Chapter 310: Chapter 274: Journey to the Southern Ocean

“In the two months since the incident, we’ve sent several groups over to search, and we’ve also requested assistance from the relevant departments in the Southern Ocean, but all to no avail. Zheng Xuan seems to have vanished into thin air, and the abandoned temple he went to is as usual.”

“Can I take a look at the story content written by your researchers?” Sang Que asked.

Ye Changqing clasped his hands behind his back, “Why don’t you first ask your master, if he is willing to help, I’ll provide him with all the materials he needs.”

Sang Que swallowed the words she was about to say. Dealing with the Golden Child of the Southern Ocean was already in her plan, but she couldn’t agree directly because she still had a master to answer to. She had just admitted that she lied last time; her master was not dead, he simply did not want to come out of hiding.

Zheng Xuan’s disappearance is related to the storytelling relay group. The institute holds more information about the group. If she wants to resolve this group, she must first help the institute rescue Zheng Xuan and then take the opportunity to investigate this group together.

Whether or not to reveal to her mother about joining this group, Sang Que thought it might be better to first ask her mother’s opinion since her mother is much more meticulous than she is.

“Alright, I’ll contact my master tonight.”

Ye Changqing relaxed his hands behind his back and took out a piece of paper with a pre-written phone number from his pocket.

“If your master agrees, call me, preferably immediately.”

Sang Que accepted the note, nodded, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately said nothing. She bid farewell to Ye Changqing and went back to class. It was almost time to leave for school, so she returned to pack her bag to leave.

She originally wanted to ask Ye Changqing if he could help her drop out of school.

On second thought, she had her business over at the Deceit Dynasty, with nearly a thousand people in the mountains depending on her. She couldn’t not go back.

At the institute, she could still use the excuse of being busy with both school and training with her master, and temporarily refrain from joining the institute.

If the institute wanted her help, they would have to compensate her. What did she hear Ye Changqing say just now?

That talismans could be mass-produced?

Daoists like Yan Daozi could only make two or three Ghost Soldier Talismans a year, if the institute could mass-produce even the Ghost Soldier Talisman…

By then, even farmers wielding hoes in her Bright Moon Mountain would each have a Ghost Soldier Talisman in hand. There’s strength in numbers; even if a fourth-layer Evil Ghost appeared, they would not be afraid.

If trapped in the Ghost Realm, even a hundred or a thousand people wielding hoes could dig their way out of the Ghost Realm.

After school, Sang Que went home and told her mother about meeting Ye Changqing.

Sang Wan’s eyes darkened. She remembered Ye Chengqing; during her sister’s funeral, Ye Changqing had come to apologize. She was quite emotional and had smashed his head with her phone, telling him to get lost, so Ye Changqing dared not come directly to see her.

Over the years, Sang Wan had figured it out, believing it was an accident and not to blame others.

At that moment, hearing Sang Que’s account, Sang Wan realized her intuition back then had been correct, there really was more to the story.

“Mom, your next task in the group will be released in 7 days. What if, considering Zheng Xuan’s case, the next task targets me, what should we do?”

In the living room, Sang Wan frowns. Actually, she had already thought of this possibility. She looked at her legs, borrowing evil forces for personal gain, how could there be no price?

“Are you going to the Southern Ocean?” Sang Wan asked.

“Although it’s dangerous, I still want you to go with me. If anything happens, I can handle it since you’ll be by my side.”

Even though the Connected Branch was still by Sang Que’s side, Sang Que was still worried that in a moment of crisis, her mother would do something irrational to avoid hurting her.

The key point is, in case she cannot resist the group’s power, she can directly take her mother to the Deceit Dynasty, attempting to block the group’s power using the separation between the two worlds.

Sang Wan pondered for a moment and then nodded, “Okay, I’ve never left Huaxia since I grew up, I’ll treat it as a trip with you.”

“Alright, the Great General will stay with Grandma Shufen for the time being.”

Woof! Woof woof!

The Great General, who was originally sleeping on the carpet, immediately stood up and barked at Sang Que as soon as she said this. He barked twice and then turned to Sang Wan, wagging his tail with a whimper.

Sang Wan hugged the Great General’s head, softly comforting, “I’ll only be gone for a few days. Stay with Aunt Xu, and be steady when you go out for a walk. Aunt Xu is old and can’t hold you back. When Aunt Xu is dancing in the square, stay next to her and don’t run around. You can’t cause trouble, understand?”

Woof hmm—

The Great General was still very aggrieved, his eyes watery.

Regarding Sang Wan joining the storytelling relay group, Sang Wan asked Sang Que to tell Ye Changqing. Since they will be cooperating in the future, it’s better not to hide some things to avoid the institute members thinking they are unclear and causing potential risks.

If Ye Changqing asked why Sang Wan originally joined the group, they could say it was for Sang Wan to recover her legs.

The true purpose, those unaware of the background, certainly couldn’t guess it.

After the two discussed it, Sang Que dialed Ye Changqing’s number, saying her master couldn’t make it and gave her a few things to rescue people in the Southern Ocean.

The reason for having her mom come along was because she is a minor, traveling abroad alone is inconvenient and requires a guardian by her side.

Ye Changqing was a bit disappointed, but now that even the institute’s task force couldn’t help, they could only try.

The storytelling relay group had restored Sang Wan’s legs. Even Ye Changqing hadn’t realized she used to be disabled.

The next morning, a car arranged by Ye Changqing arrived downstairs at Sang Que’s house. She and her mother brought only one suitcase and got into the car to head to the airport.

Sang Que thought there would be a private jet, but it turned out to be just a regular commercial airline, and their seats were in business class.

Ye Changqing didn’t come; accompanying Sang Que and Sang Wan was Zheng Wujun, Zheng Xuan’s cousin, whom Sang Que had met during the Skywell Building incident in Xujiawan Village.

Zheng Wujun exuded a tough guy vibe, most likely having served in the military.

He wasn’t part of the institute, and this time he was also going to find Zheng Xuan. After landing, a female member of the institute’s task force would pick them up at the airport.

Before boarding, Ye Changqing called Sang Que, saying they suspected that forces in the Southern Ocean were obstructing their investigation, so Sang Que and Zheng Wujun were traveling under the guise of tourism this time, trying not to alert local forces.

The relevant materials were with Zheng Wujun. After boarding, Zheng Wujun handed Sang Que one set.

The materials were paper, made from a rough paper resembling some form of ancient papermaking technique, and the paper contained some mottled impurities of unknown origin.

The A4 sheets had a red pattern around the edge, unknown what rune it was. The text was printed, likely with vermillion ink.

The materials contained a lot, starting with the history of the Golden Child’s appearance in Huaxia, related cases, including those that Sang Que encountered.

Following that was the event where after she killed a Southern Ocean woman on the pedestrian street, all of the Golden Child statues in Huaxia cracked, and many died overnight. Afterward, the Golden Child vanished from Huaxia.

Zheng Xuan and another task force member, Wu Cheng, disguised as a couple, went to the Southern Ocean to investigate the true form of the Golden Child.

Their original task was merely to establish the status of the Golden Child’s true form, with no deeper investigative requirements. However, Zheng Xuan and Wu Cheng, at the hotel, were approached by a Huaxia girl traveling in the Southern Ocean, asking for help as her best friend went missing.

Being fellow Huaxia people, and discovering unusual auras in their hotel room, Zheng Xuan and Wu Cheng decided to investigate.

Zheng Xuan relied on his ’light a cigarette, find a path’ technique to find the abandoned Southern Ocean temple.

What happened next was exactly as Ye Changqing explained to Sang Que.

Sang Que turned to the last page of the materials, where a photocopied picture of a chat log from the relay group was attached.

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