Chapter 89: Tang Qinru’s Profession
Chapter 89: Chapter 89: Tang Qinru’s Profession
"What in the goddamn hell is this?"
"The Martial Arts Alliance has long-standing rules, whether for official Demon Hunters or civilian ones.
None of them are allowed to be exposed online!"
"Come on, you tell me what’s going on."
Chu Zhengxiong walked into the office.
He tossed his phone directly onto Tang Zhan’s desk.
Tang Zhan picked up the phone and glanced at it.
On the screen was an underground parking garage.
A Demon Hunter wearing a clown mask killed a Pig Demon with a single strike.
After Tang Zhan finished watching the video, his expression turned to one of shock.
The Martial Arts Alliance did indeed have such a rule.
When Demon Hunters were on a Demon Hunt, they were not allowed to film videos or take photos.
Circulating them was even more forbidden, especially publishing them online.
Once they spread online, it could cause significant trouble for the Demon Hunter.
The demon beasts would hunt down the Demon Hunter.
Even their family and friends could be implicated.
This was a form of protection for the Demon Hunters...
After watching the video, Tang Zhan’s expression grew solemn.
"Is this from this morning’s case? I didn’t let anyone post the video!"
"You didn’t let anyone post it? Then did you have someone delete the video immediately?" Chu Zhengxiong pressed.
Tang Zhan slapped his forehead and sat there without a word.
"Old Chu, you know the Old District isn’t like the New District. A lot of cases came up this morning, and I was so busy I forgot..." Tang Zhan explained with a dry laugh.
"Bullshit, you were too busy and forgot?"
"How could you dare to forget something like this?"
"You really don’t take the Martial Arts Alliance’s regulations for protecting Demon Hunters seriously, do you!"
"This thing has already spread all over the internet. It’s about to hit one hundred thousand reposts!"
"Even if we try to stop it now, it’s probably too late!"
"If the Martial Arts Alliance finds out about this, I don’t know if they’ll hold your precinct responsible!"
"What you need to do right now is find the person who secretly posted this video..."
After Chu Zhengxiong finished speaking, Tang Zhan nodded hurriedly.
"Right, right, there’s no point in you yelling at me now. Once we find the person who posted the video, we’ll know what happened, right?"
He then picked up the phone and dialed a number.
After a long moment, once the call connected, he said, "Hello, Tech Department? That Demon Hunter video posted online—find the uploader’s IP address immediately, figure out who sent it... As soon as you find them, make the arrest!"
...
Evening had fallen.
After finishing his day’s training, Lin Yi sat on the bus, heading home.
The bus was sparsely occupied, with only a dozen or so people.
And they were all sitting far apart from each other.
Near the driver at the front, four or five people were seated.
They were all young people who had just gotten off work. In the middle sat a few middle-aged and elderly people.
Perhaps it was more convenient to get off from there.
Lin Yi, however, was sitting in the very last row.
And he was the only one there.
Looking out the window, the sky had just darkened, and people were still hurrying home on the streets.
Or perhaps they had just finished their grocery shopping.
The cars on the road were an endless stream.
The sound of honking horns blared intermittently, grating on the nerves.
Groups of flashily dressed young people stood by the roadside, talking and laughing.
Causing many passersby to deliberately give them a wide berth.
However, this lively atmosphere...
...wouldn’t last for long.
By around eight in the evening, the streets outside would be mostly empty of pedestrians.
By about nine, even cars would become a rare sight.
And after ten, that was when the demon beasts became active.
It was also the hunting hour for outlaws and Demon Hunters alike.
Relatively speaking, this time of day was quite safe.
As long as you could see a police car parked somewhere on the road...
...and public security team members with red armbands patrolling the busy areas...
...then it was the safest time of day.
「A dozen or so minutes later.」
Lin Yi got off the bus.
He hurried back toward Jingnan Hualu.
"Oh, why are you back so early today?"
Just as Lin Yi opened the door...
Tang Qinru’s voice came from inside the house.
A delighted expression appeared on Lin Yi’s face. "Sister Qinru, you didn’t go out tonight?"
"Can I really go out every single day? At that rate, I’d die of old age before I died of exhaustion!"
Lin Yi stepped into the entryway and changed his shoes.
He saw Tang Qinru sitting in the living room watching TV.
She was wearing a light blue nightgown that enveloped her somewhat exaggerated figure.
Although the nightgown was a bit loose, it could hardly conceal her ample chest.
It still left much to the imagination, hinting at what lay beneath...
"Sister Qinru, I’ve always been a little curious.
What kind of work do you do, anyway? You often stay up late and come back smelling of medicine. You don’t work at a hospital, do you?"
Lin Yi had wanted to ask her this question for a long time.
It was just that he and Tang Qinru didn’t know each other well before.
Asking someone so brazenly about their profession felt a bit rude.
Now that he had been living here for a while, they had become somewhat familiar with each other.
Tang Qinru sat up from the sofa and gave him a smiling glance.
"If I told you I was an Alchemist, would you believe me?"
"An Alchemist?"
Lin Yi was stunned and looked at Tang Qinru in surprise.
He had, of course, heard of the Alchemist profession.
And not just Alchemists, but also Spirit Chefs, Blacksmiths, Craftsmen, and so on...
These were all professions that Martial Artists transitioned into.
Simply put, depending on a person’s individual talents, they would be better suited for certain professions.
And they would gradually transition in that direction.
Becoming practitioners of some of these rare professions.
Alchemists were completely different from the Pharmacists you’d find in drugstores or hospitals.
Things like the Blood Replenishing Medicine, Blood Replenishing Pills, and Quenching Pills sold outside.
Pills and medicinal concoctions like these, which were beneficial to Martial Artists, could only be refined by Alchemists.
It was just like with Demon Beast Meat—an ordinary chef couldn’t prepare it.
Even if they did, it wouldn’t have any enhancing effects.
Only a Spirit Chef could cook it properly.
And the higher a Spirit Chef’s cultivation level, the greater the amplifying effect of the cooked Demon Beast Meat would be.
What Lin Yi found strange, however, was this.
From the very first moment he saw Tang Qinru, he hadn’t been able to see any of her talent entries.
’Even an ordinary person should have at least one talent entry, right?’
’Even if it’s something like "Neat Freak"? "Masochist"? "Top Student"? "Overachiever"...’
’But I can’t see a single talent entry on her?’
’What in the world is going on?’
If he could have seen her talent entries earlier, Lin Yi probably wouldn’t have needed to go to the trouble of asking.
Lin Yi smiled and nodded. "No wonder I can always smell herbs!"
Tang Qinru stood up from the sofa.
She walked toward the kitchen. "There’s no Demon Beast Meat today. The chef is on a business trip and might not be back for a while, so I just grabbed some takeout!"
"We’ll just have to make do. Once he’s back, I’ll bring you some more Demon Beast Meat!"