Legend Management Bureau Chapter 240

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Du Yu suddenly realized something. “Old Zhan, are you saying… she is one of the Seven Holy Heroes?”

Before Zhan Qisheng could reply, Xie Yujiao shouted at him, “You touched my face! How am I supposed to preserve my honor now?!”

“Preserve… your honor?” Zhan Qisheng jumped in fright. “Miss, that is a very heavy accusation to throw around. I simply thought you looked familiar…”

“That is still unacceptable!”

Du Yu understood now. If Xie Yujiao stayed with him from here on out, she really might be one of the Seven Holy Heroes. The reason she was so proactive during the mission was that her identity was different from the other Seven Holy Heroes.

Most of the Seven Holy Heroes were made up of Du Yu’s friends and family, but Xie Yujiao was “Du Yu’s woman.” Thinking about it this way, she probably wanted to help him more than anyone else.

“If that is the case, I think I understand…” Du Yu muttered to himself. “Now I can also understand why you said some strange things happened on that bus.”

According to Zhi Nv, the bus platform had been packed with people during the earlier stops, yet only Great Pivots were able to board. Thinking about it, this must have been the effect of some wondrous Array Formation.

But Qu Xi had also mentioned that once all the Great Pivots were on board, the Array Formation seemed to have been destroyed, resulting in a massive influx of Mortals.

That person was Shiranui Asuka, who had been on the bus at the time.

She had said it herself: the Time Masters of Fusang were not particularly skilled at fighting. Instead, they were much more proficient in support techniques like sealing arts and Array Formations.

This made perfect sense. When it came to setting up an Array Formation, A’xiang might not be a master, but when it came to destroying one, she was an absolute expert.

Du Yu pulled his thoughts back to the present, only to find Xie Yujiao scolding Zhan Qisheng again. He could not help but sigh.

“Miss Xie, please stop making things difficult for Old Zhan. He definitely was not trying to take advantage of you. He already has someone else in his heart.” Du Yu stepped forward and pulled the two apart. Xie Yujiao was still fuming, but for Du Yu’s sake, she decided to drop the matter with Zhan Qisheng.

After settling Xie Yujiao down, Du Yu began to calculate in his head.

He had already gathered four of the Seven Holy Heroes: the Ashamed Brothers, Shiranui Asuka, and Xie Yujiao. This was progressing much faster than he had anticipated.

Du Yu and Zhan Qisheng stepped out of Xie Yujiao’s room to let her get some proper rest. However, before they had even taken a few steps down the hall, they spotted Fan Xiaoguo.

Fan Xiaoguo looked like she had been searching for someone. The moment she saw Du Yu, her eyes widened.

“Du Yu! Are you trying to piss me off?!” Fan Xiaoguo yelled.

“Huh?” Du Yu froze, completely clueless as to why she was so furious. “What did I do?”

“Didn’t I tell you that the old ancestor found the person you asked us to look for, and told you to go see them when you had time? Now I hear you would rather spend your time flirting with the Xie family’s Sister Yujiao than go check on that Wrongful Death Great Pivot?!”

Hearing this, Du Yu was stunned. Fan Xiaoguo had indeed mentioned this to him. But before he could even go see that Wrongful Death Great Pivot, he had vanished. Now that he had finally made it back, he simply had not gotten around to it yet.

“Oh man…” Du Yu frowned. “I completely forgot… Where is that Wrongful Death Great Pivot? Are they in the Impermanence Hall?”

“Still talking about the Impermanence Hall…” Fan Xiaoguo muttered a quiet curse. “Don’t you know that Mortals are not allowed to enter the Impermanence Hall? I brought her over to the Legend Management Bureau ages ago.”

“Say what?!” Du Yu jumped in shock. “You are saying that Great Pivot is living in the Legend Management Bureau right now?”

“Yeah, she has been staying here for days.” Fan Xiaoguo glared angrily at Du Yu. “I am warning you right now, you cannot back out on taking this person. The paperwork for her to give up her chance to Reincarnate has already been processed. If we send her back, it will be very hard to explain to the Underworld Soul Management Bureau.”

“I definitely want her!” Du Yu hurriedly grabbed Fan Xiaoguo by the arm. “Where is she? Take me to see her!”

Fan Xiaoguo let out a heavy sigh. “Then follow me.”

“But I should warn you first, that person is a bit crazy.” As Fan Xiaoguo led Du Yu down the hall, she curled her lip in distaste. “If the condition of being a Wrongful Death Great Pivot was not so incredibly rare, I honestly would not have brought her here.”

“Oh?” Du Yu thought for a moment. “What kind of person is she?”

“When she was alive, she was an extra. She was already getting on in years, yet she only ever landed supporting roles in obscure productions. To make money, she also worked as a stunt double, performing dangerous maneuvers in martial arts scenes, which is how she picked up some amateur fighting skills. You could say she took absolutely any role offered to her. According to her, her acting skills have reached the absolute pinnacle. But I highly doubt it, if her acting was that good, why would she only ever play minor roles?”

Du Yu stared blankly. “An actor?!”

“Yeah.”

Actually, Du Yu was already ninety percent sure he knew who this person was, but he was still a bit curious. “How did she suffer a Wrongful Death?”

“Sigh, she is actually quite a pitiful woman,” Fan Xiaoguo explained. “She was scammed by a group of heartless frauds. Those people were incredibly vicious. They specifically targeted women with dreams of stardom at film studios. They would claim they were taking them to shoot a movie, but in reality, they were trafficking them into the mountains. They had already tricked several girls by then, as most girls aiming to act are quite pretty and can fetch a high price. This woman was tricked by them as well, but their van got into a car accident on the way, and everyone died…”

“What? Human trafficking still happens in modern society?” Du Yu asked in disbelief.

“It does.” Fan Xiaoguo nodded. “There are many things that happen in the dark corners of the world that exceed your imagination.”

“Good lord, what about those traffickers?” Du Yu asked.

“They are already in the Hell of Boiling Oil,” Fan Xiaoguo replied.

“Good. Excellent!”

Du Yu thought for a moment before saying, “But that does not make sense. From what you just said, this woman is not crazy at all. She was merely deceived.”

“Sigh, the problem is… I do not know what kind of trick they used to fool her, but to this day, this woman still firmly believes she is currently filming a movie…”

“Huh?” Du Yu had not expected anyone to be foolish to this extent.

“Forget it, just go talk to her yourself.” Fan Xiaoguo stopped in front of a door. “This is her room. Go on in, I am not going with you.”

“Wait!” Du Yu quickly grabbed Fan Xiaoguo. “Can you give me her information? Otherwise, I will not know how to start the conversation with her.”

“Didn’t I just explain everything clearly? What other information do you need?” Fan Xiaoguo asked.

“For example, her name, or what TV shows she has been in?”

“Oh…”

Fan Xiaoguo nodded and sifted through a stack of white papers in her hand, pulling one out.

“Her name is Xu Liunian. This paper lists the TV shows she has acted in, and the names written next to them are the characters she played.”

“Whoa, there are so many?” Du Yu was surprised. He took the paper crammed with text, only to discover that every role this “Xu Liunian” had played was either “Yatou A” or “Servant Girl B.”

“Will this do?” Fan Xiaoguo asked.

“It will.” Du Yu nodded. “This is perfect. Leave the rest to me.”

Fan Xiaoguo had no idea what Du Yu was planning to do, but since she had successfully handed the person over to him, she felt relieved and turned to leave.

Du Yu spent about ten minutes memorizing the general contents of the entire page.

He steadied his breathing and walked through the door.

Sitting inside the room was Xiao Nian.

She was not wearing any makeup, revealing her true appearance.

She looked at Du Yu, and Du Yu looked back at her.

After a long pause, she spoke up. “You do not need to waste your breath. No matter what you ask, I will not say a word!”

Du Yu was taken aback. What kind of line was that? Did she think he was here to interrogate her?

He suddenly recalled Fan Xiaoguo’s words. This girl was probably still “in character.”

He let out a sigh, closed the door, and sat down opposite the girl.

He carefully observed her face. She looked somewhere between twenty-five and thirty years old. She was not particularly beautiful; in fact, she had a very ordinary, forgettable face.

“You are… Teacher Xu Liunian, right?” Du Yu asked.

Xiao Nian paused upon hearing this. She looked at Du Yu with a puzzled expression and asked, “Who are you?”

Du Yu did not answer. Instead, he smiled and said, “Teacher Xu Liunian, you do not need to be so tense. Relax, the shoot is already over!”

Hearing Du Yu say this, Xiao Nian stared blankly for a second before letting out a massive sigh of relief. She fell back onto the bed and exclaimed, “Oh, thank God! It is finally over! I am exhausted!”

She looked completely drained. Du Yu could not help but wonder to himself, ‘Has she seriously been acting all by herself this entire time?’

Before Du Yu could ask for clarification, Xu Liunian spoke again.

“But I have to say, your special effects team is pretty good. That car crash scene earlier looked incredibly realistic.”

“Car… crash?” Du Yu furrowed his brows. “You thought that was special effects?”

“It wasn’t special effects?” Xiao Nian sat up, looking at Du Yu in confusion. “If it wasn’t special effects, how did I get here after one scene transition? You guys were the ones who said this was a hidden camera shoot…”

Du Yu gradually understood how Xu Liunian had been tricked. Those scumbags had apparently told her that everything happening was just part of a “hidden camera shoot.” As a dedicated actor, since no one had yelled “cut,” she had simply kept acting for several consecutive days.

Seeing that Du Yu had remained silent for quite a while, Xu Liunian asked again, “But anyway, who exactly are you?”

“I…” Du Yu thought for a moment. “I am a film producer. I have been a huge fan of yours for a long time.”

“A… fan of mine?” Xiao Nian froze, too shocked to speak for a moment. “You are lying… I actually have a fan?”

“I am not lying.” Du Yu gave a gentle smile. “In the web movie “The Painting Soul: The Amazing Little Fox Demon”, you played a demon holding a fan. In another web movie, “I Am a Special Forces Soldier: Female Soldiers Hold Up Half the Sky”, you appeared in episode twelve as an armed enemy soldier with over a full minute of screen time. And in the television drama “Drawing the Sword: The Eagle Spreads Its Wings to Hunt the Sparrow”, you played the concubine of a secret agent and had exactly five lines of dialogue. Am I right?”