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nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nThe night the Demon Hunters Association was exposed, the news had already spread like wildfire before the media could announce it publicly.

nWhen Wang Ling opened the cultivation forum that night, he found that the number of new posts had already broken the ten thousand mark, and almost all of the discussion was centered around the Demon Hunters Association.

nSome of the posts included images from the scene of pitiful spirit beasts that had been forced to cancel their contracts, lying motionless in their cages, gasping and bloody, and covered in multiple wounds, which was a horrifying sight.

nSome low-grade spirit beasts had been stripped of their fur while still alive to make Taoist robes and boots… The most important point was that almost all of the spirit beasts traded in the Demon Hunters Association turned out to have had owners before.

nNo buying and selling of spirit beasts and no killing – who would have thought that the Demon Hunters Association would have the guts to dare continue commit these crimes at a time when the state had prohibited the capture and trafficking of spirit beasts.

nFor the cultivators following this incident and those calling for people to live in harmony with spirit beasts, this was a huge blow to them.

nFurthermore, the pressure from public outcry ultimately still fell on the special task force responsible for investigating the Demon Hunters Association as well as its commander, Odd Zhuo.

nIt had to be pointed out that while the Demon Hunters Association had been exposed, those that had been captured were pet traffickers peddling spirit beasts and lesser members of the organization. Not all the core members had been captured, and currently no one even knew who the head of the organization was.

nOf all the core members arrested, Strong Zuo ranked the highest, and according to his confession, he had never seen the face of the head, and only knew that his surname was Bai. Everyone in the organization addressed him as Chairman Bai.

nFurthermore, each time Chairman Bai made an appearance, it was accompanied by rolling fog and steam – it wasn’t just his face, but his entire figure also couldn’t be seen.

nAt the prison, Warden Liang had a special magic treasure which could be used to detect lies. With this verification, it was indeed as Strong Zuo had said, and the identity of the head behind the Demon Hunters Association was a mystery.

nAfter Loopy Toad got home that night, it read the various posts online together with Wang Ling, while Odd Zhuo texted Wang Ling some of the results from the interrogation as soon as he obtained them.

nWang Ling noticed that Loopy Toad had apparently taken this incident to heart.

nLoopy Toad had once been a demon king, but after all, a demon king was also a demon beast. In essence, demon beasts and spirit beasts were branches from the same tree – the only difference was in the power medium that they used.

nHence, when Loopy Toad looked at these pictures in the forum, it felt extremely moved. It couldn’t imagine at all what would happen if one day it was caught and treated like this.

nOf course, with Wang Ling around, there was no way that would happen.

nBut Loopy Toad’s attitude toward the Demon Hunters Association was already very clear — it would definitely ferret out the mastermind behind the scenes!

nWang Ling stroked Loopy Toad’s head.

nThen, he realized that while going through the posts with him, this guy had actually fallen asleep on the table, just like that!

nLoopy Toad’s narcolepsy had struck again!

nIt was a good thing it had happened at home – if it had happened in the fight just now, the consequences would have been simply unimaginable.

nThis matter needed to be resolved as soon as possible!

nWang Ling cupped his chin in his hand as he pondered this. Then he picked up this lump of dog stuck to the table and put it down at his feet.

nAfter the last time he had called Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal to look for Little Silver to sell him some holy beast blood, Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal had bought Little Silver a cell phone and applied for a new number.

nHe had already sent Little Silver’s cell phone number to Wang Ling previously.

nHence, Wang Ling directly contacted Little Silver this time.

n“When will you send it over?”

nThe message was as short as always, with just six words.

nLittle Silver was sitting on the sofa in Grenade-Throwing Senior Immortal’s house, and when he saw this message, he was so scared he almost dropped the phone. To be honest, the last time he had unsuccessfully bled himself had been pretty painful.

nIt wasn’t a big deal that he hadn’t succeeded, but the point was that he had been treated as a depressed suicidal teenager, arrested by the police for ritualistic behavior, and then sent to the hospital as a mental patient.

nLittle Silver had initially wanted to relax for a few days before trying again… Holy beasts might have a strong ability to recover, but it wasn’t meant to be used like this!

nLittle Silver stared at his cell phone screen, not knowing what to do. He didn’t dare directly refuse Wang Ling.

n“How about… I pretend I didn’t seen it?” Little Silver’s hands were shaking.

nIn a situation like this, ignoring it was usually the best way to avoid awkwardness! It was like your girlfriend looking for you when you were playing a game – there was no way you could tell her you were playing a game… so ignoring was the best option! It was better to wait for an appropriate time to reply later!

nThinking this, Little Silver suddenly raised his head… This was probably the legendary non-action 1 , right?

nRight! It had to be!

nLittle Silver nodded his head firmly, and then directly steeled his heart and turned off the phone.

nHe actually… ignored Master!

nFor some reason, Little Silver felt that he was especially cool at that moment!

nMm, there were times when you had to be aggressive! Learn to resist! Learn to say no! Even if the other party was a big boss, you couldn’t bow to them!

nThis was the dignity that every holy beast had to have!

nOn the other side, Wang Ling had very clearly seen through the cell phone screen Little Silver’s flustered image as he sat on the sofa, including how he had turned his phone off…

nWang Ling could activate his Heavenly Eye whenever he wanted and link his optic nerves to any type of screen. This was a new and modern spell which he had developed himself, like how he could control his nose hair to create a filter inside his nose against PM2.5 2 .

nAfter connecting his Heavenly Eye to Little Silver’s cell phone screen and witnessing Little Silver’s action, Wang Ling took a deep breath. Hm… he had actually been ignored…

nBut Wang Ling wasn’t angry at all. After all, the blood he wanted indeed was a bit too much… But this was an incomparable bargain for Little Silver.

nThe twenty packets of crispy noodle snacks Wang Ling was using to buy this blood were part of his collection! Eating them would produce unimaginable benefits!

n“????”

nPhone in hand, Wang Ling sent another text.

nOn the other side, Little Silver was stunned when his cell phone turned on by itself!

nWhat was going on?

nCould this phone start up on its own?

nLittle Silver then saw the four question marks which Wang Ling had sent.

nLittle Silver: “…”

nBefore he could turn the phone off again, Wang Ling’s next text came through: “Give up, it’s useless.”

nLittle Silver: “…”

nWang Ling: “I can turn on your phone remotely for you.”

nLittle Silver: “…”

nWang Ling: “I know you’re reading this.”

nAnd then, after several seconds…

nWang Ling didn’t send a word, but a “kitchen knife” emoji.

nHis meaning was very clear: If you don’t come, I’ll go get it myself …

nLittle Silver was so scared he broke out in a cold sweat. He replied to Wang Ling in a panic. “Tomorrow! Is tomorrow fine?!”

nWang Ling replied: “Fine.”

nBefore Little Silver could calm down completely, Wang Ling’s second reply came: “You won’t get paid if you’re late.”

nLittle Silver: “…”

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