Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

Qin Huanyu performed surgery on the Feathered Serpent. First, she used a light blade conjured by the power of the Holy Maiden to cut open the Feathered Serpent's flesh. Then, she used the Mathematical Eye to locate the jade acid in various parts of the Feathered Serpent's body. Finally, she used the jade alloy tubes on the armor to suck out the jade acid bit by bit.

After nearly an hour of this ordeal, and with the feathered serpent noticeably weaker, the jade acid within its body was finally cleared. The wound was still there, but it didn't hurt as much anymore.

Then, right there on this island, witnessed by Qin Huanyu, Yuan Baixue and the Feathered Serpent completed the contract they had failed to fulfill last time.

After the contract was completed, Yuan Baixue and Qin Huanyu hurriedly returned to Qingzhou City. They chose a scenic hill outside the city and built a shrine for the Feathered Serpent on the hilltop.

Given that the feathered serpent's body is over 30 meters long, it would be difficult for it to remain unnoticed when it's with Yuan Baixue. The best solution would be to build a shrine. Following the methods used by the shrine maidens of Sakura Province to worship the gods, Yuan Baixue could construct a divine realm for the feathered serpent within the shrine, allowing it to reside there.

The Divine Realm and the Ghost Realm are similar, both belonging to different dimensions. Strictly speaking, they are even the same. However, the Divine Realm is a dwelling built by humans for non-human beings, while the Ghost Realm is built by non-human beings themselves or naturally formed in special environments.

With Qin Huanyu personally helping to write the report, Yuan Baixue's application was quickly approved. The mountain she had chosen would then belong to her, and the Feathered Serpent would also be under her control. However, if the Feathered Serpent caused any disasters for other reasons in the future, Yuan Baixue would be held responsible and punished along with it.

After acquiring the land use rights, construction of the shrine began immediately, and a lot of advanced technology and supernatural powers were used to speed it up.

Qin Huanyu first helped to assemble the main body of the shrine using 3D printing technology in a modular fashion, and the main buildings of the shrine were completed in just three days.

Of course, these buildings are just shells now; the electrical circuits and water pipes inside are not yet connected and will need to be built up gradually later. But they are sufficient as the foundation for building the divine realm.

Yuan Baixue also summoned three shrine maidens of the same age she had met during her training in Sakura Prefecture to help her cast spells, set up torii gates, and construct a sacred realm at the new shrine.

These three real Sakura State Shrine Maidens are all quite beautiful and rather daring.

They must be the culprits who tricked Yuan Baixue back in Sakura Prefecture by saying that girls could mess around with each other as long as they weren't lesbians. Now that they've come to Qing Prefecture, they still have designs on Yuan Baixue and want to drag Qin Huanyu into it too. They claim that girls sticking to each other is just normal interaction to promote friendship in Sakura Prefecture and has absolutely nothing to do with lesbians.

"I'm sorry, but I really am, and I already have a girlfriend, so I really can't join your party."

Qin Huanyu's refusal of the three Sakura Prefecture shrine maidens left them dumbfounded, their eyes filled with regret.

In fact, Qin Huanyu didn't object to playing with them; in fact, she even wanted to.

However, these three witches entered the country through legitimate channels to find Yuan Baixue, which can be easily traced by anyone with a keen eye.

Sure enough, that evening, Qin Huanyu received a check-up call from Yi Youyou. After confirming that Qin Huanyu had stayed in a room by herself and hadn't been fooling around with Yuan Baixue and the others, Yi Youyou actually hung up the phone and jumped into Qin Huanyu's room through the window.

Yi Youyou also knew about Yuan Baixue's story when she was cultivating in Yinghua Prefecture. She had always been a little worried about Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue being alone together, and now she was even more worried.

Before the rainstorm disaster case was resolved, things were fine. Yi Youyou knew Qin Huanyu and knew that she was focused on her work and wouldn't mess around. But after the work was finished, things were hard to say... The bitchy shrine maidens of Sakura Prefecture could fool Yuan Baixue back then, and they might just try to seduce Qin Huanyu this time, after all, Qin Huanyu is prettier than Yuan Baixue.

So, after learning that the three witches would arrive in Qingzhou City today, Yi Youyou didn't even eat dinner and took advantage of the night to fly all the way from the capital to Qingzhou City using the Youyu Umbrella.

Qin Huanyu had anticipated Yi Youyou's actions, which is why she refused the three witches' requests during the day, even though she really wanted to.

Moreover, having just completed a Class B patrol mission, I do need to relax a bit.

Since Yi Youyou hadn't eaten yet after flying all the way here, Qin Huanyu took her to have a big meal at the bustling night market in Qingzhou City. Then they found a very unique and romantic couples' hotel in the area and had a great time all night.

The following afternoon, still feeling a bit sore and weak, Yi Youyou was too exhausted to fly on her own, so she bought a plane ticket and returned to Shendu to continue working. Yuan Baixue and the three Sakura Island shrine maidens also finally left their room to start working at the newly built shrine.

For the next week, the priestesses worked diligently to complete the divine realm where the feathered serpent resided. Qin Huanyu then took Yuan Baixue to the island to bring back the feathered serpent, who had been recuperating there.

Without the corrosive damage from the jade acid, the feathered serpent recovered quite quickly. Its injuries were already 70-80% healed, and the external wounds caused by the Holy Maiden's Light Blade and the aquatic demons had all healed. Only the areas severely corroded by the jade acid still needed to recover slowly.

The feathered serpent was quite satisfied with its new home, the Divine Realm, especially after Yuan Baixue gave it a lot of delicious food and wine, and even comic books and game consoles.

Although Yuan Baixue had already written a report for Feathered Serpent, Qin Huanyu, on behalf of the Investigation Bureau, still formally made a three-point agreement with Feathered Serpent.

First, Feathered Serpent must abide by the rules, just like other non-human beings living in human society; this is the basis for the Investigation Bureau's tolerance of her existence. Yuan Baixue is Feathered Serpent's supervisor, and Qin Huanyu is Yuan Baixue's supervisor. If Feathered Serpent makes mistakes or causes trouble again, Yuan Baixue will also be punished, while Qin Huanyu will personally suppress or kill any offending Feathered Serpent.

Secondly, although the Feathered Serpent was deceived by Wang Le this time, it ultimately caused continuous torrential rain and significant damage to Qingzhou City, and it must compensate for this.

For at least the next 200 years, the feathered serpent could only live in the sacred realm of this shrine, serving as the guardian beast of Qingzhou City and the surrounding area, responsible for the local weather and harvests, and also cooperating with the Investigation Bureau members to solve local supernatural cases when needed.

The feathered serpent readily agreed.

According to it, before it fell asleep last time, it was the guardian of a human city, doing similar work, and now it is just returning to its old ways.

Hearing what the Feathered Serpent said, Qin Huanyu naturally thought of the ancient city ruins beneath the bottom of South Lake and asked about it out of curiosity.

"...That matter? Of course I know about it."

The feathered serpent in the divine realm can speak human language, and its voice is like that of a ten-year-old girl, except that its tone is now somewhat deep and melancholy:

"When you humans pray for good weather and a bountiful harvest, you like to worship dragons, right? Actually, the dragon race and our feathered serpent race were business competitors in ancient times. At least one-third of the human tribes on this continent originally worshipped our feathered serpents."

“It wasn’t until something happened at Saloye… or what you call South Lake, that we feathered serpents were abandoned by the vast majority of humans, and the dragon race won a great victory and became your guardian beasts.”

"The exact reason for that incident is still a mystery. All I know is that one of my people suddenly went mad, causing torrential rains that flooded the city that was supposed to be protected, turning it into a barren wasteland and killing more than 10 humans."

"This incident caused quite a stir at the time, and the Jiaolong clan took advantage of our misfortune, leading humans to hunt us down in large numbers."

“We were unwilling to wage a full-scale war against humans with whom we had coexisted for many years, but we certainly wouldn’t sit idly by and wait to die without any resistance… so we chose to send our entire race out to sea to find a new continent on the other side of the sea and rebuild our symbiotic relationship with humans.”

"I'm a rather special case in my race. I didn't want to go to the New World, so I found a place to hide and sleep comfortably... until I woke up recently when I sensed the altar's call."

"I was half asleep when I saw someone offering me delicious wine and food. Without thinking much, I ate a lot... Only after I finished eating did I realize it was a trap. That madman wanted to make it rain continuously on his city! I didn't want to do it, but I couldn't break the contract."

"So that's how it is..." xN

Qin Huanyu and the witches all showed expressions of sudden realization and surprise.

The world has always believed that the central part of White Eagle Continent is the birthplace of the feathered serpent worship culture. Unexpectedly, the feathered serpent was originally a creature of the Eastern Divine Continent. It even competed with the Jiaolong Clan for the human faith market. It was only after failing and withdrawing from the market that it crossed the sea to the central part of White Eagle Continent to start a new business.

Judging from the situation of those lost ancient civilizations in the central part of White Eagle Continent, the Feathered Serpent Clan who started anew there probably didn't have a good ending either, otherwise it's not impossible that no one has been discovered in the past few thousand years... The Feathered Serpent in Qingzhou City now is probably the last Feathered Serpent in the world.

However, the fate of the Jiaolong clan was not much better, a fact recorded by humans in the extraordinary version of the royal family's true history book.

Dragons are inherently lustful and insatiable.

While competing with the Feathered Serpent Clan for the market, the Jiaolong Clan may have performed well. However, once they achieved a monopoly, their true nature was revealed. They continuously raised the requirements for human sacrifices, demanding delicious food and wine, rare and precious materials, and even handsome men and beautiful women.

Humanity chose to endure and secretly continued its efforts, eventually finding an opportunity to completely transform the dragons into legendary creatures existing only on the totems of the Eastern Divine Continent. The only evidence they left in the world are the dragon scales, tendons, and pearls in the royal treasury.

The feathered serpent seemed to have thought of these things as well, and appeared somewhat gloomy.

No matter how cute her voice sounds, she is still an old thing. The Feathered Serpent Clan and the Flood Dragon Clan have been eliminated. Humans are the masters of the world. She is just a living ancient relic.

Seeing this, Qin Huanyu's heart stirred again, and she tentatively asked:

"Snake, do you want to have more of your kind?"

Do you have any news about my people?

As expected, the feathered serpent became quite excited.

"I have no information about your own kind, but I might be able to create new ones for you."

Qin Huanyu puffed out her chest triumphantly, scrutinizing the feathered serpent's over 30-meter-long body like a butcher examining a pig:

"But you'll have to give up some flesh and blood."

"Ayu, are you talking about cloning technology? You want to clone the feathered serpent?"

Yuan Baixue immediately realized what was happening and exclaimed in surprise:

"Your Lingsu Research Institute already has this technology? It can clone extraordinary beings?"

"Not yet, but it will be available soon if I want to."

Qin Huanyu appeared very confident:

"So, Snake? You've decided to consider it?"

"King of Dragons? What kind of dragons? How do you defeat them?"

Feathered Serpent clearly didn't understand the technical terms of modern science, but fortunately Yuan Baixue explained them to her.

After learning about cloning from Yuan Baixue, Feathered Serpent was quite shocked, once again lamenting that he was indeed an old thing that had been eliminated by the times.

However, if another member of her kind could appear, Feathered Serpent would certainly be willing, so she generously allowed Qin Huanyu to cut a large piece of flesh from her body and draw almost 2 liters of blood.

With this, Qin Huanyu's trip to Qingzhou City came to a complete end, and she bought a plane ticket that same day to return to the archaeological site in Nanhu City.

She met with Professor Zhang Ji and recounted the ancient stories she had heard from the feathered serpent.

Professor Zhang Ji gained a lot, his inspiration was sparked, and he also had many new interpretations of the ancient city ruins at the bottom of Nanhu Lake.

Based on some archaeological discoveries in the ancient city ruins, Professor Zhang Ji made some speculations about the historical truth of thousands of years ago.

It is very likely that someone did something similar to Wang Le back then, taking advantage of the contract rule that the Feathered Serpent could not disobey the priest's request after enjoying the offerings, causing the Feathered Serpent to continuously bring rain and flood the city, ultimately leading to the complete expulsion of the Feathered Serpent clan from the Eastern Divine Continent.

Bai Ling is currently guarding the archaeological site at the bottom of Nanhu Lake. Qin Huanyu stayed in Nanhu City for two days before returning to Baiguang City. She then initiated the project to clone the feathered serpent at the Lingsu Research Institute, planning to begin research after the New Year.

At this time, there were less than 20 days left until the Spring Festival, the biggest festival of the year in the Holy Zhou Kingdom. In previous years, Qin Huanyu would stay at the Lingsu Research Institute with her father, Qin Hai, during the Spring Festival, but this year she had different plans.

She wanted to take Qin Hai to the capital for the New Year to meet Yi Qiushui, so that their relationship could be settled between the two of them, like parents meeting each other.

However, this was not an easy matter. Back then, Qin Hai was Yi Qiushui's most outstanding student, but they parted ways due to differences in their ideals, and in the end, he was essentially expelled from the school.

Qin Hai didn't seem to care; he would still call Yi Qiushui "teacher" whenever he saw her. However, Yi Qiushui was a typical tsundere, so she would probably be difficult to deal with.

Qin Huanyu initially told Qin Hai that she admired his glory days in the capital and wanted to take advantage of the holiday to go on a nostalgic trip to the capital together.

However, Qin Hai saw through his daughter's plan at a glance:

"Ayu, you and your girlfriend want to resolve the conflict between me and the teacher, and then settle things between you two, right?"

"Hey~~"

Qin Huanyu could only get by by flattering and being cute:

"Dad, you truly deserve to be called a super genius who was famous in the capital back then. You saw right through my little scheme at a glance."

Actually, I don't really care.

Qin Hai gently shook his head, his smile somewhat strange:

“I have never harbored any resentment towards my teacher. On the contrary, I still respect her very much. It is she who dislikes me, which is why I have not gone to Shen Du all these years... As long as you, Ayu, can persuade my teacher to agree to reconcile with me, I am ready anytime.”

"Um, okay."

Qin Huanyu thought for a moment, then continued to plead sweetly:

"Dad, do you know how to deal with Principal Yi? After all, she is Youyou's maternal grandmother and the only relative who raised Youyou... I don't know why, but the thought of facing her makes me very nervous, even more nervous than going to solo the Ghost Realm where the Lord of Ghosts exists."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Qin Hai no longer concealed his schadenfreude:

"Whether it's a mother-in-law or a mother-in-law, they are the biggest hurdles in human interpersonal relationships, which is one of the reasons why I choose to remain single for life... And the situation with the teacher is obviously twice as difficult as that of a typical mother-in-law or mother-in-law. Ayu, you have to work hard."

"I know, that's why I asked Dad for some advice~~"

Qin Huanyu rolled her eyes at the gloating Qin Hai, then continued to act coquettishly:

"You were one of Principal Yi's most outstanding students back then, so you must know him better than I do, right?"

“You’re right. I know the teacher very well, so the only way I can help you is that there’s no other way… She’s the most stubborn conservative type. People like us with unconventional thinking will displease her no matter what we do.”

Qin Hai shrugged:

"If I had known how to please her without listening to her, I wouldn't have been expelled from the sect by her with such disdain back then."

"Hum...it seems so too."

Qin Huanyu sighed in frustration, then asked with some curiosity:

"Speaking of which, Dad, since you and Principal Yi have such different philosophies, how did you become her last disciple back then?"

"That's because your dad is a genius!"

Qin Hai said proudly:

“I was the first person to create a scientific training method for practitioners of the ancient school. My teacher’s cultivation was stuck at a certain bottleneck for a long time. My scientific training method helped her a lot. She recognized my talent because of this and took me as her last disciple.”

"However... although I am my teacher's disciple, she herself didn't actually teach me anything. After all, she was a traditional ancient practitioner, while I am a scientist."

"The biggest help my teacher gave me was that being her student gave me a lot of resources and privileges at Shendu University. After all, your old man here originally came from an ordinary family. Even if I were a genius, I wouldn't have been able to rise so quickly without the opportunity to show my talent."

"So I am still very grateful to my teacher. Without the resources she provided, it would have been very difficult for me to find opportunities to showcase my talents during my university years. I might even have had my research results stolen by my professors, and my papers might not even have been authored by me, like many other geniuses."

"It's a pity that a traditional and conservative person like my teacher has an irreconcilable conflict in terms of ideas with an innovative researcher like me. Unless one of us is willing to compromise, parting ways like this is the only outcome."

"Ugh... Wouldn't that make things really difficult?"

Qin Huanyu immediately lowered her head:

Is there any chance that this matter will succeed?

"...Actually, it's not necessarily impossible."

Qin Hai stared at his daughter for a moment, then chuckled again.

“Your old man is a man, and I must have an unyielding pride. But you, Ayu, are a beautiful and charming girl, so you can use methods that are unique to girls, such as tea. Even if others find out, they won’t say anything.”

"...Tea and snacks? How should I make them?"

Qin Huanyu asked, somewhat puzzled.