My supernatural profession is too unique.

"Yuanjiang Restaurant!"

After getting off the car, Li Ling was startled when he saw the magnificent restaurant.

This is one of the top restaurants in the entire Xijiang County.

He probably can't even afford a single meal with his monthly salary.

Soon a pretty waitress came over and said, "This way, please, distinguished guests."

The two entered the hotel with the waiter; the floor was covered with a red carpet.

The hotel lobby is circular and has five floors.

The walls and roof were made entirely of jade, creating an extremely luxurious and grand atmosphere.

The two followed the waiter to the east-facing private room on the second floor.

The room has a serene yet luxurious style.

Li Ling immediately felt a pang of regret.

The saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding."

He Xiu's words just now seemed to be related to Xu Dehui's case.

As a trainee police officer, he naturally couldn't say such things carelessly.

These cases are all classified information within the institute.

But since he was already there, he couldn't bring himself to back down.

Besides, the [Corpse Collector]'s favorability might drop again.

We can only accept it as it is.

Eat what you should eat, and try to gloss over what you shouldn't say.

"What do you want to eat?"

After sitting down, He Xiu handed the menu to Li Ling.

"Senior, you decide what to do. We'll just grab something to eat."

Li Ling did not take the menu, but waved his hand and said politely.

The Corpse Collector was very dissatisfied with this reaction.

[Corpse Collector] Favorability -1 (Men need to take the initiative to have a chance to treat others to meals)

Li Ling noticed that the "corpse collector" became neurotic whenever he saw a beautiful woman, so he didn't bother with him.

He Xiu ordered a few dishes, handed the menu to the waiter, and then smiled at Li Ling, saying, "To be honest, Li junior, I'm asking you for a favor this time."

She chatted briefly along the way and found that Li Ling was easy to talk to and recognized the academy's identity.

So he stopped testing the waters and directly stated his purpose.

Upon hearing this, Li Ling looked curious. "Senior, I'm just a trainee police officer. How can I help you?"

These words of severing ties made He Xiuxiu frown, but she seemed not to have heard them.

She roughly understood Li Ling's temperament.

He sighed and said, "Junior, Baicao Pharmaceutical was run by my father, but he passed away unexpectedly a few days ago."

"Upon learning of his death, I rushed back from Jinyang Immortal City, intending to handle the funeral arrangements, but I found his death to be somewhat suspicious."

Upon hearing this, Li Ling glanced at her, puzzled. She said her father had passed away, but there seemed to be no sadness in her words.

But she offered words of comfort, saying, "Please accept my condolences, senior!"

At the same time, he was surprised to find that He Xiu was actually the young lady of Baicao Herbal Medicine Company.

You should know that Baicao Pharmaceutical is one of the top companies in Xijiang County.

It is extremely famous even in the entire Golden Sun Immortal City.

The Immortal Alliance is extremely vast, with the Immortal City serving as its main administrative center.

There are currently 116 immortal cities.

The grades of immortal cities are distinguished by the numbers Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow. There is one Heaven-grade immortal city, seven Earth-grade, thirty-six Black-grade, and seventy-two Yellow-grade immortal cities.

Jinyang Immortal City is one of the seventy-two Yellow-level Immortal Cities.

At this moment, three waiters walked in carrying jade platters in both hands.

The elegant waitress skillfully placed the dishes from the jade platter onto the table and politely said...

"Your steamed silver fish, braised lamb chops, braised pork knuckle with radish, chicken soup with salvia miltiorrhiza, and stir-fried seasonal vegetables have all been served. Please enjoy your meal."

The group then politely left the private room.

Even though he had just eaten three bowls of sweet potato porridge, Li Ling's appetite was whetted by the sight of such a delicious and visually appealing dish.

However, he still maintained a certain level of reserve in front of the beautiful woman, especially since he hadn't yet figured out her intentions.

He Xiu picked up the exquisite wine pot, poured Li Ling a cup of spirit wine, and gestured for him to eat and chat at the same time.

Li Ling then picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of lamb chop.

"Xu Dehui called me the day before yesterday, saying he had important news to tell me, but I never expected that something would happen that very night."

He Xiu said with a hint of regret.

He paused for a moment and then said, "So I hope you can tell me the specific details about Xu Dehui, junior."

Li Ling was cautious by nature and was skeptical of He Xiu's words: "Xu Dehui died from corpse worms, and the station has begun a full investigation."

These are the publicly available details; He Xiu could easily find out by making a few inquiries.

"Besides the corpse worms, is there any other information?"

He Xiu asked again.

"Please forgive me, senior, there are some situations that are outside my scope of responsibility."

Li Ling shook his head.

He Xiu picked up her wine cup, took a sip of the spirit wine, her high, firm chest heaving slightly. She frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said…

"Xu Dehui told me that he had a map, and this map was extremely important to me."

As soon as she finished speaking, He Xiu took out a spirit stone bag and handed it to Li Ling, "There are five low-grade spirit crystals inside. Consider it a token of my gratitude for your help, junior."

"map?"

Li Ling raised an eyebrow.

I remember Captain Lu also reminded me about that map.

He Xiu asked the same question and even offered five low-grade spirit crystals as a reward.

It's important to know that a low-grade spirit crystal can fetch at least three thousand on the black market.

These five coins alone are worth ten or twenty thousand.

Rich people, they really spend big!

Li Ling felt a surge of emotion.

They also realized the importance of this map.

However, upon recalling Lu Lingyun's words, he suddenly shuddered.

If she finds out that I told He Xiu about the map, I definitely won't be able to stay at the police station anymore.

Five spirit crystals are tempting, but they don't seem worth it.

Of course, this is on the premise of successfully becoming a first-class police officer.

Seeing that Li Ling probably knew about the map, He Xiu poured him another glass of wine, a slight smile on her face.

"Besides these five spirit crystals, I can also find ways to provide you with some conveniences in the institute in the future."

"You know, for a police officer like you with no connections, being in a local police station is mostly just cannon fodder; getting promoted is as difficult as climbing to the sky."

He Xiu's tone carried a hint of coercion and enticement.

She had only been back in Xijiang County for a few days, and she had no capable subordinates.

Xu Dehui was also one of his father's former subordinates.

He took the initiative to contact her, but unexpectedly, he was killed.

She suspected that it was that vile woman Zhou Meilin who had secretly done it.

Zhou Meilin is her stepmother.

She even suspected that her stepmother was involved in her father's death.

Otherwise, how could my father, who was not even sixty years old and was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, have suddenly passed away?

It would be very difficult for her to find out these things on her own.

The key issue is that she doesn't know any of the people around her, so who can she trust?

As for Li Ling, this junior from Jinyang Academy, she had met him a few times. He came from the countryside and they didn't have any complicated relationship.

And coincidentally, it happened to be the case he was handling for Xu Dehui.

They are exactly the right people to win over.

Upon hearing this, Li Ling's eyes lit up.

He Xiu is right. Without a background or powerful connections, it's incredibly difficult to make a name for yourself in the institute.

During his six-month internship, he had seen plenty of people like Song Qinghe who didn't do much but whose points kept increasing.