268: crematorium

Chapter 268 The Crematorium

“The crematorium?” Wu Xian was utterly confused.

“Although the Demon God doesn’t care about the lives of Mortals, I do have some feelings for Yaoyang City. You can’t doubt that.”

After the refined middle-aged man finished speaking, he chuckled and vanished.

The scene returned to his small villa, as if nothing had happened.

Wu Xian looked around, trying to find the other party’s trace, but he couldn't detect any of their aura.

“Demon God of Knowledge and Truth?”

Wu Xian frowned, utterly bewildered by the refined middle-aged man’s cryptic remarks.

He just hadn’t expected that this time, the Dengfeng Studio's Mysterious Abyss incident was caused by that inconspicuous studio teacher from back then.

“Similar to Sister Tiao back then?”

Wu Xian couldn't help but recall Tang Tiaotiao’s summoning of the Mechanical Creator.

This person must have experienced a similar situation.

However, compared to Sister Tiao’s Mechanical Creator, this deity, who called himself the “Demon God of Knowledge and Truth,” didn’t sound like a proper god. He seemed more like a neutral deity, neither good nor evil, neither righteous nor wicked.

After some thought, he immediately began to search for information and data related to the refined middle-aged man.

On the Dengfeng Studio’s official website, he could only find some simple information:

Yu Boling, forty-two years old, has been teaching at Dengfeng Studio for nearly ten years… As for his scroll works, he had seen them before. They depicted a creature similar to a demon, but a kind of inherently kind little demon. Their combat power wasn't non-existent, but it was just average.

He then asked his good brother Tang Beng for some information about Yu Boling.

Tang Beng was also a graduate of the studio and had a very good impression of this teacher Yu Boling, who had given him a lot of guidance.

“Why are you suddenly asking about this?” Tang Beng in the video couldn't help but wonder.

“Nothing,” Wu Xian quickly changed the subject, “Oh, how’s the data core decryption coming along?”

“It’s going well. I think there’s a chance.”

“That’s great then.”

After ending the call with Tang Beng, he then subtly inquired with Zhou Qi and Wang Xiaocong.

Without exception, everyone spoke highly of Yu Boling. In a word: diligent and responsible.

His scroll level might not be high, but he was definitely the most serious and responsible teacher in the studio.

However, such a teacher was eventually fired by the studio, becoming a scapegoat to quell public outcry.

“No wonder he only targeted the principal and teachers, not the students.”

As for his Family, it could only be considered an ordinary small Family, not even truly a Family, at most a large household.

It was rare for such a talented scroll Master as Yu Boling to emerge, and the hopes of the entire Family rested on Yu Boling.

According to the information provided by Du Yifan, Yu Boling disappeared not long after being fired from the studio.

Yu Boling’s Family and relatives were still living as usual, but they seemed to harbor deep resentment over Yu Boling’s disappearance.

After all, the Family and relatives had invested a lot of money and resources in Yu Boling over the years, all hoping that Yu Boling would lead the Family to prosperity.

“From this perspective, we really shouldn’t view Yu Boling as an Evil God Scroll Master.”

If he truly were an Evil God Scroll Master, Yu Boling’s relatives would probably have long become material for Evil God scrolls.

After all, the “startup capital” for most Evil God Scroll Masters today basically comes from their own Family and friends.

Currently, as long as Yu Boling doesn't commit any heinous Evil God operations later, he won't expose Yu Boling’s situation.

“The crematorium?”

Lost in thought, he rode his Flying Sword through the night.

He arrived at one of Yaoyang City’s three crematoriums, filled with questions.

A crematorium at night naturally carried a spooky atmosphere. A few scattered staff members were on duty at their respective posts, bored and dozing off.

Wu Xian investigated with his Night Wanderer but found no abnormalities.

“Could it be that the other two crematoriums have problems?”

It was impossible for Yu Boling to play tricks on him by leaving such a reminder.

Moreover, the other party commanded the Demon God of Knowledge and Truth, not the Demon God of Lies and Deceit.

“What kind of problem could a crematorium have?”

Wu Xian pondered, controlling his Flying Sword, preparing to investigate the other two crematoriums.

Coincidentally, at this moment, an incinerator in the crematorium opened, and staff began to clear the ashes and residue from within.

“That is… the aura of human spiritual matter…”

Yes, Wu Xian sensed the unique heretical spiritual substances of the human body in the incinerator. These human spiritual substances seemed to have been secretly collected and stored in a special device within the incinerator.

“So that’s it!”

Wu Xian was greatly shocked, never expecting that someone was secretly using the crematorium to collect human heretical spiritual substances.

He continued to stake out and observe, then saw a maintenance worker take away the device storing the human spiritual substances.

After secretly tracking for a short while, the device changed hands multiple times, eventually being taken by a Spirit Master adventurer to the Dead Mountain Town outpost in the Mysterious Abyss, and secretly delivered to a location densely populated with monsters.

Wu Xian, who had followed all the way, staked out nearby for a moment, then saw a Evil God Servant take the device away.

“Hoo—!”

Wu Xian took a deep breath, his heart greatly shaken.

Someone in Yaoyang City seemed to be secretly “supporting” a Heretical Scroll Master.

It was already early morning the next day when he returned to his small villa in the North District.

His Night Wanderer clone was still closely tracking the personnel involved in each step, and they all turned out to be Mayor Chen Shilong’s subordinates.

This left him completely baffled.

After all, he had a good impression of Chen Shilong; Chen Shilong had always been dedicated and responsible to Yaoyang City… Not long after, Wu Xian, with doubts in his heart, arrived at the City Hall.

Chen Shilong had been busy these past few days discussing the Earth God Temple Farm with neighboring sister cities. The situation at the studio yesterday also made him pay close attention.

Wu Xian’s arrival surprised Chen Shilong somewhat.

“Oh~ Master Wu, why have you come?” Chen Shilong stood up to greet him, “Please, sit~ please, sit.”

“What do you think about yesterday’s studio incident?” Wu Xian’s mood was somewhat complex.

“Don’t worry, I’ve already sent people to investigate,” Chen Shilong paused slightly, clearly sensing something amiss, “We will definitely give the public a satisfactory explanation later.”

Wu Xian remained silent.

Seeing this, Chen Shilong pondered and spoke: “Is there something you want to tell me?”

“Sort of,” Wu Xian no longer hid anything, “Last night I went to the crematorium and unexpectedly discovered something.”

Hearing this, Chen Shilong’s body trembled, his expression fluctuating between cloudy and clear.

“To be honest, I don’t quite understand,” Wu Xian spoke softly, “The reason I didn’t come here with a big fuss is out of my recognition and trust in the Mayor.

So, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation.”

Chen Shilong’s expression was complex, eventually turning into a helpless sigh, “Speaking of which, how did you discover there was a problem with the crematorium?”

“It was a coincidence,” Wu Xian did not reveal anything about Yu Boling.

“Alright then,” Chen Shilong smiled bitterly and sighed, slowly standing up, “Since that’s the case, it’s time to lay many things out and discuss them with Master Wu. You guessed correctly, the Evil God Scroll Masters currently active around Yaoyang City are indeed related to me.”