Free Web NovelIn a secret room behind Da Chunyang Palace.
Zhang Huainan sat cross-legged on a rattan cushion, a small table placed before him, on which a beast-headed bronze censer emitted wisps of smoke, and an ancient bronze compass with a hint of green rust lay in the center of the table.
The compass seemed to be affected by some force, its needle spinning wildly as if out of control.
After paying respects to the ancestors today, the moment he began his seclusion, Zhang Huainan cast a divination.
Continuing until now, the subject of the divination was the mastermind behind the Secret Society.
As the compass needle spun rapidly, intricate thoughts, blurry and chaotic light and shadow, and unbearable whispers constantly flashed through his mind.
Skillfully, he cleared the useless thoughts, images, and words from his mind, peeling back layers like silk threads, inching closer to the result he sought, and then...
He failed again; the rapidly spinning compass needle suddenly stopped.
Just like the results of the more than thirty divinations before, after he eliminated the various interfering factors of the divination result, when he clearly felt he was close to the truth, suddenly countless thoughts and images, exploding like a geyser, surged into his mind.
And those thoughts and images pointed not at humans or urban legend at all, but almost entirely at inanimate objects.
It might be a sword, or a folding paper fan, or a mobile phone, a bag of potato chips, a box of cigarettes... even virtual products like games and animations.
These things, which are commonplace in the daily lives of Da Chunyang Palace disciples, were the results of the divination.
But how could these things pose a threat to the disciples? Zhang Huainan was puzzled.
Just as he was thinking, the jade bao sang cang xiao badge on the table suddenly lit up with a faint glow.
He reached out and gently stroked the badge, and immediately after, Qingxia Zi's voice sounded in his ear.
"Sect Leader, ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) this disciple has something important to report."
"Speak, what is it?" freewebnøvel.com
"That girl Fu Xinyi has encountered the person impersonating your Senior Sister again," Qingxia Zi said.
Didn't Lu Yibei go to Shizhou City? Zhang Huainan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Didn't I tell you to tell Fu Xinyi to expose that imposter on the spot if she met her again?"
"This..." Qingxia Zi paused, her tone becoming strange, "Xin Yi asked, but that person claimed to be Jue Jue Zi, a disciple of the previous generation's Guest Elder, and also said some things that only people who have stayed within the sect for a long time would know, and also said... said..."
"Said what?" Zhang Huainan asked.
"......" Qingxia Zi was silent for a moment before continuing, "That person also said, if you don't believe it, go ask Zhang Huainan if he knows Qingji and if he likes colorful scorpions."
Zhang Huainan, "???"
No, how did Lu Yibei know this? Did Senior Brother Qingji tell him?
But, Senior Brother Qingji's remnant soul in the Lingtai Pure Karma fragment is severely damaged, doesn't he not have his past memories?
Could it be... that part of the remnant soul in that kid's hand has memories?
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it was; Zhang Huainan's face turned pale.
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"Sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable... Beep!"
Hua Sang frowned, hung up the phone, and stared at the screen, lost in thought.
This was the fifth call she had made to her Grand Senior Brother, but she still couldn't get through, and the texts and social media messages she sent received no reply.
Could it be that the scenes she saw in her dream just now were all real? This thought flashed through her mind, and Hua Sang immediately felt an inexplicable unease, hurriedly searched for her Master's contact information in her address book, and sent a message.
There were many people on the bus, making it inconvenient to talk.
Hua Sang: "Master, are you resting?"
Cutest Master: "Trying to be lazy again?"
Hua Sang, "..."
Master, has my image in your eyes become this bad?
Besides being lazy, I also slack off, goof around, balance work and rest, and know when to be active and when to be still.
Hua Sang: "I wasn't trying to be lazy, I just wanted to ask, why did Grand Senior Brother come to Shizhou City this morning? I suspect someone wants to harm him."
Cutest Master: "You also know someone wants to harm him?"
What do you mean 'you also know'? Hua Sang was stunned for a moment.
Cutest Master: "Just now your Junior Sister Xin Yi came to tell me that there is news that Wu Yutang might be in danger recently. I was just about to contact your Grand Senior Brother! I want to see which blind fellow dares to plot against my disciple Qingxia Zi!"
Hua Sang: "Where did Fu Xinyi hear that?"
Cutest Master: "She said the Sect Leader's Senior Sister told her. I asked the Sect Leader, but he didn't tell me if it was really his Senior Sister, he just dismissed me." fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
Hua Sang, "..."
So, your venerable self hasn't even verified if the source of the information is reliable?
Just hearing a piece of gossip and a strange and bizarre dream fragment, and you're rushing to stick up for Grand Senior Brother... A doting mother spoils her child, Master!
Aren't you afraid the information is wrong, or that someone is deliberately spreading rumors?
Everything about this Master of hers is good, except when it comes to her disciples, she often gets a bit impulsive.
Perhaps, when her venerable self has her own children in the future and helps us share some of her overflowing motherly love, this situation will improve?
Hua Sang thought helplessly, picked up her phone, and typed a message.
【No need to contact him, Senior Brother's phone can't be reached, and he's not replying to messages...】
Halfway through typing the message, Hua Sang paused slightly, continued typing, and added a paragraph.
【But Master, don't worry either. I'll contact Senior Brother when I get to Shizhou City. If I really can't find him, I'll use the Thousand Night Paper Crane. I know Senior Brother's birth details. If there are any unexpected circumstances, I'll notify you immediately. If needed, you can bring people over then.】
The Thousand Night Paper Crane can be said to be the original version of the Night Watch standard equipment - the Thousand Night Barn Owl. Before the invention of wireless equipment, Psychic often used it for long-distance information transmission.
However, limited by the need for the target's precise birth details (accurate to the hour) for tracking, the tracking effect of the Thousand Night Paper Crane was not good.
After the Night Watch obtained the manufacturing technology for the Thousand Night Paper Crane, they improved it and created the Thousand Night Barn Owl, which tracks by detecting residual Spiritual Energy fluctuations.
After editing the message, Hua Sang clicked confirm to send.
Although it was suspected that someone wanted to harm Wu Yutang, and Hua Sang was also worried about her Grand Senior Brother's safety, the more this was the case, the more useless it was to rush.
Understanding the whole story and finding Wu Yutang was the key.
If the situation was urgent, it might be too late for support to come from Zhenwu Mountain. There are also disciples sent by Zhenting Hall stationed in Shizhou City, so if support was truly needed, they could be contacted.
What's more, it wouldn't be easy for ordinary Psychic and urban legend to take Wu Yutang's life.
He is at least an A-Level Psychic, skilled to perfection with a peach blossom fan, and has even hunted an A-Level urban legend alone. The name 'Jade Face Peach Blossom Fan' is quite renowned within the Night Watch.
However, the name does sound a bit... gay.
Coupled with Grand Senior Brother's style of making a female confidante every time he descends the mountain, it always feels a bit like a flower thief from a wuxia novel...
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Wait, could Grand Senior Brother's danger be a love-related murder?
As Hua Sang was thinking, her phone vibrated again, receiving a reply from Qingxia Zi.
Cutest Master: "Oh right, Sang'er, the Sect Leader also said you don't need to monitor Lu Yibei anymore."
No need to monitor him? Hua Sang slightly turned her body and secretly glanced at "Miss Wang" in the back row.
Hua Sang: "Why?"
Cutest Master: "I also asked the Sect Leader the same question. He replied that Lu Yibei has a reliable Expert accompanying him and won't do anything out of line."
A reliable Expert?
Could it be... the Sect Leader's Senior Sister? Hua Sang nodded thoughtfully.
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The bus continued to move forward on the empty road.
Gradually, the green mountains outside the window receded into the distance, the city limits appeared at the end of the horizon, and soon the bus drove into the jungle of reinforced concrete.
After Lu Yibei asked Fu Xinyi some details about Bu Ye Street and instructed her to find a deserted place to release the Paper Cicada Immortal, she relaxed her control over the Paper Cicada Immortal, opened her eyes, and began to ponder inwardly.
According to Fu Xinyi, between the new and old campuses of Shizhou Academy in Shizhou City, there is a food culture street. The large food culture street is divided into three branches, one of which is called Bar Alley, where many Psychic gather.
There is a relatively secluded bar there called Moon Smearing, Wind Criticizing, where solo Psychic often exchange information and goods, and Da Chunyang Palace disciples occasionally go there to trade with solo Psychic.
She told Lu Yibei to feel free to take her 'little trinkets' there to sell.
Isn't that the kind of place often seen in stories, like trading posts, gatherings for special people, or superpower salons?
I wonder if there are any auctions or something. If so, with my precognitive ability, I might be able to pick up some bargains. Lu Yibei thought.
However, you can't completely trust what that Fu Xinyi said!
The title of a once-in-a-century genius of Da Chunyang Palace should be quite useful in Shizhou City. Those solo Psychic definitely won't swindle her, but that doesn't mean they won't swindle me.
Although the solo Psychic who can brazenly appear within Shizhou City limits supposedly have no criminal records, who knows what sordid little secrets they hide?
If you accidentally get into a conflict with someone in a place like that, it might lead to a whole lot of dangerous and troublesome things.
Take Hu Chuan for example, who would have thought that behind a melodramatic incident where a scumbag college student harmed his ex-girlfriend, there was actually a vicious A+ Level Psychic hidden?
Previously, when Lu Yibei was reading the Night Watch internal network news, she also saw that in Canada, a high school girl who was dumped held a ritual to curse her ex-boyfriend, accidentally releasing a Witch Breed urban legend sealed during the colonial era, destroying three surrounding villages and causing a massive slaughter.
So, one shouldn't ignore the chain reaction that a single conflict might trigger.
To be safe, before going to Moon Smearing, Wind Criticizing, she would have to change her attire to prevent retaliation if a conflict arose, and also to get rid of Hua Sang and Fang Ji's entanglement.
As Lu Yibei thought, she lightly stroked the pocket of her windbreaker containing the Rouge Transformation · Incantation-Stabilized Mask, and at the same time, she thought of its maker.
Sorry, Gu Qianqian!
As the old saying goes, Lu Yibei lives in peace and works happily, while Gu Qianqian murders and sets fires!
"Hiss!" A soft sound came, interrupting Lu Yibei's thoughts.
Looking out the window, the bus had stopped in front of a large parking lot entrance. Looking up, she could vaguely see the words "Shizhou City Bus Terminal" written on a building not far away.
Have we arrived? Lu Yibei withdrew her gaze, just as she was about to get up and get off the bus, she looked up and forward, and suddenly realized that the other four people on the bus were all looking at her simultaneously.
Hua Sang looked at her with lazy eyes, thoughtfully, as if waiting for something.
Fang Ji held onto the seat with one hand, slightly tapping her toes, and waved excitedly.
And the two men of unknown origin nodded at her, showing a smile that was hard to tell if it was a sneer, a grimace, or a malicious grin.
Damn, there's also these big troubles... Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brow, pulled the hood of her windbreaker down, and walked towards the door with her head down, holding onto a tiny hope of slipping through.
However, just a few steps out, as she passed by Saleh and Shem, Saleh suddenly nudged her with his elbow and subtly slipped a note into her hand.
Lu Yibei looked at Saleh in surprise through her lowered hood, but saw Shem next to him poke his head out and give her a look that said, "Kid, don't leave after school!"
"???"
Are these two guys sick? What exactly do they want? Are they messing with me?
Lu Yibei, raising her head slightly, returned Shem a look that said, "If I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving. Let's meet behind the small woods!"
The Spiritual Energy fluctuations these two guys vaguely emitted were between B+ and A-. Although they were already relatively tricky enemies, with full effort, she still had a 99% chance of winning.
After getting off the bus, she would disguise herself, find them, and give them a beating...
If anything unexpected happened, she would just let them go find trouble with "Hua City Gu Qianqian"!
Having made up her mind, Lu Yibei continued walking forward. After just a few steps, as she expected, Fang Ji immediately came up to her.
"Let's go, Sister Wang, shall we go find Lu Yibei together?!"
Lu Yibei looked up at Fang Ji, and at the moment their eyes met, that strange feeling as if something inside her body was being sucked away by those eyes appeared again. She couldn't help but tremble slightly.
It appeared again!
Could this Miss be the legendary type with a 'naturally enchanting gaze that hooks souls'?
What exactly did she suck away from inside me?
Lu Yibei raised her head and looked at Fang Ji's expectant eyes, and then...
She was sucked again, and immediately felt refreshed and invigorated, just like taking a hot shower on a scorching summer day, entering an air-conditioned room, eating a mint candy, and immediately drinking ice-cold Sprite – so comfortable she couldn't help herself.
Holy crap, this Miss is really good at sucking!
Damn it, this feeling is so weird...
Tsk, should I take another look?!
So, Lu Yibei made eye contact with Fang Ji for the third time.
This time, however, nothing happened. It seemed that the unknown substance Fang Ji had sucked from her was basically saturated and couldn't hold any more.
Slightly disappointed, Lu Yibei sighed silently and said to Fang Ji, "Alright, wait for me at the station entrance for a bit, I need to go to the restroom first."
And then leave by climbing over the wall... Lu Yibei added in her mind.
"Okay, okay!" Fang Ji replied excitedly.
Having dealt with Fang Ji, Lu Yibei was secretly pondering how to handle the big trouble that was Hua Sang, when she turned around and saw that Hua Sang's seat was already empty. She then looked up and out the window, only to find that Hua Sang had already gotten off the bus, leaving only a retreating figure.
Why isn't she following me anymore? Didn't she follow quite closely before...
Wait! Could it be that she thinks she has gathered enough evidence and is going to get people to arrest me?
Not good, I need to quickly chase after her and see!
Thinking this, Lu Yibei jumped off the bus in a couple of steps and jogged after Hua Sang.
