Chapter 343 - 342: Lingnan Fox Clan, Huge Reward

It was approaching four in the morning.

The lights were brightly lit in the West Suburb Industrial Park of the capital.

This was typical for an industrial park.

Most industries here operated around the clock, 24/7, and did not stop unless it was the weekend or a public holiday.

Some didn’t even stop for a single day in a whole year.

Li Jing had no worries about driving his Spirit Soldier here.

At this point before dawn.

Although most industries in the park were in operation, there were hardly any people wandering about outside.

Places like industrial parks would not have any strong superpowers.

Most of them gathered people from the One Realm, at most, the security personnel would be from Two or Three Realm.

Once in West Suburb Industrial Park, Li Jing went straight to the northwest corner, where the logistics and warehouses were concentrated.

Before long, he found the place.

Hovering in mid-air above the Cangwu Industrial Spare Parts Warehouse, Li Jing looked down, slightly frowning.

The entire Cangwu Industrial Spare Parts Warehouse was brightly lit like the surrounding logistics warehouses, but there was not even a shadow in the entire warehouse area, not to mention a guard.

This was clearly wrong.

Warehouses are different from factories.

There’s no need for them to operate around the clock, but whether they are operating or not, there should definitely be a guard to prevent theft.

Quietly releasing his Primordial Spirit’s consciousness made Li Jing frowned.

As his Primordial Spirit extended its consciousness, he couldn’t pick up even a single hint of life in the Cangwu Industrial Spare Parts Warehouse.

It was utterly deserted!

Adopting a further confirming attitude, Li Jing moved his hand, casting a spell to activate the Heavenly Eye.

What he saw was still a completely empty area.

Seeing this scene, he couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

Had he arrived a step too late after all?

The reaction of the Demon Beast Union was a bit too quick.

After some thought, Li Jing deactivated his Spirit Soldier and activated Silent Shadow, landing on the ground and casually entering a nearby warehouse.

Except for the absence of people, everything appeared normal in the warehouse.

Shelves, forklifts, and the like were all in place.

After scanning the warehouse, Li Jing’s eyes fell on a cup of coffee on the desk in the duty office of the warehouse he was in, he slightly narrowed his eyes.

The cup of coffee on the table had cooled down completely, there was no heat coming from it anymore.

This indicated that it had been a while since the person left.

It looked like...

After their hideout hidden in the sewage treatment plant was ransacked, the Demon Beast Union reacted immediately.

Such quick reaction meant they definitely had external intelligence sources.

Glancing at the security camera in the corner of the warehouse that wasn’t even filming, Li Jing sighed quietly, and left the warehouse.

There was seemingly no way to salvage this failed attempt.

The members of the Demon Beast Union had disappeared cleanly, indicating not only high vigilance but also a well-practised escape plan. It wouldn’t be easy for him to trace them.

The non-working security camera in the warehouse further proved their preparedness.

The Demon Beast Union had become smarter.

However, Li Jing did not give up that easily.

The fact that not a soul was present in the entire spare parts warehouse indicated at least one thing.

All the workers in this spare parts warehouse were monsters from the Demon Beast Union disguised as humans.

During normal days, they disguised themselves as workers and carried out warehouse work as a cover.

They must have a life here, right?

Cangwu Industry, which is directly connected to them, can also be traced back.

A spare parts warehouse that ensures production supply, where all the staff belong to the Demon Beast Union, even if they hired outsourced help, there would be records. This can all be used as a basis for the investigation.

Pulling out his phone, Li Jing composed a message and sent it to Xiao Ai’s main body.

"Xiao Ai, check out Cangwu Industry in the capital, see what they do and who is in charge. Also, based on the Cangwu Industry Spare Parts Warehouse, find out who is in charge of the spare parts warehouse and who the regular employees are."

"Received."

Xiao Ai replied.

At the same time, a tone sounded in Li Jing’s ear.

"Experience +2136691."

This was the "accounting" of the experience points from the sewage treatment plant.

The large amount of experience, nearly two million points, was enough to dissipate Li Jing’s dissatisfaction with the failure.

Though this wasn’t enough for him to level up, it was still exceedingly rare to acquire such a large amount of experience in one go.

It’s really satisfying to profit from the Demon Beast Union.

Thinking about his journey, despite most of the experience gained in the Chongyuan Holy Realm, the Demon Beast Union played an indispensable role.

Had it not been for the Demon Beast Union being his cash cow, how could he have developed to the extent that he could reap benefits in the Secret Realm?

Feeling a little sentimental, Li Jing seized the opportunity when little Ai needed some time to conduct a related investigation, and opened the live-streaming website on his mobile phone to find Ling Ling’s live broadcast room.

The webpage was open, and Ling Ling was live-streaming.

Seeing her doing the broadcast, Li Jing lifted his eyebrows slightly.

Ever since the incident in Jianghai Branch, he had not communicated with Ling Ling anymore.

She herself had also announced a break and disappeared from the network.

At first, Li Jing did spare her some attention.

But after a few months, Ling Ling still showed no signs of resuming her broadcast, so he stopped paying attention.

Ling Ling was brought up under the education of the Demon Beast Union, she had deep feelings for this organization before she realized its essence.

Suddenly realizing the reality, people need time to understand.

He had no reason to disturb her.

In itself, their relationship was simply acquaintance, not to mention any close relationship.

Looking through Ling Ling’s live broadcast records, Li Jing found that she had just resumed her live-streaming for a month and mentioned in her resume that she had gone abroad to travel and unwind.

Having gained a rough understanding, Li Jing found the number of Ling Ling in Immortal Message and composed a message,

"Miss Ling Ling, have you heard of Fox Master?"

Li Jing was very interested in Fox Master.

Of course.

What he was mainly interested in was the fox clan behind Fox Master.

Being a clan, there must be many members.

From the communication between Fox Master and Su Mei, it was not difficult to see that although both of them were in the Demon Beast Union, they had not cut off contact with the fox clan behind them.

Combining the fact that both of them were super powerful seven and six realms, it was not hard to conclude.

The fox clan behind Fox Master should have a direct connection with the Demon Beast Union and might even have a significant influence on it.

Fox Master taking over the "business" of the Demon Beast Union in the country’s capital could also be described as being handed a dangerous duty.

This is worth diving into.

Li Jing was acquainted with many fox demons.

He had already greeted Yulian.

It won’t be late to ask after finishing his work.

However, Li Jing did not think Yulian and Jiu Li might have much understanding of Fox Master, as both of them only heard about the Demon Beast Union before their contact with him.

Fox Master is Seven Realm of the Demon Beast Union.

To understand him, they should be able to get some updates about the Demon Beast Union.

As for Fox Master, he is downright scum.

He likes toying with his own kind.

Like Su Mei, she is purely a plaything.

Whatever the Fox Concubine is, it’s 90% a bluff.

If Yulian and Jiu Li had understood or had contact with Fox Master, it would be hard not to be remembered by him.

The favored ones beside Fox Master, Su Mei, and another guy, are both fox demons.

It shows that people prefer their own kind to cross-species.

Let’s not talk about Yulian who has the three words ’fox spirit’ etched in her bones.

Any man seeing her would have ideas.

What more to say about Fox Master, the jerk?

As for Jiu Li.

Even though she appears somewhat lacking.

Being a fox demon who has also awakened the talent of Thousand Faces, attracting Fox Master, the jerk, is an instant matter.

Therefore, Li Jing could be fairly certain.

The two of them might have heard of Fox Master at the most, and it’s unlikely they knew much.

Ling Ling, however, was different.

She was a fox demon raised by the Demon Beast Union.

Although she did not delve into the Demon Beast Union, as a fox demon, it’s likely she had heard about Fox Master, and perhaps even received his favor because they were of the same clan.

Don’t look at Ling Ling as only a Three Realm latter part.

Her actual age was not large.

Among the monsters where cultivation is generally slower, her cultivation talent was rather outstanding.

If not, after raising her, the Demon Beast Union might not have intended to incorporate her as a core member.

Fox Master’s favored ones

Since she was free and Ling Ling just happened to be broadcasting live, Li Jing would ask with an attitude of just trying to see.

Putting these things aside.

As soon as Li Jing sent the message, a special notification bell, unique to the top followers, rang in Yue Lingling’s live broadcast room.

This made Li Jing feel a bit embarrassed.

A special follower, it seemed that she paid quite a lot of attention to him, didn’t she?

On hearing the notification tone during her live stream, Yue Lingling paused for a moment and took out her phone.

Subsequently, the expression on her face stiffened momentarily.

Seeing her change in expression through the live broadcast, Li Jing immediately perked up.

This expression was not because she received his message, but because of the content of the message.

Just as he made that judgement, Yue Lingling replied.

"I’ve met him."

An uncomplicated two-word reply hit Li Jing like a shockwave. He quickly typed another message to ask.

"How well do you know him?"

After sending that message, Yue Lingling’s expression during the live broadcast looked somewhat similar to having eaten manure. She sent back a reply.

"He’s a scumbag from the Lingnan Fox Clan, and he seems to be a high-ranking member of the Demon Beast Union. When I was just transformed, he accompanied me to meet the shareholders of the Demon Beast Union. At that time, as we were from the same tribe and he was very fond of me, we exchanged contact information. After chatting online for a while, I blocked him."

This reply surprised Li Jing a bit.

He did guess some things right.

Gotta say, Yue Lingling was quite brave.

A Three Realm being blocking a Seventh Realm being?

Knowing that the other party was high in the hierarchy of the Demon Beast Union...

Wasn’t she fearless like a naive calf?

But this did explain one thing.

Although the Fox Master was a scumbag, it seemed he did have some principles.

Otherwise, with his power and position, whether Yue Lingling, a recently transformed little demon, was willing or not, in the end, she could only be toyed with.

Seeing the four words "Lingnan Fox Clan" in Yue Lingling’s message, Li Jing confirmed that she knew the Fox Master to a certain extent. He couldn’t help but to recall the illegal goods case in Lingnan City that was involved when he was investigating the Rebirth Society’s case.

In theory, there should be no contact between the Rebirth Society and the Demon Beast Union.

But there are no absolutes in everything.

Lingnan Fox Clan.

This highly regional name fully shows where the Fox Master came from.

Besides, Lingnan City is mostly mountainous.

Most of the area is designated as a nature reserve.

The reserve is home to a variety of untouched beast populations, and there is a unique fox species known as the Lingnan Fox which is quite famous.

This fox is not a protected species.

The reason why it became famous is mainly because it looks a bit dull, which is quite different from other handsome foxes.

Now, it is easy to connect it to the Lingnan Fox Clan.

Having a natural fox population to develop into a demon fox clan is quite normal.

What intrigued Li Jing was...

that the Fox Master, after reverting to his original form after death, clearly belonged to a species known as the White Fox, the top model in the fox world, not a Lingnan Fox.

This species isn’t even indigenous to Longyu.

It originates from the Northern Polar Region.

Regarding this, Li Jing had a guess.

Could the Fox Master have come from a pet fox raised by a family in Lingnan in the past, and joined the Lingnan Fox Clan after becoming a demon?

This would make sense.

If it really is like this, the Fox Master is quite capable.

Despite not being the same species, he could become the Fox Master, which is not something one could achieve by personal strength alone.

The fact that he needed to ask the clan elders for their agreement to appoint a Fox Concubine shows how powerful the Lingnan Fox Clan is.

He’s not the strongest one.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing saw Yue Lingling resuming her live broadcast because he hadn’t replied for a while. He tilted his head, opened the top-up page, and topped up with 648 Spirit Crystals twenty times in a row.

With the implementation of Spirit Crystal Bank, the live broadcast room has also kept up with the times.

Spirit Crystals can also be topped up.

However, considering that the main consumer group in the live streaming industry still mainly uses cash, 648 Spirit Crystals is the top-up limit, and they are converted into cash after top-up.

The current exchange rate for Spirit Crystals is equivalent to over 13,600 Longyu Coins for one Spirit Crystal.

After Li Jing topped up 648 Spirit Crystals twenty times, his account had a balance of nearly 180 million.

Seeing the balance, Li Jing didn’t even blink, moved his finger and chose to tip.

As the tipping notification popped up, Yue Lingling’s live broadcast room blew up.

Innumerable users flooded into the live stream room, all exclaiming "Holy shit".

All the comments that used to be visible when Li Jing tipped Yue Lingling, like "big shot boss," and "generous boss," were nowhere to be seen.

The only traditional skill Longyu had was, "Holy shit!"

The real Yue Lingling in front of the camera was also completely baffled.

It was not the first time Li Jing had tipped her.

But this amount...

Yue Lingling, unlike Yulian or Jiu Li, didn’t spend all her time mingling with Li Jing.

To this day, she was still in the latter stages of the Three Realm.

Without monster flesh compatible with her realm to consume, all she could do was focus on her slow and steady cultivation.

Then, there was her income.

Her live broadcast earnings were quite decent.

But that was only when compared to the live broadcasting industry.

After all, this world was ultimately not like the world Li Jing had traveled from. The truly wealthy high-level cultivators basically wouldn’t watch live broadcasts, so there wouldn’t be huge tips.

The live broadcast industry Yue Lingling was a part of mainly served to entertain the masses of the One Realm.

A tip of over one million was rare to see.

A cumulative tip of ten million usually meant the streamer was backed by a big boss.

Looking at the entire live streaming realm, there were streamers who’ve received cumulative tips exceeding one hundred million, but they all had backers.

This kind of tip was just a number, most of it was for hype, and the money didn’t actually go into the pockets of the streamers.

Li Jing’s single tip was close to two hundred million...

This joke was anything but light.

In the whole live streaming realm, such a large one-time tip was unprecedented.

Not to mention the crowd that went crazy and poured into the live broadcast room.

Sitting in front of the camera, Yue Lingling thought she might be seeing things and had added a few extra zeros.

After rubbing her eyes, Yue Lingling became quite unsettled.

She knew Li Jing was wealthy and generous.

But this...

Did he rob a bank?

Didn’t he care about money?

She didn’t know that the current Li Jing had really become someone who didn’t care about money.

Li Jing watched Yue Lingling, who was stupefied in the live broadcast room, edit and send her a message.

"Don’t just stand there, get to work, this is a good opportunity. I’ve got things to do now, but message me after you end the stream. I’ll come see you, and we can talk about the Fox Master."

Upon sending the message, the special attention bell rang in the live broadcast room.

The recently tipped Yue Lingling dared not delay when she heard the bell, and quickly picked up her phone.

After reading the message, she rapidly replied while wearing her phone.

"Okay, I’ll wait for your message."

After replying to Li Jing, she calmed her emotions and showed a soft and charming smile to the camera.

"Thank you to the top donator, White Jade Stone."

As soon as this was said, the live chat exploded.

Even though Yue Lingling hadn’t streamed in a long time, she had many devoted fans.

Others might not know who White Jade Stone was, but her devoted fans remembered the name White Jade Stone.

They had been so shocked by the huge tip that they hadn’t paid attention before.

But now that Yue Lingling had thanked him, they realized that the huge tip came from the well-known donator, White Jade Stone.

Instantly, the live chat of her old fans erupted.

The new fans, who were originally in the live chat, began to guess who this big shot who had thrown almost 180 million was and what his relationship with Yue Lingling might be.

During Yue Lingling’s live broadcast, they had seen her reply to special caring messages three times.

The tip had popped up after the second reply.

Then she replied for the third time, clearly having direct contact with the big shot.

How could it not make them curious?

And just as they were guessing,

Some die-hard fans began to explain to everyone that this big shot named White Jade Stone was surnamed Li, and was known as King Li.

Originally, when Yue Lingling was thanking him during the live broadcast, she had called him King Li.

After a formal explanation, someone shouted "King Li rocks!" and soon the screen was filled with "King Li rocks!"

Li Jing had intended to leave the live broadcast room after this.

Ten thousand spirit crystals was small change to him now.

Buying a piece of information about the Lingnan Fox Clan was a good deal!

But when the live chat started shouting, it made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

But under such circumstances, he didn’t really have a choice.