“The indecent videos this woman mentioned should be enough to serve as evidence. The next goal is simple: capture Master Wu alive and find the videos or that ledger. Speaking of which, Master Wu is just an ordinary person. It's one thing for him to use videos to threaten officials at all levels, but how dare he threaten Spirit Realm Hunters?”

“It's also possible he only secretly filmed ordinary dignitaries and didn't keep any on Spirit Realm Hunters. If we want to accuse Chi Yane, the women in the building are our witnesses.”

In the dark night, under the lamplight, Kou Bei Yue silently stared at the ordinary-looking young man with his cigarette, black-framed glasses, for about ten seconds. Then he said, “No wonder Xiao Yuan admires you so much. She’s both sensitive and wary. It's difficult for ordinary official Hunters to get close, yet she trusts you and is friends with you. There’s a reason for that. From now on, well, from now on we’re friends.”

Young people are often affected, and have thin skin. When expressing goodwill, they feel shy and embarrassed.

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing silent and thinking to himself after he spoke, Kou Bei Yue felt a blow to his self-esteem and pressed him, “Aren't you happy to be friends with a master like me?”

Zhang Yuanqing snapped back to reality and instinctively said, “Yeah, sure.”

Then he said suspiciously, “Huh? What did you say just now? I didn’t hear clearly.” Kou Bei Yue’s face turned pale and then white. He snorted angrily and turned his head to the side. Zhang Yuanqing, feeling baffled, took a deep breath and said,

“I’m thinking about our plan of action. Since we’ve decided to intervene in this matter, analysis and planning are essential. Rushing headlong into the Bronze Sparrow Tower is the most foolish thing to do. Moreover...”

*shǒu gē*

"...it's a dangerous place." The words "Just charge straight into the Bronze Sparrow Tower, wouldn't that be fine?" got stuck in Kou Bei Yue's throat. He swallowed hard and said, "Why? According to my analysis, that Master Wu should be an ordinary person, not a Spirit Realm Hunter. We don't need to be so cautious dealing with ordinary people, do we?” Zhang Yuanqing agreed that Master Wu was definitely not a Spirit Realm Hunter. Spirit Realm Hunters’ morality couldn’t withstand such behavior. Remember the website.

People like Chi Yane, a director, would occasionally spend money to vent the dark side of his heart, just like spending his salary, budgeting carefully, so there wouldn’t be any problems. But opening a place like this for trading power and sex, cultivating a team to engage in pyramid schemes, fraud, forcing good women into prostitution, etc., no Spirit Realm Hunter's morality could withstand such squandering. Zhang Yuanqing glanced at his phone, estimating the arrival time of the online taxi, and explained:

“Chi Yane knows you, right? Your grudges with him all stem from the Bronze Sparrow Tower. After you assassinated him, he would definitely notify the Bronze Sparrow Tower to strengthen security, and even send Spirit Realm Hunters to be stationed there to protect Master Wu.” Kou Bei Yue frowned tightly: “What you said makes sense.”

“But don’t worry too much. You’re an evil profession, not one of the official’s people, and you’re alone. In Chi Yane’s eyes, you’re at most a rather troublesome enemy. I guess his approach is to set up an ambush around himself or the Bronze Sparrow Tower, waiting for you to walk right into it. As for investigations from the official side, he won’t consider them because this matter involves too many dignitaries. These people can completely suppress the matter.” Zhang Yuanqing’s analysis was very systematic.

As Kou Bei Yue listened, he gradually became convinced, his thoughts completely following the other party: “Then what should we do?” What should we do?

Zhang Yuanqing had two ideas. The first was to sneak into the Bronze Sparrow Tower, search for evidence, and then report it to Fu Qingyang, and through him, report it to the elders. This way, the official side would naturally deal with Chi Yane, but the prerequisite was finding evidence that could point to Chi Yane.

There was also a hidden danger: Chi Yane was a director, and directors were in charge of a district. He also had the Zhu family behind him, and he was a consumer at the Bronze Sparrow Tower, not the culprit. These crimes might not be enough to put him to death.

As for the murder of Kou Yu Si, Kou Bei Yue, as an evil profession, definitely couldn’t come forward to testify. Although the Five Elements Alliance had ways to make people tell the truth, in the Five Elements Alliance's system, relying solely on道具 *daoju* (magical items) to investigate cases didn’t conform to the procedure; there had to be other evidence to support it.

This would give Chi Yane and his backers the opportunity to argue. Like a lawsuit, the process was always complex and difficult, but also indispensable. The second idea was very simple: set a tiger to devour a wolf.

Push the case of the Bronze Sparrow Tower to the Devil's Eye Heavenly King, let the wicked grind against the wicked.

This was the lowest-risk method, and it was highly feasible, but there was a fatal problem—it couldn’t be controlled.

Zhang Yuanqing remembered that the squad leader had said that the Devil's Eye Heavenly King had caused two bloody cases in Songhai, killing nearly twenty people, and his morality had been deducted a lot. He should be quieter recently. In the Bronze Sparrow Tower incident, there were too many people who deserved to die. With the Devil's Eye Heavenly King's personality, he would never let these people go, but he wasn't a fool, and he would also consider the situation where his morality was insufficient. A reasonable approach would be to first write it down in a small notebook and take action after accumulating enough morality.

But Zhang Yuanqing couldn’t wait. Interrogating Kong Liangping tonight destined this case to be resolved quickly. Once Chi Yane and other dignitaries knew about Kong Liangping's death, they would definitely make corresponding arrangements to wipe their asses clean. When it came to intrigue, Zhang Yuanqing was well aware that he couldn’t outmaneuver those cunning old foxes.

In addition, the plan to set a tiger to devour a wolf had another drawback: who knew when the Devil's Eye Heavenly King would accumulate enough morality? And the elders of the Songhai branch would have actions in the near future. If the Devil's Eye Heavenly King suffered a great loss and chose to withdraw from Songhai, then it would all be in vain.

“Let’s go to the Bronze Sparrow Tower first to gather intelligence,” Zhang Yuanqing gave a safe decision.

Kou Bei Yue looked at him strangely: “So, what’s the difference between this and what I thought, directly storming the Bronze Sparrow Tower?” Zhang Yuanqing said disdainfully:

“The difference is that before you made this decision, you didn’t think about anything. But before a wise man makes a decision, he’s already imagined a power struggle.” Kou Bei Yue was unconvinced: “So, there’s still no difference.”

Zhang Yuanqing’s mouth twitched: “Okay, don’t dwell on the details. The car’s almost here. When we get to our destination, listen to my commands.” To prevent this kid from arguing, Zhang Yuanqing changed the subject:

“How did you and Xiao Yuan meet?” Kou Bei Yue recalled:

“I met her in a multi-player confrontation instance. At that time, I was careless, and I was ambushed by an orderly profession and almost died. Xiao Yuan saved me. Later, we exchanged contact information. She thought I was a good seedling, so she brought me into Master Wu Hen’s team to practice.”

Actually, it was a moment of softness. He hadn’t made up his mind to kill someone. He had just become a Bewitching Imp not long ago, and he had psychological barriers to killing, but Kou Bei Yue wanted to save face and didn’t want to admit it. “I always thought you were Xiao Yuan’s son. Um, does Xiao Yuan have a husband, or a boyfriend?” Zhang Yuanqing asked casually.

When Kou Bei Yue heard this, his face was immediately full of alertness: “What are you trying to do?”

Trying to… Zhang Yuanqing joked in his heart, but on the surface, he was upright and aboveboard:

“Xiao Yuan is beautiful and sexy, isn’t it normal to be curious if she has a partner? Of course, it’s purely curiosity.”

“I don’t know, I’ve never seen one anyway.” Kou Bei Yue said with a defiant look. He sneered, “How many men in this world are worthy of Xiao Yuan?” You have a deep filter on Xiao Yuan, Zhang Yuanqing thought. “Oh,” he said, and stopped talking.

But Kou Bei Yue couldn’t stop and asked:

“You know Yuan Shi Tian Zun, right? I heard that that kid is a recently emerging genius who killed Li Xianzong of the Soldiers of Heaven Sect. Compared to him, who’s stronger?” Zhang Yuanqing didn’t hesitate:

“In front of him, I can only kneel down and sing ‘Conquer.’”

Kou Bei Yue said blankly: “So powerful? That shouldn’t be. Li Xianzong is about the same as me. You’re a little stronger than me. Logically, you and Yuan Shi Tian Zun shouldn’t be too far apart.” You’re about the same as Li Xianzong? Zhang Yuanqing couldn’t help but size up Kou Bei Yue. He thought to himself that this kid didn’t look like he would brag. So he’s that strong? Hmm, he seems to be a Level 3 Bewitching Imp. No wonder he was favored by the Devil's Eye Heavenly King.

At this moment, a bright white car slowly decelerated and stopped beside the two of them. The online taxi had arrived.

Half an hour later, the white car arrived at Xin Yuan Road and parked a hundred meters away from No. 38. Zhang Yuanqing paid the fare and got out of the car with Kou Bei Yue.

He came to the side of the road, sat cross-legged under a green plant, and summoned the Bloodthirsty Blade, saying:

“I’m going in. You take care of my body, little brother. Don’t stab me in the back, okay?”

This was the plan they had discussed in the car. He would first let his spirit leave his body and enter the Bronze Sparrow Tower to collect intelligence, and then decide what to do next based on the actual situation. If the spirit left the body, the body would become fish meat to be slaughtered.

Kou Bei Yue rolled his eyes.

What he couldn’t see was that at his feet, a round and cute infant with sparse fuzz was raising its head to size him up.

Little Doubi was Zhang Yuanqing’s other insurance. Although he didn’t think Kou Bei Yue would stab him in the back, it never hurt to be cautious. At a critical moment, Little Doubi could buy him time.

“I have to refine a *yin* corpse as soon as possible so that next time my spirit leaves my body, I’ll have a strong enough bodyguard by my side,” Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself. His spirit floated out of his body.