Spiritual Recovery: Gamification of Reality

Chapter 122: The Price of the Divination Art

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The cute doll with a kitchen knife in its hand had red eyes. It waved the knife aggressively, trying its best to break free from Xu Bail s palm and rush into the building in front of it.

Xu Bai held the doll with one hand and looked up with the other.

Not far ahead was a steel mill located in the old city area near the Taiwu River, but it had been abandoned for policy reasons ten years ago.

Xu Bai let go of his right hand and let the doll in his hand fall to the ground.

The moment the cute doll landed on the ground, its feet seemed to zoom off like the wheels of a motorbike. Vroom! It waved the kitchen knife in its hand and ran into the abandoned steelworks factory that no one had been in for years in the blink of an eye. Even the security guards around the area had been removed.

Xu Bai followed the it.

After a while.

The doll went directly to the steelworks factory’s dormitory, but it was abandoned. Outside, it looked like a haunted house. The doll rushed in.

The next second.

A cry of surprise came from the third floor of the dormitory building.

“What is this… Ahh!”

“Catch him!”

“He cut me!”

“Hurry! ” “I’ve got him!”

“Bang!”

Xu Bai stopped at the entrance of the staircase from the first floor to the second floor. Feeling the broken floor, he raised his head and looked at the second floor.

In an instant.

His gaze collided with a man holding his right arm and a man holding his figurine. [Name: Zhang San]

[Level: 23]

[Sect: Great Desolate World’s Holy Sect.]

[Friendliness: o]

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[Level: 23]

[Sect: Great Desolate World’s Holy Sect]

[Friendliness: o]

Their six eyes met. They were instantly speechless.

The next second.

Two pairs returned to their senses.

Zhang San and Li Si looked at Xu Bai, who had suddenly appeared at the staircase. After coming back to their senses, they looked at each other and looked at Xu Bai.

“You are…”

“Bang!”

THUMP!

In a room on the fourth floor, Zuo Lei, who was healing his injuries, heard the commotion outside and could not help but open his eyes. He looked at a disciple of the Holy Sect who was standing in the room to protect him. “Go outside and take a look.”

The disciple of the Holy Sect nodded and walked towards the door.

Open the door.

A cute doll instantly appeared in front of him.

The next second.

The kitchen knife in the doll’s hand rose and fell, stabbing the Holy Sect disciple in the chest.

The disciples of the Holy Sect were stunned at first. They looked at the cute doll in front of them, then their gaze gradually moved up and landed on the handsome face holding the cute doll. Immediately after, they felt a cramp in their chest. Then, their eyes rolled back and they fell back with a thud.

Xu Bai retracted the doll and looked at the kitchen knife with some heart fragments on it. He frowned and threw the doll to the side. Then, he stepped over the corpse under his feet with his right foot and walked into the room. His gaze fell on Zuo Lei, who was sitting cross-legged on a futon. He assumed a cultivation posture and quickly recovered from his injuries.

Zuo Lei stood up subconsciously.

Xu Bai smiled and slightly pressed his right hand.

“Sit down. Don’t get up. It’s not good if your injuries are too serious.”

Zuo Lei hesitated for a moment before sitting cross-legged again and quickly recovering from his injuries. He looked at Xu Bai, who had crossed his arms and was sizing up the room after saying this, and said in a deep voice, “Who are you?”

Xu Bai found a chair that looked very clean. His eyes lit up and he pulled it over. He leaned against the chair and sat down. When he heard Zuo Lei’s question, he smiled and looked at Zuo Lei. He lowered his head and took off his mask. “You know me?”

Zuo Lei looked at Xu Bai, who had taken off his mask, and his pupils constricted. He subconsciously stood up again.

“It’s you!”

“Sit down.”

Xu Bai raised his right hand and his Internal Breath circulated. The phantom of a golden palm pressed down on Zuo Lei’s shoulder and pressed him back to his original position. “Treat your injuries well. At the same time, answer a few of my questions.”

This time, he did not want to repeat the same mistake.

Fighting was fine.

It was fine even if he died.

First, she would answer his questions. Then, she would see if she had to kill or torture him.

Zuo Lei’s gaze was erratic.

Xu Bai ignored him.

“Zuo Lei, male, 42 years old, from Xinzhou. 21 years ago, he was wanted for kidnapping Su Ruyu. During the process, he jumped into the river and disappeared.”

Xu Bai looked at Zuo Lei and briefly told him about Zuo Lei. Then, he said,

“Now, I know who you are. I also know that you probably came last night for Su Meng. You wanted to kidnap Su Meng. Why? She’s your daughter.”

Zuo Lei’s expression turned dark when he heard Xu Bail s words. He looked up at Xu Bai and said coldly, “She’s not my daughter.”

Xu Bai raised his eyebrows.

He had said that on purpose just now because he wanted to see how Zuo Lei would answer.

‘But…

This answer was actually not what Xu Bai wanted to hear.

Ding!

[Change of tasks, activate the third segment of the chain of tasks.] [Mission Name: Uninvited Guest—Su Meng’s Background.]

[Mission Difficulty: S]

[Mission description: “You found Zuo Lei and found out why he kidnapped someone. But are you sure that what you know is the truth? Find out.]

[Mission Reward: Character Experience – 20,000, Skill Experience – 20,000, Game Currency – 20,000]

Accepted!

Xu Bai looked at the third mission that popped up after completing it. When he came back to his senses, he chose to accept it. Then, he looked at Zuo Lei and frowned. “If it’s not your daughter, then whose is it?”

A trace of pain flashed across Zuo Lei’s face, but he did not say anything. He only glanced at Xu Bai and snorted. “If you want to kill me, then kill me. Don’t be hypocritical. You were sent by Su Bancheng to silence me, right? Where is he? Why didn’t he come to see me?”

Xu Bai shook his head. “I’m sorry. I have nothing to do with Su Bancheng.” Zuo Lei sneered and said nothing.

Seeing this, Xu Bai was not angry. Instead, he looked at Zuo Lei. “Then let me ask you another question. How are you sure that Su Meng is not your daughter? Why? Have you done a paternity test?”

Zuo Lei sneered.

“I don’t need a paternity test.”

“What?”

“Because I’m not smart enough!”

Xu Bai raised his eyebrows and looked at Zuo Lei, who had spoken. Then, he shook his head and said, “You’re not smart. You’re just smart. It’s not like you’re not smart. So, you don’t have any evidence to prove that Su Meng isn’t your daughter?”

‘Is that all?’

He couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief at the answer.

Xu Bai originally thought that Zuo Lei would say something shocking, such as one day when he went back early and saw something he shouldn’t have seen in his bridal chamber. ‘And the result?’ ‘Low-level?’

What did that mean?

No wonder this guy ran to the vast Great Desolate World and joined the Holy Sect.

After all, it was the Holy Sect.

Demonic Sect.

There were a few people in their right mind who would join the Demonic Sect.

Zuo Lei’s face was gloomy.

Xu Bail s expression was relaxed as he looked at Zuo Lei. “Is that all? There’s no evidence. Hehe, to think that Su Bancheng called me just now and asked me to give up on investigating this case. He offered me a large sum of money, but I rejected him. In the end, it’s just the imagination of a lunatic. What a waste of time.”

Zuo Lei’s expression changed when he heard this.

“…You rejected Su Bancheng?”

“You don’t believe me?”

The corners of Xu Bai’s lips curled up slightly as he looked at Zuo Lei.

Zuo Lei looked up at Xu Bai and asked in a deep voice, “Yes, I won’t believe you unless vou Drove it to me.”

Xu Bai snorted and got up from his seat. “I’m an agent of Feng City. Investigating and solving cases is my duty. No one has the right or ability to make me stop the cases I want to investigate. Similarly, I don’t need to prove anything to anyone. If you tell me, I’ll at most turn you into a tainted witness. If you don’t tell me, it has nothing to do with me. I’ve long…”

Zuo Lei interrupted, “Alright, I’ll tell you why I said that.”

Xu Bai took out the handcuffs and was about to handcuff Zuo Lei when his right hand paused slightly. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zuo Lei. After thinking for a moment, he put away his handcuffs.

“Alright, go ahead. I’ll listen!” “Agent… Agent Xu Bai, right?”

“Yes.”

“Since you’re Su Meng’s Master, you should know what the Su family is, right?”

“You want to say, Tian Ji Sect?”

“Right!”

Zuo Lei nodded and looked at Xu Bai. He said in a deep voice, “Agent Xu, do you know that there’s a price to pay for cultivating the Heavenly Secrets Technique and spying on the heavenly secrets? The deeper the heavenly secrets, the higher the price.”

Xu Bai replied, “I do.”

Su Meng had mentioned it to him before.

However, he did not ask further. Firstly, he was not interested in the Heavenly Secrets Technique. Secondly, he felt that this was very normal.

If he wanted to get something, he had to pay the price.

This was the truth.

After all, not everyone had a cheat code.

Xu Bai thought to himself as he looked at Zuo Lei. “What are you trying to say by saying this?”

Zuo Lei looked at Xu Bai and gritted his teeth, his eyes flickering with anger. “Because back then, in order to break through to the Nascent Soul realm and spy on the heavenly secrets, that old thing Su Mingli transferred this price to

Ruyu.”

When Xu Bai heard this, he was slightly taken aback. “Can the price… be transferred?”

This was the first time he had heard of it.

Speaking of which, if the price could be changed at will, then the originally useless Heavenly Secrets Technique seemed to have suddenly become very popular.

Xu Bai raised his eyebrows. If he didn’t like anyone and couldn’t kill them openly, he would spy on the heavenly secrets and spy on them. Then, he would shift the price to that guy.

In this way, wouldn’t he be able to kill without leaving a trace?

Zuo Lei shook his head.

“The price of the Heavenly Secrets Technique cannot be shifted unless one is related by blood. Moreover, the other party has to be willing.”

“Then…

“That’s right. He transferred the price to Su Ruyu!”

“Wait a minute. Su Ruyu is dead?”

“No, she’s not!”