General of the Heavens

Chapter 91 The Ancient City of Jingjue [Seeking Recommendations]

"Hmm, antiques are truly vast and profound..."

After spending half a day with Ning Chen, Su Yi felt that Ning Chen was the real museum guide, and that the other people's knowledge of antiques and cultural relics was far inferior to Ning Chen's.

"This is nothing. The more interesting things are buried underground. The things that are on the surface are only shown to us selectively."

Seeing that Su Yi was humbly seeking advice throughout, Ning Chen sighed inwardly: "I am very pleased!" His attitude towards Su Yi also improved considerably.

"Listening to you all this way has been an eye-opener for me, but I'm also very curious, with your abilities, how could you manage to run your antique shop so poorly?"

Su Yi, like a curious child, kept asking questions, so Ning Chen took the opportunity to change the subject: "Why don't you tell me about that case related to antiques? Maybe I can be of some help."

Compared to antiques, Su Yi was more interested in the case. "It's like this: a few days ago, someone reported that there was a particularly strong stench coming from the house next door, and that no one had been seen coming out for many days."

When the local police arrived to inspect the house, they discovered a foul-smelling corpse inside, which had been dead for about thirty days.

Then Captain Qin and his team from the bureau began to investigate and learned that the man's name was Qi Shan. Later, after further investigation, they discovered another residence of his, which was filled with these kinds of antiques...

"Wait a minute!" Su Yi was speaking enthusiastically when Ning Chen abruptly interrupted her. He died more than a month ago. Ning Chen had silenced a person with an underbite during that time. Could it be such a coincidence?

"Where did you say the person died?"

"Unit 1, Building 10, East Street, Xingfu Road..."

Ning Chen's lips twitched. What a coincidence! That person was really unlucky; it took a whole month to be discovered. How badly had things rotted by then…

"What does this case have to do with you being a detective?"

Speaking of this, Su Yi got even angrier: "It's my dad. He insisted that I wasn't cut out to be a criminal investigator, so I argued with him and said that if I could help Captain Qin solve the case, I would transfer myself to the criminal investigation team; if I couldn't, I would just be a forensic doctor."

In fact, the investigation began as soon as the case was exposed, but there has been no progress. The news has started to get out of control, and it is estimated that the provincial government will send a special task force to thoroughly investigate the case. In short, it is a very difficult situation.

Ning Chen sighed, patted her shoulder and said, "Sometimes the truth is hard to accept, but you have to try to get used to it. Like your father, I advise you to give up."

It would be easier to deal with other people, who might get caught, but their chances of catching Ning Chen are slim. Su Yi has ruined herself.

As darkness fell, the two went their separate ways home.

Ning Chen recalled the details of the murder, and after confirming that he had not revealed any flaws, he went out for a walk with the Angry Sun Chicken for a while, and then came back to start cultivating the Nether Pill.

……

As time passed, Su Yi came several times during this period, always asking questions related to antiques. The special task force had been established long ago, but no further discoveries were made.

Ning Chen remained as steady as a rock.

What's most puzzling is the cause of Qi Shan's death, which remains unclear, and he wasn't injured in any way. It's as if some inexplicable force suddenly stopped the beating of his heart.

The forensic doctors all thought it was a paranormal event. The cause of death was unclear, so they didn't even know if it was murder. It was basically a dead case.

Ning Chen felt a pang of heartache as he watched Su Yi busily conducting investigations, because there probably weren't any people in the world left who could kill using internal force.

A month has almost passed in the blink of an eye.

With the next journey through the heavens about to begin, Ning Chen quickly tried his luck with a lottery draw. His relentless cultivation day and night almost made him lose his mind.

"System, initiate the lottery!"

As soon as Ning Chen had this thought, a huge reward disc suddenly appeared in his mind, filled with all sorts of rewards.

Ning Chen could see the immortal techniques, such as immortality in an instant, plucking stars and seizing the moon, and eternal reincarnation, but he just couldn't draw them. Isn't that infuriating?

Ning Chen wasn't being unrealistic; he just hoped the reward would be something practical, and not some kind of guaranteed-to-solve secret technique...

Finally, with a thought from Ning Chen, five of the countless rewards on the disc lit up. Ning Chen saw that they were: Golden Gun Pill, Hand Sword, a Broken Book, a Baby's Pacifier, and Tai Chi Beginner's Guide.

Ning Chen: "..."

Only the basics of Tai Chi and the shuriken are useful. The shuriken is just a concealed weapon, and Ning Chen has the Little Divine Edge, so he doesn't need it at all. The basics of Tai Chi might have been somewhat useful for Ning Chen before he didn't know any martial arts, but now it's too useless.

The most bizarre thing about the Golden Gun Pill is that it claims to make you stay erect, but it can have side effects, and in severe cases, it may even cause infertility.

This piece of junk isn't even worthy of carrying Viagra's shoes!

Ning Chen decisively chose to regenerate the rewards, and the next second, five more rewards lit up on the disc at the same time.

The five items are: bone shrinking skill, language proficiency, a nerdy guy's real-life doll companion, superpowered crystal, and being cuckolded.

There was no chance to choose again at this point, so Ning Chen decisively crossed out the two least likely options and then randomly selected one of the remaining three rewards.

Of the remaining three rewards, Ning Chen's favorite was naturally the Superpower Crystal, which was described as being able to awaken a superpower.

Ning Chen was willing to accept any kind of superpower, but language proficiency was his second favorite. This skill was also very powerful, as it allowed him to master any language, and was not even limited to human languages.

The third one is a bit ordinary; it's the Bone Shrinking Technique, which many people in the main world know, so it's not a rare reward.

Ning Chen closed his eyes and awaited the result.

"Ding! The lottery has ended. Congratulations on obtaining the skill 'Language Proficiency'. The reward has been issued. Please check it in time."

Ning Chen was a little disappointed that he didn't get the superpower crystal, but his language proficiency was also good, and what's impressive is that it's not limited to human languages.

"So, this means animals can be included too?"

Ning Chen excitedly ran upstairs and grabbed the Angry Rooster. Looking at this oversized rooster, Ning Chen said with deep affection, "Useless trash, you're an idiot!"

The Angry Rooster stood there dumbfounded, and Ning Chen's face darkened. "This can't be real, can it? A product made by the system can be fake? This is outrageous! And I can't even complain!"

However, just as Ning Chen turned to go downstairs, the Angry Rooster suddenly crowed, just like an ordinary rooster, but Ning Chen could understand it clearly!

It's saying, "What the hell?"

Ning Chen, afraid he'd misheard, added, "You stupid chicken, you glutton, I'll pluck your feathers and make soup for you tomorrow!"

This time, the Angry Rooster didn't say anything, it just pecked at him. Ning Chen rubbed the back of his hand, confirming the practicality of language proficiency.

It's a bit slow when communicating with animals, probably because the animals' brains haven't evolved well enough to react immediately.

The second lottery draw did not disappoint Ning Chen. Ning Chen even felt like he was blessed with good luck. Luck can come unexpectedly.

A day later, the system's voice finally came: "Ding! Your fourth transmigration is about to begin. The fourth world is—Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue! Please choose yes or no?"

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