52: Chapter 52 Luo Qinghe's Visit

Meanwhile.

The Presidential Suite of the Century Hotel in Jiangcheng.

"What's the result? Any clues about the Demon Abyss Cult?"

Luo Qinghe asked, looking at the three middle-aged women before him.

"Based on communication records, we've found signs that Qin Shousheng has been in contact with suspicious targets!"

"This is the surveillance footage from the Jiangcheng Grand Hotel four nights ago. Qin Shousheng had contact with Wang Yu, the captain of the Jiangcheng Guard Team, though the specifics of their conversation are currently unknown."

"As for Wang Yu himself, he left Jiangcheng as early as the afternoon two days ago, and no one knows his whereabouts. This is the income and expenditure statement for his bound bank card; there's a large portion of unidentified income. Digging deeper into this lead, we discovered he has close ties with the underground black market groups in Han City!"

Hearing this, Luo Qinghe's brows furrowed tightly.

Combining this with the information provided by Chen Yi, there was a high probability that this Qin Shousheng was problematic.

However, he never expected that even Wang Yu, the captain of the Jiangcheng Guard Team, would be involved.

"Two days ago... was that the first day of the assessment?"

"Did he flee immediately because he discovered I was at the Jiangcheng Beast Taming Academy?"

"Or did some unexpected change occur that required him to leave Jiangcheng right away?"

The more Luo Qinghe thought about it, the more confused he became.

It was hard to imagine the Demon Abyss Cult using such clumsy methods; it seemed more like the actions of an amateur.

Yet, he had personally scouted that cave in the afternoon and confirmed that the residual black power belonged to the Demon Abyss Cult.

Where exactly did things go wrong?

"Is there a problem with the Qin Corporation behind Qin Shousheng?"

"No, at least from the data on paper, we haven't found any issues! Looking at the capital chain, there are no unidentified income or expenditure records. I had the main family's financial staff analyze it, and they couldn't find any problems either. It's just a normal enterprise!"

"That's strange. Could I have missed some detail?"

Instantly, the room fell into a dead silence.

Just then.

A crisp "ding" notification sound broke the silence in the room.

A message from Chen Yi arrived on Luo Qinghe's phone.

He glanced at it and asked, "Is the underground black market related to Wang Yu called the Black Ghost Market?"

"Yes! That organization primarily deals in the trafficking of spirit beasts and underground spirit beast arenas. It's notorious and a household name in the Han City area!"

Hearing this, Luo Qinghe's brows furrowed slightly as he fell back into deep thought.

Chen Yi suddenly receiving this flyer at this time... why did it feel a bit fishy?

"Alright, you all go back and rest! Leave the rest to the Investigation Team."

"Master, do you not plan to return to the main family?"

"I don't have that plan for now. If I go back, I'm taking Shiyin back with me!"

"Understood, we see!"

As the words fell, the three middle-aged women vanished without a trace instantly.

Luo Qinghe picked up the photo sent by Chen Yi. After careful consideration, he made a decision.

"Since there are no other clues for now, I'll go check this place out first!"

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The next morning.

In a daze, Chen Yi felt the blood circulation in his hands was a bit restricted.

He tried to move his arms but found them pinned down tightly.

It wasn't until several minutes later that his eyes finally won the battle against sleepiness and slowly opened.

Chen Yi then realized that Shiyin and Mengxue had used his arms as pillows.

Both of them were pouting at him with unhappy expressions.

"Brother Chen Yi! You actually dared to leave us and sleep alone last night?"

"Little Brother Chen Yi! Do you know that an inch of time is an inch of gold? You wasted an entire night; what is your crime?"

Chen Yi hurried to defend himself, "You were both drunk! How can you blame me?"

"Are you even a man!"

"Exactly! We were both drunk; couldn't you have taken advantage of the situation?"

Hearing this, Chen Yi rolled his eyes on the spot.

Were these two girls a bit too much?

Was it to increase affinity, or did they simply want to do *that* sort of thing, hey!

"Fine, fine, fine. I'll work overtime tonight, alright?"

"No! What was lost last night must be made up for now!"

"Yeah, yeah, just treat it as a little morning exercise!"

"What kind of morning exercise is this!"

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Two hours later, Chen Yi finally managed to eat breakfast.

After helping Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin guide the energy from the magic beast crystal cores, it was already three in the afternoon.

One had to admit, a Beast Tamer's day really goes by fast!

It felt like half the day had passed without doing anything, which was quite frustrating.

No wonder high-level Beast Tamers were almost never seen in public.

As the number of contracted Spirit Beast Girls gradually increased, one would probably have to spend twenty hours a day nurturing them. Where would there be any free time to go shopping?

Of course, the reason Chen Yi felt this way...

...was mainly because the Spirit Beast Girls had consumed too many magic beast crystal cores, so the energy that needed refining was naturally much greater.

Under normal circumstances, Beast Tamers used the grinding method for cultivation, and it would generally take about half an hour to guide all the spiritual power.

However, Chen Yi had them swallow the magic beast crystal cores directly, which caused almost zero spiritual power waste.

Moreover, because they swallowed a large quantity at once, the spiritual power they accumulated was at least dozens of times more than other spirit beasts.

With the help of his SSS-Rank Talent, being able to complete the spiritual power guidance in ten times the time of a normal Beast Tamer was already extremely efficient!

Naturally, the result of doing this was that compared to ordinary spirit beasts, they possessed dozens of times the speed of spiritual power accumulation.

Even though their powerful bloodlines meant the spiritual power required for leveling up increased significantly, they could still maintain a leveling speed more than ten times faster.

One could only say there were pros and cons!

After Chen Yi, Lin Mengxue, and Luo Shiyin finished showering and came out in fresh clothes, they found Luo Qinghe already sitting on the sofa at some point.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but cough twice, his face showing an expression of 'see no evil'.

"Young man, you must learn moderation! Nurturing affinity is important, but there's no need to be like this even while showering, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Mengxue and Luo Shiyin's faces instantly turned bright red, and they hurriedly let go of Chen Yi's arms.

Lin Mengxue rushed to the kitchen to make tea;

While Luo Shiyin, like a startled fawn, quickly sat on the diagonal opposite of Luo Qinghe, picking up a green feather from somewhere and focusing on counting the number of barbs on it.

They were clearly both feeling guilty.

Chen Yi sighed helplessly and walked over to sit beside Luo Qinghe.

"Old Man Luo, good afternoon!"

"What kind of address is that? Forget it, good afternoon!"

Luo Qinghe got straight to the point, "I didn't come for anything else; I just wanted to ask if you all are free in a week!"