[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year":3,"chapter-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-493":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Facing an Ancient God for a Year",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},967123,1268,"Chapter 493 - 493 493 Ancient Sect_1","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-493",493,"\u003Cp>Chapter 493: Chapter 493 Ancient Sect_1 Chapter 493: Chapter 493 Ancient Sect_1 “A psychologist running off to a monastery, that would hardly inspire trust in people!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he approached Ms. Kelly, who now had a vacant look in her eyes, no longer sharp and clever as she had been in previous assignments, Fu Qian casually remarked as he walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was indeed curious about why she would be here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My coming here indicates that I am no longer able to help others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kelly continued to shake her head and sigh, seemingly unfazed by Fu Qian’s comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I used to consider myself a hunter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those strange, vast, tangled pathologies growing in the mind were my quarry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was always quite skilled at this and took pleasure in it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But lately, for reasons I completely fail to understand, the number of my patients has multiplied beyond comprehension.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At first, I was thrilled with the hunt, but soon I became exhausted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The shattered and deformed traumas are hard to imagine as to how they could have been caused.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They have shaken my understanding, and it seems I can no longer comprehend the world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A few days ago, during a walk, I came across this monastery and suddenly felt the impulse to come here for some quiet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that was it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought that as a professional, she would be less affected, but it turned out to be a case of bearing the sins of all lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between Kelly’s mutterings, Fu Qian finally understood why she was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And hearing that her business was booming, Fu Qian was not at all surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One need only look at the museum employee to know that there were definitely more than one or two with psychological issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now even the psychologists were falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, and your metaphor for your profession is quite vivid indeed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian casually appraised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alien Hunter, battling monsters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kelly chuckled softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sometimes, I feel being a real hunter would be simpler, like those Transcendents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regardless of how terrifying, at least the enemies they face are visible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re thinking too much, madam; in our line of work, the unseen enemies are far more numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian didn’t shatter her beautiful illusion since human joys and sorrows do not intercommunicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, Kelly was simply in a variant of Sage Mode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some rest, she would most likely reenter her own exclusive hunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some things are addictive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speaking of your patients, have any of them mentioned hearing a baby’s cry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian recalled a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you know? Indeed, there were, and not just one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kelly looked somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the baby’s cry he used for hypnosis during the mission was not just a figment of imagination, but related to the Nightmare Corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another descent of the spawn of the Evil God?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attempting to break free from the bonds of the Nightmare Corridor using the fractured and chaotic state of Bee Monkey City?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, it didn’t seem successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if that was the case, he was curious as to who had bound them in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian thought to himself as he stood up to leave, without responding to Kelly’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not any kind of emotional counselor; the question had been purely out of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let her, a Gold Medal Catcher, self-regulate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trust her professional expertise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This should be the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon exiting Kelly’s room, Fu Qian quickly found the place where You Er had previously stayed, which seemed to have been untouched for some time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The layout inside the room didn’t differ from the others, a complete monk’s austerity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a bit of knocking around, Fu Qian quickly opened a passage leading downward in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he saw the black strip of stone within the passage, Fu Qian knew his judgement was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The museum’s underground excavation indeed had something to do with this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the passage down, Fu Qian discovered it actually led to an underground structure that appeared to have been abandoned for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that familiar Golden Cup shape was seen all over the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like some Sect’s secret meeting spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After looking around, Fu Qian silently made his assessment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he quickly noticed something else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a real Golden Cup, situated on a platform not too far away, shaped exactly as the ones he had seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was as certain as it could get.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fu Qian leapt up and quickly found some newer traces of activity in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed very likely that this was a spot where Brother You Er had been active.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the shape was the same, the surface pattern on the cup he was looking at was very different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No longer swirling, at a glance, it looked like countless overlapping eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These traces are rather fresh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming the cup in front of him had no unusual properties, merely an ordinary Golden Cup, Fu Qian picked it up to scrutinize closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was evident that parts of the cup bore very fresh marks, as if they were just carved, not matching the era of these underground ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Er’s handiwork?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he discovered this place and this unfinished cup and then completed it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While stroking the Golden Cup, Fu Qian found something like a piece of parchment paper beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was severely damaged, it was still possible to make out that it depicted the very cup he was looking at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, there was an annotation beside it that was clearly added later—Holy Grail Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy Grail Sect? The name of this organization? That also made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the looks of it, this Sect seemed to have existed a long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t hard to see that such Golden Cups were revered as Holy Relics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking back to the scene in the museum’s underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Holy Grail Sect had been digging everywhere in search of something specific to create these Golden Cups. The one he’d seen was one such finished product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they were doing in the Rotten Forest was the same; it was just that they hadn’t unearthed anything there in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The museum was different, they had indeed found their target, but they didn’t rush to retrieve it; instead, they used that cup to temporarily conceal their new discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, they made new Golden Cups here, indicating that the patterns on each cup were made with a specific purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, their plan was abandoned for some unknown reason, not only was the Golden Cup unfinished, but even the completed one wasn’t retrieved in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Er was able to finish it, he was indeed technically proficient!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the late Mr. Luo or You Er, both had obviously grasped some information related to this Sect and were intentionally looking for some of its legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regrettably, the information each had seemed to be incomplete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Luo knew about the excavations and even found the Abyssal Mist, but he didn’t know about using the Golden Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whereas You Er knew about the Golden Cup and even finished making it, but he didn’t discover the anomaly beneath the museum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, neither of them could achieve their ultimate goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Archaeology is not easy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While lamenting, Fu Qian collected both the heavy cup and the piece of parchment paper.\u003C\u002Fp>",1239,"2026-06-03T07:50:25.893Z","2026-06-03T07:50:30.689Z",1,"novelbin.me","e324e45d11a26b1bb1b38f3c0c9b8c4a58701920746e617d0bb371f3d17822c3","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-494","facing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-chapter-492",2389,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffacing-an-ancient-god-for-a-year-cover.jpg"]