Yu Xinghan had hundreds, even thousands, of questions for Zhang Yu regarding the changes he brought about and the *Xie Shen Yi Shi*.

Despite his many 궁금증s, Yu Xinghan knew this was not the right time to ask, or even to send a message. He could only keep his questions to himself.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu finally had the time and leisure to study Yu Xinghan’s sublimated *Dao Zhong*.

He switched his *Qing Lian Jian Tai* (Spiritual Root) to *San Yan Shen Tong* (Spiritual Root), scanned the street, and a wave of surprise surged through him. He quickly switched back to *Qing Lian Jian Tai*.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “What a powerful *Dao Zhong*.”

“With this *San Yan Shen Tong*, any *Wugong* can be learned at a glance and mastered with ease.”

But Zhang Yu quickly realized that this ability couldn’t be used indiscriminately.

“Firstly, in daily life, I encounter so many people and so many *Gongfa*, but most of them are very ordinary and wouldn’t help me even if I mastered them. Instead, they would increase the risk of exposure.”

“Especially compared to going around learning *Wugong* with *San Yan Shen Tong*, it’s better to stick with *Qing Lian Jian Tai* and continue to improve the *Lian Fa Tu*.”

“If I’m going to use this *San Yan Shen Tong* to steal *Wugong*, I should pinpoint a target, plan it out, and do it systematically, not just steal randomly on the street.”

Feeling the *Qing Lian Jian Tai* switch back in his mind, Zhang Yu quickly thought of another question: “I can’t believe that after Yu Xinghan’s potential was activated by the *Xie Shen Yi Shi*, his *San Yan Shen Tong* underwent a qualitative change.”

Zhang Yu glanced at his *Yu Shu* and saw that the *San Yan Shen Tong* on the *Dao Zhong Pu* was still at Level 3, with no upgrade.

“It’s not an upgrade, but a qualitative change. The same level, but with stronger abilities.”

“But why did Yu Xinghan’s *Dao Zhong* abilities improve after his potential was activated, while A Zhen’s *Qing Lian Jian Tai* didn’t?”

Zhang Yu couldn’t figure out the reason, only speculating: “Is it because *Qing Lian Jian Tai*’s potential can no longer be improved? Or is it that the *Xie Shen Yi Shi* can’t interfere with *Qing Lian Jian Tai*?”

Zhang Yu shook his head, unable to find the answer.

Then, a thought flashed, and he remembered another question.

“Yu Xinghan’s *San Yan Shen Tong* power increased after his potential was activated.”

“Then, if Le Mulan’s potential were activated, would her *Shen Han Fa Mai* power increase?”

“What about Ye Xingli, or even Shizun… if their potentials were activated, would their *Ling Yun Qi Xin* and *Tian Gong Kai Wu* powers also increase?”

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but feel a little excited.

However, he knew that Ye Xingli and Ciji Zhenjun would absolutely not become *Xie Shen* believers now. If he dared to suggest it, he would probably be reported on the spot.

As for Le Mulan…

Zhang Yu wasn’t entirely confident in his heart, after all, even helping Yu Xinghan activate his potential this time felt like a risk.

“I need to observe further…”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Perhaps I can find an opportunity to test it out.”

The next day.

Xuyang Zhenren arrived at his office, his cybernetic eye scanning the news feeds.

He didn’t see any news about yesterday’s interception of *Tian Ri Huang Shen*, nor about the raid on Zhang Yu’s construction site. Xuyang Zhenren immediately understood that someone from above had blocked the news, probably to reduce the impact and prohibit related reports.

While watching the news, Xuyang Zhenren spoke, “Where is Yun Yuqing?”

No one answered.

Xuyang Zhenren frowned. The atmosphere in the office then made him feel increasingly uneasy. Everyone seemed to have been silenced; not only did no one speak to him voluntarily, but he could even feel that everyone was intentionally keeping their distance from him.

Feeling this, Xuyang Zhenren gritted his teeth. After a long time, he received a message from someone.

“Captain, you don’t know yet?”

Xuyang Zhenren replied: Know what?

The other party didn’t answer, making Xuyang Zhenren’s heart grow more irritable.

Just then, a message finally appeared in his cybernetic eye, startling him to his feet. His *Jindan* aura erupted, and his long robe flapped loudly under the impact of the *Gangqi*.

“They want to transfer me to a junior college?!”

Xuyang Zhenren rushed out and, a moment later, arrived directly in Qiming Zhenjun’s office. He took a deep breath and said, “Director, what’s with this transfer order?”

Qiming Zhenjun said calmly, “The investigation into your violation of regulations has been completed. The nature of this matter is very serious, and the higher-ups are taking it seriously.”

Xuyang Zhenren said unwillingly, “Where did I violate anything?”

Qiming Zhenjun said, “Whether you violated or not, you know it yourself. Is using your authority to trouble students something a qualified patrol officer should do? Go down and reflect properly.”

Xuyang Zhenren gritted his teeth and said, “A junior college is too bad. Is that a place for people to go?”

Qiming Zhenjun said coldly, “If I hadn’t tried my best to explain for you, you probably wouldn’t even be able to go to a junior college.”

“Alright, that’s all I can say. Quickly hand over your work and then go to the junior college.”

Xuyang Zhenren walked out of Qiming Zhenjun’s office in a daze, his mind seemingly half cold and half hot, filled with both anger and despair.

However, after a moment, he snapped out of it, realizing that he absolutely couldn’t rot in a junior college, or his life would likely be full of endless suffering.

Xuyang Zhenren remembered someone. He quickly contacted the person and said, “This is what happened. I helped you, and now you must help me.”

“I risked my future in the patrol team. You haven’t forgotten what you promised, have you?”

After a long time, Xuyang Zhenren breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The other party agreed to give him another sum of money and told him to lay low for a while. In the future, they would provide him with the promised job and position, but not now. Doing so now would attract too much attention.

Although Xuyang Zhenren knew the other party was right, the thought of working at a junior college next still made him feel uneasy.

In Bei Wufeng’s laboratory.

Bei Wufeng, who was presiding over an experiment, saw a message flash on his cybernetic eye. It was from Jin Jun.

Jin Jun: Shixiong, have you heard about Zhang Yu?

Bei Wufeng: I’ve been busy with the school’s training recently. Just tell me what’s up.

Jin Jun: Zhang Yu and a student from Tianyao University had a conflict at a construction site.

Jin Jun: Later, he reported them and had the Tianyao University student arrested.

Jin Jun: Said it was environmental pollution.

Jin Jun: Now the Tianyao University student is temporarily detained, and many *Yaoyi* are protesting.

Bei Wufeng looked at the messages from Jin Jun and saw that many *Yaoyi* were shouting about discrimination against *Yaoyi* and discriminatory law enforcement.

“Selective law enforcement, when will *Yaoyi* discrimination end?”

“We *Yaoyi* at Tianyao University don’t have a concept of environmental protection. This is our racial culture, racial custom…”

“Zhang Yu also took action! Why isn’t he arrested, only Xiang Shan?”

Unconsciously, Bei Wufeng stopped his experiment and watched the news with interest, never expecting his junior fellow apprentice to have such a big conflict with the *Yaoyi*.

He then went to Zhang Yu’s social media account and found that the comment section had been overrun by *Yaoyi*, with hundreds of thousands of messages from various animal avatars attacking him.

Jin Jun sent a message saying: I heard Zhang Yu is on the blacklist of many *Yaoyi*.

Jin Jun: Many people think Zhang Yu is affecting the cooperation between Wanfa and Tianyao.

Jin Jun: Shixiong, should we do something about it?

Bei Wufeng, who had been happily watching the news, suddenly frowned upon seeing Jin Jun’s message and replied: Junior apprentice, your idea is very problematic.

Bei Wufeng: Although Zhang Yu wants to compete with me, he is still “our person” from the Refinement Department. We can fight all we want behind closed doors.

Bei Wufeng: But outside, he got into a fight with a group of *Yaoguai*, and *Yaoguai* from the Civil Engineering department [vomiting emoji]. How can we stab him in the back? What would others think of us?

Bei Wufeng: You need to broaden your perspective.

As a human *Xiandao* adherent, Bei Wufeng had long been displeased with the *Yaoyi* from Tianyao University, and even more dissatisfied with the various strategies of the Finance Department to “win over” Tianyao University.

However, Bei Wufeng knew that this was the general trend, and the three *Huachen* supported this plan, so he wouldn’t express this idea. Every time he saw *Yaoyi*, he would smile, but in his cybernetic eye, he would mark them as important and apply a “humanization patch” to avoid feeling uncomfortable looking at them too much.

Of course, another important reason why Bei Wufeng didn’t step on Zhang Yu at this moment was that he didn’t feel Zhang Yu posed any threat to him, nor did he believe that Zhang Yu could replace him in the school team.

Bei Wufeng simply liked Zhang Yu’s social media post and then resumed his experiment.

While the *Yaoyi* on the internet were making a big commotion, Zhang Yu wasn’t paying too much attention to it.

After all, compared to the *Yaoyi*, he was more concerned about who was behind Xuyang Zhenren.

At this moment, in Ciji Zhenjun’s laboratory, Zhang Yu said to his teacher, “Shizun, I’ve caused you trouble this time.”

Ciji Zhenjun said indifferently, “If there wasn’t a problem here, there would be a problem elsewhere.”

She sneered and slowly said, “Some people will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. After they knew my *Huachen Fafai* project had achieved results, they couldn’t stay calm anymore.”

“Next time you encounter something like this, you must report it to me early, not like this time, only thinking of reporting it to me on the way back.”

In Ciji Zhenjun’s mind, this incident was undoubtedly related to her evaluation for *Huachen* and the *Huachen Fafai* project.

But at this moment, Zhang Yu said, “Shizun, the cause of the matter was still me. If I hadn’t gotten involved in the *Dazhuan Shuangxiu Jiao* matter while researching junior college students, it wouldn’t have caused so much trouble.”

As he spoke, he handed Shui Haiyu’s video to Ciji Zhenjun and said, “Shizun, I suspect this matter might really be related to the *Mojiao*.”

After quickly reviewing the content of the video, Ciji Zhenjun’s eyebrows raised slightly. She didn’t say anything specific, but merely nodded and said, “I understand. Don’t tell anyone about this matter for now. I’ll look into it.”