The big job Ji Han had offered was nothing particularly unusual: she simply wanted Cheng Yu to wipe out a Demon-Worshipping Cult hideout near the Central Capital.
Although Ji Han had said little, remembering the men in black Cheng Yu had seen on the night the Human Emperor received the envoys of the Myriad Races made it easy to guess that the Demon-Worshipping Cult had stirred up trouble again.
But what kind of trouble could they possibly cause in the Central Capital?
Perhaps the Demon-Worshipping Cult had been struggling to recruit lately and wanted to pull off a big job in the Central Capital, building up its "corporate" reputation so it could fool more people into joining?
As for why they weren't causing trouble in Demon Race territory, Cheng Yu suspected there were two reasons.
First, the Demon Race's "Demon Laws" provided round-the-clock surveillance with full coverage and no blind spots. Causing trouble there was difficult.
Second, the incident in Baiyue Prefecture, when Ji Hu had colluded with the Demon-Worshipping Cult, made Cheng Yu suspect that the Demon Race had been involved behind the scenes. At the very least, the Demon Race had been a major shareholder in that operation. If so, the cult naturally couldn't afford to offend its recent big backer too badly.
Or perhaps the Demon-Worshipping Cult's activities were picking up, and that Chief Seal-Bearer intended to curb its momentum?
Why didn't he think it was Qin Shuo's idea?
Heh. As a former Regent King of the Demon Race, Cheng Yu knew perfectly well that problems caused by a minor nuisance like the Demon-Worshipping Cult hardly warranted the attention of the leader of one of the world's two great powers. At most, the Chief Seal-Bearer of the Demon Suppression Bureau would mention the matter in a memorial