Tan Xiao felt that Kong Xuan had probably seen through his face blindness long ago, so when he complimented Kong Xuan, Kong Xuan didn't seem very happy about it.

Alas, people can indeed sense when you're not being sincere.

Tan Xiao changed to a more sincere statement: "When we get back to the classroom, I'll go over the midterm exam with you..." There wasn't much else he could do to repay Kong Xuan's kindness.

Kong Xuan asked in confusion, "Didn't the teacher already go over it?"

Tan Xiao: "Do you think you actually took it in?"

Kong Xuan: "...No."

Well, there you have it.

Explaining the questions to Kong Xuan was much harder than learning the shaman's ritual magic. Tan Xiao dragged his tired body to finish the lesson, and remembered that he should tell Mu Fei about this, since it was definitely an unnatural case.

He picked up his phone and sent a WeChat message to Mu Fei, "Sister Mu, reporting a case!!"

Mu Fei's side seemed to have keyword triggers, and she immediately replied, "Which grid, case or report?"

Their Bureau 404 had divided important areas into grids, assigned to different units and personnel to achieve comprehensive supervision. Of course, due to insufficient manpower, there were bound to be omissions.

As for cases and reports, they were their classifications for cases. For example, like the Chu emperor's tomb, if there were no Xiong Hui and only remnant magic left in the tomb, it would be classified as a report.

Another example was the previous loosening of the magic array, which was also considered a report. The handling method was to send relevant units to reinforce the seal and so on.

At that time, because of the appearance of Xiong Hui, the report became an case, after all, it triggered a series of consequences and required manpower and resources to cover it up.

Tan Xiao told Mu Fei about Wu Tianyu's situation, and also confirmed with Mu Fei that the swindler Mao Mao's aunt was looking for was not registered, and was indeed a fraud. Then he asked doubtfully, "What kind of magical powers does Wu Tianyu have? He actually knew what I wanted to do."

"From what you said, it's very accurate, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's 'divine' power." Mu Fei knew that Tan Xiao had strong spiritual resonance, but was lacking in experience despite having theoretical knowledge.

Moreover, with Tan Xiao's keen senses, he was unable to detect any abnormalities in Wu Tianyu before he spoke, so he must have deliberately hidden the strangeness. This kind of sneaking around was even less like a proper thing. There must be something behind it.

"The various kinds of 'magical powers' in our field are actually divided into cultivated powers, innate powers, dependent powers, ghost powers, and demon powers. The proper ones obtained through cultivation, like mine, are called 'cultivated powers', while innate abilities are 'innate powers'."

In fact, Mu Fei suspected that Tan Xiao had some innate powers, as he wasn't affected much by the illusions in the Chu emperor's tomb.

"When a ghost possesses a human body, the spiritual acts are 'ghost powers', and similarly, when a demon possesses a human body, it's 'demon powers'. The last type, 'dependent powers', refers to relying on external objects, such as if you have no power yourself, but rely on divination to know something."

"This person uses his abilities for cheating and fighting, and is emaciated and deformed. Although his abilities are high, it doesn't seem like the righteous path."

Tan Xiao nodded, that's right, just take the Great God Kong Xuan as an example. He prayed to the gods to improve his grades, and in the end, the Great God used a rather torturous method to help him improve his grades...

"Haha, so my kind also counts as magical powers." And a real god at that.

Mu Fei: "Yours is more like a cheat."

Tan Xiao: "..."

Tan Xiao: "Yeah, I have a bird cheat [crying laughing emoji]"

Mu Fei: "Hahahahaha!"

Tan Xiao considered for a moment: "So for this case, his sister just happened to entrust it to my family. If you guys are going through the process, can you bring me along?"

"What, you've been bored because no one has asked you to handle a case, and you want to practice?" Mu Fei said with a smile, "Of course, we'll bring you along. You bring someone too, I'll file the case right now and send someone to work with you on it."

Their unit always handled cases in pairs. Mu Fei didn't have time herself, but she could find someone else to cooperate with Tan Xiao.

Tan Xiao wasn't actually bored. Firstly, he had promised Mao Mao, and it would be easier to communicate if he showed up. Secondly, Wu Tianyu's actions were a bit irritating, making Tan Xiao curious and unwilling to lose. He lacked experience, but he was eager to learn!

Mu Fei casually added Tan Xiao to a WeChat group called "Chu Province 404 Case Joint Management Group", which had several hundred members. The group nicknames all had unit names in front, either some palace, some temple, or some mountain.

The avatars were also mostly things like blooming lotuses and wooden fish, with some old men's selfies.

An administrator said, "New comrades, please change your group nickname and add your unit name in front."

What if you don't have a unit? Should he write Nanchu No. 1 Middle School?

Tan Xiao didn't know what to do, so he just wrote "Nanchu - Tan Xiao".

In the meantime, Mu Fei had also filed the case in the internal system. After completing the operation, she immediately sent it to the responsible unit through the internal system, but when she took a look, the time limit was set to 5 days later.

Mu Fei immediately took a screenshot of the case description in the dispatch group: "Does Qinghui Palace have any extra manpower? Please help handle this case in advance, it involves minors."

As soon as Mu Fei asked, someone quickly replied to her, it was the representative of Qinghui Palace.

"Qinghui Palace - Duan Yang: Director Mu, we really can't spare anyone right now, and this description seems quite difficult to deal with. I feel like it's one of the hungry ghosts in the Sutra on the Stages of the Path to Awakening. I think it's more appropriate to assign it to Laomei Temple. Please ask their Venerable Baoping to take action."

The representative of Laomei Temple immediately fought back.

"Laomei Temple - Danyun: How is it a hungry ghost? Can hungry ghosts know people's intentions? I think it's more like a fox spirit possession. This should be assigned to them. If you keep pushing it to me, I'll have to seriously go over the 'three fixed plans' with you. This was originally something you should handle."

"Qinghui Palace - Duan Yang: [pitiful] [pitiful] I'm not trying to gain sympathy, but recently my feet are about to be worn thin. We really don't have enough manpower. Besides, the incense offerings at our palace are far less than at your Laomei Temple. How about this, your unit has more manpower, so send someone to investigate first. If it's not within your jurisdiction, then call us to handle it."

"Laomei Temple - Danyun: If you put it that way, wouldn't it be a waste of time? If we go, let's go together. You have more experience in handling these kinds of things, we don't have that experience or authority."

Mu Fei was getting annoyed just reading it, and directly @-ed Duan Yang: "Duan Yang knows medicine and divination, you go, stop wasting words. Also, bring Ah Jin along." That Wu Tianyu was extremely emaciated, so it was best to bring someone who knew medicine.

Duan Yang replied listlessly after a while: "Received"

He asked another question, "Only bring Ah Jin?"

With the Bureau 404 short-staffed, Ah Jin had already received training and was in the process of obtaining his enforcement certificate, so of course he could also go on duty, although he would generally assist on the side and do some record-keeping work when on duty.

"No, you go with @Nanchu-Tan Xiao. That's one leading two." Mu Fei said, she wasn't at ease with Duan Yang going alone, it would be much better if he went with Tan Xiao.

Although the several hundred people in the group didn't speak, representatives from each family were actually following the group messages in real-time.

For a while, they all started private discussions. Only a few people knew about Tan Xiao and Kong Xuan signing a contract with the Bureau 404, and most people were confused when they saw Tan Xiao's unfamiliar name.

-- However, due to the Emperor Essence's incident, the Bureau 404 had expanded quite a few cooperative units recently, and some units with average strength had also been included, so new faces were not strange.

There were also some with better memory, who thought of something from this "Tan" character, could it be the Nanchu Tan family?

That Tan Chunying from the Tan family was a notoriously improper shaman.

Duan Yang also thought of this person, thinking damn, from the Tan family, plus an Ah Jin, they're really making me lead two newbies? He let out a wail, but could only type fiercely under his hands: [Received!]

Tan Xiao, a student who had never had this kind of experience, followed the reply with great novelty: [Received.]

......

Turning his head, Tan Xiao privately messaged Mu Fei with some curiosity: [Why let Ah Jin come along too, if he goes out casually and is seen by people, won't it arouse suspicion, or has his disguise technique been perfected?]

Previously, Ah Jin hadn't been fully repaired and needed to hide in the funeral home to cover his tracks.

Mu Fei said, [Don't worry, he's been equipped.]

Tan Xiao was relieved. As an official organization, the Bureau 404 must have some good equipment.

Since Wu Tianyu's condition was not caused by any disease, Tan Xiao of course couldn't let Tan Chunying go. So after the Bureau 404 filed the case, he directly told Tan Chunying, "Mom, this kind of small matter, just let me handle it myself to practice."

Tan Chunying said suspiciously, "Can you fool them?"

In the past, she always took Tan Xiao with her to work together, and was a little afraid that Tan Xiao wouldn't be able to handle it alone.

"I'm an adult now, didn't I go to the performance by myself last time? Anyway, if it doesn't work out, I'll find you." Tan Xiao insisted on holding Tan Chunying down.

Tan Chunying: "Alright, just say that the Great Master has something to do and sent the son to go first. If you can't handle it, WeChat me."

Only then did Peacock God appear, arms crossed, staring at him. He obviously held a positive and combative attitude towards the acting shaman wanting to go out and gain experience.

Tan Xiao said to Tan Chunying and Peacock God at the same time, "Mm-hmm, I'll be ready to text you."

Tan Chunying went to play games happily.

Kong Xuan also nodded in satisfaction.

He was wearing a light golden robe today, almost glowing all over. His long hair was also slightly changed in style, half tied up with feathers braided in. Although he changed his hairstyle, Tan Xiao still recognized him.

After all, the clothes were given by Tan Xiao.

"Great God, Sister Mu told me that they divided the cheats... no, the divine powers into five types. I said, I have a bird cheat, hahaha." Tan Xiao shared the joke he made up with the God.

Peacock God smiled slightly upon hearing his words, casually swaying his sleeves and hair, and doing it again from another angle.

Tan Xiao looked straight at him as he spoke.

Kong Xuan floated even higher with pride, dodn't he say that Kong Xuan wasn't as handsome as the Peacock God? Isn't he staring now anyway?

Tan Xiao said curiously, "God, do you braid your own hair every morning? We have a comb at home, do you want me to get you one? I see your hair is not particularly straight."

Kong Xuan: "...No!"

He thought for a moment and said grumpily, "The joke you just told wasn't funny at all."

......

On the weekend, Tan Xiao received a WeChat message from Duan Yang, asking to meet him at the mall in front of Wu Tianyu's house. Tan Xiao agreed and also informed Mao Mao. As the intermediary, Mao Mao also had to be present.

When Tan Xiao arrived outside the mall, he saw that Duan Yang was already there, waiting for coffee. He had shoulder-length hair tied in a half-bun, looking to be in his thirties. Leaning against the storefront with his hands behind his back, his unique hairstyle made him recognizable at a glance.

Tan Xiao liked people with distinctive hairstyles.

"Hello senior, I'm Tan Xiao." Tan Xiao stepped forward to introduce himself.

"Mm, I ordered a coffee for you too." Duan Yang glanced at him indifferently and said, neither cold nor warm. As a senior, facing this Tan family descendant who was notorious in the industry for having no skills and running away to change careers, this attitude could actually be considered amiable.

You should know that after Tan Xiao joined the group, those who recognized his background had some unkind private discussions.

However, Duan Yang always felt that Tan Xiao looked a bit familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

He handed Tan Xiao a talisman, "According to the case details, this Wu Tianyu has the power of detection. Wear this concealment talisman well, it can hide us and avoid being detected by him." They had to investigate when Wu Tianyu couldn't sense it.

"Ah, okay." Actually, Tan Xiao had also made a lot of preparations before coming, including reciting concealment spells, but he still put away the talisman. Anyway, with so many cultural and creative products on his body, he didn't mind more.

"Um, where's Ah Jin?" Tan Xiao looked around. At this time, there weren't many people in the mall. There were several beverage stores lined up where they were, and a few mascots were on standby.

Ah Jin didn't know what good equipment he got, he was invisible. Tan Xiao could feel the familiar sensation of being watched, but couldn't see where he was at all. It seemed the Bureau 404 really had some heritage.

Duan Yang paused and pointed to a person in a frog costume next to him, "Here..."

The frog also raised his hand and waved at Tan Xiao, "Spirit Master."

It was Ah Jin's voice.

Tan Xiao: "............"

Tan Xiao: "...This is your equipment?"

No matter how much he guessed, Tan Xiao never guessed that the so-called advanced equipment the Bureau 404 gave Ah Jin to walk around in broad daylight would be so simple.

"You think the Bureau 404 has a big budget?" Duan Yang smiled awkwardly, "Just say, can he walk around outside freely or not?"

Tan Xiao: Damn, can't refute that.

During the conversation, Mao Mao also arrived, wearing a mask. She recognized Tan Xiao at a glance and waved at him. Tan Xiao introduced Duan Yang to her. The reason they gave was that Tan Chunying had something to do, so they found a reliable friend.

Seeing Duan Yang's Taoist immortal style and coffee-drinking demeanor, plus being introduced by Tan Xiao, Mao Mao also trusted him very much. She took off his mask and said, "Then I'll be troubling you two later!"

Duan Yang saw Mao Mao and suddenly realized why Tan Xiao looked familiar - he had seen their performance before too. But he didn't finish watching the show.

Now he felt even more that Tan Xiao was indeed a descendant of the Tan family, with mascot performance still being his main job. He was going to have a tough day today.

"Alright, let's go." Duan Yang finished his coffee and said casually.

Tan Xiao wanted to call Ah Jin to come along, but when he turned around, he saw Ah Jin fighting with the mascot of Mixue X City. For some reason, Ah Jin seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Tan Xiao: "..."

...Have some dignity, will you.

Duan Yang and Tan Xiao persuaded Ah Jin to stop fighting together. "Why are you fighting with him?"

Ah Jin said aggrievedly: "He hit me first." And due to the Bureau 404 regulations, he didn't dare use illusion attacks on the other party.

Tan Xiao speculated that the other party might have thought Ah Jin was hired by the coffee shop to attract business. This was really an unjust disaster.

Mao Mao asked in surprise, "Is he... coming along too?"

"Yes, he's socially anxious, so he'll be on standby at the door later."

Mao Mao was still wondering if this was a street vendor. "Alright, many people do like to wear this out to play recently." She even went up and shook hands with Ah Jin, feeling that it was hard inside.

Ah Jin quickly withdrew his hand. Of course it was hard, he was slowly growing hands recently, and it was all iron inside.

"What's that you're holding?" Duan Yang noticed that Tan Xiao was also carrying a bag.

Tan Xiao opened it to show him. Surprisingly, it was some frozen buns in a thermal bag, not yet fully thawed. There was also some incense, but not a lot.

Mao Mao asked doubtfully, "Incense is one thing, but why did you bring buns?"

Tan Xiao retorted, "Sister Mao Mao, your nephew is so skinny now, shouldn't he eat something?"

For a moment, Mao Mao wanted to object but didn't know what to say... But you shamans aren't chefs! Forget it, Tan Xiao should have enough experience in bluffing people.

Wu Tianyu's family lived in a top-floor duplex. Ah Jin waited outside, because he was not good at direct attacks, but was well-versed in illusion techniques. Plus his outfit was quite conspicuous, so he hid outside just in case.

Tan Xiao and Duan Yang went in with Mao Mao. Tan Xiao looked around and found that the Wu family's decor was quite simple, bright and clean.

According to the information gathered beforehand, Wu Tianyu had gone to a special class. His grades were not very good before, and he had been learning special skills. They specifically chose this time period.

After entering the door, Mao Mao introduced to her aunt in a seemingly professional manner, "Auntie, this is the Celestial Master and the descendant of Chu shamans that I told you about. Don't be fooled by their young age, even the Nanchu municipal government seeks their help."

"Oh, really?" Mrs. Wu was a little skeptical at first, not because of Tan Xiao and Duan Yang's young age.

- In fact, in this industry, a considerable number of people actually prefer the young. As the saying goes, old doctors and young diviners. In this business, some skills are passed down secretly, regardless of age. Some people even specifically look for young people who have just started, because at this time, in order to make a name for themselves, the masters are most effective.

What Mrs. Wu doubted was only whether they were really that powerful.

To be sought out by the government, the charlatan she originally wanted to find had just opened a feng shui cultural communication limited company. Claiming to be invited by business tycoons to look at feng shui.

Duan Yang immediately took out his credentials and said solemnly, "We are professionals."

"Auntie, the Celestial Master doesn't make a move easily. This time it's because he feels sorry for the child, plus for my sake. We have to let him try today no matter what." Mao Mao also added fuel to the fire.

Tan Xiao did not answer, but walked around her house and casually interjected, "Your child's grades have improved a lot recently."

Mrs. Wu stammered, "...Yes, that's right." She saw Tan Xiao walk to the bookshelf, which was full of Wu Tianyu's things, some extracurricular books he liked to read, and a few photo frames with pictures of her taking Wu Tianyu out traveling.

"You are very good to your child. Even though his grades were average before, you would still take him to play everywhere." Tan Xiao said while looking at the photo frames. From the contents of the photos, they had been to many places.

In one of them, Wu Tianyu was holding a snowball on a snowy mountain. At that time, he was not so thin yet.

"It's better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books." The boy's tone was calm, and Mrs. Wu unknowingly started chatting with Tan Xiao.

At this moment, Tan Xiao suddenly said softly, "Even if he becomes 'talented in both civil and military affairs', you still prefer the real him?"

Although his tone was light, it hit the heart of Mrs. Wu.

Being suddenly asked this out of the blue, Mrs. Wu was a little caught off guard. From teachers to relatives, everyone thought that Wu Tianyu was getting better. They said she was going too far, but she just felt that her child was not right. Yes, she would rather have an imperfect child!

At this time, Tan Xiao's hand left the photo frame. Mrs. Wu saw that in Wu Tianyu's photo, blood was actually flowing down his face!

"Ah!!" Mrs. Wu screamed and almost fainted.

"He is haunted by evil spirits and his soul is trapped, but he can still feel your love." Tan Xiao lightly wiped his hand and the blood disappeared again.

Mrs. Wu covered her mouth, tears streaming down her face. "Woo... I..."

"Auntie, you must have faith and solve this matter with us." Tan Xiao said solemnly. He directly played a news clip, which was the segment thanking him at the archaeological press conference.

Tan Xiao pointed out, "These are all superficial explanations, but in fact, some terrible ghosts were dug out of this Chu emperor's tomb. I went to help subdue them at that time. Otherwise, with so many folk custom experts, why would they need a high school student like me?"

If he could subdue those, the strangeness on Wu Tianyu was naturally not a problem. Mrs. Wu wiped her tears and said, "Please, please, I will cooperate with you in any way necessary!"

This kind of thing requires a lot of cooperation from family members. Tan Xiao nodded, "Then please find out how long it will take for Wu Tianyu to come back. We need to make some preparations first."

Mrs. Wu immediately went to make a phone call.

As soon as Mrs. Wu walked away, Mao Mao couldn't control her expression and grinned at Tan Xiao, "Little bro, you're really something, I admire you! And you're good at incorporating current events too!"

What Tan Xiao did just now was a whole set of tricks, bluffing auntie to the point of tears.

"Very good." Duan Yang also complimented, pointing to the photo of Wu Tianyu that Tan Xiao had just used. He thought that since Tan Xiao was sent by 404, he should have some skills. In a short time, he used the connection between the photo and the person to perform magic. "Is this also a family inheritance?"

Tan Xiao: "No, Wang Jianyun taught me."

Duan Yang thought for a long time, but couldn't think of any fellow Daoist named Wang Jianyun in Nanchu. "Which old cultivator is he from?"

Tan Xiao looked at him blankly: "He's a chemistry teacher."

Duan Yang: "..."

"Hahaha!" Mao Mao laughed quietly, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. "Okay, okay, you're really good." She found it interesting to see Duan Yang and Tan Xiao exchanging experiences in fooling people and joking around.

Tan Xiao smiled. When communicating with Mrs. Wu earlier, he used the best tricks of a jianghu alchemist, nothing more than the six words "knock, beat, interrogate, thousand, grand, sell", plus a little chemical magic of alkali and alum, which worked much better than Duan Yang's straightforward rhetoric.

This trick was not only used on Mrs. Wu, but also on Mao Mao. Otherwise, Mao Mao should have been the first to shout "fraud".

Duan Yang rubbed his forehead: "... As expected of the Tan family's shaman, well done." The Tan family could also reach this level in the cultural tourism field, so their eloquence and posture must be sufficient. To be honest, it was more useful than real skills, and he was far inferior.

Like the case of the Emperor An of Chu's tomb, he also knew about it and had read the materials written by Mu Fei, but the details of such a big case could only be viewed with certain permissions. He was just a member of the responsible unit associated with the Bureau 404. However, it was obvious that Mu Fei and Mr. Xu must have solved it.

Just as Mao Mao said, Tan Xiao was very good at combining current affairs.

Tan Xiao also smiled at Mao Mao: "Mm-hmm."

This was the truth becoming false and the false becoming true!

Just like how Mao Mao wanted to fool her aunt and then tell her the truth afterwards, Tan Xiao also had to fool Mao Mao first, and then tell her the truth: Sorry, I'm not a fraud.