"I just purely dislike that Miao King fellow," Lin Xi added. "I find you quite agreeable. Shanhai is better off in your hands than his. This information is from me, so after you succeed, won't you owe me a favor? I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I'm not very capable, but I'm about to be promoted to a member of the General Bureau's leadership. This northeastern region will fall under my purview. When that time comes, I'll make sure you and your Mohe tribe behave yourselves and cause me less trouble. Won't you give me some face then?"
I even felt that what Lin Xi said might be the truth!
Whether it was true or not,胧月 (Long Yue) believed him this time. She nodded, "Captain Lin, oh no, should I call you 20... 207? Heh heh, congratulations! But Jiangnan is so vast..."
"Southeast, the Jinling area," Lin Xi confirmed, his hands behind his back. "I don't know more information. Perhaps you could ask your older brother, the Miao King."
胧月 cupped her fists. "Thank you! If this matter succeeds, I will surely repay you handsomely in the future!"
Lin Xi waved his hand. "The reward is not important. The matter I mentioned earlier, you must take it to heart!"
"Definitely," 胧月 smiled, her lips curving. "When you are promoted, we Mohe will definitely give you plenty of face! Farewell!"
"Farewell," Lin Xi nodded.
胧月 scanned us again, likely thinking that we few were also from the General Bureau and would follow Lin Xi to become Shaxiya's leaders in the future. Thus, she became more respectful towards us, bowing to each of us before leading her group away. After they were out of our sight, they quickened their pace, probably eager to go to Jiangnan to capture Shanhai!
"When it comes to deception, you are second, and I wouldn't dare claim first," I said, giving Lin Xi a thumbs-up.
Lin Xi, however, looked serious. "I wasn't deceiving you. Everything I said is true."
"Are you really going to be promoted?" My focus wasn't on Shanhai's reincarnation; that was too distant for me. I wanted to figure out Bai Ze's reincarnation first.
Lin Xi nodded. "If nothing unexpected happens, next month. Why do you have that surprised look? Out of the eight action teams, I ranked first. My age and seniority are the oldest. A member of the leadership retired, and they will choose someone from among us eight captains to succeed them. My promotion is a natural and popular choice, isn't it?"
"Is your combat power also number one?" I asked with a smile.
Lin Xi pouted. "We don't select people based on combat power!"
No matter how special Shaxiya was, it was still an office of Yan Xia. They all had the same flavor!
Continuing forward for another fifty meters, we arrived at a small clearing. Indeed, we saw a semi-underground cave entrance, resembling an animal's den. Its shape was like a human eye, a spindle shape laid horizontally. The upper part was covered with thick tree trunks arranged in double rows, vertically and horizontally. The lower part was a crescent-shaped opening dug out from the ground. The distance between the highest and lowest points was no more than a meter, requiring one to bend deeply to get inside.
"This doesn't look like an altar at all," Chen Ke grumbled.
"This was built by the scenic area staff," Lin Xi said. "Its purpose was to cover up the site of the altar. Whale God, could you do me a favor and let the altar reappear in the open for them to see?"
"Wait a moment," I quickly said. "There's still a living creature inside. I'll go first... Yanan, you go in and bring out the little demon inside."
A red-aura little demon wouldn't harm Yanan, but whether she would be harmed by it was another matter, so I let her go.
Yanan never shirks her orders. The key is that she knows my capabilities; even if I wanted to go myself, she would stop me and prevent me from taking that risk.
But it was too dark inside, and Yanan's eagle eyes weren't very useful. She had to use her phone as a flashlight and bend down to crawl in. Soon, she emerged carrying a sleeping young boy-like demon, who was even wearing the uniform of a scenic area staff member. The eagle demon placed him on the ground. Lin Xi checked his breathing. "He's fine. He was just knocked unconscious. Perhaps when Long Yue and her group captured him, there was a conflict."
"And Long Yue's subordinates didn't know this demon's strength and were too rough," I added. "He's just a red-aura little demon."