My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 56 - 045: Mask

Ji Minghuan asked, "Why did the director confess?"

The mentor said, "Either the girl is about to die and needs urgent medical help, which panicked your old director...or he suddenly repented at the edge of a cliff, feeling guilty for his actions over the years and hung himself, or perhaps both."

Ji Minghuan was silent for a moment: "Xu Keyin was a friend of mine when I was young. At that time, everyone said she disappeared. I asked the director many times where she went, but each time he was dismissive. Later, everyone forgot about her, and I didn’t feel right bringing her up again."

He paused for a moment, his tone turning cold: "I used to think the director was dumb, not evil, but now I know I was wrong...he’s just a beast."

"What a pity..." The mentor looked at Ji Minghuan’s expression, and whispered, "We didn’t discover this when we went to the Welfare Institute to find you; otherwise, we would have saved that girl and spared her from more than a month of torment."

"It’s funny, how would you have discovered these things when you only ever focused on me from the start."

"That’s true."

Unexpectedly, the mentor did not refute his claim.

"Forget it...I’m not interested in these matters; it doesn’t matter to me if that old director dies a thousand or ten thousand times."

Speaking, Ji Minghuan got out of bed and sat across from the mentor, "...Why don’t we talk about the Exorcist stuff, didn’t you say you wanted to tell me?"

The mentor took a sip of tea from his thermos, took a breath, and then screwed the lid back on the thermos bottle.

Later, he talked with Ji Minghuan about topics like the definition of ’Celestial Driver’ and ’Exorcist.’ Ji Minghuan had long known all this, so he pretended to be unclear and appeared curious, letting the information go in one ear and out the other.

"How come I’ve never seen a demon all my life?" Ji Minghuan asked. "I haven’t even heard any related news."

The mentor slowly explained: "China has a team recognized as the world’s strongest exorcists, named ’Lake Hunting.’ This team is so powerful, to an unbelievable extent, that it makes all demons in the country fearful of their existence, thereby retreating to deep mountains and forests, not entering the human world."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"Yes, it’s that exaggerated. Each class of ’Lake Hunting’ is comprised of four people. Behind each of them stands an ancient and immensely wealthy family... and every member of this team is selected as the strongest exorcist from among the current descendants by the heads of the four great families."

"Who is in the current class of ’Lake Hunting’?"

"The leader of this generation of ’Lake Hunting’ is named ’Lin Xingshi,’ who comes from the Hubei Lion Dancer family. In the exorcist world, he is also coded as ’Lion Dancer,’ a title passed down through generations."

"So, isn’t he the world’s number one exorcist?"

"That’s right, at least that’s how it appears on the surface."

"What’s his Celestial Driver?"

"His Celestial Driver is ’Southern Nether Fire Qilin Head,’ reportedly forged from the dragon bones of a sunken South Sea ship and volcano glass, housing seventy-two Fire-Washing Cloth Talismans within."

"Sounds like it has more prestige than ’glasses’ or ’cameras’ as Celestial Drivers. No wonder he’s the leader of the world’s top exorcist team," Ji Minghuan said, "So, who else is in Lake Hunting?"

The mentor chuckled: "Another well-known figure is Zhuge Hui, a descendant of the Zhuge Family. In the exorcist realm, he is coded as ’Celestial Secret Daoist.’ The Zhuge Family has always been a powerful exorcist family, and their exorcism practices have been passed down to this day."

Ji Minghuan raised his eyebrows: "Are you going to say that the historical Zhuge Liang was actually an exorcist too?"

"In ancient times, exorcists weren’t called ’exorcists,’" the mentor slowly said, "but indeed, the historical Zhuge Liang was once a holder of Celestial Driver. His Celestial Driver is the well-known ’Seven-Star Lamp’... it’s worth mentioning that, unlike superpower users, exorcists do not appear in the open world. They hide their abilities and are aloof from worldly matters, only acting against demons appearing in the human world or reprimanding rogue exorcists, a rule that has persisted among them for many generations without change."

"So China, because of its extremely powerful native exorcist families, has such a broad area of influence that demons can’t be seen?"

"Correct." The mentor nodded, "If there is still controversy over the human breeds like Anecdote Envoy and Superpower User, then China is undeniably world-first in the ’Exorcist’ field."

Ji Minghuan thought about it: "Actually, I’m a bit curious, theoretically speaking, among ’Exorcists,’ ’Superpower Users,’ and ’Anecdote Envoys,’ which superhuman breed has the strongest potential?"

The mentor replied without hesitation: "If it were the past, we would answer you with ’Anecdote Envoy’."

He clasped his ten fingers together, "Because theoretically speaking: if any Anecdote Envoy has the fortune to be chosen by a ’Mythical Anecdote,’ he would possess a portion of a deity’s power... this is certainly an upper limit the other two superhuman breeds can’t remotely compare to."

"What about now?" Ji Minghuan asked.

"Now...because of your existence, the answer to this question has become ambiguous," the mentor said, "If you were an ’exorcist,’ then the highest upper limit superhuman breed among humans would be ’exorcist’; if you were an ’anecdote envoy,’ then the highest upper limit would be ’anecdote envoy’; similarly... if, as predicted, you are a ’superpower user,’ then the highest upper limit superhuman breed so far would be superpower users."

He adjusted his glasses, "Simply put... your existence defines the most powerful superhuman breed in the world."

"You really think highly of me."

Ji Minghuan hung his head, about to cry, but inwardly thought: But I am both a superpower user, an exorcist, and can be an anecdote envoy. When you all find out, how will you define me?

The mentor took a sip of the bitter tea.

"If I really were an exorcist, what could my ’Celestial Driver’ be?" Ji Minghuan asked.

"As I said before, the form of Celestial Driver is determined by the shape inside an exorcist’s heart... For example, the current world’s top exorcist ’Lin Xingshi,’ who from a young age learned China’s Lion Dance Skill with family elders, the kind of day-by-day, year-by-year focus, with nothing else in his eyes, made the prototype of his Celestial Driver naturally take the form of a ’lion head’ since in his subconscious...putting on the lion head makes him his true self."

"What about my Celestial Driver?" Ji Minghuan tilted his head, "A dog’s head?"

"A mask."

Ji Minghuan feels slightly mocked but has no evidence, so he silently stares at him.

"Someone who knows how to disguise themselves from a young age, their heart gradually becomes the shape of a mask."

"Do you think you’re funny?"

The mentor smiled and screwed the lid on the thermos, "That’s all for today. In a few days, I’ll arrange for you to meet Kong Youling and the other children."

"Really?"

"Really."

[Have obtained a series of key information about the ’Exorcist world view.’]

[Current world view development progress in the ’Exorcist’ branch changes: 30% → 55%]

[Received world view development reward: 1 Split Point (Current Split new character progress: 3/9 Split Points)]

"Developing the world view also gives Split Points, I have to seize the opportunity to learn more about the remaining parts." Ji Minghuan thought.

"Get a good sleep." With that, the mentor stood up from the table, turned, and left.

The lights gradually went out, and the confinement room was once again shrouded in darkness.

He lay back on the bed nonchalantly, closed his eyes, and his consciousness was instantly beyond the cold confinement room. fгeewebnovёl.com

At the same time, in China Li Jing, Gu Yima District.

Ji Minghuan opened his eyes and glanced at the time on the wall, it was now half-past three in the afternoon, and the heavy rain had stopped.

When he left home this morning, Gu Qiye was still saying in the family group chat that he would come home to make lunch today, but by this point, he still hadn’t shown up, probably because Blue Arc was still busy handling a series of aftermath issues related to the Welfare Institute incident.

After all, the director was considered "highly respected" locally, and the impact of this matter was naturally significant.

Ji Minghuan reached for his phone from beside his pillow, powered it on, and a WeChat message popped up on the lock screen page.

[Li Qingping: Do you want to hang out? What’s up with you these days, only giving your good buddy the cold shoulder.]

"Right on time, I was just thinking of checking out what kind of demon or ghost you are."

Ji Minghuan murmured to himself, called up the main storyline panel, and took a look.

[Main Task 4: Investigate the secret your buddy ’Li Qingping’ is hiding. ]