Chapter 107: His Matters Are Not for You to Worry About
In fact, Jiang Li also wanted to k*ll Bai Kai.
Let me ask, among the main operatives in the Siye Society, who wouldn’t want to get rid of that annoying pest?
But it was just that—merely a thought.
Looking at the Siye Society within Z Country, among countless members, Bai Kai’s speed could rank in the top three. Trying to k*ll someone who seemed to have activated a speed hack was not an easy task.
Sometimes, Jiang Li would even wonder if Bai Kai anticipated in his youth that he would often be hunted while wandering the martial world, which was why he deliberately chose a path of enhancing spirit patterns that pursued extreme speed.
……
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Li pulled her thoughts back and looked at Lu Yibei.
“Alright, you don’t need to worry too much about the risks during the spirit pattern drawing process. We will find a way to minimize the danger.”
“So there are still risks?” Lu Yibei frowned, “Isn’t there a quick and easy spirit pattern that can be safely drawn in three minutes?”
“There is!” Jiang Li nodded.
“Oh?” Lu Yibei raised an eyebrow and gestured for her to elaborate, “Please enlighten me, leader!”
“The lowest level of mutated zombie spirit pattern doesn’t have a core like the urban legend entity—just let them bite you.”
“After that, as long as there’s a skilled spiritual ability user nearby, nothing will go wrong.”
“What about the benefits? Didn’t I read in The Book of Siye that becoming a spiritual ability user grants some special abilities?” Lu Yibei asked, confused.
“Abilities…” Jiang Li pondered with her chin in her hand before saying slowly, “An intelligence decrease of around twenty percent.”
“Wait, leader, I’m talking about abilities, not side effects…”
“Exactly, an intelligence decrease of about twenty percent is indeed an ability!” Jiang Li looked directly into Lu Yibei’s eyes with a serious expression, “Foolish people have foolish blessings.”
“It’s said that those who have accepted a zombie spirit pattern will have much better luck, but luck is quite vague and hard to verify, so I personally believe that the ability of the zombie spirit pattern should be categorized as intelligence reduction.”
“So, if you like, I can prepare for you, and tomorrow you can become a spiritual ability user.”
Lu Yibei looked at Jiang Li’s face, trying to find something in her micro-expressions, but…
Wait! Did I grab the wrong script? Lu Yibei thought. d*mn! Sacrificing intelligence for some EX luck doesn’t seem worth it, right?
“Leader, I’ve thought it through. I prefer to accept the Ifrit spirit pattern.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Li patted Lu Yibei’s shoulder and, for once, complimented him, “Not bad, very brave. Once you become someone with spiritual ability potential, living in this world without fighting back would be like floating seaweed. When the storm comes, you can only passively accept your fate.”
“…” Lu Yibei remained silent for a moment, expressionless, and looked at Jiang Li, “Leader, don’t you think your previous speech was a bit… juvenile?”
Jiang Li was slightly taken aback, a blush rising under her porcelain-like skin. After a few seconds of silence, she coldly said, “From today, you can study here alone. I’ll go help Li Xuan find some information.”
After saying that, she quickly left the office.
……
After Jiang Li left, Lu Yibei took The Book of Siye, moved a chair to sit by the window, and gently flipped open the cover. The book began to “rustle” by itself.
After a few seconds, The Book of Siye stopped flipping.
Lu Yibei was ready to continue from where he left off last time, but he found that the content was completely disconnected. He instinctively glanced at the page number and was momentarily startled.
25? How could it be page 25?
Didn’t I just see around page 23 last time? Why did it jump nearly three pages all of a sudden?
What went wrong? Is it because I lack the authority to view the content in between?
While Lu Yibei thought about this, he hurriedly flipped back two pages. There was no hindrance while flipping, nor did any content appear blacked out like before.
Could it be that The Book of Siye made a mistake?
He silently grumbled, inadvertently scanning the skipped pages, his pupils suddenly narrowing slightly.
What the hell! This content…
The skipped pages contained things Lu Yibei had heard about from others, such as Jumeng, Gu Qiqi, and Li Xuan.
Although they had revealed bits and pieces of information unintentionally when they spoke, Lu Yibei hadn’t forgotten and still had a rough impression in his mind.
What he didn’t expect was that The Book of Siye had automatically skipped over that part, presuming that he already understood it.
Realizing this, cold sweat trickled down Lu Yibei’s back.
That was close! Staying at the Siye Society is indeed full of hidden dangers!
Fortunately, I’m the only one here right now. If I hadn’t noticed this detail and someone else did first, wouldn’t that be dangerous?
In their perception, I’m just an ordinary person who hasn’t obtained spiritual ability yet. If I gain information about urban legends without using The Book of Siye, it would definitely raise suspicions.
Lu Yibei thought, quietly noting this detail, and silently flipped back to page 25, where he patiently read two to three pages of content before stopping, no longer turning pages, silently waiting for Jiang Li to return.
According to his usual pace, he could only finish and memorize seven to eight pages in one go. To avoid raising Jiang Li’s suspicion, stopping here would be enough.
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Deep within the Huacheng Folk Culture Research Management Bureau, in a dimly lit room.
This was a small room of modest size, but the vertical height was exceptionally high, with the ceiling nearly engulfed in shadows.
The room was empty, with old wooden flooring creaking underfoot.
The only thing in the entire room was a wall directly opposite the door, lined with numerous bronze pipes densely packed together, resembling a massive pipe organ.
Beneath the cluster of bronze pipes, a grotesque human face lay with its eyes tightly closed.
Jiang Li sat on a stone bench in front of the many bronze pipes, gently placing her hands over the eyes of that human face, infusing it with spiritual energy while recalling information about Jumeng in her mind.
A super urban legend that has existed for over five thousand years…
A mythological species of the ancient era, the power inheritor Jumang…
The master of the Peach Source…
The organizer of three Hundred Demons Walk events…
……
As Jiang Li continuously recalled information about Jumeng in her mind, the areas where her hands touched the grotesque human face began to emit a strange glow. Her silvery-white hair floated with an invisible force, swaying chaotically behind her.
The next moment, her consciousness seemed to plunge into an endless torrent of information, and before her appeared a series of shiny copper spheres carved with complex patterns. Those spheres emitted a strange pulling force, causing a look of pain to appear on her face.
Her gaze swept through the many copper spheres until it quickly locked onto one that seemed unremarkable. Narrowing her eyes, she whispered, “Found it!”
As soon as her words fell, the bizarre scene in front of her instantly dissipated, and the densely packed bronze pipes emitted a low and subtle hum, a massive gathering of deep rumbling as if a sleeping beast had awakened and let out a roar.
“Vroom——!”
With a chilling hum, the grotesque human face suddenly opened its eyes, then opened its mouth. Its wet and sticky tongue wrapped around a copper sphere carved with complex patterns and brought it to Jiang Li’s hand.
After receiving the fist-sized copper sphere, Jiang Li’s face paled slightly as she stood up, nodding slightly to the grotesque face that was slowly retracting its long tongue and closing its eyes. She bid farewell to the largest spiritual energy item of the Huacheng Siye Society and limped out of the small room.
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Jiang Li delivered the copper sphere containing information about Jumeng and the Peach Source to Li Xuan’s office door, gently knocking a few times.
“Knock knock knock—— knock knock knock——!”
After a moment of waiting, a face with sunglasses and a charmingly reckless expression 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 giving Lu Yibei a lesson at this time?”
“What I want to do is none of your business, right? If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave.” Jiang Li said indifferently.
As she spoke, she handed the copper sphere to Li Xuan, then immediately turned to leave.
Li Xuan watched Jiang Li’s departing back, rubbing the copper sphere with his fingertips and narrowing his eyes slightly. Suddenly, he spoke, “Wait a minute!”
Jiang Li halted her steps, turned her face toward Li Xuan, and coldly said, “Is there something else, Officer Li? If you want to look up other information, please come early tomorrow!”
“You should understand the rules. For materials of this level, unless there are special circumstances, each person is limited to one per day.”
“I’m not trying to discuss this with you…” Li Xuan said, glancing around and taking a few steps forward, lowering his voice, “That Lu Yibei has a big problem.”
“As for how I know, I can’t tell you yet due to insufficient evidence. You’d better be careful and not get too close to him.”
“Hmph!” Jiang Li scoffed, her eyes cold enough to solidify. “Didn’t you say before that I have a problem too? Are you not worried that I’m in cahoots with him?”
Li Xuan’s face changed dramatically at her words, “You…”
Could it be she really is in cahoots with Lu Yibei?
It’s quite possible! After all, she came from the Solar Eclipse Society, and as of now, she’s the only one who hasn’t completely escaped their control!
“Look at you, I was just joking. Was it necessary to be so anxious?” Jiang Li shook her head lightly, “I think rather than worrying about me being together with him, you should think about what you just said. If that annoying pest finds out, how much would you need to spend to fix your tires again?”
Imagining Bai Kai’s fierce face stabbing all of the tires of his beloved car with a screwdriver, Li Xuan’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. He opened his mouth to say something but realized Jiang Li had already walked far away.
“I advise you to keep a closer eye on him. By the way, isn’t he studying The Book of Siye? Perhaps you can uncover some issues from that.”
“Shut up!” From far away, Jiang Li’s impatient voice echoed in the corridor, “My subordinate, I will take care of myself. If there’s a problem, I will investigate it myself. His matters are not for you to worry about.”
After finishing, she quickened her pace, leaving Li Xuan, who had a gloomy face, alone at the office door, standing still and tightly gripping the copper sphere in his hand until the knuckles turned white from the pressure.
