"Is Yuwen Chengdu's demon core more important, or the Miao King?" Yaoyao frowned, then added, "I'm not questioning, just asking. I don't know how powerful that Yuwen Chengdu's demon core is."
Yaoyao was very considerate of my reputation in public.
Bai Qingcheng thought for a moment and said gravely, "According to the historical records we in Shabiya possess, if Yuwen Chengdu were alive again, there would be no one within the Three Realms who could match him. However, regarding the power of this demon core, I must admit, I'm not sure either. Intelligence indicates that the Miao King intends to summon a soul, and I hadn't anticipated they would be seeking a demon core."
"Perhaps there's another ritual," I speculated. "Using Yuwen Chengdu's demon core to summon Yuwen Chengdu himself."
"That's highly probable," Bai Qingcheng nodded. "Therefore... we cannot take risks. Recovering the demon core is our top priority!"
With that, she turned to the Shabiya personnel in Yang Prefecture. "Immediately seal off the entire city according to the plan!"
"Yes!"
So, preparations had already been made.
Yang Prefecture city wasn't large. After sealing the city, and based on footage provided by traffic control, we found the BMW X5 in a dark alley half an hour later. However, the occupants were gone.
Yaoyao found a nearby elevated spot and activated her spiritual sensing technique. The population density here was too high to easily find the two women. She could only mark the demon core, but the demon core's aura was very weak, making it even harder to locate.
Magic wasn't sufficient, so we had to rely on technology and ingenuity. Using the public security department's "SkyNet" system, we utilized the facial contours they left on the surveillance footage from the school entrance to continue tracking the two women.
After comparing over 300,000 individuals—not by us, but by big data, computers are incredibly powerful—it only took twenty minutes to finally locate the two women again. They had entered the Saint Elephant Hotel, accompanied by a mysterious man wearing a baseball cap. The two women flanked him, and the man in the cap was in the center, carrying a box wrapped in red brocade. It was highly likely the demon core was inside.
They had entered the hotel ten minutes prior, checked into a room, and hadn't left yet.
We immediately rushed to the Saint Elephant Hotel, with all traffic lights turning green for us. We arrived by car in five minutes. I was using my spiritual sensing technique, and I didn't detect any masters of aura within the hotel. It seemed the Chiyou organization had anticipated our use of spiritual sensing and sent only ordinary aura users to Yang Prefecture for this mission. This way, by blending into the crowd, even if Yaoyao could mark a person's aura, it would be difficult to find them among millions of ordinary people with similar auras.
Upon inquiring at the front desk, we learned they had booked a suite on the top floor. This hotel was peculiar; the top floor was the nineteenth, and their room number was 1908. However, when we entered the elevator, we noticed that after the button for the 17th floor, it went directly to the 19th, skipping the 18th.
They likely found the number "eighteen" taboo, perhaps related to the eighteen levels of hell. Honestly, despite having visited the underworld multiple times, I've never been to the so-called eighteen levels of hell. I don't know what it's like inside. The underworld itself isn't really terrifying; it's much like traveling back to ancient times.
Since we were dealing with ordinary people, we didn't make a show of force. Just Yaoyao, Bai Qingcheng, and I went upstairs. Daji and Diana directly took the fire escape to the rooftop to establish a vantage point, which is equally effective in battles within the martial world.
Arriving at the door of room 1908, through the wooden door, my spiritual sensing technique had almost no obstruction, allowing me to clearly see that it was a suite. The two women were in one room, and the man was in another. Standing by the window, judging by his aura, he seemed to be on the phone.
There was no need to break down the door. With our Shabiya identities, we could directly use the hotel's spare room key card. Fearing they might have guns, I motioned for the two women to stand on either side while I opened the door. They looked puzzled. I lifted my shirt, revealing my soft armor. Yaoyao already knew about this, and Bai Qingcheng recognized the treasure. The two of them stepped aside. I inserted the card into the slot. *Rrrrrip*, the door opened.
I pushed the door open. The man by the window turned around in confusion, his baseball cap still on. And the first thing I saw was the box wrapped in red brocade lying on the bed!
Could it be this easy?