Chapter 70 Part 1

He Zhan looked a bit scared since they hadn’t found the real culprit. “Um… Yi Ge, could you protect me for a while? I’ll pay you!”

Chu Yi rejected this request without mercy. The Yu Patriarch’s birthday was approaching, and he needed to hurry back to deliver the Cultivation Manual to President Yu.

He Zhan was supposed to stay with the film crew. He was the lead actor, unlike Chu Yi, who could leave for a few days as a supporting character.

He Zhan didn’t dare to press the issue and settled for the next best thing. He pulled out an ugly pouch from his person, opened it, and took out a piece of Talisman Paper with a burned hole in the center. He had only discovered it like this after the shooting incident yesterday.

“Yi Ge, can this Talisman Paper still be used now that it’s like this?”

Chu Yi glanced at him. “Of course not.”

With his current strength, the Talisman Treasures he drew could block one bullet—that was already impressive. Did He Zhan want to reuse it?

He Zhan gave a guilty smile. “Can I buy ten more then?”

“Didn’t you buy ten before? Why do you need more?”

He Zhan fidgeted. “Well, my family is big…”

Though he had spoken ruthlessly about them, he still cared deeply about his family’s safety. He had bought the Talismans from Chu Yi and immediately sent eight back home, leaving only two for himself. Now one was ruined…

“I didn’t expect things to get this serious before. Once I find that bastard behind this, I’ll beat the shit out of him!”

Chu Yi looked at the young man before him, who was full of street slang yet had a cute and handsome face. He thought that if his fans saw this, the starry filter in their eyes would shatter…

“Fine, I’ll bring some when I get back.” He had conveniently taken some Yellow Talisman Paper and Cinnabar from Li Sheng anyway. That should be enough to refine a few Protective Talismans.

What Chu Yi took from the branch wasn’t just Yellow Talisman Paper and Cinnabar. After parting with He Zhan, he went to the warehouse and selected a century-old Whale Inner Core and the Fragrant Ointment Oil from its body.

The former was an excellent main ingredient for pill refining, while the latter was great for stabilizing the Divine Soul. He could give it to President Yu…

It was said that Li Sheng and his team had gotten lucky with this. For some reason, that whale had gone berserk, stirring up chaos in an entire sea area. It eventually beached itself and died. To prevent a whale explosion, Li Sheng led people to handle it and found these items inside.

Though the century-old Whale Inner Core was precious, Chu Yi wanted it… After consulting his superiors, Li Sheng agreed outright, on the condition that Chu Yi help deal with the assassin hideout they had uncovered.

That hideout was in an Urban Village near the city center. Chu Yi figured it wouldn’t delay him much, so he made a detour on his way back to the capital.

More than a dozen Earth-level Assassins were no match for Chu Yi. He broke the restrictions of the Mysterious Trace Array remotely, and the assassins panicked, turning on each other in confusion.

However, there was a glamorous woman in her thirties unaffected by the Mysterious Trace Array. Realizing a powerful enemy had been drawn to their base, she chose to flee immediately.

“You’re smart to run when you know you can’t win.” A clear, pleasant male voice rang out, sounding like the call of death in the woman’s ears.

“Who are you? Why are you meddling in Youming Hall’s affairs?” One of their assassins had gone missing earlier, so she had a vague feeling something was wrong. But their assassins all carried Maze-Tracing Tokens—if they couldn’t win, they could run.

Besides, assassins knew the consequences of betraying the organization. Even against a strong foe, they would rather die than sell it out, so she hadn’t worried.

But she hadn’t expected someone like Chu Yi in the Special Affairs Office. He had pried the location from one of their assassins and led a raid.

“Youming Hall? Jiu You… What does it have to do with Lord Jiu You?” Chu Yi thought for a moment and asked.

“You know Lord Jiu You?” The woman seemed surprised, but seeing Chu Yi’s earlier moves, she knew he was an enemy, not a friend.

Without further ado, she flicked her Long Whip and clashed with Chu Yi.

Chu Yi noticed the woman’s whip was coated in deadly poison, and her strikes were vicious. He stopped holding back and killed her outright.

After her death, a mass of black substance floated out from her body, seemingly trying to possess Chu Yi. He reacted swiftly and reached to grab it, but it ignored his Spiritual Power. With no choice, Chu Yi invoked the Merit Golden Light.

The thing let out a miserable scream and dissipated into nothingness under the Merit Golden Light.

“What was that?” Li Sheng only dared to approach now and asked Chu Yi.

Earlier, the woman had whipped up a impenetrable barrier. They feared hitting Chu Yi or their own in a shootout, so they could only watch from afar.

Chu Yi frowned tightly. “An Evil Spirit avatar.”

This avatar seemed to be a weak one, but since he had touched it, would the main body recognize him?