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

Second Circle, Hanjing.

This time, Lu Ding didn’t choose to teleport directly to Elder Shui’s office.

That would have been a bit too presumptuous, after all.

At the main entrance of the Director-General’s office.

He appeared before the guard post with Bai Hemen.

Whoosh.

It scared the guard.

You could clearly see the man flinch, but the scholar-warrior sleeves were still very recognizable.

He saluted: ”Investigator Lu!”Although Lu Ding’s investigator rank was only Special-Class Investigator, which was very high on the outside, in Hanjing, it was just average.

But he had the Golden Badge and Silver Credentials. With that thing, let alone a Special-Class Investigator, even if an investigation commissioner showed up, if Lu Ding flashed his credentials, the commissioner would have to salute.

Lu Ding nodded: ”Thanks for your hard work.”

Then he led Xiao Bai inside.

First, he sent a message to notify them.

Only then did he arrive at Elder Shui’s office and knock on the door.

Inside.

Secretary Qiu and Elder Shui, who had already received the news, were ready.

The two of them entered.

Secretary Qiu asked: ”You said you were bringing a friend to see Elder Shui for a check-up. Is it him?”

Lu Ding pulled Bai Hemen over: ”Yeah, let me introduce you. His name is Bai Hemen. Same as me, came up from the Third Circle. He’s my good friend. This is Secretary Qiu, and this is Elder Shui. Both of them are my mentors and benefactors.”

Bai Hemen obediently greeted them: ”Secretary Qiu, Elder Shui.”

Although he had seen Elder Shui and Secretary Qiu before when he came to the Second Circle, the situation was different back then. They had all met and gotten to know each other together.

Now, Lu Ding was bringing him here alone.

Elder Shui gestured: ”Come here, let me take a look.”

Bai Hemen stepped forward.

Lu Ding explained the situation on the side.

”Right now, there’s something in his head. His consciousness has been invaded. But that filthy thing can’t harm him for the moment. I was thinking, this isn’t sustainable. What if something goes wrong later? So, Elder Shui, can you see if you can help fix him up?”

Elder Shui said: ”Have you tried it yourself?”

Lu Ding: ”I tried. It didn’t work. I couldn’t find it.”

Elder Shui nodded. He didn’t even need to form a hand seal.

He didn’t even need Bai Hemen to open his mind.

Just a look!

A surge of consciousness power, inherently violent yet radiating kindness, instantly drilled into Bai Hemen’s body.

Golden light advanced.

Roaming throughout his entire body.

Until it plunged into the darkness.

Elder Shui’s voice rang out.

”It’s too dark!”

In an instant.

Light appeared out of nowhere in the darkness, illuminating everything. The darkness had nowhere to hide and dissolved in an instant.

The God of Two Poles, hidden beneath the darkness, was instantly exposed.

Trembling, it let out a sharp shriek:

[How is this possible!!!! How could you find me so easily!!!?]

Without wasting a single word on it.

Hear a single drop of water hit the ground.

Ripples spread out. A Kun beast swam beneath the water’s surface, its shadow larger than the horizon.

As the waves rolled.

The Kun beast leaped out of the water, transformed into a Peng, spread its wings, and soared.

Crying out, it took flight.

It grabbed the God of Two Poles in one fell swoop and tore it apart in midair.

Screams rang out momentarily.

”Martial Path of the Fierce God! How dare you practice something like this! You will be struck by heavenly retribution! You will be struck by heavenly retribution!!!!!”

Elder Shui said very calmly: ”I already have been.”

The Martial Path of the Fierce God existed alongside Divine Abilities. But compared to Divine Abilities, it was more unorthodox, yet more widely spread. In the environment of the Second Circle, innate Divine Abilities were extremely rare and precious.

Rarity was the first issue; difficulty to learn was the second.

With Elder Shui’s talent, the second condition was basically no challenge for him.

The problem was that Great Han simply didn’t have enough foundation; there weren’t many Divine Abilities to choose from.

So, he cultivated the Martial Path of the Fierce God.

But because this thing was so ferocious and the cultivation process involved all sorts of heinous acts that violated the laws of heaven.

During cultivation, one would inevitably suffer heavenly retribution.

Elder Shui’s current disability was partly due to this reason.

But he had survived it.

Heavenly retribution was just a deadly injury, nothing to write home about.

As long as he wasn’t dead, it was a minor issue.

It was precisely Elder Shui’s madness that had forged his current fearsome reputation.

Don’t let his appearance as an ordinary little old man fool you; he was completely insane.

Back then, Great Han’s expansion and conquest provided unimaginable convenience for Elder Shui and others to cultivate the Martial Path of the Fierce God.

The reason Great Han now had to strive, to fight, to develop, to expand,

was precisely so that future generations of young people wouldn’t have to choose the Martial Path of the Fierce God like they had, with no other options.

The current environment was also unsuitable for the Martial Path of the Fierce God.

If, in this kind of situation, they didn’t strive, didn’t fight, later generations wouldn’t be able to cultivate better things. If, in the end, they were forced to cultivate the Martial Path of the Fierce God, that would be forcing Great Han’s future prodigies to commit crimes and make mistakes.

It wasn’t their fault; they just wanted to advance.

It was a problem with the overall environment.

So, if it were possible,

Elder Shui and the other pioneers wanted future generations to have Divine Abilities to learn, to do so openly and honestly, without taking the wrong path, without suffering heavenly retribution, and still obtain supreme power.

In Bai Hemen’s consciousness space.

The God of Two Poles roared: ”You can’t kill me! You can’t kill me!!!!!”

”I coexist with him!!!!!”

”You’re just treating the symptoms, not the root cause!!!!”

Its voice gradually faded.

Elder Shui returned to his senses.

His brow furrowed slightly, and he said to Lu Ding: ”Although it’s very weak, its vitality and sense of existence are extremely strong. It’s almost impossible to eliminate. For now, we can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.”

”But it’s fine. If it dares to act up again in the future, just bring him to me.”

”Let’s stabilize it for now, and slowly find a solution later.”

To put it bluntly, it was still a matter of Elder Shui’s specialty not matching the problem.

There was a lack of targeted methods.

This wasn’t where Elder Shui’s expertise lay.

Lu Ding understood. It looked like he’d have to go back and find Wang Qingge.

Bai Hemen felt a little regretful, though.

Without the God of Two Poles nagging, he almost felt a bit unaccustomed.

Lu Ding said: ”I’m sorry for troubling you, Elder Shui.”

”It’s nothing. Is there anything else you need my help with?”

Elder Shui actually felt a bit embarrassed.

It was rare for Lu Ding to ask him for a favor. Although he had done it, he hadn’t done it well.

That made him lose a bit of face.

Lu Ding shook his head: ”No, that’s all for him. Let’s leave it at that for now, Elder Shui. You get some rest. I’ll take him back first.”

Elder Shui really wanted to keep Lu Ding, to have a meal together or something.

But then he thought about all the things going on in the new city.

He was just about to tell Lu Ding to be safe and get back to work, when...

Secretary Qiu beside him, seeing through Elder Shui’s thoughts, spoke up.

”Lu Ding, wait a moment. Regarding your issues over there, or the matter of the Baoji Kingdom, I might need to talk to you about it.”

Saying this, he checked the time.

”It’s almost lunchtime anyway. How about we have a meal together and talk while we eat?”

Lu Ding glanced at Elder Shui, who seemed to want to say something but held back.

He naturally nodded: ”Sounds good.”

Hearing his affirmative answer, the smile on Elder Shui’s face was pressed into his wrinkles.

He followed up: ”Let’s go to the Bamboo Courtyard then.”

”Xiao Deng is there too. I’ll tell him to boil some water, and we’ll stew a chicken later.”

”I heard him say you two love chicken the most.”

The ”Xiao Deng” Elder Shui referred to was none other than Elder Deng, who had come up with Bai Hemen last time.

The moment he heard they would see Elder Deng again and have chicken,

Bai Hemen, who had been a bit silent, instantly broke into a wide smile.

Lu Ding stepped forward and pushed Elder Shui’s wheelchair: ”Then thank you very much for your hospitality, Elder Shui.”

Elder Shui waved his hand: ”What’s all this fuss about? It’s much better for everyone to be together, lively and warm.”