Patrolling and Handling Cases

"Not bad. We've only just arrived in the Blue Origin Realm, and you already have Yellow Tier Sword Dao Talent that I can Copy."

Su Bai pondered to himself, while maintaining a respectful expression on his face.

Although Yellow Tier Talent is not Top Grade in the entire cultivation world, on average, within the territory of the Heavenly Star Alliance, it takes ten to twenty years for one person to possess it.

During the hundreds of years that Su Bai was in seclusion in Green Ying City, he was able to continuously Copy various Talent after the annual refresh of Immortal Art in the early stages, but in the later stages, there were even several years when he could not find any Yellow Tier Talent to Copy.

In comparison, Mysterious Tier Talent are even rarer, appearing only once every hundred years. And in the hundreds of years that Su Bai spent in the Qingxuan Realm, he didn't manage to Copy many Mysterious Tier Talent.

Wang Yuan was still carefully observing Su Bai. He had a strong Human Race aura and no trace of Demon Cultivator aura, confirming that he was indeed Human Race.

However, he wasn't particularly interested in Cultivator like Su Bai who came from a humble background.

Wang Yuan comes from One of the Nine Great Upper Sects. In his youth, he participated in the War of Founding the Great Qian Dynasty, when he had just advanced to the Golden Core.

Therefore, he held a certain prejudice against those hermit Cultivator who chose to Mountain-Hiding Seclusion.

In his view, since these hermits have decided to distance themselves from the world, they should live a secluded life for generations to come.

Now that the Great Qian Kingdom is prosperous, these independent individuals have suddenly emerged, wanting a share of the pie. In Wang Yuan's view, this is simply the behavior of a fence-sitter.

However, the generous treatment given to freelancers by the Great Qian is also a basic national policy that the Great Qian tacitly approves of.

Although Wang Yuan was somewhat displeased, he didn't dare to directly expel Su Bai.

If this kind of thing gets out, it won't do his resume any good.

However, this does not mean that Wang Yuan would have a particularly friendly attitude towards Su Bai, this free spirit.

He looked at Su Bai calmly and asked again, "Are you really sure you want to Ning City Night Watcher?"

Su Bai nodded slightly and replied firmly, "Chief Steward, I am absolutely certain."

In truth, wasn't Su Bai also a cunning Old Fox?

Through just a few brief exchanges, he keenly sensed that Wang Yuan seemed to harbor resentment towards him.

After a moment's thought, he realized that he and Wang Yuan were complete strangers, and the only thing that could evoke such emotions in him was probably his fabricated identity as a wandering hermit.

However, this is quite interesting.

Su Bai pondered to himself that Ning City was merely a stepping stone for him to have a clear identity and background.

Before long, he will be able to break through to the Peak Golden Core, trigger the Heavenly Tribulation, and successfully advance to the Nascent Soul!

At that point, he will naturally leave this place without hesitation.

According to the memories obtained from Soul Search, the Ning City Night Watcher Office, according to regulations, only requires a maximum of one Nascent Soul Cultivator to be stationed there.

And Stronghold like the outskirts is even less likely to be managed by Su Bai, a free agent who has just joined the Night Watcher.

It is foreseeable that once Su Bai successfully advances to the Nascent Soul, he will definitely be transferred away from this place.

"Alright, you've just joined the Night Watcher, so you're currently only Temporary Personnel. Therefore, your pay and benefits are only one-third of those of Official Night Watcher. You should be aware of that, right?" Wang Yuan said expressionlessly.

Upon hearing this, Su Bai nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

"Hmm." Wang Yuan nodded in satisfaction, then turned to a Cultivator beside him, "Ning Gou, he'll stay with you for a while."

The Cultivator whom Wang Yuan called "Ning Gou" was the same Cultivator who was in the Late Golden Core and had Spirit Blade hanging at his waist.

Ning Gou? That's a really weird name. Su Bai remained expressionless, but couldn't help but think to himself, "What a weird name!"

"This is a code name, not a name. Don't overthink it," Ning Gou explained from the side.

"The Night Watcher must take on a code name at each Office."

"The five of us are Ning Gou, Ning Hu, Ning Mao, Ning Lang, Ning Zhu, and our head deacon is Chief Steward Ning Zhu."

"As for the Foundation Establishment Realm stage Night Watcher, they are simply numbered starting from Ning Yi."

"Alright, choose a code name for yourself. We'll address each other by those code names from now on."

"I see," Su Bai nodded knowingly. "Then, I'll be called Ning Yu."

Wang Yuan nodded slightly and tossed a Storage Bag to Su Bai.

"Ning Yu, this is your Night Watcher Uniform and identity Token. Now that you've decided to become Night Watcher, do a good job."

"Although I look down on free agents, if you do a good job, I won't deliberately suppress your joining the Night Watcher."

After speaking, Wang Yuan strode towards the inner room of the Office, which was Wang Yuan private area.

"Thank you, Chief Steward!" Su Bai bowed to the already closed door.

He wondered how long it would take to Copy Wang Yun's Talent.

"Come on, Ning Yu, come here quickly!" Ning Gou waved to Su Bai with a big smile, warmly inviting him over.

Seeing this, Su Bai quickly walked up to Ning Gou and sat down steadily in the chair opposite him at the long table.

This location will serve as Su Bai's workstation.

Ning Gou then opened a small and exquisite magical Law Artifact. A faint light flickered on the Law Artifact, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a map set up by the Night Watcher near Ning City.

This map is drawn in great detail, including both inside and outside the city, with every street and alley clearly visible.

"It'll be our turn to patrol soon!" Ning Gou said to Su Bai, pointing to the map. "Let me explain our patrol area and some simple tasks to you first. Once you're familiar with these, I'll be free!"

Ning Gou wanted to teach Su Bai as quickly as possible so that he could get the hang of it and have more time to cultivate.

Su Bai remained noncommittal, standing quietly to the side, waiting for Ning Gou to offer his guidance.

Ning Gou's hand first traced the lights outside the city.

"These are the Watchtower we've set up. They serve to monitor a wide area of the wasteland for Demon Cultivator might infiltrate. There are a total of five Watchtower Ning City."

"The Watchtower's energy is limited and needs cultivators to recharge it. We Night Watcher must go there once a day to recharge it with our own Spiritual Power when we patrol."

"But don't worry, the five of us will take turns on the daily patrols, so there's no need for us to patrol every single day."

"The patrols outside the city mainly involve checking the alerts triggered by the Watchtower and the images they leave behind. In addition, each of the five Watchtower requires Golden Core Cultivator to recharge for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."

"Only after the patrol of the Watchtower was completed did they return to the city to begin the investigation of the Demon Cultivator."

"However, Demon Cultivator are very cunning, and their ability to hide is stronger than the last. They can disguise themselves as ordinary people or Cultivator."

"Unless there is direct Combat, it is difficult to determine the identity of the Demon Cultivator."

After a pause, Ning Gou continued, "Besides that, we also have to handle routine cases."

"Most of these are 'difficult cases' reported from the county government, cases that are suspected or confirmed to involve Demon Cultivator."

"We need to solve these cases involving Demon Cultivator."

"Inspecting and handling cases—that's basically our daily routine," Ning Gou concluded.

It sounds extremely simple.

Su Bai nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

I waited in the Office for another half an hour.

Ning Gou led Su Bai on their daily patrol.

First, there were five Watchtower, all located a hundred miles outside the city.

Each Watchtower has a monitoring range of hundreds of miles.

The area covered by the Watchtower is so large that Demon Cultivator from the opposing Demon Kingdom who infiltrate the area will have nowhere to hide.

However, if the Demon Cultivator's methods are so astonishing that they exceed the monitoring limit of the Watchtower, then there's nothing that can be done.

Before long, Su Bai followed Ning Gou and arrived at the first Watchtower.

The Watchtower is a hundred feet tall and surrounded by Magic Array, which can only be Magic Array with the Night Watcher's Token.

Su Bai observed the Magic Array and found it to be of a very high level, with many of its Magic Array being unique to the Blue Origin Realm.

Upon reaching the top of the Watchtower, Su Bai saw the Watchtower's central control interface.

The core of a Magic Array is the source of power. It can absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the surroundings and use it for its own purposes. However, because the Watchtower has a wide monitoring range and high power, it is not enough to rely solely on absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Therefore, Cultivator are needed to replenish their Spiritual Power regularly.

"Place your hand on the energy inlet and input your Spiritual Power. It will be fully charged in about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea," Ning Gou said, pointing to a spot on the core of the Magic Array.

Su Bai nodded slightly, reached out his hand, and subtly sensed the core of the Magic Array.

The energy gap within the core of the Magic Array is still about one-tenth short.

This means that even if no Cultivator come to fill the gap within ten days, the Watchtower here can be maintained for ten days.

With his Deity Transformation Stage, his Law Power, which is even higher than Spiritual Power, allowed him to fill the core of the Magic Array almost instantly without breaking a sweat.

However, with Ning Gou by his side, Su Bai still needed to conceal his presence somewhat.

He continuously diminished his own Law Power.

After being broken down dozens of times, its aura finally began to resemble Spiritual Power.

Su Bai raised his hand and began to replenish energy to the core of the Magic Array.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the core of the Magic Array was replenished with a hum.

"Well done." Ning Gou patted Su Bai on the shoulder.

Then he led Su Bai to the other side of the Magic Array's core.

In one of the recesses there, a crystal covered with Magic Array patterns was embedded.

"This is the crystal image of the Watchtower from yesterday. Take it out, read it with your Divine Sense, and if there's nothing unusual, put it back."

This type of Crystal Stone is also a specialty of the Blue Origin Realm. When combined with Magic Array runes, it can record images in high definition.

Su Bai raised his hand and took out the Crystal Stone, infusing it with his Primordial Spirit Power. In a moment, he read the images from yesterday within the Crystal Stone.

This is a video record covering Fang Yuan of hundreds of miles. Apart from some ordinary people and wild animals crossing the border, there is nothing unusual.

The atmosphere within the images is incredibly lifelike.

After reading it, Su Bai paused for a moment before putting the Crystal Stone back into the slot.

"Finished reading? That was quick. Any questions?" Ning Gou asked.

Su Bai shook his head. "I didn't find anything unusual."

Ning Gou nodded slightly. Just to be on the safe side, he took out the Crystal Stone again, checked it himself, and only after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it did he put the Crystal Stone back into the slot.

Don't think that doing this is pointless.

"Countless Demon Cultivator infiltrate our Great Qian every year."

"There are even some Demon Cultivator who have infiltrated our Great Qian's upper echelons and the Night Watcher, causing harm in all directions," Ning Gou said.

The Demon Cultivator in this world also cultivate Spiritual Power. After transforming into human form, their Yao Qi is washed away and concealed. They learn Human Race culture in the market and have an extremely strong ability to disguise themselves Human Race.

It is quite common for Demon Cultivator to infiltrate the Great Qian, appearing as humans while secretly devouring people to cultivate.

"Sigh, what can we do when the Ten Demon Cultivator Nations are so powerful? We can only suffer in silence," Ning Gou said again.

The Demon Cultivator of the Blue Origin Realm established ten countries, with the Great Qian Dynasty being the only Human Race nation, which was indeed struggling to survive alone.

Maintaining the status quo is already a pretty good performance.

Before the establishment of the Great Qian, Demon Cultivator roamed the Nine Prefectures Continent, and mortals were reduced to food.

Finally, Ning Gou led Su Bai to a communication Magic Array on the Watchtower. After connecting, Ning Gou said, "Watchtower One, test complete, no anomalies."

The voice of Ning Hu, a colleague from the Office, came from the other end. "Yes, received."

Under the large-scale system of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Night Watcher acted with extreme discipline and rigor.

"Let's go to the next Watchtower."

Ning Gou led Su Bai to the next Watchtower.

The two men inspected all five Watchtower in less than two hours, which was relatively easy overall.

The patrol of the Watchtower has been completed.

Ning Gou and Su Bai, dressed in official uniforms, strolled around Ning City.

The Night Watcher watchmen's uniforms were similar to those of the county constables, but more elaborate. In the eyes of ordinary people, Su Bai and his companion were like the county constables.

The county constables and officers could naturally recognize the difference in their official robes, and they all bowed respectfully upon seeing them.

"The main purpose of patrolling the city is to deter those Demon Cultivator hiding within and prevent them from going too far," Ning Gou revealed another reason for the city's patrol.

Su Bai nodded thoughtfully. "Is there no other way to find the Demon Cultivator's trail?"

"Yes, I have!"

"If you possessed the Spiritual Sense Power of Nascent Soul Cultivator, you would be able to discern some of the characteristics of Demon Cultivator."

"If Deity Transformation Cultivator were to appear before them, their Primordial Spirit Power would be enough to discern the true nature of an ordinary Demon Cultivator at a glance."

"As for us mid-level Cultivator..."

"The only solution is to rely on some Spirit Artifact."

"The Night Watcher's Top Grade Spirit Artifact, the Demon-Revealing Mirror, can identify the true forms of most Demon Cultivator, and is even more accurate than the Divine Sense of Nascent Soul Cultivator."

"There's one in the Office, but it's very expensive. Each Demon-Revealing Mirror can only be used ten times; each use reduces the number of uses by one."

"Because it's expensive, the Chief Steward will not use this Demon-Revealing Mirror unless absolutely necessary."