Soul Trigger

Chapter 559 The Tribute Arrives
Although she possesses the Eye of Truth and is very perceptive, it is ultimately someone else's perspective.

The black-skinned rice dumpling has been holed up in the coffin for so many years without ever speaking a word. Hasn't its language ability degenerated to the point where it can only communicate telepathically using Old Menes?

So she really couldn't get used to having a verbal battle with Ji Li.

Just as Shu was pondering how to make Ji Li take his position seriously, Ji Li had already made a phone call and ordered a chef.

The chef said that Mrs. Zhi would be coming over to check on him soon, and would bring the food over with her once it was ready.

As for this young man's wife, Ji Li saw her quite often while living in the Yuanling Prince's Mansion, and she treated him well, so Ji Li didn't refuse her.

"They'll be here soon. Have something to eat first."

Ji Li casually grabbed some snacks from the refrigerator and placed them in front of her, along with a cup of yogurt.

As he spoke, he poured himself a glass of amber-colored brandy.

He wouldn't drink yogurt, a children's beverage.

Shulong's snacks are quite good, much more varied than Xinluo's, and Ji Li really likes them.

However, having been a prosthetic body person for so many years in his previous life, he really didn't develop the habit of eating snacks in just two or three years.

These things were gradually accumulated by Ji Ruoxi, who kept coming to his place during this period.

Speaking of which, that silly girl who used to stick her tongue out at him is probably hiding somewhere right now, too afraid to see him for the time being.

Shu curiously picked up the yogurt on the table and looked at it, then as if she had thought of something, the light in her eyes disappeared and she quickly put the yogurt back on the table.

Then, she glanced at Ji Li, and seeing that he wasn't paying attention to her, she picked up the yogurt again, her gaze falling on the cup in Ji Li's hand. She pointed with her little finger:
"I want to drink that."

"Are you still a drunkard?"

Shu didn't understand what "drunkard" meant, but she could "see" the meaning behind Ji Li's words, and shook her head:

“When the Menes people offered sacrifices to me, they poured wine on my coffin. I have seen the taste of it, but I have never drunk it myself.”

After hearing this, Ji Li poured her half a cup, which displeased Shu.

Why is it only half a cup?

She felt that Ji Li hadn't given her the respect a god deserved. Ji Li looked up:

"That's how you drink brandy."

"Fill it up."

"They're all yours."

Ji Li placed the bottle directly in front of Shu. The latter paused for a moment, then solemnly picked up the bottle, making gulping sounds. Ji Li watched as the guy downed the entire bottle of brandy, then let out a burp and said:

"It tastes even better than it looked! Is there any more?"

Old Zongzi can really drink... but if a paradox could be drunk by alcohol, that would be the funniest thing in the world.

However, it seems that the union of body and soul does not fundamentally improve a person's metabolic capacity, so theoretically speaking, alcohol might actually be able to defeat a paradoxical level powerhouse.

After all, based on Ji Li's impression, his father, the Prince of Yuanling, wasn't a very good drinker.

A bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor) was placed in front of Shu. The old man drank it with great relish, taking two sips without changing his expression. Even his usually expressionless face showed a happy look, and the whole room was filled with the smell of alcohol.

If Rabbit Girl came over, she'd probably collapse the moment she opened the door.

Ji Li hadn't forgotten how Jin Misha insisted on drinking his cocktails at Aries Academy, and how she would pass out the moment she got close to him.

Seeing Shu enjoying his drink, Ji Li casually asked, "How much do you know about the expansion of the dragon veins?"

"don't know."

"The Seventh Pillar brought you to Shulong with no other purpose than this?"

"I don't know."

Seeing that she was distracted, Ji Li grabbed the wine bottle from her hand, which drew a blank stare from Shu. After a few moments, Shu said:

"You are only allowed to take one sip."

Ji Li raised an eyebrow, took the food, and finished it for her. Shu immediately glared at Ji Li resentfully.

Ji Li said, "Do you think it's some rare treasure? There's a whole bunch of wine on the cabinet. Go get some if you want some."

Shu then got up and picked out three or four bottles, and answered Ji Li's question:
"I don't know, because I can only see the outside world through their spiritual essence when those two servants of the gods want to borrow power."

“My two servants want to uncover the secrets of the dragon veins in Shulong, so that the country behind them, Menes, can completely break free from the control of the Mediterranean Union and the Seventh Pillar.”

Ji Liqi said:

"Just as my old man said, these diplomatic corps really are all here for the dragon vein. But do these two guys really think they can pry into the dragon vein? And borrow your power?"

Shu Dao:

"Yes. But I'm not interested in dragons; I only want to kill all human spirits... When will you begin to carry out my will?"

Ji Li glanced at the wine bottle in her hand:

"After I've fulfilled your will, and everyone on Earth is dead, who will make the drink you're holding?"

Shu Wei was slightly taken aback and glanced at Ji Li:
"you."

Ji Li ignored her.

However, if it's Shu's power...

He thought of something, took out the skull ring that had given him the tombstone from his spatial storage, and handed it to Shu.

Shu gave him his Eye of Insight, which allowed him to see three secrets on the ring.

After revealing one of them, Ji Li discovered the secret: "Soul Steel," a rare material used to make spirit communication items.

He was quite curious about what Shu could see in the ring.

Shu glanced at the bottles of wine around her, took the ring from Ji Li, and a golden glint flashed in her eyes:
"Malice, rituals, White Island, and an ancient organization..."

"anything else?"

"There is also a deeper subworld called 'Bloody Britain,' and the previous owner of this ring was..."

"Bloody Britain?"

Ji Li was slightly surprised. Bloody Britain was a deeper, hidden world beneath the city-state of White Island New Britain, corresponding to the Hell of the Vengeful Dragon.

However, since the Tower of Babel is in Europe, and the tombstone is meant for Ji Li to find on White Island, it makes sense.

Just as Ji Li was about to press further, the golden light in Shu's eyes faded:

“There is a massive ritual at work on this ring, and I refuse to waste the effort to see any more. As for the rest, I cannot describe it in my current language.”

It's alright. Although there wasn't much useful information, it was just a superficial attempt.

Then Ji Li took out the Time Domain Dagger that Fei Lin had given him:

"Take a look at this for me."

Shu glanced at Ji Li with some displeasure. She didn't like being treated like a tool by Ji Li, but she still took the thing and examined it with her Eye of Truth.

Then, suddenly, his eyes flashed wildly and he closed them:
"I can't look; it will make me lose my time and my eyesight."

Was it because of the power of the film? Ji Li pondered.

It seems that Shu's Eye of Truth is not without its price; she does seem to be able to see everything, but she has to be able to pay the price for seeing it.

Even the fragments of time from the Great Thunder made a paradox so wary; Philin certainly wouldn't disappoint him.

Unfortunately, Shu didn't see anything.

Then Ji Li took out the next item, a horse-slaying sword, which was the very sword that Da Lei had repaired for Rabbit Girl.

If you can't watch Da Lei's stuff, you can at least watch that rabbit girl's stuff, right?
Shu took the large, wide sword and held it in his hand effortlessly. After a flash of golden light, he examined it for a moment, but his eyes instantly turned purple-red and he suddenly closed them.

When it opened its eyes again, it had returned to its normal amber color.

But at this moment, his amber eyes were filled with anger:

"Are you doing this on purpose? You really don't want to be my divine general? You deliberately make me observe things I shouldn't see!"

Is it because the film was repaired that Shu can see information related to the film? Ji Li pondered:
What would happen if they saw it?

"A high price to pay."

Shu recalled the purple eye he had just seen with his Eye of Truth, and a hint of agitation flashed in his eyes.

But Ji Li was not satisfied with the result.

Although it's a paradox that's been weakened, it can't be reduced to this state.

You stop after looking at this halfway, glance at that one, and give up on the last one almost without even looking at it. Is this the same as your previous ability to kill anyone in your path?

"Are you sure you can still wield the power of the Eye of Truth?"

Shu's hands stopped abruptly, and a crimson-gold light ignited in his eyes:
"You shouldn't underestimate the existence of a god."

Admittedly, Shu couldn't see through Ji Li, so she couldn't see through what Ji Li was carrying, which seemed reasonable to her.

But not being able to see through Ji Li doesn't mean she can't see through other things, and that's not a reason for Ji Li to look down on her.

It is true that Menes was locked in a coffin, but Keshu was also worshipped by the ordinary spirits of Menes as a true "god-like" being.

Therefore, she could not tolerate Ji Li's contempt; in her eyes, it was undoubtedly an act of trampling on the dignity of the gods.

His crimson-gold gaze swept over everything around Ji Li, from small items like tableware and appliances to large items like the room and the view outside the window.

Shu can describe the appearance of every object from its birth to the present in great detail. There are even two spiritual items in Ji Li's room.

So-called spiritual communication is when an object, after prolonged and close contact with spiritual matter, spontaneously emits spiritual matter itself, becoming a derivative-like entity.

Over time, these spiritual items will develop some subtle but strange psychological phenomena related to the soul, making them suitable as materials for spiritual communication.

Such things are rare in reality, but quite common in the Reflection World, the Otherworld, and Limbo.

In Ji Li's room, there are two items that are tools for communicating with spirits.

One of them is a kitchen knife left behind by a chef who used to cook here. Because it was imbued with the spiritual essence of the top chef of the Yuanling Royal Family, it acquired spiritual essence and became a spiritual object.

Unlike ordinary objects, Shu can see the social connections that these spiritual items possess, that is, who has possessed them after they were spiritualized.

Depending on the depth of their social connections, Shu can see more or less information about these different historical holders.

Therefore, through this kitchen knife, Shu accurately revealed the spiritual quality level and spiritual core ability of the current top chef in the Yuanling Royal Palace, as well as his name, age, and even directly saw the chef's inner secrets—

This person is not an ordinary awakened one, but a demon addict.

His actual spiritual quality level is not high; he has only reached his current level thanks to the spiritual quality circuits in his body.

However, many of these spiritual circuits are unstable spiritual circuits that are explicitly forbidden from being inscribed on the human body by the Forbidden City.

The other was a sword hanging on the wall.

Upon seeing the sword, a slight look of surprise flashed across Shu's crimson-gold eyes:
"This weapon contains a highly adhesive spiritual substance, and its owner is Ji Ruoxi..."

Ji Li remembered that sword; it was a gift from Ji Ruoxi when they were at school, as a thank you for her guidance during that time.

Shu turned to look at Ji Li:
"She's your nominal older sister, though not related by blood. I can see her deepest secret..."

Ji Li immediately became interested:

"What is it?"

Shu Wei tilted her head slightly:
"She tried to help you with your physical needs and kissed you deeply, which was witnessed by your adoptive father."

This was her biggest secret, and under no circumstances could a fourth person in this complex know about it, especially her adoptive mother.

Ji Li's interest vanished instantly.

He thought it was something serious, but it's just this.

Then, turning around, she saw the living room door wide open, and Mrs. Zhi standing outside with a stiff, lifeless smile.

Then came Ji Ruoxi, pushing a food cart behind her with an icy expression.

The scene fell silent instantly.

Shu, whose golden light had faded from his eyes, also noticed the doorway:

"Ah, the tribute has arrived."

(End of this chapter)