231: Chapter 231 Foot Ice Under the Moon

Meanwhile.

In Jiangzhou, thousands of miles away from the Ten Thousand Mountains, is the Southern Theater Command Headquarters of the Bureau of Abnormal Phenomena Management.

Inside the spacious and bright director's office on the top floor.

The air was permeated with a rich aroma of Blue Mountain coffee, along with a faint, elusive scent of woody rose perfume.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

The newly appointed General Commander, Director Su Mei, stood with her back to the desk, overlooking the steel forest below.

"……"

"Knock, knock, knock."

The frosted glass door of the office was knocked upon.

"Come in."

Director Su Mei's voice was languid and magnetic, with a slightly upward-curving tail tone.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan walked in holding a thick clipboard.

She glanced at the female director standing by the window, and couldn't help muttering inwardly:

"Being women alike, this Director Su is simply a walking vixen. No wonder the Yanjing headquarters sent her to suppress the Southern Theater Command; her figure and methods alone are enough to give those reclusive sects coming out of seclusion a hard time."

"Director Su, the public opinion analysis report and frontline battle report you requested have been compiled."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan walked up to the desk and put down the clipboard.

Director Su Mei turned around, gracefully walking in high heels to sit behind the desk.

Then, she picked up the bone china coffee cup on the desk and took a sip.

"Tell me, what jokes have that bunch of orthodox sects, who have been locked stupidly deep in the mountains and forests, made on the internet these past two days?"

Director Su Mei's red lips curved slightly, her eyes sparkling with the glee of watching a show.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan forced back her laughter and gave a cough.

"Director, you guessed right. Right now, the dark web forums of Great Xia and several major secular social platforms have been completely flooded by netizens."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan opened the file.

"Last night, a low-level ghost-haunting incident injuring people occurred in the Shuzhong area."

"As a result, before our Special Operations Brigade could arrive, that vicious ghost was surrounded by a nearby square dancing auntie phalanx."

"Hundreds of aunties held Great Xia's standard-issue 'blessed red silk fans', continuously playing the DJ version of the Great Compassion Mantra from their mouths, and forcefully transcended that vicious ghost into transparent white vapor."

"Now this matter has hit the number one trending search, titled 《Your aunt is always your aunt, even if a vicious ghost comes it still has to take two big slaps》."

Hearing this, Director Su Mei couldn't help letting out a chuckle.

"Hahaha... The ordinary people of Great Xia are truly number one in the world."

"Eagle Country and Sakura Country are currently being slaughtered by anomalies, utterly flustered."

"As for us, we've forcefully turned supernatural events into a New Year comedy release."

Director Su Mei's gaze shifted, her slender fingers painted with dark red nail polish tapping gently on the desk.

"However, what I'm more interested in is that 'matchless genius' of the Lingnan Zhuge Family. How is he doing now?"

Mentioning this, Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's expression became extremely colorful.

Half vindicated, half utterly absurd.

She pulled up several high-definition photos on her tablet and handed them to Director Su Mei.

"Director, see for yourself."

Director Su Mei took the tablet.

The location where the photos were taken was precisely Taiping Old Street in Jiangzhou City.

In the image, that young master of the Lingnan Zhuge Family, Young Master Zhuge Ming.

At this moment, was wearing a fluorescent orange vest printed with the four characters "Jiangzhou Sanitation", holding a large broom, bitterly sweeping fallen leaves on the bluestone pavement of the old street.

His expression was uglier than if he had eaten a fly, and his eyes were filled with humiliation.

Surrounding him was a large circle of Great Xia netizens and low-level cultivators.

Some of these people were holding phones to live-stream, and some even ran up to him flashing V-signs to ask for a photo together.

The comments on the internet were vicious to the extreme:

"Family members, who gets this! Checking in at Taiping Old Street in Jiangzhou, running into a once-in-a-century Qimen Dunjia genius! He is sweeping the floor so seriously!"

"Could this be the legendary Zhuge Family Floor-Sweeping Secret Technique》? Sweeping away the gloom first, sweeping away the universe second?"

"I'm dying of laughter, didn't this bro boast on the forum the day before yesterday that he would flatten Lins Funeral Shop? Why is he wearing a sanitation vest doing cleaning here today?"

"Upstairs, you don't understand this, The Big Boss Lin calls this making full use of everything."

Director Su Mei looked at these comments, a flash of extreme delight erupting in the depths of her eyes.

She put the tablet on the desk, leaned back, and languidly stretched.

"Interesting, too interesting."

"This Lin Ye really keeps bringing me surprise after surprise."

Director Su Mei's pretty eyes narrowed slightly, the figure of that young man surfacing in her mind.

As a high-ranking official parachuted down from Yanjing, what gave her the biggest headache was how to deal with these reclusive sects that relied on their profound heritage and refused to obey official dispatches.

Yet Lin Ye was different.

Not only did he not start a massive slaughter to cause internal chaos in the mystical world, but instead, using such a method that "did little physical damage, but was extremely insulting", he directly stripped off the Lingnan Zhuge Family's face and threw it on the ground to trample.

With this broom sweep, what was swept away was not only the fallen leaves of Taiping Old Street, but also the arrogance of those sects coming out of seclusion, cleaned out completely.

Right now, all the reclusive forces in Jiangzhou had to walk around Lins Funeral Shop's sign when they saw it, terrified of also being caught and forced to wear a sanitation vest.

"Executing someone and then punishing their heart. This little thief exudes a ruffian's cleverness deep in his bones, yet his strength is despairingly strong; he truly is a rare gem that makes one can't help wanting to peel open and see."

Director Su Mei licked her red lips with her bright red tongue tip.

"Captain Chu."

"Present!"

Director Su Mei stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the bustling city beneath her feet.

"Have The Ninth Bureau's people withdraw from the vicinity of Taiping Old Street. Since Lin Ye likes peace and quiet, we will give him absolute freedom."

"The Zhuge Family has suffered such a huge loss in silence this time, they definitely won't dare to stick their heads out again anytime soon."

"As for Lin Ye..."

Director Su Mei turned around, a flash of determined brilliance flickering in those eyes.

"After he returns, I will make a trip there myself. Without taking the identity of The Ninth Bureau."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan was slightly stunned: "You... in a private capacity?"

"What?"

Director Su Mei chuckled lightly, her fingers twirling a strand of wavy hair falling over her chest.

"Does Captain Chu think that with this meager beauty of mine, this elder sister can't subdue this local dragon of Jiangzhou?"

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's cheeks flushed red, and she hurriedly lowered her head: "This subordinate wouldn't dare."

But inwardly, Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan was frantically ranting.

Subdue Lin Ye?

You haven't truly witnessed what level of monsters are hidden inside that Funeral Shop yet!

If you, this director, really go into close contact in a private capacity, whether you can walk out safe and sound is an unknown!

...

Phoenix Settlement, Yuelai Inn.

Nightfall descended once again.

After freeloading the mayor and townspeople's highest-standard hospitality for a whole day, Lin Ye and his party finally returned to the second-floor courtyard of the inn.

In this backward border town, naturally there were no high-end suites.

The rooms were of wooden structure, and stepping on them would emit a "creak, creak" sound.

The air permeated a dampness and chill unique to Western Hunan, and one could also smell the faint musty odor emanating from the cracks in the wood.

A dim yellow light bulb emitted a weak glow overhead.

Lin Ye sat on the edge of the wooden bed, took off his grey hoodie, and his lean, sturdy upper body was exposed to the slightly cool air.

Ayugu and Helena were resting in the neighboring room.

Inside the room, only Lin Ye and Leng Yue remained.

Frost Star, that girl, had eaten pig-slaughter dishes for a whole day, and right now was sprawled out on her back at the innermost side of the bed, snoring loudly with crystal-clear drool hanging from the corner of her mouth.

"The bed board in this lousy place is as hard as a stone. Tomorrow morning, we'd better quickly take the waterway, then head into the mountains, settle the matter, and go back to Jiangzhou to sleep in my Hehuan bed."

Lin Ye rubbed his somewhat sore neck and couldn't help complaining.

"If Husband feels tired, would this concubine relieve your fatigue?"

A cool voice tinged with a hint of unusual gentleness and charm sounded before Lin Ye.

Lin Ye opened his eyes and saw that Leng Yue had already walked up in front of him.

"……"

Lin Ye trembled all over, his breathing instantly stalling for half a second.

"Wife, what are you..."

Leng Yue didn't speak, lowering her head slightly.

"The mountain paths are muddy and slippery. Husband walked for a day, you must be tired."

"This concubine will use this extreme cold qi to... lower the dry fire in Husband's meridians."

As she spoke.

Leng Yue slowly took off her shoes.

"……"

"……"

"Wife... which ancient book did you learn this from?"

Lin Ye forcefully endured the tremor in his voice and asked through clenched teeth.

A flash of triumphant amusement flickered in Leng Yue's eyes hidden within the shadows.

"Didn't Husband often say that the rules of Great Xia emphasize the harmony of Yin and Yang, combining toughness with gentleness?"

Leng Yue raised her head, her red lips curving slightly.

"This concubine is hereby using... the extreme cold of the Millennium Drought Demon to treat Husband..."

"……"