The Dagger with a Milky Scent

"He really did wipe it out..."

After seeing with his own eyes the piece of flesh Su Yang had just wiped out, Zhao Shengshen stood there as though his soul had been sucked from his body, his eyes vacant.

Su Yang knew how much of a shock this scene would be to Zhao Shengshen. It was just like when he had first seen Gai Fengyan use a Sequence Ability.

Back then, Gai Fengyan had changed the celestial phenomena with a few softly spoken words right before Su Yang's eyes. The shock had left Su Yang in a daze for an entire night.

Only the next morning had Su Yang accepted what had happened.

Even now, the memory of that scene remained fresh in Su Yang's mind!

So he said nothing more, standing quietly beside Zhao Shengshen with his hands tucked away.

Instead, it was Lina, who had been standing behind Zhao Shengshen all along, who recovered first.

She turned around, lowered her head, and fiddled with her one-piece Gothic Dress.

When she turned back around, a dagger had appeared in her hand.

Lina walked up to Su Yang and held the dagger out to him.

"Little brother Su Yang, try using my dagger and see if you can still wipe out those mutated pieces of flesh."

"I don't mean anything else by it. I just want to see whether you can wipe out those pieces of flesh because of your saber."

Su Yang nodded to show that he understood. He gently took the dagger and studied it for a moment.

The dagger had a distinctly antique appearance, with shallow engravings covering the entire blade.

There was also a violet on the hilt. The carving was exquisite, and one could tell at a glance that the craftsmanship was exceptional and the dagger had cost a great deal.

A faint fragrance wafted from the blade to Su Yang's nose.

Although the fragrance was very faint, it was still unmistakable to Su Yang, who had awakened a Sequence Ability, like the light of a firefly in the dark.

The sudden scent made Su Yang pause. He had smelled something similar on Ren Yexue before.

If Su Yang's guess was right, it was probably the fragrance given off by a girl's body.

Recalling how Lina had turned around earlier, Su Yang's imagination began to run wild.

He looked Lina's body up and down, a trace of confusion appearing on his face.

"...I understand the reasoning, but where did you originally hide this dagger, Sister Lina? How did a dagger suddenly appear?"

Meeting Su Yang's gaze, Lina pushed out the high swell of her chest beneath her Gothic Dress.

The corners of Lina's lips curled slightly as she spoke softly.

"Take a guess?"

"Ahem, I don't know..."

Su Yang turned away awkwardly and dropped the question of the dagger.

After all, the answer was obvious. Sister Lina had very ample reasoning...

Su Yang searched the ground for any remaining pieces of flesh.

At last, not far away, Su Yang found a piece of rotten flesh covered in green fuzz.

He walked over to it, crouched down, and gently stabbed it with the dagger, lifting the rotten flesh off the ground.

The dagger had not been smeared with Su Yang's blood, so naturally, the piece of flesh covered in green fuzz did not dissolve as it had before.

Su Yang turned around and raised the dagger with the piece of rotten flesh hanging from it, showing it to Zhao Shengshen and Lina.

Seeing this, Lina murmured to herself.

"It really is his Sequence Ability... Our jurisdiction has struck gold this time!"

Lina turned around and excitedly asked Zhao Shengshen,

"Director, what do we do now? Should we take Su Yang straight to the General Bureau?"

"After all, this is a matter of great importance..."

Zhao Shengshen had recovered by now, and he had also witnessed Su Yang stab the rotten flesh on the ground with Lina's dagger.

But he shook his head gently, rejecting Lina's idea.

"Not yet. Everyone in the Soul-Reaping Bureau is busy dealing with the Fierce Ghosts right now."

"And there's another matter, one a Deity ordered us to complete. It can't be delayed... Su Yang's case will have to wait until those two matters are settled before we report it to the General Bureau."

Zhao Shengshen waved Su Yang over to his side.

Su Yang had naturally heard Zhao Shengshen's answer to Lina just now.

A matter a Deity had ordered them to complete?

What was important enough for a Deity to give an order?

But whatever the case, Zhao Shengshen's arrangement was just what he wanted!

For Su Yang, it was better not to go to the Soul-Reaping Bureau's Headquarters right now.

Su Yang would have been only too happy to stay far away from the Soul-Reaping Bureau's Headquarters! After all, he had far too many secrets on him right now!

If any one of those secrets were exposed to the people of the Soul-Reaping Bureau, it could put Su Yang himself in danger!

Su Yang flung the piece of flesh covered in green fuzz off the tip of the dagger and walked over to Zhao Shengshen.

Zhao Shengshen spoke solemnly to Su Yang, his expression grave.

"Su Yang, don't spread word of what happened today. You absolutely must not! Your Sequence Ability is extremely special, special enough to make even a Demigod take an interest in you!"

"Outside the Soul-Reaping Bureau, this world has even more people who fear the world is not chaotic enough and people who covet their own interests. Do you understand what I mean?"

Su Yang nodded and handed the dagger back to Lina, who took it from him.

"Director, don't worry. I understand the need to hide my abilities and bide my time."

Seeing that Su Yang understood what he meant, Zhao Shengshen patted him on the shoulder in satisfaction.

"Excellent! I knew I wasn't wrong about you!"

"Su Yang, you've given me a great surprise. I can hardly wait to see what you'll become when you've grown."

Seeing the almost frenzied delight on Zhao Shengshen's face,

Su Yang fell silent and did not respond to his praise.

Even now, he still didn't know why his blood could destroy the mutated monster.

Could it have something to do with those last three contaminated ability sequences...

If my blood really is connected to the last three contaminated ability sequences, then things are going to get serious!

What made Su Yang happy was that Zhao Shengshen and Lina had both been fooled for now.

They probably would never have guessed that the reason lay not in Su Yang's Sequence Ability, but in his blood.

Zhao Shengshen paid no mind to Su Yang's silence and took the disc of the Suffocation Screen out from inside his clothes again.

He gave it a gentle twist, and the earth-yellow barrier covering the Northern Suburb Cemetery immediately vanished.

"Today's mission can be considered a complete success, and we even saved the bureau a page of the Divine Book. Not bad!"

"Let's go. It's time to head back. Someone will come to clean up here."

Zhao Shengshen called out to Su Yang, then turned and left the Northern Suburb Cemetery.

Lina and Su Yang followed close behind Zhao Shengshen.

"Sister Lina, what is the Divine Book? Were you planning to use it against the mutated monsters from the start?"

The words "Divine Book" that Zhao Shengshen had just mentioned had caught Su Yang's attention.

Su Yang had always been curious how the Soul-Reaping Bureau had planned to deal with the three monsters if not for his blood.

After all, Zhao Shengshen certainly could not have expected Su Yang to have the ability to destroy those monsters, so he must have had a plan to deal with the mutation at the Northern Suburb Cemetery.

"The Divine Book... Now that's a good thing. There aren't many Divine Books in each jurisdiction."

Lina played with the dagger in her hand, her tone somewhat casual.

"The Divine Book is a containment object given to mortals by one of the Seven Gods. It can destroy those mutated monsters. It's as simple as that."

"Little brother Su Yang, you haven't seen anyone else fight those monsters, so naturally you can't appreciate how useful the Divine Book is."

"Oh, I see..."

Su Yang quietly committed the name Divine Book to memory and did not ask many more questions.

Ask too much, and something could go wrong...