Chapter 358: Police Uniform, Mask
Inside the villa, after Yang Haoran gave Old Master Wu some instructions, Old Master Wu left the villa.
Following Yang Haoran's orders, he had to make some deployments in advance to guard against unforeseen circumstances.
Previously, the only ones they needed to guard against were Demon Hunters. However, now, another group had been added to their list of precautions: the Talisman Masters of the Talisman Order.
After Old Master Wu left, Yang Haoran went to check on Xiao Kang, seeing that the child was diligently studying in the study, while his mother, Xiujuan, floated beside him, supervising and guiding.
Xiujuan didn't know much, nor was she highly educated, but teaching a child under five some simple things was something she could manage.
Yang Haoran didn't disturb the two of them, because as the end of the year drew closer, their time together was running out.
Checking the time, it was almost lunch. Yang Haoran didn't go back to the study to read or tinker with his talismans, but instead headed towards the kitchen.
While busy in the kitchen, he sensed a power fluctuation approaching. Besides the power fluctuation, he also detected a considerable amount of Yin Qi.
The appearance of this power fluctuation and Yin Qi didn't elicit any reaction from him. He continued chopping vegetables, bustling about in the kitchen.
This situation was easily explained: one of the two had likely sealed away all of their aura and power fluctuations, making them difficult to detect through mere sensing, unless one possessed special methods or an exceptionally acute sensory ability in that regard.
The footsteps halted at the kitchen doorway. Without turning his head, Yang Haoran spoke, "Back so soon?"
"Boss, the mission is complete. Do you have any other instructions? " Liao Xiaoyu's voice reached Yang Haoran's ears.
Yang Haoran put down his cleaver and looked towards the kitchen doorway. His faint smile faltered slightly at the sight before him.
Standing beside Liao Xiaoyu was a police officer in a police uniform. From her shapely figure, she appeared to be a female officer, yet she wore an ugly mask that completely obscured her face.
Although he couldn't discern her appearance, Yang Haoran wasn't foolish; he could naturally guess her identity.
"What kind of getup is this? " Yang Haoran, having recovered, asked the female officer with a mirthful expression.
"Heh heh, don't I look rather dashing?"
From beneath the mask came the woman's pleasant voice, a voice brimming with enchantment. The moment she spoke, her identity was confirmed.
Among everyone Yang Haoran knew, he had never encountered a voice so utterly captivating, apart from the snake demon Bai Xue's, which possessed this peculiar, magical allure.
"Don't Spirit Police not need to wear police uniforms? Why did you get yourself a set? " Yang Haoran asked with a laugh.
"Spirit Police don't have to wear police uniforms, but that doesn't mean Spirit Police don't have police uniforms, does it? Besides, the Spirit Police uniform isn't the same as a regular police uniform. If you don't believe me, take a closer look."
Hearing the snake demon say this, Yang Haoran observed closely and found that the police uniform the snake demon was wearing indeed differed slightly from an ordinary one. Not only were the armbands different, but the style also varied.
"Luo Dui said that currently, they don't have a strict rule requiring us to wear this uniform, but that might change in the future, so they're making a few custom sets for me. The custom uniforms will take some time, but there are quite a few of these uniforms in stock, and I thought it'd be fun, so I picked one to wear."
Yang Haoran chuckled, a look of understanding on his face. He then turned his gaze to the mask on the snake demon's face and asked with a smile, "And what's with that ugly mask on your face?"
"This mask? Heh heh, of course, it's to hide my breathtakingly beautiful face, to avoid unnecessary trouble. Who can blame me for being born so gorgeous? I can only use this method to conceal my beauty."
The snake demon chuckled as she removed the mask from her face, revealing a countenance utterly without flaw.
"Don't you have transformation arts? Wouldn't it be easier to just change your appearance? " Yang Haoran asked with a smile.
The snake demon proudly swung the mask in her hand and said, "Big Brother Underworld Official, you wouldn't understand this. Even if I change my appearance, it's hard to conceal my alluring aura. Moreover, if my appearance were constantly shifting, it would continuously deplete the Demon Power within my body, which isn't cost-effective at all. Having a mask is different; it's convenient and hassle-free."
Upon hearing this, Yang Haoran shook his head with a smile and said, "A mask can only cover your face, but it can't hide your figure."
"Then what can I do? Am I supposed to wear a robe over my body? " At this, the snake demon seemed to suddenly think of something, her face breaking into a seductive smile as she asked, "Heh heh, Big Brother Underworld Official, you wouldn't happen to be interested in my figure, would you?"
"Indeed, I am interested in your figure. You're such a big snake, I wonder how long it would take to finish eating you. My refrigerator certainly wouldn't fit you."
Yang Haoran's words made the snake demon's seductive smile freeze. She then pouted, a bored expression on her face, while Liao Xiaoyu chuckled aloud.
As soon as she laughed, Liao Xiaoyu felt it was inappropriate and quickly shut her mouth.
"Boss, should I. . . should I withdraw first? " Liao Xiaoyu asked Yang Haoran.
"My apologies, I was just startled by Bai Xue's appearance, so I didn't reply to your question in time. I don't have anything to arrange, but it's already noon, so why don't you stay and have a simple meal with us."
Upon hearing this, Liao Xiaoyu showed no intention of refusing. A smile blossomed on her face as she excitedly said, "Great, great! I'll help you! My parents died early, so I'm quite experienced when it comes to cooking."
Yang Haoran didn't stop Liao Xiaoyu, nor did he mind her actions, allowing her to take the cleaver from his hand.
"I'm quite experienced in cooking too, especially when it comes to cooking people. Neither of you can compare to me in that regard."
After lunch, Liao Xiaoyu happily departed from Yang Haoran's villa.
The snake demon returned to her room; she intended to use the spiritual fruit to heal her injuries. Today, she had first received one spiritual fruit from Yang Haoran, and after successfully joining the Spirit Police, Luo Dui had given her another identical spiritual fruit as her monthly salary.
According to her estimation, as long as she absorbed and refined all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth contained within these two spiritual fruits, not only would her injuries heal completely, but her strength would also increase. That was why she had returned to her room so eagerly.
Inside the room, the snake demon didn't revert to her true form. Instead, she sat cross-legged on the bed, a spiritual fruit floating in the air above her head. Wisps of milky-white spiritual energy were drawn from the spiritual fruit, then flowed into her body through the crown of her head.
The reason she chose this method to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the spiritual fruit, rather than directly swallowing it whole, was that doing so allowed her to interrupt the process at any time without suffering any adverse effects.
Conversely, if she were to swallow the entire spiritual fruit, and then encountered an unexpected situation or another matter that required her to stop refining, it would be more troublesome than the former method. This was because such a practice would require her to expend a portion of her power to seal the spiritual fruit within her body, just as Yang Haoran had once sealed the Death God Seal within his body, which was highly inconvenient.
While the snake demon refined the spiritual fruit in her room, Yang Haoran busied himself drawing talismans in the study. He was now considered a true Talisman Master, though for the time being, his abilities as a Talisman Master were limited to drawing only low-level Ghost-Slaying Talismans; he couldn't yet create any other talismans.
He wasn't in a hurry about this. He planned to become extremely proficient at drawing the Ghost-Slaying Talisman before considering practicing other talismans.
The afternoon passed quickly. In the evening, a group of people arrived at Yang Haoran's villa. They were a mix of men and women, mostly young people, and Liao Xiaoyu was conspicuously among them.
Naturally, this group consisted of Yang Haoran's Night Watchers, though none of them were wearing their black robes at the moment.
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