Free Web NovelAfter the taxi driver mercilessly refused Lu Yibei's offer to pay with urban legend stories, she reluctantly paid the hefty fare.
Getting out of the car and standing at the intersection of Bu Ye Street, Lu Yibei's heart stirred. She re-established contact with Paper Cicada Immortal. After confirming with Chatterbox Girl that Zhang Huainan could be trusted, she felt it was about time to tell Zhang Huainan the information about the unknown urban legend she had accidentally glimpsed during her Directional Soul Summoning.
However, just as she was about to control Paper Cicada Immortal to take action, Shem quickly walked through the crowd under the archway at the nearby intersection and came before her.
He had been waiting here for a long time.
"Holy Child Adu..."
"Outside, just ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) call me Gu Qianqian." Seeing Shem cup his fists and about to kneel on one knee, Lu Yibei quickly interrupted.
Hearing this, Shem nodded understandingly, revealing a meaningful smile.
I get it! Holy Child is hiding his identity to avoid complications, right?
Shem thought, looked around, and leaned closer to Lu Yibei, lowering his voice, "Miss Qianqian, we found Fang Ji."
"Found him so quickly?" Lu Yibei asked in surprise, "How did you find him?"
"This..." Recalling the process of finding Fang Ji, Shem's expression became subtle. After hesitating several times, he explained, "Reporting to Holy, uh, Miss Qianqian, it wasn't actually difficult to find him."
"After he left the hotel, he was spreading bad luck the whole way. Saleh and I followed the stench of bad luck and quickly located him."
Spreading bad luck? Lu Yibei recalled the series of horrific accidents Fang Ji encountered on Xuanwu Slope, and slightly furrowed her brow, "Spreading bad luck?"
"Yes, I was just about to tell you about this!" Shem nodded, "He seems to have a strange ability to absorb others' miracle seeds. As long as someone is within about a hundred meters of him, a small amount of their miracle seed will quietly separate and gather on him."
The miracle seed Shem mentioned is another name the Miracle Order uses for luck. According to the doctrine of the Miracle Order, everyone has a miracle seed on them. As long as they believe in miracles, the miracle seed will eventually take root, sprout, and bloom into a miracle flower.
"Saleh and I even once detected a fragrance on him similar to that of a blooming miracle flower! Truly, that scent, if it were an unaware member of the Order, they definitely wouldn't be able to distinguish it."
As an Elder of the Miracle Order, Shem's perception of the changes in miracle seeds is quite sharp.
Fang Ji only absorbs a very small portion of the miracle seed from a single person. Previously, in less crowded places, Shem couldn't detect anything unusual about him, but when he found Fang Ji on the crowded streets of Bu Ye Street, he immediately noticed the abnormality.
miracle seed? Lu Yibei took over ten seconds to understand what Shem was saying, then realized that what he referred to as miracle seed was probably something like fortune or luck.
"Mm, well done! Anything else?"
She looked at Shem and nodded. Her expressionless, calm appearance made it impossible to tell what she was thinking.
Hearing Shem say this, she suddenly understood how Shem and Saleh had found Fang Ji so quickly.
If Fang Ji really had the strange ability to devour others' fortune and use it for himself, as Shem said, then because of this ability, some people who originally had poor fortune would encounter bad luck after giving him some of their fortune.
Then within a hundred meters around her, accidents would definitely happen continuously. By following the trajectory of where the accidents occurred, it would indeed be very easy to pinpoint her location.
Seeing Lu Yibei remain silent, Shem continued, "Besides that, after observing for a while, I also discovered that in addition to passively absorbing others' miracle seeds, when he makes eye contact with someone, he will directly plunder their miracle seed completely!"
As he spoke, Shem recalled how they tracked Fang Ji. Several times, Fang Ji interacted with people and their gazes met. Those people immediately encountered bad luck afterward, leaving him with lingering fears.
"You must have known about this strange ability of his long ago, which is why you asked Saleh and me to keep a close eye on him, right? Honestly, this ability is too terrifying, it's practically the nemesis and arch-enemy of the Miracle Order!" Shem said indignantly.
Hearing this, Lu Yibei slightly furrowed her brow, nodded, and began to ponder inwardly.
Making eye contact with someone will directly plunder their fortune completely? Could it be that when Fang Ji made eye contact with me before, she absorbed my fortune?
But I clearly felt great when she absorbed it! And I didn't have any bad luck afterward...
Although I've always been very unlucky, it's impossible that I don't have even a tiny bit of good luck, right?
But then again, does Fang Ji not know she has this ability?
Lu Yibei thought, looked at Shem, and calmly said, "Mm, I understand. So now? Where is he?"
"Saleh is following him from afar!" Shem paused halfway through speaking, a hint of difficulty appearing on his face, and continued, "After discovering that strange ability of his, we don't dare to get too close to him anymore."
"Buzz buzz—buzz buzz—!"
As Shem was speaking, his phone suddenly vibrated a few times. He took out his phone and glanced at it; it was a call from Saleh.
After answering the call, he listened for a moment and gradually furrowed his brow.
Seeing this, Lu Yibei asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Shem looked at Lu Yibei, covered the phone's microphone with one hand, nodded, and said solemnly, "Reporting to Miss Qianqian, Saleh said that while he was just tracking that guy, he discovered that guy was stopped by a Black-Clothed Man and taken away!"
"Black-Clothed Man? Could it be..." Lu Yibei mumbled, suddenly thinking of the Black-Clothed Man who had tried to sell her "magical items" during Moon Smearing, Wind Criticizing. Her heart tightened, and she quickly pressed, "Is Saleh still tracking him? He didn't lose him, did he?"
"No." Shem said affirmingly.
"Very good!" Lu Yibei nodded, "Lead the way, let's go take a look!"
"Yes!" Shem cupped his fists in response, then immediately led the way while confirming the location with Saleh over the phone, walking towards the direction where Fang Ji was.
Lu Yibei followed behind Shem, stepping forward, her gaze sharpening.
She was just worrying about where to find a way to infiltrate the Secret Society! Unexpectedly, they delivered themselves right to her doorstep?
This works out well; let's use Fang Ji to test their strength first!
Fang Ji has that strange ability, so her safety should be temporarily fine. Maybe she can even give the Secret Society a big gift and drain those guys dry!
For now, let's just observe the situation from the side. If things go wrong, I'll immediately show myself and take Fang Ji away! freewёbnoνel.com
However, before that...
Lu Yibei thought, secretly glanced at Shem's back ahead, quietly took out her phone, opened a certain goose social software, and sent a message to "A Little Hamster"...
