77: The art of controlling ghosts! I'm poor, I love scientific research!
“Not bad!”
Hearing that voice, everyone’s hearts suddenly thumped.
They had activated the Sky Mirror Realm; who could it be that had entered this place so stealthily!
Bai Yu also looked warily towards the jungle, his mind rapidly thinking.
From the intelligence he had just obtained tonight, there was no information related to danger, so nothing should go wrong.
As expected, the speaker revealed himself.
It was none other than the esteemed Zheng Guoyi!
Since the Ninth Team, apart from Hu Chengyong, had not had contact with Zheng Guoyi, most people were very wary.
To be able to enter silently, one must be at the Linghai Realm, right? Or perhaps a special existence at the half-step Linghai Realm.
After Hu Chengyong recognized the person, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to his team members, “No need to be nervous, it’s one of our own.”
Zheng Guoyi looked at Bai Yu and smiled with satisfaction, “It seems your harvest this time was quite good.”
Upon seeing the esteemed figure, Bai Yu was naturally extremely honest.
“It’s… alright, I guess.”
“Mm.”
Zheng Guoyi calmly glanced at the altar on the lake and said, “Clean up, then leave this place.”
“Understood!”
Everyone quickly began to clear the scene.
During the process, Bai Yu discovered that the blood seemed to have undergone a strange transformation, turning black!
Upon seeing this, Zhao Bin said, “It seems these things have been contaminated by Ghost Qi; they need to be sent to the Bureau for disposal.”
After cleaning up, everyone prepared to leave.
However, Zheng Guoyi stood by the Seventh Team’s car. Seeing Bai Yu and the others approach, he scanned their surroundings and then said, “While you were fighting, it seemed there was a powerful fellow watching.”
“This person’s aura is quite sinister, like a dead person, or perhaps a ghost. Their strength is probably at the Linghai Realm, so be careful.”
Bai Yu and the others were all startled.
There was actually such a thing!
And upon hearing this, Bai Yu immediately thought of the Recorder mentioned in Wang Mengmeng’s intelligence!
‘Am I being watched?’
‘I need to be more careful going forward and pay close attention to daily intelligence.’
‘At least today’s intelligence showed no unexpected occurrences.’
After a brief conversation, everyone drove back.
In the car.
Bai Yu couldn’t help but ask White Spirit, “Did you sense the person Zheng Guoyi mentioned?”
White Spirit said somewhat dejectedly, “No…”
“I didn’t even sense Mr. Zheng Guoyi.”
From the looks of it, White Spirit might have felt a bit useless.
Seeing this, how could anyone let the team’s treasure be sad? They quickly began to comfort her.
Bai Yu also brought up several methods for White Spirit to improve her strength, telling her not to worry and that he would do his best to help her improve.
After comforting White Spirit, Bai Yu took out the yin chen stone, which emitted Ghost Qi and blood evil Qi, making people feel uneasy.
Zhao Bin looked at the yin chen stone, still feeling somewhat apprehensive.
“How do you plan to deal with it later?”
Bai Yu considered for a moment and said, “As an aid in combat.”
“Controlling Ghosts!”
To be honest, the art of Controlling Ghosts is quite dangerous. But when Bai Yu spoke, everyone’s first thought was that it would definitely succeed!
If so, their team would essentially gain a major new combat force.
They were truly getting stronger and stronger!
In another car.
Hu Chengyong scanned the interior and said, “Look at yourselves! All you ever think about is resting. If only you put in half the effort of the Seventh Team’s new recruits, you could all be promoted to Senior Investigators.”
“Also, look at their strength, how quickly it’s improving.”
“I see him exercising every day, but I don’t see you.”
“When we go back this time, all of you reflect properly.”
“What era is it now? It’s the Spiritual Qi Resurgence! “
“Who can predict what the world will be like in the future? Strength is the fundamental thing, understand?”
Everyone: “Understood!”
But in their hearts, they really wanted to say that they already spent 80% of their free time Cultivating.
But they truly couldn’t achieve that level!
Their talent was limited; they couldn’t catch up…
Hu Chengyong also sighed, thinking to himself, ‘Li Yunbin has been sidelined; I also need to seize the time! Otherwise, next time we meet, I’ll have to call him Director.’
‘Running every day seems to have some effect; maybe I should try it too?’
Two in the morning.
Room 401.
Bai Yu took a deep breath.
“I’ve been busy all day today.”
“But, it’s been quite fruitful!”
As he spoke, he took out the yin chen stone that could be stored in his Soul Sea.
He didn’t know why, but the jiaolong pearl could be directly stored in his Soul Sea.
Now that he had absorbed the Dragon River Woman’s yin chen stone, he could also store it in his Soul Sea.
“Could it be that I am the legendary Son of Destiny?”
After a brief moment of self-satisfaction, Bai Yu summoned White Spirit and asked, “What is the Dragon River Woman’s current state?”
“She’s in a weakened state. Perhaps she needs to be fed some blood food, or absorb some foreign Souls?”
She couldn’t possibly suggest feeding her Human Race.
“Alright. But, I must first improve your strength. You must always be able to suppress her!”
Hearing this, White Spirit was somewhat happy, her Dragon tail unconsciously wagging.
Bai Yu smiled and gently tapped White Spirit’s forehead with his index finger, then recalled her.
Then he took a deep breath and looked at the large pile of pens he had bought today.
“Begin, dripping blood!!!”
As expected, the pen purchased from the strong man’s stall was the ink abyss divine pen.
With this item, Bai Yu naturally couldn’t sleep and immediately began using it to create Blood Transformation Talismans.
The astonishing result was that out of ten, two were successful!!!
Calculating by this probability, the success rate was three to four times higher than before.
“Awesome!”
“The cost has also come down.”
“If I study harder, I feel like I could even make talismans to sell for money!”
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
July 27th.
Early in the morning, Bai Yu completed four basic tasks, plus ten Great Circulation of the Heavens.
The speed of circulating the Great Circulation of the Heavens could now be maintained within 20 minutes.
And after drinking the Red Horse Herb Potion, the speed was even faster!
Zhao Bin and the others had also started drinking the Red Horse Herb Potion, and their Cultivation speed was significantly faster than before!
Despite having high Cultivation talent, he could also come up with scientific inventions.
The team members had gradually gotten used to such outrageous things.
Noon.
Bai Yu looked at today’s intelligence.
Two gray, two white.
The white keywords were Professor Feng and Thunder Strike Talisman.
“Professor Feng’s intelligence actually appeared today!”
“Speaking of which, I still don’t know Professor Feng’s subsequent views on the last attack.”
“Everyone is an adult, and so much older; they couldn’t possibly be so narrow-minded…”
“As for Professor Professor Wang Wen, he sent me a text message earlier, mentioning the evening party.”
“Maybe we’ll meet tonight.”
Without hesitation, Bai Yu chose to exchange for the Thunder Strike Talisman intelligence first.
“Thunder Strike Talisman Research Briefing
Abstract: The Thunder Strike Talisman, when cast, summons heavenly thunder, causing a powerful strike to targets within approximately thirty meters.
Keywords: Thunder Strike Talisman, Talisman, Lightning, Inscription, Production Method
1. Introduction: Omitted
2. Thunder Strike Talisman Effect Description: When activated, the Thunder Strike Talisman can summon a bolt of heavenly thunder, causing area-of-effect electrical damage to the target region.
Its effects include:
Instantaneous high-voltage strike, causing immense damage to living organisms. High temperatures generated by lightning can ignite the surrounding environment. The deterrent effect of the lightning strike causes temporary paralysis to enemies within a certain range.
3. Power Assessment: The power of the Thunder Strike Talisman is influenced by various factors, including the quality of the talisman and the caster’s spiritual power cultivation.
4. Materials Required:
One specially made talisman paper, 20g of Thunder Stone Ink, Thunder Wood powder…
5. Inscription Design: The core inscription of the Thunder Strike Talisman is: ***.jpg.
6. Production Method:
Prepare Materials, ensuring the quality of the talisman paper and Thunder Strike Ink.
Accurately carve the thunder pattern inscription onto the talisman paper, injecting Spiritual Qi during the process.
Drop spiritual blood into the center of the inscription to activate the talisman’s spiritual power.”
Bai Yu quickly scanned it. There were eight inscriptions, seven of which could be found in the previous basic talisman-making techniques.
He only needed to learn the core inscription.
“Speaking of which, I have Thunder-attribute Spiritual Qi and Bloodline, so making this type of talisman should be easier!”
“And this thing, for Professor Feng, should be quite tempting, right?”
Regardless of whether the last incident was a misunderstanding, in the end, Professor Feng made a mistake!
Bai Yu was prepared in advance, which allowed him to respond calmly.
Others did not have this ability.
“If he just honestly yields, then I’ll reluctantly accept.”
The main thing was that he still clearly remembered that the Sky Thunder Body Tempering Method he obtained the day before yesterday mentioned planting purple gold thunder bamboo and Professor Feng.
From this timeline, it seemed he would definitely reconcile with Professor Feng in the future.
And he even managed to Cultivate purple gold thunder bamboo.
“Speaking of which, I wanted to Cultivate spiritual plants when I first learned about the use of money in the group chat, and even more so after I went to Qingyuan Mountain Villa!”
“But I never had much money. Although I earned 1 million from futures trading, it’s still all-in on the futures market now.”
“The auction is about to start, and I need money! And this is semi-charitable, so everyone will bid much higher.”
“I’m poor!”
At this point, Bai Yu suddenly thought of something.
“Professor Professor Wang Wen should have sold quite a lot of Ten-Spirit Tonic Soup, right? He sells it for three to five times the cost, so with such high profits, he must have earned a lot, right?”
“Hehe~ I’ll ask tonight.”
After calculating the recent matters in his mind, Bai Yu planned to go to the cafeteria.
However, just as he approached the door, he heard a ‘thump thump thump’ sound.
Bai Yu felt a bit confused: Feifei Jie?
He opened the door and saw Zhao Yu, a member of the analysis team and his neighbor.
Bai Yu was a bit surprised.
Zhao Yu, however, was exceptionally excited and said, “Good afternoon, Captain Bai!”
“Please don’t call me that anymore; it’s not a good influence. It makes it seem like I’m usurping power. I’m a bit older than you, so just call me Brother Yu!”
“Alright! Brother Yu, it’s mealtime now; want to go eat together?”
Bai Yu thought for a moment and said, “You go first; I’ll go a bit later.”
“Okay!”
With that, Zhao Yu quickly left.
Bai Yu, however, looked at Zhao Yu’s retreating back, frowned, then closed the door and looked back at the large number of Blood Transformation Talismans he had made yesterday.
He had successfully stabilized the success rate at 25%! He had made quite a few.
“This kid has been trying to curry favor too obviously these past few days; it’s a bit annoying. Not as likable as before…”
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but sigh.
“Alas~! Sometimes, people are just like this, blinded by profit.”
To be honest, if he didn’t have special abilities, he probably would have become much more adaptable after entering society.
After all, in an era of Spiritual Qi resurgence, who wouldn’t want to fall behind?
Bai Yu looked at the things in the room and considered for a moment; talismans and the like weren’t a big deal.
But important items like USB drives must be taken!
The ink abyss divine pen shouldn’t be left in the room either; take it with him.
In the cafeteria.
Hu Chengyong, Jiang Yan, and Zhao Bin were all sitting together.
They seemed to be arguing fiercely.
Bai Yu quietly walked over to the side and heard Jiang Yan angrily say, “I’ve been working myself to death, investigating for so long, and only caught one Dragon Blood creature. You two teams actually secretly went to the seaside to meet a ghostess behind my back? What does this mean? You’re not including our Eighth Team, are you? Are you discriminating against women?”
Hu Chengyong really wanted to say in his heart: Are you even considered a woman?
But he said, “This River Jumping case is our responsibility, and it has taken a lot of time. The Seventh Team found it out, and our two teams are handling it, which is reasonable.”
“Good! Then I must apply to the Bureau to let you participate in this Dragon Blood creature case! I’d like to see how you investigate this case!”
Zhao Bin quickly tried to smooth things over, “Feifei Jie, don’t be angry. We will definitely pay attention next time and tell your Eighth Team.”
Jiang Yan, who had been furious and seemingly uncontrollable, immediately softened her expression upon hearing this and said, “That’s more like it! I’m taking note of this. If you don’t tell us next time, then I’ll continue to make trouble!”
After speaking, she left without giving the two teams any chance to go back on their word.
Got it! They fell for it.
Speaking of which, the Eighth Team indeed had it tough during this period; their performance was far too poor. Originally, everyone was slacking off together, but then the Seventh Team got out of the rut first.
After the Seventh Team captured the Fish-man Family, it was as if they had opened a door to good fortune, launching a massive purge of the Fish-men, and the Ninth Team also benefited greatly from this.
Both of them had escaped the rut.
His Eighth Team could only drink some soup, and the main Dragon Blood creature case had not shown much progress.
With so many people in the team needing to eat, and their performance being too poor, they could only swallow their pride and come over to get a share.
Why was the Eighth Team so fixated on the Dragon Blood creature? No choice! It was arranged by the higher-ups.
Otherwise, everyone would pick easy cases and rush to complete them. If they encountered difficult cases, would no one investigate them?
Then this world would surely fall into chaos!?
As for the River Jumping case, although the enemy wasn't strong, the scope of its impact was huge!
When it was resolved in the early hours of yesterday, the Investigation Bureau here had settled dozens of patients. They were treated directly with ‘special medicine’ that day, which was a Qi and Blood replenishing potion, and then sent home.
The families were naturally grateful and even sent banners and the like.
For cases with such a wide impact, the rewards after resolution are very high.
Ultimately, it was divided between the Seventh Team and the Ninth Team. The Eighth Team was idle all day yesterday and didn't handle any cases, so they were indeed a bit anxious now.
Seeing Jiang Yan leave, Bai Yu silently sat down.
Liu Feifei then pushed the already prepared sumptuous food to Bai Yu and said, “Here, a carefully prepared nutritious meal. Eat well! Grow plump and be a mascot.”
Bai Yu: “...”
While eating, Bai Yu thought of Liu Ruoxi's matter, so he first asked, “By the way, how long will the team leader be in Cultivation this time?”
Everyone looked at Qin Wanqing.
Qin Wanqing thought for a moment and said, “It should be this afternoon, or tonight.”
Jiang Chen curiously asked, “Why does this breakthrough take so long?”
Qin Wanqing was silent for a while, then said, “Li Yunbin chose to condense a Spirit Yuan.”
Everyone was surprised to hear this; the team leader had not mentioned it at all before.
Condensing a Spirit Yuan is not something that can be done in a day or two; it’s just the initial formation of a rudimentary shape by opening a Void Sea within the body, which will then be continuously perfected.
The entire process will likely last several months.
It is also called the Half-step Ling Yuan Realm!
Hearing this, Bai Yu thought carefully.
He always felt that it was because the cases they were encountering were becoming more complex and the enemies stronger.
Li Yunbin’s desire for strength was becoming more urgent.
Otherwise, he probably would have continued to hone himself for a few more months.
One can only say that this is a personal choice!
After some thought, Bai Yu said, “By the way, there might be some things tonight that require advance preparation.”
Liu Feifei pouted, then said, “Everything according to your arrangements, Captain Bai!”
Bai Yu: ...I really don’t want to be a captain. But if you insist on choosing me, then it’s not impossible.
After he explained that Liu Ruoxi might be attacked, Qin Wanqing and the others immediately became serious.
The two girls seemed to have a good relationship with Liu Ruoxi and would not let Liu Ruoxi fall into danger.
Seeing this, Bai Yu also comforted them, “However, according to my calculations, even if we don’t intervene, she might still be safe.”
“But no matter what, since I predicted it, I have to intervene.”
“Whether we go to the party together and escort her home tonight, or make other arrangements, it’s up to your ideas.”
The group didn’t immediately discuss a plan; they would have to wait until tonight to see the specific situation.
As a result, before they even finished eating, Han Qing arrived.
It wasn't uncommon for external personnel to visit.
However, it was the first time that Han Qing, with her relatively cold personality, had actively sought them out.
After Han Qing entered the cafeteria, she scanned the room, walked directly to the Seventh Team’s table, sat down, and immediately asked, “I want to know what exactly happened with the River Jumping case. Can you tell me?”
Hearing this, Bai Yu suddenly remembered the day he collected the jiaolong pearl.
Han Qing had asked him then if he was going to handle the River Jumping case, and after he said no, she hadn’t paid any more attention.
It seemed she had something on her mind!
Seeing Han Qing ask, Zhao Bin did not hide anything and recounted the story of the Dragon River Woman.
Hearing that it was an ancient god-like ghost causing trouble, she frowned deeply.
Originally, she thought a large organization had caused the River Jumping case, but she didn't expect it to be this kind of ghost!
After listening, she thanked them and left.
She really didn’t drag things out at all.
After Han Qing left, and before Bai Yu could even ask, Zhao Bin explained, “Han Qing has a cousin who died in this River Jumping case.”
“However, she prefers to act alone and seems quite aloof. I don’t know much about her specific information.”
Hearing this, Bai Yu didn’t know what to say.
He could only say, “My condolences!”
If it had been discovered earlier, they could have saved him.
But alas!
Han Qing probably doesn't even know who to seek revenge from now.
The party was scheduled to start at 7 PM.
Around 6 PM, while Bai Yu was having dinner and discussing with Liu Feifei and others how to handle Liu Ruoxi's situation, they said they already had arrangements.
Originally, Liu Feifei really wanted to go to the school party with Bai Yu, but for the sake of the mission, she could only stay put.
Seeing this, Bai Yu set off by himself.
Who knew, Professor Professor Wang Wen came over.
“Haha~ It’s been a few days, hasn’t it? Are you going to the school party?”
“Hmm, are you going too, Professor?”
“Of course! Going to your youngsters’ gathering, joining in the fun, and finding a feeling of youth. Come, ride in my car!”
Saying that, Professor Professor Wang Wen pulled Bai Yu into his black car.
Inside the car.
Professor Professor Wang Wen excitedly talked about his research on the Ten-Spirit Tonic Soup these past few days, looking quite satisfied!
Bai Yu also humored Professor Professor Wang Wen, listening carefully and occasionally asking about a few technical terms.
However, as they chatted, Professor Professor Wang Wen realized that this kid Bai Yu was just humoring an old man!
He couldn’t help but angrily say, “You kid, always fighting and killing, can’t you read more books?”
“Hey, what’s the use of reading books! Is it as convenient as solving things with your fists?”
“Heh~”
Professor Professor Wang Wen pulled a bank card from his pocket.
Bai Yu’s gaze immediately locked onto the card.
Damn it! He was really short on money these days.
Do you know how poor I am? So poor that I only have contribution points left!
He had been wondering when Professor Professor Wang Wen's share would arrive, and he didn't expect the card to be ready already.
That was too wonderful!
“Thank you, Professor!”
Bai Yu reached out to take it, but Professor Professor Wang Wen actually pulled it back, teasing him!
“I ask you, is reading useful?”
“Of course it’s useful! Extremely useful! We young people must read for the rise of China! If we don’t read, how can the national quality improve! If we don’t read, how can our great China stand at the pinnacle of the world’s nations! If we don’t read, how can we earn...”
Professor Professor Wang Wen quickly interrupted, “Alright, alright, stop! I won’t make it difficult for you anymore. If you can guess how much is in the card, I’ll give it to you.”
Bai Yu’s eyes darted around.
The cost of the spiritual Materials for 20 catties of soup is about 140 contribution points. The cost of ordinary ingredients like chicken, duck, beef, and lamb can be completely ignored.
According to their cafeteria's selling rules, one serving is sold for about 500 contribution points, with the high cost being due to spiritual Materials like spirit dates and ganoderma.
The soup and meat are very cheap, so one can drink freely, and the effects are not weak either.
According to his observation, their Investigation Bureau in Jiangnan District has about 500 people. If twenty bowls of soup are consumed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, that's ten thousand contribution points!
You don’t realize it until you calculate it; they earn nearly a million a day!
Truly, truly black-hearted!
But if the money goes into my own pocket...
Oh, then it's fine.
I can only say: [Don’t miss out! Ten-Spirit Tonic Soup, you deserve to have it! Superb effects, first-class taste! Oh yeah!]
Multiplying this by merely five times, they could earn three to five million a day.
He and Professor Professor Wang Wen had a 50/50 split mechanism.
Bai Yu didn't mind this at all; Professor Professor Wang Wen had extensive connections, which allowed it to be distributed, and most of the funds were used for scientific research, which also counted as a contribution.
Bai Yu carefully calculated the time; only about five days had passed. How much money could they have made?
He also had to deduct the commissions from various distributors.
To be conservative.
“Five million? Or ten million?”
Professor Professor Wang Wen smiled and held up two fingers.