Chapter 328: Information |
After three quarters of an hour, Chen Chuan returned to the dormitory. He put down the things he brought back one by one, checked them again, and felt that he could now start preparing for the breakthrough.
He first took out the Breathing Technique given to him by Cao Guiqi, which was recorded on a piece of yellow silk. The text on it was respectful, solemn, and neat, like an engraved classic, with a certain spirit lingering on it. When reading it, one would unconsciously straighten their back.
He unfolded the silk in his hand and read it, feeling that the first half mainly involved actual operations, which seemed simple and easy to understand, not complicated.
However, the second half was somewhat difficult, with convoluted text, obscure content, and many references to ancient classics.
In the past, the reader might have been stuck for a while, but fortunately, he now had the Boundary Token and could directly look up what he didn't understand. So he checked and compared, and finally understood.
But by then, he also discovered that the content was not intentionally made obscure by the writer, but some things could only be expressed most closely with these words.
Using simpler words would lose the charm and the awe towards this method, and only with sufficient awe could one maintain the mindset of walking on thin ice and climbing over dangerous passes.
The more he savored it, the more he felt that there was an artistic conception between the lines that could bring himself into it. When reciting, it could be perfectly combined with the previous Breathing Technique. After getting familiar with it, just silently reciting in the heart could naturally drive the breath, without deliberately driving it with Thought.
Therefore, the latter part is the real essence, and the person who could come up with this Breathing Technique was definitely not simple.
This Incense burner was of average value, but the important thing was the accompanying Incense, which, according to Cao Guiqi, was of great help for entering meditation.
He took out the Incense from the paper package, which was a whole block cut into pieces. Even though it had not been lit yet, the scent coming from it suddenly gave him a refreshing feeling in his head.
At this moment, he suddenly felt something, turned his head, and saw the Snow Emperor Blade there vibrating slightly, with strands of white mist-like things appearing on it.His eyes flickered slightly. Ever since he had used the Snow Emperor Blade to absorb the foreign object on it, there had been no unusual movements. However, at this moment, there was a reaction...
He glanced at his hand, and a thought crossed his mind: could it be because of this incense?
He placed the incense into the incense burner. He then stood up and walked to the sword rack, taking the Snow Emperor Blade in his hand. As soon as he made contact with the blade, the white mist began to swirl towards the hand that had just touched the incense.
Indeed, it was because of this.
He pondered for a moment. The foreign object hidden within had long since become one with the Snow Emperor Blade. Since that was the case, he did not mind sharing. Thus, he carried the Snow Emperor Blade back, placed it to the side, threw several pieces of incense into the incense burner, and after closing the lid, he took out the main medicine that needed to be consumed.
These medicines bore a resemblance to ginseng in appearance but were only the size of a fingertip, with a jade-white hue throughout. Just placing them in front of him evoked a strong urge to swallow them.
He understood that this was his body and brain telling him he needed these substances. However, they could not be consumed directly and required some auxiliary drugs to be taken alongside.
Fortunately, whether it was Instructor Wu's or You Xing's collections, these auxiliary drugs could be found, saving him the trouble of asking the Green Pouch Jade Pavilion for them, and thus preventing the latter from tracking his progress.
He first dissolved the auxiliary drugs in warm water, then mixed them into a medicinal liquid according to the proportions, and drank it along with the main medicine. Afterward, he sat down and lit the incense burner.
Soon, the curling smoke and fragrance rose, and he began to try to regulate the Breathing Technique recorded on the silk.
As he silently recited the guide, wisps of the fragrant smoke were inhaled, and his lungs and internal organs immediately felt a sense of clarity. At the same time, the medicinal effects began to gradually take effect, making the mutated tissues throughout his body feel active.
However, it was not the excited, restless movement he had experienced before, but a very gentle and orderly growth, as if his entire body was being soaked in warm water, feeling smooth and comfortable inside and out.
The Snow Emperor Blade placed to the side now emitted strands of soft white mist, which, along with the incense smoke, floated and rose like ethereal clouds, dispersing within the room but restrained and self-contained, not triggering the energy field anomaly reaction as it had before.
Chen Chuan, in the midst of reciting the guide over and over again, unknowingly entered a state of deep meditation. When he emerged from the long meditation, he found that the incense in the burner had completely burned out.He checked the time, it was exactly seven in the morning, and the east was already bright. He had unknowingly sat through an entire afternoon and night, yet it felt like only a moment had passed.
Looking at the rising sun outside the window, he felt an extraordinary sense of calm, while the Mutated Tissue within his body radiated an incredibly vibrant vitality, as if it was about to usher in a period of vigorous growth.
He could feel that this growth was very gentle, not chaotic at all. Every bit seemed to follow his will, moving along the path he had planned, and it had achieved an idealized balance and fine-tuning between the originally weak parts and the exceptionally strong parts.
This adjustment seemed to have made his Senses and reactions more acute than before.
And also...
He looked towards the Snow Emperor Blade, picked it up, and upon unsheathing it, he noticed that the bright red line on the back of the blade had become more pronounced than before, and the resonance with him had deepened significantly.
It seemed that the Snow Emperor Blade had also gained considerable benefits from this process. Just looking at it now, the communication with the Mutated Tissue was smoother than before, which meant that for the next Cultivation, he could keep the blade by his side.
He stood up, pondering over the arrangements for this month. Apart from some necessary outings, he decided to dedicate all his time to Cultivation aimed at breaking through the Third Limit.
However, he wasn't sure when he would be on duty again, so he decided to first use up his quota for the Sea Realm Field this month. He contacted the Sea Realm Field using the Boundary Token to schedule a time, and they informed him that if he needed it soon, they could arrange it for today, but only in the afternoon would there be an available slot.
After some thought, he agreed and set the appointment for 2 PM.
After ending the call, he noticed a voice message from Wu Bei left five minutes ago, which he hadn't paid attention to while in meditation. So now he contacted him.
Soon, Wu Bei's voice came through: "Brother Chen, during recent excavations, we've discovered some clues and also recovered some things that Zhao Qian had deleted not long ago. Although incomplete, I think they might be useful. I'll send them over to you."
Chen Chuan said okay and chose to receive it. Upon checking, he found it was a three-year-long call log. There was no need to look at the content; Wu Bei had specifically noted the parties involved in the conversations.
Over the past three years, Zhao Qian had maintained call records with only three directions: one was a senior executive at United Power Heavy Industries, and the other was a subordinate responsible for daily services. Both had clear directions in the work records.And the last one was an unknown entity, although the duration of the calls was long, the number of calls was not many. What Wu Bei restored was the most recent conversation between the two.
After he clicked on it, sounds came out.
"Help me again..."
"..."
"Company evaluation... trustworthy... even if disliked... eyes and ears and assistants..."
"Okay."
The sound was a bit fuzzy and distorted, but it could be discerned that one of them should be Zhao Qian's voice, and the person speaking on the other end was a female voice.
Wu Bei then said: "Zhao Qian has been in United Power Heavy Industries for more than three years, and the Implant Boundary Token was also installed at that time, and since then, he has been communicating with the owner of this Biological signal."
Chen Chuan pondered for a moment and said: "Judging from the last conversation, Zhao Qian seems to be asking this person for help, could it be his backer in the Company?"
Wu Bei said: "I originally thought so too, but there is a strange point."
He emphasized: "If the energy field signal is not specially concealed, with the help of Resonance Nest analysis, the specific similarities and differences can be distinguished, and each person's Biological Field under inherent rules, according to age, there will be certain differences, the younger the age, the higher the activity, and the more unstable, the older the more stable.
According to my judgment, the energy field frequency of this conversation, now at most, does not exceed fifteen years old!"
Hearing this, Chen Chuan's heart moved slightly, and he pondered: "Now not exceeding fifteen years old, then three years ago even younger."
"Yes!" Wu Bei said: "Three years ago even younger, probably eleven or twelve years old? Maybe not even, does this have some connection with the person you guys are looking for..."
Chen Chuan hummed and said: "Thank you, Brother Wu, this is an important clue."
"If it helps..." Wu Bei yawned at this time and then said: "By the way, Brother Chen, I almost forgot to say, Zhao Qian's account I cracked, there is about one hundred and twenty thousand in it, I give you an account extraction permission. I have been busy in the Resonance Nest these days, not much rest, I am going to sleep now."
"Okay, Brother Wu, you have a good rest."After ending the communication, Chen Chuan pondered for a moment. From the conversation just now, it seemed that the identity of the woman on the other end should be higher than Zhao Qian's, but being so young, it was unlikely she was a senior executive of the Company. It was more probable that she was the child of a Company executive.
However, there was another possibility. Considering Zhao Qian's last words and the fact that they had been in communication for three years, the age seemed to match. Could it be that she was the actual person they needed to find?
If that were the case, this situation would significantly differ from what they had previously thought. After some consideration, he decided to communicate with Lu Fang first before deciding on the next steps.