Chapter 75: The Plan for the Day Lies in the Morning (5 updates are truly awesome)

Chen Shu was just about to reply when he suddenly heard a knocking sound at the door.

"Knock, knock!"

"Who is it?"

Chen Shu turned his head to look at the door.

No sound came from outside.

Something was wrong.

Chen Shu's eyes flickered, and in an instant, several different thoughts flashed through his mind—

Inferring her style of conduct based on the Nüxia of the Moonlit Night's actions online;

The speculation about her identity from just a moment ago;

The protection provided by his Secret Sect girlfriend;

Several thoughts supported his decision to open the door and take a look, so he got out of bed, asked "Who is it?" once more, and went over to open the door.

"Click!"

The door opened.

The outside was completely empty.

There was only a broken camera lying on the ground.

"..."

Chen Shu fell silent for a moment, picked up the camera, and turned his head to look at the end of the corridor; there had originally been a camera there, but its light was no longer blinking.

Was this meant to be a greeting?

Or a warning not to leak her information?

And how did she find me?

Chen Shu returned to his room and began to think quietly.

Although his personal cultivation was low, his knowledge base was quite vast, and the Spirit Sect itself was the origin of all methods; regardless of the Cultivation System, as long as a certain technique utilized Spirit Power and Rune, the Spirit Sect was your ancestor.

But there were also some methods that did not use Rune.

For example, Qingqing's "guessing," the Daoist gate's ability to perceive things that had already happened, or the Spiritual Sense of a Martial Cultivator or Sword Cultivator—these had nothing to do with Rune and could even be done without Spirit Power.

He didn't understand those.

But could Spiritual Sense detect that one was being watched by a cold camera? It wasn't impossible, but one would at least have to be High-Tier.

Unless she knew Zhao Haojiang's car accident was man-made, knew someone was here to intercept Zhao Haojiang, and also knew that someone was spying during the process of killing Zhao Haojiang, so she kept an eye on the spy's location, and after finishing the job, she actively came over to search and found the camera.

That was relatively more reasonable.

But this also basically confirmed that this person was in the group.

So she hadn't been chasing Zhao Haojiang here; she had been lying in wait nearby in advance. After weighing the options, she chose a position between the two paths that Chen Shu and the Nameless Person were taking, and then, upon receiving the news, she rushed over quickly, naturally arriving faster than the Nameless Person.

One could make a guess.

Who could it be?

While thinking, Chen Shu threw the camera into the trash can; it had cost several hundred yuan, so he felt a bit of a sting.

At this moment, his Mobile Phone vibrated incessantly.

Nameless Person: Junior Sister Qingcai!

Nameless Person: Junior Sister Qingcai, are you okay? @Qingcai Keke

Grandma Always Says: Don't tell me she got slaughtered by that Nüxia while she was at it.

Nameless Person: That won't happen!

Nameless Person: I hope that's not the case!!

It was still a very solemn tone, but he used two exclamation marks, seemingly to emphasize his worry.

He was an honest person.

Chen Shu couldn't bear to tease him anymore.

Qingcai Keke: I'm here.

Qingcai Keke: I just left that place and am on my way.

Grandma Always Says: Do you know that Zhao Haojiang is dead? Did you see who killed him?

Qingcai Keke: I saw you all talking about it.

Qingcai Keke: After I sabotaged Zhao Haojiang's car, I soon saw Senior Brother Nameless flying over. I was afraid of running into him, so I left. But before I left, I did see a figure, seemed to be a woman, carrying a Sword, but I didn't see the details clearly.

Since they were group members, he might as well keep some secrets for her.

Better not reveal information about her figure or mask.

Who knows, maybe she's lurking in the chat.

Grandma Always Says: Then that must be her.

Grandma Always Says: Where are you now?

Grandma Always Says: Nameless, did you call the police?

Qingcai Keke: Almost at Bai City.

Grandma Always Says:???

Qingcai Keke: Haha, just kidding, I'm in a car.

Nameless Person: I did! I called the police as soon as I arrived!

Grandma Always Says: Then you are responsible for liaising with the police. Just say you were looking for him, but he was killed by someone. Just tell the truth, see if you can get the reward money.

Nameless Person: Okay!

Qingcai Keke: Senior Brother Nameless, in order to destroy Zhao Haojiang's car, I drew a few one-time-use Rune on the road. They have already vanished, but there might be residual Spirit Power that could be detected. Could you help me take the blame for that too? I don't want to show my face again, I have a bit of social anxiety.

Anonymous Person: Good!

Qingcai Keke: Thank you, Senior Brother Anonymous!

Anonymous Person: You're welcome!

Grandma Always Says: Haha, I saw you, you idiot. Looking from afar, you look so pathetic.

Qingcai Keke: You are not allowed to say that about Senior Brother Anonymous!

Anonymous Person: Thank you, Junior Sister Qingcai!

Qingcai Keke: You're welcome!

Qingcai Keke: So, the matter has nothing to do with us now, right?

Grandma Always Says: Pretty much. If there's money to be split, you can just wait to receive your share.

Qingcai Keke: That's good. I'm going straight to my boyfriend's place to spend the night. I was scared to death tonight; I need my boyfriend to hold me so I can fall asleep~

Grandma Always Says: /vomit

Anonymous Person: /smile

Chen Shu closed his Mobile Phone and began to think quietly.

He sniffed; there seemed to be a musty smell, and this room didn't look very hygienic either.

Since that was the case...

Chen Shu took his room card, got up, and left the room.

He didn't see the boss downstairs, and this kind of small inn didn't have a front desk clerk either. He thought for a moment, placed the room card on the front desk table, and walked out. As for the one-hundred-yuan deposit, he would just consider it compensation for the boss's surveillance footage.

Ten minutes later.

The boss, who had been scrolling through short videos in the restroom for quite a while, walked out. Seeing the room card on the table, he checked it carefully and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He had picked up two hundred yuan on the floor at the front desk half an hour ago, and now he had gained another one hundred yuan in deposit for nothing.

Today was truly good luck.

It took an hour to get back to the Dormitory from here by subway, with one transfer in between.

When Chen Shu returned to the Dormitory, he happened to see the message Anonymous Person had sent to the group.

Anonymous Person: I just asked the police. The police said that because we were the ones who discovered Zhao Haojiang, although he was already a corpse, as long as the subsequent investigation confirms that Zhao Haojiang's death was not caused by us, there is a high probability that they will still give us that five hundred thousand. However, whether they actually give it or not depends on what the higher-ups say.

Grandma Always Says: Yay!

Qingcai Keke: Yay!

Is this the good luck that Qingqing mentioned?

Anonymous Person: Junior Sister Qingcai, how are you going to spend this money when you get it?

Qingcai Keke: Top up my boyfriend's account to buy skins and games, save the rest, and buy him a Game Capsule for his birthday next year.

Anonymous Person: I'm envious!

Anonymous Person: What about you, Grandma?

Grandma Always Says: I'm going to buy my girlfriend a bag.

Qingcai Keke: Senior Brother Grandma, you found a girlfriend?

Grandma Always Says: Yeah! I told you!

Grandma Always Says: I keep my word!

Grandma Always Says: I randomly picked a girl from among my thousands of admirers. She's so pretty, prettier than a celebrity. Only then is she barely worthy of me.

Chen Shu expressed doubt. Could there really be someone in this world more handsome than himself?

Qingcai Keke: /suspicious

Grandma Always Says: What's with that expression?

Qingcai Keke: You aren't lying to us, are you?

Grandma Always Says: Would I lie to you?

Qingcai Keke: Then send us a photo to see. I want to see if you really found a girlfriend and if your girlfriend is as good-looking as I am.

Grandma Always Says: You say send it, so I send it?

Qingcai Keke: Alright, case closed, it's a lie.

Grandma Always Says:!!

Grandma Always Says: I'll sneak a photo for you tomorrow!

Qingcai Keke: Don't send a picture from the internet, okay?

Grandma Always Says: Am I that kind of person?

Anonymous Person: I'm so envious of you all, you both have partners.

Qingcai Keke: If Senior Brother Anonymous wants to find a girlfriend, it should be easy, right?

Anonymous Person: Sigh.

Qingcai Keke: /confused

Anonymous Person: /tears

Qingcai Keke: Don't worry, Senior Brother Anonymous, there will always be one eventually.

Anonymous Person: Thank you, Junior Sister Qingcai!

Qingcai Keke: Just call me Qingcai.

Anonymous Person: Good! /fist-and-palm salute

Qingcai Keke: Not chatting anymore, not chatting anymore. I'm going to take a shower; my boyfriend can't wait.

Grandma Always Says: I'm going to take a shower too; my girlfriend can't wait.

Qingcai Keke:...

The next morning.

It seemed to be another sunny day.

Chen Shu got up very early, pushed the door open to walk onto the balcony, and leaned on the railing to glance downward.

There was very little snow left on the ground, only some in shaded areas like the edges of grass patches or under trees; the snow on the roads had long since been cleared away.

A few students had bought ham sausages and dried fish, and were crouching low, respectfully offering tribute to the building bully.

Chen Shu smiled at the sight.

He walked along the balcony to the room next door and sensed the movement inside Meng Chunqiu's room; he seemed to still be asleep, so Chen Shu did not hesitate, raised his hand, and pounded on the door.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Ugh, Brother Chen... what is it..."

"Brother Meng! It's daylight! Are you awake?"

"Ugh, it's still early."

"Get up quickly and recite poetry for me!"

"There is no poetry to recite..."

"Get up quickly, it's time for class!"

"Sigh, getting up now..."

"Hurry up!"

Only then did Chen Shu satisfiedly withdraw his gaze.

It was a beautiful day.

He walked out to start washing up; halfway through, Meng Chunqiu came in, squeezed past him, stood with him to brush his teeth, and even held some resentment toward him.

Resentment is good; the more you resent me, the happier I am.

Chen Shu finished washing up feeling pleased, grabbed his books, notebook, and pen, stood at the door waiting for Meng Chunqiu and Jiang Lai, and went to the cafeteria together to eat a bowl of noodles. Walking out of the cafeteria, they merged into the crowd of early-rising students; this feeling was great, everyone was rushing toward their studies.

Today's class was "History of Traditional Cultivation and Cultivation System."

They were still lecturing on ancient cultivation history.

The lean teacher said: "At that time, our country generally used Basic Runes and some First-level Runes. The number of runes was small, and the Cultivators of that time gave each rune a unique single-syllable name, which was equivalent to giving them a pronunciation, making these runes like characters that could be read aloud."

"This was to facilitate memorization."

"Because the Thousand Machine Art had not been invented yet, Cultivators had to firmly memorize the runes used in a Spell."

"The Spells at that time were also very simple and involved few runes; the runes for a small technique could be memorized in a few short sounds or a sentence or two."

"Reading them aloud became the incantation."

"Because these incantations were not language, their combinations lacked regularity, and they were often very awkward to read, but remembering the pronunciation was still better than remembering the images."

"When encountering complex Spells where the runes were very long, what did they do? They would do as some modern students do when memorizing texts or long poems: they would only take the pronunciation of the first rune of each section to memorize, and then memorize each section separately."

"Some would also coordinate this with suggestion methods, hand seals, and other ways, all to better memorize the Spells."

"Now that there are more and more runes, these methods no longer work, and at the same time, due to the appearance of the Thousand Machine Art, they are no longer needed. Everyone knows that we now use the pronunciation of Basic Runes plus a numbering system to label First-level, Second-level, and Third-level Runes, so I won't say much more about that."

These were all basic knowledge that most students already knew.

Chen Shu still often came to attend this course because the teacher would sometimes talk about the Cultivation System, and he was interested in that.

So, after thinking for a moment, he raised his hand, and once the teacher noticed him, he politely asked: "Teacher, I have always been curious; many abilities in the Buddhist Sect and Daoist cultivation systems are not realized by relying on runes. What is the principle behind this?"