Free Web NovelActually, Jiang Li also really wanted to kill Bai Kai.
May I ask, among the main officers of the Night Watch, who didn't want to kill that annoying guy?
But that was just a thought.
Looking at the Night Watch throughout Z Country, among countless members, Bai Kai's speed could rank in the top three. It was not an easy thing to kill someone who seemed to have activated a speed hack.
Sometimes, Jiang Li even thought, when Bai Kai was young, did he predict that the probability of being hunted down while traveling the world in the future would be high, and thus deliberately chose that path of Spirit Mark enhancement that pursued extreme speed?
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After pondering for a moment, Jiang Li withdrew her thoughts and looked at Lu Yibei.
"Alright, you don't need to worry too much about the risks during the process of drawing the Spirit Mark. We will find a way to help you minimize the danger."
"So there are still risks?" Lu Yibei frowned. "Is there no kind of Spirit Mark that is convenient, quick in three minutes, safe, painless, and truly easy?"
"Yes!" Jiang Li nodded.
"Oh?" Lu Yibei raised her eyebrows, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Please enlighten me, Leader!"
"The lowest level of mutated zombies, the kind without a urban legend core, just let them bite you."
"Afterward, as long as there is a Psychic nearby who is proficient in the use of Spiritual Energy, nothing will happen."
"What about the abilities? Didn't it say in the si ye book that I read before? Becoming a Psychic, one can more or less gain some special abilities!" Lu Yibei asked in confusion.
"Abilities..." Jiang Li rested her chin on one hand, thought for a moment, and said slowly, "Intelligence decreases by about twenty percent."
"No, Leader, I was talking about abilities, not side effects..."
"That's right, a decrease in intelligence by about twenty percent is an ability!" Jiang Li stared into Lu Yibei's eyes and said seriously, "Fools have their own fortune, you know."
"They all say that people who receive the zombie Spirit Mark will have much better luck, but luck is rather Void and cannot be verified, so I personally believe that the ability of the zombie Spirit Mark should be categorized as decreased intelligence."
"How about it? If you like, I can prepare it for you, and you can become a Psychic tomorrow."
Lu Yibei looked at Jiang Li's face, wanting to find something from the micro-expressions on her face, but...
Wait! Did I get the wrong script? Lu Yibei thought. Damn! Sacrificing intelligence in exchange for EX luck doesn't seem very cost-effective, does it?
"Leader, I've thought it through. I'm still going to accept the Spirit Mark of Ifrit."
Hearing this, Jiang Li patted Lu Yibei's shoulder and praised her, which was rare, "Good, very courageous. Once you become someone with the potential for Spiritual Energy, if you live in this world and don't fight, you'll be like duckweed in the sea. When the storm comes, you can only passively accept your fate."
"..." Lu Yibei was silent for a while, then looked at Jiang Li expressionlessly, "Leader, don't you think your speech just now was a bit... chuunibyou?"
Jiang Li was slightly taken aback, a blush appeared under her porcelain-like skin, she was silent for a few seconds, and then said coldly, "Today you read the book here by yourself, I'll go help Li Xuan find some information first."
After saying that, she quickly left the office.
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After Jiang Li left, Lu Yibei retrieved the si ye book, moved a chair to sit by the window, and gently opened the title page with her fingertips. The si ye book then began to "rustle" through its pages by itself.
After more than ten seconds, the si ye book stopped flipping.
Lu Yibei was about to continue reading from where she left off last time, but found that the content didn't connect at all. She subconsciously glanced at the page number and couldn't help but be stunned. freēwēbnovel.com
25? How could it be page 25?
I clearly only read up to around page 23 last time, why did it suddenly skip nearly three pages?
Where did something go wrong? Is the content that was skipped in between because my permission level is not enough to view it?
Lu Yibei thought, and quickly flipped back two pages. There was no obstruction when flipping the pages, nor did the content appear blackened like last time.
Did the si ye book make a mistake?
She muttered to herself, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over the content on the pages that were skipped, and her pupils suddenly constricted slightly.
What the hell! This content...
The content on those skipped pages was exactly what Lu Yibei had heard from other people, such as Ju Meng, Gu Qianqian, Li Xuan, and others.
Although they had unintentionally revealed some scattered information when they were talking, Lu Yibei hadn't forgotten it after hearing it, and still had a general impression in her mind.
What she didn't expect was that the si ye book actually defaulted to the assumption that she had already understood that part of the content and automatically skipped it.
After realizing this, cold sweat subtly seeped from Lu Yibei's back.
That was close! Staying in the Night Watch, there really are hidden dangers everywhere!
Fortunately, I'm the only one here now. If I hadn't noticed this point and someone else had noticed it first, wouldn't it be very dangerous?
In their perception, I am just an ordinary person who hasn't yet gained Spiritual Energy. If I obtained information about urban legend without going through the si ye book, they would definitely become suspicious.
Lu Yibei thought, secretly noted down this detail, and silently turned the book back to page 25. Then she patiently read two or three pages of content and stopped, no longer flipping forward, quietly waiting for Jiang Li to return.
According to her usual progress, she could only finish and remember seven or eight pages of content at a time. In order not to be suspected by Jiang Li, seeing this much was enough.
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Deep within the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, in a dimly lit room.
This was a small room, but its vertical height was exceptionally tall. Looking up, the ceiling was almost swallowed by shadows.
The room was empty, with old wooden floorboards that creaked when stepped on.
The only thing in the entire room was a large number of bronze pipes arranged on the wall directly opposite the door. They were densely packed and looked like a super-sized pipe organ.
Surrounded by those bronze pipes, a hideous human face had its eyes tightly shut.
Jiang Li sat on the stone stool in front of the many bronze pipes, gently stroking the eyes of the human face with her hands, injecting Spiritual Energy while recalling information about Ju Meng in her mind.
A super urban legend that has existed for over five thousand years...
Jumang Power Inheritor of the ancient mythical species...
The Master of Taoyuan...
The organizer of three Night Parade of One Hundred Demons...
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As Jiang Li continuously recalled information about Ju Meng in her mind, a strange glimmer appeared where her hands touched the hideous human face. Her long silver-white hair floated up by an invisible force, swaying messily behind her.
The next moment, her consciousness was like falling into an endless flood of information. A field of shimmering bronze spheres carved with complex patterns appeared before her eyes. Those bronze spheres emitted a strange pulling force, causing a look of pain to appear on her face.
Her gaze swept through the vast number of bronze spheres, and quickly locked onto an unremarkable one. Her eyes narrowed, and she whispered, "Found it!"
As her voice fell, the strange scene before her eyes instantly dissipated. The densely packed bronze pipes in front of her simultaneously emitted a low and subtle hum. The massive low humming converged, as if a sleeping beast had awakened and let out a roar.
"Buzz—!"
Accompanied by a soul-stirring hum, the hideous human face suddenly opened its eyes, then its mouth opened, and a wet, sticky tongue, wrapping a bronze sphere carved with complex patterns, delivered it into Jiang Li's hand.
Taking the fist-sized bronze sphere, Jiang Li, whose face was slightly pale, got up. She bowed slightly to the hideous human face on the wall, which was slowly retracting its long tongue and closing its eyes, before bidding farewell to this largest Spiritual Energy item of the Hua City Night Watch and limping out of the «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» small room.
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Jiang Li delivered the bronze sphere, which contained various information about Ju Meng and Taoyuan, to the front of Li Xuan's office door and gently knocked a few times.
"Dong dong dong—dong dong dong—!"
After waiting for a moment, that face wearing sunglasses, looking evil and unruly, appeared at the door.
"Oh? It's Officer Jiang Li!" Li Xuan smiled. "I didn't expect you to come so quickly. Shouldn't you be teaching Lu Yibei at this time?"
"What I want to do, what I should do, you don't seem to need to care about, do you? If there's nothing else, I'll leave now." Jiang Li said indifferently.
As she spoke, she handed the bronze sphere to Li Xuan and immediately turned around.
Li Xuan watched Jiang Li's departing back, rubbed the bronze sphere with his fingertips, narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly said, "Wait a moment!"
Jiang Li stopped, turned her face to the side, and stared at Li Xuan with her peripheral vision, saying coldly, "Does Officer Li have anything else? If you still want to consult other materials, please come early tomorrow!"
"You should know the rules. For this level of information, unless there are special circumstances, each person is limited to one document per day."
"I wasn't trying to tell you about that..." Li Xuan said, glancing left and right, took a few steps forward, and lowered his voice, "There's a big problem with that Lu Yibei."
"As for how I know, due to insufficient evidence at the moment, it's not convenient for me to tell you. You'd better be careful and don't get too close to her."
"Hmph!" Jiang Li sneered, the coldness in her eyes almost solidifying. "Didn't Officer Li think I had problems before? Aren't you afraid that I'm with her?"
Li Xuan's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. "You..."
Could she really be with Lu Yibei...
This is very possible! After all, she is someone who came out of the Eclipse Society. So far, besides her, no one has been able to completely escape the control of the Eclipse Society!
"Look at you, I was just joking, is there a need to be so nervous?" Jiang Li shook her head gently and said, "I think, instead of worrying that I'm with her, you should think about how much your car tires will cost to replace if that annoying guy finds out you said these things?" frёewebηovel.cѳm
A picture flashed in his mind: Bai Kai, with a fierce expression, holding a screwdriver and puncturing all the tires of his beloved car. Li Xuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he opened his mouth to speak, but found that Jiang Li had already walked far away.
"I advise you to pay more attention to her. By the way, isn't she studying the si ye book? Perhaps you can find something wrong with it?"
"Shut up!" From afar, Jiang Li's impatient shout came from the corridor, "I will manage my own subordinates, I will investigate problems myself, her matters are none of your concern."
After speaking, she quickened her pace, leaving the gloomy-faced Li Xuan alone, standing in front of the office door for a long time, tightly gripping the bronze sphere in his hand until his knuckles turned white from the force.
