I Materialized the Cultivation Game

He was just the captain of a tourist police squad, his authority couldn’t compare to Li Rui, the captain of the criminal squad. The key issue was that he didn’t have free personnel available and he wasn’t sure about the situation over there.

”What’s wrong?” Li Rui asked in confusion.

Huang Xin didn’t hide anything and explained, ”The Elder Daoist from the Chen Clan is at the central commercial plaza, and he’s knocked out two people. I think it’s definitely not a simple matter.”

”Definitely not simple, it might even be related to today’s kidnapping case,” Li Rui blurted out. He immediately called Huang Xin to get in the car and started making phone calls to arrange things.

Even though there was solid evidence for today’s kidnapping case, there were still many follow-up investigations needed, such as the guns made in that private workshop.

According to Sun Hai’s description, through a middleman, they used the channels in the Qingmin Region. But now, the middleman couldn’t be reached, and the other party used unregistered phone cards which made it very difficult to track them down.

Once Li Rui got in the car, he stepped hard on the accelerator heading towards the central commercial plaza.

Huang Xin immediately took out his phone to check online news about the Chen Clan. He had been too busy to follow online updates for the day and wanted to see if there were any clues.

Suddenly, he saw a video from Ming Di, and he froze for a moment.

”Have you heard? There’s a group... Now we’re just afraid actions like this will anger the Chen Clan, causing them to launch a Demon-Vanquishing operation, so...”

He naturally knew Ming Di, whose presence was always in the news related to the Chen Clan. Several cases had been solved thanks to this person.

In the recent Jingmei Group case, the person also helped a lot. If Chen Xiang hadn’t approached this person and got discovered, the evidence on the USB drive wouldn’t have fallen into their hands.

The current statements by this person were shot in an abstract way, but they couldn’t treat it abstractly because those who had previously been captured were also called Demon Path Demons by Ming Di.

”Could the Elder Daoist have come here because of this?” Li Rui couldn’t help but speak up, excitedly stepping on the accelerator again.

If the Elder Daoist truly came out to vanquish demons, the identity of those being taught a lesson wouldn’t need to be said.

Both captains displayed expressions of excitement simultaneously.

...

In front of the basement elevator of the central commercial plaza, Deng Shuang received orders from his captain and quickly got two colleagues to control the two unconscious people who were spitting blood. He immediately looked towards the elevator display showing the floor levels.

The elevator eventually stopped at the top floor; he knew that level was an office space, divided into various offices, with some even being just single offices.

These spaces were rented out; since they were on the highest floor, they offered a full view of the central commercial plaza, making them popular with many companies.

In a small country township, most companies weren’t large, so having ten to twenty employees in several offices was already a lot.

Chen Han stepped out of the elevator and immediately looked at the task map, locating the place where the outer members of the Wutai Sect were, in an office at the end of the corridor.

He walked directly in that direction and found that the offices on both sides housed various companies, even including a live-streaming company selling goods.

It was essentially a small office displaying merchandise, with a female streamer live streaming on her phone and an assistant passing her items.

In a corner was a young man, presumably the boss, monitoring backend data.

The female streamer was actively promoting items to the barely thirty-some online viewers in the live chat, though none placed orders.

This made her quite dejected, as it affected her salary and performance.

Suddenly, she froze and surprisedly watched the silhouette of the Elder Daoist passing by outside, forgetting to introduce the products handed over by her assistant.

”What’s wrong?” the boss couldn’t help but ask upon seeing this.

The female streamer instinctively asked, ”An Elder Daoist just passed by!”

”What Elder Daoist? There’s no possibility of a Daoist here,” the boss frowned in inquiry.

The female streamer recollected something and added, ”It seems like the Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan.”

People doing livestreams in Linhe County naturally knew which local influencers were around and followed related videos closely.

Every time a new Linhe County video was watched, content related to the Chen Clan inevitably appeared first.

The Chen Clan was incredibly popular. Several Chen Clan Members had over 5 million followers. Many of them had minds for video production, and anyone could gain 30,000 to 40,000 followers by shooting good videos.

Even a young guide from the Chen Clan girl, who filmed her daily activities as a tour guide, had 100,000 followers. Her online live-streaming audience was larger than any other streamer in Linhe County.

So it was no surprise that many people had seen videos of the Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan and been amazed by them.

Now, the female streamer was sure that the just-passed person greatly resembled the Elder Daoist.

The boss was about to speak when suddenly the live chat exploded, and all the chatter was about the Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan.

”OMG, seriously? The Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan?”

”Do you actually believe you’d see the Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan? Are you kidding?”

”Streamer, you don’t need to resort to such gimmicks to get attention. We won’t buy anything.”

”...”

The number of online viewers was also climbing.

The boss immediately realized it had triggered a viewer influx and, without hesitation, instructed the streamer, ”Take the phone and get outside to check it out.”

Without any delay, he changed the livestream title to ’Spotted the Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan’.

Chen Han had already reached the office at the corridor’s end and knocked on the door.

This sudden knock evidently startled everyone in the office. The office wasn’t large, but over ten people were crammed inside.

Everyone inside turned nervously to the door, some having been busy fiddling with a row of mobile phones in front of them.

A massive wooden rack sat before them, displaying a variety of phones. It was obvious these were old models, some quite outdated.

These phones were all connected by data lines to a special device, its indicator lights flashing. The phones displayed automatically changing screenshots showing various chat windows and friendship requests.

”Hey handsome, can we add each other on WeChat?”

”Beautiful lady, may I add you on WeChat?”

...

”Handsome man, you look really fit, bodybuilding is tough, most can’t handle it; I admire people like you.”

”Beautiful lady, your hairstyle is amazing, hair color—so stylish. You’re beautiful, and any hairstyle and color suits you!”

”...”

At such rapid speeds, each phone was sending out numerous friend requests and engaging in multiple conversations, while the device transmitted data to an external computer.

The knock stunned them, everyone inside eyed the door nervously, as if expecting trouble.

A man with a buzz cut who seemed to be in charge went to peek through the peephole and saw an Elder Daoist standing outside.

He sighed in relief, exclaiming, ”What the hell, just an Elder Daoist, scared the hell outta me—guess they’re lost?”

Everyone else inside also breathed out in relief.

Good thing it wasn’t the police, but why would an Elder Daoist come knocking? They thought it was unlucky indeed.

”Brother Dao, hurry and send him on his way!”

”Yeah, scare him a bit if you’re pissed!”

”Haha, Brother Dao, with those awesome tiger tattoos, wouldn’t he be scared stiff?”

”...”

Buoyed by these boasts, Brother Dao buzzed with pride, though a bit irritated too.

He opened the door and stepped out boldly, tried to act intimidating, cursed angrily, ”Damn it, you old Daoist, lost your way home? Here to get yourself beaten up, aren’t—”

His words cut off abruptly, choking on them, a large hand grasped his throat, leaving him gasping as he was lifted off his feet.

Everyone inside froze in shock, witnessing their leader dangling like a chick, grasped by the Daoist’s hand outside the door.

Suddenly, recognition flashed across one person’s face, ”I’ve seen his video, that’s the Elder Daoist of the Chen Clan.”

Outside, the female streamer, following the boss’s instructions, carried the live-streaming phone to the scene and gawked, witnessing the Elder Daoist’s lifting act.

Her hand automatically aimed the camera at the event.

The live-stream viewership had surpassed 200, exploding at the sight.

”Oh my god, what did I just see?”

”Wow, the streamer was telling the truth...”