Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

[What's up with that flowery monk, Zero-senpai? Why did the Investigation Bureau assign him to my teammate? He drinks, eats meat, and even butters!]

Zero seems to be busy with something; the messages are always marked as read, but there's been no reply.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Qin Huanyu was about to give up and open a pink anime video app to watch videos when her phone beeped several times.

Zero finally replied, and in one go, he replied with several messages.

[Haha, so you also think Cheng Hai is outrageous... Actually, I thought so too when I first got his information.]

[But don't worry, we've been investigating him for a long time. If he really had problems, he wouldn't have been selected by the investigation bureau in the first place.]

Cheng Hai is a true Buddhist disciple of the new era, a practitioner of the "refining the mind amidst the secular world." All his actions are not for sensual pleasure, but for cultivating his Buddhist nature.

Cheng Hai's cultivation method is also very special; it's the Pure Yang Boy Skill, which is considered quite unorthodox within Buddhist cultivation practices.

[The advantage is that the cultivation speed is very fast, sometimes five to six times faster than other cultivation methods, allowing one to acquire the cultivation power of others in several decades in just over ten years.]

[The downside is that you can't have even the slightest thought of that kind of thing; otherwise, the best-case scenario is that you'll immediately lose control and suffer a qi deviation, resulting in lifelong paralysis. The worst-case scenario is that you'll die instantly, exploding into a bloody mist like a human bomb.]

In ancient times, those who practiced the Pure Yang Boy Skill would even conceal their identities and frequent brothels to hone their skills. They remained unmoved by the advances of women, regarding them as mere skeletons, and remained steadfast amidst their seductive whispers and pleas, thus rapidly increasing their power.

[Now that there are no legal brothels, and they don't dare to actually harass other women, they can only use those special games, movies, and comics to practice their skills.]

So you really don't need to worry. Cheng Hai may seem like a playboy, but he wouldn't and wouldn't dare to have any feelings for you, unless he wanted to explode.

[Not only that, as a practitioner of the Pure Yang Boy Skill, Cheng Hai is very strong. He's probably the most capable fighter in your team right now, and he'll be a very reliable teammate. You'll see when the time comes.]

Can it still be like this?

Qin Huanyu was speechless after reading the message.

But thinking about it carefully, when Cheng Hai talked to her face to face before, he really didn't show a trace of worldly desire. His eyes were as clear as those of a human child who hadn't even started elementary school yet.

Perhaps I was just too prejudiced?

Thinking this way, Qin Huanyu's disgust for Cheng Hai had mostly subsided, but she couldn't possibly go and chat with Cheng Hai now, since he was still playing with butter and his voice was very loud.

Most of the day passed in this way, and just before dinner time, Ling finally took the initiative to contact them, saying that everything had been settled with the teammate in Nanhu City and it was time to gather.

The hotel suite where Qin Huanyu is currently staying is actually owned by Cheng Hai, and it is located in the city center of Nanhu City. It is not quite appropriate to use it as a meeting place for members of the Investigation Bureau.

So Zero sent Qin Huanyu and Cheng Hai another address, which was a villa area in the suburbs, and also the home of their teammate in Nanhu City. It was quite large and could be used as a temporary base.

It's easy for a beautiful woman and a young monk to come out of a hotel suite at the same time, which could easily cause misunderstandings. So Qin Huanyu greeted Cheng Hai and went ahead first.

Although she hasn't bought a big villa yet, she's not short of money. Even during rush hour in Nanhu City, she can pay extra to call a ride-hailing service and go directly to her destination.

Unfortunately, Qin Huanyu wasn't very lucky this time. Her car was stuck in traffic for more than 20 minutes, so even though she left the hotel earlier than Cheng Hai, she arrived at the villa at about the same time.

This villa is indeed very large. It's not a scaled-down version of a townhouse or stacked villa, but a true detached villa with two large yards, each over a thousand square meters.

The front yard is mostly lawn, and there are some fitness equipment on the lawn, which is probably where the homeowner usually exercises.

If you go directly around to the backyard from the side of the main building of the villa, you will see a swimming pool, which is about 3 meters wide and 15 meters long.

Zero had clearly already used the pool; he was now wearing a swimsuit and setting up a barbecue grill not far from the pool.

"This humble monk greets Your Excellency the Inspector."

Cheng Hai was very polite and respectful to Ling, and his gaze towards her hot body under the swimsuit was equally clear, without any worldly desires.

"Hi, Zero-senpai."

Qin Huanyu greeted him in a rather friendly manner, but her eyes were lost in thought. She felt that the courtyard of this villa looked very familiar, and she was sure she had seen it somewhere before.

It wasn't until the white figure that should have been her other teammate appeared that Qin Huanyu suddenly realized what was going on.

It turned out to be her!

She was a young girl dressed in white Hanfu and with white silk stockings covering her feet. She had a very pretty face, but she was a little short, about half a head shorter than Qin Huanyu. However, she was still curvaceous and a beauty with an overall score of no less than 90 points.

"It really is you, Lady White Snake!"

Qin Huanyu acted like a fan bumping into her idol, taking the initiative to greet her and gently shaking hands with the girl in white silk Hanfu:

"I'm Qin Huanyu from Baiguang City. I really enjoy watching your show, and I've been keeping your subscription automatically renewed, Captain."

"Hello Sister Qin, I'm so happy that you like my show!"

The girl in white silk Hanfu wasn't shy at all, and generously laughed in a business-like voice:

"But since we'll all be teammates in the Investigation Bureau from now on, Sister Qin, please don't call me by my online stage name anymore... My real name is Bai Ling, you can just call me Xiao Bai or Ling'er."

"Then I'll call you Ling'er, little sister~~"

Qin Huanyu was not polite at all, and didn't even let go of Bai Ling's soft, boneless little hand, but instead gently scratched her palm:

"What great luck I have today! Not only did I meet my long-time online idol, but I also have such a lovely teammate as Ling'er. It's fantastic!"

"These are two happy things combined, tonight should be even happier... Hmm, later I'll let Ling'er try my cooking, since I happen to have a little bit of knowledge about cooking, so I'm quite confident."

Chapter 49 Optimizing Ingredients with Buddhist Teachings

Qin Huanyu was quite surprised that her other teammate was Bai Ling, or rather, the well-known online streamer Bai Niangniang.

As a young person in modern society, Qin Huanyu, like everyone else, likes to watch videos on her phone when she's bored, and her most frequent destination is a certain pink anime video website.

However, Qin Huanyu rarely watched anime content on that pink-themed anime video website. Instead, she mostly watched niche channels such as food, science, and local legends.

The fact that Bai Niangniang can get Qin Huanyu to follow her and automatically renew her subscription means she's not just a game or dance streamer, but a big shot in the science popularization section, or even the top streamer in that section.

In terms of purely scientific knowledge, Qin Huanyu, who grew up in a research institute, believed that she was definitely no less capable than Bai Suzhen.

But being able to explain something to others is a different matter entirely. At the very least, Qin Huanyu couldn't use the most accessible language and seemingly gimmicky experiments to explain physics and chemistry knowledge that is typically only taught in high school or even university in a way that even elementary school students could understand.

It is precisely because of this ability, coupled with her good looks (at least 90 points), that Bai Niangniang was able to gain millions of fans in less than 3 years since her debut. She is one of the very few top streamers who broke out of the niche market among the website's contracted streamers.

Qin Huanyu had watched Bai Niangniang's interesting experiments live many times, and many of the experiments were conducted in the courtyard of this villa, which is why Qin Huanyu thought the place looked familiar.

With the connection between fans and streamers, and both wanting to build good relationships with their teammates, Qin Huanyu and Bai Ling's relationship visibly warmed up quickly. Holding each other's hands, they started calling each other "sister" affectionately after only a few words. However, whether this sisterhood is genuine or not remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, Zero and Makoto were also preparing for a barbecue together that evening. Zero set up the barbecue grill by the pool and directed Makoto to bring out a lot of ingredients from the refrigerated truck in the backyard.

"Leave the head chef position to me."

Qin Huanyu volunteered, and went to grab a whole lamb that hadn't thawed yet, intending to process it and roast it first.

"That's good, that's good."

Cheng Hai suddenly stepped in front of Qin Huanyu, first chanting a Buddhist prayer, then handing her two cabbages as he spoke:

“The female bodhisattva can deal with these first. As for the flesh of these living beings, please let me chant sutras for them to help them pass on and eliminate their resentment. This way, everyone will have more merit and less karmic burden, and the mutton will taste and feel better.”

"Oh? You have this skill? Okay."

Qin Huanyu did not refuse.

As a cooking and food enthusiast, she wouldn't miss any opportunity to make food taste and feel better, and she was indeed curious about what Chenghai was going to do.

The two cabbages ended up in Qin Huanyu's hands. They looked no different from ordinary cabbages, but they were actually one of the greatest achievements of the Ling Su Research Institute: meat cabbages.

After all, we're going to have a barbecue later. Even if we're grilling vegetables, it should be things like green peppers, mushrooms, or broccoli. Grilling cabbage would be a bit strange.

Qin Huanyu grabbed two leaves from one of the cabbages and tore it off from top to bottom. The outer ordinary cabbage leaves fell off, revealing the red and white streaky pork inside. Its texture, taste, and nutritional value were exactly the same as real streaky pork, and the cultivation cost of such a cabbage was only about 20% higher than that of ordinary cabbage.

Without even needing a cutting board, Qin Huanyu held the pork belly in one hand, suspended it in mid-air, and took the kitchen knife from Bai Ling with the other hand, then started slicing it up quickly.

Even without supernatural powers, Qin Huanyu's excellent knife skills, honed from childhood out of interest, allowed her to slice meat into pieces that were almost identical in size and thickness.

Even when Qin Huanyu was cutting the meat, she didn't need to look at the meat itself, but instead focused her attention on Cheng Hai with great interest.

While Qin Huanyu was cutting the meat, Cheng Hai was not idle either. He put the still frozen whole lamb, two frozen chickens and a large piece of frozen beef together and began chanting sutras over the meat.

The chanting was quite monotonous. When Qin Huanyu first heard it, her hand trembled, and she almost ruined a slice of pork belly.

But less than a minute later, a miraculous phenomenon occurred.

As Cheng Hai continued chanting, a soft golden light enveloped the meat, not only melting all the ice inside and out, but also removing some invisible substances from the meat, making it noticeably fresher and more tender.

"Wow, that's impressive."

Upon seeing this, Qin Huanyu did not hesitate to offer praise:

"I never imagined that those seemingly dry and tedious Buddhist scriptures could have such a function... Could I record your chanting and play it before each meal while preparing the ingredients?"

"This... I'm afraid it will disappoint the female bodhisattva."

Cheng Hai seemed speechless at Qin Huanyu's suggestion, but still maintained his politeness:

“Buddhist scriptures recorded and played by machines have no soul. To achieve this effect, they must be recited live by monks with a certain level of Buddhist practice.”

"That's a real shame."

Qin Huanyu pursed her lips and sliced ​​the other piece of pork belly in her hand into thin slices as well.

"Don't you claim to be a monk of the ancient school in the new era? The trend of the new era should be that humans and machines complement each other. Can't you upgrade and optimize the Buddhist scriptures so that they are effective even when played back by machines?"

"This……"

Cheng Hai's helpless expression deepened:

"I'm sorry, but at least this humble monk cannot do that. I can only trust the wisdom of future disciples."

Fortunately, all the ingredients had been prepared, and Qin Huanyu quickly focused her attention on showcasing her culinary skills as a cook, and stopped discussing the topic.

She placed all the sliced ​​pork belly on the hot plate, spread the sauce evenly, and then began to prepare the main course for dinner: the whole lamb that had just been thawed.

The whole lamb was already slaughtered beforehand, and the skin and internal organs were cleaned. In theory, you could just cut it up, spread the sauce on it, and start roasting.

Since Ke Chenghai has already demonstrated how to optimize ingredients using Buddhist scriptures, how could Qin Huanyu, as the head chef, not show off her real skills?

She asked Bai Ling to find a small table and a cutting board from the villa, placed the whole sheep horizontally on the cutting board, and then took out a little white cat milk candy from her pocket, unwrapped it and ate it.

Once again, a field of vision filled with numerical and geometric calculations descended upon Qin Huanyu, who also took in the various meat quality data of the whole lamb on the cutting board.

Qin Huanyu's brain continuously calculated and optimized various methods to make the lamb taste better, absorb flavors more easily, and be chewy without getting stuck in her teeth, until only the best one remained.

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P.S.: Can't post anymore, huh? You're just a nobody~ a nobody~ Hmph, you're so useless, I'm not lonely at all~

Chapter 50 Bai Ling's True Form

"drink!"

After a brief observation, Qin Huanyu, with her feet apart in tall leather boots, her body arched backward, her hot pants and black stockings taut, assumed a stance similar to a horse stance, and then punched the whole sheep with a combination of fists and palms, making a series of loud thuds.

"What kind of martial arts is this?"

Cheng Hai's eyes widened immediately.

Cheng Hai, who could process ingredients by chanting scriptures, also knew a little about cooking. He could clearly see that as Qin Huanyu punched and slapped the whole sheep, the texture and tendons of the mutton were almost completely destroyed and reshaped, becoming more suitable as food for humans.

If Cheng Hai's chanting over the ingredients to dispel their resentment was a spiritual optimization of the ingredients, then Qin Huanyu is now physically causing the ingredients to evolve.

Every punch and palm strike was perfectly timed and aesthetically pleasing, comparable to the essence of martial arts techniques summarized by our ancestors over thousands of years, yet seemingly belonging to no particular martial art.

This is a bit unbelievable. The saying "All martial arts under heaven originated from Shilin" is somewhat exaggerated, but it's not entirely unfounded. As the chief martial monk of Shilin Temple in this generation, Cheng Hai knows almost every martial art in Sheng Zhou that he doesn't recognize.

“This is not martial arts. Look closely at her. Although her movements are precise and elegant, they only have form but no meaning, and they lack momentum.”

Zero clearly knew quite a bit about Qin Huanyu, and with a light laugh, he explained to the somewhat surprised Cheng Hai and Bai Ling:

"This is an extension of her innate ability, the Mathematical Eye. She first observes all the necessary data, then calculates the most perfect solution, and finally controls her every action with the precision of a machine."

"This can be said to be the most ideal state of modern combat sports. Every move and move she makes is the optimal solution created on the spot according to the situation. It does not require the hard training of the form, intention and spirit of traditional martial arts. It is the best of the best without moves based on physics."

"Is it true that 'no moves are better than moves'?"

For the first time, Cheng Hai's gaze was no longer so detached; it held a hint of intensity.

"Perhaps, after dinner, we can have a little sparring and exchange a few moves."

"Then Ling'er won't participate. But if Brother Monk and Sister Qin accidentally hurt each other during your sparring, Ling'er can help you heal them~~"

Cheng Hai and Qin Huanyu both showed off their skills, and Bai Ling was naturally not going to fall behind.

She snapped her fingers, and two plates of fresh fruit on another small table visibly shriveled, the water inside the fruit seemingly drained, and filled four glasses that had been filled with ice beforehand.

"The freshest, freshly squeezed, chilled juice, all-natural and additive-free! Ling'er can let Brother Monk and the two older sisters drink their fill~~"

"Okay!" x2

Qin Huanyu and Ling both applauded Ling'er's move, but Cheng Hai frowned slightly, scrutinized Bai Ling with a serious look for a while, his mouth moved slightly, but in the end he didn't say anything.