First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

Thinking of Lu Ding’s temperament, Zhan Tingzhou couldn’t help but feel a bit worried. However, he knew he couldn’t dissuade Lu Ding and could only give him a heads-up in advance. Following Lu Ding out, he said, ”The special envoy at the Mouth of the Evil Prison, Ren Yi Yang Tian, Ying Gou, is not like the other special envoys. He is very powerful, very perverse. You need to be careful in dealing with him.”

Lu Ding walked ahead, having just pulled open the office door, when An Ning, carrying documents and fulfilling her previous promise to handle miscellaneous tasks and assist with management, approached. ”Grand Duke Lu, where are you going with this matter? Secretary Fu isn’t here, do you need me to accompany you?”

Lu Ding politely declined, ”No need, you go ahead and attend to your own business first. Tingzhou will accompany me.”

Zhan Tingzhou gave a slight nod. An Ning responded with a smile. In her heart, she wondered, who is he again?

A hint of mischievous amusement tugged at the corner of Zhan Tingzhou’s mouth. An Ning, the future wife of the Thousand-Armed Naughty Child, Ning Xiaofan, the seductress An Ning... A flower stuck in cow dung has finally arrived on a piece of fertile land that also possesses aesthetic appeal. A pity, she’s still a bit lacking to match Lu Ding. Being a secretary is quite good.

As for Zhan Tingzhou himself? He no longer believed in women. In his previous life, he guessed people’s hearts; after death, he observed white bones. Viewing beauties as skeletons left his heart without desire. Mainly because he had suffered losses before. But fantasizing about others, about developments beyond his prior knowledge, Zhan Tingzhou was still very interested. He merely wanted to intercept others’ opportunities, while Lu Ding was intercepting someone else’s wife. Interesting, possessing both talent and beauty, Lu Ding sure had his methods.

Suddenly, Zhan Tingzhou snapped back to reality, his expression changing drastically as he recalled an unconfirmed but also unrefuted rumor. After waiting for An Ning to leave, he whispered, ”I see a slightly heavy masculine aura in her gait...”

Lu Ding was speechless. Stop talking nonsense. Did you really ’see’ that? You obviously knew from your past life. But he was a person of quality; other people’s privacy, even with the closest of friends, Lu Ding would not casually reveal. His mouth was the tightest. He hurriedly changed the subject, ”Ren Yi Yang Tian, that nickname is a bit interesting. I didn’t quite understand it?”

Zhan Tingzhou first gave himself a buff: ”I’m the kind of person who loves reading books, reading materials, loves studying. Previously, I saw information about him on the Bureau’s APP. Ying Gou has a habit; he likes to eat demons and monsters. He once said this: ’Heaven gave birth to all things to nourish man, man has not one thing to repay Heaven.’ So every time he finishes eating a demon, he uses its bones to make offerings to Heaven. That’s how he got the nickname Ren Yi Yang Tian. But behind his back, many people still like to call him the Demon Gourmet. He’s quite similar to your character; he almost never leaves any demons alive.”

Admittedly, this hobby was indeed a bit unique. Quite ritualistic. Definitely an elegant person. Even before meeting him, Lu Ding felt this person must be somewhat interesting. He looked at Zhan Tingzhou, ”I didn’t notice before, you’re quite the studious type.”Zhan Tingzhou’s face reddened for a moment; his skin was thin. This kind of self-aggrandizing talk was a bit much for him to handle. After the regret of losing his sister was gone, Zhan Tingzhou was, at his core, still an honest man.

After the two left the Lady’s Temple, they made their way to the pre-arranged location with Yuwen Longyuan. The Mouth of the Evil Prison, the Stone Arch Bridge.

Lu Ding flew down. Without even needing to look too carefully, he found the Mad God’s crown jewel that Yuwen Longyuan had placed within the bridge arch. The moment he picked it up, Zhan Tingzhou felt that his understanding of Lu Ding was still far too shallow.

In his past life, this Mad God’s crown jewel was in the hands of that black-hearted, ruthless Yuwen Longyuan. ’Three thousand years of rain beating upon duckweed, ask who now can vie for supremacy; await this very day, sword pointed at the firmament, shatter the Immortal Platform, peerless under heaven.’ So flamboyant and domineering. This was the statement left behind by the former Red Dust Demon Lord, Yuwen Longyuan, in the Immortal Platform Continent after he smashed the Immortal Platform Holy Land. This person also came from New City. Later, because of the Mad God incident, he gained the greatest benefit, fled to the Immortal Platform Continent far from the Great Han, cultivated demonic arts, and caused slaughter numbering not just hundreds of thousands, but millions. He ultimately went to war with the Immortal Platform Holy Land, the leading power of the Immortal Platform Continent.

He never expected Lu Ding to know such a character. This New City place was truly a land of dragon’s ascension, producing who knows how many figures. Zhan Tingzhou was now very curious: what kind of existence would a character as vicious as Yuwen Longyuan be now, while still weak and before making his fortune? He even mentally pictured the scene of Lu Ding and Yuwen Longyuan scheming against each other. The two openly and covertly struggling, with Lu Ding finally winning a difficult round, obtaining this Mad God’s gem, snatching Yuwen Longyuan’s starting opportunity.

Just thinking that his good brother actually bested Yuwen Longyuan filled Zhan Tingzhou with shared glory! Having lived a second life, he should be like Lu Ding, contending with all the heroes under heaven!

Zhan Tingzhou first gave himself a buff: ”I’m the kind of person who loves reading books, reading materials, loves studying. Previously, I saw information about him on the Bureau’s APP. Ying Gou has a habit; he likes to eat demons and monsters. He once said this: ’Heaven gave birth to all things to nourish man, man has not one thing to repay Heaven.’ So every time he finishes eating a demon, he uses its bones to make offerings to Heaven. That’s how he got the nickname Ren Yi Yang Tian. But behind his back, many people still like to call him the Demon Gourmet. He’s quite similar to your character; he almost never leaves any demons alive.”

Zhan Tingzhou hurriedly said, ”I see this gem is extraordinary, novel, haven’t seen it before.”

Lu Ding was somewhat pleasantly surprised, ”There’s something you don’t know?” That’s how friends are; since you don’t know, then I’m going to show off properly. ”This is the gem from the Mad God’s crown.”

Zhan Tingzhou maximized the emotional value, ”This is actually the gem from the Mad God’s crown? Wow...” Knowing he was exaggerating on purpose, Lu Ding straightened his chest, turned his head to look while keeping his body still, ”You thought?”

Zhan Tingzhou gave a thumbs up, ”You’re awesome. You can even get your hands on this thing.”

With a casual wave of his hand, Lu Ding tossed the gem to him to broaden his horizons, ”It’s all about connections, all about relationships, all about face. A friend gave it. Like it? Like it? I’ll let you play with it for a while.”

Zhan Tingzhou: ... Give you an inch and you take a mile.

The two walked along, joking all the way, one singing and the other harmonizing. You finished showing off, now it’s my turn. They just lacked an audience. But he felt he still needed to remind Lu Ding, ”Such a valuable thing, given to you by someone else, you should still be more wary?” Mainly because Yuwen Longyuan was too treacherous. He was afraid Lu Ding would be schemed against by him.

Although Lu Ding didn’t know about Yuwen Longyuan’s future, what if he did? To be realistic, what did it have to do with him? He didn’t kill within the Great Han. ’Each sweeps the snow from his own doorstep, and doesn’t bother about the frost on his neighbor’s roof.’ That’s the wisdom of our ancestors. Now Yuwen Longyuan was under his employ. As for how this person would be later, Lu Ding would slowly train, suppress, and PUA him! Not learning properly, huh? Joining Wuwang, huh? Causing chaos in New City, huh? Although it’s not entirely accurate, it’s basically like that.

”Don’t worry, I have a sense of it.” Zhan Tingzhou said no more.

After obtaining the gem, the two made their way to the Mouth of the Evil Prison’s 749 Bureau. As the saying goes, courtesy before force. They went through the procedure to announce themselves.

At this moment, in a certain secret room at the Mouth of the Evil Prison, the skeleton of the snake demon, its flesh picked clean, was placed beneath an altar. Ying Gou continuously recited sacrificial incantations. Basically, it was praising the heavens, thanking the heavens, lauding the heavens... After reciting about twelve hundred characters, he saw the snake demon skeleton on the altar slowly melting, losing its spiritual nature, feeding back to Ying Gou, pouring cultivation into him through empowerment.

Who doesn’t have their secrets? Who doesn’t have their Golden Finger? But today was different. Today’s sacrifice proceeded exceptionally smoothly. The attention and feedback he received were unusually abundant, as if Heaven had eyes, and its gaze was precisely fixed upon this place.

Just as Ying Gou was feeling puzzled, he sensed someone waiting at the door. Ying Gou walked out and saw his assistant, Zhuge Xing, standing outside wearing a beautiful outfit he had never seen before.

He asked, ”What is it?”

Zhuge Xing’s face was excited, ”He’s here, he’s here, Lu Ding is here. Quick, quick, quick, change clothes. We need to be presentable. Hurry up and hand over this territory. Let’s go seize a new one. I can’t stand staying in this godforsaken, bird-shit place for one more day.”