They can't exactly ask a demigod to sit and protect them, can they?
Demigods have more important things to do. What demigod is as idle as Qing's shadow?
The shadowy figure who had caused such chaos now sat by the campfire, looking expectantly at Qing Chen: "Take a look. If you can't find what you're looking for here, then you probably really won't find it."
Qing Chen remained silent for a long time before saying, "Thank you."
After he finished speaking, he and Yangyang began to sift through all the materials.
When Yangyang picked up the first one, she was stunned for a moment: "This paper, is it a copy of the lyrics? I've seen the song title in the real world. Isn't this a song that was just released a few years ago?"
The fact that lyrics of a song, which had been collected by a conglomerate for nearly a thousand years, actually contained the lyrics of a song from just a few years ago is itself very strange.
Moreover, at the end of the lyrics, someone wrote the author's name: Ren He.
Qing Chen pondered, "Isn't that the name of the founder of the Knights Organization?"
Recalling the speculations made in Prison No. 18, Li Shutong said that the founder had left behind several pieces of music, such as Canon and Farewell...
At that time, Qing Chen was speculating whether the founder of Knights was someone who traveled from the surface world to the inner world, and then brought the surface world's music to the inner world, becoming a plagiarist.
Now...it's confirmed!
Qing Chen was both amused and exasperated. It seemed that the founder of the Knights was indeed a time traveler, and had only just arrived a few years ago.
This is just too shameless! They actually plagiarized a song and put their own name on it.
No wonder the author of the English version of "Jin Ping Mei" is also Ren He.
The conglomerate found this piece of paper, on which they could only understand the two characters 'Ren He'. Ren He was the founder of the Knights organization, so the conglomerate thought that the paper contained some great secret, and thus kept it until now.
After all, in the inner world, anything associated with the name Ren He throughout history has been a momentous event.
Ren He probably never imagined that his actions back then would cause so much confusion for the conglomerate today.
This conglomerate is truly a victim of injustice...
Qing Chen threw the paper into the campfire: "Ahem, this is a secret of our Knights organization, let it disappear."
Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing if more people found out...
"It's no use."
"It's no use."
"This won't work either."
As Qingchen and Yangyang continued their search, Yingzi grew restless. Had the Chen family, Shendai, and Kashima not found anything useful either?
Those three conglomerates are utterly useless...
At this moment, Xiao Mengqian picked out a piece of calligraphy from the messy documents beside her: "Boss, the writing on this piece of paper is so strange."
Qing Chen looked over and was immediately stunned: "Yun Zhuan?"
The term "cloud seal script," also known as "phoenix script," is a general term that includes bird seal script, insect seal script, and gold seal script.
Therefore, a single seal character may have many different ways of being written.
The only thing they have in common is that they were specifically used by Taoists to write down their classic texts.
The paper in front of us is written in... Immortal Seal script.
Qingchen had seen records of Yunzhuan online, but his understanding of it was not comprehensive.
There are a total of 281 characters on the entire sheet of paper.
Qingchen could only recognize the ten characters above: "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable".
These ten characters have been explained online.
'Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable' is a deity revered in Taoism, and is the incarnation of the Antarctic Longevity Emperor. As the highest heavenly deity of the Thunder Department, he oversees a complex organization of thunder gods, headquartered in the Divine Firmament Jade Purity Palace, which includes three provinces and nine departments, thirty-six inner courts and departments, the East and West Huatai, the Mysterious Pavilion and Wonderful Pavilion, four palaces and six courtyards, and various other departments and bureaus.
Qing Chen felt a chill run down his spine at the thought; could he have actually found some kind of cultivation inheritance?
However, to find out what the full text actually says and how to punctuate it for cultivation, one would probably have to seek out the old Taoist priests in the real world.
Chapter 623, The Golden Family, Zheng Yuandong
In Taoist thought.
Thunder is the pivot of Yin and Yang, the root of all things.
Qingchen knew that what was written on this paper must be very important. Taoists wouldn't use the Immortal's Seal script to write something that wasn't particularly important.
We've found the treasure!
Just then, as Qing Chen stared intently at the contents of the paper, the lightning within his body began to surge uncontrollably.
He was somewhat taken aback. How could this thing be so strange? He hadn't even understood what the Taoist text was saying, yet it had already stirred up the thunderous power within him!
Previously, he was still pondering how to advance the level of the lightning within his body.
The advancement of an Awakened One depends more on the right opportunity, but he can't just kill his superiors or relatives like Shen Daiyunhe to continue his awakening.
Yangyang asked curiously from the side, "Is it useful?"
Qing Chen nodded: "It's useful."
Yangyang's eyes lit up: "What does it say on it?"
Qing Chen shook his head: "It's not clear yet. The characters are in the Immortal Seal script. We'll have to go back and find someone to translate them."
Zard, who was standing nearby, suddenly asked, "What's the relationship between 'Fairy Tale' and 'Fairy Trap'?"
Qing Chen: "...It's alright."
At this moment.
“Congratulations, you’re really lucky,” Shadow said with a smile. “I had almost given up hope, but you actually found something useful.”
But Qingchen shook his head: "It's not luck."
There is a demigod brother who is willing to use the full power of the Qing Clan to mobilize a huge force to search the entire world and collect all the cultural relics and information of the Federation.
When he has all the world's cultural relics and information in his hands, the probability of him acquiring a certain item changes from accidental to inevitable.
That wasn't luck.
Or perhaps, his luck wasn't in finding the information.
Instead, she has an older brother.
Qingchen looked at the shadow and said earnestly and solemnly, "Thank you."
Shadow paused for a moment, then waved his hand: "No need to thank me, it was just a quick thing, no trouble at all."
...
...
In a small bar in City 22, Zheng Yuandong and Lu Yuan were sitting side by side.
Lu Yuan whispered, "Boss, have you seen the news circulating online? It's about the Shadow Group robbing three conglomerates. Apparently, they stole the cultural relics and books they were keeping. There were also rumors on the black market that the Qing family's Shadow Group was looking for ancient texts from the civilization before that."
Zheng Yuandong glanced at him and said, "Just say what you want to say."
"Boss, do you think this might be related to Qingchen?" Lu Yuan asked curiously.
Zheng Yuandong shook his head: "No need to guess, it must be related. I suspect that Qing Chen is searching for a possible cultivation inheritance. It seems that the reason he didn't agree to give me the Zhunti Dharma was because of this. I didn't expect... that Shadow would make such a fierce move."
From an outsider's perspective, Qing Chen is Shadow's subordinate, so there's no reason for Qing Chen to make Shadow go to such lengths.
Even Zheng Yuandong and his colleagues couldn't understand this.
Lu Yuan whispered, "If the Shadow is really looking for a cultivation inheritance for him, then isn't Qing Chen's identity a bit too strange? He's the Shadow of the Qing Clan, yet he's looking for cultivation techniques for him..."
Zheng Yuandong continued, "Whether this matter has anything to do with Qingchen depends on whether he can offer us something to trade after his return. Shadow doesn't act rashly; he's a very cautious person, so I suspect... his time is running out."
Only those nearing death can act so freely and unrestrainedly, no longer caring about worldly opinions or how other forces might speculate; they only need to be happy themselves.
This is clearly the mindset of someone who is about to die.
Zheng Yuandong said, "I'm more concerned about something else now. The Bystander Organization has discovered that the Chen family's army group has been moving towards that area under the guise of an exercise. Just now, someone witnessed Chen Yu, the demigod of the Chen family, riding a blue ox and flying into the sky, leaving City Seven."
Lu Yuan was taken aback: "Didn't you say he wouldn't leave that place easily?"
After the demigod Chika Kamishiro fell, Chen Yu returned directly to City 7 and secluded himself, spending his days engrossed in painting and ignoring all other affairs.
Now, everyone who wants to visit Chen Yu is turned away.
There's only one reason: I need to paint.
To ordinary people, this demigod seemed to have a leisurely and refined taste.
However, in Zheng Yuandong's view, this clearly shows that they know a major battle is imminent and are conserving their energy and actively preparing for war.
You should know that Chen Yu's paintings were used to kill people.
At this moment, several people walked into the bar, and the leader was none other than Zhang Qinghuan and Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi smiled and said to the bar owner, "It's time to pay the protection fee this month."
In the past, bar owners would always look worried when gangs came to collect protection money.
However, Lu Yuan, who was watching from the side, was surprised to find that when Xiao Qi and his group were collecting protection money, the bar owner said with a smile, "Xiao Qi is here. The money is all ready for you. Why don't you sit down and have a couple of drinks? I just bought some draft beer, it's really refreshing."
Xiao Qi took the envelope, smiled and waved her hand: "I won't drink it now, I still have dozens of protection fees to collect."
Lu Yuan whispered to Zheng Yuandong, "Boss, why are they so harmonious when they're collecting protection money?"
Zheng Yuandong said, "Because the people from the Parents' Association are actually doing real work here. In the past, the clubs only collected protection fees, but they didn't actually protect you. If you say here that you are protected by the art club, even drunkards won't dare to skip out on their bills or cause trouble. Moreover, the entire Lower Three Districts are different now. Recently, even people from the Fifth District have come here to drink because it's safe."
The safety index of the three lower districts of city number 22 has been maxed out by the parents' meeting.
The student union established by the parents' association here has turned all the student organizations into one big family, with Luo Wanya and Xiaoqi behind them.
There are still all the student clubs, but the only people who make the decisions are the parents' committee.
There are patrols here at night now. No matter where the incident happens, as long as you call the Community Federation hotline, someone will come to resolve the dispute within 10 minutes.
Therefore, the lower three districts achieved a level of public order that the fourth, fifth, and sixth districts could not.
People from neighboring districts no longer go anywhere else to drink at night; they come to the Lower Three Districts instead.