Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 664 A Tool for Understanding the Mortal World! The Arrival of the Fifth Young Master, Taotie!

Luo Fu has truly realized that the Three Realms is a huge chess game, and in this game, the real masters are the chess players, while everyone else is just a chess piece.

As for who the real boss is, that depends on who has the last laugh.

With the power gained from sharing, Luo Fu, constantly adapting to local conditions, believes that even if he doesn't have the last laugh, he certainly won't be the one who ends up crying.

Right now, Luo Fu still needs to figure out how to deal with the Fifth Young Master.

The appearance of the Fifth Prince is most likely a test of the Heavenly Realm and the Underworld by the Four Seas Dragon Clan or even more powerful beings, in response to the existence of Chi You's remnant soul.

When it comes to Xia Dongqing, the Fifth Young Master will most likely just scare him and make his presence known, but when it comes to Luo Fu, if he's not careful, he might actually have the idea of ​​eating Luo Fu.

With Luo Fu's current strength, he didn't know if he could be a match for that Fifth Young Master in a head-on confrontation.

After all, the Fifth Prince himself had never actually made a move, but judging from the fact that he could intimidate Zhao Li and even assert that Zhao Li was no match for him, and Zhao Li did not refute this, the Fifth Prince was capable of crushing Zhao Li.

Zhao Li is not just a simple ghost messenger; you should know that he is a high monk in Buddhism who has cultivated to the level of Arhat.

Luo Fu is confident of defeating Zhao Li, but he doesn't have much confidence in completely killing him.

By analogy, the Fifth Prince is clearly an enemy that Luofu is currently unable to deal with.

This requires Luofu to achieve a deeper level of localization of its resources in the shortest possible time.

To achieve this, the best options are either to find another Xiaoqian-like being, or to seek out those evil spirits and malevolent beings who, after death, harbor deep resentment and by chance occupy a fragment of space, forming a ghost realm.

Now, however, Luo Fu can only keep busy on his own.

Who could have sent his most trusted subordinates, the Su Yue couple, out of this world?

Luo Fu certainly won't obediently follow Zhao Li's wishes. In this world that is inherently a bottle, the exact number of evil spirits and malevolent beings remains to be discussed.

But this is the best choice for Luofu on the path of localizing its power.

For the next period of time, Luo Fu began to run his own consulting firm. Not only that, he also traveled around searching for all the places with ghost stories.

Persistence pays off; although this is indeed just a world of bottles,

However, the scripts that Heaven and the Underworld arranged for Xia Dongqing, or rather the remnant soul of Chi You within Xia Dongqing, clearly still had quite a few backup plans.

It's not just the evil spirits and ghosts in the story; moreover, most of the evil spirits and ghosts that appear in the story are actually just tools to enhance Xia Dongqing's understanding of the mortal world.

In terms of strength, only the red-clad senior who was crushed by Luo Fu and whose soul was scattered is somewhat troublesome; the other ghosts are not even as good as the female ghost Qiao from Donghu University.

By delving into these celestial and underworld realms and the backup scenarios prepared for Xia Dongqing, Luo Fu's strength has truly achieved a leap forward.

Luo Fu has indeed dealt with many of the various spirits, including Ouija boards, spirit mediums, and fox demons.

And he finally had a sense that even if he wasn't a match for the Fifth Prince Taotie, he could easily escape from this world in the bottle.

Only after this point did Luo Fu finally head to Convenience Store No. 444, a place he hadn't visited in a long time.

Inside the convenience store, Xia Dongqing continued her night shift work as a clerk, just like always.

When Luo Fu arrived at the convenience store after a long absence, he immediately spotted the store next door, which was undergoing renovations.

A sign for the fifth floor hangs prominently above the doorway.

The Fifth Prince, Taotie, has finally arrived.

Unexpectedly, according to Zhao Li's account, the Fifth Prince Taotie should have set his sights on him, but it seems that he still opened the fifth floor next to the convenience store.

"Luofu?!"

Xia Dongqing, who was inside the convenience store, finally noticed Luo Fu standing at the door. After greeting him loudly, Xia Dongqing said with a hint of distance, "Long time no see. What have you been busy with lately? I even went to your consulting firm before, but Su Yue and the others aren't there anymore."

Although Xia Dongqing gained his sister's eyes after his family's car accident and thus developed the ability to see ghosts, his cognition and values ​​are not much different from those of a normal person.

Previously at Wang Xiaoya's school, Luo Fu's treatment of the senior in red and Professor Hu had really provoked Xia Dongqing.

This is why his attitude towards Luo Fu was one of warmth mixed with distance.

In Xia Dongqing's eyes, he was just an ordinary person who could see ghosts, but Luo Fu was a being whose mentality was already inhuman.

In terms of mentality, even Zhao Li, the ghost messenger, is more human than Luo Fu.

Turning his gaze away from the fifth floor, Luo Fu smiled and said, "It has indeed been a long time. I heard you saw the King of the Underworld on Ghost Festival?"

Luo Fu didn't answer but asked a question in return.

He knew very well that the fact that Su Yue and his wife had left this world in the bottle could not be kept secret from the Heavenly Realm and the Underworld.

However, Luo Fu did not offer any explanation to Xia Dongqing.

To reiterate, Xia Dongqing was merely an ordinary person who, by chance, became the vessel of Chi You's remnant soul. In fact, he was born blind, a consequence of his past life's act of giving his eyes to Zhao Li.

From any perspective, Luo Fu and Xia Dongqing are not on the same path.

Xia Dongqing was merely an innocent bystander caught up in it, while Luo Fu was the true participant.

If the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden hadn't killed Xia Dongqing's entire family, leading Zhao Li to give him Xia Dongqing's sister's eyes and even allow the remnant soul of Chi You to reside in his body, he would at most be just an ordinary person born with a defect.

Upon hearing Luo Fu mention Hades Acha, Xia Dongqing's expression immediately stiffened, and Zhao Li's instructions involuntarily came to mind.

Zhao Li had repeatedly warned him not to have too much contact with Luo Fu, and he should avoid mentioning his contact with the Underworld King in front of Luo Fu.

"Let's not talk about me anymore." Xia Dongqing's brows furrowed with embarrassment as she said, "What about you? What have you been busy with lately? Sometimes when I have free time, I go to the consulting firm, but it's always closed with a 'business trip' sign hanging up. Looks like your business is doing well."

"There's no other way. There are too many instances where the underworld officials are not doing their job. I have to make sure that ordinary people can live normal lives, right?" Luo Fu explained casually.

“That’s true. I can only see ghosts, unlike you, who has a way to deal with them.” Xia Dongqing nodded in agreement.

No one knew better than Xia Dongqing, who possessed the ability to see ghosts, how troublesome those wandering spirits could be when they started causing trouble.

Especially when ordinary people can't see ghosts, encountering a paranormal event is even more chilling. The small talk between Luo Fu and Xia Dongqing seemed like a long-awaited reunion, but their words were filled with a kind of hypocrisy that only they could sense.

Xia Dongqing was clearly not good at dealing with this kind of situation.

He quickly ran out of things to say.

A thought suddenly struck Xia Dongqing, and he exclaimed, "By the way, I've recently met a very strange person!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Fu subconsciously thought of the fifth floor, which was under renovation, but upon closer examination, he dismissed the idea.

The fifth floor is currently under renovation, so it's uncertain whether the Fifth Prince Taotie will even be there.

Xia Dongqing's chance encounter with the Fifth Young Master was entirely due to the Fifth Young Master taking the initiative to come to her.

Since it's unlikely to be the Fifth Young Master, who did Xia Dongqing encounter?
Xia Dongqing said earnestly, "Her name is Xie Xin. She seems to be able to tell fortunes, and she's very accurate at it. I think she's probably similar to you."

After recalling his past life memories for a moment, Luo Fu suddenly remembered who Xie Xin was.

Xie Xin likely became involved with Xia Dongqing's family after he met the Fifth Young Master. Xie Xin's maternal grandparents were a blended family, and although Xie Xin dressed in a non-mainstream, "emo" style every day, she really liked tarot cards.

Furthermore, the other party even took the initiative to discover that Xia Dongqing possessed the ability to see ghosts and used tarot cards to perform a divination for Xia Dongqing.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that the tarot cards Xie Xin gave to Xia Dongqing were supposed to happen in this bottle world, but when Xia Dongqing left this bottle world, he still had those three tarot cards.

It's not that the world of the bottle is completely illusory, but how could Xia Dongqing possibly carry the three tarot cards given by Xie Xin, someone he could only meet briefly and have had some contact with, and how could he take them out of this world of the bottle?
This bottle world itself gives people a very special feeling.

Most of those who had contact with Xia Dongqing had a chilling feeling about them.

Someone who can accurately predict key moments in Xia Dongqing's fate using tarot cards, no matter how outrageous her attire, is probably not simple behind the scenes.

Now, Xia Dongqing's inexplicable mention of Xie Xin only strengthened Luo Fu's belief that the other party definitely had connections.

However, unlike the Fifth Prince Taotie, his appearance was more like the Dragon Clan forcefully intervening in the Underworld and Heavenly Realm's plan against the remnant soul of Chi You, demonstrating their presence.

For both the underworld and the heavens, the appearance of the Fifth Prince Taotie was sudden.

As for Xie Xin, if she really has a powerful background, then she must have received the approval of both the Heavenly Realm and the Underworld.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Dongqing took out three tarot cards as if to show off, saying, "Look, these are the ones she gave me after she told my fortune with tarot cards."

The moment Luo Fu saw these three tarot cards, he became even more convinced that the so-called non-mainstream, "Shamate" Xie Xin must be the incarnation of some powerful being like Wang Xiaoya, or even the true form of some great god like the Fifth Prince Taotie.

Because Luo Fu sensed a power emanating from these three tarot cards that was absolutely not of this world.

Nodding, Luo Fu asked, "Do you think her predictions were accurate?"

“This…” Xia Dongqing scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, “I think a lot of what she said is right, but I can’t say for sure whether her fortune telling is accurate or not. It’s just that… the feeling she gives me is very similar to yours.”

Don't underestimate Xia Dongqing's sudden impulse. Although Xia Dongqing himself is indeed just the reincarnation of A Jin, and is an ordinary person in both soul and body, his ability to serve as the vessel for Chi You's remnant soul clearly indicates that he has something special about him.

Moreover, as the saying goes, "one is influenced by one's company," and since he was a few years old, he has carried the remnant soul of Chi You within him. This alone is enough to give Xia Dongqing a few extraordinary abilities that ordinary people cannot attain.

Since he so confidently asserted that Luo Fu and Xie Xin were somewhat similar, it only further confirmed that Xie Xin was no ordinary person.

"Then I really need to see for myself." Luo Fu smiled casually, but he was determined to make contact with Xie Xin.

Just as Luo Fu and Xia Dongqing were getting more and more engrossed in their conversation.

A welcoming greeting followed.

The convenience store door was pushed open.

Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see a man of short stature with distinctive features, wearing a fitted suit.

The man was holding a small steamer.

The moment he stepped out of the door and saw Luo Fu and Xia Dongqing, his eyes instantly lit up with a different kind of light.

"Welcome! What would you like to order?" Upon seeing a guest arrive, Xia Dongqing immediately stood up straight and asked dutifully.

"Oh! Don't misunderstand, I'm not here to buy anything." The man's smile became even more meaningful. He said, "I'm the owner of the fifth-floor apartment next door, which is currently under renovation. I'm here to say hello to my neighbor."

After a slight pause, the man walked to the counter, placed the steamer in his hand on the counter, and said, "These are steamed buns I made myself. If you don't mind, you might as well try them. The fifth floor will open soon, and you are welcome to visit then."

Despite saying this, the man stared intently at Luo Fu and said, "Especially this gentleman, I look forward to your visit."

Xia Dongqing was initially attracted by the aroma emanating from the steamed buns.

But when he realized that this uninvited guest, who claimed to be a neighbor, was staring intently at Luo Fu, he seemed to suddenly realize something, his body stiffened abruptly, and he forcibly suppressed his appetite for the steamed buns in the steamer.

It's obvious that this guy who claims to be the owner of the fifth floor is no ordinary person.

Since becoming a sales clerk at Convenience Store No. 444, Xia Dongqing has experienced far too many strange and unusual things.

His understanding of the extraordinary world had also undergone a complete transformation. He was still quite self-aware.

Although he has eyes that can see ghosts, he is no different from an ordinary person. In fact, these eyes bring him even greater danger.

The extraordinary world clearly has its own unique rules, which are more like a cruel natural chain.

It is a world of complete food chains, where strength is the foundation of everything in the extraordinary world.

Without the ability to protect oneself, the more one comes into contact with the extraordinary, the greater the danger.

For ordinary people facing such a situation, a single misstep could lead to a silent and unexpected death, or even a peaceful death.

In Wang Xiaoya's university, the senior student in red in the abandoned girls' dormitory is the most typical example.

The "Red-Clad Senior" has been entrenched for so many years, causing the deaths of so many college students, yet she has never faced any consequences.

After Luo Fu intervened, he acted arbitrarily, causing the red-clad senior's soul to be scattered. Even Professor Hu died as a result, suffering the same fate as the red-clad senior.

(End of this chapter)