Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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When fellow villagers meet, tears well up in their eyes. Especially in Beijing, far away from Fuzhou, the new bureau chief was moved to tears upon hearing the familiar accent.
After his tears had subsided, he looked at his handsome fellow villager and finally remembered something: “Hey, fellow villager. Where are you working now?”
….
At the police station, Black Impermanence presented his work certificate and a contract stamped with the official seal of the underworld.
New Director: “…”
Black Impermanence: “…”
Wei Xi: “Why aren’t they saying anything?”
The second apprentice peeled an orange for him: “Is it good?”
Wei Xi’s attention was immediately diverted. He took the orange, broke off a segment, and handed it to his second disciple. Then he thought of his own sect: “By the way, Mr. Gu agreed to let us put on the advertisement. I need to explain this to the employees.”
When Wei Xi first proposed the advertising idea, he did some research and knew that shooting an advertisement was no easy task. Besides the extremely strict review processes from various departments and the very high cost of advertising placement, the creative process, the personnel, and the shooting procedures all involved a lot of complex work. This was beyond Wei Xi’s capabilities, but fortunately, he had Qiu Guokai in the sect who partnered with him to run a talent agency.
He ate an orange while talking, and his second apprentice reached out to wipe the juice from the corner of his mouth: “Whatever.”
When a finger touched the corner of his mouth, Wei Xi smelled the yang energy and subconsciously opened his mouth to bite it. He felt a little dissatisfied. Why did this disciple seem so unenthusiastic about the sect’s affairs? He had no sense of team spirit at all.
His bite must have hurt a lot, but the second apprentice didn’t dodge. Instead, he bent his finger and flicked the apprentice’s tongue.
Wei Xi tasted the sweet orange juice on his fingertips and was stunned. His teeth slowly loosened, and he grabbed his apprentice’s hand to check if he had bitten him: “Does it hurt?”
The apprentice was being examined over and over when his hand suddenly tightened, grabbing the finger that had touched the teeth marks: “Screw it hurts.”
Just as Wei Xi was relieved, he heard the other person chuckle from above: “You bite like a puppy.”
Wei Xi: “…”
….
On the other side, the new director pushed aside the documents on the table with difficulty: “Mr. Fan, I suggest you go to the Third People’s Hospital of our city for a check-up.”
The psychiatric department of the local Third People’s Hospital was renowned both at home and abroad.
Seeing that his fellow villager had been silent ever since he explained his purpose, and then finally managed to utter this sentence after a long silence, Hei Wu became anxious. This was a path he had worked so hard to develop: “Doesn’t my fellow villager believe in our sincerity in cooperating?”
New Director: “…”
Black Impermanence further advised, “Our governments in the Yin and Yang realms joining hands is a mutually beneficial measure for both sides. If you don’t think about us, you should at least think about the people in the mortal world.”
The new chief was speechless and could only chuckle and say, “Is that so? Unfortunately, I don’t have anything to cooperate with you on. The police station is for solving cases; you can’t possibly help me solve them, can you?”
Even the Black Impermanence didn’t know how to solve cases in the mortal realm, but he still tried his best to promise: “Fellow villager, why don’t you tell me?”
The new director was even more exasperated. What was wrong with this guy? But there were regulations from above, so he couldn’t just use force. He decided to resort to his most intimidating tactic: “Okay, our bureau recently took on a murder case. A family of six was killed overnight while camping in the suburbs. There were no security cameras or eyewitnesses in the suburbs. The case hasn’t made any progress lately, and the higher-ups are pressing us hard. Can you help us resolve this?”
Black Impermanence thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just this? He said with a relaxed expression, “Sure thing, let me take a look at those people’s birth charts?”
The new director was speechless. He patiently pulled up the victims’ birthdays and gave it to him. Hei Wuchang only glanced at it, then he picked up his pen and quickly wrote down a line of text, handing it to him and saying, “You have a protective aura. You can only see them if you read it yourself.”
“What kind of mystical stuff is this?” The new director took it and saw that it was in traditional Chinese characters. He read it word by word, trying to figure out what use it could be.
Before he could finish speaking, a sudden gust of cold wind swept around him. He looked up abruptly and saw six faces of varying ages staring intently at him from beside the desk in front of him.
New Director: “………………”
Black Impermanence thought that having the victim speak directly might be more effective, so he politely began, “Fellow villager…”
Having heard so many “fellow villagers” from the other party, none had sent chills down his spine like this. The new director slammed his hand on the table, his pupils dilating in shock: “You…who exactly are you?”
Black Impermanence clicked his tongue and looked at him disapprovingly: “Fellow villager, what’s wrong with you? Didn’t I already introduce myself? Your memory is terrible. I’ve been dead for so many years and my brain is still sharper than yours!”
….
A couple in the neighborhood were arguing and fighting. The young police officer responded to the call and mediated the situation. When he returned to the station, he saw a group of colleagues bustling around excitedly. After asking them carefully, he discovered that there had been progress in last week’s headless family murder case. He immediately became so happy that his eyes lit up: “What happened! Where did the progress come from?”
The colleagues who had worked tirelessly all week to solve the case, leaving themselves disheveled, were all cheering with joy.
“The chief obtained the murderer’s physical characteristics and license plate number from eyewitnesses!”
“At first we weren’t sure, but when we checked, the car’s route that day actually matched the crime scene! Even though it was a stolen car.”
“However, we have very detailed physical characteristics of the perpetrator, so solving the case shouldn’t be too difficult! I’m going to check the population information now!”
The young police officer quickly glanced at the information and was also extremely astonished. The report contained not only the license plate number and the perpetrator’s physical characteristics, but also the perpetrator’s approximate height and accent! “What kind of amazing informant is this? Their observation skills are too meticulous! It’s as if they’ve already met the perpetrator. Are they at the station now?”
Colleagues waved their hands: “No, this is an anonymous tip that the director got. The director said we don’t need to care who the whistleblower is, just follow the clues to investigate.”
The young policeman was overwhelmed with admiration for his powerful leader and couldn’t wait to meet him.
To his surprise, when he found the bureau chief, he discovered that the man sat pale-faced with Master Wei and others from the Taicang Sect.
The group stood at the corner of the stairs, where Master Wei was still discussing something with the bureau chief’s fellow villager in a black suit—
“Director Wei, the qi here is too strong. The ghosts that the City God releases to complain in the future will probably have a hard time getting close. I need to have two of my Impermanence Forms here.”
“Hmm, not bad. This way, our sect’s employees can visit each other more often in the future.”
The bureau chief stood there dumbfounded. The young policeman, finding it strange, approached, but before he could ask anything, he was spotted by the bureau chief’s fellow villager. This elite man in a black suit looked at him with a kind expression and then said, “Kid, from now on we’re brother units. Let’s have a good time working together.”
What? What do you mean we’re from the same unit? Aren’t you a doctor? And isn’t Master Wei a Taoist priest? Where are we supposed to be brothers?
The young policeman looked at his chief with a bewildered expression. The chief was also looking at him, appearing to be in a very weak state. He opened his mouth as if to say something but remained silent for a long time.
This state looked as if he had been coerced, but who would dare to coerce someone in a police station? The young policeman pondered for a long time but could not figure out why his usually calm and composed chief was behaving this way. However, before he could figure it out, Master Wei had already discussed the final result with the man in the black suit and decided to place statues of gods in two places in the station.
This was an unheard-of decoration; who had ever heard of a police station having a statue of a deity? However, the chief not only did not refuse, but also nodded in agreement to the other party’s request and even said that he would go to the local City God Temple to pray for it the next day.
The young policeman was utterly astonished. Seeing that Master Wei and the man in the suit seemed to be about to leave, he finally couldn’t resist his curiosity and quietly approached the chief: “Sir… Chief? When did you start practicing feudal superstition?”
The bureau chief stared at him blankly for a long time before finally remembering something: “Oh, you were the one who introduced him to me just now.”
The young policeman laughed when he heard this. Wasn’t it he who had introduced the man in the black suit to his boss? It was only then that he realized the man was from the same hometown as his boss, and they had been interacting very warmly at the ancient tomb excavation site.
“Is the chief going to give me a commendation?” The young policeman forgot his doubts and scratched his head sheepishly, “Yes, sir. How was your chat? You two got along very well, didn’t you?”
The bureau chief remained silent for a long time. The junior policeman looked up in confusion and saw his superior chuckle.
Young policeman: “…?”
Boss: “Write a self-criticism and hand it in before you leave work today.”
The young police officer panicked a little: “Did I… did I do something wrong?”
Boss: “Has the cat that the citizen reported lost the day before yesterday been found?”
Police officer: “…No.”
Supervisor: “Have you found the dog walker who was reported for defecating in public last week?”
Police officer: “…No.”
Only then did the leader vaguely regain his former decisive and ruthless demeanor, and he shouted: “Then what are you asking for? Go write a self-criticism!”
Young policeman: “qaq”
….
But just then, the phone in the bureau chief’s pocket suddenly rang. He answered it, and his anger vanished instantly: “What?!”
The subordinate’s somewhat panicked voice came through the phone: “…They got away! Two of our men sustained minor injuries, nothing serious! Boss, contact the city bureau immediately to set up a search and investigation!”
The new director hung up the phone and met the young policeman’s teary eyes. His nerves, which had been dazed by the Black Impermanence incident, finally returned to normal. He explained in a deep voice, “The transport vehicle had an accident. The group of cult members you captured escaped on the way to the city bureau.”
The young policeman looked blank for a moment, then instantly turned to look at Wei Xi. Wei Xi raised an eyebrow and asked, “They escaped? Those three from the Xiusheng Sect?”
The director was reminded of this not-so-unfamiliar name and knew that it was a deeply entrenched and influential cult. Thinking of the bizarre retaliations that the Xin’an criminal police had encountered when they were fighting the cult, which were stored on the computer, the director’s expression became very solemn: “We were too negligent and only sent three cars to guard it.”
Just then, Wei Xi’s phone rang. When he answered, Kuang Zhiming weakly cried out, “Wei! Master Wei! Something’s happened to Xiao Feng!”
Wei Xi: “What happened?”
Kuang Zhiming: “She was just brought back, and it’s like her soul has been stolen away! Her symptoms are exactly the same as mine!”
The young policeman exclaimed in shock: “What? They’re cheating on each other?!”
Wei Xi immediately understood what was going on and frowned as he told the other party about the three brothers, who were teachers of the monastic discipline, escaping after being arrested.
Kuang Zhiming was so angry he almost cried: “Is the Xiusheng Sect sick? Why are they targeting our souls?!”
Upon hearing this, the young policeman, for some unknown reason, displayed a truly fascinating expression: “Husband, so they take turns seducing each other, bisexual? No wonder it’s developing so quickly, it’s truly a lewd cult…”
Everyone: “…”
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