Chapter 1 Information in the Chat

Sure enough, there was a message from Fu Qingyang in the chat software: [Gao Feng Chang Lao and Gan Lu Chang Lao of the Hangzhou Branch are missing. The Hangzhou Branch is asking Songhai for support. I'll go take a look. If you come back, come and support me immediately.]

Two Chang Laos missing at the same time? Zhang Yuanqing raised his eyebrows. He immediately dialed Fu Qingyang's mobile phone, but the voice prompt indicated that the number he dialed was not in the service area, indicating that Fu Qingyang was in a barrier, illusion, or somewhere else.

With Fu Qingyang's wisdom and strength, unless a peak Overlord didn't play by the rules, there was nothing to worry about.

Moreover, Gao Feng Chang Lao possessed a rule-based item, the Coward's Quilt, said to be indestructible even by a demigod.

Zhang Yuanqing didn't panic. He hung up the phone and dialed Gou Chang Lao's number. After a few rings, the call was answered by Ms. Jojo. "Yuanshi Tianzun?"

Why is Gou Chang Lao's phone in your hands? Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself, then said in a deep voice, "Let Gou Chang Lao answer the phone."

"Just a moment," Ms. Jojo said in a good mood.

A dozen seconds later, Gou Chang Lao's gentle voice sounded from the loudspeaker: "I heard from Fu Qingyang that you've been working on that difficult integration copy of Bai Hu's soldiers. Why do you have time to call me?"

Zhang Yuanqing went straight to the point: "Gao Feng Chang Lao and Gan Lu Chang Lao of Hangzhou are missing. Fu Qingyang has gone out to rescue them and can't be contacted."

Gou Chang Lao said in a gentle voice, "I know. Fu Qingyang and Tianhuo Chang Lao are in charge of this rescue operation. Gao Feng was probably targeted by the evil camp. The evil camp has been making more and more moves recently, often attacking official Overlords."

"If you follow the forum, you'll find that three official Overlords have already returned to Lingjing."

"The evil camp has been so arrogant recently?" Zhang Yuanqing really didn't pay attention to the situation outside, but his focus wasn't on local battles, but on the overall situation.

Currently, the demigods and high-level Overlords of the evil camp have chosen to lie low, returning to their previous calm. As for the individual Saints and Overlords, he didn't care.

Zhang Yuanqing's focus was on believing that Fu Qingyang would tell him if something major happened or if he sensed a major conspiracy. Gou Chang Lao said in a deep voice, "After the moral value disappearance incident, everyone knows that the balance has been broken. Mid- and low-level Lingjing Xingzhe (spiritual realm walkers) speculate that there will be a major conflict between the camps in the near future, but they don't know to what extent."

"But for the Overlords of both camps, the decisive battle has entered the countdown, and they all want to strengthen their strength and survive before the decisive battle."

"Gao Feng Chang Lao possesses a rule-based item, an early Level 8 Earth Monster, with strong defense but weak attack. It's inevitable that he'll be targeted by the evil camp. Don't even mention evil professionals, I'm jealous of that item."

"The camp battle hasn't even started yet, and the Overlord level is already surging with undercurrents. I haven't appeared outside for a while. Are the evil Overlords so arrogant now? Daring to hunt down Gao Feng Chang Lao?" Zhang Yuanqing said.

"How long has Gao Feng Chang Lao been missing?"

"Six hours," Gou Chang Lao said. "He and Gan Lu Chang Lao lost contact with the Hangzhou branch while dealing with a certain cult."

Missing for six hours!

Zhang Yuanqing's expression relaxed slightly. "The Coward's Quilt can protect him for four hours. Eldest Brother has been gone for an hour. They should be safe for the time being. Gou Chang Lao, you stay in Songhai! I'll handle this."

Yuanshi's tone was confident.

"Challenging Gao Feng is at least an Level 8 Overlord. The evil professional's level who hunted him down won't be low, and the number won't be small!" Gou Chang Lao suddenly had a sense of vicissitudes of life, as if he had seen ten thousand years in a glance.

Back then, this kid was just a fledgling who would kowtow to him in fear after he ruffled his head.

In the blink of an eye, he had become a major figure in the Lingjing world, comparable to his father, or surpassing him was only a matter of time.

Thinking of this, he heard Yuanshi Tianzun ask from the loudspeaker, "How's your investigation into Huo Zhengkui's case going?"

Gou Chang Lao was silent for a few seconds, then sighed, "It's an old case and difficult to investigate. Ms. Jojo and I have compiled a list of Lingjing Xingzhe who were clearly at the Overlord level and could threaten Huo Zhengkui at the time. There are both law-abiding and evil camp members."

These people are now in high positions, either having achieved the body of a demigod or being peak Overlords.

"Ms. Jojo and I don't have the authority to investigate them. In addition, there was no actual beneficiary after Huo Zhengkui was assassinated. The official organization was only formed in the last twenty years."

If the Free Alliance's purpose was just to delay the establishment of the official organization in the Second District, then the range of people who assassinated Huo Zhengkui would be larger. The Overlord-level experts in the First District are also targets of investigation.

"It's indeed a mystery. It's too difficult to find out the truth after so many years." Zhang Yuanqing didn't press the matter and instead asked, "How are you and Ms. Jojo getting along?"

Gou Chang Lao said, "I'm getting along with her okay, but her temper isn't very gentle." Gou Chang Lao sighed again, "Haven't you seen the news? She's become an internet celebrity."

"What's going on? An internet celebrity?" Zhang Yuanqing was stunned.

"She tamed the dogs in the pet shop. During the day, she goes out to inspect the zoo and lets the big dog carry her on her canopy bed, followed by a group of dogs. Sometimes they go into the lion's cage, sometimes into the tiger enclosure, and sometimes patrol the monkey enclosure. They don't hide when they see tourists, so they're filmed and posted online." Gou Chang Lao's tone was helpless.

"Fortunately, she has a sense of propriety and doesn't scold the tourists while waving her paws. Otherwise, the zoo wouldn't be peaceful. But even so, it has attracted great attention from the outside world. The park's explanation is that this civet cat has been infected with a virus and has gained the ability to make all beasts submit."

"So she became an internet celebrity. Every day, many tourists come to the zoo to see her. As long as she squats on the canopy bed and is carried out by the dog, the tourists will scream."

Zhang Yuanqing imagined the scene and couldn't help but complain in his heart: An animal version of the courtesan's parade?

He laughed, "She's been lonely in Pan Shen's Maze for decades, let her play however she wants. Maybe the world will end tomorrow. It doesn't matter if the existence of Lingjing Xingzhe is exposed. There's no need to hide it anymore. All the rules are no longer suitable for the present."

"It doesn't matter if the government understands or not." He hung up the phone in a hurry, picked up a cheap glass from the reception area.

This was the glass that Fu Qingyang used to drink alcohol. He pulled out a piece of paper towel and wiped the rim of the glass, then summoned the Red Dancing Shoes and stuffed the paper towel into the shoe.

Qian Gongzi's bedroom and bathroom were cleaned every day, and even the hair and dandruff were disposed of cleanly.

Only the things in the study were cleaned at night, and Qian Gongzi loved to drink, so the wine glass was the best way to obtain his DNA.

Da da da, the Red Dancing Shoes took big strides, pierced through the window, and ran wildly outside the villa. Zhang Yuanqing was not in a hurry to follow. Gao Feng Chang Lao must have disappeared in Hangzhou or Jiangnan Province. At the speed of the Red Dancing Shoes, it would take at least an hour to get from Songhai to Jiangnan.

But for him, it would only take fifteen minutes to get from the high seas to Jiangnan Province. Taking advantage of the ample time, Zhang Yuanqing edited the list of Saints who had entered Pan Shen's Maze into a message and sent it to his uncle.

He also wrote down the profession of each Saint and analyzed, from the perspective of their fighting habits and professional shortcomings, what kind of props they might need.

Half an hour had passed since this information had been sent, and Zhang Yuanqing, not waiting for his uncle to reply, turned off his phone, put it in his pocket, turned into starlight, and disappeared, following the connection between the prop and its owner.

In less than ten minutes, he caught up with the Red Dancing Shoes and followed the wind. After another dozen minutes, they arrived at an industrial park on the outskirts of Hangzhou.

The Red Dancing Shoes were circling in the industrial park, like a headless fly. They were in this area, but the Red Dancing Shoes couldn't get in!

If it was a barrier, according to its characteristics, it would have already gone crazy. This meant that Eldest Brother had entered something that wasn't a barrier!

Zhang Yuanqing's eyes rippled with transparent waves as he surveyed the park from a high vantage point, but he didn't find an illusion.

"In a dream?" He immediately rejected his guess. Fu Qingyang wasn't a Dream Weaver and didn't have the ability to enter a dream.

If he was pulled into a dream, his body should have stayed in reality, but the Red Dancing Shoes hadn't found it. His body wasn't in a dream, nor was it in a barrier? Then what could it be?

"The Red Dancing Shoes didn't find Eldest Brother's body, which means he's not in reality. If he's not in reality, then he must be in a dream! But Eldest Brother couldn't have entered a dream unless this dream is special?" Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing activated his Dream Jump skill, and a small number of dreams appeared in his eyes. Each was bizarre, with nightmares, erotic dreams, and beautiful dreams.

And the entire park beneath him faded in color at this moment, becoming like a "black and white photo." The buildings, streets, and greenery were also distorted, turning into collapsing ruins.

Above the ruins, Fu Qingyang, holding the Golden Dragon Sword and wearing the Swordsman's cloak, was heroic and valiant. Ten meters behind him was a broken quilt, the Coward's Quilt, with Tianhuo Chang Lao, covered in blood and unconscious, and a beautiful woman, who should be Gan Lu Chang Lao of the Hangzhou branch.

Confronting Fu Qingyang were four people. Two were wearing the exclusive black robes of the Southern School, floating in mid-air. The other two were standing in front of a magic table.

Candles were burning on the table, and there were scarecrows, copper coins, wooden swords, silver needles, talismans, and porcelain bowls and bottles containing various materials.

The other person had a ferocious appearance, with antlers growing from his head, a face covered in blue scales, fierce vertical pupils, and two wings growing from his back. His body was covered in armor-like keratinous claws, bird-like, with sheep hooves and a tail. The tailbone extended a thick, flexible tail, the end of which was a sharp, black poisonous needle.

The ferocious Gu Master was standing on top of a forty-meter-long black scaled giant snake. The collapsing ruined city was crawling with poisonous snakes and Gu insects, making rustling sounds and surrounding Fu Qingyang in the swarm of Gu.

The two sides seemed to have just experienced a fierce battle. Their breaths were a little short, bloodstains were everywhere in the ruins, and there were corpses of Gu insects and strange beasts.

Broken soldier puppets were scattered all over the place.

"He's really in a dream?" Zhang Yuanqing was stunned.

He only saw this scene after activating his Dream Jump, which was not visible to the naked eye.

In other words, Fu Qingyang was indeed in a dream. Zhang Yuanqing examined the Overlords of the evil camp and recognized the Gu Master with antlers, the Lingjing ID Snake Keeper, the Chang Lao of the South Branch of the Spirit Energy Society, an Level 8 Filth Devil.

The other Filth Devil's Lingjing ID was Iron Diviner, Level 7. As for the other two cloaked Nullifiers, their faces were unclear and they could not be identified.

Zhang Yuanqing did not hesitate and immediately jumped into the dream scene. However, a powerful barrier blocked him, and his Dream Jump failed.

He had encountered a restriction similar to a barrier. Although he could see this dream, he could not enter.

Zhang Yuanqing understood that the place where Fu Qingyang was was a domain combining a dream and a barrier. Its essence was a kind of barrier, but it was based on a dream.

It needed to rely on a Dream Weaver to open it. This explained why the Red Dancing Shoes couldn't even kick this domain. Only a Dream Weaver could see it.

And to enter the forbidden barrier, one had to be a Level 8 Nullifier. The conditions were very harsh, Zhang Yuanqing speculated.

The power that formed this domain should be a high-quality item from the Southern School. A proper Nullifier did not have the ability to weave this kind of domain.

But items could do it. The functions of items were always strange and bizarre. Tianhuo Chang Lao seemed to be seriously injured, so he hid in the quilt. Gan Lu and Gao Feng Chang Lao looked fine, but the Coward's Quilt had to be used for four hours before it could be opened.

"Eldest Brother has the Seven Star Lamp Formation and the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife. He hasn't used any of his trump cards, so he should be waiting for me." Zhang Yuanqing noticed that there was a large patch of blood on Fu Qingyang's chest.

He quickly took out the Yata Mirror, summoned a clone, and then took out the Thunder God Suit, letting the clone wear it. The clone activated the suit's skills, his body wrapped in lightning, like a fallen Thunder God descending into the mortal world.

His palm was against the ground, and a railgun quickly condensed. "A terrifying junior."

The Filth Devil standing on the snake's head said with emotion, "You were promoted to Overlord last June. In half a year, you can be on par with us. The three major organizations regard Yuanshi Tianzun as a thorn in their side and a pain in their flesh. But in my opinion, you, Fu Qingyang, are the real threat to the Free camp."

It didn't matter how fast one leveled up from Extraordinary to Saint. But to level up one level in half a year after entering the Overlord realm was terrifying.

It took many Overlords five to ten years to go from Level 7 to Level 8. Those with high talent could level up faster through gang dungeons.

But leveling up from Level 7 to Level 8 in half a year had only been done by the Demon Lord and the Marshal since the birth of the Lingjing.

"Stop talking nonsense." Fu Qingyang said coldly, "The break time is over. If you don't make a move, then I will." The cloak behind him suddenly fluttered.

The Filth Devil with antlers laughed wildly, "Are you in such a hurry to die? That's right, with two Nullifiers assisting, the more you drag it out, the easier the situation will get out of control. Do you want to desperately fight us before you die?"

Even a genius like Fu Qingyang could not defeat four evil professional Overlords. In front of the Nullifiers, even the strongest sword qi was just a paper tiger.

The curses and filth of the Filth Devil were even more spells that swordsmen could not resist.

Fu Qingyang said lightly, "Desperately fight you? I'm just borrowing you to hone my swordsmanship. It's you who should fight quickly, the longer you drag it out, the more dangerous you'll be."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling bright blue beam of light pierced through the restriction, and lightning raged throughout the area.

Fu Qingyang curled the corner of his mouth: Danger has arrived.