The Taoist priest refused to divulge any information even at the cost of his life. Zhu Tianqi stamped her foot in frustration, "Qin Yexuan, why didn't you stop him?"
Qin Yexuan looked at the blood on the ground, "A person who can abandon his body and hide in disgusting viscera for sixty years, that kind of willpower is terrifying. My Mind Control technique was useless."
Zhu Tianqi was speechless, "So we worked for nothing?"
Qin Yexuan smiled, "No, this time we gained a lot."
Zhu Tianqi didn't understand.
Qin Yexuan bent down and searched under the big turtle spirit's neck. There was a piece of rotten cartilage, and beneath it, a sac-like structure was revealed.
"After the turtle spirit evolved, a pocket formed inside its neck, where it would store its secret items."
As he spoke, Qin Yexuan pulled out a card from the neck sac.
Zhu Tianqi leaned in to look.
It was a cyan card, wrinkled and worn. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be made of human skin and bone.
Thin slices of human bone were used as the base, wrapped in human skin, and the characters were embroidered with a needle and human tendons.
The card was embroidered with six characters: Shituoling Club!
Zhu Tianqi stared in disbelief, "It looks like a club membership card, but it's so disgusting."
Qin Yexuan carefully cleaned it, disinfected it with strong liquor, and then put it away.
Continuing his search, he found a letter.
It was a letter written on human skin.
The contents were very peculiar: "To celebrate the opening of Shituoling Club, I have meticulously planned to hunt and kill a turtle-dragon as a gift, and I also present a San Yin maiden. Please accept it, the three great kings."
Zhu Tianqi suddenly understood, "This big turtle spirit and the Taoist priest were going to take gifts to that club."
Qin Yexuan interrupted her, "Shituoling Club is in Chaoge City. It seems we have to go. While we're at it, let's check the old turtle spirit's basement!"
Fifteen meters below the bar, there was a huge excavated cold storage.
As they stepped in, the first thing they saw were the hanging dried human bodies!
Zhu Tianqi vomited again.
This was the restaurant for the old turtle monster's minions!
And the only living person here was a girl of fourteen or fifteen, who appeared to be unconscious, hidden in a large cabinet with an oxygen supply.
"Send this child up, and then immediately call Bingyan and the others. Clean this place up, hide all traces, and don't let Chaoge City know!"
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
"You'll know in a moment. Don't mention I was here. Let Bingyan and them handle this as a normal case!"
Zhu Tianqi stomped out, displeased.
Qin Yexuan continued to search this underground demonic palace and soon saw the killed turtle-dragon.
It was the very turtle-dragon that Jun Mengyao had released into the sea.
Qin Yexuan was filled with sadness, "In the end, I couldn't protect this creature. Possession of treasures brings disaster. I should have made you go further away."
Beyond sadness, there was also anger!
The demon race had been dormant for so long, sealed underground by the combined efforts of the Four Great Celestial Masters and Six Great Arhats.
Now, which force had released them?
Hmph! Both the Buddhist and Taoist organizations bore undeniable responsibility!
While he was still contemplating, Zhu Tianqi returned, making a gesture, "The Imperial Observatory has been dispatched. Su Bingyan personally ordered it, and they should have handled the situation above. But what exactly is going on here? You have to explain that golden carp to me clearly."
Qin Yexuan smiled faintly, "You'll know when we get to Chaoge City."
"Damn it, why do I have to go to Chaoge City?"
Qin Yexuan shrugged, "Because I'm missing something right now. And it has to be you!"
"What's missing?"
"Hehe, of course, it's that so-called San Yin maiden!"
Zhu Tianqi stared blankly, "You, you want me to pretend to be a maiden? This is madness."
Qin Yexuan picked up a plaque and showed it to her.
"Zhuohe Club?" Zhu Tianqi looked at the plaque, "What does this mean?"
"It's a club formed by demons from Zhuohe, a branch of Shituoling. Hehe, times have changed, and demons are also commercializing and adopting club systems."
The information was now clear: Shituoling Club was officially opening in Chaoge City, so demon organizations from all over were preparing gifts to congratulate them.
The old turtle spirit represented the Zhuohe branch.
So...
Zhu Tianqi finally understood, "Holy crap, you want me to impersonate someone from the Zhuohe demon branch and sneak into Shituoling with a gift?"
Qin Yexuan patted her head, "You only figured it out now. How can you be my partner?"
Huh?
Partner?
...
By the time they left the underground demonic palace, the bar had already erupted in flames.
It was announced to the public as a fire, and the news reported on it for a long time, but all traces of the demon activity were erased.
Three days later, Qin Yexuan and Zhu Tianqi boarded the train to Chaoge City.
An old-fashioned train with two berths.
Zhu Tianqi didn't want to share a compartment with Qin Yexuan, so she disappeared as soon as they boarded, nobody knew where she went.
Qin Yexuan looked at the passengers on the train, most of them students.
He lay on the upper bunk, still deep in thought, when more people entered.
It was two girls.
Seeing Qin Yexuan sprawled inside, they both frowned, "Why is it a guy? Wasn't the neighboring seat supposed to be for a girl?"
The two girls quickly retreated and sent a message to their boyfriends: "Help! There's a guy here!"
In the four-berth compartment, Qin Yexuan sat up, looking at the two girls whispering by the door, his brow furrowed.
His current identity was that of a soon-to-be college student. Although his body and appearance were fine, his mindset was completely different.
The thought of mingling with a group of children gave him a headache.
He could clearly hear the conversation of the two girls.
"The guy inside is quite good-looking."
"Shh, who knows what kind of person he is? Look at how he's dressed, probably some country bumpkin."
Bai Xinyue and Song Jin'er were undeniable rich young ladies.
This time, the two girls, on a whim, wanted to experience life. So they didn't fly and specifically bought sleeper tickets, intending to travel slowly to school.
It couldn't be helped, the two girls were pampered and terrible students. They had both been admitted to a third-rate vocational college.
The medical department of Chaoge Vocational College was a living hell for them.
They wished they had agreed to their families' arrangements and gone abroad for a golden-plated education.
"When are Han Meng and Ye Hu coming? Those two brats have been boasting all along about being our escorts?"
Speaking of their boyfriends, they were also from wealthy families, forced to endure this hardship with the girls, and were accompanied by four bodyguards, making their presence embarrassingly ostentatious.
Hearing this, Qin Yexuan had a clear understanding of their background and personalities.
He hated this kind of thing the most. He directly got up, "Ladies? How about this, I'll go out and get a different ticket, and leave this space for you."
Hmm?
Bai Xinyue burst out laughing, "Did you hear him? 'Ladies'? I'm dying of laughter. Is this guy from ancient times?"
Song Jin'er nudged her, extremely embarrassed, "Don't say that, he's being very polite."
As they were talking, two boys, accompanied by four bodyguards, appeared aggressively.
The narrow corridor was completely blocked.
The two boys immediately roared, "Get out! Get lost immediately! This space is ours now!"
Qin Yexuan, who was about to change his ticket, raised an eyebrow at the sound and lay back down.
He decided he wasn't leaving anymore!