My blind date failed, so I had to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Chapter 139 Underground Space
In a hotel suite.

hang up the phone.

Zhou Ping was just about to take a shower when he heard a knock on the door.

No need for spiritual consciousness.

He knew it was Jiang Xia.

open the door.

The heroic and beautiful Jiang was standing at the door. She seemed to have just taken a shower. There were water droplets on her crystal-clear hair, her skin exuded the fragrance of shower gel, her face was rosy, and she was only wearing a pink vest. The snow-white waves on her chest made her waist look very slender and flat.

She was only as tall as Zhou Ping's chin, and her eyes were raised as she spoke, "Zhou Ping, let's go to the resort again."

Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment, "Now?"

"Yes, now!"

"Row."

The two of them had nothing to pack, so they went downstairs directly and drove all the way to the foot of Fushan Mountain. Then they activated their magic weapon armor and arrived at the holiday manor again.

The door here is locked.

The special section guards withdrew.

It was pitch black without a trace of light. The mountain wind whistled in my ears, like the mournful howling of a wandering ghost, which was terrifying.

Whoosh.

The two of them climbed over the outer wall and arrived at the courtyard.

On the way, Jiang Xia expressed her thoughts. She thought that since she couldn't put any effort into interrogating the rich businessman, Chang Ming and Professor Sun, she would find another way.

Zhou Ping turned on the searchlight and asked, "Miss Jiang, you can speak now, right?"

Go to the basement of the main house.

It was empty, but the sound still echoed.

The lotus mark between Jiang Xia's eyebrows glowed strangely bright in the darkness. She said slowly, "This afternoon, I kept thinking, whether those three girls overdosed, lost their minds, or something else, one thing is certain, they were murdered."

Zhou Ping nodded, "Yes, the wealthy businessman and those who came to the manor to play can't be the murderer."

Jiang Xia's sparkling eyes narrowed. "So, put yourself in my shoes. If I were the murderer, why would I kill these three female Taoist students in the resort?"

Zhou Ping was about to say that he'd accidentally killed someone because he'd gone too far, but he swallowed the words back. A flash of lightning struck his mind, and his thoughts suddenly opened up. "Jiang Xia, you're saying that the murderer deliberately committed the crime at the resort, and had another purpose!"

"Correct."

"If I were a visitor coming to the manor for entertainment, I would definitely be excited after learning the identities of these three female students, but I would also be nervous. Under the stimulation of the potion, an ordinary person would lose control, but I don't have the strength to kill them. If the visitor were a cultivator, he wouldn't be driven mad by the potion, and naturally he wouldn't be able to kill the female students of the Taoist academy."

Jiang Xia's eyes gleamed with wisdom, and she became increasingly excited as she spoke, "From this, it can be inferred that the three female students could not have been killed because they were immersed in love. After ruling out this possibility, the only possibility left is that the murderer intended to kill these three girls."

"And they must be killed while they are in an excited state."

Zhou Ping's eyes lit up and he laughed, "Jiang Xia, I understand what you mean. Putting aside all other factors, judging from the murderer's motive, there is only one question left, and that is why the murderer had to kill three female students at the resort."

Jiang Xia nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, waving her fists and saying, "Although this is just my guess, if it's true, it means that Fushan Resort is very special. There are evil cultivators in the Taoist temple, in the country, and in evil organizations that specifically prey on cultivators. So I suspect the perpetrators may be evil cultivators who discovered the specialness of the resort and committed the crime here."

boom.

Zhou Ping’s spiritual sense directly covered and swept across the entire manor.

His spiritual energy was extremely strong, and when it was fully released, it instantly penetrated dozens of meters underground in the manor.

But nothing was found.

He continued to penetrate.

However, the deeper you go, the slower the spiritual consciousness penetrates.

When it reached a depth of 100 meters.

It becomes difficult.

Jiang Xia was wandering around in the underground space. She glanced at Zhou Ping who was standing there with his eyes closed, but did not disturb him.

After a while.

Zhou Ping suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of joy flashing in his pupils.

"How about it?"

Jiang Xia asked hurriedly.

Zhou Ping grinned. "Your speculation is correct. This holiday estate is indeed extraordinary. There's a cave two hundred meters underground. Inside, I sense a rich spiritual energy from heaven and earth. Besides that, there's also an evil aura that blocks detection. Let's go to the entrance."

The two left the manor, circled Fushan several times, and found the underground entrance to the cave.

This is actually a natural ceiling crack.

Without professional equipment, diving in is dangerous.

But Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia are not ordinary people.

laugh.

Mana shock.

Sweep away all the rocks that stand in the way.

The two of them descended quickly, and after reaching the bottom, they walked along a cave passage, passed through three cave halls, and finally arrived at the cave space below the holiday estate.

But I haven't stepped into the cave yet.

Waves of strong evil aura swept towards Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia.

"careful!"

Zhou Ping let out a low roar, and suddenly a large number of bats emitting black air appeared in front of him. These bats had blood-red eyes and an extremely evil aura as they swooped down on him.

Jiang Xia reacted very quickly and immediately used magic.

Green leaves quickly grew on her palms, and then they fell off the vines and floated around her.

go with.

As her red lips opened slightly.

The green leaves suddenly burned with green flames, heading towards the large mass of black air in front of them.

Puff puff puff!

The flaming green leaves were like blades, killing the bats condensed by the black energy one by one.

Can be destroyed.

In the blink of an eye, a large amount of black gas emerged from the cave space, and then condensed into black bats, killing the two again.

Zhou Ping was still unable to activate the fairy fire seed to leave his body. He gritted his teeth and the magic weapon, the Purple Sky Sword, shot out from between his eyebrows, and rushed forward with flames.

The magic weapon was blessed with fairy fire and was extremely powerful. It strangled a large number of bats in front of it in an instant, and at the same time extinguished the black air that had just rushed out.

The two quickly entered the cave space.

But it was bounced back by a ball of energy.

"Formation restriction!"

Zhou Ping was astonished. "What a sophisticated formation restriction! Even my spiritual consciousness can't sense it."

Jiang Xia looked at the black air that was spreading from the depths of the cave and asked hurriedly, "Can you break this formation?"

"Let me try."

He covered it with his spiritual sense and began to analyze it.

Jiang Xia continued to kill the black bats on the side.

More than ten minutes later.

There were more and more black bats, and there were also several very powerful bats gathered together, whose strength was no less than that of the late stage of Qi training.

Jiang Xia felt the strain, "Are you done yet?"

Zhou Ping suddenly opened his eyes and shook his head helplessly, "No, the level of this formation restriction is not low."

As he spoke, he controlled the magic weapon to kill those powerful bats.

"Let's go back first!"

Because of the formation restriction, the two of them had no way of entering the cave space.

Whizzing.

Return to the ground.

Jiang Xia's beautiful eyebrows knitted together. "What should we do now? There must be something fishy going on in that cave. Maybe it's the reason why the three girls, and those ordinary girls, were killed."

Zhou Ping pondered and said, "This is quite complicated. I consider myself to be quite skilled in formations throughout the country, but the formation in that cavernous space is definitely at the Golden Core level. Not to mention us, even if someone from the General Administration came, it would be useless."

He was on the Antarctic spaceship, using the national fortune points to deduce and upgrade the talisman to the second-level limit, but the formation was still at the first level.

"Golden Core-level formation?"

Jiang Xia said in surprise.

Zhou Ping said, "That place is likely the entrance to a small ruin, just like the ruins of Qingcheng."

While the two were talking.

Black gas suddenly came out of the cracks in the ceiling.

"Oh no, these evil auras are spreading out."

"I'll set up the formation first, and you quickly report what happened here."

It would be easy for the two of them to kill the black bats, but if the black bats came out, the villagers in the surrounding areas would be in trouble.

Jiang Xia also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she quickly reported it.

More than two hours later.

Rumble.

Fighter planes roared.

People from the Special Section General Administration arrived.

soon.

Director Wang and Director Peng came to the entrance of the crack. Looking at the black air filling the formation, they also sensed the uncomfortable evil.

"what happened?"

The king asked solemnly.

Zhou Ping quickly recounted the incident briefly.

Director Peng said solemnly, "There's actually such a space under the resort. Director Wang, we must immediately seal Fushan to prevent anyone from accidentally breaking in."

Director Wang nodded.

Soon.

Zhao Chuan rushed over with members of the special department and armed personnel, and blocked the intersection of Fushan and the nearby foot of the mountain.

The next day.

People from the three major groups also came.

Lei Jiming, and more than ten members including Wang Zhaoxian.

Saw Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia.

Wang Zhaoxian said coldly, "You two almost caused a disaster. The Fushan case was originally a simple one, but you insisted on suppressing it and trying to implicate me and Director Qin. Humph, now that the black energy has emerged, who knows if it will continue to spread. By then, this area will be uninhabitable."

Listen to Wang Zhaoxian turning the tables.

Jiang Xia couldn't help but ask, "What does this have to do with us? It was you who protected Chang Ming and that wealthy businessman and killed people. Humph, you must know about the underground cave space..."

Wang Zhaoxian sneered, "Why, you guys in the Special Section can slander people without any evidence?"

Zhou Ping said calmly, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Deputy Director Wang, whether you have anything to do with the Fushan case or not, only you know it in your heart."

Lei Jiming laughed heartily. "Captain Zhou is really good at shirking responsibility. You guys came to the resort in the middle of the night and caused such a scene, and now the General Administration has to clean up your mess, mobilizing manpower and closing the mountain. What a waste of resources."

"If everyone does what you do, how can society function?"

Wang Zhaoxian immediately said, "That's right. The Special Section is responsible for handling special security incidents, so we must be cautious. You two are taking advantage of this situation, relying on your limited authority and wasting resources..."

Director Wang frowned and interrupted, "It's not your turn to lecture me, the Special Division. No one expected this situation to happen underground at the resort. Even if Zhou Ping and Jiang Xia didn't discover it this time, it will definitely happen in the future."

Wang Zhaoxian shrugged and said with a smile, "I understand Director Wang is protecting your people. I just hope that your Special Section won't blindly accuse others... Also, since ancient ruins have appeared in the resort estate, my three major groups should be held responsible."

"Your Special Department won't have to worry about this."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia hurriedly said, "The Fushan case hasn't been fully investigated yet, how can it be handed over to you three major groups?"

Lei Jiming ignored Jiang Xia. He looked at Director Wang and said, "Director Wang, you guys in the Special Section aren't trying to cross the line, are you? You've already interfered with Qingcheng and Afang Palace, and you've even let some of your people take advantage of the ruins. Why, are you doing it again now?"

Director Wang frowned.

The events of Qingcheng and the Afang Palace in Mount Li did make the higher-ups somewhat dissatisfied.

However, because these matters all involved practitioners and fell within the scope of the special department, no one took them seriously. If they continued to interfere now, it would inevitably give people a reason to criticize them, and this involved a lot of fighting.

He hesitated.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll leave this place to your three major groups."

Lei Jiming smiled and said, "Director Wang is indeed a man of great sense."

After a while.

The two sides went through the handover.

It's approaching noon.

Zhou Ping and others returned to Ancheng.

Jiang Xia was very angry, but this was Director Wang's decision after all, so she couldn't say much.

"What's going on underground at the resort isn't simple. It seems the Fushan slave girl case is indeed closely linked to Wang Zhaoxian and Qin Bing. They must have known about the underground situation for a long time."

Director Wang said in a deep voice.

Zhou Ping was puzzled. "Director Wang, if you have such a suspicion, why do you still let the three major groups be responsible?"

Director Peng explained, "Director Wang has his own difficulties. The Special Section's responsibilities are broad, and they have the right to inquire about anything related to cultivators. The ruins of Qingcheng and Lishan have indeed crossed the line, so some people behind the three major groups are very dissatisfied. The higher-ups have also brought this up. If the Special Section interferes too much, Director Wang will be held accountable."

Director Wang sighed. "I don't really care about taking responsibility. The main issue is the Special Section. If the higher-ups investigate, they'll probably cut their resources or even reorganize them..."

Zhou Ping immediately understood that there was some game involved.

Anything related to the above, even if it is a small matter, will be very complicated.

"What about the Fushan case?"

"Don't worry about this case for now, go investigate the other two cases."

Director Wang said.

Zhou Ping was somewhat helpless, "Okay."

After lunch.

He told Jiang Xia the result.

"what?"

"Is it just going to end like this?"

Jiang Xia said angrily, "I'm going to find Director Wang."

She ignored Zhou Ping's dissuasion and ran to Director Wang. When she came back, she lowered her head dejectedly.

Zhou Ping called her, but she ignored him.

At night.

Zhou Ping went to her suite and saw her sitting on the bed with her legs crossed, in a daze. He walked over and asked softly, "Why, are you still angry about the Fushan case?"

(End of this chapter)