Chapter 585: Club J

"This Mr. Lin Yan is truly amazing. I almost cried just now..."

"I don't know why, but his voice is just too infectious."

"That Mr. Li Qingshan is also good. How long has it been since we've seen such a talented young actor?"

"Jinghong Theater is worthy of the name. Just based on the performance of these two, it truly lives up to the name 'Jinghong'!"

"Yeah... I wonder if I can grab a ticket for tomorrow. I want to hear it again."

“……”

With the performance on stage over, the audience in the auditorium was reluctant to leave. Most people still had tear stains on their faces, seemingly still immersed in the tragic and sorrowful story they had just witnessed.

Wang Jincheng sat silently in the first row, seemingly unable to recover from the performance. It wasn't until a long time later that he let out a long sigh.

"This Boss Lin is truly talented..."

"Uh." Jian Changsheng scratched his head with a strange expression. "Really? Is he really that good?"

"Yeah. I was busy with other things last time he sang, so I didn't watch the performance with full attention... Now that I'm immersed in it, it's hard not to be moved." Wang Jincheng turned to look at Jian Changsheng. "If you weren't moved, it might be because you were only staring at his face..."

Jian Changsheng was stunned for a moment, thinking Wang Jincheng's words sounded strange, but upon closer reflection, there was nothing wrong with them.

Wang Jincheng checked the time, finished the tea beside him, and stood up slowly.

"Leaving?"

"I just came to show support. The performance is over, so it's time to go." Wang Jincheng patted the dust off his clothes. "But you can stay a while longer... in case Boss Lin comes out to thank the guests later, you might have a chance to take things further."

"Further? What further?"

Under Jian Changsheng's bewildered gaze, Wang Jincheng waved his hand and walked straight out of the theater. "It was a pleasure chatting with you this time. Let's meet again if we have the chance."

Jian Changsheng watched Wang Jincheng leave the theater, and when he turned back, he found that Heart 9 and Club J had also stood up.

"How was it? Any gains?"

"...Yes!"

"What?"

Jian Changsheng was about to expose Heart 6's true identity, but seeing the red-clad figure walking over quickly in the distance, his heart stirred, and he said with a half-smile, "You'll know in a moment."

“？”

Chen Ling arrived at the side of the three, and finding that Wang Jincheng was gone, his brows furrowed involuntarily...

He scanned the noisy and chaotic crowd around him, chose not to reveal his identity directly here, and instead made a polite "please" gesture. "The three of you, please follow me."

"Ahem." Jian Changsheng put his hands behind his back, acting the part. "Yeah, let's go."

Heart 9 and Club J didn't recognize "Lin Yan's" face, so they were naturally a bit bewildered, but the former seemed to have vaguely guessed something, his expression subtle.

The three walked into the backstage area and arrived at a small, empty room. Chen Ling locked the door behind him.

Click—

Club J's brows furrowed tightly.

He exchanged glances with Heart 9 and Jian Changsheng, and just as he was about to ask something, the figure in red reached toward his chin and tore it off with force!

A face mask drifted in the air.

Club J suddenly froze in place.

"You..."

"Hello, I am Heart 6." Chen Ling skipped over the two old acquaintances, Jian Changsheng and Heart 9, and reached out to Club J. "May I ask who you are, senior..."

Club J stared at Chen Ling in a daze, and it took a long while for him to come back to his senses, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"You are Heart 6?!"

Like Jian Changsheng, Club J had never expected Chen Ling to disguise himself as a star in the public eye... Before this, he thought Chen Ling was just good at changing faces and hiding in the crowd; he never expected him to play it so wild!

At this moment, he finally understood why Jian Changsheng and Heart 9 were so confident whenever Heart 6 was mentioned... Never mind the enemies, even his own teammates couldn't recognize him at all.

"I told you! Every time, this guy can jump out from places you'd never expect." Jian Changsheng shrugged.

"I didn't expect it either." Heart 9 clicked his tongue, looking at Chen Ling as if he were a monster. "If it weren't for the fact that Spade 6's performance just now was so strange, I wouldn't have suspected you... You really hid it deep."

Club J looked at Chen Ling before him, his eyes filled with emotion, and he reached out to shake Chen Ling's hand.

"I am Club J."

A flash of surprise crossed Chen Ling's eyes. This was a letter card he had rarely encountered, besides his fellow disciples and Bai Ye.

Club J was a tall man, estimated to be about two meters, wearing a mysterious black coat, his gaze as deep as the starry sky. On the back of his hand was a tattoo that looked like a bonfire made of skulls.

"As a fellow practitioner of the Opera God Path, your talent for disguise is truly enviable," Club J said with a helpless smile.

"You are also on the Opera God Path?" Chen Ling asked in surprise.

"Yes, but my path is completely different from yours."

Club J didn't continue to explore this question, and Chen Ling didn't press it. There was a more urgent matter at hand.

He turned to look at Jian Changsheng, his expression extremely serious.

"What did that person sitting next to you talk about?"

"Huh?" Jian Changsheng was startled. "Nothing much... just chatting casually. I felt he was actually a pretty good guy."

Jian Changsheng recounted the conversation they had just had, omitting only the topic about "Heart 6 being sinister and vicious." After listening, Chen Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief...

It was fortunate that it was just a coincidence. If Wang Jincheng had really come for the Twilight Society, then he had acted too well, and they probably wouldn't have even waited for the performance to end before the [Floating Life Painting] wiped out Jinghong Theater.

"So, who is he?" Jian Changsheng asked, puzzled.

"The Director of the Police Bureau, Wang Jincheng," Chen Ling added. "The hero who broke the Twilight Society yesterday and dropped a pyramid to crush 'Heart 6' to death."

"？？？Wait, I don't think I understand." Jian Changsheng couldn't help but speak up. "You mean, he was kept in the dark by you, thinking he killed you yesterday... and then today he happily came to support your theater??"

"Yeah, that's the logic."

Jian Changsheng and the others: ...

"Regardless, this theater should be the safest place in the entire Red Dust Domain right now," Chen Ling returned to the main topic. "My idea is to move the base from the casino here. I'll have someone arrange legal identities for you; that would be the safest way."

Jian Changsheng and the others exchanged glances and nodded simultaneously:

"That's better, we have no objections..."

"Square 10 is still guarding the casino, we need to move him here too, as well as the unconscious Heart Q."

"By the way, Chen Ling, we also need a reliable doctor, and one who makes house calls." Jian Changsheng seemed to think of something and turned to look at Chen Ling. "Do you have any connections?"

"A doctor..."

As Chen Ling was deep in thought, a knock on the door sounded from outside. "Master, Miss Huang from the Huang Financial Group wishes to see you."

Chen Ling's eyes lit up, and he smiled:

"Connections, they've arrived."

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The *Spare No Effort to Slay the Gods* animation is coming to Tencent in July! Several trailers have already been released, including some character modeling and the trailer for Zhao Kongcheng fighting the Ghost-Faced King. A large number of subsequent trailers will also be released. Everyone can go to Tencent and search for "Spare No Effort to Slay the Gods: Mortal Domain" to make a reservation~~