Chapter 156: The Rain is Coming (I)
The small living room of Lu Ren's house is now crowded with powerful monsters who can control life and death in the human world.
After seeing that Lu Ren was safe and sound, Qilinzi and A Bing hugged Lu Ren and cried for the whole afternoon. Now they are taking a nap together in the room.
After Tushan Qiluo sent Lu Ren back, she took a long vacation and returned to Qingqiu. The Shanhai Realm was in a turbulent time right now, and as a child of the Qingqiu Fox Clan, Tushan Qiluo naturally could not stay out of it.
Lu Renze was telling his colleagues who had come specially to see him about his experiences in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Lu Qingzhou, Donghuang Taiyi and Yinglong were sitting in the upper seats. Their faces turned darker with every word Lu Ren said. By the end, their faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.
In order to prevent them from starting a fight, they directly overturned Lu Ren's small living room. Shan Gui then went to the kitchen to make a cup of tea for them to cool down.
Dong Huang Taiyi repeated what Lu Ren had just said with a bad face: "So, Dong Jun conspired with Li Boyang to steal the Ghost King Seal from you for the Nine Transformations Qiankun Pill?"
Lu Ren nodded.
Donghuang Taiyi, who was already in a bad mood, jumped up and scolded loudly: "The Qing Emperor is really old and confused. He is desperate and has tried all kinds of methods to get the skin of a tiger. I will destroy his Mirror Flower Water Moon Palace tomorrow and @￥#% him..."
Here, Taiyi was insulting Dongjun angrily, and over there, Shan Gui had already made tea for several people and was walking out of the kitchen with the teacups in his hands.
Dong Huang Taiyi, who was originally sitting with his arms and legs spread out and cursing, immediately sat up straight when he saw the mountain ghost. Like a primary school student with a proper attitude, his tone of voice also became respectful and polite: "Then I have to talk to him properly. It's not right to do this."
His powerful ability to change his face made everyone present feel a drop of sweat running down their foreheads.
Because Shan Gui was busy making tea in the kitchen , he naturally didn't know how arrogant Donghuang Taiyi was just now. He just followed Taiyi's words and said, "I'll go with you tomorrow. Qingdi and I are old acquaintances."
Donghuang Taiyi was shocked when he heard this. Doesn't this mean he is traveling alone? !
Regarding the specific punishment of the Blue Emperor, it is necessary to apply for it through Tushan Qiluo, and then go through the layers of approval of the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau. It is imperative to ensure that the sentencing is appropriate and the conviction is objective. So it is impossible to come down for the time being. Donghuang Taiyi said that he would go tomorrow, but in fact he was just looking for trouble.
But now with the mountain ghost accompanying him, I'm afraid this trip to find fault has become a journey for something else.
Originally Yinglong and Lu Qingzhou both wanted to persuade Donghuang Taiyi not to act on impulse. Now Dongjun is very important to the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau, and they should not easily cause trouble for him before the formal verdict comes down.
But now looking at Donghuang Taiyi's silly smile, they both took a sip of tea tacitly, realizing that Dongjun's Mirror Flower Water Moon Palace was saved.
Speaking of the reason why these big guys appeared in Lu Ren’s living room, it was also Donghuang Taiyi.
After Tushan Qiluo woke up, she listened to Lu Ren and Dongjun's explanation of the whole story. She knew that this must be a big deal. So she didn't dare to delay for a moment, and took Lu Ren, who had been cured, back to the human world, and quickly sent a message in their small leader group chat to tell Yinglong, Lu Qingzhou and Si Yuan about the situation.
Yinglong and Lu Qingzhou responded to Tushan Qiluo almost immediately.
Yinglong: [What?! How come you are bullied by your own people for a few days? But Dongjun has been a bit of a traitor this time, does he need the brothers to teach him a lesson? ]
Lu Qingzhou: [@Yinglong, don't cause trouble on your own. @Tushan Qiluo, is Lu Renren okay? ]
Tushan Qiluo: [It's okay. ]
Lu Qingzhou: [As long as he is alright.]
Yinglong: [@Siyuan, do you need me to go now and see if I can stop Li Boyang? If not, I will go to Buzhou Mountain and take him back.]
In the past, Si Yuan should have appeared and said that Yinglong had strong limbs but a simple mind. But on this day, Si Yuan did not appear in the group.
Yinglong and Lu Qingzhou waited for a long time but saw no reply from Si Yuan, so they thought of going upstairs to find him directly.
Si Yuan was not there, but they met Donghuang Taiyi who looked uneasy.
Donghuang Taiyi’s face has always been bad, but rarely is it as murderous as it is today.
"Are you looking for Si Yuan?" Donghuang Taiyi, who was already in a bad mood, frowned even deeper after hearing Yinglong and Lu Qingzhou's requests.
Yinglong and Lu Qingzhou also told the truth: "Yes, Lu Ren went to the Mountain and Sea Realm and was robbed by Dongjun."
Dong Huang Tai Yi didn't even finish listening to the two people's narration. His mind was full of thoughts: "How dare someone steal my brother-in-law?!"
He immediately interrupted the two of them and made a decision on the spot: "Let's go and visit the frightened employees after get off work."
As for how much of this decision was for his frightened employees and how much was for his own selfish reasons, probably only Taiyi himself knows.
Thinking of this, Ying Long couldn't help but say, "But I seem to have heard the director mention the Ghost King Seal before, but I didn't listen carefully. Is it a big problem if the Ghost King Seal is gone? I don't know what the director had planned before. Really, where was he at such a critical moment?"
The other people in the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau knew that Lu Ren had kept the Ghost King Seal, but they did not think much about it because in their opinion, the Ghost King Seal was just a trophy that Lu Ren had snatched from the underworld.
The first law of the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau: whoever grabs it first owns it.
Although several of them in high positions only vaguely heard the director mention something later: controlling the Ghost King Seal is also of great strategic significance to the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau.
But more often than not, these warriors just wouldn't listen. They were only good at fighting, and using their brains was not their specialty.
Therefore, perhaps among all the people present, the only one who truly understood what losing the Ghost King Seal meant to the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau was Donghuang Taiyi.
Unfortunately, Donghuang Taiyi is now in love.
Yinglong's question "Where did the director go?" finally succeeded in pulling Donghuang Taiyi back from his beautiful dream to the harsh reality.
Donghuang Taiyi finally told the reason why he looked so bad before coming to Lu Ren's house today: "Si Yuan was called away by Buzhou Mountain Realm Master."
Except for Lu Ren who didn't understand what this meant, everyone else slammed their heads as soon as they heard the news: "What?!"
It cannot be said that the Foreign Household Registration Bureau and the Buzhou Mountain Boundary Bureau have no intersection at all. It is more like a state of non-interference.
The leaders of the two bureaus pursued the policy of kings not meeting each other, so if someone from the Buzhou Mountain Boundary Bureau came to invite Si Yuan, he would definitely not go.
But this time, the one who came to invite people was Xi He.
Donghuang Taiyi said: "Xihe said that Siyuan's father has entered the state of the five decays of heavenly beings, and asked him to go back to see his father to comfort him."
Lu Ren once met Xi He at a class reunion. He is Si Yuan's younger brother and not a bad person.
But the timing of his invitation to Si Yuan was a little too coincidental.
The Ghost King Seal had just been tricked away by Li Boyang, and right after that Si Yuan was invited to the territory of Buzhou Mountain Jiesi. Who could believe that this was not a long-planned plan?
Suddenly, the atmosphere, which had been cheerful, became heavy.
After a while, Lu Qingzhou asked Donghuang Taiyi in a calm tone: "How bad is the situation?"
Donghuang Taiyi leaned his head back as if he had lost his temper, resting his head on the sofa. He spoke frankly, " It's terrible . Without the Ghost King Seal, it's like someone has taken away a trump card. The Buzhou Mountain Department has wanted to take action against the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau for a long time, but they have no reason to do so. But this time, the Xumi Mountain and Jiuyou incident was really the Foreign Household Investigation Bureau crossing the line. They have been ready to make a move for a long time, but they were frightened by the Ghost King Seal."
In other words, now is the best time to take action against the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau.
Although Lu Ren didn't quite understand the situation of the four realms, he was not a fool and understood what Donghuang Taiyi meant: "Is there no better way?"
Although Lu Ren knew that no one would blame him, there was still a voice in his heart saying that whether it was the matter of Mount Xumi or the matter of Jiuyou, it could be regarded as trouble caused by him to a certain extent.
It was Ying Long who answered Lu Ren. He shook his head and said, "Unless we can find another trump card in the short term."
Finding another trump card is easier said than done. Even this half of the Ghost King Seal can be seen as the only chance to break the balance of the Four Realms Division in tens of thousands of years.
It never happens again in a million years.
Donghuang Taiyi frowned and said, "The worst case scenario is that they are unwilling to return the director. At that time, we can only kill them on Mount Buzhou to resolve this matter."
Then there was endless silence.
Lu Ren knew that he couldn't help, but seeing how frustrated everyone was, he more or less wanted to do something within his ability and contribute his part.
"Let's get back to our old job and do the logistics support work." Lu Ren thought so and broke the silence and said to everyone, "There's nothing I can do to help. I'll go make dinner. You all can eat here today. After you're full, we can think of a solution."
No one refused. Strictly speaking, no one had the energy to think about whether to refuse Lu Ren's invitation. A huge shadow hung over everyone's heart, making everyone feel a little breathless.
Seeing that no one objected, Lu Ren went into the small kitchen alone.
The more desperate the day is, the more you need to take care of yourself. Start by having a hearty dinner to cheer yourself up again. This is the life experience Lu Ren has summed up in the past few days.
When Lu Ren was sick before, the combat team all gave him a Gu Diao. Lu Ren thought that since there were many people today, they could eat it together.
As for how to eat it?
Lu Ren looked at the air fryer and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
The air fryer was given to him by Li Boyang, but he didn’t expect that things and people have changed.
But this negative emotion only stayed in Lu Ren's heart for 0.01 second before being driven away by Lu Ren.
"Be positive and optimistic," Lu Ren said to himself, "Everyone's mood is already bad. If I, who can't help, also sigh, it will only make things worse."
Thinking of this, Lu Ren took the Gu Diao out of the refrigerator to defrost it, and prepared the seasoning in an orderly manner: "Why not try the air fryer version of the roasted Gu Diao."
After Lu Ren finally put the marinated Gu Diao into the air fryer, the air fryer started working successfully. Lu Ren also took this opportunity to prepare other dishes.
This air fryer has a special feature: an indicator light will light up when cooking is completed, but the indicator light is quite exaggerated and colorful, illuminating the entire kitchen as if a hundred incandescent bulbs were lit at the same time.
This time is no exception.
The difference is that this time when the indicator light came on, it attracted Donghuang Taiyi in the living room.
Donghuang Taiyi almost ran over. He hadn't shown such a surprised expression in tens of thousands of years. He even looked a little dazed, staring at the air fryer in Lu Ren's kitchen, and said in disbelief: "Why is this thing here?"
Lu Ren was stunned, not understanding what he was talking about, but he still answered truthfully: "This is a gift from me when I bought cabbage."
Donghuang Taiyi couldn't believe the answer he heard: "Did you buy the cabbage as a gift?"
He covered his eyes, feeling a sense of absurdity, and then burst into laughter. The laughter was so wild that Lu Qingzhou and Yinglong behind him were a little confused.
When Donghuang Taiyi finally stopped laughing, he wiped the tears from his eyes and said slowly: "We have been looking for the trump card for thousands of years and have never found it, but you actually have two of them at once."
