Do not engage in underworld operations in the human world!

Kunlun Mountain, Black Sea, Yaochi.

This is the Taoist temple of the Queen Mother of the West, an ice city built on the wind and snow.

A long time ago, this place was a paradise with spring-like weather all year round, but since some time ago, it has gradually turned into the frozen world of ice and snow it is today.

Some people say that the environment here has always been like this, but it was the Queen Mother of the West who used her magical powers to keep Yao Chi in that state for such a long time. Now the Queen Mother of the West rarely shows up, so Yao Chi has returned to its original appearance.

Some people also say that this is because the Queen Mother of the West's state of mind had undergone some changes, so she deliberately let the Yaochi be covered with white snow.

In short, there are many different opinions, but what is certain is that Yaochi is no longer a paradise on earth, and living in such a harsh environment is a severe test of one's will.

In the central hall of the Taoist temple, the core area of ​​Yaochi, Lu Qingzheng, who had just returned, was reprimanded by her master, Taoist Yuzhu, who scolded her for going down the mountain against the will of the Queen Mother of the West.

At this time, Lu Qing knelt on the ground, accepting Taoist Yuzhu's criticism without saying a word. Zhu Zhen, who was also kneeling on the ground, wanted to speak for her senior sister, but Taoist Yuzhu just gave her a look, and she retracted her head in fear.

But it is worth noting that although Taoist Yuzhu was very harsh and ruthless in words, and said that she wanted to expel Lu Qing from the sect, her expression was actually very helpless, because in addition to the three of them, the master and the apprentice, there was another person present.

The man was sitting in the center of the hall at this moment.

There was a golden light blooming behind her head, and the image of Qianjin showed a murderous aura. Her narrow eyes were half-open, and her face was expressionless, and it was impossible to judge her emotions. She was wearing a loose white gown, which seemed casual, but no one present dared to neglect her. Even Taoist Yuzhu, who had now taken over the overall situation of Yaochi, could only stand beside her, and be ordered around like a servant.

She is the true disciple of the Queen Mother of the West and also her only designated messenger in the outside world - the Lady of the Nine Heavens.

Taoist Yuzhu actually didn't want to scold his most beloved disciple like that, but since she was present, he had to act in front of her.

The more harsh the words he said, wasn't it just a test to see if she was satisfied?

Finally, the man finally spoke: "Yuzhu, don't say such things to me on purpose anymore. If you really want to expel a disciple like Lu Qing from the sect, are you willing to do that?"

Yuzhu was as if pardoned, but she was still tense and dared not relax. She bowed and said to him: "Master Xuannv, but she violated the will of the Grandmaster Jinmu after all."

"This is indeed not right." Xuannv looked at Lu Qing who was blaming himself, but waved her hand nonchalantly: "But it doesn't matter. Apart from us and Master, no one else knows about this, so there is no need to follow the rules set at that time."

"This..." Taoist Yuzhu was very happy in his heart, but he still declined on the surface: "But this is too indulgent to her. If I don't punish her, I am worried that my bad disciple will become even worse in the future."

"Come on." Xuannv had seen through Taoist Yuzhu's little thoughts: "If you really think so, it is said that if a son is not well educated, it is the fault of the father. Then you should take the punishment for her. Hand over your Yaochi token and go down the mountain tomorrow."

"Ah, this." Taoist Yuzhu was confused.

Xuan Nu couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, I said it's okay, Lu Qing, you should get up too, Master wants to see you."

Lu Qing was stunned and raised his head: "Grandmaster wants to see me?"

"Yes, follow me."

After saying that, Xuannv stood up, stretched out her hand and lightly tapped the void in front of her. With a casual stroke, a white crack appeared out of thin air. This method was exactly the same as the one used by Dong Wangong to open the portal to Fangzhu Mountain in the casino that day.

Immediately afterwards, Xuannv walked into the crack without looking back. At the signal from Taoist Yuzhu, Lu Qing, who didn't understand what was going on, finally reacted and hurriedly got up and followed in.

After a moment of trance, Lu Qing had arrived at a villa.

This place is not within the scope of Yaochi, nor is it covered by ice and snow. Instead, it is like a farmyard in the early spring, full of the fragrance of flowers and a faint aroma of tea in the air.

The Queen Mother of the West, who looks like she was carved from the same mold as Jin Yao but has a more experienced look between her brows, is arranging flowers.

Without even looking up, she said to the two of them, "Sit down."

As the eldest disciple of the Queen Mother of the West, Xuannu had come here countless times. She was not at all restrained and sat directly on the cushion opposite the Queen Mother of the West. She raised the teapot beside her and poured herself a cup of tea.

Lu Qing was different. Although she had met the Queen Mother of the West several times, she had never been to the place where she was in seclusion. She was somewhat frightened and nervous. Although she sat down as instructed, her whole body was tense. Her hands were stiffly placed on her knees. She looked straight ahead and did not dare to move at all.

"Don't be so nervous."

Queen Mother of the West sensed her uneasiness and asked in a kind tone, like a kind elder:
"Did you gain anything from this trip?"

"I" Lu Qing carefully and secretly glanced at the Queen Mother of the West. Seeing that she was looking at me kindly, I suddenly felt as if I was stripped naked and placed in front of her, with nowhere to hide.

Out of instinct, she subconsciously told the truth:

"I am ashamed. I wanted to help you, Master, but after several months, I still can't find the seal of your three corpses."

"Oh? Then why are you back?"

"Because." Lu Qing said with some annoyance, "Because your three corpse spirits have escaped and triggered a heavenly calamity in Nanjiang City that I have never seen before. I know that I am powerless to change anything, so I had to come back."

"So that's how it is." Queen Mother Xi nodded first, then said: "But even if you find the right place, you are still powerless to change anything. I let you go down the mountain because I know this."

"Let me go down the mountain." Lu Qing realized something: "Grandmaster, have you known this a long time ago?"

The Queen Mother of the West smiled but said nothing.

At this time, the Lady of the Nine Heavens, who was drinking cup after cup like a big buffalo who could never get enough water, smiled and said, "You are a talented junior, but I don't want to give up breaking the rules for you."

When Lu Qing heard this, he felt a chill down his spine.

What she meant was that if she went down the mountain without the tacit approval of the Queen Mother of the West, she would really be expelled from the sect and driven down Kunlun Mountain.

She wasn't as important as she thought.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing, who was sweating coldly on his back, asked nervously: "But why? Since you knew and issued such an order, why did you still..."

"Because you have other missions, you have to go down the mountain." replied Queen Mother of the West.

"Other missions?"

"Although you haven't seen my three corpse spirits."

Queen Mother of the West paused, put the last flower into the vase, and then continued:
"But you will act as a guide and bring her to me."

Lu Qingru was struck by lightning.

"Damn it, the Hehuan Sect actually abducted so many decent women to assist them in these illegal activities?"

Jiang Lu looked at the photos of missing persons found according to the information provided by the witch, and felt terrified:
"So, the girl she was talking about at the train station wasn't the fast food girl I thought, but actually this kind of top resource?!" "Ah, why do I hear regret in your tone?" The director pursed his lips with a strange expression.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." Jiang Lu denied it three times in a row.

After a short silence, Jiang Lu asked, "But if, I mean if, I didn't have a conflict with her at the time, but really went there, I should be considered a victim, right?"

"Strictly speaking." The director thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes, after all, its nature is quite special."

"Damn it!" Jiang Lu punched the air hard.

"No matter what, your idea is still too naive, isn't it?" Dong Wanggong couldn't help but complain: "People have been brainwashed, and you still want to take advantage of them?"

"You have no level of words."

Jiang Lu shook his head and thought carefully about the logic:

"It is because they have been brainwashed that I have no sense of guilt, because the body is only a window to the soul, and since their souls are not their own at this moment, then of course I am not having sex with them.

How to explain it? Oh, I figured it out.

It is equivalent to the house having been rented out by the landlord. Then the dispute between me and the sub-landlord has nothing to do with the landlord himself. Do you understand what I mean?"

The director felt something was wrong the more he listened: "No, you still regret not going."

"You'll regret it, after all, they will be rescued and sent to the law enforcement bureau by then." Jiang Lu said indifferently.

"?" The director was startled, and immediately whispered to the person beside him: "Don't let him participate in the rescue operation, and don't let him have any contact with the rescued people."

As for why Jiang Lu suddenly became so unbridled, it was naturally because his companions had already gone to the scenic hotel to rest, and only he, as the law enforcement officer and the person involved, had to stay here to follow the progress.

At this time, the only companion left by his side was Dong Wanggong.

The reason why they wanted to keep him was, firstly, because he was the ceiling of the team's combat power, and keeping him here could protect Jiang Lu's safety in case of emergency, and the second reason was Jiang Lu's bad taste.

After learning from a casual chat on the train that Dong Wanggong possessed the ability to erase other people's memories, he wanted to see when the people from the Kunlun Law Enforcement Bureau would discover that this was a fugitive.

Although the director was somewhat reluctant to let an irrelevant person get involved in the case, but considering that it was Dong Wanggong who fought with and subdued the Hehuan Sect's demon girl, and after investigation he found that the Hehuan Sect's demon girl was actually a cultivator in the fusion stage, the director let him go.

After all, there are no cultivators in the fusion stage among the permanent law enforcement officers of the Kunlun Law Enforcement Bureau. If there are any emergencies, they have to go to the Sanqing Temple, the headquarters or Kunlun Mountain to ask for help. But after all, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and it is always a good thing to have someone who can take over.

In short, it is not known whether the evil woman from the Hehuan Sect was so unscrupulous and not afraid of the law enforcement bureau at all, or whether she recognized her fate, or whether she had some other conspiracy. Anyway, the interrogation went very smoothly, and she answered almost everything she was asked, and soon the interrogator obtained all the confessions he needed.

After completing the interrogation, the witch suddenly looked at the one-way glass in the interrogation room. Her staring eyes seemed to be able to see through the glass made of special materials that could block the cultivator's ability to see objects from a distance.

Jiang Lu, who was outside the interrogation room, noticed this, narrowed his eyes, and said to the director who was checking the latest intelligence in his hands: "She seems to be looking at us."

Upon hearing this, the director said firmly: "Impossible, this is one-way glass, the standard material of the Law Enforcement Bureau. Even if she is a great cultivator who has passed the tribulation, there is no way she can see through it."

"But she is clearly looking at us." Jiang Lu remained confident.

When Dong Wanggong heard this, he also looked at her and found that the demon woman did not look away, and there seemed to be some amusement in her eyes. He also felt it was a bit strange: "It seems to be true."

"And she was winking at me. I felt like she was interested in me." Jiang Lu continued.

“It seems that’s not the case, right?”

"She is clearly making eyes. Look at her eyes, they are almost thread-like. She is clearly trying to seduce me and wants me to go in and subdue her right now."

"Isn't this really a provocation?" Dong Wanggong was speechless.

The director beside him also tilted his head with a confused expression and reminded: "I'm still here."

"Hehe." Jiang Lu raised his lips and said confidently, "We'll know after we give it a try."

After saying that, he extended his index finger and placed it against his lips, with a charming look on his face, alluring and hot like a succubus. He then extended his pink tongue, gently raised the tip of his tongue, licked his fingers, dipped his saliva all over his fingertips, then squinted his eyes, smiled evilly, pressed his index finger on the glass, and drew a heart for the witch.

Dong Wanggong, the director, and the interrogator who had just come out of the interrogation room all felt greatly violated when watching this scene. Just standing next to Jiang Lu made them feel dirty, and their brains were filled with strong alkali.

The witch's expression changed from provocation and mockery to confusion, and finally to disgust after she reacted. It was as if she was looking at garbage, but with a hint of fear. To round it off, it was probably the same as looking at a large pile of shit flying towards her.

Seeing her reaction, Jiang Lu felt incomprehensible. Then he looked like he had been hit hard. He fell to his knees helplessly and pounded on the glass: "Kuso! Are you really not seducing me?!"

"Ah, isn't this nonsense?"

"But." The director was a little unbelievable: "She seems to be able to see us."

Before he could confirm further, he saw the witch waving at them, and then her voice was transmitted to the room they were in through the voice transmission equipment.

"I have told you everything I need to tell you. I am leaving now. Whether you can rescue them depends on the ability of your law enforcement department."

"What do you mean?" The director was stunned and was about to rush into the interrogation room.

But the next second, a cloud of smoke rose from under the feet of the witch and enveloped her.

"Don't you have a long memory?"

Dong Wanggong reacted instantly and stretched out his hand to repeat the same trick and catch her back, but strangely, he failed this time.

His expression changed, and he immediately discovered the problem: "This time she didn't run away on her own, but someone forcibly grabbed her from somewhere else. She was too fast, and I didn't have time to seal the space around her!"

Several people watched helplessly as the witch disappeared into the interrogation room.

Blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes do not come singly.

At the same time, the front line, which had received intelligence earlier and went to rescue the victims, also sent back the news.

They were not only brainwashed, but also reformed. Not only did they indiscriminately attack law enforcement officers and agents, but when they found they could not win, they actually committed suicide on the spot. What was worse was that the Hehuan Sect even arranged for live broadcast equipment to broadcast the entire process, so all the people saw the law enforcement bureau "massacre" the victims.

Upon hearing this news, Jiang Lu's face changed and he frowned, "Fortunately I didn't go." (End of this chapter)