Chapter 243 The Lost

"No, Hongye, you just moved into the store without thinking, what happened?"

"You owe someone money outside?"

"Are you hiding from me?"

Lu Changsheng tentatively guessed.

"Haha, can you hope for me, Boss Lu?" Hongye covered her mouth and chuckled, "I won't tease you, in fact, I came to Changshengtang this time to seek shelter."

"Don't worry, I'll stay for a few days, and I'll move out after this incident is settled."

"There are so many crazy awakeners outside now, you want me to live alone, I'm really a little guilty."

Hongye stood up with a smile and began to help set up the hot pot table.

She was skilled in her movements. While placing various ingredients, she discussed with Gu Jia which ingredients should be put into the pot first and which ones need to be slow-cooked to be tasty. The two of them laughed from time to time, making the whole Changshengtang full of vitality and energy.

Having said so much, Lu Changsheng was embarrassed to really drive Hongye away.

As the pot was boiling, a strong aroma began to spread in the air. Er Gouzi immediately entered the battle and began to eat.

Hongye picked up a piece of fat beef, gently dipped it in the boiling soup, and then put it into his mouth with a satisfied expression on his face.

"Wow, I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time. Now all the restaurants outside are closed early. There is no place to eat if I want to satisfy my craving."

"It's only been a few days. Is the situation outside so tense?" Although Lu Changsheng pays attention to the news outside every day, he has not seen it with his own eyes after all, and his experience of the situation is not so clear.

"Very serious." Hongye nodded seriously, "The Hunter Guild has officially reached a cooperation with the official."

"We have been very busy recently, and it's a mess outside. I'm a little worried even when I sleep."

"In this world, only Changsheng Hall can let me sleep peacefully."

Hongye once again emphasized the legitimacy of his stay.

"Hunter's Guild? If I remember correctly, your boss doesn't get along well with the Demon Slayer Division, right?" Lu Changsheng picked up a piece of hot and tender duck blood and put it into his mouth.

"There's nothing I can do..."

"Up to now, all the 'lost ones' are independent cultivators."

"And the organization with the most independent cultivators in the world is our Hunter's Guild."

"Boss Lu, you didn't go to the headquarters to see that most of the offices are empty."

Hongye said with lingering fear, and quickly picked up a piece of fat and tender blood sausage and put it in her mouth to calm down.

"Sister Hongye, are you okay?"

"Will you suddenly go crazy and kill us all?" Er Gouzi moved his butt calmly, making himself a little further away from Hongye.

"I don't have a blood feud with the demon clan, don't worry, sister won't go crazy." Hongye picked up a fish ball and put it in Er Gouzi's bowl, saying in a good mood.

"Hongye, what do you mean by this?" Lu Changsheng seemed to hear some information in Hongye's words that he didn't know yet.

"This is what the boss told me. It was not supposed to be publicized to outsiders."

"But you, Boss Lu, are not an outsider."

Hongye said, looking around the store door with a guilty conscience. After confirming that the door of Changshengtang was closed, she lowered her voice and said.

"The official has actually discovered that all the 'lost' have one thing in common."

"They all have an extremely strong hatred for the demon race."

"At the same time, they are all 'unofficial' awakeners."

When Hongye mentioned the word "unofficial", she emphasized her tone with some dissatisfaction, and at the same time made a quotation mark on her head with two fingers.

"If we talk about hating the demon race, there should be few human races that don't hate it, right?"

"Can this also be considered a common point?" Gu Jia asked a little confused.

"The hatred I'm talking about is not the ordinary hatred. It's the hatred that goes deep into the bone marrow and never ends."

"For example, let's talk about a member I'm going to inquire about tomorrow. His name is Zhao Haizhou."

"He was originally a soldier serving on the front line, but he was severely injured by the demons in a battle. If his son hadn't rescued him from the dead, he would have died."

"But his son was taken away by the demons in order to save him, and was torn to pieces in front of him."

"Do you think he can't hate?"

Hongye sighed lightly and said with some discomfort.

There was a sudden silence at the dinner table.

The war between the human race and the demon race has lasted for too long.

There is no room for reconciliation between the two races. Either you die or I live.

In such an environment, the most abundant thing is this kind of unforgettable hatred.

"So, the Hunter Guild suspects that Zhao Haizhou has become a 'lost'?" Lu Changsheng broke the silence first and asked.

"Well, according to the official information we have. In addition to the extreme hatred of the demon race, the 'Lost Ones' have been out of contact frequently in the past few months or even half a year, and Zhao Haizhou also fully conforms to this pattern."

"His clock-in records in the past six months are very messy. Although the Hunter Guild does not pursue sitting in the office, as long as the task can be completed. But his previous clock-in records are very good."

"Combining these two points, the boss put him on the key observation list."

"If he is not lost yet, he will probably be targeted. Then we can develop him into our undercover agent, and maybe we can find out the mastermind behind the scenes."

Hongye explained seriously.

After the serious chat, everyone made a tacit agreement not to talk about heavy topics during dinner time.

After helping to clean up the kitchen garbage in the kitchen, Hongye ran to Gu Jia's room excitedly.

She jumped onto the bed with a sudden leap, her whole body showing a big character.

After rolling around twice, Hongye happily grabbed the pillow at the head of the bed, threw it to Gu Jia, and said expectantly, "Jia'er, let's have a pillow fight?"

"When I was little, I wanted to play with my sister, but she never played with me."

Gu Jia shook her head gently, put down the pillow and said with a smile, "Sister Hongye, I haven't finished my practice today yet."

With that said, Gu Jia took out a bottle of lizard blood from the bedside table and squeezed thirty drops into his arm.

The superpowers in his body became active all of a sudden. Gu Jia only felt that his body was slightly hot and his chest was slightly tight. Other than that, he didn't feel much discomfort.

The lizard dragon blood was exchanged by Gou Shengzi for his senior sister at the military academy. It was transferred through the [Xuantian Realm] and handed over to Gu Jia.

She strictly abided by her junior brother's warning at first and would not take more than 10 drops each time she practiced.

Gu Jia discovered the New World until her hand shook and she accidentally clicked on three more drops.

It turns out that if you take more than 10 drops, there won’t be much side effects. It’s just a little chest tightness, which is quite acceptable.

"Jia'er, you are really diligent. If I had your drive, I would have surpassed the Venerable Master long ago." Hongye lay down with some disappointment, letting his two long legs hang down along the bed, unconsciously gently Swinging gently.

"Speaking of which, what's your current power level?"

Gu Jia thought for a moment and said with some uncertainty, "It should be reaching the third level soon. I can faintly detect the presence of some pressure."

"Well, if you can detect the existence of coercion, it will indeed be almost three..."

Hongye's pupils shrank sharply.

She jumped up from the bed, looked at Gu Jia and said blankly, "You mean... Mr. Duo??"