Master Is a Cop

The next morning, Ji Qinglin contacted Butler Tang in Huang Silang's identity.

"The target has been eliminated, location: Xin Dong Street, Miscellaneous Goods Alley."

Butler Tang sounded genuinely surprised, "It's only been a day, Master Huang truly works cleanly and efficiently."

"Take it as your performance achievement, just deposit the money into my virtual account."

"Wait a moment, Master Huang, may I have a few more words with you this time?"

Hearing this, both Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye, who had just changed into new underwear, became cautious. After all, they were still worried about the police finding out about the Immortal Remains.

"Master Huang has taken down quite a few wanted criminals recently, even more than many of our police chiefs, making a great contribution to the prosperity and stability of Bangkok..."

Tap, tap, tap—

Ji Qinglin gently tapped the table, "Everyone's quite busy, let's get straight to the point."

"Haha, alright, I'd like to invite Master Huang to serve as the Undercover Police Detective Chief of the Bangkok Police Department."

Ji Qinglin had naturally heard of the title of Undercover Police, but he pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What is an Undercover Police?"

Butler Tang explained:

"To handle cases involving Qi Practitioners, in addition to our own police detectives, we also hire some righteous Qi Practitioners to assist in investigations and handling. Because their identities are not made public, they are called Undercover Police."

"You don't even know my background, yet you dare to invite me to be the Undercover Police Detective Chief?"

"We judge by actions, not intentions; judging intentions, no one is perfect. I don't need to know Master Huang's true identity, I only need to know that the number of wanted criminals you've eliminated is remarkable even within the police department, and that's enough.

The Undercover Police Detective Chief doesn't have any officers to manage, and there are no time or location restrictions. In addition to the regular salary deposited into your virtual account, the Detective Chief status also gives you first-hand information and the right to request police officer cooperation."

Ji Qinglin didn't respond directly, but continued to inquire, "So, what do you need me to do?"

Hearing that the other party could offer the conditions of an Undercover Police Detective Chief, Ji Qinglin guessed that the true identity of this "Butler Tang" was probably higher than he had previously thought.

"Master Huang needs to continue capturing wanted criminals. If time permits, assisting with cases would naturally be even better. I won't set any specific requirements for the number of cases or wanted criminals captured. After all, given Master Huang's past capture rate, it's indeed difficult to ask more of you."

"Without revealing my identity, how will others confirm my identity as the Undercover Police Detective Chief?"

"If you agree, I will send you an Undercover Police Detective Chief certificate through the Dark Web. We always authenticate the certificate and number, not the person, for the identity of the Undercover Police. You can use it yourself, or you can have others assist in exercising the Detective Chief's rights on your behalf. You can consider it carefully before contacting me."

"No need, I can agree to it now."

Yu Ye, sitting on the table swinging her legs, listened carefully to the conversation between the two. She was somewhat surprised to hear her usually cautious Master agree so readily. "Butler Tang" was equally surprised.

"So straightforward? It's quite unexpected."

Ji Qinglin changed the subject, "But I also have my conditions. I need to know your true identity."

"Hiss, Master Huang, your serving as the Undercover Police Detective Chief has nothing to do with knowing my identity, does it?"

"I can trust unfamiliar money, but not necessarily unfamiliar people. Besides, since the Undercover Police authenticates the certificate and not the person, how do I know you're not just some Undercover Police Detective Chief outsourcing the work to me?"

Hearing this, "Butler Tang" fell silent, clearly not expecting to lose control of the conversation so quickly.

"Tsk, outmaneuvered. Alright, I'll think it over and contact you again."

Ending the communication, Ji Qinglin took a sip of the tea Yu Ye had just brewed and chuckled, "Trying to trick me?"

Yu Ye, who had changed into her pajamas and was waiting to act, sat at the table and asked, "Do you want to take this honorary Detective Chief position?"

"If it were before yesterday, I might not have, but now we have a hot potato in our hands. We must plan for the worst. If that thing is discovered by outsiders, then we'll have another option: to hand it over to the authorities openly as an Undercover Police Detective Chief."

"Master, would it be better to hand the thing over to President Lei Qiong?"

"That was originally my plan. With the Chamber of Commerce's influence and the President's ability, even if others found out we possessed the Immortal Remains, they should be able to protect it. But that has to wait until we understand this thing thoroughly. We can't be doing the work of selling heroin and earning the money of selling cabbage, can we?"

Beep, beep, beep—

The master and disciple hadn't chatted for long before police cars arrived at Miscellaneous Goods Alley.

"The intelligence says it's here, search carefully inside."

"There's blood on the ground, go further in!"

Four police officers jumped out of the car, and two drone-like police robots automatically flew down from the roof, following behind to take photos and collect evidence.

Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye, pretending to be residents who had just woken up to watch the excitement, also crowded around.

"Brother, what happened here?"

"We shot a wanted criminal. Didn't you hear anything yesterday?"

"There was some noise, but it stopped quickly. I thought it was just some Qi Practitioners fighting."

The police officer who discovered the body in front first confirmed the deceased's appearance, then opened the backpack next to him and sniffed it professionally. "That's right, it's Duan Tianpeng. The underwear looks like it was just stolen. What a pervert!"

The police officer took out the clothes and touched them, his expression slightly puzzled, as if he was curious as to why the underwear still had residual warmth. Yu Ye, seeing this, blushed slightly and looked away unnaturally.

With Duan Tianpeng's matter handled properly, Yu Ye continued to watch the store and practice her cultivation, afraid that closing the store would arouse suspicion. Ji Qinglin returned to the living room and began to carefully examine and study the Immortal Remains Crystal Arm.

However, after examining it for a long time, he couldn't find any cultivation secrets or inspiration. Apart from being able to replace a back scratcher, he couldn't find any other practical value in this thing.

If there were any methods of meridian circulation hidden on it, this was just a section of arm bones. Not to mention meridians, there wasn't even skin or muscle, so there was no way to see any circulation patterns.

If the shape of the arm was strange, the entire palm was in a natural drooping position, without any finger gestures or sign language.

Could it be that the hand bone should be connected to a person's body? That's not right either. If that were the case, all the Immortal Remains should be growing on people's bodies, and Duan Tianpeng wouldn't have had the chance to steal it.

Soaking in water, burning with fire, dripping blood—Ji Qinglin tried all the methods he could think of one by one. He even used the Divine Sense Observation of his cultivation phone, but still couldn't see any mysteries.

It couldn't be that he had to grind it into powder and swallow it, could it?

Knowing that his method was wrong, Ji Qinglin didn't get stuck on it. He sat cross-legged on the sofa, opened his Qi Sea Cloud Disk, and prepared to recover the data consumed in yesterday's battle while thinking of a way to solve the puzzle.

The surroundings fell into darkness again. Entering his inner vision, Ji Qinglin raised his arms to absorb the torrent of the Sea of Data, and then carefully stored the data in his body using breathing techniques.

But when he lowered his head, he suddenly saw the Crystal Arm from reality actually standing in the torrent of data within the Qi Sea Cloud Disk's inner vision.

This was the first time Ji Qinglin had seen a change in the inner vision of his Qi Sea Cloud Disk. He thought, Could the solution to the puzzle be here? He reached out carefully to touch the arm bones at the bottom of the data river.

But as soon as his palm touched it, the Crystal Arm suddenly grabbed and pinched Ji Qinglin's arm.

Sorry, the pace of these two chapters has been slow. Tomorrow the plot will involve big events, so don't worry everyone (and I'll share something interesting with you: every time I write about Immortals, the sentence "Yamamoto! I'll fuck your ancestors!" from Bright Sword comes to mind).