All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 737 - 98 Demon Man Lurking

Chapter 737: Chapter 98 Demon Man Lurking

"Little cat, do you know that you are human?"

"Meow!" (Happily drinking meat soup)

"Then, can you control a human body? Although it’s simpler for us to take care of you in your cat form, you probably don’t want to always remain as a cat, right?"

"Meow!" (Nods after eating a meatball)

"Alright, now we need to prepare to register you and do some disguise on your human body in terms of hair color and appearance. Since you can understand us, I’ll show you a few options later, and you can choose, how about that?"

"Meow..." (Somewhat uneasy)

At this moment, Huo Qing hadn’t realized yet, he excitedly pulled out the Water Mirror, showing at least a dozen different disguise schemes: "Look and see which one you like! But you might not have learned what is called aesthetics yet, so if you can’t decide, we will help you with the makeover."

"Don’t worry, once you have your own preferences later, we will definitely let you do the makeover yourself—after all, you helped us find the Night Niche Gang’s treasure house, naturally, you have a share in the Good Deeds inside it!"

"Meow... Meow?!" (Extremely uneasy, retreats while trembling, curls back into the corner, panting)

"Eh?"

At this point, Huo Qing became puzzled: "What do you mean by this?"

The white cat had been very cooperative, showing indeed the intelligence of a human, perfectly understanding what An Jing and others said, but unexpectedly became uncooperative at this point, even showing great fear.

"Why is that?"

Nian Quan also found this strange, they asked the white cat several questions again, but it went straight into a cardboard box instead.

"That’s simple, you two are being too nice to it, it got scared."

After finishing discussions about cooperation with Iron Hand Rusty Feather, An Jing turned around and immediately spotted the problem.

He somewhat amusingly stood beside the two, looking at the white cat shivering inside the cardboard box, seemingly only feeling a bit of safety in a confined environment, he shook his head and said: "It is essentially human, and humans can have psychological issues. Huo Qing, think about yourself, weren’t you somewhat the same during the time I saved you?"

"Eagerly wanting to repay me, you’d almost give all the best things you have. I treat you as a friend, and yet you felt uneasy."

"Now it’s the same for the cat, you’ve been too nice to it, it instead feels unworthy, naturally feeling uneasy."

With these words, Huo Qing immediately blushed, while Nian Quan also appeared somewhat awkward.

An Jing looked at the white cat, but continued speaking to Huo Qing: "Your senior, although not behaving like a human, still cared for you like a nephew, while this one is different. I’m not sure if she — was a clone from the beginning or came from some other source of soul, but anyway, she was born in hell."

"Having experienced so many of her darkest moments, you being too kind to her makes her unable to accept it, just like how both of you initially struggled to accept my kindness."

"Got it, got it."

Huo Qing quickly asked An Jing to stop, he fully understood now—they were both very sensible people, once things were clarified, they understood better than anyone.

However, with that said, An Jing also discovered a problem.

Why did that senior of Huo Qing, the brother of Iron Hand and Rusty Feather, Big Spear turn out that way? Iron Hand and Rusty Feather’s kindness towards Huo Qing was genuinely like treating their own child, and looking at how Big Spear took care of him after his parents died, he was indeed very kind to him.

When did Big Spear start becoming like that? And why did he change?

An Jing fell into deep thought, sensing that this might be a quite crucial point—Iron Hand and others didn’t care because they were used to seeing people’s betrayal and degradation, but An Jing was very clear that no degradation is without a reason.

"Perhaps there’s more to it, but it’s been too long."

An Jing felt quite regretful in his heart, this probably was a ’side quest’ he could have taken on when he first saved Huo Qing, definitely involving an event similar to ’the invasion of the Fire Crow into the safe zone.’

An Jing is not a perfect person, once he missed the window for the event, it was missed, but now, looking at it, the Fire Crow is related to the Immortal Ancient Ruins, and behind Big Spear, there seems to be a connection with the gang and company side of things.

"Perhaps... the identities that Iron Hand and they are hiding, are not as safe as imagined."

Thinking of this, An Jing pondered for a while and still decided to share his speculation directly with Huo Qing and Iron Hand Rusty Feather while they were still around.

"When you mention it that way..."

Iron Hand was initially surprised, but after listening to An Jing’s conjecture, he too fell into deep thought: "Indeed, that’s right. Although Big Spear had his quirks, at most it was just being frivolous and slightly greedy, but it wasn’t to the extent of needing to force Huo Qing to death."

"At that time, he seemed very desperate for Good Deeds..." Huo Qing also recalled, "Uncle Big Spear had quite a bit of money by then, he had plenty of Magic Artifacts and elixirs on him, I managed the accounts for him, he had at least five thousand Good Deeds, enough to secure an identity in the city, but he still seemed very short on money."

Rusty Feather then fell silent. She had been hiding in Xuanye City’s slums and lawless areas for the past few years, as An Jing spoke, she also found it strange, those people who inexplicably came to assassinate her back then, were they also aware of her Guiyi Army identity?

Big Spear’s madness was clearly not an isolated incident, but was part of a bigger event, just like her being attacked and Steel Skeleton being forced to the Wilderness.

But if the company had discovered the clues, she would have been captured already, it wouldn’t just scare her off—corporate actions don’t need to care about evidence.

Unless...

(Is it an internal military problem? Indeed, during the recent True Talisman incident, there were definitely traitors within the military... Was Big Spear influenced by that at that time?)

With An Jing’s reminder, both Iron Hand and Rusty Feather expressed their gratitude, although it was just a small blind spot in their thinking, it was enough to save lives, they planned to review their recent actions to see if there were any flaws, and didn’t have the mood for pleasantries now.

The ending of the Tianyuan Realm is pretty much as follows.

Since An Jing is still officially in seclusion, it’s normal for the seclusion to last half a year without disturbance. Third Middle School even specifically granted An Jing access to browse books at home from the library, which is extremely considerate.

Transforming the white cat back into a human body is not difficult, it might be a high-end technology in the Huai Xu Realm, but in the Tianyuan Realm, any illegal Heavenly Mechanism Doctor can handle it, or even Huo Qing could learn it himself, letting Nian Quan assist him to easily manage it.

The company’s probing has quieted down. At the Ancient Immortal Ruins, Steel Skeleton and Qu Tong have already built the camp, and now there’s no significant news—both Gan Yuan Sea and Golden Crow, even the Kun Demon, are quiet, although everyone knows they are definitely planning some big moves, but at present, all is calm.

Huo Qing and Nian Quan need to cultivate new techniques and gradually master the Divine Skills of their newly acquired Fate Patterns, which also requires time to slowly become proficient.

The Tianyuan Realm has entered a calm phase, until the Four Cities Competition, and possibly some anomaly at the Ancient Immortal Ruins, no major events will occur.

With all preparations complete and all Magic Artifacts and weapons modified, An Jing plans to return to the Huai Xu Realm.

However, considering that shortly after his last return there, he encountered patrol searching for him, An Jing also plans to take some precautions.

Some time later.

Huai Xu Realm.

Over the vast wilderness, a small vehicle moves under floating clouds. The brightly shining golden light illuminates the top of this large canopy vehicle. The modified power Puppetry operates the tracks, dragging it forward.

Three young men dressed as Dust Li sit in the compartment talking and laughing, even playing cards, but as evening arrives, their relaxed expressions turn tense.

Because from the direction of the setting sun, a small squad of riders suddenly appears.

"Stop a moment, traveling merchants ahead!"

Several Martial Artists dressed in the Bright Mirror Sect Outer Sect disciple garments rode up to the front of the canopy vehicle. They skillfully intercepted the Heavenly Mechanism vehicle, then produced identification: "Ahead is within the jurisdiction of ’Red Tower City’, there’s a lockdown recently, you need to register before nearing!"

"Ah?"

The three exchanged glances, two of them genuinely surprised, while the leader said, "Why is there a lockdown? Didn’t Frost Calamity end a few days ago, and Upper Sect declared tax exemption for three years, and free trade?"

While talking, they stepped aside, allowing several sect disciples to inspect and went to register their names.

[Qiao Xuan]

Hearing this, the Bright Mirror Sect disciples chuckled because they knew these young folks clearly had some connections at home and in the sect but hadn’t wandered much in the jianghu.

Also, these three, with their number not matching, and their strengths all around Inner Strength level, their Fate Pattern attributes also not quite right, they weren’t the targets, so they didn’t bother to harass further and straightforwardly said: "What’s applicable at one time may not be at another. You might not know, but recently Heavenly Demons are causing trouble nearby, and many Demon People are lurking in the city, currently, the sect is dealing with them."

Saying this, the inspecting disciples came back, whispering, "It’s mostly specialties from Da Chen, spirit cloth, and some herbs and such. The quality is not bad, but not so good either, can’t compare to the sect’s, probably homegrown, and just harvested within this fortnight."

"That indeed clears any suspicion."

Hearing this, the patrol’s Outer Sect disciples completely dismissed their suspicions, speaking soothingly, "It seems like you intend to do business in the city, but I’d advise you to turn back, find a safe place to stay for half a year—these Demon People won’t be eradicated within half a year."

As he said this, he casually took a package of finely packed herbs from the vehicle, his movements skillfully done: "For the news that saves your lives, taking one pack of your herbs isn’t too excessive."

"Let’s go!"

After registration, they called out and rode away.

"Demon People..."

The three by the large canopy vehicle pondered this term.

’Qiao Xuan’, who is actually An Jing, narrowed his eyes: "Heavenly Demons causing chaos, Demon People lurking? Is this why the sect’s internal chaos hasn’t been cleared up yet? It feels not so simple..."

Meanwhile, Huo Qing and Nian Quan, helping An Jing disguise his identity, but unexpectedly encountering a different situation in the Huai Xu Realm than they imagined, also came over: "Do you need help? It seems there are even more Heavenly Demons on your side than ours?"

Although they don’t fully understand the situation here in Huai Xu Realm, as long as it involves fighting Heavenly Demons, they can at least be considered allies.

"If needed, I will call you.""

An Jing naturally would not treat his own brothers formally, but the affairs of Huai Xu Realm are still better handled alone: "It’s about time now, let’s head back, after some time, I will go there alone with the registration list."

"As you say."

Since An Jing insists, the other two also do not press further.

Thus, after a while, the large canopy vehicle turned around and headed back the way it came.

Until it entered a mountainous pathway and completely disappeared.

Then, a figure indistinguishable from the environment, even difficult for Martial Artists to notice if concentrating, emerged.

Draped in automatic camouflage gear from the Tianyuan Realm, An Jing was fully prepared.

It was time to sneak into the vicinity of Red Tower City and see the situation.