Chapter 32: Big Event

The ringtone rang for a long time before the other side answered the phone. The voice was clear and standard, but the tone was cold:

"I'm currently looking at Ou Xiangrong's information and speculating about his behavior trajectory. You have ten seconds."

Among the official Spirit Realm Walkers, each team was the main force in handling cases. The deacons coordinated behind the scenes and would only step in personally when dealing with difficult cases.

The Centurion must be under a lot of pressure... Li Dongze cleared his throat and reported in a deep and serious voice:

"Centurion Fu, we have already killed Ou Xiangrong."

This answer clearly caught the other side by surprise. The phone went silent. After a few seconds of silence, Fu Qingyang's voice came through, no longer cold:

"Where did you find him?"

Li Dongze said:

"We killed him at Songhai University. He was trying to force Xu Yingying to reveal the whereabouts of the Holy Grail and the roster, but Xu Yingying didn't know anything. She's just an ordinary female student. You were right in your judgment. Ou Xiangrong was indeed mentally deranged."

Fu Qingyang commended, "Good job, Li Dongze. You were very perceptive this time. You successfully prevented a large-scale bloodshed incident. I will apply for merits on your behalf to the Elder Council. Were there any casualties?"

"No," Li Dongze paused for a moment. "Centurion Fu, we didn't kill him."

"You didn't kill him?" There was a hint of confusion in Fu Qingyang's tone. He seemed to think of something and suddenly realized, "I almost forgot. There's an elder from the Water God Palace at Songhai University. Was it him who made the move? It seems I need to find a time to pay a visit and express my gratitude."

There's an elder at Songhai University? Li Dongze's face showed surprise. Then he realized that Centurion Fu had misunderstood and explained, "It was Yuanshi Tianzun who killed Ou Xiangrong, the Night Patroller I recently recruited."

A Level 1 Night Patroller killed a Level 3 Demon of Seduction?

The Centurion on the other end of the phone fell silent again. After more than ten seconds, Fu Qingyang said, "I see. Ask him to write a report and submit it."

After a pause, there was a smile in his tone, "Well done."

After ending the call, Li Dongze was beaming as he held the steering wheel, unconsciously pressing harder on the accelerator.

Bailong opened her phone and pulled the team leaders beside her into a temporary group chat: "Look at how proud Li Dongze is. His mustache is almost flying up to his eyebrows."

Qingteng: "Their team has made a great contribution. If I had such a subordinate, I'd be proud too."

According to the rules and regulations within the official organization, in order to enhance the team members' sense of collective honor, if one person makes a contribution, the whole team will be rewarded. The other team members will also receive bonuses and performance evaluations.

Regarding this Night Patroller recruited by Li Dongze, if the team leaders had just been envious before, now they were so jealous that they wanted to act without following the rules.

...

The mortuary of the Kangyang District Police Station.

Li Dongze closed the door of the mortuary, blocking the team leaders outside.

He looked at Zhang Yuanqing beside him with a profound gaze and said, "Night Patrollers can increase their experience points by devouring spiritual bodies. The side effect is that over time, their spirit will be polluted. If you have already tried to improve your strength in this way, you should understand what I mean."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded.

"Then have you tried to use that item to purify your distracting thoughts?" Li Dongze prompted. This was his solution.

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing frowning and deep in thought, Li Dongze suddenly laughed, "It seems that item comes with a high price."

Yeah, using it too much can easily lead to anemia and a deficiency of both qi and blood... Zhang Yuanqing suddenly remembered a detail. He had once found a spiritual body crystal in the mouth of the Mountain Goddess.

Now it seemed that the crystal was very likely condensed from the soul of a Spirit Realm Walker who had died in the Mountain Temple.

That's why the information introduction said that it was the best tonic for Night Patrollers.

The impurities in the spiritual body crystal were presumably the spiritual pollution, but it had been purified by the Goddess. By this reasoning, the Demon Subduing Staff could surely purify spiritual pollution.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuanqing opened the item inventory and took out the Demon Subduing Staff, which was cast from brass and carved with exquisite patterns and incantations.

He briefly explained the item's effects and costs and said, "If I go crazy later, just stab me with it, um, in the thigh."

"Okay!" Li Dongze took the item.

Zhang Yuanqing walked to Ou Xiangrong's body and placed his palm on the other's chest. He took a deep breath, and a thick, pitch-black energy welled up in his eyes, awakening the remaining spiritual body in the corpse.

There was a sharp pain between his eyebrows, and his consciousness immediately expanded. Something that didn't belong to him forcefully rushed into his brain.

...

In a hazy state, Zhang Yuanqing saw himself, the underground parking garage, and the strange red dancing shoes.

This was the battle that had just taken place in the parking garage.

Zhang Yuanqing silently waited for the battle to end. The scene soon changed. This time, it was a dimly lit room. In front of Ou Xiangrong stood a man wearing a mask, holding an exquisitely crafted crystal cup in his hand. The liquid in the cup was as scarlet as blood.

"As a Demon of Seduction, your evil is pure. You have good potential. Drink the wine in the Holy Grail, and you will be my servant."

"Every half a month, you have to drink the wine in the Holy Grail again. Otherwise, not even the gods can save you."

"Remember my name, the Ghost Eye Judge."

...

In a cheap rental house, a man wearing a mask and a baseball cap stood in the living room and said coldly, "The Ghost Eye Judge is dead. His lackey, the Black Impermanence, fled with the Fallen Holy Grail and the roster and is hiding in Songhai City. If you don't want to 'die from the poison,' find him for us. The Spiritual Energy Association won't treat you unfairly."

...

The scene changed again. He saw the blue sky and a group of gangsters dressed in strange clothes punching and kicking him.

The change in the scene was too sudden, and Zhang Yuanqing was a bit dazed. It took him several seconds to realize that he was experiencing a beating.

Were these Ou Xiangrong's past memories? It was unexpected that such a cold-blooded criminal had such experiences in the past...

"Ou Xiangrong, do you take my words as empty words?"

"Ou Xiangrong, you should cherish the time when we talk to you nicely."

Don't hit me. Don't hit me... Zhang Yuanqing felt the intense fear in Ou Xiangrong's heart and curled up in fear.

...

"You useless thing. You got bullied again? If you get beaten, fight back. Why are you crying to me? How could I have given birth to such a useless son?"

A middle-aged man cursed loudly, spitting everywhere.

This time, Zhang Yuanqing felt the despair in Ou Xiangrong's emotions.

Many messy and fragmented scenes flashed by quickly. In these repeated similar incidents, his mindset became more and more twisted and violent.

Just then, a brilliant and pure golden light broke into his sea of consciousness, dispelling the violence and pain and bringing warmth.

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly opened his eyes and saw the bright incandescent lights and the white walls. He also saw Li Dongze, whose face was bruised and swollen and whose suit was in disarray.

"Sergeant, are you okay?"

Zhang Yuanqing was shocked. He immediately touched his face and found that it was covered in tears.

"I'm fine." Li Dongze casually threw the blood-stained Demon Subduing Staff on the ground, straightened his clothes, and complained, "I should have asked Guan Ya to come. She's better at fighting than me. This is not elegant at all."

After tidying up his attire, he couldn't wait to ask, "So, did you find any more clues?... You look in a bad state."

"I'm just... a bit sad."

His experience points had increased again, but this time, Zhang Yuanqing wasn't happy about it.

Li Dongze showed a look of realization and said, "Is it because of Ou Xiangrong's memories?"

"Yeah."

The memories of the spiritual body were incomplete and fragmented, and only some unforgettable experiences were remembered.

After all these years, Ou Xiangrong still couldn't let go of what happened to him during his school days, and it had affected his entire life.

Although the other party was a criminal who deserved to die, Zhang Yuanqing still felt very sad.

Li Dongze sighed and said, "Although I don't know what you saw in the memories, I can understand. The Night Patrollers of the Taiyi Sect hate devouring the spiritual bodies of evil classes the most, and this is the reason. Yuanshi, do you know why the concept of evil classes exists?"

Instead of rushing to ask about the case clues, he took this opportunity to enlighten and teach him, saying, "In the camp confrontation, we have killed countless evil class characters. After summarizing the data of the Night Patrollers of the Taiyi Sect asking the spirits, we observed a phenomenon. Every evil class character is a villain or criminal in reality.

"In other words, the Spirit Realm Walkers of the evil classes were selected by the Spirit Realm from a specific group of people."

Zhang Yuanqing was taken aback. "So, they didn't become bad because they were in the evil class. They were bad to begin with."

"But their badness isn't entirely innate. It was created by humans themselves." Li Dongze sighed, "The Spirit Realm doesn't actively cultivate evil. The birth of any evil class is the karma fire of humanity itself. This phenomenon is disheartening and not very positive, but this is the real world. Just understand it, and don't publicize it widely."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded silently.

"Also, let me tell you something. You've already killed Ou Xiangrong, so you should have obtained some reputation points, right?" Li Dongze said, "When Spirit Realm Walkers hunt each other, no morality points will be deducted. But if you have reputation points, it will make Spirit Realm Walkers of the same camp wary of you. For example, if you have 10 reputation points, a Spirit Realm Walker of the same camp who kills you will have 20 morality points deducted. Heh, there's a difference between Lawful and Good."

After saying this, Li Dongze patted him on the shoulder. "Okay, let's get down to business. Don't waste time."

There are Good characters among Lawful classes, as well as Chaotic and Neutral ones? Then, among the evil classes, will there be those who have truly reformed... Zhang Yuanqing brought his thoughts back, composed himself, and said in a serious voice, "Sergeant, I seem to have seen a big event in Ou Xiangrong's memories."

"A big event?" Li Dongze smiled. "He's just a Level 3 Demon of Seduction. How big could the event be? I've been working for so many years and have seen all kinds of big events. Go ahead and tell me."

He wasn't being arrogant. It's just that in Li Dongze's view, Yuanshi had little experience, and his definition of a big event might not be accurate.

"Well, it's like this..." Zhang Yuanqing told in detail the memories he had read.

A few minutes later, Li Dongze rushed out of the mortuary and roared at the team leaders outside, "Something big has happened!!"

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