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Book 6: Chapter 35:2: Immortal Phoenix—Fu Hua (Officially Verified), Part 2

In this era of Spiritual Energy Resurgence, while the emergence of ability users wasn’t common, it wasn’t 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 one’s abilities. However, ordinary powers weren’t of interest to the Special Affairs Bureau.

For example, if one’s ability only slightly promoted plant growth, it’d 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 one’s abilities and identity. Unless one caused trouble, the bureau would largely be laissez-faire.

Chen Heng wasn’t annoyed about the doctors’ 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 wouldn’t misplace his anger. Right, just pretend this is true.

However, if, for instance, lights near the hospital’s morgue started flickering uncontrollably at night or motes of light appeared on camera, those wouldn’t be on Chen Heng.

The Special Affairs Bureau agents arrived incredibly quickly this time, but that was within Chen Heng’s expectations.

Based on what happened earlier, Ryougi Shiki appeared to be a powerfully destructive ability user. A mere touch shattered a vase.

Don’t 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 Shiki’s room.

“Come in.”

The door opened, revealing an agent from the Special Affairs Bureau, who paused upon seeing Chen Heng.

“Kid, it’s you again. Shouldn’t you be taking your college entrance exams? Did you finish early again?” This agent was Jiang Cheng, a familiar face to Chen Heng.

“I always finish exams early. It’s what top students do.” Chen Heng shrugged. If he hadn’t, he might’ve missed Ryougi Shiki’s awakening.

It could’ve 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. “According to the doctors here, it was your younger sister’s ability that awakened this time, wasn’t it?”

“Obviously. But what about you? Did the Special Affairs Bureau run out of personnel, sending those on duty at the college entrance exams?”

“How 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?”

“Aren’t you worried about someone stealing that high-efficiency ability suppressor device? I’ve heard it’s quite advanced. You should be careful. Sometimes, failure strikes at the very last moment.”

“How can that be? We placed one in every exam room, but only one is genuine. Furthermore, it’s honestly not as valuable as it sounds. You, on the other hand…the doctors mentioned you had a unique way of handling your younger sister’s abilities. Don’t tell me you’re an ability user, too?” Jiang Cheng said, eyeing Chen Heng with suspicion.

“There’s no record of you being an ability user in the Special Affairs Bureau’s files.”

“Squad 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 I’m an ability user.”

Before the world merger, when ability users weren’t widespread, the Special Affairs Bureau didn’t require cultivators or ability users to register—most likely because they didn’t care for the Special Affairs Bureau, and the Special Affairs Bureau was laid-back as long as there was no trouble.

“You’re familiar with the hidden world?” 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.

“Squad Leader Jiang, don’t tell me you don’t 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.”

Chen Heng wasn’t 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 hadn’t become an immortal, Chen Heng always felt the world unjustly targeted the Flat-Chested Chinese.

In the world merger lore, Fu Hua’s 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 wasn’t that China needed the non-immortal Fu Hua’s 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 Hua’s immortal-like stature, the name naturally settled on her.

“…”

“And don’t tell me you don’t know I’m Immortal Phoenix Fu Hua’s second disciple; otherwise, I would look down on your Special Affairs Bureau’s investigative abilities. What’s strange about the Immortal Phoenix’s second disciple knowing about the hidden world?”

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.