Jiang Zuo didn’t quite understand why Chi Xue Child was @ing everyone, but it wasn’t important.

’As for Mo Yan saying she’ll be out of seclusion in three days, it seems she truly surpassed her limits. Otherwise, with her strength, it’d be impossible for her to emerge so quickly.’

Chen Yi: "@Po Xiao, Boss Po Xiao, I heard there’s an event over at the warehouse. It just started, and someone already crashed the party.

Er, I mean, someone completed the event objective in a completely unorthodox way.

Was it you, Boss?"

Chi Xue Child asked curiously, "What kind of event?"

Xiao Xiaomo: "It’s like an unlocking event. The faster you solve it, the better the reward. There are three tiers: three days, two days, and one day."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "So how long did the person who solved it take?

Half a day?"

Chi Xue Child: "An hour?"

Liu Yiyi: "I think it was ten minutes. Otherwise, why would they call it crashing the party?"

Liuyue Xue: "Then I’ll bet on one minute."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "Isn’t that a bit of a stretch? I just asked around, and I heard that even one day is considered heaven-defying."

Liu Yiyi: "..., so what was the result?"

Just then, Chen Yi sent a mischievous smile emoji, and messages began to pop up.

Chen Yi: "An hour?"

Liu Yu: "Ten minutes?"

Yang Mu: "One minute?"

Xiao Xiaomo: "No, none of those. It was instantaneous. INSTANTANEOUS. Tremble, you ants."

Everyone: "..."

Jiang Zuo looked at their messages, not knowing what to say.

In the end, he replied, "The box had too many loopholes. It’s not as exaggerated as you all think."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "So, it really was you, Fellow Daoist."

Jiang Zuo didn’t hide it. "Yes."

Blade Master Hai Bian: "..."

He had looked into it. A Tier Three Daoist friend of his had tried it yesterday, and forget solving it, he couldn’t even last for a short while. It was extremely difficult.

So far, aside from the first person, no one had managed to avoid being forcibly eliminated.

Blade Master Hai Bian kept telling himself, ’I’m used to it. I’m used to it. I have to get used to it.’

’This guy isn’t a Tier Two Cultivator at all.’

But the thought just made his heart ache even more. ’He reached Tier Two in just one month.’

Just then, Liu Yiyi @’d Po Xiao. "@Po Xiao, Fellow Daoist Po Xiao, you’re a Half Mage too, right? Are you free anytime soon?"

Po Xiao: "No."

Liu Yiyi: "..."

’That rejection was so blunt, wasn’t it?’

Then, Liu Yiyi sent another message: "It’s like this, my Mage master seems to be in some trouble. If you happen to be passing by, or if you have the time, I hope you’d be willing to take the commission and take a look.

My Mage master is very wealthy. You can name your price directly—even a Ninth-Grade Spirit Stone."

Jiang Zuo frowned. ’A commission worth a Ninth-Grade Spirit Stone is no simple task.’

’No matter how rich someone is, they’d never hire a Sixth Grade expert for a problem a Fifth Grade expert could solve.’

’It’s just like the commission he accepted from Tang Shui. That was also for a Ninth-Grade Spirit Stone, but he couldn’t solve it with his current strength either. He still needs time to improve his Cultivation.’

’The higher his Cultivation, the more methods he’ll have at his disposal, and the higher the chance of saving the Six-tailed.’

’By the same token, this meant the Mage’s commission would be incredibly difficult. Never mind not being on his way, he wouldn’t necessarily even check it out if he was.’

Seeing no reply from Po Xiao, Liu Yiyi sent another message: "My master is known as the Shui Luo Magic Master. She’s a Tier Six Mage who specializes in Water Magic.

She lives on East Water Island right now."

Seeing this message, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but frown. ’East Water Island?’

’Isn’t that the island I’m supposed to go to tomorrow?’

Last night, Su Qi had asked Jingyue ahead of time and gotten a lot more information.

And East Water Island was the island he and Su Qi planned to go to for vacation, as well as the commission location Jingyue had them "check out."

’So, the Shui Luo Magic Master is very likely the person who knows the Holy Land?’

’The person I have to face for this commission?’

’A Tier Six Mage... No wonder the reward is a Ninth-Grade Spirit Stone. It seems the problem is really serious.’

Finally, Jiang Zuo typed on his keyboard and replied to Liu Yiyi.

Po Xiao: "Contact info?"

Seeing Jiang Zuo’s reply, she was stunned for a moment. ’Sure enough, it’s better to get straight to the point.’

After that, she immediately sent her Mage master’s contact information.

’Even though Po Xiao is only a Half Mage, his insight is extraordinary. Maybe he’ll have a solution.’

So far, there was almost nothing that could leave Po Xiao stumped.

If there was, and Mo Yan and the others found out, they would definitely be delighted.

As a Demon Cultivator, Mo Yan wouldn’t care what the matter was. The fact that Boss Po Xiao had been embarrassed would be reason enough to celebrate.

After that, Jiang Zuo stopped paying attention to the group chat. ’Time to work on some commissions.’

’When I get back, I want to see if I can buy the house we’re living in.’

’I have enough money, I just don’t know how I’ll explain it to Su Qi.’

*******

By now, Su Qi had already left the house.

She was heading to Jingyue House.

Jingyue had left some things for them, saying they would be helpful for their trip to East Water Island, and told them to go pick them up.

So, as soon as Jiang Zuo left for work today, Su Qi lounged around for a bit before setting out.

If they both weren’t going to be out for the next two days, Jiang Zuo definitely wouldn’t have made it to work on time today.

Su Qi still knew how to exercise restraint.

But as she was walking through the villa complex, a black shadow, so small it was almost invisible, silently appeared on the road.

The black shadow then locked onto Su Qi and began to drift along a short distance behind her, undetectable to anyone.

And on a plane that could not be perceived, a young man stood atop the black shadow. He slowly followed behind Su Qi, his brow tightly furrowed.

"The aura of misfortune... To have such a strong aura of misfortune and still be safe and sound... this woman is strange," the young man muttered to himself.

He didn’t lower his voice, yet Su Qi, walking ahead, couldn’t hear a thing. She remained completely unaware, as if they existed in different worlds.

The young man looked at the black shadow beneath his feet and frowned. "If that person hadn’t suddenly barged in, I wouldn’t have been left with this little flaw.

"However, it’s not impossible to fix it. This misfortune might be a way."

Extracting misfortune wasn’t supposed to be difficult, but in his current state, he couldn’t rashly reveal himself under this sky, or he would likely be destroyed.

This made things difficult.

The Dream Realm was what he used to hide himself. If he were to expand it and lure this woman inside, he might gain the misfortune, but the cost could outweigh the benefits.

Finally, the young man sighed. "Looks like I’ll have to risk it. I hope after all these years, the ’Celestial Punishment’ isn’t as terrifying as they say.

"Otherwise, it will definitely take a long time to recover."

At that moment, the young man rapidly closed in on Su Qi. When he was right behind her, a hand began to reach out.

In the vision of others, one would see a grotesque, pitch-black claw stretching toward Su Qi.

It was slowly approaching her, yet it also felt incredibly fast, as if it would touch her in the next blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo, sitting in his office, suddenly froze. A sense of panic he had never felt before washed over his heart.

Yes, it was pure, unadulterated panic.

Normally, it was impossible for him to experience such an emotion—absolutely impossible, not even in the face of certain death.

Unless... it had something to do with Su Qi.