The next day.

After breakfast and a short walk with Ye Yuqiao in the yard, Chen Hao took Tang Jing back to the mortal world of Y City.

Upon returning to the mortal world, Tang Jing called Xie Xiaofeng, only to find his phone still switched off.

The two then visited Xie Xiaofeng's house and the Yin Yang Master Association in Y City, but still couldn't find Xie Xiaofeng.

At this point, Tang Jing was thoroughly panicked.

"Chen Hao, do you know how to contact Hua Shan?" she asked.

Chen Hao shook his head, helplessly saying, "He usually comes to find me."

"Right," a gleam of light flashed in Chen Hao's eyes, "do you have Lin Xiaofan's contact information? We might be able to find Hua Shan through her."

Tang Jing shook her head: "She always calls me, and each time it's from a different number. She probably uses public phones."

A quarter of an hour later, just as they were at a loss, Tang Jing's phone suddenly rang.

Seeing the caller ID, Tang Jing looked at Chen Hao in surprise: "It's Ye Fei calling!"

"Answer it, quick!"

Tang Jing answered the call and put it on speakerphone, and Ye Fei's voice came through: "Tang Jing, this is Ye Fei. Can you help me get in touch with Chen Hao?"

"Ye Fei, what do you need Chen Hao for?" Tang Jing and Chen Hao exchanged glances.

"Just now, two of Hua Shan's subordinates came looking for me, saying that Hua Shan has gone missing and they can't get in touch with him. They asked if I've seen Hua Shan in the past couple of days," explained Ye Fei.

"Ah! Hua Shan has gone missing too!"

Tang Jing exclaimed in panic: "Ye Fei, Chen Hao is right here with me. We're looking for Xie Xiaofeng. Hua Shan came looking for Xie Xiaofeng yesterday, and we don't know where he took him. Xie Xiaofeng hasn't come back since."

A long silence followed from Ye Fei's end.

"Ye Fei, you're the Campus Hero. Do you have any clues or ways to find them?" Tang Jing spoke into the phone.

"Wait for my news, I'll look into it," Ye Fei replied.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Jing looked desperate: "Chen Hao, do you think something happened to Xie Xiaofeng?"

"No, he's got a lot of luck. Tang Jing, you must not think that way."

"Why would Hua Shan come looking for him?" asked Tang Jing.

Hearing Tang Jing say this made Chen Hao feel guilty.

Hua Shan was looking for Xie Xiaofeng, presumably wanting to make use of his Onmyoji abilities. Logically, Hua Shan should have come for him, but he didn't want to disturb his pregnant wife, so Xie Xiaofeng took his place.

"Chen Hao, don't overthink it," Tang Jing, noticing Chen Hao's concern, said, "I'm not blaming you."

Chen Hao forced a smile.

"Chen Hao, take me to City H to find Ye Fei. I'm really anxious and just want to know Xie Xiaofeng's whereabouts as soon as possible."

Chen Hao nodded in agreement, and in an instant, he and Tang Jing rushed from Y City to Ye Fei's home in City H.

Seeing Chen Hao and Tang Jing suddenly appear in his yard, Ye Fei, who was busy looking for clues, was quite surprised.

"Ye Fei, where's your wife?" Chen Hao asked.

"She's gone back to campus for classes, she'll be back tonight, and then we'll both go visit her father."

"Ye Fei, have you found any clues?" Tang Jing asked urgently.

Ye Fei squinted and hummed a response, then said, "Before the subordinates from Hua Shan left, they left behind a mobile phone number commonly used by Hua Shan. I have asked a friend to hack into the telecom company's internal network to check the call records of that number, to see who Hua Shan last contacted."

A few minutes later, after an anxious wait from the three of them, Ye Fei's friend finally responded. The text message included not only the mobile phone number Hua Shan contacted before his disappearance but also the detailed identity information of the number's owner.

"Liu Yuzhou, 46 years old, detective of the Criminal Investigation 1st Division and head of the Special Security Check Team at Q City Police Station!"

Ye Fei read the information aloud while looking at it: "Hua Shan's last call was with this person."

"Q City!" Chen Hao looked blank, as his poor geography knowledge meant he didn't know the location of Q City in the East Country.

"Q City is in the southwest of our country, bordering several neighboring countries, and is one of our country's most important borders." Ye Fei explained to Chen Hao.

"Oh!" Chen Hao nodded awkwardly, "So that means it's quite far from City H."

Since Chen Hao had never been to Q City, he couldn't travel directly to Q City through the Nether King's Heart.

By the afternoon, he and Tang Jing took a flight to Q City. Knowing that Ye Fei's father-in-law was not long for this world, Chen Hao didn't have Ye Fei accompany them and told Ye Fei to stay in City H to spend more time with his father-in-law.

Upon landing, Chen Hao and Tang Jing went straight to the Q City Police Station. Sitting in a café near the police station, Chen Hao sent a message to the officer named Liu Yuzhou—Hello, I am a friend of Hua Shan's, there's an urgent matter and I need to see you, at the café near your police station.

Within five minutes, a middle-aged police officer entered the café.

He was the officer who had called Hua Shan to Q City the night before last.

Chen Hao waved to Liu Yuzhou.

From the moment he saw Chen Hao to sitting down beside him, Liu Yuzhou continuously examined Chen Hao with a suspicious gaze.

"Are you looking for me because something happened to Hua Shan?" Liu Yuzhou asked directly.

Chen Hao nodded, "Hua Shan has disappeared! You were the last person to contact him before his disappearance."

A glint flashed in Liu Yuzhou's eyes, and then he clenched his teeth and pounded his fist heavily on the table, looking deeply regretful.

Seeing this, Chen Hao asked, "Do you know why he disappeared?"

Liu Yuzhou looked at Chen Hao and hesitated for a long time before speaking: "First, you need to tell me who you are?"

"I am an Onmyoji, a friend of Hua Shan's."

"Onmyoji!" A different light shone in Liu Yuzhou's eyes, "Then can you deal with creature-wolves?"

Hearing Liu Yuzhou mention creature-wolves, Chen Hao and Tang Jing exchanged puzzled looks.

"Since ancient times, we Onmyojis have specialized in dealing with supernatural beings and monsters."

Chen Hao replied to Liu Yuzhou, "That night you contacted Hua Shan, was it because you saw a creature-wolf?"

"I didn't see any creature-wolves, but Hua Shan did say he saw them," Liu Yuzhou said. He then recounted everything from the bizarre murder that occurred on the bar street that night to driving Hua Shan to the highway near Beiwang Mountain.

After Liu Yuzhou finished speaking, Chen Hao said to Tang Jing, "The next day Hua Shan went to find Xie Xiaofeng, probably to take Xie Xiaofeng to Beiwang Mountain to check if there really were creature-wolves there."

Tang Jing first nodded with a smile, happy to find a clue. But in an instant, her expression turned to one of panic and unease.

"This means Hua Shan and Xie Xiaofeng might have been captured by those creature-wolves or even..."

Tang Jing dared not continue.

"Don't panic," Chen Hao patted Tang Jing's shoulder to soothe her, "With Xie Xiaofeng and Hua Shan's abilities, it wouldn't be easy to kill them."

"Chen Hao, let's hurry to Beiwang Mountain to check it out."

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