Chapter 369: Brother, want a disc?

On the night of the Water Ghost harassment, when the sky was just beginning to brighten, Lu Yingyue's message was sent over.

After receiving Ji Jue's reply, she told him directly: 【In two days, someone should go to Quancheng; you receive them. You don't need to do much, just try your best to cooperate.】

A simple message, but it made Ji Jue smell some strange flavors.

He didn't know how she was with others, but when communicating with Ji Jue, perhaps because of Ye Xian, Lu Yingyue rarely used this kind of imperative sentence to speak.

Even if there was something she needed Ji Jue to do, she would at least explain the cause and effect, and wouldn't be so short and straightforward.

Unless, in her view, the things involved in this matter couldn't be known by others.

At the same time, she didn't want Ji Jue to ask too much.

To this, Ji Jue only replied: 【I will be ready.】

As if sensing that Ji Jue understood her meaning, the last message Lu Yingyue sent carried a hint of approval: 【Very good】.

In the following time, they didn't talk about this anymore.

Until this morning, when a strange number called Ji Jue's private phone and told him that it was someone introduced by Town Guardian Lu, who would arrive at three o'clock in the afternoon, and politely made an appointment for his time.

To this, Ji Jue naturally expressed full cooperation.

At this moment, although there were still five minutes until the appointed time, someone was already waiting at the door.

However, the appearance was beyond Ji Jue's expectations.

A man in his thirties, just like a programmer from the city, wearing a plaid shirt and overalls that were out of place in the wilderness, with a backpack on his back.

Not like an envoy, but more like a tourist traveling in a big city.

"Mr. Ji, nice to meet you for the first time, I've heard a lot about you."

He took the initiative to introduce himself, smiling: "My surname is Chen, Chen Haichiu; just call me Little Chen."

"Too polite, Mr. Chen."

Ji Jue shook hands without thinking, responding: "Please come in, the place to rest has been prepared, please follow me."

In order to welcome this heavyweight guest of unknown origin, Ji Jue had even accelerated the reconstruction of the Xinquan Hotel. The guest rooms had been cleaned up, and he ensured there were no Haizhou specialty twin-tails.

Although it couldn't be called the luxury of "making guests feel at home," in the wilderness, clean and tidy could already be considered five-star.

"Too bad, I have a flight from Chaocheng back to the Central City tonight, so I can't stay long." Chen Haichiu waved his hand: "There's nothing too big, no need to go to great lengths, just trouble Mr. Ji to find a place where we can sit for a while."

Since that was the case, Ji Jue took him directly into the park of Coastal Industry, to his own office.

Exchanging pleasantries along the way, while Ji Jue was preparing tea, he asked in passing: "I don't seem to have seen you at the Security Bureau?"

Ji Jue had basically seen the middle and high-level officials of the Security Bureaus of the two large central cities in Haizhou, Yacheng and Chaocheng, and at the very least, he would have an impression of them.

But there was no record of this guest in front of him.

Yet he was wearing the chest card of the Chaocheng Security Bureau, which couldn't help but make Ji Jue a little vigilant.

"Hm, I belong to another department, also under the dispatch of Town Guardian Lu, and cooperate a lot with the Security Bureau. When going out, the Security Bureau's credentials are much more convenient."

Chen Haichiu smiled and took off the chest card, but didn't introduce his subordinate organization much. After taking the teacup handed by Ji Jue, he took a polite sip and put it down.

Next, it was time to talk about business.

"Please rest assured, this is not an investigation or inspection, just understanding the situation; you can relax a little."

Ji Jue was suddenly even more solemn—after all, everyone knew that when people usually said this, the other party wouldn't believe it, and it was very likely there was some trick.

Seeing that his words seemed to have the opposite effect, Chen Haichiu smiled helplessly and simply took out paper and pen, saying straightforwardly:

"Coming here this time, there are mainly a few things to deal with.

First, can you tell me in detail what happened a few days ago? Hm, I mean the specific process of the pirates from the Thousand Islands coming to harass Xinquan."

To this, Ji Jue naturally wouldn't hide anything.

Although he omitted some unimportant things, removed some things that couldn't be said, and beautified his own majestic image and operations, at least six out of ten parts were true.

Unexpectedly, Chen Haichiu didn't have any deep digging or questions about the details involving the Wilderness Market and the North; basically, he recorded whatever Ji Jue said.

Instead, he repeatedly asked questions mainly involving another Transcendent who came to sneak attack, but Ji Jue had video recordings prepared for this, so there was nothing to hide.

After understanding the specific details and asking for a copy of the relevant video, he put down the paper and pen.

"Besides that, do you have anything else to add?"

Chen Haichiu put his hands on the table, looked at Ji Jue, and suddenly smiled slightly.

"Ah?"

Ji Jue seemed surprised: "Is there anything else not explained clearly?"

"Would you like to think about it carefully?"

Chen Haichiu reminded him tirelessly: "Is there any evidence, or other... something... residue?"

"Oh oh oh, oh my, look at my memory; I tend to forget things when I get busy."

Ji Jue patted his forehead, as if he finally remembered, dug out a box from under the table, and pushed it over: "At that time, the one from the An family did bring back a little something.

Take a look, is it this?"

After the box was opened, cold air spread, and the severed limb preserved in freezing appeared in front of Chen Haichiu. Immediately, a faint, foul smell of sulfur spread...

For a moment, the polite smile on Chen Haichiu's face stiffened.

As if, subconsciously, his whole body tensed up.

His eyes were sharp, like facing a great enemy.

But soon, after confirming it was harmless, he relaxed again.

"It is indeed this, that's right."

He leaned in, examining it carefully, nodding repeatedly, but gradually, a trace of doubt appeared: "It's just... how come the aura has faded so much?"

At this moment, in the box placed in front of Chen Haichiu, that broken arm was still emitting a pungent aura, and sparks were faintly rising from the shattered wounds.

But the sin-tainted spiritual quality that had once almost overflowed from it had dimmed quite a bit, faint and elusive.

It had become a hollow shell.

As if, only an empty shell remained.

"I don't know."

Ji Jue also shook his head in confusion, with a face of ignorance, carrying the simplicity and innocence unique to the wilderness: "Maybe it was left for too long and evaporated?"

Saying this, he sighed regretfully: "I have tried my best to preserve it, but unfortunately, the Association doesn't have the technology and accumulation in this area; compared with You Sui, it is still quite a bit worse.

Otherwise, we could have done better."

"..."

Chen Haichiu stopped talking, his expression becoming increasingly complex.

No, buddy, do you really think I'm blind!

Are you pretending to be a pure little lamb here with me?

The relationship between Ye Xian and Jianyuan before breaking the door is one thing, and I won't mention what kind of stuff you used when you dealt with Pacquiao, but when you participated in the Wilderness Rally before, you weren't even acting anymore, okay!

Who do you think helped you work overtime all night to rush to Kunwu to clean up the mess?

"... Is, is that so?"

Chen Haichiu wiped his sweat, already unable to hold it together.

"Yes, that's right, that's exactly it."

Ji Jue nodded decisively, without hesitation, saying solemnly: "The Artisans of our Association have always upheld Supreme Good, abandoned evil and stupidity, and are irreconcilable with You Sui. How could we have any connection with stagnation and rot?!"

Chen Haichiu sighed, looked at Ji Jue, and suddenly realized a little bit why Lu Yingyue valued him so much. Putting aside ability and talent, just this thickness of face and the ability to lie with eyes open was something ordinary people couldn't reach.

He wouldn't be able to catch up in this life.

It's a good thing he was well-prepared when he came, otherwise he wouldn't know how embarrassed he would be.

Hurry up and go through the process, otherwise his blood pressure would be out of control.

"In order to preserve the specimen for filing, I need to take this thing away. However, for such an important trophy, I really can't take it for nothing."

Saying this, he picked up the backpack placed at his feet and, like magic, pulled out two aluminum boarding cases from it, placing them in front of Ji Jue.

Simple and crude, straightforward.

He didn't think about the bargaining process of asking for a sky-high price and paying back on the ground, you slash me and I slash you.

Even if this kind of expenditure was saved, it had nothing to do with him.

But if he gave it out, what he earned was his own favor...

Why not help others achieve their goals?

"Before coming, Town Guardian Lu told me that you were looking for some things outside recently. It just so happens that there is still a lot of stock in the warehouse. See if it's suitable."

"Oh my, how can I be so embarrassed. Hey, hey... oh my..."

Ji Jue was polite on the surface, with a face of embarrassment, but his hands had already touched the cases smoothly, opening them directly in front of him.

Then, he fell into silence.

In the case on the left, it was filled to the brim with various storage containers of the Association's standard, so heavy that an adult man couldn't lift it with one hand.

All of them were materials that Ji Jue had listed and recruited on various platforms like the Wilderness Market, Taiyi Ring, and Tianping Chamber of Commerce these days. Not only that, in order to confuse the public and cover up the materials needed for Panying and Chunjun, Ji Jue had also mixed in a large number of niche materials and precious materials and consumables that Artisans usually needed.

Naturally, there wasn't much echo, and even if there was, it was in the stage of haggling.

After all, high-end materials are always priceless; before Ji Jue, there were countless orders listed for years. To make a deal, let alone picking up a leak, the premium is often incomparably high... and even then, it depends on luck.

As a result, Chen Haichiu directly grabbed the medicine according to the prescription and delivered it all to Ji Jue.

Even super-doubled.

As for the quality, there's no need to say more.

Most of the materials needed for Panying's tempering and Chunjun's casting were all gathered at once, and there was more. As for the rest, Ji Jue's workshop already had preparations.

He could start preparing immediately.

And the other case seemed a bit empty, with only one thing.

A pink crystal the size of a fist, like amber; it was a natural salt crystal aggregated and extracted from the earth's veins, high in value and rare in the world.

Although it didn't have many uses, its greatest effect was that it could absolutely guarantee the stability of the spiritual quality inside for a period of a thousand years after injecting spiritual quality, thereby storing high-level blessings without loss.

And now, at this moment, on the salt crystal, layers of fine golden threads were like a net, sealing the inside and outside, and the brilliant light flowing like stars inside was faintly radiating out, illuminating Ji Jue's eyes.

That was the rarest and hardest-to-find last crucial existence in Chunjun's blessing chain.

The legendary blessing of the Metamorphosis series...

————— 【Dragon Soaring, Leopard Changing】!

Its effect is very simple, which is almost like rebirth, reshaping the soul!

After the Chosen ones of the Metamorphosis series have accumulated enough and have sufficient understanding, it helps the Chosen one's soul break through the final barrier, break through past limitations, and like a butterfly breaking out of a cocoon, complete a unique qualitative leap.

At that time, no matter how painful the old wounds and curses are, they can be shaken off. The reshaped soul can even leave the body, remain alone, and walk in the present world.

Even cooperating with many blessings, one can even have a sea in one thought and a Cangwu in another.

Only such a blessing can fuse the many phenomena in Chunjun, using the Artisan's own spiritual quality as the source to sublimate a unique spirituality.

Earned!

Earned a fortune!

This transaction was too cost-effective; it couldn't be described as generous, it was almost free.

Even if the spiritual quality in that arm was so strange, it wasn't worth such a huge value.

No wonder An Neng specifically reminded Ji Jue before leaving not to waste it himself and that he must open his lion's mouth wide.

As a result, Ji Jue hadn't even opened his mouth yet, and he was already almost intoxicated by the fragrance.

Even if the lion doesn't open its mouth, it can't stand you stuffing it in!

You should have said so earlier!

If you had said so earlier, I wouldn't have embezzled so much, at least, um, at least I would have left you one-third!

Ji Jue was almost unable to control the curve of his mouth.

After moving his gaze away with difficulty, he let out a long breath silently.

Now, of the five blessings needed for Chunjun—【Transcendent Vision】, 【Heart-Blood Impulse】, 【Feathering and Returning to Truth】, 【Seeing Simplicity and Embracing Plainness】, 【Dragon Soaring, Leopard Changing】—four have been obtained.

As for the remaining 【Seeing Simplicity and Embracing Plainness】, the Tong family had news after only a few days and was trying their best to take it down.

In the Nine-Type inheritance, this blessing chain is called 【Supernatural】, combining the spirit of metamorphosis and the change of phenomena, finally catalyzing qualitative change, reaching the realm of perfection, and creating a spirituality and extension that belongs exclusively to the Artisan, almost out of nothing. Even if it has been registered in the Association, the mysteries and secrets have not been circulated and belong to the Ye family's unique skill.

And after Chunjun's casting is completed, after Ji Jue has tempered two different Nine-Type swords through spiritual quality, the practice of Jingzhen can also begin to be introduced.

A crucial piece of the puzzle was completed in an unexpected place.

To this, besides surprise, Ji Jue was naturally vigilant and uneasy.

After all, he really didn't think a mere piece of residual limb was worth the other party offering such a huge price.

Before this, he still needed to ask clearly.

"Just this little bit of specimen, I'm afraid it's not worth this price, right?"

Ji Jue shook his head and asked, "The cake that fell from the sky, I'm really afraid I can't afford to eat it."

"Please rest assured, I'm just an errand runner, and I don't have such great authority. The blessing of Dragon Soaring, Leopard Changing was specifically requested for you by Town Guardian Lu.

Besides, although our department is difficult to declare to the outside world and has a lot of troubles, at least the budget is sufficient, and we won't let people work for nothing."

Chen Haichiu laughed: "However, you guessed one thing right—this visit, besides collecting records, recycling specimens, and other residues, there are indeed some other small things I want to trouble you with."

Saying this, he reached out from his backpack again, took out a black plastic box, and pushed it toward Ji Jue.

Looking at it, it was like a box used to hold DVD discs in a video rental store. It felt even more like it in his hand. When Ji Jue opened it and saw the disc inside, he completely couldn't hold it together.

There were no traces of alchemy creations, and no blessings existed.

It was just a simple disc.

He looked up in a daze.

Buddy, what are you doing?

Did you run to Xinquan to sell discs?

"It can be expected that in the next period of time, the population of Xinquan should increase. In a few months, it might break through fifty thousand.

In order to avoid any accidents because of this, I brought the things over in advance."

Chen Haichiu's request was very simple: "I hope that in the next period of time, you will use your influence to let it play a few times every day in Xinquan and other settlements. Of course, if you can record a part of it into the product, that would be even better."

Play a disc?

Ji Jue picked up the disc in confusion and looked at it, asking for an opinion: "Do you mind if I..."

Chen Haichiu shook his head: "It doesn't matter, please feel free."

Thus, soon a player was sent into Ji Jue's office. After starting it and inserting the disc, there was no need to play it; the Mechanical God read it directly.

The information recorded in it appeared in Ji Jue's consciousness.

Unexpectedly, it was just a few familiar piano pieces, many of which were not even pieces, just a few fragments, including the melody before every store opening and closing in the mall, the sound effects of electronic doors pushing, greetings of welcome, and the beep prompts of machine startup.

It included everything, and there was no abnormality at all.

It was ordinary to the point that Ji Jue couldn't understand it even if he scratched his head: "Just play it every day?"

"Hm."

Chen Haichiu nodded decisively: "If you find it troublesome, once every few days is fine. Of course, copying and digitization are also fine; it's just an ordinary disc, no need to be too careful."

But if it were an ordinary disc, why would it be delivered to Ji Jue so solemnly?

And with such a heavy gift to let Ji Jue treat it cautiously.

Yet, he didn't explain it at all.

It really didn't make people trust him.

Recalling Lu Yingyue's previous instruction to try his best to cooperate, Ji Jue had nothing more to say. Eating other people's and taking other people's, he couldn't do nothing at all.

It's just playing some music.

However, if it's just playing some music... he shouldn't mind if I take it to ask others, right?

Ji Jue put down the disc and nodded decisively.

"No problem."

"Then my main task is completed; happy cooperation."

Chen Haichiu smiled, got up, and shook hands with Ji Jue. However, before saying goodbye, he suddenly asked: "There's still some time; before leaving, do you mind being a guide and walking with me again?"

"Happy to accompany you."

Ji Jue nodded with a smile, without hesitation.

He also sent a message instructing Isis to close the door of the underground factory, not letting foreign friends accidentally see the "re-education" process.

It would have a bad influence if it spread out, making it look like a sweatshop or a black-hearted workshop here.

"Where do you want to see?" he asked casually.

But unexpectedly, Chen Haichiu's gaze looked out the window, into the distance, further away.

Falling on the ruined city standing silently in the thin rain.

He said: "Quancheng." ===== CHAPTER 370 =====

Yet, unexpectedly, Chen Haiqiu's gaze turned toward the window, into the distance, and further still.

It landed on that ruined city standing silently amidst the light rain.

He said, "Quancheng."