Chapter 130

Elosia City, the heart of the Kingdom, was currently bathed in the afternoon sun.

Inside the towering city walls, the wide stone-paved streets were crowded with people and carriages.

The noise and prosperity formed a stark contrast to the disheveled state of the several days of trekking in the wilderness.

The mansion bestowed upon Jie Ming by Otto-Lei-Ke III was located in the middle-tier noble district of the Royal Capital. Although not luxurious, it covered a large area, with pavilions and towers all available.

The mansion gate was tightly closed, appearing calm, but in some unknown corners, several pairs of eyes were staring dead at every move inside the house through imperceptible monitoring arrays.

These were surveillance personnel dispatched by the palace.

In their view, this "Lord Jack" had a mysterious origin and heaven-defying abilities. Although the King had praised him extensively, he had never relaxed his vigilance.

"The target person's performance today is normal." A monitor wearing a standard robe whispered to the crystal ball. His gaze penetrated the phantom of the crystal ball, looking at Jie Ming's figure in the study at this moment.

In the crystal ball, Jie Ming was sitting at the desk in the bedroom, holding his chin with one hand and tossing a few copper coins casually with the other.

The copper coins flew in the air, making a crisp clashing sound, then accurately fell back into his palm or scattered on the desktop.

The rhythmic metallic clashing sound even made the monitoring personnel feel a bit sleepy. After all, since arriving at this mansion, he would spend some time every day doing this kind of "boring" act.

"It's been almost a week. Besides fiddling with those small coins every day, he's either reading or going out for a walk." Because the work was too boring and tedious, another monitor yawned impatiently.

"Is he too careful? Or is this the norm for orc spies? Just arrived in a new environment, not daring to act rashly?"

"Who knows? His Majesty the King said that this Jack has an unknown origin and might be a spy sent by the orcs. The five legends of Golden Port all fell, and he could bring that group of nobles back alive, which itself is strange." The previous monitor frowned, "Caution is never wrong. Even if he is just an ordinary adventurer, such a level of powerhouse is worth our investment in manpower to monitor."

"Sigh... really boring." The young monitor complained. Although his eyes were still fixed on the monitoring screen, their spirits began to become a bit slack unknowingly.

And at this moment, Jie Ming, who was "boring" in the monitor's mouth, was looking at the copper coins scattered on the desktop, the corners of his mouth curling into an imperceptible arc.

He raised his hand, gathered all the copper coins into his palm, and tossed them up lightly again.

The copper coins fell with a clatter, forming an obscure and difficult-to-understand hexagram.

"The way of divination... it's still quite useful in this kind of environment." Jie Ming whispered in his heart, his fingertips brushing over a copper coin, a trace of complexity flashing in his eyes.

With Jie Ming's interest in the Cultivation civilization, he had naturally learned this special technique of divination. Although he hadn't studied it deeply, he didn't think he was bad at it.

When he was in the Nolen No. 13 plane, he rarely used this kind of cultivator's method.

Mainly because the Nolen plane and the Nolen Workshop itself belonged to the Wizard civilization, and the nine-level wizards in the Wizard civilization were too powerful.

The contract signed when he first enrolled was not just a contract with the Nolen Academy. Besides the contract regarding military service, a large part of the contract described that the person signing the contract could not betray the Wizard civilization in any form.

This mandatory contract signed at the beginning of cultivation was basically one of the foundations for the Wizard civilization to conquer multiple planes.

But in order to ensure that wizards would not be squeezed for any intelligence once captured, these contracts were directly linked to nine-level wizards.

So theoretically, every wizard had an indirect causal relationship with a nine-level wizard.

This made Jie Ming very helpless.

The way of divination, seemingly mysterious, actually involves a lot. If one is not careful and touches the cause and effect of a nine-level wizard, that is seeking one's own death.

What's more, the way of divination is essentially the use of the world's origin. When first arriving at a new plane, knowing nothing about the plane's rules, it is impossible to perform.

In many cases, it is far less direct and effective than directly hiring a fate-type wizard to help calculate.

But at this moment, in this situation of being monitored inside and out, the way of divination shows its unique convenience.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, he is just bored and fiddling with coins, without any abnormality.

When he was in Golden Port, he had already begun to meticulously sense and study the heaven and earth rules of the Elosia Plane, the trend of spiritual veins, and the complex aura in the mortal faith network.

Through the research of the previous two months, Jie Ming had a profound understanding of the rules of this world, and he could finally use this unknown method of divination.

Just now, with the help of divination, he accurately calculated the only monitoring blind spot of this mansion.

Actually, it couldn't be considered a monitoring blind spot, because the professionals who set up the array wouldn't make such a mistake.

Strictly speaking, that was just the visual blind spot of the monitoring personnel.

It was a visual point that monitoring personnel would subconsciously ignore for various reasons at specific times and orientations.

"Time, it's about time." Jie Ming's gaze flashed.

He got up seemingly bored, left the bedroom, and walked toward the study on the other side.

His movements were natural and smooth, no different from the previous few days.

While passing through the corridor, his hand flicked slightly.

In the crystal ball of the monitoring personnel, Jie Ming was still under their monitoring, walking into the study to find a book and sitting down to read.

But in the mansion, the corners of Jie Ming's mouth curled into a wanton smile.

Because just now, he used his wizarding tool to set up an exquisite illusion in the entire study area.

There are many types of monitoring spells in the mansion, and it is quite difficult to invade them one by one.

And the various servants in the mansion can also be considered eyes and ears; simply changing the monitoring is meaningless.

Therefore, directly using illusion to simulate his activities in the study is the most convenient and concealed way.

Servants didn't dare to enter the study without his permission; after all, in this world, books are quite valuable property.

And in the eyes of the monitoring personnel outside, Jie Ming would continue to be in their "line of sight," continuing his daily reading, walking, and even continuing to play with those copper coins.

Looking at the several monitoring points covered by the illusion, Jie Ming smiled, and the door closed softly.

He could finally act for real.

From the space expansion bag, Jie Ming continuously took out various materials—rune stones shining with faint light, sheepskin scrolls exuding elemental aura, and even several metal parts refined by special methods.

He carefully placed these materials in the center of the room and began to install them according to the instructions.

A few days later, night fell, and the palace was brightly lit.

A grand welcome banquet was being held to welcome the orc, elf, and dwarf delegations from afar.

Jie Ming, in the capacity of "Kingdom Special Consultant," wore a well-fitting noble dress, shuttling through the crowd of mingling people.

He wore a decent smile on his face, occasionally chatting with various nobles, ministers, and priests, collecting information from various sources.

"Consultant Jack, your heroic deeds have spread throughout the Royal Capital. You are the hero of the Kingdom!" A fat duke raised his glass in praise, his eyes carrying a trace of awe and curiosity.

"Thank you for the kindness of His Majesty and everyone." Jie Ming returned the smile, but his heart was calm.

Looking at the scene before him, Jie Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

The various desires and emotions of the nobles also turned into complex red-dust energy, silently absorbed by the talisman seal in his dantian.

Just at this moment, his body stiffened imperceptibly.

Perhaps it was because the frequency of using divination recently was too high, which caused some wonderful changes in his perception, Jie Ming suddenly captured a few strands of abnormal aura.

These strands of aura had no change compared to the surroundings, but they carried a fluctuation that made him feel threatened in the dark.

Being able to make him feel threatened meant that the strength of these people was extremely strong, and they should have already exceeded Tier 2 living beings.

But the fact was that the number of legends in the entire banquet was extremely rare, and each one was in a quite conspicuous position, which did not match the area Jie Ming perceived.

Most importantly, although the other party's strength could make him feel threatened, Jie Ming had a feeling of a sudden whim.

He didn't know what this sudden whim specifically represented yet, but judging from the feeling, it shouldn't be anything dangerous.

Based on curiosity, Jie Ming's gaze quietly searched in the crowd, and finally located the source of these strands of aura.

The first one was a dazzling female elf in the elf delegation.

The other party possessed stunning beauty and an elegant temperament, attracting the gazes of countless nobles.

Her smile was perfect, but Jie Ming felt that she faintly exuded a sharpness that did not match her noble temperament, as if she were a wolf in sheep's clothing.

On the other side, in the orc delegation, a rough and heroic orc warrior was eating meat and shouting loudly.

His language was vulgar, his temperament was reckless, and his whole body exuded wildness.

And there was another one in the dwarf delegation, a female dwarf who looked heroic and rough was holding a wine barrel and drinking heavily. Except for that beard that was more eye-catching, she looked completely unremarkable.

These three happened to be people in the alien delegations.

"Strange..."

Jie Ming observed secretly for a period of time. Although he didn't dare to observe too carefully for fear of startling the snake, he temporarily didn't find any connection between these people and himself.

"Divination? Forget it, forget it, better not seek death."

After all, this world has gods. Those who can make him feel threatened at the Tier 1 living being stage are likely related to gods.

If he accidentally calculates the god behind the other party, Jie Ming could perform a sudden death on the spot.

"Tsk, wait and see."

On the other side, the nobles became restless. Jie Ming glanced to the side, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"The disciple of that sage? I didn't expect such a big shot to come to this banquet..."

Jie Ming shook his head, put on a smile, and integrated back into the banquet.

(End of chapter)