GRMFBS CH269

The oppressive atmosphere felt like water could drip from it, so heavy it made one want to bend over.

Zhan Yunkai looked at the unyielding Tianshi and Black Wolf, who was ready to fight at any moment, feeling terrible.

He didn’t want to fight. Neither of these two were opponents he could easily defeat, and the most important thing right now was to find his youngest son.

But the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau clearly knew something and seemingly didn’t want others to interfere. If he wanted to get involved, it was highly likely he would have to deal with Tianshi and Black Wolf first…

Ji Yueming didn’t want to fight either. Chongming Demon King was not an easy opponent to deal with; although they had Black Wolf on their side, truthfully speaking, Black Wolf couldn’t defeat Chongming Demon King. If a fight broke out, she would inevitably be distracted and wouldn’t be able to enter the Candle Dragon remnant with peace of mind to find Yan Yan.

Black Wolf was tense all over. He hadn’t fought Chongming Demon King before, but in terms of both age and experience, Chongming Demon King exceeded his by several times.

Fortunately, today was a full moon. His shadow divine ability was stronger under moonlight than in ordinary shadows; he might not be able to defeat Chongming Demon King, but stalling for a while wouldn’t be a problem. He just didn’t know if that time would be enough for Tianshi to find her youngest son…

Sigh, the bureau currently didn’t even know how to enter that Candle Dragon remnant; how long would he have to stall?

If it really came down to it, he would have to call for backup. But he could call people from the bureau, and Chongming Demon King could also call demons from the Wan Yao Alliance. If they started calling for backup, it would turn into a massive melee between the two major organizations…

Black Wolf’s ears twitched, and he suddenly turned his head towards the direction Chongming Demon King had arrived from.

A massive silver wolf leaped up under the moonlight, landing lightly in the fields. With its wolf head lowered, it looked down at the small farmhouse courtyard: “Why is it so lively here?”

Didn’t Chongming Demon King’s youngest son disappear here? What’s going on? Did the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau kidnap him?

Black Wolf looked up and stared wide-eyed at him: “Old man?”

Bai Po only then noticed Black Wolf.

The giant silver wolf grinned, baring a mouthful of sharp teeth: “Rude brat! Call me Great-Grandfather!”

The people from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau were all stunned by this suddenly erupting gossip.

Ah? Captain Black Wolf was the great-grandson of the Howling Moon Wolf King of the Wan Yao Alliance? Why hadn’t they ever heard of this… And Black Wolf had black fur—his fluffy black wolf ears were still perched on his head! Wasn’t the Howling Moon Wolf King’s clan all silver wolves?

Everyone continued working methodically with their hands, but all their ears were pricked up.

Black Wolf also dropped his offensive stance. Screw it! The old man Howling Moon had come too; at most, he would commit treason against his master and ancestors just this once, tangling with Bai Po and running off into the distance. Chongming Demon King would have to be left for Tianshi to handle.

“Why are you guys here?” Black Wolf pressed a hand to his lower back.

Damn it! Bai Po’s sudden appearance and the commanding aura of the Wolf King almost made his tail pop out.

“I haven’t even asked you yet.” Bai Po simply lay down, resting his large wolf head on the roof on the other side.

Zhan Yunkai moved a step aside to make some room for him.

Black Wolf snorted: “There’s an abnormal phenomenon here; isn’t it perfectly normal for us to appear here? On the contrary, why are you guys here?”

The atmosphere at the scene relaxed slightly.

Bai Po: “We also discovered an abnormal phenomenon here, which is why we rushed over.”

While Black Wolf and Bai Po were easing the atmosphere, Zhan Yunkai had been silently observing. Black Wolf hadn’t told the truth, but he hadn’t lied either. However, this was enough for Zhan Yunkai to determine that the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau had indeed come here because of the abnormal phenomenon that appeared, and this abnormal phenomenon wasn’t caused by them. In other words, Yan Yan’s disappearance was highly likely unrelated to them.

This made Zhan Yunkai relax a bit. Cooperating with them was better than having to fight a battle first.

Ji Yueming also remained silent; she couldn’t judge whether Bai Po was telling the truth or lying. But if they really had just rushed over after discovering the abnormal phenomenon, then it would be easy to resolve.

A voice as deep as rolling thunder came from beneath Tianshi’s mask: “We will resolve the abnormal phenomenon here.”

The atmosphere at the scene tightened again.

Chongming Demon King narrowed his eyes, and the Howling Moon Wolf King stood up.

Tianshi didn’t move, but her robes were already fluttering without wind.

“Your style of doing things is indeed very annoying,” Chongming Demon King said slowly.

Bai Po stared at Black Wolf: “Are you going to let me carry you away by the scruff of your neck, or are you going to walk away yourself?”

Chongming’s youngest son was lost; they definitely couldn’t give way.

Black Wolf bared his teeth: “You can’t carry me anymore.”

Tianshi’s youngest son was missing; their attitude had to be unyielding.

Tianshi: “This has nothing to do with you…”

She was halfway through her sentence when Ning Xi’s urgent voice suddenly came from the communicator: “We found it; this is a stable Candle Dragon remnant, and it is sealed off. We can locate it, but entering requires the Candle Dragon’s permission—the Candle Dragon might still be alive and is highly likely at the Wan Yao Alliance.”

“Chongming and Howling Moon probably came because of this.”

Judging by the behavior of these two Demon Kings, they probably didn’t know what had happened either; otherwise, they wouldn’t have needed to rush over—that Candle Dragon remnant wasn’t here, and as long as it could be located, anywhere would do.

But if they wanted to enter that Candle Dragon remnant, they had to obtain the Candle Dragon’s permission from the Wan Yao Alliance.

Ji Yueming swallowed the rest of her words back down.

She remained silent for a moment, then asked with the most sincere voice: “Shall we cooperate?”

Zhan Yunkai: ???

Bai Po: ???

Black Wolf: Hmm… he heard the Deputy Director’s words too.

Bai Po lay back down. It was best not to fight if they didn’t have to.

They hadn’t figured out what was going on yet, and the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau seemed to have already made progress; they might as well piggyback off the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’s progress.

The big bosses from both sides sat down to negotiate.

…

Within the Candle Dragon remnant, the big boss Deep Shadow was expressionlessly clearing anomalies while questioning why he had let the four-legged animal that was almost three times his height follow him.

Di Ting had also been restless since following him, constantly running east and darting west, not knowing what he was looking for.

It had been somewhat better at the beginning, just running around him without leaving his range of care. Later, Di Ting seemed to think they had become familiar with each other and began attempting to dictate his direction.

Whenever Di Ting wanted to go somewhere but felt it was beyond Deep Shadow’s protective range, he would try to pull him over.

Deep Shadow let him succeed once… twice… three times… Damn it! And then he could no longer stop the situation.

Wherever Di Ting wanted to go, he would push and pull, demanding that he go together.

Gu Jiancheng tried to refuse, but for some reason, the moment he saw Di Ting’s eyes, he couldn’t help but follow along.

This couldn’t go on! He couldn’t let a recorded image inside a Candle Dragon remnant dictate his direction of movement!

“No.” The big boss Deep Shadow refused firmly, “We are not going over there.”

He felt a tightness in his clothes, and then he was lifted up, beginning to move rapidly.

…Damn it! This idiot Di Ting actually dared to pick him up by his clothes and run!

The big boss Deep Shadow was incredibly angry; just as he was about to counterattack, Di Ting set him back down, spread his four hooves, and started sniffing east and searching west again.

Gu Jiancheng asked gloomily: “Can’t you just look for it yourself?”

Zhan Yan spoke righteously: “I can’t beat them!”

Gu Jiancheng’s face darkened.

Di Ting was pure trash!

Why on earth did he get soft-hearted? Why did he get soft-hearted? Was there something wrong with his brain?

Zhan Yan continued searching.

Perhaps because he was using Di Ting’s body, he vaguely felt a connection to the hidden single horn, but he just couldn’t find it.

Zhan Yan fretted. He had already checked with the Gossip System but still couldn’t find any clues.

However, he did find out why he couldn’t control Di Ting’s body at the very beginning. Along the way with Xiao Gu, he had subtly fished for information and roughly deduced when Xiao Gu had entered.

The point in time when he gained control was almost exactly when Xiao Gu entered.

Zhan Yan reopened the password translator and saw what he had sent to Xiao Gu—a chaotic mess of lines that were actually the star trails making up part of the strange beast, essentially a key.

After Xiao Gu entered, the key became complete, and only then could he move freely.

Opening the system backup, the star trails that formed the image of the strange beast were scattered across the starry sky, turning into a pile of incomprehensible line drawings.

Why wouldn’t this thing automatically restore itself after being taken apart?

Zhan Yan attempted to piece them back together. During the process, his connection to Di Ting’s single horn grew stronger and stronger. Once he finished, he felt he could also leave this Candle Dragon remnant.

…Understood, so if he hadn’t taken the “key” apart, he could have started looking for Di Ting’s single horn immediately upon entering, right?

Zhan Yan stood up and said to the displeased Gu Jiancheng, who was crossing his arms: “Let’s change to another place…”

The rapidly refreshing gossip posts in the special attention section suddenly caught Zhan Yan’s attention.

He took a look…

Help! Why did Mom and Dad suddenly run into each other?!!

The Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau and the Wan Yao Alliance sat down to negotiate.

Zhan Yunkai learned about the existence of the special Candle Dragon remnant from the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, confirming that his youngest son had highly likely entered the Candle Dragon remnant by accident.

Ji Yueming received a promise from the Wan Yao Alliance. The Candle Dragon was indeed still alive and recovering well; the Wan Yao Alliance could awaken the Candle Dragon now and obtain the entry authorization from her.

Now they were just waiting for the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau to locate this tricky Candle Dragon remnant, and then they could go in and fish him out.

However, Ning Xi brought some not-so-wonderful news:

Entering this Candle Dragon remnant required dual permission, and it was unknown what the other permission was. If they only had the Candle Dragon’s authorization, they would have to forcefully break through the barrier of the other permission. In this situation, they could only send one person in at most.

Black Wolf and Bai Po both froze. One looked at Ji Yueming, the other at Zhan Yunkai.

Black Wolf: “Our Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau arrived first, let Tianshi go in this time.”

Tianshi’s son is inside; we definitely have to let Tianshi go in.

Bai Po: “The Candle Dragon’s permission is provided by our Wan Yao Alliance; no matter how you look at it, you should let us in, right?”

Chongming is here looking for his son; how could he feel at ease letting someone else go in?

Ji Yueming and Zhan Yunkai looked at each other, both seeing the refusal to back down in each other’s eyes.

The atmosphere gradually grew oppressive.

Black Wolf: “We’re the ones providing the location for the Candle Dragon remnant. It’s just one Candle Dragon remnant; Tianshi can definitely resolve it. Are you doubting Tianshi’s combat capability?”

Really now, why is the Wan Yao Alliance being so stubborn at a time like this? Why fight over a mission to enter a Candle Dragon remnant?

Lightning began to overflow from Ji Yueming’s eyes, and she was extremely displeased with Chongming Demon King.

What’s there to fight over? Although they had cooperated in the past, it wasn’t like she couldn’t violently beat up the Demon King!

Bai Po: “Tianshi’s combat power is indeed strong, but aside from lightning magic, she can’t use any other spells, right? What if there’s a situation that requires using other spells?”

How many times had the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’s control freaks fought for missions? Their Wan Yao Alliance usually couldn’t be bothered to pay attention; couldn’t they give way just this once?

A strange brilliance also began to gather in Zhan Yunkai’s double pupils, very dissatisfied with Tianshi.

So what if she’s Tianshi? What else could she do besides lightning magic? What if Yan Yan was injured and needed treatment?

Black Wolf and Bai Po’s discussion fell through.

Now they had the location and the Candle Dragon’s permission; all that was left was finalizing the spot. Every second delayed was another second of danger for the youngest son.

As parents, both of them became irritable.

The double pupils and the lightning clashed, neither willing to yield.

The divine bird standing on the roof ridge slowly spread his wings.

Terrifying lightning energy gradually billowed Tianshi’s long robes.

It looked like they were going to fight over the entry spot first.

Ning Xi was terribly anxious over the communicator.

Black Wolf bared his teeth and glared at Bai Po: “Can’t your Wan Yao Alliance take a step back? This time is really important to us.”

Bai Po rolled his eyes at this little brat who was committing treason against his master and ancestors: “How many times has your Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau snatched from us? What does it matter if you take a step back?”

Black Wolf kept scratching his head: “This time is different! This time is really important. If you guys take a step back, I’ll take a step back anytime I encounter a mission conflicting with the Wan Yao Alliance in the future, okay?… Ah, our Deputy Director also said you can name your conditions.”

Bai Po snorted displeasedly: “This time is also very important to us. No matter what conditions you offer, it’s useless.”

He stared at Black Wolf’s restless appearance and warned: “Just let the two of them fight. If you try to intervene, I’ll beat you up.”

Black Wolf bared his teeth. He didn’t make a move.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of Bai Po, but if they also got involved, it would really easily develop into a melee with both major organizations calling for backup…

This whole mess was incredibly frustrating. Just how did Tianshi and Chongming’s youngest son get dragged into this?

Zhan Yan watched the gossip posts refresh to the point where his parents were about to fight.

Help!

No, he had to get out; he would leave finding Di Ting’s single horn to Xiao Gu.

Zhan Yan snatched out the newly assembled key, shoved it into Gu Jiancheng’s arms, and rapidly exited the Candle Dragon remnant.

On the roof ridge, the divine bird was enveloped in clouds and mist; in mid-air, Tianshi was accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Zhan Yan rushed towards the divine bird in front of him, hugged the bird’s leg, turned his head, and let out a heart-wrenching roar at Tianshi:

“Mom! Don’t fight, this is Dad!”