The Case

And so they patrolled and stood guard every day, occasionally taking turns to rest.

Su Bai then spent a month in Ning City.

During this time, Su Bai diligently fulfilled his duties Night Watcher, except for a few lowly demons with no background who had sneaked in to eat people.

When his one-month term was up, he finally received his first Salary.

The Night Watcher's Salary was very special; it was all given in the form of Spirit Pills.

The Salary was generous. Although Su Bai was a temporary worker and only received one-third of the normal Salary, it was still enough for a normal Golden Core Cultivator to cultivate for more than a month.

This is undoubtedly a considerable income for an ordinary Cultivator.

However, for Su Bai, who was already at the Deity Transformation Stage, these Spirit Pills had lost their practical use.

Of course, Su Bai was still quite surprised when he received his Salary, and carefully put it away.

After receiving his Salary, Su Bai began to think about his next plan.

He decided to wait for the next refresh of the Immortal Art before breaking through the "advancing to the Nascent Soul" barrier in one fell swoop.

In this way, he could ask Wang Yuan to recommend him for the official Night Watcher examination, thus becoming a true Night Watcher, and leave Ning City to find his next target for Copy.

Su Bai also purchased a courtyard house in Ning City, which he used as his daily residence.

Although the Night Watcher Manor also provides accommodation, apart from Chief Steward Wang Yuan and a few Foundation Establishment Realm Night Watcher, almost no one is willing to live in the office premises.

After all, every Cultivator has their own secrets, and no one wants to fall asleep within the range of the Chief Steward's Spiritual Sense Coverage Range.

The day after receiving my Salary.

Just when Su Bai thought time would pass even faster.

On this day, at the Night Watcher Manor, in the Internal Office, just before the end of the shift...

A Night Watcher from the External Office rushed over.

"Steward, there's a demon in sight! We request that you all Steward forward to resolve this!"

In contrast to the anxious expression on the face of the Foundation Establishment Realm Night Watcher, several Golden Core Stage Steward remained calm and composed.

What caused the Foundation Establishment Realm Night Watcher immense anxiety was completely disregarded by those who had been living in comfort for too long.

As someone who was practically Su Bai's guide, Ning Gou at least said, "Ning Yu, you handle this matter."

Su Bai remained expressionless, nodded slightly, and indicated that the Foundation Establishment Realm Night Watcher should go outside to speak.

The two moved to the outer hall, where the Night Watcher bowed respectfully to Su Bai before beginning to recount the details of the case.

According to the Night Watcher, a family of more than ten people had met with misfortune in a small alley in the east of the city.

When people discovered them, the entire family had vanished, leaving only their clothes and some faint traces of blood.

Most importantly, this family's Martial Dao skills are all quite high, with several members being Innate Master.

But there wasn't even a trace of struggle at the scene; it was as if they were swallowed up alive without any resistance.

To achieve this level of skill is essentially to be considered Demon Cultivator.

"Based on the current situation, it can be basically confirmed that this incident occurred last night."

The Night Watcher continued, "Aside from that, we haven't found any other clues related to Demon Cultivator."

"Would you please Steward to the scene and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, Su Bai nodded slightly. After returning to the Internal Office and giving instructions, Su Bai was led by the Night Watcher to the crime scene in the east of the city.

Before even reaching their destination, Su Bai had already released his primordial Primordial Spirit Power, which quickly swept across the entire crime scene.

His Primordial Spirit Power was like a fine net, carefully searching every corner.

Before long, Su Bai discovered an extremely faint aura of Demon Cultivator at the scene.

This faint aura was almost imperceptible, as if it might dissipate into the air at any moment, but it could not escape the perception of Su Bai's Primordial Spirit Power.

Su Bai's Primordial Spirit Power locked onto this wisp of aura, tracking it like prey, following the clues of the aura all the way.

He quickly found the source of the aura.

When Su Bai saw the Original Instigator's face clearly, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

"Hmm? Isn't this one of the Golden Core Stage Demon Cultivator with connections in Ning City?" he thought to himself.

In Su Bai's Primordial Spirit perception, this Golden Core Stage Demon Cultivator had been mingling with those Golden Core and Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator for a long time, so it could be basically determined that he was also a person with connections.

Given this situation, Su Bai couldn't help but give it a second thought.

On one hand, there's the tacit understanding between Wang Yuan and the powerful Demon Cultivators behind these connected individuals; on the other hand, there's the case.

Is it to directly protect the relationships between the Night Watcher's higher-ups and these individuals, pretending that nothing can be found out?

Should we just go directly to this Demon Cultivator and kill him?

Su Bai weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

After a moment's thought, Su Bai made up his mind.

He's just a Golden Core Stage cultivator now, what secrets could he possibly know? It's better to just kill this Demon Cultivator.

Perhaps it will even win the favor of the Night Watcher's higher-ups.

It'll also be a good opportunity to see what kind of situation the Demon Cultivator in this world are really like.