Chapter 13 You are Still Young, a Bit too Young

"A human-shaped demon?"

Li Jing froze momentarily, strange expression on his face.

Demon transformation requires the strength of at least the Third Realm.

In the middle of the transformation, the demon would endure immense agony.

But once they have successfully adopted a human form.

Their intelligence would be fully developed, reaching indistinguishable levels from humans.

The speed of their cultivation would also experience a considerable increase.

Not only that.

Under the guise of a human form, they could blend into human society and benefit from the resources that were originally exclusive to humans through various means.

Compared to ordinary demons, incidents of humanoid demons harming people are rather rare.

There is no creature in the world with more creativity than humans.

Blending into human society would provide nothing but benefits to humanoid demons' cultivation.

Once their demonic identity was exposed, they'd permanently lose the chance to enjoy abundant resources and a comfortable life.

Therefore, even if they had to harm people, humanoid demons usually ensured they wouldn't attract too much attention, and made sure they could avoid being pursued by the patrol bureau before taking action.

With the situation in North City today, the likelihood of a humanoid demon wreaking havoc is extremely low.

Noticing Li Jing's odd look, Chen Yuran roughly guessed what he was thinking, she shrugged and said.

"Don't look at me like that. The conjecture wasn't mine, moreover, I wasn't even in the special task force. Personally, I believe this conjecture is a bit far-fetched."

"Admittedly, humanoid demons possess the ability to induce demonification with their demonic Qi, but that is meaningless for them."

"Creatures that just entered demonification only have nascent spiritual intelligence; they cannot be commanded. Additionally, survival rate of those that underwent demonification in the city is virtually zero. So much hassle for such troublesome results."

Explaining in an undeniable tone, Chen Yuran said.

"We can only wait for the exact investigation results to come out. The special task force is just responding to the crisis, taking the theory of a humanoid demonic interference as a tentative direction of investigation."

"This... isn't that a bit improvised?"

Li Jing furrowed his brows.

"Considering what happened at the market yesterday, a total of ten demonification incidents occurred by noon today in North City, can you imagine the pressure the temporary task force is under? We need to identify a temporary direction of investigation or we won't be able to lead the team, let alone carry out follow up investigations."

Chen Yuran casually spoke, finishing off the fish on her plate with a few bites and said in a dry manner.

You're still wet behind the ears. At critical times like these, knowing how to adapt is crucial."

"..."

Li Jing was speechless.

He understood the rationale.

But Chen Yuran's tone...

He was wondering...

How could this woman, who wasn't much older than him, have the audacity to call him young?

While secretly grumpling, Chen Yuran got up.

"I need to go now, thank you for dinner."

"Don't mention it."

Li Jing looked up.

"Do you need me to prepare breakfast for you tomorrow?"

Chen Yuran was about to leave, but she paused at his words and turned around to ask.

"What are your cooking skills like?"

"I can't speak for anything else, but I can assure you they're better than any roadside food stall."

Li Jing grinned confidently.

"Okay, make me breakfast then, I'll reimburse you."

Chen Yuran nodded.

Hearing there was more money to be made, Li Jing raised his eyebrows.

Seizing Chen Yuran's stomach seemed to be a viable way to make money?

Watching Chen Yuran leave the villa and take to the air on her sword, Li Jing looked jealously at the light from the sword disappearing into the sky.

Sword controlling was a standard skill for cultivators in novels.

It was cool and impressive.

Unfortunately, learning sword controlling in this world required reaching the Third Realm, and it was the most expensive attack method for that realm, costing a whole million.

You had to reach the correct realm, and have the money.

And you also needed a flying sword.

Flying swords were magic weapons crafted through special methods.

The cheapest ones start at three million.

While eating his monster fish meat, Li Jing decided to return to his room and continue his "study" afterwards.

A million seemed a lot.

However, for him who had amassed over seventy thousand over the last two days, it wasn't unattainable.

And as long as he became part of the assistant inspector department, he would have a steady job.

A month, a small twenty thousand was guaranteed.

When he advanced to the patrol bureau, his salary would at least double.

If he could reach the Third Realm before entering the patrol bureau, and become a second-level patrol inspector like Chen Yuran, his salary would be no less than a hundred thousand.

A million was not a problem.

Besides, second-level patrol inspectors are equipped with mass-produced standard magic weapons.

By choosing a flying sword then, he could easily save three million.

The quality of the patrol bureau's standard flying sword was definitely better than the cheapest flying sword.

To change his life, he had to become a patrol inspector!

...

The night quietly passed.

Li Jing burned the midnight oil, diligently studying the whole night and barely managing to get an overall understanding of the basic laws that assistant inspectors needed to know.

He made breakfast and left it on the table for Chen Yuran, then directly left for the patrol bureau.

It was a bit of a stretch to take the assistant inspector test after just a day of hard work.

Not to mention, his brain felt like mush from all the cramming.

But he didn't want to wait any longer.

Not because he was in any particular rush.

But because the chance of passing the assistant inspector recruitment test was significantly high at the moment.

Apart from a few meaningful takeaways from the dinner conversation with Chen Yuran the previous evening,

One thing was clear. Due to the continuous demonification incidents in the city district, everyone in the North City Patrol Branch was running around like a headless chicken.

With the Patrol Bureau being so busy, the Assistant Inspector Department would be even busier.

It was well known that the Assistant Inspector Department existed to assist the Patrol Bureau.

Following yesterday's events, there was certainly increased security all over North City.

The Patrol Bureau wouldn't be able to handle it alone with their current manpower and resources, and had to depend on the assistant inspectors to monitor and act in the frontline.

Despite being just a suburb of Jiangahi City, North City has a vast realm.

At this critical juncture, the Assistant Inspector Department was undoubtedly short-staffed. Thus, joining the thing Assistant Inspector Department was a much easier process compared to usual.

…

As Li Jing expected.

On his way to the North City Patrol Branch, he spotted one or two assistant inspectors at almost every street corner.

On some main roads, there were even teams of over ten assistant inspectors controlling traffic, meticulously inspecting freight vehicles, and using handheld devices to examine pets.

The efficiency of Hua Country's work was high after all.

Just one day passed, and North City had already completed its defenses.

Without wasting any time, Li Jing headed straight to the Assistant Inspector Department, located next to the North City Patrol Branch.

He immediately knew he'd made the right choice as soon as he entered the premises.

The Assistant Inspector Department was a huge department.

The local assistant inspector assignments were generally several to ten times that of the local Patrol Bureau.

At that moment, there were only a few scattered assistant inspectors coming in and out of the courtyard of the Assistant Inspector Department.

But there was no shortage of civilians coming to register and handle their affairs. They were constantly coming and going in and out of the assistant inspector hall.