Book 6: Chapter 35:2: Immortal PhoenixâFu Hua (Officially Verified), Part 2
In this era of Spiritual Energy Resurgence, while the emergence of ability users wasnât common, it wasnât rare, either. Therefore, people had formed a habit of reporting to the Special Affairs Bureau once they discovered an ability user.
The Special Affairs Bureau would not use violence to make these ability users submit to them. The ability users were given two options. First, one could join the Special Affairs Bureau and enjoy the perks and salary of a civil servant. The exact rank depended on the potential of oneâs abilities. However, ordinary powers werenât of interest to the Special Affairs Bureau.
For example, if oneâs ability only slightly promoted plant growth, itâd be better suited for gardening at home than for the Special Affairs Bureau. The Special Affairs Bureau did not support freeloaders.
That said, some factions within the hidden world might find rapid plant growth intriguing.
The second option was to register with the Special Affairs Bureau. It would log oneâs abilities and identity. Unless one caused trouble, the bureau would largely be laissez-faire.
Chen Heng wasnât annoyed about the doctorsâ revealing to the Special Affairs Bureau that Ryougi Shiki was an ability user. He understood it was standard procedure.
After all, Chen Heng was rational and wouldnât misplace his anger. Right, just pretend this is true.
However, if, for instance, lights near the hospitalâs morgue started flickering uncontrollably at night or motes of light appeared on camera, those wouldnât be on Chen Heng.
The Special Affairs Bureau agents arrived incredibly quickly this time, but that was within Chen Hengâs expectations.
Based on what happened earlier, Ryougi Shiki appeared to be a powerfully destructive ability user. A mere touch shattered a vase.
Donât underestimate the strength of vases; they are actually very tough. If you punched one, your fist might end up damaged.
A knock came from the door of Ryougi Shikiâs room.
âCome in.â
The door opened, revealing an agent from the Special Affairs Bureau, who paused upon seeing Chen Heng.
âKid, itâs you again. Shouldnât you be taking your college entrance exams? Did you finish early again?â This agent was Jiang Cheng, a familiar face to Chen Heng.
âI always finish exams early. Itâs what top students do.â Chen Heng shrugged. If he hadnât, he mightâve missed Ryougi Shikiâs awakening.
It couldâve been problematic if she woke up alone and unexpectedly activated her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Jiang Cheng entered the hospital room first, closely followed by two more members of the Special Affairs Bureau. âAccording to the doctors here, it was your younger sisterâs ability that awakened this time, wasnât it?â
âObviously. But what about you? Did the Special Affairs Bureau run out of personnel, sending those on duty at the college entrance exams?â
âHow could the Special Affairs Bureau be short-staffed? The college entrance exams were about to end in a few minutes. Who would be foolish enough to attack the exam venue with the exams over?â
âArenât you worried about someone stealing that high-efficiency ability suppressor device? Iâve heard itâs quite advanced. You should be careful. Sometimes, failure strikes at the very last moment.â
âHow can that be? We placed one in every exam room, but only one is genuine. Furthermore, itâs honestly not as valuable as it sounds. You, on the other handâ¦the doctors mentioned you had a unique way of handling your younger sisterâs abilities. Donât tell me youâre an ability user, too?â Jiang Cheng said, eyeing Chen Heng with suspicion.
âThereâs no record of you being an ability user in the Special Affairs Bureauâs files.â
âSquad Leader Jiang, look at what you are saying. I have not heard that the hidden world required ability users to register themselves at the Special Affairs Bureau. Furthermore, I did not say Iâm an ability user.â
Before the world merger, when ability users werenât widespread, the Special Affairs Bureau didnât require cultivators or ability users to registerâmost likely because they didnât care for the Special Affairs Bureau, and the Special Affairs Bureau was laid-back as long as there was no trouble.
âYouâre familiar with the hidden world?â Jiang Cheng looked at Chen Heng. Then he signaled the other two members from the Special Affairs Bureau to shut the door. After thinking for a moment, he laid a silencing barrier around the room.
âSquad Leader Jiang, donât tell me you donât know about the Frost Swordsman, Cheng Lixue, and the Immortal Phoenix, Fu Hua, especially when the Immortal Phoenix, Fu Hua, is staying at my home now.â
Chen Heng wasnât just speaking nonsense. His master, Fu Hua, had quite a reputation in the hidden world.
Her title, Immortal Phoenix, was universally recognized in the hidden world, not simply self-proclaimed. Even though Fu Hua hadnât become an immortal, Chen Heng always felt the world unjustly targeted the Flat-Chested Chinese.
In the world merger lore, Fu Huaâs 500-year dedication to protecting China was well-documented.
Why not the original 50,000 years? That would be an exaggeration. After all, even a pig would become an immortal if it cultivated for 50,000 years. It would reach the Tribulation Candidate Realm at the very least.
However, 500 years? That was just right.
It wasnât that China needed the non-immortal Fu Huaâs protection. Her contributions mainly lay in defeating Honkai beasts spawned by the Honkai Demon God and safeguarding countless mundane villages. In gratitude, these villages erected temples in her name, dubbing her the Immortal Phoenix.
Over time, this title spread throughout the hidden world. By coincidence, there was no Immortal Phoenix in heaven, so given Fu Huaâs immortal-like stature, the name naturally settled on her.
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âAnd donât tell me you donât know Iâm Immortal Phoenix Fu Huaâs second disciple; otherwise, I would look down on your Special Affairs Bureauâs investigative abilities. Whatâs strange about the Immortal Phoenixâs second disciple knowing about the hidden world?â
Even Otto, who was in the distant west, and some of the Valkyries knew about the Immortal Phoenix taking in a disciple. Chen Heng did not believe the Special Affairs Bureau was unaware of it.