The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

As the two were talking, the door to the room was pushed open, and two people entered.

"Team Leader Wang, I've brought the person to you." The speaker was the hotel manager, who pointed to a man beside him. "He's the guest in this room."

The man's eyes bulged out when he saw the shriveled corpse on the bed.

"Holy crap! What is this thing?! Who put this in my room?!"

Wang Miao asked the question expressionlessly, as if it were a routine matter.

Where were you from 9 PM last night until 8 AM this morning?

"I'm out there running around doing urban construction tasks."

"Running missions all night?"

"Sir, what you're saying is misleading. Not everyone comes from a powerful family and has someone protecting them. For a free agent like me, if I want to earn some reputation, I can only run quests at night. How can I possibly steal quest items during the day?"

Wang Miao nodded.

This situation does indeed exist.

When people from powerful factions run quests together, their sheer numbers give them an advantage in tasks like gathering herbs, mining ores, and delivering messages. They can always get priority in completing quests or even cut in line for others.

People with ordinary backgrounds often choose to run missions at night.

Fewer people means less competition.

"Don't be nervous. We're just asking a routine question. The person died in your room, so you're still the prime suspect. If you want to leave Glory City during this time, you must submit an application to the Special Bureau's office in Glory City. We hope you understand."

"Fine, fine, this is really bad luck..."

Wang Miao delegated the routine inquiry to Xiao Chen and Xiao Mei.

He walked to the window of the room and looked out.

"Is the Dark Artifact intended to kill? If so, why only kill one person at a time? With their power, if they wanted to cause trouble, they should have made more than this..."

Wang Miao felt that he should have noticed the key issue, but he lacked a clue to unravel the mystery.

……

Inside Glory City.

Wearing a lucky hat and carrying his Ruyi Jingu Bang (Golden Cudgel), the weapon that had accompanied him all the way, Monkey King strode out of the city with an air of arrogance.

"What? It's almost over? Then I don't need to go out. This is so boring. The Shi family is getting weaker and weaker."

He seemed to be talking to himself, but he was actually communicating on the local area network.

Outside the city, the bandits and the Shi family clashed again.

The Shi family is in Glory City, not only in the Third Guard City, but also in the four garrison regiments that are under house arrest, as well as other members of the clan.

They've been causing trouble for the bandits, so now whenever the bandits leave the city to run missions, they get attacked.

The bandits were not to be trifled with; they would fight back on the spot.

Song Gua has now transferred all his cadres to Glory City.

If the Shi family wants to fight, then we'll fight them.

I'll beat you until you're completely fed up!

In any case, once the Dark Balance's fusion ability is activated, the combined strength of the bandits will be beyond the capabilities of the Shi family members currently in Glory City, unless they bring in experts from Xichuan City.

As Monkey King was walking, he bumped into a Taoist priest on the shoulder.

"Damn it! Can't you watch where you're going?!"

Monkey King is still as well-mannered as ever.

The Taoist priest smiled and bowed.

"I accidentally bumped into you, benefactor. I am grateful for your kindness."

Monkey King put the stick back on his shoulder.

"I'll let it slide since you were quite polite. Just be more careful next time you go out!"

With that, Monkey King turned and left, muttering to himself.

"Why do I always run into such strange people... Huh?"

Monkey King suddenly stopped and turned around to look.

He thought he had just seen a monk next to the Taoist priest.

The monk was wearing a bamboo hat with a black veil, obscuring his face, but Monkey King felt he had seen him somewhere before.

But when he turned around, he only saw the Taoist priest walking slowly; there was no monk at all.

"Did I see wrong...?"

Monkey shook his head, ignored him, and continued browsing.

After passing by the Monkey King, the old Taoist priest admired the figures of passersby as he walked towards a secluded spot.

"A, A, A, tsk tsk tsk, all A's, boring... Oh? C, impressive! Wow! F! Amazing!"

We don't know what Master Yan is looking at, and we dare not ask.

Before long, Master Yan arrived at the outside of a garden in the city that had not yet been sold.

He held the bronze mirror in his hand up to the outer wall of the garden, and the wall, like glass, reflected the lecherous appearance of Master Yan.

Master Yan walked in like that, as if he had stepped into a mirror.

In fact, he passed through the wall.

The host of the Dark Golden Seal, the monk from Shiva City, is waiting for him here.

The garden was unused and deserted; only the two of them were there at the moment.

"You're being incredibly reckless! Knowing full well that the bandits had seen me before, you deliberately went to run into that rich guy!"

The monk was unhappy again.

The Taoist priest smiled broadly.

"Easy, easy. Bandits all wear hoods. How would you know this guy is rich? Have I seen you before?"

"Can't you be a little more careful in your actions?"

"We are immortal in this world, don't worry."

"That's what I said last time, and now I'm missing."

"It's not important, it's not important... By the way, look at you, wearing a straw hat on your head, aren't you tired? Let me help you."

As he spoke, Master Yan raised the bronze mirror in his hand and wiped its surface with his other hand.

The appearance of the bronze mirror changed from an antique with a classic feel to a dark bronze mirror with sharp edges. The surface of the mirror also changed from a rough, bronze color to an incredibly smooth one, so smooth that it could reflect one's image.

The handle of the mirror also bears the iconic golden Eye of Horus symbol, a hallmark of the Dark Relics.

Master Yan placed the mirror in front of the monk and let him look in it.

Master Yan swiped his hand across the mirror, just like swiping a phone screen, and transformed the monk's face into a completely different one.

"Look, do you want a domineering CEO face, an cute boy face, or a supermodel face? I have them all here."

The face in the dark bronze mirror was changing, and the monk's face in front of the mirror was changing along with it!

The monk said impatiently, "Any face will do, as long as it's not the host's original face. He's wanted by the authorities."

"Okay!"

Master Yan chose a sexy, mature woman's face for him.

"hey-hey……"

"Have some dignity as a man! Dignity as a man! You idiot!!"

"Okay, okay..."

Master Yan gave the monk a normal man's face, and even grew hair.

Fantastic.

Then, Master Yan began chanting incantations, and the dark bronze mirror began to glow.

A moment later, the mirror suddenly grew larger, reaching the height of a person, and a naked person walked out from inside.

Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen with Wang Miao!

The monk asked.

"You created his mirror image to try and control the Special Affairs Bureau, right? Then why don't you just copy Wang Miao directly? He's the head of all the groups here."

Master Yan shook his head.

"No, the bronze mirror's current state of restoration means that the mirror image created will have flaws. Not only will the memories be incomplete, but it will also have a dark personality."

Wang Miao was to maintain regular contact with Wan Jianyi.

Wan Jianyi is a person who should not be underestimated.

He was not only handsome and dashing, with superb martial arts skills, but also incredibly intelligent and insightful. Everyone loved him; flowers bloomed for him, and cars got flat tires just by looking at him!

The monk felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

This time, my teammates are in even worse spirits than last time.

"Do you have to praise him like that? Whose side are you on...?"