The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 980 Calculation
Just as Zhao Chen was about to ask again, "How can you be sure I'm not Him?", he suddenly saw the half-smile on the evil spirit's face and immediately realized that the other party didn't intend to tell him now, but probably would wait until the blood of the three family descendants was collected before telling him.

So he swallowed back the words that were about to come out and instead asked, "How should I give you the blood after I get it?"

The evil spirit chuckled and said, "Just use your strange spiritual power to touch the underground palace, and I will come out to meet you."

It paused, then chuckled softly, "Alright, that's enough for today. Once you help me break the seal, I'll tell you everything I know."

As soon as it finished speaking, it suddenly vanished without a trace, and then the dream began to collapse.

Fortunately, both Zhao Chen and Su Xuanbing were protected by the "Mind Realm Roaming" supernatural power and were not affected, and "woke up" relatively smoothly.

Zhao Chen glanced at the female general leaning against him and said with a smile, "The uninvited guest has left. Shall we continue?"

Su Xuanbing thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Forget it. We've already 'exchanged' everything that needed to be 'exchanged,' so continuing would just be pure enjoyment. There's no need for that."

"And it's not long until dawn, it won't even be enough for one time..."

She suddenly stopped talking and then said, "Besides, you still need time to master the 'Dongyou Qingjian Technique,' and I also need to have a chat with Xiaoxi."

After saying that, she broke free from Zhao Chen's embrace, picked up a white morning robe, and slowly put it on.

The whole process was quite "pleasing to the eye," even attracting the attention of Zhao Chen, who practiced the "Joyful" lineage of cultivation and could maintain a certain degree of "emptiness of the four elements" afterward.

Only after the cheerful female general pushed open the door and went downstairs did Zhao Chen maintain his state of mind after dual cultivation, take out the "Literary Pivot Knowledge Flowing Qi," which was formed by combining the characteristics of the "Reader" with the polluted aura of the underground, and absorb it into his inner world to refine it.

Perhaps it was because of his affinity with this energy, or perhaps it was because he was in this projection of another dimension, but Zhao Chen's process of refining the energy was extremely smooth.

In the past, it would take Zhao Chen at least a day or several days to refine a single strand of Qi. But this time, only six hours had passed, and he had already refined the "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" into his natal spell in one go, without any bottlenecks or obstacles in between.

This efficiency is comparable to a direct "gift" from an evil god.

"Tsk, in a sense, this spell was really 'bestowed' upon me directly by Daoist Taixiao." Zhao Chen even suspected that when he obtained the cultivation method of the "Taixiao Divine Mirror for Gazing at Heaven and Measuring Earth" supernatural power, the spell slot had already been reserved.

However, considering that this was his own choice, Zhao Chen sighed, suppressed the gloom and worry in his heart, and began to circulate his magic power to test the effects of this newly acquired innate spell.

The "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" (洞幽青简诀) means that when this technique is performed, one or more "bamboo slips" that appear to be made of viscous liquid will appear in front of you.

If you want to know something, you only need to have a thought, and the relevant information will be written on the green bamboo slip.

The level of detail in the information depends on many factors, such as whether the matter is confidential or involves powerful entities.

However, the "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" spell can only record present and past events, and cannot predict the future.

"This is not bad... In fact, after knowing the present and the past, it is not difficult to predict the future." As Zhao Chen thought this, he slightly moved his thoughts and "input" the first thing he wanted to know into the "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" - how the "Ghostly Carriage Stealing Life Sha" was generated in this world.

Since it is an existing evil energy, it naturally belongs to the "knowledge" of the past.

Therefore, the surface of the "green bamboo slips" quickly rippled like water, revealing rows of characters:
"'The Deceptive Carriage Steals Life' is a combination of the extraordinary characteristics of a diviner and the aura of 'Source Castle'."

Indeed, the extraordinary characteristics of a "diviner"! Zhao Chen nodded, but his gaze was focused on the text at the end: "Source Treasure"? What is that?
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Chen entered his question again: Where can I find the aura of the "Source Treasure"?

This time, however, the surface of the green bamboo fluctuated violently, and it almost collapsed several times, but was stabilized by some unknown force.

This process was repeated several times, until Zhao Chen was almost certain there would be no result, when finally a few words appeared on the surface of the "Green Slip":
Sherlock Moriarty

Sherlock Moriarty? The one who seems to be the "protagonist"? Zhao Chen's face showed a look of realization, and at the same time he guessed in his heart: that so-called "source treasure" should be the protagonist's "cheat," and its level is probably quite high!
As for the other "protagonist," the hero detective, he may be related to the thing sealed underground.

The fact that the "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" spell can calculate this level of information is probably due to the care and blessing of Daoist Lord "Taixiao" in this realm.

Well, that's partly because I had contact with that detective Sherlock Moriarty.

As his thoughts raced, Zhao Chen decided to visit the detective before completing the mission, using the "Diviner" trait as a bonus. He also planned to lure the demigod witch named "Pannadia" over to see if she would spark any "fireworks" with the "protagonist."

Sherlock, the detective, was sleeping in his house at 15 Minsk Street in the Joewood district when he was suddenly jolted awake, feeling icy cold all over. He instinctively pulled the blanket up higher...

Having learned how to obtain the "Stealing Life Curse," Zhao Chen's magical power was already depleted, demonstrating just how difficult it was to acquire that "information."

He meditated and regulated his breathing for a while, relying on the vital energy within his body to replenish his magical power, before asking the "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" his third question:
"The current location of the 'Demon' Black Dog."

The surface of the bamboo slip, which resembled a viscous liquid, rippled again, but this time it quickly provided the information: "Warehouse at 11 Constantine Street, Factory District".

The warehouse in the factory area? Zhao Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and asked again, "Where is the 'Demon' Black Hound now?"

The result this time was "outside the warehouse at 11 Constantine Street in the factory area".

While it's possible it intended to go out, it's more likely that the "demon" giant dog sensed its location the moment the "Dongyou Qingjian Jue" revealed it, and thus quickly moved away.

In other words, the "demon" can sense the malice of an outsider like "me"!

It seems that to catch it and that Patrick Jason, we'll still have to rely on the Night Watchers' "Witcher" related items.

(End of this chapter)