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

This guy is a real man; even when faced with the rough and powerful Lu Mang, he remained steadfast in his words.

"You've gone too far! I won't go with you! I have a responsibility to my fans! Many of them came from other cities, going through a lot of trouble to get city passes. I'm determined to give them a perfect concert!"

Lu Mang impatiently raised his hammer.

"This is the first time I've encountered a crafting class player below level 20 who dares to refuse my investigation! Enough talk, take them all away!"

In this situation, Xiaoming's group was in a difficult position, but they dared not disobey the investigator's orders.

With combat prowess far surpassing that of the people present, they easily subdued all the staff, including the older brother, and the Abyssal Rock handcuffs were placed on their wrists.

"Having already come to the Dao of Forgetfulness, you're still thinking about holding a concert? Truly, a courtesan oblivious to the sorrow of a fallen nation, still singing 'The Flowers of the Rear Courtyard' across the river!"

Lu Mang clearly looked down on these artists.

"stop!"

Just then, unsurprisingly, an unexpected incident occurred.

A group of third-tier professionals escorted a middle-aged man wearing a gray jacket and gold-rimmed glasses as he walked over.

"Investigator Lu, is this how you at the Special Investigations Bureau always handle cases—without any logic?"

Lu Mang glanced at the other person, but couldn't recognize him, so he asked Xiao Ming beside him.

"Who the hell is this guy?"

"Shi Jiao, Director of the Xichuan City Tax Bureau."

"It seems to have affected his tax revenue."

Shi Jiao was actually in the stadium, but in the locker room. Hearing the commotion outside, he quickly came out.

Without a word, the group of third-tier professionals he brought dispersed, subtly blocking the stadium's main exit and preventing Lu Mang from leaving with his people.

"Lu Mang, if you're going to take people away, at least produce some decent evidence, or an arrest warrant. You have nothing, just those few broken machines of yours, and you want to arrest people? Is there no law anymore?"

"Director Shi, didn't you notice how this venue is decorated differently from those past concerts?"

"Aren't all concert venues the same?"

"There are too many screens."

"Based on this alone, you're going to say this performance group practices the Dao of Sitting in Oblivion?"

Those lunatics from the Daoist School of Forgetfulness, didn't they threaten to destroy my Shi family?

I am a member of the Shi family. I have been here all day communicating with their entire team about the tax details of the concert. How come I have no problems at all?

Moreover, look at the information panels of this group of people. They are not hiding anything, nor are they carrying any secret treasures. They are all level 10 or 20 life skills!

Will there be a "life-oriented" element in the Path of Meditation?

Lu Mang said nonchalantly.

"These things are not important; I only trust the test results from the instruments."

Lu Mang glanced at the group of professionals blocking the doorway.

"Director Shi, your small group can't stop me, and you yourself are even more incompetent. If you don't want to be on the front page tomorrow, you'd better get out of my way."

Shi Jiao adjusted his glasses.

"I'm afraid that if I agree, they won't."

Shi Jiao's guards made way.

But in the plaza in front of the stadium, thousands upon thousands of... my brother's fans had already gathered!

They held up posters and light boards, wore horn-shaped lamps on their heads, and held up their cell phones with flashlights turned on.

"Let go of my brother!"

"Special agents from the Special Affairs Bureau, you won't hurt my brother!"

"If you want to take my brother away, you'll have to step over my dead body!"

"Breaking news! The Special Affairs Bureau is acting lawlessly, arresting public figures without any warrants or evidence, and killing or injuring countless bystanders!"

"Breaking news! The Special Affairs Bureau has violated human rights by insulting female fans of the idol, and several are now suffering from depression!"

"Big news..."

Lu Mang suddenly understood how Wang Miao had been treated back then.

This is even more terrifying than when Wang Miao was tricked by Song Gua.

Team leader Xiaoming tugged at Lu Mang.

"Hey, stop arguing. Just do some surveillance. If you can't take them with you, so be it! We can always check again after their concert, right?"

Lu Mang calmly lit a cigarette.

"Xichuan City and the Shi family are not worth saving. Let them go."

After saying that, Lu Mang leaped into the air and disappeared.

After releasing the concert attendees, the other members of the Special Affairs Bureau also used their skills to escape.

Shi Jiao turned around and said to the fans.

"Our colleagues at the Special Affairs Bureau, understanding the public sentiment, have decided to conduct another investigation at a later date. Please do not continue to gather here. Please come to the concert tomorrow."

The fans are deeply grateful for Shi Jiao's fairness and impartiality.

Once he was sure Lu Mang wouldn't come back, Shi Jiao got into his car and prepared to leave.

"I almost got scammed by that guy surnamed Lu. The concert is canceled, how am I going to balance my accounts this month?"

The driver also gave a cold laugh.

"Yes, Director Shi, thanks for your help, but you're useless now!"

Shi Jiao looked up.

The driver and his assistant were both Daoist practitioners with bloody mahjong faces and wearing copper coin masks!

"save……"

Inside the stadium, the older brother and his team continued setting up the venue and rehearsing.

However, they all wore a playful smile, a characteristic of the Daoist practice of sitting in oblivion.

In a corner of the audience, Chief Ichijo, who was in his "Yin-Yang Escape" state, watched the entire event.

Meanwhile, inside the bandits' headquarters.

Song Gua remained seated on his tattered sofa, synchronizing the memories of his many alter egos.

"The Shi family is still the same as always, valuing money over life. They missed their only chance to save themselves, so... a good show is about to begin! Brothers, it's time for our front-row audience to pay their ticket price."

……

In Huiye City, in a secluded abandoned basement, the dim light from the sewers shone through and onto Shi Qian, who was covered in filth.

Shi Qian woke up.

He remained calm.

Knowing that at this point one should pretend to be asleep and listen to the surrounding situation.

"Mayor Shi, stop pretending. Your eyes are darting around, you old fox."

"Hahaha! You old fool, still trying to show off in front of us, the Daoist Master of Oblivion!"

"You were still wearing open-crotch pants when we were lying to you!"

I heard it; there were people all around.

Shi Qian opened his eyes and saw a series of bloody, mahjong-like faces.

When they laughed, the copper coin masks on their faces rattled, creating an eerie, terrifying, horrifying, and bizarre atmosphere.

"The Way of Sitting in Oblivion, I knew it was you!"

Shi Qian clearly remembered that he was suppressing unruly people who refused to relocate, and he was just about to go home when his car suddenly fell into the sewer.

Then he was stunned by the fall, and when he woke up, he was in this godforsaken place.

"Mayor Shi, enough with the nonsense. Empty your backpack. Huiye City may be a second-tier city, but you're still the mayor. The Shi family should have given you some life-saving gadgets, right?"

Shi Qian was taken aback.

"You kidnapped me just for access to professional resources?"

"Stop talking nonsense and open your backpack!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't killing me be more straightforward?"

"No, you have to live. There's a great show waiting for you!"

"Hmph, I won't cooperate with you!"

"Flatten it, flatten it as it smokes."

After a beating.

Shi Qian: "Here it is. This is the 'Swift Wind Potion,' an epic-grade item. After consuming it, your speed will increase tenfold. This is the 'Sun Flash Scroll,' also an epic-grade item. After use, it will emit a dazzling light like the sun, making people dizzy..."