Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Su Gao’s words were as sparse as ever, and seeing that Fu Qian was deep in thought, she maintained her silence and did not speak further.

The two Night Watchmen had already stopped by the home of the decapitated woman for an investigation, leaving only the two of them in the car.

Fu Qian took note of the scenery outside.

It must be said that the place was still quite picturesque, with ancient-style buildings, bustling crowds, and leisurely strolls in the warm sunshine.

It was hard to imagine any disaster befalling them.

They were on their way to the Night Watchmen Base in Xi Yuan City.

Su Gao had just mentioned that the Night Watchmen Base here had some information about “Evil Omens,” and suggested that Fu Qian might want to take a look.

...Naturally, Fu Qian was more than eager to do so.

As the world’s most deserving first organization, getting some information about targets from the Night Watchmen would be great for him.

Unable to come up with any leads about the disaster, Fu Qian refocused his attention on Su Gao.

Curved Sword resting on her lap, Su Gao sat quietly, and one could hardly sense the presence of a living person in her.

Less than a third of the flesh on her face was real, the rest was exposed bone as white as porcelain, almost making her appear like a dilapidated life-sized doll.

But Fu Qian knew very well that compared to last time, her strength had increased by more than just a little bit.

It was difficult to imagine what had happened in between.

Executioner Yan, such a title sounded murderous and suggested a high status within the Night Watchmen organization.

It seemed to be the role of a Hunter, not limited by location, pursuing criminals everywhere.

According to Su Gao, she had applied to join this special division after the last incident.

The impact of that incident on her was surely not as trivial as she had described.

However, since she did not bring it up herself, Fu Qian would not ask.

“So now you’re like a Hunter, specifically pursuing targets that are on the Night Watchmen’s list?”

“Yes,”

Su Gao lowered her eyes and nodded lightly.

“It feels like… I am more suited for this kind of work.”

This kind of work? Hunting?

Then you truly are among the top experts!

Fu Qian touched his chest, forgoing other aspects, the girl’s knife skills were remarkably ferocious.

Of course, this was undoubtedly a good thing for him.

A powerful teammate of at least Middle Tier, and even a member of a special operations department, was perfectly suited for the task at hand.

During their conversation, they had already reached the Night Watchmen Base of Xi Yuan City.

Unlike the grand and imposing building of Qi Xue and his team, this place appeared much more modest.

An old, dark-red, three-story building, which from the outside looked quite old.

“Executioner Yan, how is the situation?”

No sooner had they entered than someone came out to meet them.

The man appeared to be in his forties, with slightly graying temples and very casual clothes.

The newcomer seemed surprised to see Fu Qian, puzzled how an extra person had come back from the trip.

Thus, his gaze turned to Su Gao, hoping she would explain.

“It was definitely done by a Transcendent, but we can’t confirm yet if it’s the Evil Omen.”

Su Gao nodded.

“Captain Qiao, please help me get the information on the Evil Omen.”

The captain? So this person was the person in charge of Xi Yuan City?

Fu Qian sized up this Captain Qiao before him, who indeed seemed a notch stronger than Lu Jun and the others, probably around Seventh Phase.

Xi Yuan City was not large, but no matter what, the staffing of the Night Watchmen here seemed excessively meager.

Hearing that Su Gao wanted to see the Evil Omen files again, Captain Qiao clearly showed some confusion.

After hesitating for a moment, he still mustered the courage to address Fu Qian.

“This is…?”

“This is Mr. Fu.”

Without waiting for Fu Qian to respond, Su Gao immediately said.

And then what?

Captain Qiao looked expectantly at Su Gao for a few seconds, hoping she would say more, but unfortunately, she seemed to be sparing with words, just looking at him.

In the end, Captain Qiao could not withstand the pressure and went to fetch a file from the back.

“Thank you!”

Su Gao reached out and took it without hesitation, immediately handing it over to Fu Qian.

Captain Qiao’s eyes bulged in astonishment. This was all secret information!

But remembering the rumors about this man who would attack without a word, he still held back and dared not speak.

And it really was only a tiny bit of information!

Fu Qian felt the thin stack of a few pages in his hand, the majority of which were the crime records of Evil Omen.

As for his personal information, except for being a man, there was almost nothing.

However, from these crime records, an obvious taste of savage killing could be made out. Most of the bodies were disfigured and mutilated, some even missing internal organs, with the notes mentioning “possible consumption.”

“Why is this guy called ‘Evil Omen’?”

Fu Qian flipped through the information quickly and was reminded of a question.

“He claimed that name himself,”

Su Gao explained softly on the side.

“The target once left a similar message after committing a crime and from then on, that name became the standard reference.”

“It looks like his targets are still primarily Transcendents?”

He had just noticed that most of the victims were still Transcendents, with very few ordinary people involved.

“Yes, but there seems to be almost no commonality among the victims. At present, it seems he kills just for the sake of killing.”

“In fact, if you include the recent incident, this is already the second time Evil Omen has acted in Xi Yuan City.”

“The first victim was also a Transcendent. It feels like his frequency of committing crimes is getting higher.”

Mhm.

Fu Qian turned his head towards Captain Qiao.

“Captain Qiao, may I see the list of Transcendents?”

“The list of Transcendents?”

Fu Qian’s request made Captain Qiao blink.

“The list of all Transcendents within Xi Yuan City, I believe you definitely have it.”

“We do, but…”

Captain Qiao still wanted to struggle, but a glance from Su Gao made him instantly shut his mouth.

Huang Lezhan, Huang Jianyuan, Huang Zhaoliu…

Fu Qian leafed through the roster in front of him, his frown deepening.

“Why are they all surnamed Huang?”

“You don’t know?”

Captain Qiao was equally surprised.

“The Huang Family is one of the top Transcendent families at present. Although Xi Yuan’s Huang Family is just a branch, their legacy has been around for over a hundred years; it’s normal for them to have some accumulations.

Moreover, Xi Yuan itself isn’t very large, so indeed the vast majority of Transcendents are from their family.”

So that’s how it is!

Such local powers could easily monopolize the cultivation resources, and through bloodline inheritance, it wasn’t surprising to see them dominating the roster.

Looking at it, more than half of Xi Yuan’s Transcendents were from the Huang Family. They had been in operation for a hundred years; such a family was probably an all-powerful presence locally.

Could it be this was why the Night Watchmen had such a poor lineup here? Some tacit understanding between the two sides?

But this wasn’t important. With such a family in existence, it was really — too good!

A Transcendent family that has been entrenched locally for a hundred years would definitely have very reliable information.

With the right motive, they would certainly work very efficiently.

“Have you had contact with them?”

Fu Qian asked, looking at Su Gao, who shook his head.

“I’ve only just arrived as well.”

“In that case…”

Fu Qian pondered for a moment.

“Make time for a visit.”

Unaware of Fu Qian’s background, Captain Qiao frowned and offered a reminder.

“Although we don’t need to concern ourselves with these local forces, be careful when dealing with them. We can save a lot of effort if they are willing to cooperate.”

“Don’t worry,”

Fu Qian recalled his previous encounter with Ji Liushuang and others in the furnace.

“I have plenty of experience dealing with them.”