I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 93. I accept your challenge.

"Da~da~da~~"

The woman in the black dress had softly curved eyes behind a gold-rimmed rim as she walked closer to Xia Feng, her high heels clicking as she went.

Despite the surrounding noise and constant flow of people, under the woman's focused gaze, Xia Feng felt as if the world consisted only of the crisp clatter of high heels. A strange tightness gripped his heart. *Clatter—*

The woman stood almost pressed against his chest. Because of her black crystal high heels, Mu Qingtong was about the same height as him. She bent down slightly and brought her red lips close to his ear.

A warm breath tickled his earlobe. Xia Feng raised an eyebrow, his confident and arrogant expression unchanged, as the world-destroying witch's calm laughter rang in his ears:
"Mr. Xia, I accept your challenge! Let's wait and see!"

After speaking, she straightened up, glanced at Xia Feng with slightly disdainful eyes at close range, paused, and then turned and left.

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Xia Feng remained silent for two seconds, then rolled his eyes.

There was no indication in his mind that his strength had increased or that he had learned any new spirit garments.

He curled his lip and quickly chased after him: "Wait and see what happens, my foot! If you've got the guts, why don't you fight me right now?"

Mu Qingtong glanced at him indifferently: "I have other things to do."

"Oh ho! Miss Mu, are you scared?" Xia Feng clicked his tongue.

Just then, a woman in a professional pencil skirt walked up to the two of them, handed them a file folder, and smiled politely:
"Ms. Mu, your onboarding procedures have been completed. Here is your agent ID and onboarding instructions. Please check them."

"Thank you." Mu Qingtong nodded softly and took the documents.

Xia Feng was stunned for a moment, and clearly saw what was written on the document in Mu Qingtong's hand.

[Imperial Holy Ministry Agent Certificate]

Name: Mu Qingtong

[Belongs to: Seventh Squad, District 51]

[Job Title: Court Clerk]

"Mr. Xia, this is for you." The woman also handed him a file folder and an agent's badge.

Xia Feng accepted it.

[Imperial Holy Ministry Agent Certificate]

Name: Xia Feng

[Belongs to: Eighth Squad, District 51]

[Position: Honorary Vice Captain]

"Honorary Vice-Captain?" Xia Feng was taken aback. Did the Holy Department even have such a position?
The woman smiled and said, "Mr. Xia, the honorary vice captain does not need to go to work or obey the captain's orders. He only needs to obey emergency orders when District 51 encounters an A-level or higher supernatural event. His monthly salary is 18,000, and he enjoys the special allowances, insurance and death benefits provided by the Empire for soldiers. His treatment is the same as that of the vice captain."

Good heavens, Xia Feng was surprised. Director Xuanwu was quite trustworthy and really gave him a job where he could make money while lying down.

The woman gave a few more instructions, bowed in acknowledgment, and then turned to leave.

Xia Feng looked at Mu Qingtong with a puzzled expression and transmitted his voice, "Why have you joined the Holy Department too? Are you no longer hiding your strength?"

Mu Qingtong shook her head: "The fact that I could wander around the Evil Dragon Forest with you for so long means my spiritual pressure must be at least that of a first-level spiritual master. It's impossible to hide it from you."

"Oh yeah, that's true."

“I told Chen Xingdao that I was lucky enough to find a ‘Spirit Treasure Fruit’ in the Evil Dragon Forest. Since you don’t need it, I can eat it. After eating it, my spiritual pressure will directly reach its peak and I will advance to the next level. If anyone asks about it, remember not to give me the wrong answer.”

Spiritual Treasure Fruit? You think it's like cabbage? You think you can just find it like that?!
Xia Feng was speechless for a moment, then raised an eyebrow. "So, are you begging me?"

Mu Qingtong smiled slightly: "Mr. Xia, you'd better not say anything out of line, otherwise we'll all have to reveal our second-tier strength together~"

"..." Seeing that he couldn't threaten Mu Qingtong, Xia Feng had no choice but to give up.

"Then what is the job of a court clerk?"

"Record, analyze, and guide battlefield information."

"Guidance on the battlefield? You?" Xia Feng asked, his eyes filled with doubt.

The two had arrived at a large hall. Li Sheng, hearing their discussion, stood up and smiled:
“Vice Captain Xia, don’t underestimate Secretary Mu. Although she lacks practical combat skills, she has a wealth of spiritual knowledge and extraordinary theories. She even has great insights into the efficient combination of spirit garments. She is an invaluable talent for our Holy Department.”

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Good heavens, Xia Feng understood. Mu Qingtong's current persona is: I'm not good at actual combat, but I'm incredibly good at theory. So, after participating in the battle to annihilate the King, she naturally joined the Holy Department.

Thinking of this, Xia Feng looked at Mu Qingtong suspiciously, feeling that this witch had ill intentions.

"Brother Sheng, the Director wants you to compile the information on the [Peach] organization and send it to him," a young man said as he approached Li Sheng.

"I know, I know, damn it, that Hearts Man showed up on Blood Calamity Street again yesterday. I wonder what he's up to." Li Sheng muttered, quickly rummaging through his drawer, taking out a bag of documents, and waving it at the two of them.

"You guys feel free to browse around, I'll take care of my work first."

The middle-aged man came to the office area and began urging the dozen or so clerks to compile the information about [Peach] and hand it over to him.

Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong looked at their busy colleagues around them, slowly turned their heads, and exchanged a glance.

"Miss Mu, I don't think we should stay here any longer. What do you think?"

"Let's go."

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Mu Qingtong went to attend some court clerk training, while Xia Feng went to find Lao Wei.

The king was furious at Wei Shutong's betrayal and did not kill him immediately, but instead tortured him by all means.

Fortunately, everyone arrived in time; had it been any later, Wei Shutong might have truly perished in the Northwest.

Although Lao Wei was out of danger after being rescued, he was still in a coma.

Xia Feng sat silently by the hospital bed for a long time, his hands in his pockets. Inside was a USB drive that Wei Shutong had given him, but he didn't know what it was for.

At that time, Wei Shutong gave him a stack of photos and a USB drive.

The photos were given to Director Xuanwu, but the USB drive was entrusted to him for safekeeping. Clearly, the contents of the USB drive were more important, and even Director Xuanwu could not be trusted.

Xia Feng didn't open it and look around randomly.

For the next five days, Mu Qingtong went to participate in that Spirit Song Competition again. Xia Feng's repeated provocations went unanswered, which left him feeling helpless and inexplicably bored, with nothing to do.

There's definitely something wrong with Mu Qingtong! And there's definitely something wrong with the Spirit Song Competition too!
Fortunately, Mu Qingtong finally seemed to have been provoked to anger by him, saying that next Thursday would be his 'death day'! She would find a secluded room where no one would disturb her and make him understand who was really in charge!

Today is Sunday, which means there are still four days left. Xia Feng is looking forward to it.

Feeling empty, lonely, and cold for the time being, he had no choice but to severely discipline the princess.

Teach the princess some common sense about living in human society, such as sticking out half of her tongue when apologizing, so as to show her remorse.

In addition to his training, he would sit by Old Wei's bedside every night and chat with Uncle Wei for a while, but Old Wei never woke up.

[Attention, Player #11]

The third stage of evolution is about to begin.

[Teleportation countdown: 3 minutes]

(End of this chapter)