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Chapter 266: Sinners Devil Comes to Life?

Chapter 266: Chapter 266: Sinners Devil Comes to Life?

Suddenly, his complexion slightly changed, a Charm Summon manifested in his mind, projecting a light screen before his eyes.

Private Task: Low-Level Spiritual Material Collection.

Task Details: Please collect the following materials (click for details)

Task issuer: Ding Shen 01, (Your direct superior)

Delivery: Done through the law platform method, magic coins will be delivered during the execution.

Note: As this is a private task, there is no reward. You can also refuse it.

Min Xin looked at the ordinary task in front of him, was momentarily stunned, and muttered, "Does Senior Brother Ding Shen need low-level materials? And in such amounts; this seems like a long-term need!"

With that, he sat back down, resuming his carefree posture. He lightly tapped on the charm summon and sent the single spiritual material collection task to more than ten spies from Beast Hidden Group. After subcontracting the task, he ignored it.

Lazily nestled against the Black Panther, with the curld up panther serving as his pillow, he stroked the Black Panther and said, "Black Tiger, why didn’t our sect discover and spot us sooner? If we were found out earlier, we wouldn’t have had to live in fear for so many years!"

"Tch, tch, I now understand why the comrades from the sect are all living such comfortable lives. If I could have been caught by Senior Brother Ding Shen earlier, I wouldn’t have had to suffer for so many years. Don’t you think so?"

"Roar!" The Black Panther responded calmly, savoring Min Xin’s touch.

"What? There’s nothing I don’t like, don’t spread false rumors. Senior Brother Jiang should be thanking me for saving him from misery. Right, Senior Brother Jiang now owes me a tremendous favor."

"Roar!"

"You say he spared me as a favor? How could that be? If it weren’t for me, he would still be leading a secretive life, he wouldn’t have the laid-back life he is having now."

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A person and a panther, basking in the sun, chatting at ease, leading an increasingly leisurely life.

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In Wang Zijia’s study room at Tianhong Marketplace, half an hour later, Lei Junjie and Wang Zijia were sitting in front of the tea table.

"Did the trip go smoothly, Senior Brother?" Wang Zijia asked,

"It went smoothly, but a bit too smoothly." Lei Junjie put down his teacup and said solemnly, "Ever since I received your message, the demonic disturbances around the region suddenly diminished. Right!"

At this point, as if suddenly remembering something, he rummaged out an image recording array plate, activated it, and said, "Take a look at this first."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zijia turned his attention to the Array Disk.

As the array disk was activated, it projected a holographic image onto the table, just like a full virtual projection device.

The projection was in an alley of a suburban area.

What caught Wang Zijia’s attention was a mutated Sheepheadman with an incomplete transformation and a mutated Wolfman in the alley.

Looking at their appearance and their strong aura, it appeared that their Cultivation was at the Sacrificial Wine stage. Furthermore, Wang Zijia was pretty much sure that they were not demonic beings but sinners - completely mutated creatures.

What caused Wang Zijia’s pupils to constrict was the fact that these two things were actually communicating. Although he couldn’t hear what they were saying, they were definitely communicating.

"Impossible, there’s no record in the clan history of intelligent demonic beings!" Wang Zijia abruptly stood up, his face filled with shock.

"I know it too well, but I’ve checked, and this is the original image recording, not an illusion. I also asked the disciple who accidentally recorded this thing, he is quite sure that it was what he saw personally."

Lei Junjie wasn’t surprised by Wang Zijia’s reaction; he was even more shocked when he first saw it, "This is why I only returned yesterday after being busy. But after half a month of investigation, I found no information. Not only that, but the demonic disturbances in various cities suddenly ceased."

While his expression changed, Wang Zijia sat back down and said, "When did this happen?"

"On the day you gave me the message! It was after that day that the demonic disturbances suddenly began to decrease rapidly." Lei Junjie grimly said.

"Senior Brother, you can’t joke about this sort of thing. If mutated beings gain wisdom...that could lead to major problems!" Wang Zijia said solemnly, staring intently at Lei Junjie.

"That’s why I’ve been investigating for half a month and didn’t dare to report it." Lei Junjie said, looking at Wang Zijia, "What should we do now, should we ask for help from the clan?"

Without any hesitation, Wang Zijia shook his head, "No, let’s maintain the status quo."

Lei Junjie looked at Wang Zijia with furrowed brows, and Wang Zijia explained, "Once this matter of Sin Beings attaining wisdom is reported, it will cause a tremendous uproar. If it’s just a misunderstanding, neither you nor I will be able to handle it."

"And if this turns out to be true...with our limited influence, do you think we stand a chance?"

"So...we just ignore it?" Lei Junjie’s brows furrowed ever tighter.

"Senior Brother, you’re quite straightforward, how could we just ignore it?" Wang Zijia smiled and shook his head, and continued, "Isn’t everything calm now? We wait till the apprentice task is completed, then we report back to the clan. The outcome then depends on how the clan investigates."

Lei Junjie paused, then finally understood what Wang Zijia was getting at. Wang Zijia was trying to distance himself from the matter. He then bitterly smiled, "Junior Brother Wang’s wisdom truly befits that of a Dao Child. So young yet so cautious and thoughtful, I am no match."

"Senior Brother Lei is too kind." Wang Zijia politely responded.

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The two chatted casually for a while longer before Lei Junjie got up and left. Wang Zijia, on the other hand, sat pondering over the whole situation.

Looking at the incident when the Demon Spider appeared, it was obviously a probe.

So, everything that happened afterward could be explained as hiding after probing?

So, does this mean that these demonic beings in Tianhong really have an organization?

But can demonic beings really have wisdom?

Wang Zijia didn’t believe so. He had dealt with more Sin Beings than most people, and he knew all too well how mad Sin Beings can be.

If such creatures could attain wisdom, there wouldn’t be any mad things left in this world.

Even the Five Ghosts, whom Wang Zijia had trained so far, couldn’t be considered to have complete wisdom.

So, what else was in this matter that they hadn’t found yet?

Or did they get the perspective wrong?

Right, could the rarity of Spiritual Roots have something to do with this?

Various thoughts kept popping up and were rejected by Wang Zijia one by one. Eventually, he was unable to come up with any sort of viable speculation.

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With Lei Junjie’s return, Wang Zijia’s life suddenly became peaceful. There were hardly more calls for help, and items were almost sold out. Only the daily task of recruiting disciples remained, gradually he wasn’t that busy anymore.

Every day, Bai Qian would make five to six batches of Explosive Spirit Pills, and Wang Zijia would consume all of them at night.

Gaining about ten thousand value points each day and watching his cultivation rapidly improve, Wang Zijia lived a very fulfilling life, except that eating Explosive Spirit Pills made him feel slightly queasy.