The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1158 Who exactly is the mysterious person?
Zhu Yao replied, "They went to capture the remaining people on that ship."

"Let's go and have a look!"

The two walked back side by side. Qiuqiu flew over and hung on Lin Chen's shoulder again, like a cute pendant.

Lin Chen reached out and patted its head, then took out a bag of snacks from his spatial ring, handed it to its paw, and praised it with a smile, "Well done!"

"Chirp~"

Zhu Yao looked curiously at Qiuqiu on Lin Chen's shoulder: "What an adorable little beast, where did it come from?"

Now that Lin Chen had the ability to protect himself, he didn't hide anything and answered honestly, "I encountered it in the True Dragon Secret Realm while hiding from pursuers in the Forbidden Spirit Palace. It grabbed my clothes and we were teleported out of the secret realm together. I don't know its origin, but it seems to be able to devour huge amounts of energy without getting hurt..."

"The Forbidden Spirit Palace?"

Zhu Yao's eyes widened: "It swallowed four blood beads and was completely unharmed. That's incredible! Could it be a cub of a Soul-Devouring Beast?"

Lin Chen replied, "I've had that doubt too, but I'm not sure. However, it can understand human speech, and it's willing to follow me, so let it follow. It can be a great help to me in a critical moment."

Zhu Yao exclaimed, "Your strength has improved too quickly. When I first met you, you were only at the Golden Core stage, and now you're already at the Nascent Soul stage, and you can even instantly kill a Void Transformation expert..."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "It's just borrowing external forces. I don't have that kind of strength myself. I would have a hard time even fighting a Great Perfection Void Realm cultivator."

Zhu Yao laughed nonchalantly, "Whether it's external force or my own, as long as it can be used to kill the enemy, that's fine."

Lin Chen asked, "How long will it take you to absorb the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire?"

Zhu Yao asked, "Why are you asking me this?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "I've caught the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire, haven't I? If it's a short time, I'll let you devour it first. Once you have the core of the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire, you can come with me to take care of some business. If it takes a long time, then we'll take care of our business first, and I'll give the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire back to you after we're done."

Zhu Yao was taken aback: "You caught the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire, so it naturally belongs to you. Why are you giving it to me?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Although the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire exists in the Water-Fire Mirror and can indeed enhance my strength, it is ultimately just an external object to me. You are a fire spirit body and can control fire. If you absorb it, you will have a huge improvement. Since that's the case, I will naturally give it to you."

Zhu Yao shook his head: "No, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to catch the Yin-Yang Ghost Fire at all. Its method of manipulating corpses is too disgusting and too powerful. Since you caught it, it naturally belongs to you!"

Lin Chen patted Zhu Yao on the shoulder and laughed, "Don't be so formal between friends. Tell me, how long will it take?"

Zhu Yao's expression was complicated, and it took him a while to answer, "Three to five days." Lin Chen decisively decided, "It's not long. In that case, I'll give you the fire first, but after it's finished, you'll have to come with me."

Zhu Yao gave a wry smile: "You really want it?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "If I really give it to you, you might form a fire core before you even finish absorbing it."

Seeing Lin Chen's resolute attitude, Zhu Yao finally stopped being coy: "Alright, since you put it that way, I won't stand on ceremony!"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Well, there are so many different kinds of fire in the world, it's not just Yin-Yang Ghost Fire. I'll find another kind later."

Zhu Yao nodded, secretly deciding that he would find a high-quality exotic fire for Lin Chen to repay this great favor.

The two returned to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect's flying boat, only to find that the entire flying boat had vanished, leaving behind a huge crater with scattered fragments and burning flames everywhere.

"Seventeenth Uncle, what happened?"

Standing at the edge of the pit, Zhu Ping turned around and said, "When we came here, they turned around and ran away. We only managed to intercept one of them. That guy was ruthless. When he realized he couldn't escape, he directly self-destructed his primordial spirit, which injured two of us. Everything here was also destroyed in the self-destruction."

Lin Chen threw the leader's corpse on the ground: "This guy was the vice sect leader of the Seven Star Sect. The people from the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect are really good at hiding..."

The Zhu family members all paled: "The Seven Star Sect is one of the five major sects of the Central Divine Continent Alliance, with formidable strength. Does the Myriad Ghosts Sect have such a long reach? What about the others?"

Lin Chen recounted the information he had gathered: "Members of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect keep their identities secret from each other, which means that even if we capture one of their members, we can't follow the trail..."

Zhu Ping angrily said, "The people of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect are really bold, they actually dared to order the execution of the Human Emperor!"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "It's normal to be looked down upon if you're not strong enough. I'm sure they'll be more cautious about dealing with me after this."

Zhu Yao asked with concern, "Who exactly obtained the Ten Thousand Ghosts Sect's inheritance and the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Array in the True Dragon Secret Realm, and who also has a great grudge against you?"

"I really couldn't have guessed that."

Lin Chen's expression also showed some helplessness: "If they're going to attack me, they'll eventually slip up..."

(End of this chapter)