"You!! Xia Zhili, you actually dare to scold me! " Song Bilian did not expect Xia Zhili to actually curse in public and was so angered that his entire body trembled. He glared at Xia Zhili and shouted, "What right do you have? Who do you think you are? Aren't you just a deputy bureau chief? Don't think that I don't know that you've been shielding that brat Xiao Chen all this while. I think... I think you guys are just a bunch of snakes and rats, none of you are good people! "
"F * ck, even if I really shielded Xiao Chen, what can you do about it?" Xia Zhili stood up in anger and rolled up his sleeves. He could not be bothered with the situation as he pointed at Song Bilian and scolded, "You're not convinced? If you're not convinced, let's go outside and have a spar! If I don't beat you up like a grandson today, I'll write my name backwards! "
"You... brute! You're simply too unruly... "Song Bilian clenched his fists tightly and wanted to rush forward to give Xia Zhili a few punches. However, he did not dare to do so. Not only was he unable to defeat Xia Zhili, he was also afraid that Ling Tian would use this as an excuse to kick him out of the bureau!
"Enough! I called you guys here because I have something important to discuss, not to watch you guys fight! If you guys really want to fight, wait until the meeting is over and find a corner to fight! "Ling Tian slammed the documents in his hands onto the table and roared angrily.
He was indeed a little angry. Although he usually shielded Xiao Chen, it was only because he cherished talent. Was such a small matter worth his subordinates arguing over? Besides, there were more important things to do!
Xia Zhili and Song Bilian saw that Ling Tian was angry and restrained themselves. Perhaps they felt that they had gone overboard, so they glared at each other before sitting down silently.
Seeing that the two of them were no longer arguing, Ling Tian rubbed his temples in frustration and said with a serious expression, "Has everyone finished looking through the documents? Recently, there have been many Rogue Cultivators who have mysteriously disappeared. Some of them have disappeared for a long time, while others have only disappeared recently. After they disappeared, there were no longer any traces of them. "
"Since they have disappeared for a long time, why didn't they report it earlier? Did you wait until so many people disappeared before reporting it? Did the people below neglect their duties? "Song Bilian looked at the information in front of him and asked with a frown.
Ling Tian glanced at Song Bilian. He could not tell if Song Bilian was truly suspicious or just bickering with him. However, he still patiently explained, "Because the rogue cultivators in the mortal world usually do things their own way, no one would notice if they disappeared. Even if there were reports, the news would be scattered all over the place. It was only until we sorted them out that we realized that there were quite a few of them."
Song Bilian pursed his lips and made an 'oh' sound, indicating that he understood.
Ling Tian could not be bothered with him as he continued, "A few days ago, after I reported this matter to the Martial Artists Guild, I received an even more shocking piece of news! It turned out that in the outer martial arts world, there were also some cultivators who went missing one after another, and there were quite a few of them! Now, the Martial Arts Guild of the Outer Martial Arts World has suggested that we, the Supernatural Investigation Bureau, investigate this matter together, so I want to hear everyone's opinion. "
After describing the contents of the meeting, Ling Tian took a sip of tea and sat there, waiting for everyone's suggestions.
"I feel that … to be able to make so many rogue cultivators disappear without a trace in such a long period of time, the strength and background of the person who is able to do such a thing is definitely not to be underestimated!" Xia Zhili thought for a while and said cautiously, "And from the looks of it, even the people of the outer martial arts world are helpless … I think that only some of the big families and sects of the inner martial arts world have the ability to do such a thing!"
Xia Zhili's guess had its basis. After all, the strength of the sects of the outer martial arts world was limited. Furthermore, they all knew each other inside out, not to mention the secular world. The various big families and clans were very clear about their own strengths, so he placed his guess on the inner martial arts world.
If Xiao Chen was here, he would definitely applaud Xia Zhili. Based on the limited information he had, Xia Zhili's direction was actually pretty close to the mark!
"Cheh, when they don't need our help, they wouldn't let us participate in the affairs of the martial arts world no matter what. Now that they don't have enough strength, they have the cheek to ask for our help. These people of the martial arts world really have the cheek to open their mouths!" Song Bilian snorted in disdain.
As the Deputy Bureau Chief, Song Bilian had a deep understanding of this point. Usually, when the Martial Arts Guild sent people to help, they would raise their noses higher than the heavens. No matter what they were asked to do, they would arrogantly reject it. Who would have thought that they would actually take the initiative to look for the Supernatural Investigation Bureau to ask for help! After living for so long, one could really see everything!
"Alright, don't talk about things that have nothing to do with the meeting!" Ling Tian waved his hands, stopping Song Bilian's complaints.
After waiting for a while, the other Deputy Bureau Chiefs also expressed their opinions. However, none of them had any constructive suggestions. They either agreed with Xia Zhili's words, or spoke ambiguously, expressing their resentment towards the Martial Arts Guild.
After listening to a round of discussion, Ling Tian knew that they were all people by Xia Zhili and Song Bilian's side, so they wouldn't have any new ideas. Thus, he opened his mouth and said, "Since no one has any other suggestions, then let me make the decision! Everyone, vote on one person to head to the Martial Arts Guild to cooperate with their investigation! Do you have any suitable candidates to recommend? "
Different from Song Bilian, Ling Tian didn't mind the Martial Arts Guild's change from arrogance to respect and was willing to cooperate with them. The key was that he heard from his granddaughter, Ling Qianyu, that after Xiao Chen and the others went to the Martial Arts Guild, they immediately lost contact with them. There was no news of them at all, so he didn't know what the situation was like.
Thus, Ling Tian was a little worried. He originally wanted to send a few of his trusted subordinates to search for Xiao Chen's whereabouts, but unfortunately, he didn't have any suitable candidates at the moment. Furthermore, he couldn't find a way to enter the Martial Arts Guild, so he put it aside.
Now that there was a chance, Ling Tian planned to use this chance to send someone over and cooperate with the Martial Arts Guild to investigate. Who knows, they might have a chance to head to the Martial Arts Guild to investigate the situation. If they could find Xiao Chen, they might be able to bring him back safely.
Naturally, no one knew of Ling Tian's plans. Aside from Xia Zhili and Song Bilian, the other Deputy Bureau Chiefs all looked at each other. On the surface, they seemed to be thinking nervously, but in reality, without the two's instructions, they didn't dare to easily recommend a candidate.
"I have someone I can recommend." Song Bilian's eyes turned as he took the initiative to speak.
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