Destiny is ashes

Chapter 658: Spiritual Contract Servant
For Xuanye City, the demise of the Yekan Gang was a piece of news that was neither small nor insignificant. Except for a few forces that had cooperated with them and said bad luck, the attitude of the upper echelons was basically indifferent.

As for the middle and lower classes, the collapse of a force with multiple foundations and very good infrastructure, military equipment, has indeed alerted many people.

The news on the surface was that the Yekan Gang was destroyed by a surprise attack and beheading by wilderness mercenaries hired by the Rusty Feather Platform, but in fact, everyone knew who the Yekan Gang offended to cause their demise.

An Jing and others were still in seclusion in that small house, but this time, no one really messed with him - he would rush out and kill the whole family after a little provocation. This was not something you could afford to play with. You couldn't play with such a person at all.

At this time, Tie Shou and Xiu Yu came to visit An Jing.

Needless to say, Tie Shou is an old acquaintance, while Xiu Yu is a beautiful red-haired beauty with a scar on her face. In this world where one can replace not only the face but even the body, she is a very fundamentalist "primitive person". Only some places that must be modified to make a spiritual network interface have been modified.

"The more you are connected to the spiritual network, the easier it is for someone to hack into and use you. My job involves too many people, so it's best for me to keep my original body so that people can trust me."

This was Xiu Yu's explanation to An Jing, and this time the two of them came to pay An Jing the "mercenary's reward" and discuss further cooperation.

Tie Shou and Xiu Yu never mentioned their identities as secret agents of the Guiyi Army. Although An Jing and Tie Shou knew that the other knew that they knew it, this was a matter of principle. Some words were better not spoken out loud, as speaking them out would make them its slaves. They did not want the relationship between An Jing and Huo Qing to be involved in the complicated power struggle of the Guiyi Army, but were willing to pay a heavy price in benefits as a reward.

In response, An Jing also returned the favor. He did not accept the contract to become a major shareholder of the Xiuyu platform, but instead made a suggestion: "In fact, the efforts you made before to ensure my share are enough to compensate me for hiring me. It is not appropriate to force me to become a shareholder of the Xiuyu platform. In this way, those who want to target me will investigate you instead, and it will be bad if they find something then."

"This situation is just right now. Everyone knows that this is the platform of my friend Elder Huo Qing. We have a connection but it's not deep, so probing is useless. Threatening also feels a little far away, which is exactly the safe distance."

"Instead, I want some help with intelligence."

An Jing gave a request, which was to quietly collect the names and ages of all the Purple Mansion and above cultivators in Xuanye City and even in the four major groups.

This is not difficult, it can only be said to be tedious. Every large company has a similar list. The first thing many children of noble families and core employees of large companies do when they want to go out alone is to memorize this list, as well as the list of family friends of Zhenren Zhenjun, and embed it firmly in their souls, so as not to step on landmines accidentally when going out.

Of course, there are some hidden real people and real masters. Every large group has these, but their existence is not originally taken into consideration in many things.

"No problem. We'll give it to you after we've sorted it out."

Rusty Feather Iron Hand was well aware of An Jing's request. This was obviously what the mysterious force behind An Jing wanted - knowing yourself and your enemy is always the first step, whether it is a struggle or communication.

Why do those big companies and groups continue to test An Jing even though they know that there is a real master behind him and that he has immortal spiritual roots? It is because they believe that a mysterious and unknown force is a greater threat than a clear enemy.

What's more, they have no intention of being enemies with An Jing, it's just that An Jing wants to be their enemy.

"I want the wilderness too."

An Jing's additional request made them feel a little embarrassed, but after Tie Shou gave them a look, Xiu Yu nodded and agreed.

Apart from this, An Jing had no other requirements.

As long as he has the ability, he doesn't need to run the business himself to make money. Huo Qing and Tie Shou will do everything. An Jing is not a person with a strong desire for control. As long as there are good deeds, he doesn't care how to operate it. However, the information of the real people and the real lords is necessary.

The situation behind the white cat is actually very simple. First, the major groups are spying on the [Privileges of the People of the Pure Land] of the ancient ruins of the immortals. Secondly, they are spying on the [Talents of the People of the Pure Land]. The situation of the white cat is obviously the latter. It is said to be a pet, but it is more of an experiment on the 'target of possession'.

After all, the Tianyuan Realm is a world of immortal cultivation. Although some people are unable to advance and indulge in the lust of playing with their own kind and playing with beautiful women, more people may take both into account - playing without delaying the use of pets as experimental materials to study related topics. By figuring out which real people are on the verge of death, we can roughly guess who is behind the conspiracy.

"Speaking of which, do you know what this is?"

The 'Soul Chips' that An Jing and others had found from Ronu were also handed over to Xiu Yu for identification. The knowledgeable platform middleman became solemn and frowned the moment he saw these Soul Chips.

"A steward from some big company, right?"

She knew the situation, but did not point it out. Instead, she took the soul chips, observed them carefully, and then confirmed: "This is the 'Soul Contract Servant'."

As he spoke, Rusty Feather's tone was full of pity: "A group of poor people who sold their souls and selves to the company were made into chips like this - these soul chips are specially made, and they contain complete soul personalities. As long as they have a suitable body, they can serve their masters as slaves and attendants."

"Sounds a bit like a portable elf."

Listen carefully. An Jing said something that no one could understand, but the meaning was indeed there. Tie Shou explained, "But it's not that simple. The most important thing about a soul-contracted servant is that all of their soul memories can be 'read' by their master. As long as their chip is linked to your own chip, the master can temporarily use some of the servant's spells or even magical powers."

"Because soul contracts need to be signed by the person completely voluntarily, they are quite rare. The ones you have...are in large quantities, which is enough to prove that the people carrying these chips are quite important."

Tie Shou examined them and shook his head, saying, "Most of these chips are damaged. There may be a few good ones, but all the soul-contracted servants are basically hopeless. Their fate is that their souls will gradually dissipate and completely become a bunch of memory data."

"I'll take it back and have a look." He said, "Maybe there will be a few survivors. I can use them to ask about the situation and learn some secrets of big companies."

Tie Shou did not regard these soul-contracted servants as "complete people".

An Jing was silent for a while, then sighed: "Even the soul and supernatural powers are the property of others... It really keeps surprising me."

The immortal gods and ancestors of the Tianyuan Realm did defeat the army of the Heavenly Demon back then, but they did not return. The world, deeply influenced by the Heavenly Demon, gradually deviated from its original path and fell into its current state.

The war was won by the Tianyuan Realm, but did the Tianmo Realm lose?
It is difficult for An Jing to give an answer.

While An Jing was communicating with Xiu Yu and others, Huo Qing was playing with a cat nearby.

He held a lot of biscuits, canned food and soup and asked the white cat what he liked to eat, and then asked some key questions.

(End of this chapter)