045 Assassin for Hire

  I roughly understood what happened to Ao Qian, and when I called Li Chang for consultation, the other party's answer seemed very natural: "The ghost is the one who returns, all living things die and return to heaven and earth, only the remaining breath is their own, and then that breath becomes a dead spirit, nothing else is left."

  "The divine law bodies have strengths and weaknesses. The weak ones, after death, can't even gather their own breath, and naturally, they will disperse. But the strong ones, after shedding their mundane shells, their remaining law bodies become even more pure and powerful. Heaven and earth, yin and yang, dare not accept them, so they have to be sent back to the world of the living...”

  Li Chang thought for a moment, fearing that everyone wouldn't understand, so he changed his way of speaking: "Hmm, put it in simpler terms, suppose the Netherworld is like a server with insufficient spiritual energy, or rather, outdated hardware, and there's no GM management. When encountering complex programs, i.e., high-level law body remnants, this server can't run properly. To prevent server crashes, they have to restore from backup... This is equivalent to self-repairing bugs."

  "... Indeed, a vivid image." Ao Qian smiled somewhat stiffly and then coughed a few times to ask the person on the other end of the phone that Feng Xiao Xiao had placed on the table: "May I ask who you are?!"

  Li Chang sighed: "I've met so many gods, but this is the first time I've met one who's so polite. The Dragon King really lives up to his reputation as a former leader, he's just different from those grassroots... Ah, my phone is running out of battery, you guys chat slowly, I'll hang up first."

  Before these few people could react, the phone call was cut off with a "beep".

  Crowd: “......”

  "Brother Li is getting more and more elegant, with a free and uninhibited personality."

  "...The wind was so small and speechless compared to the big thumb: "Your three cultures are getting higher and higher." Now even flattering is done in parallel.

  In just a short while, the dog had opened its eyes and regained consciousness, and was now energetically pacing around the room, as if it hadn't been poisoned at all. Given the dog's seemingly excellent spirits, the small white snake that had previously sensed its opponent's strength also didn't dare to slink around outside, instead crawling up from Xiao Tian's calf to his arm and hiding in his sleeve, pretending it didn't exist.

  Ao Qian had a strong sense of professionalism and gave the Sky Dog another series of simple checks, confirming that it was no longer a problem, and finally nodded to announce that the dog had recovered.

  Yang Yan was delighted, and Fat Sparrow was even more delighted. Chirping and chirping, they flew down to entangle with the local dog for a while.

  Ao Qian looked at the sparrow and asked: "Is this also one of your pets?"

  "Hound of Heaven, Eagle of Heaven." Feng Xiaoxiao pointed to one and introduced the two completely unimpressive guardian deities, then pointed to Yang Zhan: "This is their boss, Erlang Shen."

  "......" Ao Qian's mouth twitched: "Are you kidding me?"

  This mutt is still okay, at least it still looks like a dog. That fat sparrow... is it really the same breed as the peregrine falcon?!

  The wind was small and didn't care about Ao's feelings, after finishing the task, he stood up directly to prepare for leaving: "Things are done, so we'll go back first. Come to the store and sit down when you're free, everyone exchanges more... by the way, will you still be a veterinarian later?"

  Ao Qian nodded: "In the past, my body was not good, so I liked to raise small animals at home. What I studied professionally is this. If I don't become a veterinarian, I won't have a job." Gods return to being gods, no matter what, food still needs to be eaten, can't starve oneself to death!

  Although I didn't die last time, no one can guarantee that kind of thing, maybe next time I'll really die and my soul will disappear, so it's better to be careful.

  "By the way... would you like to give it a physical examination as well?" Ao Qian suddenly spoke up, hesitating slightly as they were about to reach the door.

  "Why?"

  "... after all, it's said to be a divine beast, with avian flu being so prevalent lately, what if..."

  “……”

  ……

  Finally back in their own territory, the White Snake and Ah Xian stayed at each other's homes. Anyway, now that they knew the Dragon King's address, everyone could come visit whenever they wanted.

  Yi, the girl I met on the street before, heard that this time it was the Dragon King of the East Sea, and without saying a word, she had already returned to open her shop. Anyway, she didn't have any common language with him. Just as Feng Xiaoxiao and others entered the door, the other party had already called back all the takeout, washed their hands, and could start dinner.

  "I think we can develop the backyard of our store, and then live here directly. It's also convenient to start a fire, and in the morning, we don't have to run around." Feng Xiaoxiao sighed, having someone take care of daily life is just great, otherwise why do so many men who are unwilling to give up their freedom end up choosing marriage anyway?

  "I don't care, this place is good enough, but what about your original house?" Yang Yan sat down, throwing a piece of meat to the dog at his feet and tearing off a few strips of meat for the fat sparrow.

  The two pets were not very enthusiastic about eating, and they obviously looked down on the roadside snack stalls. In comparison, they appreciated Yang's special high-end pet food more.

  "The rent is just enough to pay Xiao Jingwei's salary." Feng Xiaoxiao also took a piece of meat and started eating.

  Yi Yi looked somewhat depressed: "Feng Jie, have I caused you trouble?!"

  The store doesn't seem to be short-staffed, and the workload isn't that heavy. And with what happened today, Yui suddenly feels like she's somewhat redundant.

  "It's not even worth mentioning, but if you've lived with us for a long time, you'll find that our originally peaceful life has been disrupted." Feng Xiaoxiao gnawed on the meat and threw away the bones, then sighed: "Li Chang asked me and Second Brother to go out and look for colleagues more often. In the future, we might even be able to take on tasks like catching ghosts, fortune-telling, and feng shui. Who knows what other strange creatures will come out."

  "There's also an assassin." Yang Yan casually put his laptop on the table, eating and typing on the keyboard at the same time: "I'm not referring to Chi You, I mean the one who came to kill me... Old Hu and my cheap brother have finally chosen a killer, it seems they just paid the deposit yesterday, and I estimate he'll arrive in our city by next week at the latest."

  "What's going on?!" Feng Xiaoxiao was surprised and quickly walked over, Yangyan cooperated to turn the laptop towards her, pointing at the browser page and explaining: "This is a website that Chiyou gave me a few days ago. Apparently some free killers around the world will take on jobs here... They use certain secret codes and jargon to communicate, and you need to install special software on your computer to log in and decipher the content. It's not a very hidden platform, but precisely because it's not hidden, it's easier for ordinary people to find."

  Feng Xiaoxiao took a look and indeed found an assassination order for Yangjia Taizi, which was already in the traded state. Below it was also translated by Yang Chen's killer message: "Happened to be passing by recently, went to stir-fry some sauce."

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