Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 1023 - 857: Perfect Professional Match

Du Li rolled his eyes at him, "Is there anything in your brain besides fighting and killing?"

"The demon cultivators of the Wilderness World are all enemies of Xuanyuan Yangguang. He originally wanted to destroy you all!" Qu Luming said with his neck stiffened, "I don’t believe you don’t want to destroy him. You’re all mortal enemies anyway, and there’s no outsider here, so stop pretending."

"The first lesson I taught you is: practitioners must not create pointless killings, why are you becoming more regressive the longer you live?

Even if Mr. Jiang is Xuanyuan Yangguang, we are not enemies. Doesn’t he just want the Wilderness World? If he has the ability, let him come and take it himself. Only the weak wait for allocation, the strong always fight to seize the right to distribute."

After hearing this, Qu Luming thought about it and realized his true form was acting cowardly now, and surely wouldn’t dare to openly cause trouble.

Feeling slightly reassured, he reminded, "And that... pass the order down, have the subordinates watch the Market more closely, especially those traders, they can’t just take without contributing.

I told you last time about posing as Yin Messengers to deceive people. I personally went to the Golden Chicken River Market to investigate and found nothing. Recently, two more Yin Messengers were attacked, lost their official hats, and one died. Black Impermanence took on the bitter task of asking me for clues, so I told him truthfully.

Thinking Black Impermanence might be wandering around the Markets during this period, it’s best to be cautious, since he’s only tracking the whereabouts of scammers and won’t meddle in anything else."

Du Li raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Another Yin Messenger lost their official hat? How many times has this happened? The official hat of Yin Messenger is quite useful."

"It’s only effective against scattered ghost cultivators or ordinary ghosts, I think it’s no big deal. Low-level Yin Messengers can be equipped with it, how powerful can it be?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Seeing his clone wasn’t concerned, he patiently reminded, "You and Black Impermanence hold equal ranks, you are under the jurisdiction of the Demon Nether Chief Envoy, while he’s under the Soul Detention Chief Envoy. How come the investigation originally assigned to you is now handed to him? Have you been slacking off too much, and now they want to promote Black Impermanence?"

The keyword "promote" caught Qu Luming’s attention, "No way? I haven’t heard about any promotion happening. I figured the lost official hat case wasn’t that important. Besides, there were no clues and I’ve been a bit busy lately, so I didn’t investigate thoroughly..."

"Following me, haven’t you learned any real skills?" Du Li remarked disdainfully, tapping his fingers on the table, "You think it’s just losing some low-level magical artifacts, no big deal.

But in the eyes of the higher-ups, even the low-level Yin Messengers are subordinates of Fengdu. Being beaten, killed, and losing their hats quickly reflects badly. If you don’t quickly crack the case, where will Fengdu City’s reputation stand? If Yin Messengers can be bullied at will, doesn’t it imply Fengdu is incapable?"

"Hiss! Thinking about it, I really was careless." Qu Luming thought deeply, realizing his true form made a valid point. Unable to solve the case, Black Impermanence took over, and he might just miss a great opportunity.

Actually, when it comes to serious matters, he’s not much of a slacker.

But lately, he got acquainted with Mr. Jiang, encountered Yuan Man being tricked by his true form, mixed into all sorts of matters, and as a cultivator, naturally wanted to further improve his realm rather than bother with the lost official hat case.

Dammit! Wondering if trying to find clues now could still score some credit.

"The time agreed with Mr. Jiang is coming up, if you have anything to say, be quick about it."

His true form began to urge, so after thinking it over, Qu Luming decided to lay out both matters Black Impermanence had asked him about, figuring after all, he’s the Vice Alliance Hierarch of the Demon Realm Alliance, someone who can understand the political scene better.

Sure enough, after Du Li listened, he inquired, "Black Impermanence knowing you’re acquainted with Mr. Jiang and asking you to inquire is no big deal. But regarding the Demon King’s situation, why did he explicitly want to find out from him?"

"Mr. Jiang has a wide network! That day breaking the 7th Operation Station in the Demon Realm, Celestial Ghost General personally witnessed it. Black Impermanence is now completely clueless, crazily seeking influential people for information is normal." He paused and asked, "Is there a problem with that?"

"It’s not entirely problematic, you may have a point. However, I suspect he might have consulted someone for divination while dealing with two cases simultaneously..."

"Damn?! Could Mr. Jiang have really caught those two demon cultivators?" Qu Luming immediately reacted, "Yes! Why didn’t this task fall to me!"

Clearly having clues but having to hand over credit to others, he was so frustrated he almost slapped his thigh purple.

Du Li slowly took out an exquisite magic treasure tea set from his Storage Bag, reminding, "While there’s still time, go hint to your superior. Demon Nether Chief Envoy Jian Shichu and Soul Detention Chief Envoy Yan Ning have a very good relationship. His people have no leads but rely on you, this merit needs to be known by your superior to gain benefits."

"Yes, yes, yes! Thanks for the reminder, I’ll go right away! When Mr. Jiang arrives later, don’t neglect him!" Qu Luming hurriedly transformed into a whirlwind and disappeared.

Du Li’s lips curled slightly, "Hah, always trying to cash in on my merits, finally gotten rid of him, at least my ears can have peace for the day."

"Is it not because of your indulgence? If it were me, I would have swallowed him whole long ago!" A sharp acerbic voice rang out from the dark corner, causing Du Li, who had just felt a sense of relief, to tense up.

Sensing the change in his emotions, the other voice became aggressive, "Time is running out, if you don’t hurry with the most important matter, what’s the point of meeting Mr. Jiang here? He can’t help you ascend to the Upper Realm!"

"For a matter of such importance, timing, and harmony are indispensable. The Alliance Leader is still in seclusion, no matter how anxious I am, it’s useless. I advise you to ease up, don’t rush me all day long, it’s bothersome. Also, I’m going to host a distinguished guest soon, you better stay hidden."