I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

Inside the room, "Jing Ziyuan" opened her eyes and found herself lying on the bed.

It's not just me lying in bed.

He turned his head and saw a large, fair-skinned woman fast asleep.

"..."

You've ruined my reputation!

"Jing Ziyuan" darted out of bed and put on some clothes. His movements were so swift that the person on the bed didn't notice him at all.

Looking at the face in the mirror, it was the same Yin Beast that had previously defeated him in the Sky Arena to claim the title of Lord.

During the many days that Kurapika was hospitalized, Jingyang, besides his daily training, taking care of Kurapika, and going shopping with Shizuku, would occasionally "log in" to this Yin Beast's alternate account to wander around.

He walked to the table, skillfully pulled out a drawer, found a notebook, and opened it.

"...To lose to a mere brat is an utter disgrace! I will remember this day, this defeat, and this humiliation. I will become stronger, and sooner or later, I will make that brat pay the price."

This is a diary.

But most importantly, the above diary entry was actually written by Jingyang himself when he possessed the Purple Ape.

It was when he first "logged in" to this alternate account that he discovered that Purple Ape's gangster colleagues mentioned that Purple Ape had casually asked them some questions the day before he was not possessed.

Purple Ape realized that something was wrong with him.

But just as Jingyang had predicted, before any major adverse consequences occurred, Ziyuan did not make a fuss or even mention it to anyone—he suspected that he had experienced "blackouts," "amnesia," or "sleepwalking" at certain times.

"Sometimes, I might not be myself anymore." Purple Ape would never say such a thing to anyone unless absolutely necessary.

"Jing Ziyuan" continued flipping through the diary.

"October 29th. Today in XX City, I felt like something was off. I suspect I might be sleepwalking. But I'm too afraid to ask anyone else. As a gangster and a member of the Shadow Beasts, I absolutely cannot have such a problem. But... I also feel like it's real. Sigh."

This was also written by Jingyang.

"November 1st. Another version of myself, I think we need to talk." This was after Jing Yang possessed someone and was relieved to see that the Yin Beast Purple Ape was finally willing to "communicate," which meant that the "condition" was beginning to stabilize.

"November 2nd. Who are you? I am who I am! You are another me! Who are you, really?"

"Am I not daydreaming, but...having a split personality?"

"November 10th. Which operation caused this problem... The one in XX City? XX City? Did I mess up myself, or was someone plotting against me? Could it be someone inside, knowing I lost the main tournament in the Sky Arena, trying to harm me? Trying to squeeze me out of the Yin Beast ranks?!" Jing Yang recalled the approximate city locations where the Yin Beast Purple Ape had stayed, made up a few things to confuse the situation, then closed his notebook and went out for a stroll.

As a Yin Beast, Purple Ape clearly held a high position within this gang family. Most of the black-suited men he encountered on the road either respectfully made way for him or greeted him politely.

"Zhuo Luo, are you bored? Wandering around everywhere?" A man not wearing a black suit walked over from a distance, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

Seeing that he wasn't wearing a uniform despite being inside a mafia family, he seemed to hold a high position.

Jing Yang had never seen this guy before, so he ignored him and simply raised his chin as a greeting.

The other party scoffed and said, "The young master asked me to inform you not to cause any trouble lately. There might be a meeting in a few days, and you need to go with him."

Jingyang didn't know how to answer, so he simply acted aloof, glanced at the other person, and walked away.

The other person, seemingly lost in thought, watched his retreating figure with displeasure and said, "He lost in the Sky Arena and slunk back, yet he can still be a Shadow Beast? It's outrageous..."

Jing Ziyuan wandered around for a while, but didn't encounter anything interesting. Feeling bored, she returned to her room, sat down at her desk, and wrote a line in her diary: "November 13th. The meeting the young master instructed us to attend in a few days is very important. The other me, you absolutely mustn't cause any trouble! I haven't been given the specific time yet. If I tell you later, write it down. If something goes wrong during the meeting, we're all finished!"

Satisfied, Jingyang closed the diary and put it away. He glanced at his glasses, opened his mouth, and vaguely saw a barely perceptible rose-gold pentagram mark on the inside of his mouth...

"What are you doing? Are you daydreaming?" Biyou's disgruntled voice rang in my ears.

Jing Ziyuan went back to bed and lay down as if nothing had happened.

……

What are you doing? Are you daydreaming?

Biyou grabbed Jingyang by the back of the neck, who was still walking forward, and pointed to the gate of the building by the roadside, "We've arrived."

Kurapika gave Jingyang a strange look.

Jing Yang coughed lightly and looked up at the place Bi You had led them to, "The Ancient Library?"

He knows this library very well.

The Ancient Library exists in many cities, much like the Xinhua Bookstore of his past life. He often took Xiao Di to browse bookstores, usually visiting the local Ancient Library, which seemed to be one of the largest book-related giants in the Hunter world.

"I'm fine. I just took a stroll around that gangster's Yin Beast." Jing Yang whispered to Xiao Di, rubbing the Jia-shaped ring on his finger.

【Oh.】 Xiao Di nodded, took Jing Yang's hand, and followed him into the library.

The library possesses its own unique atmosphere, with bookshelves lining the walls, displaying a dazzling array of books. The most distinctive feature of the Gengu Library is its rich collection of ancient books, making it a favorite among history and culture enthusiasts and many niche collectors.

Biyou led them straight to the basement of the library.

Jingyang couldn't help but ask, "Are they letting us in? Do we need a hunter's license, or do you know someone here?"

Biyou said, "None of them."

She conjured a phone with her hand, tapped on it rapidly without anyone knowing what she was doing, and quickly pushed open the door to a room in the library's basement. "The Eternal Library is an asset under my name."

The four entered, and as the door slowly closed, Biyou's voice from inside, "Alright, it's safe enough here. Take the things out and let's take a look..." came to an abrupt end.

Chapter 174 Born Out of Thin Air

In the basement of the Eternal Library, after the lights were turned on, Little Drop materialized into a bulging-eyed fish and released the black jade Buddha statue from the vacuum cleaner.

Xiao Di's technique was quite skillful; the multi-armed Buddha statue, covered in cracks, was placed steadily on the ground without any bumps or knocks.

Jingyang looked at the Buddha statue's face, which resembled that of King Zhenwu Wei Hugo, then at Biyou, and asked, "What do you mean? Does it look real?"

“If your experience of discovering it is true, especially the spatial teleportation ability it was once given, then it is very likely real.” Biyou observed the face of the Buddha statue up close, not missing any detail. “The true face of Zhenwu King Wei Hugo = Hui Guo Rou, especially the faces of these stone statues carved based on his true face, some of the carving techniques and habits are extremely difficult to imitate.”

Xiao Di said, "If it were a counterfeit, it would have already entered the auction market."

Biyou said, "No, it was already sanctioned by the Kakin authorities and the counterfeit national treasures were confiscated."

"Is the Kingdom of Kakin really that powerful?" Jing Yang muttered.

“Kakin’s national strength is not significantly different from any of the V5 nations, don’t you think?” Biyou said, conjuring a laptop in his hand. “If Kakin is determined to pursue matters related to national treasures to the end, the V5 has no sufficient reason to object.”

Kurapika, dressed in a hospital gown and coat, said, "Judging from your tone, there must have been a specific case before."

“That’s right.” Biyou held the laptop in one hand, her fingers flying nimbly across the keyboard.

In an instant, as if a circle woven from green code expanded outward from the center of the bunny girl Beyo, it immediately enveloped the black jade Buddha statue in front of them.

beep beep beep...

On the computer screen in Biyou's hand, a model of a black jade Buddha statue was quickly being built.

"So?" Jingyang asked, "What happened in the case you mentioned?"

“A group of counterfeiters infiltrated the Kakin National Museum, carefully observed every detail of the 10 statues on display at the time, and successfully produced a fake one after returning home.”

"Why is there only one item?" Xiao Di asked in confusion.

Kurapika pondered, "Would anyone be foolish enough to create a fake of an artifact whose original location is so well-known?"

He looked at Biyou and said, “The counterfeit group you mentioned did not copy any of the Kakin national treasure statues that have been exhibited. Instead, they created a statue that has never been seen by the public before by observing and learning from it. I remember you said that the academic community has been arguing about the missing Buddha statue among the twenty-nine statues preserved in Kakin, and that the total number should be more.”

“That’s right. The counterfeiters studied the carving techniques of the 10 statues on display, especially the facial details of the 10 True Martial Kings, Viktor Avalokitesvara. It is said that they spent a full 20 months to finally create a Guanyin statue that grants children.” Biyou paused. “It was so lifelike that it was almost flawless. It caused quite a stir at the time. The Kakin government immediately issued a solemn statement demanding an explanation from the Ancient Ganyu Kingdom. Oh, by the way, the news of the counterfeit Guanyin statue that grants children was exposed in the Ancient Ganyu Kingdom.”

The Kingdom of Ganyu, a member of V5, is the country where the Hunter Association headquarters is located on the Hunter World map.

"The ancient Ganyu Kingdom was naturally unwilling to give any explanation, so the two countries started exchanging official documents."

On the laptop screen in Biyou's hand, the details of the black jade Buddha statue became clearer and clearer, and the model became more realistic. "Thirteen days after the incident was exposed, a total of six people from the counterfeit gang, as well as ten people of varying ranks in charge of the underground exchange that agreed to auction the Guanyin statue they made, all died or disappeared mysteriously. To this day, their bodies have not been found. Of course, the Guanyin statue also disappeared without a trace."

Wow, Kakin's Grey Guo meat, is it that arrogant?

Cross-border law enforcement, is that right?

Or is he venturing into the territory of one of the V5s to enforce the law? Murder, robbery, cover-up, leaving behind a mystery known to everyone... it's all done in one go.

Xiao Di raised her hand, puzzled, and asked, "Since no one has ever seen any of the Buddha statues in the National Treasure Deity Statue Series, how did they determine that the Buddha statues they imitated were fakes?"

“Surely, the Guanyin statue made by that mountain bandit kid probably didn’t have any inscription on it, right?” Jingyang said to Xiaodi.

Kurapika said, "Beyond said that none of the statues she saw in the museum had any inscriptions."

Jing Yang said, "Those are probably high-quality counterfeits made by Kakin himself."

“But this is just speculation,” Kurapika said.

"That makes sense. Perhaps Old Viking simply prefers to keep the statues without any attached meaning in the storerooms of his palace, so that his descendants can treasure them like precious gems, while hiding the Buddha statues with attached meaning in famous mountains and rivers in other corners of the world, waiting for destined people to visit them..."

Jingyang was just teasing Kurapika, but as he talked, he suddenly realized, "Holy crap, there's actually a bit of truth to that."

"Aren't we the ones destined to be together?"

“Or perhaps Kakin has his own method for distinguishing between the real and the fake,” Kurapika said, turning to Viyu.

Biyou casually said, "When Kakin was carrying out his operation, he hired several professional hunters. They dealt with the fake team and the person in charge of the underground auction house one by one. When they were authenticating the Guanyin statue, those professional hunters were present the whole time. So yes, they have their own methods, and it really is a fake."

"They came to the ancient Ganyu Kingdom to cause trouble, and even hired people from your Hunter Association as helpers?" Jing Yang asked.

“If I had to put it that way, that’s true.” Biyou glanced at him. “Although the Hunter Association’s headquarters are in the Ancient Ganyu Kingdom, that doesn’t mean the association is affiliated with the Ancient Ganyu Kingdom. The Hunter Association doesn’t belong to any country, nor does it represent the interests of any country in principle. Someone pays to post a mission, and a hunter is willing to accept the mission. Once they accept the mission, they do their best to complete it. That’s all.”

Kurapika analyzed, "But since the Hunter Association headquarters is in the ancient Ganyu Kingdom, it's hard to believe that the Hunter Association has no connection with the ancient Ganyu Kingdom. Since Kakin is operating across the ocean continent, I think they don't lack the military strength to complete their mission. Going through the Hunter Association's channels was probably intentional. With the Hunter Association mediating, the ancient Ganyu Kingdom can turn a blind eye."

Biyou glanced at the orphan of the Kuruta tribe, remaining noncommittal. "If that's what you want to think, that's fine too. By the way, there seems to be something inside the head of this Buddha statue."

As she spoke, she pressed a key, and the model of the black jade Buddha on the laptop screen instantly enlarged to its head.

With a snap, she pressed a few more keys, and the Buddha statue with the face of King Hugo of Zhenwu rapidly disintegrated and separated along the fine cracks. Among these black jade-like fragments, many pieces had faint traces of pitch black on their inner surfaces, showing a certain color difference from the black jade material...

Jingyang and the other two kept their eyes glued to the screen.

Biyou manipulated the screen a few more times, highlighting the discolored black patterns, removing the other black jade fragments, and making the black jade itself transparent. The image on the screen instantly became clear.

“It’s the word ‘God’,” she said.

"Can it be restored?" Jing Yang asked sincerely. "To be honest, whether it's a national treasure or not is irrelevant. But this 'divine' character is really tempting!"

Upon hearing this, Biyou immediately understood that this kid must have already discovered the existence of the divine character on the head of the Buddha statue.

Your proficiency with the character "圆" is quite good.

However, judging from their appearance, Jingyang and the others have absolutely no clue about the divine character broken off the Buddha statue's head. Did they take a liking to his Nen ability, which he uses for analysis, and suddenly send him a photo to lure him here?