Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start-Chapter 97 Liyu City, Deputy Director Long Jiang

Wu Ya took another look at Ye Youlong, but didn’t make a fuss about it. It wasn’t that she was suddenly compassionate or felt she couldn’t handle Ye Youlong.

In her mind, she simply did not consider Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong as her subordinates or teammates!

She didn’t recognize them yet.

So whether Ye Youlong should or shouldn’t was irrelevant to her.

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Following that, Xiao Zhan and Liu Yuan set off and arrived in Liyu City.

Being newcomers, they were unfamiliar with the area.

The first thing they had to do was meet with the local contact from the Special Service Bureau.

The meeting was set in a café.

Before the person arrived, Liu Yuan looked at the contact information in his hand and was somewhat surprised, "This Long Jiang is quite capable, a C-level talent, and not yet twenty-five years old, but already a Third Grade Spirit Master. His cultivation speed is really quite fast."

C-level talent, which belongs to graded talents, can normally reach the Third Grade Realm with standard cultivation. If fortunate enough to encounter some opportunities, then breaking through to the Fourth Grade is possible.

B-level talent, with normal cultivation, can reach the Fourth Grade, and subsequent breakthroughs also depend on opportunities.

This is why the Four Great Spirit Academies only recruit students with at least B-level talent, as B-level represents middle-grade, signifying elite power.

In this world, Demon Beasts have extremely strong combat abilities, often causing massive deaths upon their appearance.

Thus, the power system of Spirits developed to quickly replenish combat forces.

Progress in cultivation generally starts fast in the early stages and becomes slower or even stagnant in the later stages.

With typical cultivation speed, a C-level talent generally takes about ten years to reach the Third Grade. If there’s no opportunity in later stages, then they reach a lifelong standstill, which is quite normal for decades.

Yet, this Long Jiang, in less than seven years, has already become a Third Grade.

This speed is undoubtedly fast.

"Moreover, a key point, this guy doesn’t have any background to speak of, everything is based on his own abilities. No wonder, no wonder he can be the deputy director of Liyu City at such a young age," Liu Yuan added.

Note, the title of deputy director here carries significant weight.

Firstly, Long Jiang is from the overt operations department of the Special Service Bureau, where the staff is large, so the general combat capability is low.

Secondly, this is only a branch, not headquarters. There are many branch directors, every city has one, and some large cities even have several branches.

Liyu City is just a small city.

"Everyone has their own fate, maybe Long Jiang has experienced what ordinary people have not, which has led him to today’s achievements," Xiao Zhan said.

Though talent in this world determines everything, effort isn’t entirely useless.

"That makes him even more impressive," Liu Yuan said, a flicker of admiration in his eyes, "I should really get to know him better."

While they were speaking, the sound of crisp wind chimes came from the entrance of the café, and a tall man dressed in black leather walked in.

A woman in the same black attire followed him.

The man wore a black hat, covering the upper half of his face, only revealing a resolute chin and sculpted facial width.

"Hello, I am Long Jiang, this is my Contract partner, Liu Si. Welcome to both comrades."

The man walked up to where Xiao Zhan and others were sitting, took off his hat, revealing a very resolute face, those eyes showing signs of having lived through hardships.

This was a man with stories.

"Hello, I am Xiao Zhan, this is my wife, Ye Youlong."

"Hello, I am Liu Yuan, this is my Contract partner, Xu Qing."

Liu Yuan’s gaze sized up Long Jiang, indeed a capable person, with an extraordinary demeanor.

They shook hands.

And sat casually.

Long Jiang’s gaze lingered on Ye Youlong for an extra half-second, especially on her forehead.

"Both of you are new to the special combat team, right? I did some homework before you came. I saw that Miss Ye Youlong has an SSS Artifact Spirit Talent. May I ask if this is true?"

Long Jiang curiously asked.

Upon hearing this, Liu Si next to him also looked at Ye Youlong in surprise.

Xiao Zhan replied with a smile, "Could the information from the Federation Bureau of Statistics be false?"

Long Jiang looked at Xiao Zhan, also smiling faintly, "I can’t be sure if it’s false or not, but I know that Mr. Xiao Zhan being able to become a Second Grade Spirit Master at such an age, his talent is definitely not just F Grade."

This was clearly questioning the authenticity of the Bureau’s information.

"Haha, Director Long’s judgment is accurate, indeed, I am not F Grade," Xiao Zhan laughed.

But he admitted it without stating that he was SSS Grade.

However, Long Jiang seemed not to care about Xiao Zhan’s talent; he was more interested in Ye Youlong, "So, Miss Ye Youlong, you really are SSS Grade?"

He looked very excited, his eyes trembling and burning with a fiery passion inside. This was entirely inconsistent with his previously worn and experienced demeanor. freёnovelkiss.com

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan felt somewhat displeased.

In front of him, looking at his wife with such eyes, was this not too dismissive?

Just about to burst out.

At this moment, Long Jiang also realized his embarrassing state and quickly controlled his emotions, apologizing, "I’m sorry, that was rude of me. I’m just a bit excited."

"My talent is low, only C Grade. I’ve never even seen an S Grade Artifact Spirit before. This is my first encounter with a legendary SSS Grade, I am really excited, sorry if I offended you both."

Using the phrase ’legendary SSS Grade’ showed how excited Long Jiang was, so much so that he was speaking incoherently.

It’s known that though SSS Grade Artifact Spirits are rare, awakening one per year, many years added together still account for a significant number.

Since he apologized, Xiao Zhan had no reason to burst out, but he still felt uneasy looking at Long Jiang.

He knew that an SSS Grade Artifact Spirit was what every Spirit Master aspired to, but now that Ye Youlong was his wife, other men shouldn’t look at her that way.

"By the way, since you have traveled from afar, tired from the journey, how about resting today? I can show you around the scenic beauty of Liyu City," Long Jiang, knowing his lapse, quickly changed the subject.

Liu Yuan immediately waved his hands to decline, "Director Long, we appreciate your kindness, but we are here on a mission assigned from above, with tight time constraints and heavy responsibilities. We can tour after the mission is over."

"Yes yes, my thoughtlessness."

"Then could Director Long tell us more about the detailed situation?"

"Of course."

Long Jiang immediately shared the prepared documents with Liu Yuan and Xiao Zhan, then continued, "Based on our investigation, this missing persons case has actually been ongoing for quite some time."

"Previously, with few missing persons, it was handled by the local police department. Later, when the number of missing persons suddenly increased, the police department couldn’t handle it, so it was transferred to the Special Service Bureau."

"During this period, our thorough investigation revealed that most missing persons are female, with a minority being male. They vary in age but are all above eighteen years old, mostly students. We suspect this is a targeted act of retaliation."

Listening to him, Xiao Zhan and Liu Yuan merely nodded slightly.

They had already seen this information; nothing new was being revealed by Long Jiang.

"So, Director Long, what do you think their reason for retaliation might be?" Liu Yuan asked.

Long Jiang shook his head, "Unclear, we don’t even know if the suspects are male or female, or how many; we can’t determine their motives."