Chapter 1 Jiang Lan's Pride

Jiang Lan's cultivation journey could be described as exceptionally smooth. From a young age, she possessed the Golden Soul talent that many envied, a single point that allowed her to surpass countless others.

Moreover, along the way, from the initial realm all the way to her current early Ning Yuan realm, she had only used twenty-three years.

Such a short amount of time was indeed enough to make her incomparably proud.

She stared at Yuan Mu Ye. From the bottom of her heart, she looked down on people like him.

She subconsciously judged Yuan Mu Ye to be the kind of person who lacked ability and could only rely on connections to get to this point.

Just as the two sides were at daggers drawn, and Director Chen didn't know what to do,

suddenly, Director He spoke, "Jiang Lan, do not be rude."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lan became even more unhappy and said, "Director He, are you also going to favor him?"

Hearing these words, the deputy director's eyelids twitched a few times.

He wasn't favoring Yuan Mu Ye at all; he was clearly favoring Jiang Lan.

He found that when he looked at Yuan Mu Ye, he vaguely couldn't see through his strength, but one thing was certain: Yuan Mu Ye definitely had cultivation.

And his cultivation wouldn't be too weak.

"Jiang Lan, with the enemy at hand, our main task is to fight the evil spirits, not to kill each other, understand?"

Director He's expression turned colder. Seeing this, Jiang Lan knew that this was indeed not the time for her to be capricious.

However, when she saw Yuan Mu Ye looking so carefree, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.

At this moment, Director He's gaze suddenly fell on Yuan Mu Ye. He slowly said, "Deputy Director Yuan, Secretary Jiang is young and vigorous, please forgive her."

Director He's sudden words to Yuan Mu Ye stunned everyone for a few seconds.

Because everyone heard that Director He's tone of voice when speaking to Yuan Mu Ye was actually very polite.

This was very rare, even making everyone feel a little surprised.

Director He rarely showed his face. If it wasn't about Jiang City's life or death, it was impossible for Director He to appear.

Moreover, Director He always gave off a high and mighty feeling. How could he be so polite to a subordinate today?

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lan was immediately furious and said, "Director He, I don't need his forgiveness."

Director He ignored Jiang Lan. Instead, he continued, "Deputy Director Yuan, if I'm not mistaken, your current cultivation should have reached the He Shen realm, right?"

As soon as these words landed, everyone looked dumbfounded.

Their faces were filled with shock, and some even thought they had misheard, while others wondered if they were dreaming.

How was this possible?

How could this be?

The Yuan Mu Ye in front of them was actually a master of the He Shen realm.

Director Chen, who was sitting next to Yuan Mu Ye, was also shocked. Looking at Yuan Mu Ye, he remembered that a few months ago, Yuan Mu Ye was only at the Gui Yuan realm.

How long had it been, and he had already reached the He Shen realm?

How was this possible?

Could it be that Yuan Mu Ye had been pretending all along, never revealing his true strength?

Was his current strength his true strength?

Jiang Lan also widened her beautiful eyes, looking at Yuan Mu Ye in disbelief, even thinking that this was impossible.

How could the person in front of her, so young, possibly have the strength of the He Shen realm?

"Deputy Director Yuan, if you don't say anything, I'll take it as your default."

Director He said with a smile.

"Director He, that's right, I did break through to the He Shen realm these past few days."

Yuan Mu Ye took a deep breath, thinking that he wouldn't pretend anymore and would reveal his cards.

As soon as these words landed, everyone looked at Yuan Mu Ye in disbelief.

Even Director Chen couldn't help but ask, "Mu Ye, are you telling the truth?"

"Yes."

Yuan Mu Ye nodded.

Seeing Yuan Mu Ye give a positive answer, Director Chen's heart began to churn. He knew that the person sitting next to him was a master of the He Shen realm.

Director Chen had also seen masters of the He Shen realm.

But this was the first time he had encountered a master of the He Shen realm who had grown up by his side and was so young.

Jiang Lan's expression also gradually changed, her mouth so surprised that she could fit an egg in it. However, after regaining her senses, she said, "Director He, are you mistaken? How could he possibly be a master of the He Shen realm?"

"Xiao Lan, there's always someone better, nothing is impossible in this world. If Deputy Director Yuan didn't have this strength, how could he have returned safely from the pursuit of the Ghost General some time ago, and continuously killed multiple level-five evil spirits?"

Director He's voice was very soft, but everyone felt like they were dreaming when they heard it.

"Director He, you flatter me, I was just a little lucky."

Yuan Mu Ye said indifferently.

Hearing Yuan Mu Ye say this, Director He smiled and said, "Deputy Director Yuan, why do you need to be so humble? You have reached such a cultivation at such a young age, you are the pride of our Jiang City Main Bureau. Moreover, with the current situation so bad, having a master like you in our Main Bureau is like having a huge boost."

"I don't believe it. If he really has the strength of the He Shen realm, I want to compete with him. Deputy Director Yuan, do you dare?"

Jiang Lan still refused to believe it.

Yuan Mu Ye glanced at Jiang Lan, "Alright, let's go to the martial arts training ground outside and try it out."

Seeing this situation, Director He said, "In that case, just stop when you've made your point."

Director He didn't continue to stop them. He also wanted to see if Yuan Mu Ye really had this strength.

After all, even if Yuan Mu Ye was in the He Shen realm, there were still gaps between realms. If he didn't have practical experience, he might be killed by cultivators with lower cultivation than himself even with just cultivation.

Jiang Lan had a very high talent, and had also participated in many actual combats since she was a child, killing countless evil spirits.

She had also been a competitive person since she was a child.

Everyone was naturally full of curiosity. Anyway, they felt that it wouldn't hurt to watch the excitement.

What's more, they were still such young and talented contestants.

If these two grew up, they might be the top combat power of mankind in the future.

When everyone arrived at the martial arts training ground, some special paranormal team members who didn't have tasks for the time being appeared to watch.

For a time, the martial arts training ground became lively.

"Jiang Lan, Secretary Jiang, she's actually back."

Someone couldn't help but exclaim.

"Yeah, she's my goddess idol."

"I heard that she's going to compete with Deputy Director Yuan. Deputy Director Yuan isn't a pushover either."

"Hmph, no matter how strong Deputy Director Yuan is, how could he possibly be as strong as Secretary Jiang? Secretary Jiang's strength is now at the Ning Yuan realm. How many people can reach this realm at such a young age?"

"That's right, I support the goddess..."