Chapter 1641: Chapter 955: Gift (Part 2)
These are indeed something really good, and Yang Xiao can use them all, but there’s one matter troubling him, "Uncle, how should I explain the source of these things?"
Yang Xiao’s thoughts were very clear, there’s no wall in the world that doesn’t have chinks, Hong Anguo, and Wu Qingcang will soon find out that he has these goodies in his hands, and will then suspect Professor Cui.
Even more troublesome is that they will immediately know that Professor Cui knew about this, and someone has leaked the information.
"Little Yang, you underestimate your uncle too much, what kind of place is this? This is my experimental base, I’m the highest commander here in name, how could I not know how many people are hidden underground?"
"Rest assured, no one will make things difficult for you on this matter, besides, I only know how many people are hiding below, I don’t know their real identities, these medicines are just for me to give you in case of emergency." Professor Cui said.
Although he felt Professor Cui’s words were not entirely airtight, Yang Xiao instinctively chose to trust this uncle of his. After all, his uncle had been in the Provincial Office for far longer than he had, and had much more experience, knowing how to act in a way that was beneficial for both of them.
After accepting the silver suitcase, Yang Xiao suddenly thought of something, hurriedly sneaked into the Mirror World and fetched a broken seal, "Uncle, this is something I obtained by chance, it’s said to belong to the Jiu Mountain Family in Japan. I want you to help me contact them and return it to its rightful owner as soon as possible."
Professor Cui, being experienced and knowledgeable, picked up the damaged seal and after a moment of observation, nodded slowly, "Indeed, it’s their item, where did you get this from?"
Yang Xiao quickly summarized his trip to the Yi Sect, of course, he also concealed some information. It’s not that he didn’t trust Professor Cui, but sometimes knowing too much may not be a good thing.
Moreover, this matter concerns not only himself, but also Director Nalan and the Yi Sect.
Upon learning that Yang Xiao obtained this item after killing a group of Angel Envoys from Japan’s Iga Sect, Professor Cui immediately realized the significance of the matter. After returning the item to Yang Xiao, he said, "This item is not simple, don’t give it to me, find a chance to hand it over to Hong Anguo, and remember, it must be handed over to him personally, just the two of you."
Seeing Yang Xiao not reacting for a moment, Professor Cui raised his hand and patted Yang Xiao on the forehead, and said with a smile, "Don’t you understand, the taboo in the workplace is to pass the buck. You give it to me, I can’t contact the Jiu Mountain Family in Japan either, eventually it would still need Hong Anguo to come forward, so why make more trouble unnecessarily?"
"I understand your point, but if you hand over this item, that will be an achievement for you, Uncle, you’ve helped me a lot, and I want to find ways to repay you too." Yang Xiao said sincerely.
"Silly child, what use do I have for achievements? I’m already at this age, there’s no future for me, but you’re different, you’re just starting to shine. In the future, remember, relying on others is not as good as relying on yourself. Good things should be thought of for yourself, because there are few people in this world who repay kindness, and many who kick you when you’re down, trust no one!"
"I get it." Yang Xiao put away the Incomplete Seal and nodded in thanks to Professor Cui.
"Also, before meeting Hong Anguo, find a way to round up your words. I can already tell you’re hiding something, let alone that old fox. He’s got more slyness than you and I put together, stay sharp." Professor Cui reminded.
Seeing that Professor Cui could also tell he was hiding something, Yang Xiao felt a bit embarrassed and just as he was about to explain, Professor Cui motioned with his hand to interrupt, "Little Yang, I don’t blame you, you have your reasons for not speaking. You’re a good kid, I see great potential in you, don’t disappoint me or Director Nalan."
"Alright, no more words, you better head back quickly, lest our Chief Wu becomes suspicious." Professor Cui waved, indicating for Yang Xiao to leave.
"Chief Wu? Wu Qingcang?" Yang Xiao was startled, hadn’t he already left?
Professor Cui shook his head, produced a remote control from somewhere, and with a casual press, the display behind Yang Xiao switched the image.
The image showed a relatively open field where a black off-road vehicle was parked. Yang Xiao immediately recognized it as Wu Qingcang’s car. So he hadn’t left, he’d just been waiting outside for himself.
"It seems our Chief Wu is not at ease with you, has some words for you." Professor Cui hinted at Yang Xiao.
After a few seconds of thought, Yang Xiao quickly took out a notepad, "Uncle, let’s review the conversation between us today, this way even if we’re questioned separately, there won’t be any flaws exposed."
A silver suitcase like this is easy to handle, just throw it into the Mirror Secret Room, and even ghosts wouldn’t know, it’s these informational differences that are the easiest to go wrong.
Yang Xiao also knew where his problems lay. If it were someone else, the Provincial Office wouldn’t test him like this. But he’s different, his background is quite complicated, connected with the Esoteric Sect, Yi Sect, and Yiling Academy’s Sheng Yanlin. He has also posed as an Evil Cultivator before and has established a force of dubious integrity, the Sun and Moon Divine Sect. Neither Hong Anguo nor Wu Qingcang was confident in him.
Seeing Yang Xiao being so cautious, Professor Cui couldn’t help but nod, praising, "Not bad, being cautious is indeed the way to go!"
In the next ten minutes, Yang Xiao and Professor Cui reviewed their day’s conversation, excluding parts not quite compliant and "reconstructed" the conversation’s content, which was mainly about the various major groups’ factions.
After confirming everything was alright, Yang Xiao said goodbye to Professor Cui, left the office, and after being guided by the staff, left the massive building. And as soon as he stepped a bit further out, he saw Wu Qingcang’s car parked outside.
The car window rolled down, and Wu Qingcang at the driver’s seat waved at him, making Yang Xiao feel like he was seeing a relative, he jogged over and politely greeted, "Captain Wu, why are you still here?"
"Get in, I’ll take you back." Wu Qingcang said seemingly casually.
As soon as Yang Xiao got into the front passenger seat, Wu Qingcang handed him a brown envelope.
Seeing Wu Qingcang not expressing anything, Yang Xiao felt apprehensive, this brown envelope was quite hefty, it should contain a large amount of paper documents, maybe even photos. Yang Xiao’s first reaction was that his own identity had been exposed, and the Provincial Office had found out some of his previous unspeakable affairs.
But at this point, he had no choice but to open it and take a look. So, gritting his teeth, he opened the envelope bit by bit. Contrary to his expectations, it did contain documents, but not about him, rather about those Evil Cultivators imprisoned underground.
Looking at one case after another on the documents, Yang Xiao’s mind was in turmoil. Indeed, these guys were completely Evil Cultivators, bad seeds, deserving death beyond redemption.
First was Ku Daoist from the Taoist Sect, the document recorded that just because of a few arguments with his fellow disciples, he bore a grudge in his heart, took advantage of his senior and junior disciples resting, and killed over a dozen people, tried to kill his master but was noticed and got injured, eventually fleeing from the sect.
That was not all, he found some of his junior brothers’ families outside and killed them all.
Then there was the Great Monk from the Buddhist Temple, sent by his sect to a lay devotee’s home to perform rites and prayers, unexpectedly he fancied the eyes of the devotee’s young son, killed the family at night and took their eyes.
Ultimately, when the act was uncovered, he, in a fit of anger and humiliation, fought a great battle and slaughtered dozens in the family, escaping with a bag of dug-out eyeballs.
The Trickster had a habit of skinning people alive and collecting the skins. Besides, Butterfly Lady used to run a human trafficking business, designing schemes to kidnap daughters of respected families, training and grooming them, then selling them abroad at high prices.
The Desire Demon whom he killed was also a beast, naturally perverted, with an uncontrollable desire for males. From 80 years old to 8 years old, not a single one could escape his clutches, and he never left any living witnesses, the bodies of those he killed were too horrible to behold.
"These beasts all deserve death!!" If it wasn’t for his position, Yang Xiao would have wanted to slaughter them all right now, send their bodies to the Esoteric Sect for alchemy.
"Captain Yang, I’m showing you these to tell you, when dealing with these kinds of people, there’s no need for mercy. They ended up in this situation because they brought it upon themselves. If it weren’t for our Patrol Defense Office taking them in, they’d face death if they fell into the hands of any righteous forces."
"You’re a person of sentiment, they will fight alongside you in the future, but please remember, they are not our friends, nor brothers, I don’t want you to carry any psychological burden because of this."
