Free Web NovelHolding the paper Jiang Li handed her, Lu Yibei looked at the familiar task option on it. She briefly recalled something, and then her eyes trembled almost imperceptibly.
Isn't this a clash with the Monster Story Chat Group's review task?
But this is good too. First reinforce the seal, then stay in the South Suburb Slaughterhouse for one night. There shouldn't be too much of a problem.
This is a win-win situation, doing one job and getting paid for two!
Thinking this, Lu Yibei pointed to the task option 【South Suburb Slaughterhouse Seal Reinforcement and Data Survey】 on the paper and looked at Jiang Li, saying, "Leader, I'll choose this one."
Jiang Li's gaze shifted down to the paper in Lu Yibei's hand. After seeing her choice, she was momentarily stunned, her thin lips slightly parted as if she wanted to speak but hesitated.
Noticing the subtle change in Jiang Li's expression, Lu Yibei tilted her head and asked, "What's wrong, Leader? Is there a problem with this task?"
"This task..." Jiang Li looked at Lu Yibei and shook her head indifferently, "There's no problem. Later, you can go find A Hua to get the standard equipment and the things you'll need to perform the task!"
Pausing, she added, "Oh, right, considering the seal in the South Suburb Slaughterhouse might be aging, I suggest you complete the task during the day. If you go at night, you might encounter danger."
That makes sense. There's still plenty of time now. I can go scout it out during the day and complete the Night Watch task at the same time... Lu Yibei thought to herself, nodding at Jiang Li, "I understand, Leader. I'll go during the day."
"Then I'll go get the things now?"
"Okay." Jiang Li responded, saying flatly, "I still have some things to deal with here, so I won't go with you."
Wonder what kind of things there are... Lu Yibei nodded, ready to leave, but just as she turned around, she heard Jiang Li add, "Oh, right, there's one more thing..."
"Hmm?" Lu Yibei turned her head back, "Leader, please say."
"I see you've learned about half of the content in the si ye book. You won't need the rest for now..."
"Does Leader mean I don't have to come twice a week to learn the si ye book anymore?" Lu Yibei interrupted.
That's good. The knowledge of the Great Serpent God is gradually being digested, and the content in the si ye book is no longer needed. If I keep learning, I'll have to pretend not to understand later. freēwebnovel.com
If I accidentally reveal myself, the trouble will be huge.
Jiang Li nodded, "Yes, starting next week, you'll take two days each week to come and learn Spells with me."
"Understood." Lu Yibei nodded.
That's good. This way, the Spells learned from Du Sixian won't have to be hidden anymore. Lu Yibei thought.
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The standard equipment provided by the Night Watch for official agents consists of five items: one QSZ92 semi-automatic pistol, ten Spiritual Energy signal talismans for requesting aid, one C-level Spiritual Energy item, one baogang cang owl badge, and one unregistered bank card.
Other equipment requires submitting an application and getting approval before it can be claimed.
Considering Lu Yibei didn't know any shooting techniques, A Hua temporarily withheld her pistol, instructing her to come practice when she had time, and then took her to the warehouse used to store C-level and above Spiritual Energy items.
The Hua City Si Ye Hui's Spiritual Energy item warehouse is located on the basement level. As Lu Yibei followed her underground and walked through the long corridor, her attention was involuntarily drawn to the noticeably reinforced metal doors on both sides of the corridor, which were engraved with complex Spells, and the intermittent strange noises from behind the metal doors.
"What's being held in those rooms?" Lu Yibei asked.
A Hua glanced at Lu Yibei out of the corner of her eye and said in a deep voice, "Our former companions... some Psychic who have lost control."
Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brows, "Shouldn't Psychic who have lost control be sent to Yun Kang Mental Hospital?"
"That's right..." A Hua nodded, turning her head to look at Lu Yibei, "But if your family member got sick, would you want them to be locked up like a monster?"
"What's more, they haven't completely lost control yet, there's still a glimmer of hope."
"..." Lu Yibei was silent for a moment, feeling the atmosphere was heavy. She changed the subject and teased, "You guys treat your members like family? But I saw you guys having a lot of fun pranking Li Xuan!"
A Hua rolled her eyes, "Even family has many different types. For example, relatives who are particularly unwelcome. Li Xuan is that kind of relative..."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei opened her mouth, just about to say something, but was interrupted by A Hua, who had experienced her trash talk power.
"And you, you're the type who talks excessively, always pestering people during the New Year to ask about their job, how many points they scored, and when they're getting married."
Lu Yibei, "..."
Who spread such rumors?
I must clarify here, I am not like those people who talk excessively; I can talk much more than them!
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Led by A Hua, Lu Yibei walked through a dark and long corridor, and the area ahead suddenly became bright.
The light illuminating the surroundings was not from a lamp; it was a very natural light, like sunlight in the early morning. Lu Yibei searched carefully for a while before finding the source of the light.
At the junction of the ceiling and the walls, dense, tiny Spells were engraved, and the light emanated from those Spells.
It looked like there were cracks between the ceiling and the walls, letting in sunlight.
Perhaps this is a method to defend against urban legend... Lu Yibei thought, considering the suppressive effect of sunlight on the power of urban legend, and made this deduction.
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Led by A °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° Hua, Lu Yibei stopped in front of a large circular door that resembled a bank vault door.
Unlike a bank vault door, the safe door of the Spiritual Energy item warehouse was entirely made of a transparent crystal. Through the crystal shell, one could see complex gear mechanisms polished from pale white bones inside.
Are these crystals and bones stronger than metal? Or do they have some special function? Lu Yibei thought to herself. Before she could ask A Hua, she turned the combination lock on the door and opened it.
Entering the large door, Lu Yibei saw individual display shelves and different containers placed separately on the display shelves.
A Hua led her to a row of display shelves, raised her hand and pointed forward, saying, "Go take a look? This row is all C-level Spiritual Energy items, eleven in total, you can pick any one."
After speaking, as if remembering something, she added, "You can only choose one! Don't even think about trying to cheat!" freewebnoveℓ.com
Lu Yibei, "..."
Am I that bad in your minds?
Damn! This feeling of being seen through is really annoying!
Lu Yibei thought, her gaze sweeping across the labels in front of the display shelves in order. The first two were weapon-type Spiritual Energy items, a large hammer made from the bones of some Strange Tale and a cursed iron awl that could be used as a dagger.
The mingwang statue and the ancestral kitchen knife are already enough. These two things are dispensable to me... Lu Yibei thought to herself, and without lingering, she continued to walk forward.
When she saw the third item, she suddenly stopped and froze in place.
It was a copper coin placed in a glass cover, smooth and shiny as if it had been polished. Four small characters, "Kaiyuan Tongbao," were engraved on it.
Looking at the copper coin that was exactly the same shape as the one in Professor Ma's hand, almost a refurbished version, Lu Yibei almost cried out.
【fuxing copper coin: Excavated from the ruins of a temple dedicated to an ancient pure blessing god. It gained special abilities through long-term contact with the god's Spiritual Energy fluctuations, greatly increasing the success rate of divination...】
Professor Ma is stingy and unwilling to give me his precious copper coin, I didn't expect to meet another one here... Lu Yibei thought to herself. Recalling how Professor Ma's copper coin had seen through the Great Serpent God's scheme in the Bamboo Scroll Illusion and saved her life, she almost instantly made her choice.
Lu Yibei pointed at the fuxing copper coin, turned her head to look at A Hua, and said, "Give me this one!"
A Hua followed the direction Lu Yibei was pointing, was momentarily stunned, then narrowed her eyes at Lu Yibei and tilted her head.
"Lu Yibei, you can tell fortunes?"
"This..." Lu Yibei scratched the back of her head, "I can learn if I can't! Anyway, I think this thing can save lives."
I figure this copper coin divination doesn't require any fortune-telling skills? Lu Yibei thought to herself. Isn't it just throwing it up in the air and catching it to see which side lands up?
A Hua, "..."
So, your standard for choosing Spiritual Energy items is whether they can save your life? As expected of you!
...
A few minutes later.
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Lu Yibei sat in the small garden in the courtyard, waiting for A Hua to bring her the items needed to reinforce the seal and for data research. From time to time, she fiddled with the copper coin in her hand, feeling a hint of coolness between her fingers.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her. She tossed the copper coin into the air and muttered softly to herself, "Is there danger in going to the South Suburb Slaughterhouse this time? Heads means yes, tails means no."
Her gaze followed the trajectory of the falling coin. Just as she was about to reach out to catch it, her eyes suddenly felt hot, followed by a thought flashing through her mind.
The copper coin would land heads up.
Lu Yibei was startled. The next moment, she heard a light "ding!" by her ear. Following the sound, the copper coin bounced twice on the bluestone bricks and stopped, heads up.
Lu Yibei's pupils contracted slightly.
It happened again! This feeling of seemingly predicting the target's movements appeared again!
It was just like when I finished drawing the Spirit Mark and was in that room, predicting Shui Ge's movements.
Is this a special ability brought by the Spirit Mark? But the ability to predict a target's movements wasn't included in the abilities Jiang Li mentioned!
Lu Yibei thought, silently picked up the copper coin, and tossed it into the air again, muttering in her heart, "Is there danger in going to the South Suburb Slaughterhouse this time? Heads means yes, tails means no."
"Ding——!"
The copper coin landed again, tails up.
A surge of turbulent waves immediately rose in Lu Yibei's heart. Her attention was no longer on whether the divination result of the copper coin was accurate.
She had once again predicted whether the copper coin would land heads or tails...
She picked up the copper coin from the ground, vaguely feeling a bold idea surging in her mind. Just then, an arm reached out from behind her and rested on her shoulder.
Lu Yibei's body trembled slightly. She turned around and saw that face covered with the word "kidney deficiency."
"You brat, what were the test results? What ability did you get?"
"Shui Ge! You scared me!" Lu Yibei patted her chest and complained, "This Spirit Mark is too unreliable. I don't know who found it."
Bai Kai, "..."
It shouldn't be! A core body of a urban legend like Ifrit, and one that fits his talent, should at least grant a Life Spell at the level of a top-tier precise Spell, right?
If it was physical energy enhancement, the magnitude wouldn't be low; it would be enough to transform him into a humanoid monster. Could it be Spell amplification?
Looking at Xiao Bei's reaction, could something have gone wrong?
Bai Kai thought, and cautiously asked, "Is it Spell amplification?"
"Isn't it?" Lu Yibei gently shook her head and sighed silently, "The amplification fluctuates, with an upper limit of over 50 and a lower limit of 0.01. It's too unreliable, like Duan Yu's Six Meridians Divine Sword."
"Don't worry about that. You're very different from Duan Yu," Bai Kai said seriously.
"Huh?" Lu Yibei looked at Bai Kai in confusion.
"After all, your dad is henpecked and won't cheat on your mom and give you so many sisters," Bai Kai explained.
Lu Yibei, "..."
If you can't talk properly, can you just say less? If I don't have sisters, then all I have is an unstable ultimate move?
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Ten minutes later.
When Lu Yibei left Peony Street, she had an extra camouflage backpack on her back that looked rustic but was exceptionally sturdy.
The backpack wasn't large, but it was filled with silver Spell short stakes, making it surprisingly heavy. As she walked, the backpack straps were taut, and it swayed gently, making a "creak creak" sound.
Carrying the backpack, Lu Yibei had the fleeting illusion of becoming an oppressed boatman from ancient times, and she really wanted to sing a song like "Love of the Boat Tracker" loudly.
After getting the items needed to reinforce the seal and for data research, Lu Yibei hailed a taxi at the entrance of Peony Street and headed straight for the South Suburb Slaughterhouse.
Hearing that Lu Yibei was going to the South Suburb Slaughterhouse, the taxi driver was stunned for a moment. He hesitated for a long time before mustering the courage to say, "Going to that ghost place... I need more money!"
These drivers! They're not straightforward at all, far less so than Uncle Zhang Shan... Lu Yibei muttered silently, her face expressionless, "No problem, remember to give me the receipt."
Anyway, it can be reimbursed with public funds.
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Half an hour later, Lu Yibei stood on the street near the South Suburb Slaughterhouse, watching the taxi disappear into the rising dust with a resentful look in her eyes.
The driver had driven the car to this vicinity and refused to go any further. When Lu Yibei asked him how to get to the South Suburb Slaughterhouse, he didn't answer properly, just threw out a "Ask yourself!" and then stomped on the accelerator, fleeing as if his life depended on it.
She didn't know what he was so afraid of in broad daylight! Uncle Zhang Shan, he even dared to drop her off at the entrance at night. How could the difference between drivers be so great?
Uncle Zhang Shan is such a good person! When she comes back at night, she must support his business!
Lu Yibei grumbled, suddenly missing Uncle Zhang Shan.
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When Lu Yibei arrived near the South Suburb Slaughterhouse, it was just past noon. It was still early, but strangely, there were only two stray dogs frolicking on the street in broad daylight. The doors of the dilapidated village houses on both sides were tightly closed, and there wasn't a single person in sight.
She wandered along the street by herself for a while before seeing people in front of a few old houses on higher ground.
The yellow mud walls of those old houses had fallen off piece by piece, revealing gray stones. The tung oil painted on the wooden doors had peeled off, making them look mottled. There was a terrifyingly old grandmother.
She stood in front of the open space of the old house, her back bent, her turbid eyes gazing into the distance.
The baogang cang owl badge didn't vibrate, indicating it wasn't a urban legend... Lu Yibei walked up to the old woman, bowed slightly, and politely said, "Elder, excuse me, how do I get to the South Suburb Slaughterhouse?"
Hearing Lu Yibei's voice, the old woman's eyes suddenly started to move. Her gray, cloudy pupils rolled around in their sockets, then glanced to the side with such a large movement that it seemed as if they would pop out of her eye sockets and drill into her body.
She looked at Lu Yibei out of the corner of her eye, paused for several seconds, and then slowly moved her body to face her.
"Are you going to the slaughterhouse?"
"Yes, that's right." Lu Yibei nodded. Having seen too many terrifying things, she felt no ripples in her heart when she encountered this rather strange living person. She even felt a sense of familiarity.
"That place... that place..." the old woman murmured, as if she knew something but was unwilling to say it.
"Elder, it's okay if you can't remember. I'm not interested in the backstory or anything. I just want to know how to get there."
I'm not here to hunt urban legend. In this kind of desolate place, knowing too much is just scary. It might even trigger inexplicable events and put me in danger.
My task this time is just to reinforce the seal. I'll just be a good pile driver! Lu Yibei thought.
The old woman seemed not to have expected Lu Yibei to give such an answer. She was stunned for a moment before slowly raising her withered hand and pointing to the winding, deep path ahead, "Follow that road, keep going straight, don't turn at the fork in the road, and you'll see it in five minutes."
"Oh, thank you, Elder!"
Lu Yibei thanked her and was about to leave when she heard the old woman beside her say faintly, "My grandson is there! If you see him, tell him to come home early."
"Why would your grandson run off to that ghost place?" Lu Yibei frowned.
"He, he... he's very playful. He hasn't been back for a long time. Hehe!" The old woman said, suddenly letting out a strange laugh that was weak in breath, sharp in voice, and eerie.
"If you see him, can you ask him to come back early?"
Your grandson is lost, and you can still laugh. There must be something wrong here... Lu Yibei muttered silently, her face expressionless, "I'm sorry, Elder, I don't have time to help you find your grandson."
"However, if your grandson went to that ghost place and hasn't come back for a long time, I'll give you a suggestion: you should probably report it to the police station."
"Also, I don't know how long he's been missing, but according to Article 23 of our country's 'General Principles of Civil Law,' if a person's whereabouts are unknown for four years, they can be declared dead."
"So, try to look on the bright side. Maybe he's not lost, just simply dead."
After Lu Yibei finished speaking, the old woman stared at her blankly for a long time and then silently walked away.
"..." Lu Yibei looked at the old woman's retreating back, shrugged her shoulders, tightened the backpack straps, and walked along the path the old woman had pointed to.
