Chapter 106: Leaving Ting Gen

After leaving the Asylum, Lei Ke Dun aimlessly walked down the street, always feeling that something was off, but he couldn't pinpoint what. Tu Ba Ge listlessly lowered its head and trailed at Lei Ke Dun's feet.

"I think I forgot something."

Lei Ke Dun murmured suddenly, as if deep in thought. But he truly couldn't recall what he had forgotten.

After carefully sorting through all the information in his mind, Lei Ke Dun finally identified the issue:

"I forgot to make contact with Ke Lai En—no, I didn't even think of it. Even if I saw him, I only glanced, then left immediately."

When he had just left Wei Lai Hao, Lei Ke Dun intended to find a chance to meet Ke Lai En and then decide his next course of action. But now, he had inexplicably set the matter aside, as if it were insignificant.

Lei Ke Dun's mood plummeted to rock bottom; this tactic was too reminiscent of the Extraordinary Ones from the spectator path. And, as a Keeper of Knowledge, he inherently harbored hatred before that being.

"I can only hope that during the transaction at Mo Er Si Jiao Tang with Pa Lie Si, the goddess took notice, and He smoothed out my corresponding emotions and desires."

Lei Ke Dun let out an uneasy sigh in his heart. He couldn't help but look up at the sky above; no sudden dark clouds blocked his view, nor any birds intruded.

"Fine, TV is all lies; there's no revelation just by looking up."

Lei Ke Dun muttered a retort in his mind.

He stood there hesitating for a while, then finally decided to temporarily leave Ting Gen.

"Boss, what are you looking at?"

Tu Ba Ge at his feet mimicked the action, looking up at the sky.

"We'll return to the inn, pack our luggage, and head straight to Bei Ke Lan De."

After speaking, Lei Ke Dun, without waiting for Tu Ba Ge's response, bent down, lifted its cloak, and together they slipped through the spirit realm, leaving the spot.

After traversing the spirit realm back to the inn's room, Lei Ke Dun quickly packed his belongings into a leather suitcase, then carried the rabbit, which was already lying on the floor, to the front desk to check out.

Leaving the inn, Lei Ke Dun found a relatively secluded corner and once again used spirit‑realm travel to depart the city.

Reappearing, Lei Ke Dun's figure arrived in a bustling city.

Rows upon rows of houses bore the Lu En style. Crowds of people and horse‑drawn carriages filled the streets, interspersed with odd machines. Thick fog shrouded the sky, and towering smokestacks could be seen.

No one noticed a figure carrying a leather suitcase and a cloaked rabbit silently blending into the crowd.

Lei Ke Dun listened to the murmurs of passersby, the cries of newsboys and vendors, feeling the vitality of the capital of Ten Thousand Cities.

He flagged down a carriage by the roadside: "To Qiao Wu De Qu, Mingsike Jie."

Arriving at Mingsike Jie by carriage, Lei Ke Dun rented the house opposite No. 15 with additional compensation and a higher price.

The house wasn't large, but it had two floors plus an attic, more than enough for Lei Ke Dun and his lone rabbit.

After signing the lease with the landlord, paying a month's rent and deposit, and receiving the keys, Lei Ke Dun officially moved into the new house.

Having endured repeated spirit‑realm jumps, Tu Ba Ge was still jittery, so Lei Ke Dun placed it on a nearby sofa to rest.

"I should look for the next small animal; I've even prepared the necromancer's potion ingredients, but how can an animal act as a necromancer?" Lei Ke Dun hesitated, realizing an animal likely couldn't properly handle corpses.

"You stay at home and rest; I'm stepping out," Lei Ke Dun said, ignoring Tu Ba Ge's response, and slipped through the spirit realm out of the room.

Reappearing, Lei Ke Dun arrived at a countryside cemetery.

Since he was preparing the necromancer's potion, Lei Ke Dun thought animals that often roamed near cemeteries might be more suitable.

"Unfortunately, the bodies buried here have undergone the Church's baptism, so no corpse‑mutation possibilities exist, and the cemetery hardly gathers any death energy; the Church is quite strict about this," Lei Ke Dun sighed, observing the pristine surroundings.

Lei Ke Dun aimlessly circled the cemetery; not only were there no suitable small animals for cultivating Extraordinary beings, but he saw hardly any ordinary critters at all.

Finding his proactive search unfruitful, Lei Ke Dun broke off a branch from a nearby street tree, tossed it, and proceeded in the direction it pointed.

While continuously flinging branches, he silently whispered, "The animal I seek."

Following the ever‑thrown branches, Lei Ke Dun gradually moved away from the cemetery, eventually reaching the vicinity of the Bei Ke Lan De Bridge Area.

The number of vagrants and beggars around increased noticeably; Lei Ke Dun furrowed his brow, puzzled why his divination pointed to the Bei Ke Lan De Bridge Area.

"Although many here are near death or already dead, I'm looking for an animal!" Lei Ke Dun murmured.

"Sir, do you need a guide?" a rag‑clad boy of about twelve or thirteen blocked Lei Ke Dun's path.

The moment he saw the boy, Lei Ke Dun instinctively analyzed his demeanor, movements, and gaze.

"A thief, a scammer, organized, a repeat offender—not worthy of sympathy," quickly flashed through his mind.

Lei Ke Dun restrained the emotion in his eyes and coldly said, "No need."

He then sidestepped past the clearly malnourished boy.

"Sir, I'm cheap; three copper pennies and I can take you all around the Bei Ke Lan De Bridge Area."

The boy jogged a few steps and blocked Lei Ke Dun again.

"I don't need to tour the entire Bei Ke Lan De Bridge Area; why don't you try leaving it?"

Lei Ke Dun shook his head, refusing again.

"Me!"

The boy froze, about to say something else.

But Lei Ke Dun gave him no chance to speak, stepped over him again, and followed the spiritual guidance forward.

"Sir! Sir! Two copper pennies, just..."

The boy behind still shouted, but Lei Ke Dun didn't look back, continuing forward.

Periodically tossing a small branch, Lei Ke Dun weaved through the Bei Ke Lan De Bridge Area according to the divination's guidance.

He finally stopped in front of a bakery.

Lei Ke Dun looked at the shop with some puzzlement; there was nothing special, and even using his secret‑eye perception, he detected nothing.

"Owner, a bag of white bread."

Lei Ke Dun still decided to approach.

The owner, with graying hair and dark skin, looked up at Lei Ke Dun with surprise, then averted his gaze.

In the Bei Ke Lan De Bridge Area, few people buy white bread; for the locals, it's a luxury.

"Eight copper pennies," the owner said hoarsely.

Leikeddun cheerfully took out a one-Su Le note, handed it to the boss, and quickly received a bag of white bread and four copper pennies that the boss returned.

Leikeddun put the returned copper pennies into his clothing pocket, then glanced at the bag of white bread in his hand, finding nothing special about it.

"So why did my divination point here?"

Leikeddun was a bit unable to understand the divination result.

He had originally wanted to walk over to a chair and sit down to think carefully, but after glancing at the surroundings, Leikeddun gave up that idea.

Opening the paper bag holding the white bread, he still found nothing special. Leikeddun simply took out a piece of bread and bit into it.

It was a bit hard, the texture not great, but it was far better than the bread mixed with sand and wheat husks that most poor people ate.

A black shadow swiftly lunged forward, snatched the white bread that Leikeddun had taken a bite of, and flew away.

Leikeddun didn't react in time, and the white bread in his hand was truly snatched away by a crow.

Watching the crow's swiftly fleeing silhouette, Leikeddun's eyes were instantly suffused with a blue-white fluorescence.

"Intimidate!" a draconic word was uttered.

The crow hovering in midair seemed to have suffered a terrifying blow, and it fell straight down.

"A Sequence Five extraordinary being actually had his bread snatched from his hand by an ordinary crow, letting people know this will become a black mark in my life."

Leikeddun walked toward the direction where the crow fell while muttering to himself.

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(Chapter complete)