Chapter 143: Surveillance

Chapter 143: Surveillance

After almost no rest, it wasn't until the evening that Tang San finally finished forging the black gold. Watching the Black Crow Stone transform into black gold, Zhang Haoxuan's face was astonished.

"Where did you get this spatial bag?" Zhang Haoxuan asked. Now that the forging was done, he remembered noticing something that he hadn’t seen his pupil use before.

Tang San couldn't just conjure Black Crow Stone out of thin air, and transporting it was troublesome, so he decided not to hide the existence of his spatial bag from Zhang Haoxuan any longer.

"I brought it from Wind Wolf Town. Master, when I was leaving there, I encountered the Lord of Wind Wolf Town. I killed him and I devoured his bloodline power. That's why I was already at the fifth order when I arrived here," Tang San explained candidly.

After spending these days together, he gradually accepted the Redemption Society and his master. There was no longer a need to hide certain things.

Zhang Haoxuan's eyes flickered slightly. "You were at the fourth order then, no? And he was at the fifth?"

Tang San nodded. "I know what you’re thinking, but he was really badly injured from his fight with a powerful member of the Flash Leopard clan. I guess I just got lucky."

Zhang Haoxuan's mouth twitched slightly. "So...you're saying you instigated the war between the Wind Wolf and Flash Leopard clans? It was quite a heated battle, you know? Many powerful demons kicked the bucket. Even the Ancestral Court was alarmed, and it took great effort to suppress the conflict."

Tang San blinked innocently. "He wanted to kill me at the time; I couldn't just let him, could I? As for what happened afterward, I wouldn’t know."

"Nice way to sidestep responsibility!" Zhang Haoxuan's expression was priceless as he gave Tang San a thumbs-up. "You sure are ruthless, kid!"

He had noticed it when Tang San led the team to kill demonic beasts—not only was he decisive and struck hard when time came, but he was also able to keep his cool when needed.

He had observed Tang San's team's performance throughout their journey. He was confident that without Tang San, the team would have likely achieved less than half of their results, not to mention taking down not one, but two Winged Tigers.

Tang San's guidance in teamwork and combat skills, as witnessed by Zhang Haoxuan, had greatly impressed him. This child's display of selflessness and leadership talent was very satisfying.

The reason he had agreed to that training was partly to assess Tang San. Only in real situations, hazardous ones is one's true character revealed.

There were three main levels of schools: the most common lower-level schools provided elementary education, which most demons and some vassals could attend. More advanced education required a certain status to attend. The top tier was naturally the nearby Kali Academy.

Judging by Mei Gongzi's age, she likely wasn't attending the lowest level of elementary education. The mid-level general education was the most probable. And such schools in the vast Kali City numbered only twelve.

It became much more manageable after narrowing down the range—like waiting for a hare at a tree stump.

For the next few days, Tang San spent his days attending school, and in the afternoons, he either went to the blacksmith to forge or down the mountain to observe the target schools. His days followed a regular pattern.

However, after several days of continuous surveillance, there was no result. Mei Gongzi was nowhere to be seen. Tang San even revisited Kali Plaza but still did not spot Mei Gongzi. He couldn't keep asking around, so he had to resort to the most straightforward method: continue surveying the schools.

Through observation, Tang San noticed that these schools dismissed their students near dusk. After school, the demons would leave all at once. He also learned from his master that regular schools didn't have boarding facilities, meaning students would definitely go home after school.

He devised a plan for himself: observe each ordinary school for three days. If Mei Gongzi appeared, he would surely spot her.

As he watched the pupils come out, Tang San noticed that only some of these schools had human vassals attending. These were likely vassals of stronger bloodline races, but they were not on the same level as the demons and had to exit the school through side gates.

This made Tang San's surveillance a bit easier, but after six continuous days and two schools, he still found nothing.

The forging of black gold, on the other hand, was progressing smoothly. Tang San was also looking for metals that complemented black gold but couldn’t find any. On the bright side, he had already forged a pair of hammers for himself from black gold. They were tailored to his use, making his future forging much easier.

Zhang Haoxuan was still very kind to him, having designated a special area for him in the blacksmith shop, separated from the other blacksmiths. Others could, at most, hear the sound of his hammering but couldn't see what he was forging.

Not long after, the team that had left for training returned.

The best way to describe their appearance upon returning was "dirty and dusty."

The group of five was almost all injured. Though the wounds didn't seem severe, their rather dejected expressions indicated that the results were not as good as they had expected.