The Supreme Beauty Fell in Love with Me

The old man showed no sign of panic; suddenly, his expression became solemn, and he said, "Don't think I'm joking with you. The reason you don't know you're a reincarnated Earth King is that your Spiritual Wisdom hasn't been awakened."

"Then how do I awaken my Spiritual Wisdom?" Zhang Wenhui asked, wanting to humor the old man.

The old man said, "The awakening of Spiritual Wisdom requires fortuitous encounters. When the time comes, it will naturally awaken."

Zhang Wenhui's expression suddenly changed, and he said, "You old man, what nonsense are you talking? I think you're just trying to scam some money from me. Sorry, please come with me."

The old man remained unfazed, smiled at Zhang Wenhui, and said, "Believe it or not, but we'll certainly meet again when your Spiritual Wisdom awakens." After finishing, he stood up and turned to walk towards the door.

Zhang Wenhui stood up, wanting to chase after the old man, but Song Xiaojia pulled him back, saying, "Director Zhang, let it go. Why bother with an old man?"

The old man reached the entrance of the restaurant, suddenly turned around, looked at Song Xiaojia, and said, "Young lady, come here for a moment."

Song Xiaojia hesitated slightly but still stood up and walked over to the old man.

The old man saw Song Xiaojia approaching him, smiled, and said, "Young lady, it's fate that we meet today. You should keep this book."

After speaking, the old man took out a thin book from his coat pocket and handed it to Song Xiaojia.

Song Xiaojia took the book and saw it was a thread-bound book. The cover had turned yellow, with three characters written in seal script: Dragon Summoning Skill.

Song Xiaojia looked at the cover and couldn't help but open the book to read it. The content was somewhat abstruse and difficult to understand. After glancing through it briefly, she looked up but the old man was nowhere in sight.

"Where's the person, Director Zhang?" Song Xiaojia turned to Zhang Wenhui.

Zhang Wenhui shrugged and said, "He's gone."

Song Xiaojia hurried outside, but she couldn't catch sight of the old man's shadow anymore.

After having dinner, Song Xiaojia locked herself in the office, reading the Dragon Summoning Skill twice. Some parts of the content were really hard to understand.

After pondering for a while, Song Xiaojia put away the book and then left her office, heading towards her master, Feng Lingshan.

When Song Xiaojia handed the Dragon Summoning Skill to Feng Lingshan, his expression initially froze and then became somewhat excited. He said to Song Xiaojia, "The Dragon Summoning Skill of the Mao family from Zhongnan Mountain, Xiao Jia, where did you get this?"

Song Xiaojia immediately recounted the encounter with the old man to Feng Lingshan. After listening, Feng Lingshan laughed heartily and said, "Xiao Jia, you're really fortunate to acquire the Mao family's Dragon Summoning Skill. With the dragon's protection, you'll be invincible."

"Master, can you tell me what exactly the Dragon Summoning Skill is?" Song Xiaojia asked Feng Lingshan.

Feng Lingshan said, "The Mao family of Zhongnan Mountain is a renowned Taoist family. This Dragon Summoning Skill is their secret technique. Though I don't know who the old man you mentioned is, giving you the Dragon Summoning Skill indicates he's connected to the Mao family."

Speaking of the Mao family, almost no Taoist doesn't know of them, because a famous figure emerged from the family a century ago.

This man named Mao Zhengfang was the thirty-second generation successor of the Mao family, renowned for a significant accomplishment.

This matter is related to the Tai Chi Sect. A hundred years ago, a plague suddenly broke out, sweeping across nearly half of China's land. Mao Zhengfang, who was traveling at the time, witnessed the plague's devastation and fully aided the affected people.

The origin of this plague had a reason. While assisting the affected folks, Mao Zhengfang traced its source and discovered the cause behind the outbreak.

The plague was actually instigated by an Evil Sect of the time. Mao Zhengfang went to settle the score with the sect and coincidentally encountered Feng Chenglong, the Sect Leader of Tai Chi Sect, who had also learned the truth and was fighting the sect.

The Evil Sect, relying on its numbers, surrounded Feng Chenglong and other Tai Chi Sect members when Mao Zhengfang unleashed the Dragon Summoning Skill.

The protective dragon showed its might, and Mao Zhengfang, single-handedly, eradicated the Evil Sect.

Feng Lingshan knew of the Dragon Summoning Skill because of the connection between the Tai Chi Sect and the Mao family from Zhongnan Mountain.

Under Feng Lingshan's guidance, Song Xiaojia began to practice the Dragon Summoning Skill. Though it wasn't easy to cultivate, Song Xiaojia had a natural knack for it, achieving modest success in just two days.

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Night enveloped the earth; there wasn't a hint of starlight in the sky, and the weather seemed ominously gloomy.

On a secluded street in Jiangbei City, two drunk men staggered about, shouting incoherently.

"Damn it, that dog Jia San wants to steal my woman. One day I'm going to take care of that bastard," one of them cursed.

The other slurred, "Brother, let's go settle the scores with him right now."

Fueled by the courage of alcohol, the first man said, "Alright, let's go find Jia San and finish him off."

As the words were spoken, several dark shadows suddenly appeared between the sky.

The shadows hovered in the air, emitting a strange sound. Under the streetlights, they were revealed to be bats.

These bats were different from ordinary bats; not only were they larger, but their eyes also glowed with a sinister red hue.

Two drunken guys also noticed the bats circling overhead, but they didn't care and staggered forward.

The bats hovering in the sky suddenly swooped down together, charging at the two guys.

The first bat that dove down reached above one man's head and, while flapping its wings, bit his neck.

The man who was bitten felt pain, shouted, and reached out to grab the bat.

Before he could catch the bat, another bat that followed bit him on the face.

The other guy didn't fare much better; in an instant, he was also bitten several times by the swooping bats.

After being bitten, the two guys' bodies suddenly started to change.

Not far from the street, a man in his thirties riding a bicycle happened to witness the scene. He only saw two people being besieged by several bats, then they fell to the ground, and their bodies started to ignite spontaneously.

The cyclist screamed in fear, abandoned his bicycle, and fled hurriedly.

Zhang Wenhui had just gone to bed when his phone rang.

"Officer Zhang, something happened, there were two murders on Jiangbei Road." As soon as he answered, a voice full of urgency came through.

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Wenhui quickly got dressed and rushed to Jiangbei Road as fast as possible.

By this time, the entire street of Jiangbei Road had been cordoned off. Seeing Zhang Wenhui arrive, a police officer immediately approached him and said, "Officer Zhang, according to an eyewitness, the deceased were attacked by several bats and then their bodies caught fire."

Zhang Wenhui frowned. This story sounded too far-fetched; who would believe a few bats biting someone could make their body ignite?

Then, he moved to the crime scene and saw two burned corpses lying on the ground.

"Where is the eyewitness?" Zhang Wenhui asked the police beside him as he looked at the charred bodies.

The officer said, "In the station, completely terrified."

Zhang Wenhui gave the bodies another glance and said, "Take me to see the eyewitness immediately."

He had taken just a few steps when a police officer ran up and said, "Officer Zhang, there's trouble; another murder has occurred on West City Road, similar to this, with three people dead."

Zhang Wenhui was slightly stunned, quickly got into a police car, and drove towards West City Road.

West City Road wasn't far from Jiangbei Road, about a ten-minute drive. When Zhang Wenhui arrived, there were only a few local precinct officers at the scene.

Unlike Jiangbei Road, West City Road wasn't as isolated, and despite the late hour, there were quite a few witnesses on the street.

Based on eyewitness accounts, the three victims were walking on the street when a dozen or so bats suddenly appeared and attacked them, after which the victims fell, and their bodies started to burn.

One witness even recorded the incident on their phone, and Zhang Wenhui watched the video carefully, noting it matched the eyewitness accounts.

As for the bats that bit the victims, they flew away immediately after the bodies ignited and disappeared quickly.

Director Hu of the city bureau received Zhang Wenhui's report and rushed to the scene overnight.

Recently, those violent cases had just been dealt with, and suddenly, two more murder cases occurred; Director Hu was overwhelmed.

After staying at the scene for over ten minutes, Director Hu asked Zhang Wenhui to accompany him back to the city bureau.

"Old Zhang." In Director Hu's office, Director Hu tossed a cigarette to Zhang Wenhui and said, "Starting now, you are the captain of the criminal investigation team. You need to fully handle these two cases."

There had been news that Zhang Wenhui was to be promoted to captain of the city bureau's criminal investigation team, a decision already settled; Director Hu just hadn't told Zhang Wenhui yet.

With these two cases arising, Director Hu used the opportunity to officially promote Zhang Wenhui.

Zhang Wenhui took a couple of drags on his cigarette and pondered, "Director Hu, I think these two cases are similar to those previous violent ones, filled with oddities. How about you talk to Secretary Tang and get Lin Chuan in here?"

Director Hu frowned, smoking his cigarette, and said, "I'll talk to Secretary Tang about it tomorrow morning."