403: Chapter 47 The Heavenly Register, the Six Treasuries of Immortal Thieves

Wang Ye sighed and replied, "In the end, I didn't escape; rather, White Sword Immortal honored his promise and stopped pursuing me when his match began, so he could go play his game. Before leaving, he told me that since he had seen my Qimen Formation last time, he cast a divination for me and foresaw that I would run into trouble afterward."

"As repayment for keeping me up all night, he gave me the information he divined."

"There were two pieces of information: first, the trouble would affect my family, and the mastermind was two members of The Ten Elders. Second, to resolve this matter, I needed to find Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao."

Zhang Chulan and Zhuge Qing were startled.

Feng Baobao glanced sideways.

A moment later, Zhang Chulan said, "So, when you posted the commission request to the company, you specifically named me and Sister Baoer to be in charge, and after we started, you directly pointed the investigation towards members of The Ten Elders."

Wang Ye nodded: "That's right."

Zhang Chulan exclaimed: "Damn, White Sword Immortal is incredibly astute!"

Zhuge Qing followed up: "To be able to divine so much content, he is truly extraordinary. I'm suddenly starting to believe that Wang Ai and Lü Ci's mutual slaughter might be related to him."

Wang Ye said, "Whether it's related or not, it doesn't concern me much. Let's get back to the main point: how should I resolve this issue?"

Saying this, he looked toward Zhang Chulan.

Zhang Chulan understood, thought seriously for a moment, and replied, "It's not difficult to resolve your matter. Simply put, it boils down to one phrase—give them a taste of their own medicine."

Then, he explained the specifics.

The method was the same as in the original plot: secretly have someone take photos of the mastermind's family members and send them to them as a threat.

If you mess with my family, I'll mess with yours!

For future safety, they then spent money to hire some people from within the circle as bodyguards.

After hearing this, Wang Ye wasn't entirely in agreement with threatening the other party, but he chose to accept it.

Thus, the group quickly launched into action.

The progression of events was just like the original plot: Zhang Chulan assigned the task of secretly taking photos to the trio from Xiaotaoyuan.

The three were already involved in the grey areas of society, so this task was as easy as turning their hands.

However, due to Wang Ai's death, Zhang Chulan figured that the people Wang Ai had sent would soon withdraw on their own since their backer was gone, so he didn't have the trio target Wang Bing.

Therefore, only Chen Jinkui received the photos and warnings this time.

Chen Jinkui, afraid of harm coming to his granddaughter, had no choice but to withdraw the manpower targeting Wang Ye's family.

Later, Wang Ye, just to be safe, hired Zhuge Qing's brothers at a high salary to act as bodyguards, secretly protecting his family.

With this, the trouble involving Wang Ye's family came to a temporary end.

...

On the other side, Meng Li, after leaving Wang Ai's villa, returned to his own manor alone and shut himself in to study the two Peculiar Skills he had recently acquired.

Heavenly Scroll and Six Treasury Immortal Thief!

Heavenly Scroll is hailed as the pinnacle of Talisman abilities.

The setting for Talismans in the world of under one person is borrowing power from the gods, or rather, from Heaven and Earth. Therefore, under normal circumstances, drawing a Talisman requires setting up an altar and reporting to Heaven and Earth. Since setting up an altar involves many procedures, even a master from the Shangqing Sect, famous for mastering Talismans in The Realm of Extraordinary People, would need several hours to draw a powerful Talisman.

Zheng Zibu of the Shangqing Sect hoped to drastically simplify the drawing of Talismans and thus comprehended Heavenly Scroll.

The most basic ability of Heavenly Scroll is that drawing a Talisman does not require setting up an altar; one can draw the Talisman in the Void Realm using Qi, instantly drawing and using it.

Moreover, the time taken is extremely short, and there is no limit to the quantity.

Advancing further from this foundation leads to Instant Talisman Manifestation—a single thought can generate one or even a large batch of Talismans.

The performance of Lu Jin, who went berserk and bombarded Zhang Zhiwei with Talismans, had reached the level of Instant Talisman Manifestation.

Above Instant Talisman Manifestation is not needing to draw the Talisman at all, but directly borrowing power from Heaven.

Hence, the word 'Heavenly' is the key focus of Heavenly Scroll.

Taking lightning as an example, when Heavenly Scroll reaches the level of direct Heavenly borrowing, if one wishes to use the power of lightning against an enemy, there is no need to draw something like a Five Thunder Talisman; one only needs to recite, "By my command, I announce to Heaven and Earth, borrowing power according to the law, let the lightning come swiftly," to summon lightning from the Void Realm.

Theoretically, if one advances further, they could even summon the legendary Thunder Duke and Lightning Mother to assist.

However, this is only theoretical, as whether the Thunder Duke and Lightning Mother exist in this world is still unknown.

Meng Li guessed that there most likely were not.

Even so, being able to summon lightning from the Void Realm is already extraordinary, let alone the fact that Heavenly Scroll is not limited to lightning Talismans.

And the other Peculiar Skill, Six Treasury Immortal Thief, is hailed as the "Pinnacle of Body Refining"!

The emphasis of this pinnacle of Body Refining is not on making the Physical Body possess incomparably immense strength, but on achieving immortality and never-ending life!

Six Treasury Immortal Thief is also the only one among the Eight Peculiar Skills that directly manifests the effect of never aging and never dying!

It mainly relies on the six organs—large intestine, small intestine, stomach, Sanjiao, gallbladder, and bladder—to create a special absorption and digestion System within the body. Through this System, the user can perfectly digest and absorb anything consumed, decomposing it into Qi for their own use.

Because nutrients can be perfectly taken in, the user hardly ages, their vitality becomes increasingly vigorous, and their body odor disappears.

Advancing further, anything between Heaven and Earth—food, toxins, energy, and even spiritual entities—will be perfectly digested within the Six Treasury System and ultimately converted into pure Qi. On this basis, the user's body will automatically absorb the nourishment from Heaven and Earth for its own use.

As such, the user can feel full without eating and possesses an inexhaustible supply of Qi.

In addition, Six Treasury Immortal Thief can also use its own Qi to decompose and convert the vitality of Heaven and Earth to heal injuries, or even assist others.

This effect allows the user to easily perceive the life force of living beings, becoming attracted to it.

As for the side effect of Six Treasury Immortal Thief, it is precisely a 'negative' result, mainly manifesting on the psychological level.

Being able to feel full without eating means no worries about survival.

Not aging means having a vast amount of time.

Abnormally abundant energy equates to being tireless.

The combination of these three makes it very easy for a person to lose interest in many things.

Without anything to be interested in, over a long period, a person's heart will become hollow. At this point, coupled with the attraction of the life force of those around them, the user is very likely to be tempted to cross the basic bottom line of being human and choose not to be human.

Ruan Feng, the first person to comprehend Six Treasury Immortal Thief, was the first to encounter this problem, and he subsequently chose to cross the line.

Meng Li is not worried about this.

This is because the psychological problem is not unsolvable.

If nothing else, Barron solved it. His method was very simple: adhere to his moral bottom line and not yield to desire. It was precisely because he achieved this that he piqued Ruan Feng's interest, who then passed Six Treasury Immortal Thief on to him.

After learning Six Treasury Immortal Thief, Barron, due to his love for adventure, constantly searched for things that interested him around the world, causing the side effects of Six Treasury Immortal Thief to vanish without a trace.

The reason Ruan Feng fell into the predicament of not being human, in Meng Li's view, was not just because of Six Treasury Immortal Thief.

It was more so because Ruan Feng had stayed in one place for a long time due to past pursuits and his own laziness, and he never sought entertainment.

In such a situation, even a normal person would find life tedious and boring, thus developing psychological issues, let alone an abnormal existence like Ruan Feng.

At the same time, Ruan Feng was born at the wrong time.

If he had been born after the advent of certain short video apps, a mobile phone could have solved this psychological problem.

All sorts of beautiful female streamers, exciting movie and TV show analyses, cooking tutorials, hilarious short skits...

Only those who have scrolled through short videos know the joy they bring.

After thinking about these miscellaneous things, Meng Li began to cultivate Six Treasury Immortal Thief.