The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 304 Obtaining Corpse Oil and Detective Li's Plans
The middle-aged man who opened the door saw that the person knocking was an unfamiliar face. He looked Li Zhen up and down warily and said something in Nanyang language.

Unable to understand the other person's language, Li Zhen asked directly, "Mr. Naimi?" (The name had been changed; it wasn't the same Naimi.)
The middle-aged man sized up Li Zhen a few more times and asked in Chinese, "Who are you? I don't think I know you."

As he spoke, he glanced outside the door a few times, wanting to call his bodyguards over, but found that the bodyguards at the door stood like wooden stakes on both sides of the door, ignoring the man in front of him.

Having lived in Southeast Asia for so many years, the man named Naimi had naturally witnessed all sorts of strange arts there.

Seeing the scene before him, how could he not know that his bodyguard had been bewitched?
His mind raced as he tried to figure out how to deal with the stranger in front of him, when suddenly he felt dizzy and lost consciousness.

When he regained consciousness from his shock, he saw the man in front of him already sitting on the sofa opposite him, leisurely drinking tea.

Behind that man stood two figures shrouded in cloaks, motionless.

Both of these figures exuded a chilling aura that inspired fear.

He himself had somehow ended up sitting on the sofa.

As a political figure, he possessed extraordinary insight.

Even under these circumstances, he suppressed his panic, forced a smile at Li Zhen, and said, "This gentleman came to see me. I don't know why. I'll tell you anything I can do."

Li Zhen put down his teacup and said to Nai Mi, "I don't want anything. I saw Mr. Nai Mi outside just now and I noticed that he had a sinister aura about him, as if he was being watched by something."

“I couldn’t bear to see the beloved Mr. Naimi being framed, so I went to him to try and save his life.”

Upon hearing this, Naimi was stunned for a while before saying, "Sir... you found me to save me?"

“Exactly.” Li Zhen smiled slightly. “But if I don’t use some tricks, I’m worried that Mr. Naimi won’t believe me.”

“I have witnessed your methods firsthand.” Naimi breathed a sigh of relief. “Are you a sorcerer?”

Regardless of whether what the person in front of him said was true or not, one thing he was certain of was that the other party would not kill him immediately.

This gives us more room to maneuver.

Li Zhen nodded: "He can be considered a mage."

After taking a sip of tea to calm his nerves, Naimi asked, "My position is very sensitive, and many people are watching me. I'm not surprised at all that some people want to harm me. Can you tell what methods those people want to use to harm me?"

Li Zhen shook his head: "I can't tell yet. I can only see that Mr. Naimi has an aura of disaster on him. In a few hours or a few days, someone will probably make a move against Mr. Naimi."

“There are many kinds of evil magic here, some of which I don’t understand. If the other party makes a move against Mr. Naimi, things will get complicated if I can’t get there in time.”

His mind raced, and he subtly grasped the meaning behind it, tentatively asking, "Then, what reward do I need to pay you, Master?"

Li Zhen asked with a half-smile, "How much money is in Mr. Naimi's account?"

Naimi smiled wryly and said, "I have a mansion at home, but not much savings. If you need it, Master, I can give you the mansion and the savings."

Li Zhen shook his head: "Keep your mansion and savings. If you find someone who has harmed you, take their money and give it to me. I want to buy some materials."

In the original world, obtaining large quantities of spellcasting materials, such as fresh corpse oil, without attracting attention is quite difficult.

In "Keeper of Darkness," Huang Yongfa is too principled to do such a thing for him.

But Naimi in front of him was a worldly person who had been navigating the political arena for many years and knew that some principles could be compromised.

Nai Mi was somewhat surprised after hearing Li Zhen's words.

He originally thought that Li Zhen had come to him for something, but he just wanted to put it more tactfully.

But now it seems that is not the case.

First, seize the opponent's money, then use it to buy things...

Isn't this just empty promises?
Naimi began to believe Li Zhen's seemingly unbelievable words.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Naimi said, "I wonder what materials you need, sir. I can have someone go and find them for you now. Or, Master, you can write down a list, and I'll have someone prepare the items according to that list."

"Do you have a pen?" Li Zhen looked around. "Can you read Chinese characters?"

He knew, of course, that Naimi was still insecure and wanted to test him under the pretext of finding a translator. Otherwise, she could have just told him what materials she needed; there was no need for a translator at all.

But he had no other ideas. He didn't care what Naimi wanted to do, as long as it didn't affect his mission.

“My ancestors were Han Chinese from the Chaoshan region. I can understand what the monks say, but I can’t read what they write. But that’s okay, I can find someone to translate for me.” Naimi handed Li Zhen a pen and a piece of white paper. “I often deal with that side and know a lot of translators. There are some in this hotel.”

Li Zhen wrote down some materials he needed on a piece of paper, such as the corpse oil for further cultivation of the Flying Head Curse.

Having received the paper, Naimi tentatively picked up the phone on the table. Seeing that Li Zhen did not react, he dialed an outside number and spoke a series of words in a Southeast Asian language.

Less than five minutes after he hung up the phone, someone knocked on the door.

Nai Mi glanced at Li Zhen and called out to the outside, "Please come in."

A young woman in business attire pushed open the door and walked in.

The woman glanced at Li Zhen, then walked to Nai Mi's side, bent down, and asked, "Mr. Nai Mi, did you look for me?"

"Could you translate these for me?" Naimi handed the paper to the woman.

The woman's expression changed slightly after glancing at what was on the paper.

Noticing the change in the woman's expression, Naimi said, "Just tell me directly."

The woman recounted all seven or eight strange and unusual materials written above.

Naimi's expression grew more and more serious as she listened.

After waving the woman out, Nai Mi frowned at Li Zhen and said, "The things that the sorcerer wants are never simple. Not to mention anything else, just take this fresh corpse oil, it's a bit difficult to handle."

Li Zhen said, "Mr. Naimi doesn't need to kill people to get corpse oil. Just send people to the places where corpses are produced in areas where Mr. Naimi has influence to buy corpse oil. Buy as much as you can."

Naimi pondered for a moment and said, "If the money is enough, this is not difficult to handle."

After glancing at the paper again, he carefully folded it up: "The things the sorcerer desires are not simple. I can prepare these things for the sorcerer, but there are two conditions: first, it must not harm anyone; second, it must be done in secret. I will not personally appear, otherwise it will greatly affect my reputation."

This involves his political life, so it naturally requires caution.

“Go ahead and do it. Find as much as you can before I leave.” Li Zhen did not object. “But I hope Mr. Naimi will do his best, instead of just giving me a perfunctory answer.”

Nai Mi exchanged a glance with Li Zhen, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"I dare not be perfunctory with the Dharma Master."

Naimi gave a stiff smile, touched the beads on her wrist, and asked, "Being in this position, I'm always worried that someone might use evil magic to harm me, so I carry a lot of magical artifacts that are said to be able to ward off evil magic. Haven't they been used at all?"

Glancing at the beads on Naimi's wrist, Li Zhen said, "The other party is plotting to harm you, what use are these magical artifacts?"

Naimi nodded.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "Shall I arrange a room for the monk to rest next to me?"

“Okay,” Li Zhen said. “I’ll live next to you so it’ll be easier to save you if you’re under some kind of spell. You’d better not stray too far from me these next couple of days.”

Naimi hesitated and said, "I have to go out to meet guests tomorrow, and I may come into contact with a lot of people on the way. That would probably be the best time to harm me." After thinking for a moment, Li Zhen said, "I'll leave some tricks on you. If you do anything wrong, I'll be able to tell immediately."

"Thank you very much, Master!" Naimi breathed a sigh of relief and stood up. "Master, please come with me. I will take you to your lodgings."

Li Zhen followed Naimi with the banshee and the corpse demon.

Naimi opened the door.

The two bodyguards standing by the door had fully recovered and immediately turned around upon hearing the noise, respectfully greeting Naimi.

One of them suddenly noticed a stranger following Naimi and immediately became alert, his right hand instantly reaching for his waist.

Naimi immediately said something to the man, stopping him from doing anything further.

After he said a few more words to the two men, one of the bodyguards glanced at Li Zhen and ran towards the hotel lobby.

Soon, the bodyguard arrived at Naimi's place with a staff member. After listening to Naimi's words, he nodded repeatedly and extended a hand to Li Zhen, gesturing for Li Zhen to walk to one side of the hotel corridor.

"Master, please." Naimi also gestured for Li Zhen to go first.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Zhen, accompanied by the banshee and the corpse demon, walked in the direction indicated by the staff member.

Nai Mi said that she arranged for Li Zhen to live next to him, but there was a room between them.

After escorting Li Zhen to his room, Nai Mi explained, "The hotel staff said that the middle room is under renovation and uninhabitable, so we had to arrange for you to stay here. If you're not satisfied with the environment, I can help you..."

"Let's stay here." Li Zhen glanced around the room.

The interior was very luxurious, and he had no complaints about it.

After dismissing the bodyguard and the staff member, Nai Mi said to Li Zhen, "Since the sorcerer said that someone wants to harm me, may I ask a few masters to help me?"

After saying that, he immediately added, "Of course, it's not that I don't believe in the abilities of mages, I just think that if we find more mages, we'll have more security, since mages can't always be with me."

Li Zhen said with a half-smile, "Didn't Mr. Naimi just ask that translator to contact the master? Why are you pretending to ask for my opinion now?"

Naimi's expression froze.

Li Zhen stepped forward: "One should always be wary of others. I understand Mr. Naimi's concerns, but... if I wanted to harm you, no matter who you invite, they wouldn't be able to save you."

“Mr. Naimi can invite whoever he wants. If Mr. Naimi doesn’t cause any problems, it will save a lot of trouble. However, I hope Mr. Naimi can work for me seriously. I don’t want to leave empty-handed.”

"From the moment I walked into the hotel to warn Mr. Naimi, I had already helped Mr. Naimi, hadn't I?"

Nami assured him, "I will prepare whatever the mage desires."

"Go on, come find me if you need anything." Li Zhen walked to the window and glanced outside. "If anyone casts any evil spells on you, I'll know."

Naimi didn't say anything more.

After leaving Li Zhen's room, he closed the door behind him, frowned, and returned to his own room.

Not long after, the female translator knocked on the door again.

After looking around, she whispered to Naimi, who was sitting on the sofa, "That master is already on his way..."

Naimi nodded: "When the master arrives, let me know and I will go down to greet him personally."

The female translator asked, "Who exactly was that person? Do we need a master to deal with him?"

Naimi glanced at the female translator and retorted, "When did I say that I invited the master here to deal with that sorcerer?"

The female translator was a little surprised and was about to speak.

Naimi waved his hand to interrupt, saying, "Someone wants to harm me with evil magic. It has nothing to do with that sorcerer. I invited the master here just so that he could check if there is anything wrong with me."

"If there are no problems, I'm prepared to keep the master with me for a few days, just in case anything unexpected happens."

……

As Li Zhen sat down on the sofa, he suddenly smiled.

Naimi is indeed a figure who has been involved in politics; he is cunning and resourceful.

But he had no ill intentions towards Naimi. As long as Naimi was obedient and worked diligently for him, he didn't care about anything else.

If Naimi really did invite a master, just as he said, it would save him the time of taking action.

At Li Zhen's summons, the demonic fetus appeared beside him.

Li Zhen said to the demon fetus, "You can move around freely in the hotel, but you can't stray far from Naimi. If you find anyone who is hostile to him, come and notify me."

The demonic fetus cheered, spat out the big-headed imp from its mouth, kneaded it vigorously a few times, and then flashed to appear in front of the wall near the room where Naimi lived.

It was too tightly controlled by Li Zhen, and rarely had any free time.

Especially in crowded places like hotels, Li Zhen rarely lets it go out to move around.

At this moment, I was naturally very excited.

Li Zhen warned, "There might be magical artifacts here to ward off ghosts, so don't go near those places. Also, it seems a master will be coming here; if he's polite, don't get into a conflict with him."

The demonic fetus's eyes darted around, and it countered, "If he's impolite, can I have a conflict with him?"

Li Zhen looked at the demon fetus: "Don't cause trouble."

"I understand," the demonic fetus replied, and then vanished from the wall in a flash.

Casting a spell on Naimi is a rather troublesome matter. It would be much easier to have the demon fetus monitor Naimi to prevent anyone from harming him.

A complete transformation...

Li Zhen tapped his fingers on the table beside him, his face deep in thought.

After meeting Naimi and confirming her identity, he was basically certain that this was the world of "Blood Embryo Transformation".

Li Zhen recalled that in "Blood Rebirth", after the protagonist learned some black magic, he harmed a political figure in order to make money. He then had a conflict with the black magic master who taught him the black magic and was almost killed by his own master. In the end, he used a prepared magic weapon to kill the master.

Detective Li couldn't remember the name of the murdered politician who played a minor supporting role.

Now it seems that it should be Naimi.

The level of black magic in "Blood Embryo Transformation" is quite high, especially the great black magic master, Chai Wang, who is very skilled in black magic.

I don't know what kind of evil spirit the other person is worshipping...

The "Blood Transformation" technique, which allows one to cultivate themselves into a blood demon outside the Three Realms, is also very interesting...

Even if he himself might not be able to cultivate it, Li Zhen would still like to get his hands on the secret technique and take a look if given the chance.

(End of this chapter)