Feng Ruoxing was discussing things with me because she knew that when my temper flared, I wouldn't give face to anyone.

Yun裳 looked at me pitifully, not daring to speak.

I turned my head towards Ye Yang, who hesitated for a moment and said, "It wouldn't hurt to go take a look."

Feng Ruoxing seized the opportunity to say, "That's right! Yun裳's friend's character shouldn't be too bad. Maybe Jie Yueling has some hidden difficulties. Let's not jump to conclusions so early."

My expression finally softened a lot. "Then we'll go take a look. Let me make it clear in advance, I'm not going to any charity gala. If you want to see me, wait until tomorrow."

"This…" Yun裳 was in a difficult position again.

She knew herself that, from an employer's perspective, the warlock should accommodate the employer's convenience. But from a human perspective, Jie Yueling clearly didn't value us.

It was reasonable for me not to want to meet Jie Yueling.

Just as Yun裳 was wondering how to persuade me, Lao Liu and Zhao Ci arrived together.

Zhao Ci said, "Yun girl, why didn't you explain the details of the employment clearly? Isn't this causing Hall Master to misunderstand? What does the contract say? Didn't you tell Hall Master?"

I turned my head and said, "There's something else in the contract?"

"Yes!" Yun裳 lowered her head and said, "The contract says that we need to conceal our identities. We can't let outsiders know that the Jie family is employing warlocks."

"Great! This is digging your own grave!" I clapped my hands. "Why didn't you say something about signing such a contract earlier? Isn't this just making trouble for yourselves?"

It's not uncommon for employers to require warlocks to conceal their identities.

Warlocks aren't like bodyguards. Taking a bodyguard out is not only not embarrassing but also gives face because bodyguards are also a symbol of status.

If a dignitary takes a warlock out, the feeling is either that someone in his family has died and he's preparing to choose a burial site, or that this person has done something bad and is being haunted.

The more status a person has, the less he wants people to know that he's being haunted. Outsiders' associations can often create uncontrollable rumors, which is what employers with status want to avoid the most.

Feng Ruoxing used to change her identity and hide by her employer's side when she took on business before.

The price of such contracts is high, but the restrictions on warlocks are too great. I had advised them not to take such business, but they still did.

I said helplessly, "Speak! What identity are you planning for me to use?"

"A business partner!" Yun裳 breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that I wasn't angry. "This charity ball is perfect for you to meet, and it can also arrange your cooperation logically."

Zhao Ci also said, "Hall Master, according to the information we have now, a small auction will be held at the charity ball. It will include some evil-suppressing magical artifacts. Jie Yueling might have gone to the charity ball for the artifacts."

Zhao Ci took out a photo on his phone and said, "Hall Master, look at this thing."

The photo showed an iron box with nine venomous snakes entangled on the lid. If you didn't look closely, you would definitely mistake it for a hydra at first glance. If you followed the snake heads down carefully, you could see that the snake bodies were actually intertwined.

I zoomed in on the photo a little. "How do these snakes look like they've been twisted together?"

Zhao Ci said, "That's what I want to talk about."

"I investigated all of Jie Yueling's past, and the only suspicious thing is that she went missing once twelve years ago, when she was twelve years old. The location was Yanshan."

"At that time, Jie Yueling's father, Jie Sanbao, was traveling with her near Yanshan. As a result, Jie Yueling went missing for a day and a night, and then she came back on her own. However, she couldn't say where she had been or why she had gone missing."

"The doctor said that she was overly frightened and forgot what happened after she went missing. The police also treated this as an accident."

"But I found a suspicious point in Yanshan, that is, a mysterious cult once appeared in Yanshan. That cult worshiped venomous snakes. They even built a snake temple in Yanshan. Later, the entire cult mysteriously disappeared overnight."

"There are only legends of snake temples in the local area, and there are not many records about that cult."

I looked at the picture and said, "Does this have anything to do with Jie Yueling being haunted?"

Zhao Ci said, "This is what I want to talk about. Jie Sanbao has always doted on his daughter. He has always given Jie Yueling things like amulets, including many treasures."

Yun裳 also nodded and said, "That's true, Yueling's protective accessories are often valuable. She said that her father doesn't like amulets made of ordinary materials. The worst amulet she's ever worn was ice jadeite."

I couldn't help but frown. The saying that precious jade wards off evil has existed since ancient times. Amulets made of jadeite or jade, if blessed by a master, have extraordinary effects.

Jie Yueling has a protective magical artifact on her body, so ordinary evil spirits can't get close. The thing that can entangle her is no small matter!

Zhao Ci continued, "However, the most precious amulet among them is this nine-leaf jadeite tree."

Zhao Ci took out another photo. After I finished reading it, I couldn't help being stunned. That jadeite pendant was actually somewhat similar to the venomous snake on the iron box.