Chapter 105: The Soccer Field

“Right, you didn’t come here to discuss cultivation with me, did you?”
“If you have any information, please share it,” Yi Zhiqiu finally realized that my seeing him cultivate was just an accident, and we had real business to discuss.

I, however, was in no hurry.
I first found a chair and sat down, then slowly said, “Regarding the matter you asked me to help investigate yesterday, I’ve gathered some information.”

“So quickly?”
“What information do you have? Please tell me,” Yi Zhiqiu seemed a bit skeptical that I could have found useful information so quickly, but he still sat down to listen.

“There are some rumors circulating among the students.”
“They say that sometimes, a man with a scar on his face can be seen walking on the school’s soccer field.”
“But when you look closely, he disappears.”
“It’s also said that some students can inexplicably hear a middle-aged man’s voice during morning exercises,” I said.

A scar on his face was the former Safety Consultant’s most prominent feature.
Hearing this, Yi Zhiqiu felt it was very likely to be true and asked in surprise, “Which student did you hear this from?”

“The Supernatural Events Department.”
“I thought it would be easiest to gather useful information related to the supernatural from them.”
“And as expected, they had heard of similar things,” I said, following the story Mo Qingyan had arranged.

“Indeed, it’s easiest to learn about the school’s urban legends from high school girls who like to listen to stories.”
“And the two girls who accompanied you to the police station before are actually from the Supernatural Events Department, right?” Yi Zhiqiu suddenly asked.

He knew about this?
At that time, he had only briefly met Senior Sister Mo and Xiao Qing.
How could he remember both of them?
He must have investigated their affiliation with the Supernatural Events Department after becoming the Safety Consultant at Jianlong Middle School.

‘To be able to connect all this, Yi Zhiqiu is more astute and capable than he looks.’
‘I need to be more careful with my words and not let him discover any lies.’

“Mm, I was already good friends with her before.”
“After encountering that malicious ghost, I went to the Supernatural Events Department for help, and then Senior Sister Mo suggested I go to the police,” I said with a polite smile.

“Her suggestion was indeed good.”
“I should also go and visit the Supernatural Events Department later,” Yi Zhiqiu said, standing up.
“But for now, let’s go to the soccer field and see if the information you mentioned is true.”

I followed Yi Zhiqiu to the soccer field.
Since it was activity time, many people were active around the field, and the school’s soccer club was playing on the field.

Yi Zhiqiu was the new Safety Consultant, and Xia Yubing was the school beauty.
The two of us walking together easily attracted the attention of many students, and my keen hearing could already pick up some of their undisguised whispers.

“Hey, is that Xia Yubing and the new Safety Consultant?”
“What are the two of them doing together?”
“That teacher is quite young, he doesn’t have a crush on the school beauty, does he? Is that why he’s keeping her by his side?”
“He’s probably not a teacher.”

I chose to ignore all these jealous comments and followed closely beside Yi Zhiqiu.
Anyway, I wasn’t familiar with them, and I wasn’t the real Xia Yubing.
Besides, I had other purposes for following Yi Zhiqiu.

Yi Zhiqiu walked onto the running track of the field.
During our PE classes, we often had to run on this track, circling the field.
In the past, my stamina was poor, and I would often be drenched in sweat after running.

This time, Yi Zhiqiu was just walking slowly on the track, his steps a bit heavy, as if he were measuring the land with his feet.
And the ground he stepped on would leave a footprint emitting a faint blue spiritual light.

The students passing by didn’t look at the ground at all.
They couldn’t see the footprints Yi Zhiqiu left behind.
As Yi Zhiqiu slowly walked forward, a long trail of footprints was left behind him, and the faint blue spiritual light seeped into the ground along with the footprints.

I understood.
He wanted to use this method to detect if anything was buried underground.
Like me, Yi Zhiqiu guessed that if the former Safety Consultant was indeed related to this soccer field, he was very likely buried underground.

‘This soccer field is so big,’ I thought.
‘I don’t even know where the person is buried.’
‘If he was just casually buried in a corner under the turf, we’d have to wait until the soccer game is over to go and search, and it wouldn’t be that easy to find.’

“You’ve been watching my steps.”
“Can you see anything?” Yi Zhiqiu suddenly asked, almost scaring me.
Shouldn’t he be completely focused on finding the person?

“Uh, yes, your steps seem particularly heavy?”
“And can we find the rumored man with the scar by just wandering around like this?” I asked.

“It’s normal that you noticed.”
“This is the Heavenly Dipper Step, a special footwork in Daoist arts.”
“Even people without spiritual sense can enhance their human qi by using this footwork, causing demons and monsters to retreat.”
“If the Daoist Master agrees, I can teach you,” Yi Zhiqiu said.

I was overjoyed.
I didn’t expect to have such an unexpected gain.
Just as I was about to say something, Yi Zhiqiu suddenly stomped on the track.
The spiritual power that had seeped down was repelled by an inexplicable aura.

That aura was very faint and only leaked out for a moment when Yi Zhiqiu stomped, but it was filled with resentment and terror, easily neutralizing the footprints Yi Zhiqiu had left.

“Hiss, what a heavy aura.”
“It’s right here.”
“He definitely didn’t just go missing.”
“It seems he was plotted against by a very terrifying, fierce ghost,” Yi Zhiqiu said, his face ashen.

Since he was buried under the running track, Yi Zhiqiu had found the main target so quickly, which was quite lucky.
He took a few more steps around, and based on the feedback of the demonic energy, he quickly locked the position within a small area with a radius of twenty centimeters.

“What do you plan to do?”
“If you dig him out directly, I’m afraid the school won’t agree,” I asked, with my hands behind my back.

“No, we can’t dig him out.”
“This place is full of curses and resentful energy.”
“Although I don’t know what he encountered, digging him out will definitely be a major disaster.”
“The surrounding environment will be affected by the curse,” Yi Zhiqiu said seriously.

“He’s been missing for so many years, and the curse here hasn’t erupted.”
“It should be safe for now.”
“It seems we can only maintain the current situation.”
“I’ll slowly investigate what happened back then,” Yi Zhiqiu said with a sigh.

“Thanks to you, I was able to find the missing Consultant An.”
“Otherwise, I would have had no clue.”
“I should give you some reward,” Yi Zhiqiu said.

“Huh? I just mentioned it in passing, there’s no need for any reward,” I said.
‘Hmm, I’m very happy inside, but my mouth is still refusing.’
Just then, I suddenly heard a commotion coming from outside the school.

“What’s going on?” Yi Zhiqiu also looked outside the school.
Through the iron-barred gate, we could see many people running towards the middle of the street.

“A car accident!”
“Someone was hit by a car!”
“It seems to be a student from Jianlong Middle School!” someone from outside shouted loudly.