Knocking on the Door

The spell battle at Qingliang Temple not only attracted many viewers in the livestream rooms, but also drew people from around the temple over to watch the excitement.

If they had not arranged in advance for the Special Duty team, equipped with new gear, to intimidate people, the entire Qingliang Temple would probably have been packed inside and out from the very beginning, with crowds so dense that not even a drop of water could pass through.

Because he had successfully prevented the danger of a mass incident, Officer Old Zhang, who had applied for additional personnel, even received praise from his superiors. It was a completely unexpected reward.

The moment the matter concerning Li Bai at Qingliang Temple was settled, the old officer happily called to tell him about it. Once the task force wrapped up the Yao Family smuggling case, he planned to organize a trip to a Farmhouse Restaurant so everyone could go and have some fun together.

The moment he hung up with Old Zhang, Officer Xiao Wang called. Though he spoke vaguely, his meaning was perfectly clear: if there were any more chances to earn credit like this next time, Li Bai absolutely must not forget him.

Credit like this would at most earn Old Zhang a verbal commendation from his superiors, but for Xiao Wang, who was in his third year as a police officer, it was one of the important qualifications for promotion.

In government service, seniority was determined not by age, but by concrete achievements.

Li Bai thought it over. His talent for getting into trouble was excellent, and there would surely be many more opportunities like this in the future, so he readily agreed.

Someone like him, who had offended the Yao Family with one foot and gone up against Qingliang Temple with the other, and could even send people to the hospital when nothing was going on, was practically the finest promotion channel imaginable for a young officer who needed to slowly build up his qualifications. As long as Xiao Wang kept a close eye on him, followed up, and cleaned up the aftermath, achievements would come one after another.

Leaders loved subordinates who could get things done, especially those who could handle major tasks. At the very least, they would have something to brag about, and typical examples and models to use in work summaries and reports, instead of being left with nothing but empty, tedious words.

When Li Bai returned home, he saw two lunch boxes and two disposable bowls of soup left on the dining table. Then he looked at the trash can, which was stuffed completely full with empty lunch boxes and soup bowls.

Had the Demoness ordered takeout?

The Great Demon was utterly baffled.

What puzzled him was not that the Demoness had been too lazy to cook and had merely spent money ordering takeout. Rather, he wondered how the Takeout Rider had managed to deliver it into the Demoness's hands.

"Qingyao, you didn't eat anyone, did you?"

The Azure Flood Dragon's body, clearly a size thicker than before, lay sprawled across the sofa. She was lazily watching television. Teletubbies was playing on the screen. She was not picky anyway and watched whatever she happened to catch.

Li Bai was worried that Qingyao Demoness had swallowed the Takeout Rider whole.

This Demoness was wild and had a history of eating people.

The Demoness had clearly eaten her fill and could not even be bothered to move. In a sarcastic tone, she said, "Are humans tastier than takeout?"

Eight orders of takeout had been used to calm her nerves, filling her stomach to the brim and bringing a glutton's happiness surging forth.

"Where is he? Did he see you?"

After unexpectedly crossing paths with Yao Bing, who had driven his car into someone and killed them, Li Bai had forbidden the Demoness from interacting with strangers, lest she reveal herself and harm innocent people.

"He fell under this lady's eye technique and left!"

The Demoness would never consider so many things. She was best at lazing around and waiting for death, while anything requiring brainpower was always pushed onto Li Bai.

"..."

Others did not know how formidable this Demon King was, but Li Bai knew perfectly well. Most likely, that Takeout Rider was now as miserable as Yao Bing.

"Go find him and remove the eye technique from him."

Although Li Bai bore the title of Great Demon and had killed quite a few people in the other world, most of those who had died by his hand had not been good people.

When it came to ordinary people and the innocent, however, he never harmed them lightly. Nor did he allow the Demon Race, which had gained intelligence through his essence blood, to act recklessly. This was essentially an unwritten rule.

"He is merely a mortal. How could I waste this lady's innate divine ability on him? Other than erasing his memories of opening and closing the door, he is completely unharmed."

The Demoness remained lazy. Although she was also a walking disaster, she rarely touched Li Bai's bottom line.

As for the unlucky Yao Bing, that had been purely accidental. Besides, Li Bai had no intention of making the Demoness remove the Spiritual Eye Illusion from him. He had brought it upon himself, after all, and a fate worse than death was the best punishment for a man who treated human lives as grass.

"Are you sure?"

Li Bai still found it somewhat hard to believe.

"Of course!"

The Azure Flood Dragon rolled over on the sofa. There was no doubt that she would not waste her cultivation on an ordinary person. Cultivation in this world was difficult, so naturally, every bit had to be conserved.

In fact, after standing dazed outside Room 1901 for two minutes, the Takeout Rider finally came to his senses. He shook his head, continued delivering food to other households, and completely forgot about this order.

Even if he looked it up again on his phone afterward, he probably would not think much of it. After all, he had to deliver dozens of orders a day. How could he remember every one so clearly?

Knock, knock!

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

The human and the demon exchanged a glance, both thinking of that unlucky Takeout Rider.

Li Bai opened the door and was surprised to see a pretty face wearing a sweet smile. She had changed clothes; the beauty in ancient attire had once again become a modern city beauty.

"How did you find this place?"

He had never told this beauty anchor where he lived, yet he had not expected her to find the place on her own.

"Your place seems pretty nice. One of my fans is a member of the gym downstairs, so it was easy to find out where you lived."

Goddess Yan glanced into the room behind Li Bai, slipped off her shoes with familiar ease, and walked in barefoot.

The television that the Demoness had forgotten to turn off was still playing Teletubbies, which gave Dong Keyan a small surprise. She had not expected this young psychologist to enjoy watching it.

"Is something wrong?"

Li Bai hurriedly picked up the remote and switched off the television as if nothing had happened.

"Do you know how much I earned this morning?"

Dong Keyan turned around, lifted her chin, and waved a finger, her face full of pride.

"No idea!"

Facing a famous livestreamer who earned a hundred thousand a month, Li Bai did not want to suffer tons of psychological damage for no reason.

"This much!"

As if taking revenge, Goddess Yan raised her index finger.

"A hundred million?"

Li Bai could roughly guess that she had earned quite a lot; otherwise, she would not have come all the way over to show off.

Fine! He would let the girl enjoy herself for a while.

"Where would I get a hundred million!"

Dong Keyan was exasperated. If she could earn a hundred million a month, why would she be a livestreamer? She would buy a German castle, become an adorable princess, and wait for a prince to marry her.

If Li Bai knew what this beauty anchor was thinking, he would definitely pick up his phone and order a dragon, asking the Takeout Rider to package her up and deliver her to the dragon's lair.

"A hundred? Or a thousand?"

Li Bai was not foolish enough to play along. He deliberately teased her.

"..."

Anchor Dong glared at the Great Demon Li, staring daggers at him. Did this man have a grudge against her? One moment it was a hundred million, and the next it was a hundred or a thousand. Could they not have a proper conversation?

"Heh, I'm just a little psychologist. How would I know how much you can earn?"

Li Bai spread his hands and gave a perfunctory chuckle.

Serves you right for acting so haughty. Take some damage first.

"Two million! I earned two million in one morning, and after the split, I get one million."

Dong Keyan finally found the chance to flaunt her achievement. After this battle, she had become a major streamer with more than five hundred thousand fans.

Right, this girl had come here just to show off.

"That is a lot of money!"

Li Bai's expression and tone were both utterly flat.

"Why aren't you reacting at all?"

Dong Keyan realized that there was no way to share her joy with him.

Li Bai had at least seen the world. Why would the Lord of the Heavenly Palace in the other world lack money? He could freely draw from the Empress's mountains of gold and silver in her treasury. A mere few million was nowhere near enough to move him.

"I am. Congratulations on getting rich."

The stingy Great Demon Li finally bestowed a smile upon her.

Dong Keyan took out a bank card and said, "Half of this is yours, so you have to treat me to a meal."

After successfully attracting so many fans, she knew perfectly well how this achievement had come about.

Li Bai finally understood why Dong Keyan had come. He shook his head with a smile and said, "You earned this through your own hard work. Keep it and spend it yourself. But I can treat you to takeout."

There happened to be two takeout meals on the table, one for each of them. They were still slightly warm and only needed half a minute in the microwave before they could be eaten.

"Let's work together. In just half a year, we can immigrate to Germany and settle down there. Then we can bring your parents over too."

Just as Officer Xiao Wang was waiting for Li Bai to bring him a chance at promotion, the beauty anchor had also noticed his terrifying ability to attract money.

An income of one million in a single morning was not something anyone could resist. Even if half went to Li Bai, the remaining five hundred thousand still completely surpassed everything Dong Keyan had earned from livestreaming in the past. It was practically no different from robbing money.

Although Li Bai had rejected Dong Keyan earlier, the beauty anchor had not simply forgotten about him. Especially after witnessing the psychologist's hypnotism battle against the swindling Taoist's magic, she had realized that he and her livestreaming program were a match made in heaven.

Their lives and careers fit together perfectly. A situation like that was rare.

"No. The country suits me better!"

Although cultivating the Demoness was extremely expensive, Li Bai had never considered selling himself for money. A gentleman loved wealth but acquired it through proper means, so he naturally rejected once again the anchor who coveted his looks.

Germany's philosophical research led the world, and it was also the birthplace of modern experimental psychology, with great experts gathered there and hidden talents everywhere. Li Bai was afraid he could not beat those towering carnivores, unlike the weaklings back home who were so much easier to bully.