Shui Yunling is very proficient in chatting skills and various negotiation strategies. The environment she grew up in was very complicated, which required her to have these skills.
But when facing Gao Xuan, she felt there was no need to use any tricks.
First, the other party comes from a lower class background and has no family background.
Second, the other party’s level of knowledge is not high, but his thoughts are deep and complex.
For such people, it is not a good idea to use tricks or means.
Gao Xuan was silent for a moment and then asked, "Work for you?"
Shui Yunling smiled: "Yes, you heard it right, work for me."
She extended her hand and said, "Don't rush to make a decision. Let me explain the situation to you."
Shui Yunling said: "In the Central Star Region, recruiting guest officials is a very normal behavior. This should be a very relaxed employment relationship. The relationship between the host and the guest official is more like friends."
"Like a friend?"
Gao Xuan understood it as soon as he heard it. That is, although they appear polite on the surface, in essence they still have a strict superior-subordinate relationship.
Over the past thousand years, the aristocratic families have become more and more arrogant. Now the children of aristocratic families can recruit retainers.
Shui Yunling couldn't tell what Gao Xuan was thinking, so she continued, "Guests can enjoy very high treatment, and everyone respects each other. Guests can even refuse the orders of their masters. This is all allowed."
Gao Xuan smiled and didn't say anything, but his meaning was very clear: these had no appeal at all.
Shui Yunling said solemnly: "By becoming my guest official, you will be a member of the Shui family and have the right to settle in the Central Star Region. I can arrange for the qualifications for advancement to the Holy Hall. I can also provide all the corresponding resources."
Seeing Gao Xuan didn't respond, Shui Yunling felt a little impatient. This man really didn't know himself. She personally invited him, but he was still hesitating.
If it were in the central star field, any low-level foundation-building cultivator would not be able to refuse her invitation.
The people in the alien domain were ignorant after all. They didn't understand how important the guest officials of the Shui family were.
Shui Yunling said: "You may have doubts about my identity and think that I am not qualified to recruit retainers. Please rest assured that I am the 127th heir of the Shui family."
She smiled reservedly: "You may not understand what this means, but it represents my status in the family."
The one hundred and twenty-seventh heir, that sounds a bit funny.
There are only 108 heroes in Liangshan, and even so, most of them can be said to be unknown.
However, the Shui family is not Liangshanpo.
The Shui family is one of the five great families in the Holy Temple and one of the five most powerful families in the entire alliance.
The Shui family has millions of direct descendants alone, and the collateral descendants add up to 2 billion.
These collateral descendants are not just there to make up the numbers. All people with the surname Shui must obey the orders of the head of the family.
With two billion people spread across the central star field, even the lowest-level Shui people have a certain amount of energy and resources in their hands.
With all these people gathered together, one can imagine how enormous the power possessed by the Shui family will be.
Apart from anything else, Shui Yunling just has the status of being the rightful heir, which makes him the number one person in the Central Star Region.
It’s just that her current cultivation is too weak and her experience is shallow, so she hasn’t been able to gather enough strength around her.
Moreover, she has many competitors.
Shui Yunling can only keep his qualification of succession by constantly moving forward and proving his strength.
In fact, her cultivation had stagnated in the past two years, and her work had also entered a period of stagnation. She was clearly showing signs of decline.
If this continues, within a few years, when the family holds another meeting, her status as the successor may be revoked.
For this reason, Shui Yunling was also very anxious.
This trip to Hongguang Star to investigate Gao Xuan gave Shui Yunling an opportunity.
Gao Xuan's ability to lock onto the evil god is actually of little use to the aristocratic families and the holy temple.
If there is a real need, the Holy Hall and the noble families will naturally be able to harvest a large number of divine crystals. As for how the subordinates will carry it out and how much power they will need to consume, that is a matter for the lower levels.
Whether a hundred or ten thousand people have to die to harvest a divine crystal, it is the same to the top leaders and is not worth worrying about.
However, things are different at the level of Shuiyunling.
She didn't have such a high status that she could consume divine crystals at will, nor could she obtain divine crystals at will.
If she could recruit Gao Xuan for her own use, she could then harvest the divine crystals in private.
She doesn't need too much. Ten or eight high-quality divine crystals should be enough for her to advance to the Golden Core stage.
As long as she could advance to the Golden Core stage, she would be able to gain a firm foothold in the family. She could take her time with other matters.
Of course, there are also great risks in doing so.
Even though she is the heir apparent to the Shui family, it is still a serious crime to secretly store the divine crystal.
Once she is discovered, not only the Holy Hall, but even the Shui family themselves will deal with her.
At that time, Gao Xuan would have no choice but to be handed over to take the blame.
An official guest official, this identity is enough to bear the crime. Clear her out.
If the matter could be successful, Gao Xuan would also be killed. Such a forbidden matter must be kept strictly confidential. She could not trust anyone but a living person.
Of course, there is no need to tell Gao Xuanming about this.
Shui Yunling and Gao Xuan talked a lot about the status of the successor, and also talked about many benefits of being a guest official. Finally, he said sincerely: "If you come to help me, I will never treat you unfairly."
She promised, "I will help you solve the crime of hiding the divine crystal."
Gao Xuan couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't hide the divine crystal."
Shui Yunling also laughed: "Your words don't count."
She said, "Both you and Yuan Youyuan's magic weapons are very powerful. I think there are problems with both of them."
"If there is a problem, check it out."
Gao Xuan said calmly: "A man of integrity has nothing to fear from his own shadow. I killed the evil god to save the world and for the glory of my Lord. How could I have so many selfish motives?"
Shui Yunling was a little displeased. Although Gao Xuan didn't say it explicitly, his words revealed a hint of rejection.
Her voice also became a little more severe: "I'm not threatening you, but there are many problems with your actions. If you take it seriously, the consequences will be something you won't be able to bear."
"Oh. Then please ask the investigator to investigate according to the law. Don't show favoritism."
Gao Xuan nodded slightly and said, "Thank you for your consideration, Investigator. I'm sorry, but I'm involved in a lawsuit right now and can't accept the invitation.
"Otherwise, people will think that I have personal connections with the investigator, and it's inevitable that people will suspect that the investigator is partial and corrupt in this matter. That's not good for both you and me."
Gao Xuan took a step back and said, "It's getting late. If you have nothing else to do, Investigator, I will take my leave."
Seeing that Shui Yunling didn't say anything, Gao Xuan turned around, pushed the door and left.
Shui Yunling clenched his fists tightly, "You don't know what's good for you."
She turned around and angrily said to Shui Yulan: "This lowly pariah actually dared to reject my invitation! Does he know who I am? I am Shui Yunling, the heir to the Shui family!"
Shui Yunling became angrier and angrier as he thought about it: "He didn't reject me, he rejected the Shui family. He deserves to die..."
It’s not that Shui Yunling is not cunning, but she has grown up without a guy of her status daring to refuse her.
This made her feel humiliated, so she was extremely angry.
Shui Yulan said softly, "He is just a lowly person, he doesn't even know what he is rejecting. It's not worth getting angry over such a person."
"This untouchable deserves to die."
Shui Yunling also quickly calmed down, her eyes were filled with cold murderous intent, "You are so sure, it seems that he really didn't steal the divine crystal."
"This should be."
Shui Yulan also nodded: "He is a smart man. He shouldn't take chances."
It is certainly difficult to find out the specific circumstances of the private storage of the divine crystal, but as long as one swears an oath in front of the statue of the Divine Emperor, nothing can be hidden.
Shui Yunling thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Lan, do you think he will think that I am deceiving him, that's why he is acting so tough. He wants me to make a wrong judgment to avoid swearing."
“That’s a possibility.”
Shui Yulan felt that Gao Xuan was a smart man and would not use such a risky strategy. Of course, this possibility could not be completely ruled out.
Shui Yunling was silent for a while and said, "Letting him swear an oath in front of the Divine Emperor is the last resort. If he swears but cannot be convicted, the matter ends here. I can no longer control him. This matter cannot be solved so easily."
She asked Shui Yulan: "Auntie Lan, do you have any ideas for dealing with him?"
As an investigator, Shui Yunling had many legitimate ways to embarrass Gao Xuan, but these methods could not kill Gao Xuan, nor could they let her vent her anger.
Besides, the investigators can’t do whatever they want.
As an investigator of the Supervision Department, she had to keep records of the case-handling process. She could not openly violate the church discipline.
Shui Yunling had always been smooth sailing and rarely used insidious means to deal with the enemy. She had no need for this. If she wanted to kill Gao Xuan without leaving any trace, she had to ask Shui Yulan for advice.
Shui Yulan thought for a moment and said, "It's not easy to do it in the Holy Hall. How about this, take him to kill the evil god Shenhai."
"deep sea?"
Shui Yunling hesitated a little: "It is said that a golden elixir of the Yuan family was killed by Shen Hai. This evil god is too powerful. Hei Hu will definitely not go."
"Let's go to the sea and use a Lure God Pill. We should be able to attract the deep sea here."
Shui Yulan said: "If Shen Hai doesn't come, I will get rid of Hei Hu and Yuan You Yuan. I can just blame Shen Hai."
The God-Luring Pill is specially made from divine crystal powder and is used specifically to attract evil gods.
After all, the evil god's tracks are hidden deep and difficult to find. If you determine the approximate location of the evil god and use the Lure God Pill, there is a high chance that you can lure the evil god out.
Of course, the God-Luring Pill is useless against highly intelligent evil gods.
It's just that evil gods are beings that gather willpower as food. Although most of them are intelligent, their brains are not very clear.
Like a madman, he mostly acts on instinct and rarely makes rational judgments.
From this point of view, the vast majority of evil gods are destined to be chaotic and low-level life forms.
Only when the evil god becomes powerful enough can it have extremely high intelligence and possess its own logic and judgment abilities.
According to the information, the evil god of Hongguang Star should be at the Jindan level, but his intelligence is very low.
The main reason why the Yuan family couldn’t defeat this evil god was that their fighting power was insufficient.
Shui Yunling has a high level of authority. Before coming here, he had read the information about Hongguang Star in detail and knew that Shenhai was the most powerful evil god on this planet.
However, this chaotic evil god is very difficult to deal with and is not very valuable.
In the alien world, there are countless evil gods like Shen Hai, and no strong man is willing to come here just for one evil god.
For the strong, the stronger the evil god is, the better. Only when they need it, they can get higher quality divine crystals.
"What if the deep sea is too strong and traps us as well?"
The deep sea is very dangerous, Shui Yunling doesn't want to take risks. Don't get yourself into it, that would be a joke.
Shui Yulan said: "We have the Phantom Cloak. If there is any problem, we will leave immediately."
The Phantom Cloak is a third-grade magical weapon that can transform into a flowing shadow and penetrate the void to escape. As the heir to the Shui family, Shui Yunling has the right to use the Phantom Cloak.
The most powerful feature of the Phantom Cloak is that it can be immune to most source forces and physical attacks, and the ability to instantly transform into a shadow and escape far away is even more of a magical skill.
With the phantom cloak, he could protect himself even against a Jindan strongman. A Jindan-level evil god would have no means to break the phantom cloak.
Shui Yunling nodded. Shui Yulan was right in reminding her that she should apply for the right to use the phantom cloak in advance and be fully prepared.
The next day, Shui Yunling issued an order, asking Gao Xuan to lead the way to the Ming Sea in the southern hemisphere.
The Ming Sea is a super-large ocean that covers half of the southern hemisphere.
The weather conditions in Minghai are also very bad and unpredictable.
Thousands of years ago, large tracts of sea fields were developed in Minghai, where sea rice, various vegetables and fruits were planted, and various edible fish were artificially cultivated.
Over the past thousand years, these equipments have long been destroyed due to lack of maintenance. The climate on the Ming Sea is so bad, and there are all kinds of powerful sea monsters, so gradually no one dares to enter the Ming Sea anymore.
Especially in the deep sea, there is fog all year round, and even satellites in the sky find it difficult to penetrate the fog.
For the humans of Red Light Star, the Ming Sea has become a forbidden area.
Shui Yunling suddenly said that he wanted to go to Minghai to investigate the situation. Yuan Tiejiang and Yuan Ping were both very surprised.
Minghai is so dangerous, why did Shui Yunling go there? The key point is that this has nothing to do with Shui Yunling's investigation.
Yuan Youyuan couldn't help but glance at Gao Xuan, his eyes full of anxiety.
Gao Xuan told her yesterday that Shui Yunling invited him to be a guest official, but he refused.
Shui Yunling did this today, and it seems like he had bad intentions no matter how you look at it.
Gao Xuan remained calm and just used his eyes to signal Yuan Youyuan to keep quiet.
Shui Yunling knew everyone's doubts, she smiled slightly: "I came here this time, not only to investigate the divine crystal, but also to conduct a survey of the Red Light Star to confirm the status of the various evil gods on the planet."
She was not saying this casually. Every investigator who arrived in an alien region was tasked with collecting local data.
Only by obtaining accurate data can the Holy Temple make an accurate assessment of the situation in the outer star domain.
The reports produced by the Holy Temple in this star region often contain various errors. This is also the reason why the local Holy Temple does not like the headquarters to interfere in their affairs.
Shui Yunling said: "I heard that the most powerful evil god on Hongguang Star is Shenhai, who has been wreaking havoc on Hongguang Star for hundreds of years. We must investigate the situation of this evil god thoroughly."
When Yuan Ping heard this, she was actually quite excited. If the Holy Temple Headquarters could get rid of Shen Hai, the Yuan family could increase their investment in Hongguang Star and try their best to restore order on Hongguang Star.
But when she thought of the horror of the deep sea, Yuan Ping felt a little uneasy again.
Shui Yunling looked at Yuan Ping and asked politely, "Deputy Captain Yuan, I heard that you had a fight with Shen Hai?"
Yuan Ping lowered her head with some shame and said, "My cultivation was not good at that time. I was only responsible for logistical support. I did not fight with Shen Hai."
"Then you should know some more detailed information. Tell us first so that we can prepare."
Shui Yunling said he was asking for advice, but his tone was very serious and he didn't allow Yuan Ping to refuse at all.
Yuan Ping was helpless. She thought for a moment and said, "The Deep Sea is like an octopus, with sixteen long tentacles. The main body is several hundred meters high, and the tentacles are one to two thousand meters long. The most terrifying thing is the eyes on the tentacles. These eyes will emit evil auras. If this evil aura is shot at, people will lose their reason and become very crazy..."
Deep Sea is a very powerful evil god. The very special thing about Deep Sea is that his true form is hidden deep in the ocean.
Its soul can roam the southern hemisphere. It can easily sneak into people's dreams and transform them into its believers.
So, although the deep sea does not show up, there are one or two billion believers in the southern hemisphere.
Among such a large number of believers, there are even a few powerful messengers of God.
In fact, the southern hemisphere is almost entirely ruled by the sea god.
The so-called Poseidon is the official name of the deep sea.
The Yuan family had no way to deal with this. Masters such as Huang Tingdao of the Yunguang Holy Hall were not very interested in the deep sea.
It is very difficult to kill this kind of evil god completely, and there is no benefit even if it is killed.
Because the most valuable thing about an evil god is the divine crystal. The divine crystal of a powerful evil god like Deep Sea could never be in the hands of the Cloud Light Holy Hall.
For various reasons, the deep sea is becoming increasingly powerful.
As for the Sea God Cult, it was nothing. This kind of organization that was established by relying on the evil god was very fragile. As long as the evil god was killed, the organization would naturally fall apart.
Yuan Ping told her as much as possible about the deep sea information she knew. Yuan Tiejiang, as the head of the Red Light Star Holy Hall, also made some supplements.
In short, the deep sea is very scary. If you rashly go there, you will only end up dying.
Although Yuan Ping hoped that someone would eradicate the deep sea, she did not believe that Shui Yunling had the ability to do so.
To kill Shen Hai, one must be at least a Jindan strongman. Moreover, Huang Tingdao's level of gold strongman is a little worse.
Yuan Tiejiang also felt that the situation was difficult, and he advised seriously: "The Deep Sea's body is hidden deep in the sea, and its spirit is wandering in the southern hemisphere. If you are not sure, you should not enter the Minghai area..."
Shui Yunling's face darkened slightly: "As Templar warriors, are you afraid of the evil god?"
This hat was a bit too big, Yuan Tiejiang didn't dare to say anything. Yuan Ping didn't dare to say anything either.
Shui Yunling sneered: "It is our responsibility to eradicate the evil god. It is your shame to indulge the evil god in wreaking havoc!"
Although they knew that Shui Yunling was taking advantage of the situation, Yuan Tiejiang and Yuan Ping could only bow their heads and accept the training.
They also realized that this person was clearly looking for trouble.
Yuan Youyuan even sent a private message to Gao Xuan on the communication channel: "This woman is going crazy and wants to take us to die together. What should we do?"
"She's not afraid, so why should you be afraid?"
Gao Xuan comforted her, "Don't worry, we will be together in life and death, and we will never be separated."
"I haven't lived enough, I don't want to die..."
Yuan Youyuan didn't take such love words seriously. She rolled her eyes at Gao Xuan and said, "I think this woman wants to kill you. You better think of a way!"
"no way."
Gao Xuan said: "She insisted on making trouble, so we had no choice but to accompany her."
"Is she dissatisfied with your kung fu?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm a good man with a clean conscience. Even if a woman like this takes off her clothes, I won't even look at her any more..."
Shui Yunling couldn't hear Gao Xuan and the others' private conversation, but she knew that everyone must be full of complaints. So what? They still had to listen to her!
This time they were going deep into the sea, so everyone brought all their equipment with them. They only prepared two Flying Eagle heavy battleships.
The masters of the Red Light Star Temple came out in full force.
The Flying Eagle heavy battleship broke through the atmosphere and returned to the atmosphere twenty minutes later, having reached the Ming Sea in the southern hemisphere.
Looking down from the sky, the Ming Sea was dark red, as if there was a charcoal fire burning in the sea water.
Pieces of white mist, like clouds, drifted across the sea with the wind.
An Eagle battleship was parked outside the atmosphere, rotating synchronously with the planet, ready to provide support at any time.
The Flying Eagle battleship carrying Shui Yunling, Gao Xuan and Yuan Youyuan went straight into the depths of the sea.
As we went deeper, the fog outside became thicker and thicker. In the end, the radar screen was all white.
The cabin was quiet, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was quite solemn.
First, Shui Yunling's order was unreasonable, and everyone was very dissatisfied. In addition, the unique depressing atmosphere of Minghai made everyone feel nervous.
Shui Yunling also felt very uncomfortable at this moment, as if an invisible huge stone was pressing on her heart, and she felt like she couldn't breathe.
At this moment, she also became very alert. The Evil God Deep Sea was more dangerous than she expected.
But at this point, if she gave up halfway, she would be laughed at by people like Gao Xuan and Yuan Ping.
Shui Yunling glanced at Gao Xuan. This man was still so calm.
There were many experts in the cabin, but even Shui Yulan had a cold look on her face. This was also a natural resistance due to the huge pressure.
Only Gao Xuan remained calm and composed as usual, showing no abnormal emotions.
Yuan Youyuan, who was sitting next to Gao Xuan, tried her best to remain calm, but her face was already pale. She held Gao Xuan's hand tightly with one hand.
The driver in front suddenly exclaimed, "It's broken, all electronic equipment is strongly interfered with and can't work properly..."
The Flying Eagle warship can fly and fight in space. It is a very advanced small combat aircraft. Preventing electromagnetic interference is its most basic function.
When necessary, you can even activate a small protective force field. But it consumes too much energy. The protective force field can't be activated for long.
It is difficult for external forces to invade the control system of a warship of this level. Although the evil god is powerful, it is difficult for him to control his own power. He will not use his divine power to interfere with the operation of electronic equipment.
We have just reached the depths of the Ming Sea and haven’t seen the Evil God Deep Sea yet, but the Eagle battleship has been disturbed
Flying ships are very fast, and without various electronic equipment to collect data at all times, it is very dangerous to control the flying ship by relying on human eyes to observe the environment.
What’s even more terrifying is that the evil god knows how to interfere with electronic equipment, which means that he is very intelligent.
Everyone was surprised, and then everyone in the cabin looked at Shui Yunling.
Shui Yunling was able to keep her composure. She asked Gao Xuan, "How far are we from the evil god?"
Gao Xuan closed his eyes and pretended to be serious, but in fact his soul had already seen the deep sea.
In the middle of the colorful sea of source power, a huge black octopus was waving its many long tentacles and floating freely.
Every time the octopus waves its tentacles, a cloud of black gas is emitted.
The black gas spread out, dyeing the nearby sea of source power a light ink color.
The powerful evil god has established his own divine domain and polluted the surrounding sea of source energy.
Calculated from the physical distance, the two sides were still dozens of kilometers apart. In fact, everyone had already entered the Deep Sea Divine Realm.
Gao Xuan opened his eyes and said, "We are only thirty kilometers away from the evil god. His aura is very strong. I suggest you evacuate immediately."
Shui Yunling said calmly: "It's not your turn to make suggestions here, just do your own thing."
She said to everyone, "Since we are here, we must see it clearly. Everyone, prepare to fight."
Shui Yunling said to Gao Xuan again: "You can sense the evil spirit's aura, so go ahead and explore the way."
Without waiting for Gao Xuan to speak, Shui Yunling emphasized again: "This is an order."
Shui Yunling said to everyone with a cold face: "We are here to carry out a mission, not to have fun. No one is allowed to evacuate without my order!"
These words were full of murderous intent, and Yuan Ping and Yuan Tiejiang could only respond sternly.
Shui Yunling found Gao Xuan sitting there motionless. Her eyes turned cold and she asked, "Why don't you move when I asked you to explore the way? Are you going to disobey orders?"
"No need to explore."
Gao Xuan said calmly: "It's coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge and strange dark green eyeball appeared in front of everyone.
The dark green eyeballs emitted a deep and filthy green light. Once they met that gaze, they felt as if they had fallen into rotten and smelly green sewage.
Everyone was shocked, even Shui Yunling was shocked. She hadn't used the Lure God Pill yet, so how come the evil god came over on his own initiative
Moreover, this evil god's power was strange and powerful. As soon as he appeared, the filthy power polluted her soul.
Shui Yunling felt extremely uncomfortable. The source power that was usually as smooth as water became like paint, sticky and difficult to control.
A huge green eyeball was constantly getting bigger, and everyone had the illusion that the green eyeball seemed to have turned into an abyss, about to swallow everyone in.
"Illusion, don't be afraid."
Shui Yulan is experienced. She shouted loudly: "Everyone, activate your magic weapons immediately."
Shui Yulan was organizing people to fight back when the cabin wall suddenly cracked into countless fine cracks.
Then, the bulkhead silently collapsed inwards. A tentacle covered with suction cups and green eyes suddenly retracted inwards.
Yuan Youyuan was horrified. Only then did she realize that it was a huge tentacle that wrapped around the warship and crushed it.
In this small enclosed space where the tentacles were gathered together, they had nowhere to escape!
Shui Yunling was also shocked. How could the power of the Deep Sea Evil God be so strong? It was completely different from what was recorded in the data. This time, it was really dangerous...
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