Fu Qingyang for Business, Gong Ya Yuan for Leisure

Morning, Fu Family Bay, Songhai.

Fu Qingyang, who was in a video conference, saw the screen of the phone beside him light up, displaying the caller: Little Zhang.

He frowned and immediately paused the rather important meeting. "Break for half an hour!"

After leaving the online meeting room, Fu Qingyang answered the call and opened with a jab.

"I thought you were having so much fun abroad that you'd gone off the grid!"

After Yuanshi Tianzun returned to the Spirit Realm, Zhang Yuanqing had changed his phone number. Naturally, Fu Qingyang had changed his contact name as well. A name like "Little Zhang" was the easiest to overlook.

"Boss, I've run into trouble," Zhang Yuanqing said.

Fu Qingyang gave another derisive snort. "Called it. You wouldn't call me if you hadn't run into trouble. When you're free, you're always busy video-calling Guan Ya."

What was that supposed to mean—Fu Qingyang when there was trouble, Guan Ya when there wasn't? Actually, there was more than just Guan Ya. There was also the Palace Mistress and Little Round. Zhang Yuanqing silently grumbled, pretending not to catch his boss's jab as he said, "I sent you an encrypted email."

Hearing that, Fu Qingyang pulled out a chair, sat down, opened his laptop, logged into his email, and downloaded the attachment.

After entering the password, he opened the document and read through its contents while listening to Zhang Yuanqing explain.

"Here's what happened. The president learned from the Underworld King that the Bounty Hunter Guild was backed by the Free Covenant. He wants me to infiltrate the enemy and root out the Free Covenant members hidden within the lawful organizations.

"The Hunter Guild assigned me a mission."

He rattled off the entire story, from beginning to end.

"When two armies clash, espionage comes first.