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Zhou Yi's reaction was far beyond Zhang Yuanqing's expectations, even making him feel a little frightened.

Zhang Yuanqing carefully sensed and confirmed that Zhou Yi's confused emotions were not feigned; she genuinely didn't know about this.

Zhou Yi doesn't remember Bing Ge ever disappearing, or was the person who reported it not a family member? The person who discovered Bing Ge's disappearance and reported it to the police in time must have been a close relative, and the case was reported at the Kangyang District Public Security Bureau, so it should be Uncle Lei and Zhou Yi.

Zhang Yuanqing was more inclined to believe that Bing Ge used some means after his return to erase that memory from his parents.

Well, there are no memory-erasing skills in , but in the mental realm, there are many skills that can make people forget a memory, such as a Musician's hypnosis or a Bewitching Fairy's bewitchment.

As for the most powerful Illusionists and Night Wanderers in the mental realm, they don't have similar means.

A Bewitching Fairy's bewitchment can only distort cognition at the Saint level. Given Bing Ge's level at the time, the only means he could use was hypnosis... Zhang Yuanqing's mind raced.

"Yuanzi, what exactly do you mean by what you just said?" Zhou Yi, concerned about her son's situation, asked.

"It's nothing, Zhou Yi. You're tired. Get some sleep." Zhang Yuanqing reached out, got close to her face, and snapped his fingers.

Zhou Yi's gaze suddenly became blank.

Zhang Yuanqing helped her sit down on the sofa, dispelling the sadness and depression pressing on her heart. Zhou Yi fell into a deep sleep.

"Little Aunt, come to Bing Ge's house. Zhou Yi might have been hypnotized. I want to ask you to help awaken her forgotten memories." Zhang Yuanqing called his little aunt.

After hanging up the phone, in less than ten minutes, Jiang Yuer, wearing running shoes and pencil pants, paired with a white knit sweater, looking youthful and beautiful, appeared in a miniature hurricane of rising red lines.

Zhang Yuanqing immediately told his little aunt the whole story. His little aunt said "Mm," indicating she understood, and walked slowly to the sofa, softly saying:

"Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi, it's Yu'er..."

After calling three times in a row, Zhou Yi slowly opened her eyes, staring blankly at Jiang Yuer, "Yu'er, you've come to see Zhou Yi too?"

Jiang Yuer nodded, her tone gentle, "Zhou Yi, do you remember if Lei Yibing ever went missing before?"

Zhou Yi's expression was blank for a few seconds, as if she was trying to recall, then she shook her head and said, "No, Abing has never gone missing before."

Jiang Yuer glanced at her nephew, turned her head back, and asked, "Think again, did Lei Yibing go missing three years ago?"

Zhou Yi still shook her head, "No."

"I understand, Zhou Yi. You sleep now." Jiang Yuer said softly.

Her voice contained a power that soothed the heart. Zhou Yi closed her eyes and slumped on the sofa, snoring softly as she fell into a deep sleep.

Jiang Yuer looked at her nephew and shook her head, "She hasn't been hypno-

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-tized."

This is a bit puzzling... Zhang Yuanqing frowned slightly, "So, the person who reported it wasn't Zhou Yi and Uncle Lei? Then who could it be?"

Jiang Yuer said with a solemn face, analyzing:

"Why do you think Zhou Yi and Uncle Lei were hypnotized? If I were the Grim Specter, I wouldn't need to have a subordinate lurking in the Public Security Bureau delete electronic files and destroy paper files. I'd just order Lei Yibing to go to the Public Security Bureau to withdraw the case, which would solve it without any hidden dangers.

"By the same logic, Lei Yibing has no reason to hypnotize his parents."

Zhang Yuanqing was even more puzzled, "The person who reported it wasn't Zhou Yi and Uncle Lei, and the Grim Specter had no need to delete the files. Neither of these things is reasonable. How could this be? Was there another secret behind Bing Ge's disappearance back then?"

This matter caught him somewhat off guard. He thought to himself, Bing Ge, you're just a supporting character living in the script. Why do you have so much drama?

Filled with doubts, Zhang Yuanqing and his little aunt returned home and knocked on his uncle's door loudly.

When his uncle opened the door and saw the two of them arriving together, he immediately showed off a rap: "Yo, yo, useless Yuanzi and useless sister..."

Jiang Yuer rudely interrupted, "Useless you big-headed ghost, rapping and dancing for half your life, and you still can't learn double rhymes. Get your ass out to the hallway. I have something to ask you."

Before his uncle could speak, his aunt's displeased voice came from inside the house, "Yuer, how are you talking to your brother? No matter what, he's still your brother. Have some respect!"

Zhang Yuanqing quickly said, "Auntie, Auntie, I'm here. Little Aunt wouldn't dare to be disrespectful. Don't worry."

His aunt hummed and grunted, "Yuanzi is the sensible one."

The three of them silently walked into the hallway, and his uncle shook his legs, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Yuanqing quickly told his uncle about Chen Yuanjun's discovery last night and his visit to Zhou Yi this morning.

"Uncle, when you met Bing Ge, did you notice anything unusual? I think there are secrets behind Bing Ge." Zhang Yuanqing asked.

Currently, only his uncle had interacted with Bing Ge after he became , and they had co-starred as the Demon Lord. In a sense, Bing Ge was a part of his uncle's plan.

His uncle should have a deeper understanding of Bing Ge's situation.

"Is there such a thing?" His uncle unconsciously slowed down the frequency of shaking his legs, "Abing grew up under my watchful eye. After discovering that he had become a Fallen One, I paid attention to him for a while, but I didn't find anything too unusual."

In other words, "I don't know either!"

Now the Grim Specter has returned to The Way of the Extraordinary, and Bing Ge has sealed himself under the Abyss of the Five Elements Secrets. The spy who deleted the files back then was already rooted out and executed when Fu Qingyang applied for the Tiger Amulet to carry out a major cleanup...

Zhang Yuanqing thought for a few seconds and sighed, "Forget it, none of this is important.

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Anyway, Bing Ge's whereabouts are clear. We can save him and ask him later."

He then spoke about the plan to set a trap and hunt down the elders of the Southern Faction, "Uncle, lend me a Sovereign-quality item. I plan to hold an auction at the All Treasure House."

After his little aunt and uncle listened to his plan, the latter pondered:

"The only thing you need to be careful about is not letting Ling Tuo see the future trend. Otherwise, he will use your plan against you and set a trap to kill you."

The three of them looked at each other in silence, speechless for a moment.

The most terrifying thing about Ling Tuo is the silent nature of his chess pieces. You never know what he's plotting, and you never know when he's going to stab you in the back.

It's impossible to guard against a thief for a thousand days. Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a few seconds and said:

"That's where I need you to control the situation.

"Didn't you reach an agreement with the Marshal? If Ling Tuo dares to attack, you can also use this opportunity to turn around and kill him. Taiyin's authority is secrecy. In terms of combat power alone, he's not outstanding among the demigods.

"Moreover, we can use this to test Ling Tuo's reaction. If he doesn't interfere, it means he doesn't have any plans to deal with me in the near future, or he has even more far-reaching plots. If he uses my plan against me, it means this kid already sees me as a thorn in his side, and I'll go directly to the White Tiger Army's gang dungeon with the boss to level up."

His uncle scrutinized his nephew and praised, "Yo yo, not bad, you're starting to have the style of a chess player."

Zhang Yuanqing snorted:

"Ling Tuo is the Lord of Taiyin, not the Lord of the Stars. His Star Observation technique isn't omnipotent. It's impossible for him to really be completely accurate. In the past, he was only able to bully me by relying on his rank suppression.

"He can't calculate me when I enter Night Wanderer state, he can't calculate the conspiracies in The Way of the Extraordinary dungeons, and he can't calculate the people who have no karma with him. As long as we use these weaknesses well, we have a chance to fight against him."

Baotang Province, All Treasure House.

In the old shop like a hardware store, Zhang Yuanqing placed an ice-blue bead on the counter, "Let's use this as the finale of the auction. It's an item at the Fire Thief level." The bead was the size of an egg, flickering with ice-blue flames.

The function of this bead is to steal heat within a certain range. Those below the Sovereign level will instantly turn into ice sculptures, while those at the Sovereign level will have their limbs frozen, hindering their movements.

– Uncle casually picked it from the All Treasure Tree.

Lian Sanyue reached out to touch the bead, and her palm crackled, freezing into a hard ice sculpture. The next second, her palm lit up with three-colored flames, dispelling the cold and restoring her palm to its original state.

"Not bad." Lian Sanyue retracted her hand, opened her inventory, and took out a black iron ring, placing it on the counter, "The item you wanted."

Zhang Yuanqing eagerly picked up the ring and checked its attributes:

Name: Artisan's Ring Type: Accessory

Function: Increases item intimacy

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Introduction: A ring loved by the master of the Mo Sect. It can increase the wearer's intimacy with items and gain the favor of item spirits. Reduces the cost of the wearer using the item, with a reduction of 30%. Can actively exempt one item cost. After the modification by the Refiner, the reduction is increased to 40%,

and can actively exempt two item costs.

Note 1: Active exemption is only effective for the cost of the item.

Note 2: It will cause the owner to develop a collecting habit.

Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed. The Artisan's Ring's reduction and exemption have been greatly improved. Most importantly, it could only exempt and reduce the cost of cost-type items before.

But now, it can exempt the cost of rule-type items. Most rule-type items also have a usage cost, like the "Dance-off" cost of the Red Dancing Shoes.

It has a wider range of uses.

"Its corresponding level is level 7. It cannot exempt level 8 rule-type and cost-type items. Remember this." Lian Sanyue said, reaching out to grab the blue bead. *Pa!*

A large hand pressed down on the back of her hand, Zhang Yuanqing's face was full of ferocity and entanglement.

Lian Sanyue rolled her eyes, "Forgot to remind you, the cost of the Artisan's Ring is continuous. Whether you use it or not, as long as it's still in your inventory, you will develop a collecting habit."

Isn't this the same as the pig tail cost? Zhang Yuanqing quickly used mental soothing on himself, then reluctantly retracted his palm.

"What about the materials, mechanical weapons, and life source fluid?" Lian Sanyue curled the corners of her mouth, with a playful look on her face.

It's a good thing I didn't bring those things, otherwise I wouldn't give them out even if I died today! Zhang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll have you send them over this afternoon."

.......Nine o'clock in the evening.

In a medieval-style council hall, five figures appeared out of thin air around a rectangular table covered in sword marks, sitting in their respective positions.

Sitting at the head of the table was Zhang Yuanqing. On his left were Demon Eye and Xiao Yuan. On his right were Palace Master Zhisha and Ms. Jojo.

Zhang Yuanqing looked around and said:

"I plan to hunt down the elders of the Southern Faction in the near future. The target is undecided. I need a lot of information to help me screen and lock the target. Arrange the work. Ms. Jojo, you are the Minister of the Intelligence Department. You are responsible for collecting information. If you encounter any difficulties and uncertainties in carrying out the work, you can consult Elder Gou."

Everyone else has good abilities and experience, only Ms. Jojo has been kept in a boudoir for sixty years, and has long been out of touch with modern society. It is difficult for her to complete tasks independently.

At that time, Elder Gou will need to carry bronze like a king.

Zhang Yuanqing is giving Ms. Jojo to Elder Gou with the intention of tying Gouzi to the pirate ship and driving him at will.

The temptation of a Sovereign-level battle pet is equivalent to the temptation of an intact corpse of a Heavenly King of the Bing Sect to a Night Wanderer.

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God. Even if Elder Gou knows that Yuan Shitianzun's new home is unpredictable, he can only bear it with tears.

Ms. Jojo elegantly stroked her cat's tail and nodded reservedly, "Understood."

Zhang Yuanqing looked at Demon Eye Heavenly King again, "Demon Eye, use your previous channels and connections to investigate the recent whereabouts of the senior leaders of the Southern Faction. Remember to be secretive. Even if you abandon the task, don't alarm the evil camp."

After speaking, he added, "These bastards slaughtered countless civilians and owe a lot of blood debts. The official is incompetent, and the righteous are incompetent. It is our brothers' duty to clean them up."

Demon Eye was overjoyed upon hearing this!

Zhang Yuanqing finally looked at Xiao Yuan, "You can inquire about information on the Southern Faction through the channels of the Spirit Energy Association's East District Branch, but remember, you would rather abandon the task than alert the enemy."

After Xiao Yuan nodded, Zhang Yuanqing said:

"In a week, we will choose the target to hunt based on the specific intelligence content.

"Okay, meeting adjourned!"

Songhai Zoo.

Ms. Jojo returned to the pet house in the park. Outside the glass door, the sun was shining brightly.

The grass and trees were lush, with occasional roars of beasts and chirping of birds, as well as the faint noise of tourists.

"You just went to the gang dungeon for a meeting?" Elder Gou's gentle voice came from beside the desk.

Ms. Jojo "Mm" said, and then pondered, thinking about how to carry out her work.

"What was the content of the meeting, if I may ask?" Elder Gou asked.