pertwk Chapter 456 is like turning back time, bringing the past back to life.
Chapter 456 is like turning back time, bringing the past back to life.
Chapter 456 is like turning back time, bringing the past back to life.
"Flying Yaksha" Xu Cheng, a native of Dongxia, holds the registered title of Vajra in the Dongxia Martial Arts Association. Born into the Tantric Buddhist sect, he failed to break through to the Eighth Star level and sought help from evil paths, resulting in him being wanted by the authorities and fleeing into the Mountain and Sea Realm.
Xia Hai then shared Xu Cheng's information with amusement, saying, "This guy uses placenta to make medicine; it's rotten to the core. If you want to cause him trouble, I can give you a 50% discount."
When Xu Cheng was mentioned, even the seemingly shrewd middle-aged man couldn't help but show his disgust.
The so-called "Zi He Che" is the placenta of an infant. Because it contains the infant's innate essence, it can be used as medicine and is a type of traditional Chinese medicine.
Of course, this is the proper way to say it.
In those unorthodox methods, "Zi He Che" does not simply refer to the placenta of an infant, but includes the placenta of the infant.
Similar evil practices were rampant in that chaotic era. In those times, strength was the ultimate principle, and some people would stop at nothing to break through.
It wasn't until the first and second campaigns against evil that this evil trend was brought to a halt.
However, some evil practices have survived.
Bai Ze also knew that Xu Cheng had sought help from the Evil God and voluntarily accepted the baptism of the Great Freedom Demon Lord. He had used every means possible to break through.
This kind of fanatical drive made it impossible for Xu Cheng to follow the righteous path, but after entering the evil path, he made rapid progress. As a result, he became a protector in the Great Freedom Demonic Sect and was qualified to negotiate with Qu Jingxuan.
Qu Jingxuan is a nine-star martial artist; ordinary people can't talk to him.
Bai Ze first sought out Xu Cheng, hoping to extract more followers of the Great Freedom from Xu Cheng's mind.
"And what about the White Nights?" Dmitri interjected.
"Of course it's the original price," Xia Hai said matter-of-factly, with a shrewd smile on his face.
Judging from his expression, he clearly intended to sell the information about Xu Cheng and "Bai Ye" as a package deal.
Bai Ze wants to find Xu Cheng, and "Bai Ye" is also looking for Xu Cheng. The two sides are very likely to run into each other, so it's always good to know some information.
"Xia, you're such a shrewd businessman," Dmitri said helplessly.
"Are there any honest merchants who can make it in the Mountain and Sea Realm? Please, there aren't even any like that on Earth, let alone in the Mountain and Sea Realm."
Xia Hai smiled dismissively and said, "I'll sell both intelligence reports together. Since you're an acquaintance, Lao De, I can give you a 40% discount, 20,000 points, plus a little insider tip."
"Deal," Dmitry said immediately.
This decisive action stunned Xia Hai, who muttered, "I feel like I sold it too cheaply."
"Enough nonsense, the deal is done. Are you trying to renege?" Dmitri slammed his fist on the table.
This time, when entertaining Bai Ze, the intelligence purchases could be made through official channels; Dmitri has no shortage of money.
However, as a fine man of Ursus, deeply influenced by the crimson glow, Dmitri still intends to spend as little as possible.
He didn't even intend to take a kickback.
Bai Ze, who knew the reason, couldn't help but applaud Dmitri when he saw this scene.
There are still people who use public funds without taking kickbacks. Is Vladimir's divine will really that magical?
No wonder I couldn't get past that threshold.
At this moment, Bai Ze gained a profound understanding of Vladimir's disdain.
He probably thinks Bai Ze is a dirty thing.
Xia Hai was honest and didn't think about going back on his word since the deal was already done.
While shouting "What a loss! What a loss!", he picked up a piece of white paper, wrote a few words on it, rolled it up, and put it into a small wooden tube.
Then, he reached into a hidden compartment on the table and stuffed the wooden tube inside.
Bai Ze listened intently and saw the wooden tube being driven straight down to a depth of about 100 meters underground.
Not long after, the hidden compartment opened automatically again, and two files were brought up one after the other.
"Both files are written in Dongxia script. If you don't understand it, find someone to translate them yourself."
As Xia Hai spoke, he tossed two files over.
Bai Ze took the box, opened it, glanced at it, and after confirming that it was correct, nodded to Dmitri.
"Same as always, the points will be credited to your account later. And what about that inside information?" Dmitri asked.
"Avoid taking the passage through the Buddhist and Indian side recently."
Xia Hai said irritably, "The Eastern Xia Federation has started to exterminate the Great Freedom Demonic Cult again, and has blocked all the spatial passages in the middle section of the Henghe Plain for this purpose."
"That's normal. It's impossible for Dongxia's third divine enemy not to cause some trouble after emerging from seclusion," Dmitri said.
After exchanging a few more words, Dmitri and Bai Ze left.
Shortly after they left, the Dongxia man who had been telling stories in the tavern's main hall came in.
"How is it?" he asked.
Xia Hai put down his abacus and said, "When I mentioned the Brahma-India people and the grass python, they didn't react much, which shows they don't know that the Brahma-India passage is blocked and a large number of Brahma-India people can't return."
Although it is not surprising at all that the Indians did such a thing, those who know the relevant circumstances will still subconsciously make connections.
Since the Indians couldn't return home and were bored, they started doing abstract things.
"Later, I simply told them about the passage, and they didn't react much. I guess this incident has nothing to do with the Ursus people," Xia Hai continued.
"It's alright."
The storyteller breathed a sigh of relief. "It was already chaotic enough, but with the Ursus people getting involved, it's become even more chaotic. It's only because the Third God Enemy ordered that the murderer be caught first, otherwise the entire Social Security Administration would probably have to be mobilized."
"Because that person left behind a wisp of Yin-Yang energy, the powerful families in Yanjing insisted that he was Bai Ze and reported to the council, demanding that Yun Cang be released and Bai Ze's past be thoroughly investigated. Yujing Martial Arts University is also fixated on the fact that Qu Jingxuan possesses demonic blood and wants to thoroughly investigate Yanjing Martial Arts University and related families."
The storyteller was quite glad that the third divine enemy had emerged from seclusion; otherwise, the two sides would probably already be fighting.
Xia Hai scoffed and said, "What era are we living in? Still talking about aristocratic families? Go back eight generations, weren't they all just ordinary people?"
"They have power and influence, and their fists are not small either. What do you call them? If you're so capable, go and beat them down," the storyteller said helplessly. "It's been so many years, and you still haven't changed your ways."
"I'd rather stay here for decades than go back to the Federation and be controlled everywhere," Xia Hai snorted.
"So, it's because you stubbornly refused to go back that you weren't even there when Yaoguang was bullied by the Yun family," the storyteller sneered. "By the time the news reached here, the Golden Core had already been digested by that brat from the Yun family."
Having known each other for many years, the storyteller knew Xia Hai's bad temper.
Despite being adept at handling business here, he couldn't tolerate some of the interpersonal dynamics and unspoken rules within the Federation, so he simply decided to stay here and not leave.
He even took a group of his old comrades with him, making it impossible for them to step up when it mattered most.
"What happened back then was indeed due to my lack of foresight. I mistakenly trusted that old man Yun Cang. I never expected that his family would be the ones to cause the most trouble."
Xia Hai's face darkened. "Old Lu is useless too, always letting us down at crucial moments. But this time is different. Go back and tell that old guy Yun Cang that if he joins forces with those people in Yanjing, I'll tear down his family's ancestral graves."
"What about Bai Ze?" the storyteller asked. "Everyone's saying he's fallen into demonic possession, but he's nowhere to be seen. He won't come forward openly, and even our old friends are starting to have doubts."
"Shut your mouth and stop whispering," Xia Hai said coldly. "I don't trust Bai Ze, this junior I've never met, but I trust Yao Guang. Since Yao Guang chooses to believe Bai Ze, then I believe him too. Don't worry, with me here, the Federation won't find Bai Ze."
The key issue is that even he, a local bigwig, couldn't find Bai Ze, let alone anyone else in the Federation.
"Alright, I'll listen to you." The storyteller looked helpless again, but his eyes were full of smiles. On the other side, Bai Ze and Dmitri came out of the tavern and walked into a small alley.
After many twists and turns, they finally found a cave entrance behind a small house.
According to the case file, this is Xu Cheng's safe house.
Xu Cheng hid this place extremely well; even Xia Hai's side didn't know about it until he suddenly left Rhodes Market, at which point people followed the trail and found the safe house.
After further investigation of the surrounding area, it was discovered that members of the "White Night" assassin organization had been seen in the vicinity.
"There are too many traces left here, and the scents are all mixed together," Dmitri said, frowning as he looked at the footprints around the cave entrance.
After Xu Cheng's safe house was exposed, various groups of people came to check it out.
What was originally a secluded safe house is now like a public toilet, with mixed smells, making it impossible to tell which ones belong to Xu Cheng and which belong to others.
If the outside is in this state, the inside must be even worse.
Bai Ze, however, didn't seem to care much about the situation and shook his head, saying, "It doesn't matter, as long as Xu Cheng's aura exists... or even if his aura existed before but has now disappeared, it's fine."
"His traces cannot be hidden from my eyes."
As he spoke, Bai Ze walked into the cave.
The space inside wasn't very spacious, but it had everything you'd expect: tables, chairs, beds, and even a bookshelf displaying Buddhist scriptures brought from Earth.
It can be said that although it is small, it has all the vital organs.
It seems Xu Cheng put a lot of thought into setting up this safe house; he must have lived there for a long time.
However, after being searched by others, the tables and chairs were scattered, the bookshelves had been moved, and various smells were mixed together, making it even more chaotic than outside.
However, Bai Ze seemed completely unaffected by those auras, surveying his surroundings with focused eyes, as if he could accurately identify Xu Cheng's traces.
Dmitri, who was standing nearby, was initially astonished, then suddenly realized what was happening.
"I understand, this is the skill of the Eastern Xia Howling Celestial Dog."
Dmitry clenched his right fist and lightly tapped his left palm. "I remember it was... 'Boundless Heaven and Earth, Tracing Across Ten Thousand Miles.'"
Bai Ze, who was examining the traces, almost stumbled.
"That's Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural power from Dongxia, how could I possibly possess it?" Bai Ze was unusually flustered.
It would be fine if it were anyone else, but it's Dongxia Xiaotianquan that's intolerable.
Although he was indeed imitating Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural abilities.
While inputting commands into Zhang Xiaotian, Bai Ze also figured out the effects of Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural powers and understood why he had been tracked down.
At the same time, Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural abilities also broadened Bai Ze's thinking.
When he spoke earlier, he imitated Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural power by making his words appear as law, directly ordering that Xu Cheng's traces would become visible in his eyes.
Essentially, the results are the same, and the principles are also the same.
Bai Ze doesn't understand "Tracking Across Ten Thousand Miles," but he can use his words to make the traces observed by "Tracking Across Ten Thousand Miles" appear directly.
However, no matter how similar the principle is, Bai Ze would never admit that this is "tracking across thousands of miles".
Is the title "Howling Celestial Dog" something a human should be associated with?
"My method is even more powerful than Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural abilities."
In his anxiety, Bai Ze suddenly had a breakthrough and explained to Dmitri, "Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural powers can only trace the past, while I can peer into the past and even make some of the past reappear."
"Like this, I can bring Xu Cheng's past back to life here."
As he spoke, Bai Ze solemnly activated a stream of Xuanhuang Qi, waving his hand to unleash its power.
As that wisp of primordial energy dissipated, the scene before us suddenly changed.
The overturned chair returned to its original position, the bookshelves became tidy again, and even the lingering scents vanished into thin air.
It's as if time has reversed, returning to the time before Xu Cheng left.
As the light and shadow shifted, a figure appeared before the two of them.
He was a middle-aged man with pale skin, a stiff face, and a sinister and ferocious appearance, like a demon. He wore a blue robe and had shoulder-length hair.
Without a doubt, he is Xu Cheng, the "Flying Yaksha".
Xu Cheng's name comes from the fact that he practiced evil arts, which caused his body to mutate, making him look like a demon.
Dmitri's eyes widened in disbelief at the sight.
"Oh my God!" he exclaimed.
Even those Heavenly Gate Warriors, or even God's enemies, cannot turn back time; it's practically the power of God.
Bai Ze, however, remained calm and composed, saying lightly, "They are merely illusions of the past; they cannot be considered true time reversal."
In reality, Bai Ze was merely using his words to command the light here to recreate the state Xu Cheng was in before he left.
The essence of vision is the reflection of light. As long as Bai Ze controls the light and makes it change into corresponding shapes, he can create all kinds of scenes.
This is Bai Ze's most frequently used technique, "illusion in a mirror and moon in the water."
Then, by combining it with Zhang Xiaotian's supernatural principles, the light reappeared in its past form, thus creating this scene that seemed to be a reversal of time.
Essentially, this has nothing to do with time; it can only be described as an illusion.
But it allowed Bai Ze to see the past.
No matter how the people of the past try to erase the traces, as long as they don't erase all the previous light waves, Bai Ze can recreate the past scenes he wants to see.
Bai Ze was telling the truth, but Dmitri still held onto his original opinion.
"Bai, you truly are someone who can resonate with the spirit of the great leader. Compared to you, we all seem so incompetent," Dmitri exclaimed sincerely.
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