Xia Laoshi tapped her phone and said, "Look at the group owner's name."

"Storyteller Lao Qiao!" I looked at Xia Laoshi and said, "Are you saying that this person is Qiao Gongliang?"

Xia Laoshi shook her head and said, "I'm only suspecting. According to the clues Shi Qiu gave me, it's this chat group. She tracked the other party for a long time before finding someone in this WeChat group who might be Qiao Gongliang."

"Shi Qiu also found this chat group by chance. At first, Shi Qiu only wanted to find clues in *The Evil Coffin Manual*, but after she found the book, she discovered that *The Evil Coffin Manual* had no ending. Moreover, the back of the book also contained this chat group. It said that the ending of the story was in this group."

Hearing this, I asked in a deep voice, "Did Shi Qiu join the chat group?"

"No!" Xia Laoshi shook her head and said, "To join this group, you need to meet three conditions."

"The first condition is to have a group member as a recommender."

"The second condition is to possess a part of *The Evil Coffin Manual*."

"The third condition is that you must be in a place with dead people to join the chat group."

"Shi Qiu got *The Evil Coffin Manual*, but she didn't have a recommender. What's even stranger is that the day after she got *The Evil Coffin Manual*, the book disappeared. Shi Qiu also encountered a tricky situation, so she could only hand the task over to me."

I looked at Xia Laoshi, "Have you met these three conditions?"

Xia Laoshi shook her head and said, "No, because I haven't joined the group yet. This phone doesn't belong to me. The owner of the phone is my colleague, I'm just borrowing his phone temporarily."

Without me asking further, Xia Laoshi continued, "Originally, I was searching for information about *The Evil Coffin Manual* online. Unexpectedly, my colleague saw the webpage and actually said that he was in *The Evil Coffin Manual* group. He even offered to be my recommender."

Xia Laoshi raised the phone and said, "He had originally promised to pull me into the group after work yesterday. But I couldn't contact him at all."

There were indeed several messages in Xia Laoshi's phone that she had proactively sent to the other party, but the other party had not responded.

Xia Laoshi continued, "When I arrived at school this morning, I found that he had left his phone on my desk and left me the power-on password. He told me to find a way to join the group myself."

"This is the note he left me."

After Xia Laoshi put the note in front of me, I glanced at it. There were only a few simple sentences, roughly telling her how to join the group.

However, after the note, it was written: Be careful when joining the group. The number of people in this group cannot reach two hundred. Once it reaches two hundred, someone will leave the group. Those who leave will surely die. Remember, remember.

Xia Laoshi said, "I researched it at school for a day, and finally decided to find someone to help."

As Xia Laoshi spoke, I roughly flipped through the chat history in the group. There were a few simple messages sent from this phone, but no one had responded. The entire group was in a state of deathly silence.

I put down the phone and said, "Xia Laoshi, from now on, can we confirm our respective titles?"

Xia Laoshi smiled and said, "My friends all call me Xia Xia, you can also call me by my name directly. However, I prefer the title between partners."

The rules of the sorcerer's path are like this. If we still call each other Xia Laoshi and Hall Master Li, then we are in a relationship of employer and employee. Calling each other by name is a true partnership.

I wanted to confirm the titles to test Xia Mengying's attitude, whether it was cooperation or employment.

Because, I didn't want to be controlled by the employer either.

Since the name Xia Mengying threw out wasn't her real name, calling her Xia Xia didn't mean anything intimate. Names are indeed the most useless things for sorcerers.

I nodded and said, "Xia Mengying, have you ever thought about a question? Your friend Shi Qiu didn't actually figure out what this chat group was all about, and then threw the task to you."

When sorcerers hand over tasks, they must explain every detail clearly. Missing any subtle clues could cause the person taking over the task to die without a burial place.

However, the clues left by this Shi Qiu were too vague, completely telling Xia Mengying to find the clues herself.

More importantly, what the *Yang Jian Jie Ming Ren* received was not a business, but an "Underworld Decree". There was no room for negotiation. Once the decree was received, it had to be completed.

What exactly did Shi Qiu encounter that could make her abandon the decree and rush elsewhere?

After listening to me, Xia Mengying couldn't help but frown, "I really haven't thought about this."

I looked at Zhao Ci, who hadn't spoken, "Lao Zhao, what do you think about this?"

Zhao Ci said, "Shi Qiu probably has some problems. I'll check it out, and I'll have news soon. Since Qiao Gongliang used to be active in this area, he will leave some clues. I'll try to collect some clues. I think you should go find Xia Mengying's colleague first."

"Let's go now!" As I stood up and walked out, wisps of white gas were already rising from the top of my head.

I was using my power to force the alcohol out. After drinking three big bowls of wine, I might get arrested for drunk driving before I even found anyone.