heavenly Eye, countless aggregations of Spiritual Qi were reflected into Li Jing’s eyes.

This is, after all, a world where everyone cultivates.

As long as it’s a living being, there must be Spiritual Qi in its body.

Aside from countless aggregations of Spiritual Qi, Li Jing had also detected about a hundred aggregations of Demonic Qi that were indoors.

It was a little surprising to Li Jing that so many humanoid demons lived in this area.

However, thinking about it, he understood.

The location of the Wang Youwei’s lineage residence was close to the Central City spiritual object market, and the land was part of Central City.

The industries around here were quite developed.

One commercial street followed by another, and entertainment industries of all kinds were also available.

In such a bustling area, who knows how many people were desperate to have a property nearby, and the demons who could afford it would definitely be willing to live nearby.

Examining each of the detected Demonic Qi aggregations in his sight one by one, Li Jing targeted one with the most refined Demonic Qi.

This demon lived in an ordinary residential building.

The location was somewhat far from the residence of Wang Youwei’s lineage, but the cultivation level of the owner of the house was definitely the strongest in the area.

Just how strong, Li Jing didn’t know.

With the Sky Eye Technique, he can more clearly distinguish between humans, demons, and other Alien species.

But when it comes to judging the Realm, he didn’t have an accurate determination.

What the Sky Eye Technique captures is after all just a mass of Demonic Qi, unlike seeing the health bar where you can refer to the numbers, at most it can be compared with other Demonic Qi aggregations.

Since he’s here, he should just pay a visit first.

Upon landing near the residential building, Li Jing glanced up at the second floor and knocked on the door.

The aggregation of Demonic Qi was currently on the second floor.

As soon as he knocked on the door, the window on the second-floor opened, and a handsome young man poked his head out.

Upon seeing Li Jing with three eyes on his face below, the young man was slightly taken aback and furrowed his eyebrows.

When Li Jing looked up and saw the young man, he was also taken aback.

When the young man revealed himself, his health bar naturally also appeared in Li Jing’s sights.

8866.

Good god...

Late Six Realm!

Nearly the Seventh Realm!

It was more than surprising for Li Jing that he could encounter such a high-level Great Demon by randomly choosing one to visit.

As Li Jing and the young man stared at each other from different floors, Li Jing dissipated the Heavenly Eye on his forehead, took out his Patrol Certificate, and said with a slightly respectful tone.

"Sorry to disturb you, I am Li Jing from the Serious Case Six Group of the North City Patrol Bureau of Jianghai City, currently on an external assignment in the Central City Bureau Serious Case Group. Would it be convenient for you to come down, I would like to ask you a few questions."

In the world of cultivators, those who achieve are revered.

Faced with a Six Realm Great Demon that is close to the Seventh Realm, Li Jing wouldn’t be short of the respectfulness he should have.

And fundamentally, he was here to disturb the other’s life.

In response to Li Jing’s words, the young Great Demon on the upper floor stared at him for a moment and said,

"Wait a moment, I’ll come down right away."

...

After a while, the young Great Demon arrived downstairs and opened the door, then motioned to the side and said,

"Please come in."

"My apologies for the disturbance."

Li Jing smiled.

As soon as he stepped into the house, he paused.

On the walls of the first floor of the house, there were many posters of beautiful girls from anime.

There were also some display cases around the corner of the stairs, filled with all sorts of beautiful girl figurines.

On the first-floor sofa, there were a few plush pillows related to the anime.

Looking around.

Every decoration that could be seen had something to do with anime.

How could such a scene not make Li Jing take notice?

It was not new to him that demons fell for the various pleasures of human society.

But this one...

A bit outrageous!

A second-tier masculine demon?

Seeing the look of surprise on Li Jing’s face as he entered, the handsome young Great Demon smiled.

"I rarely get visitors and I have quite a collection, so my home is a bit messy. I hope you don’t mind, Officer Li."

As he spoke, he closed the door and extended a hand.

"Jiu Li, late Six Realm fox demon. My current occupation is a cartoonist specializing in girl’s manga."

"Ah, nice to meet you, Senior Jiu."

Li Jing extended his hand and lightly shook his.

On the outside, he managed to maintain his composure, but inside, he found it incredibly strange.

A Six-Realm Great Demon, working as a cartoonist?

And specializing in girl’s manga, no less?

"You don’t need to call me ’senior’, it’s a bit odd,"

Jiu Li said, making his way to the kitchen.

"If you don’t mind, Officer Li, just call me Brother Jiu. You sit for a while, and I’ll make some tea."

Hearing Jiu Li’s friendly tone, Li Jing was somewhat dumbfounded.

This Jiu Li was quite different from the monsters he had met in the past.

He didn’t act like a stranger and was easy-going.

Moreover, when they first met, he revealed his realm and clarified that he was a monster.

Even a Great Demon who had signed a peace treaty would not be so forthright when meeting a patroller, wouldn’t they?

Is it really alright for him to act so contrary to his monster nature?

But then again, it makes sense.

The more powerful the cultivation, the less need for caution.

A Great Demon like Jiu Li, approaching the late-stage Six Realm and almost reaching the Seventh Realm, would likely take anyone’s breath away just by introducing himself.

In the entire Central City, there probably wouldn’t be many who could take him one-on-one.

Watching Jiu Li head to the kitchen, Li Jing decided to relax and settle in.

Jiu Li was clearly a peace-treaty-signing Great Demon, there was no need for excessive caution in dealing with him.

...

About five minutes later, Jiu Li came out of the kitchen with a pot of hot tea.

He poured Li Jing a cup of hot tea, sat down on the sofa next to him, gave him a discerning gaze, and started to speak.

"Officer Li, you’re here in your personal capacity, which is frankly somewhat reckless. Great Demons who sign the peace treaty are protected by its terms and should not be disturbed unless necessary. Not many monsters in Central City are as easy-going as I am. If the other party insists on pursuing this matter, you will be held accountable by the Patrol Bureau,"

As he spoke, a glint appeared in the depths of Jiu Li’s eyes.

"Especially since you didn’t come to me through official channels, but found me using your highly advanced Sky Eye Technique."

Meeting Jiu Li’s words, Li Jing did not show any surprise.

Although Jiu Li seemed easy to get along with, he was still a monster after all.

Being able to host a patroller cordially was impressive enough.

If he was too friendly, it would seem like weakness.

What’s that saying?

If you’re too kind, people will take advantage, like when a horse is too good, everyone will ride it.

Monsters grow wiser as their realms increase, living longer.

A Great Demon in the late-stage Six Realm like Jiu Li, who had probably lived well over a hundred and fifty years, did not have to say much. He knew clearly what was in his best interest.

At the end of the day,

They were all playing their roles!

First, creating a friendly facade, then suddenly changing their demeanor to show their dominance.

A regular patroller might actually be intimidated.

But who is Li Jing?

He was always the one who intimidates others, never the other way around.

Glancing casually at Jiu Li, Li Jing responded.

"Brother Jiu, I think you’re getting it wrong. Signing a peace treaty does grant Great Demons protection, but it doesn’t grant special privileges. To some extent, signing the treaty grants you rights as citizens of Hua Country. Correspondingly, as a citizen of Hua Country, you have a duty to cooperate with the patrol work. I did come to find you by using the Sky Eye Technique in my personal capacity, which is true. However, I didn’t come here to cause trouble, but to investigate a case."

As he spoke, a smile played at the corners of his mouth.

"Whether it’s you or any other Great Demon, you should cooperate with my work. If you refuse to cooperate, it can be considered as contempt for the law. Based on the premise of signing a peace treaty as a citizen of the Hua Country, I can, at the very least, invite anyone uncooperative to have a cup of tea at the Patrol Headquarters. If law enforcement encounters resistance, that’s a different story."

Upon hearing Li Jing’s words, Jiu Li blinked a few times.

There was some validity in what Li Jing said.

Signing a peace treaty did indeed grant Great Demons citizen rights to a certain extent.

But they weren’t given much, just some of the most basic rights.

There was a rule stating that it was necessary to cooperate with patrol investigations when necessary.

But without a valid cause, Great Demons were not obligated to cooperate.

But that wasn’t the most crucial point.

The key thing was Li Jing’s piercing gaze when he spoke, like he expected him to express some kind of hostility.

Then for some reason, he always felt like someone was aiming at his head, unintentionally making him tense.

It had been so many years since Jiu Li had last felt this sensation of being on edge.

Was it all just an illusion?

Jiu Li was inwardly puzzled, despite his calm demeanor.

"Inspector Li, you certainly have a way with words. However, your certificate only states that you’re a third-class Patrol, which means you should only have the Four Realm Cultivation level?"

"Does having a low Cultivation level mean I am not a Patrol?"

Li Jing responded with his own question.

"Well..."

Jiu Li was left speechless.

Cultivation level had, indeed, nothing to do with being a Patrol.

But wasn’t his statement implying something different?

Looking at the nonchalant expression on Li Jing’s face, Jiu Li was somewhat at a loss.

How could Li Jing, who was at the Four Realm level, not feel the slightest tension when facing a Great Demon like him who was in the late stage of the Six Realm?

Signing the peace treaty did not mean that Great Demons would obediently allow themselves to be slaughtered.

And in reality,

With his status as a late Six Realm Great Demon, if he decided to pay Patrol Headquarters a visit, Li Jing might not even be able to keep his position as a patrol after.

After exchanging glances with Li Jing, Jiu Li raised a hand to massage his brows.

Although he didn’t know what was going on with Li Jing, their verbal confrontation had made it clear that the man was extremely hard to deal with, and getting rid of him would be difficult.

Besides, going to the Patrol Headquarters would be too troublesome.

Judging by how Li Jing was behaving, it seemed that he had a strong backup. The Patrol Headquarters might not necessarily take any action against him.

Letting out a sigh, Jiu Li poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip, reverting to his amiable attitude.

"Inspector Li, I assume you’re here about the Wang family’s bloodshed. I won’t be able to provide you with much valuable information on that. I live in seclusion and rarely leave my house. But what I can tell you is that Wang Youwei had connections with many monsters, most of them Great Demons. As for specifics, I don’t know, I never met them."

And with that, he continued.

"To be honest, it’s quite annoying when they come and go. My comic series is quite popular online and the editor often pressures me to sweat blood over my drafts. Occasionally, readers even send me blades to urge updates. I can sense when the demons that dealt with Wang Youwei pass by my house. Normally I don’t mind, but when I’m rushing out drafts, it’s quite annoying. The inspiration for my drawing is often interrupted by these perceptions."

Without mincing his words, Jiu Li was giving Li Jing some useful information.

Wang Youwei had dealings with many demons, not just one or two great demons.

But this, was of no help.

The problem was that Jiu Li rarely goes out.

From what he was saying, he had probably never actually seen even one of the Great Demons that dealt with Wang Youwei. He only sensed their presence when they passed by.

It was a bit upsetting for Li Jing. Finding such a Sixth Realm Great Demon living so close to the Wang family, who turned out to be a homebody artist.

As for Great Demons like Jiu Li who had signed peace treaties, Li Jing couldn’t ask them to go out and find demons for him.

Even in the case of Yulian, who had helped him before, she was the one who offered to help.

Feeling vexed, Jiu Li spoke up.

"By the way, I previously heard a few newly transformed humanoid demons say something. The Wang family appears to have been secretly supporting a demon group called the Demon Beast Union."