abnabooks Chapter 2503 Antenna Grafting
Chapter 2503 Antenna Grafting
Chapter 2503 Antenna Grafting
That's what the shopkeeper said, but everyone could tell from his expression that he didn't agree with it.
Ling Jinbao still refused to believe it: "Don't tell me this whole city is full of young people and there isn't a single old man!"
"Well, not exactly." The shopkeeper thought for a moment. "From the city lord to the officials of the city government, there are quite a few of them and their families who are in their forties or fifties."
The waiter wiping the table nearby added sarcastically, "The rule that people over thirty-four years old cannot settle in Baisong City applies to us, not to officials."
Ling Jinbao wanted to ask more, but He Lingchuan shook his head slightly, so he shut his mouth.
As an outsider, it's best not to be too curious, lest you attract unnecessary attention.
Anyway, he has other ways to obtain intelligence.
Just then, someone strode past the window, his eyes gleaming, carrying a box on his back; he was clearly no ordinary person.
At a glance, He Lingchuan couldn't discern his cultivation level, but he was certain that he was a cultivator.
Under the sunlight, the divine connection on his shoulder was a light red color, unlike the other outsiders who came to the city.
What does that mean? This person has been specially labeled?
After eating their fill, He Lingchuan and the other two strolled around for a while, mostly walking along the main streets and side alleys, buying some small odds and ends without venturing into any remote corners.
Even if there was a god watching their every move behind the scenes, he couldn't find anything unusual about their footprints.
Ling Jinbao wandered over to the foot of the city wall and bought a few more fried cakes. He Lingchuan looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late, we should go back."
The three walked back to Tongfu Inn.
The caravan had originally booked a large dormitory-style room, with eight people sleeping in one room. To make things easier, the three of them came out and booked a room by themselves, choosing one at the very back of the inn. The advantage was that they had a small open space in front of the room for their own use, and no one else could come in. The disadvantage was that it was very close to the stables and the main road. However, this also made it easy to climb over the wall and go out, and they could hear the whispers coming from outside at any time.
In another half hour, this open space will no longer be exposed to the sun.
He Lingchuan told the two of them to stand in the sunlight: "Don't move."
Ling Jinbao was confused, but Dong Rui understood: "Ah, it's that kind of thing again?"
He had been watched by God several times and was experienced.
“Yes.” He Lingchuan drew his Floating Life Blade and examined the yellow lines on the three of them.
Dong Rui immediately shut his mouth. Just to be safe, he put his index finger to his lips and gestured for Ling Jinbao to be quiet.
Ling Jinbao glanced at him, then at He Lingchuan, and remained silent. Clearly, the Emperor knew exactly what to do, and there was no need for him to question it.
"Grandma, give me three small spiders, they have to be small."
Whenever He Lingchuan asked for something, the old woman would oblige: "Okay, wait."
A short while later, three spiders, each the size of a fingertip, crawled out of the cardamom garden and lined up in front of He Lingchuan.
Using the sunlight, He Lingchuan saw the yellow line on his shoulder, then flipped the knife handle and gently wrapped it around the line.
If you use a blade, it will break at the slightest touch;
But if you use the knife handle, it's still okay; it didn't break, and you can wrap it around several times.
Then, He Lingchuan turned the blade over and gently cut the end of the thread.
The yellow line did not disappear into thin air; it remained wrapped around the handle of the Floating Life Knife.
He Lingchuan then brought the thread from the knife handle close to the little spider and gently pulled it forward—
The thread easily stuck to the little spider.
He Lingchuan held up the Floating Life Blade and tried lifting it twice. Hmm, good, it sticks very firmly.
He then reversed the handle, turning the coil back along its original path.
Once the Floating Life Blade was freed from the yellow thread, the thread stuck to the little spider and remained motionless.
"Okay, it's done!" He Lingchuan took two steps back, looking at his work with satisfaction.
The two people beside him looked bewildered. All they saw from beginning to end was him gesturing in circles with his long knife, as if he were performing a ritual on Aunt Zhu's little spider.
He Lingchuan then did the same thing again, wrapping the yellow threads from the two of them around the little spiders, and then sending them outside to squat.
From now on, these three little spiders will essentially be their puppet clones. As long as they remain at the inn or follow the caravan out of the city, the Heavenly Demon will be unable to pinpoint the true whereabouts of the three.
Once they were freed from the yellow lines, they were able to move freely.
This is a new way of using the Floating Life Blade that He Lingchuan has developed in recent years, and he has tried it with the divine gaze of other Heavenly Demons.
Once the Floating Life Blade severs the threads, the Heavenly Demon above might notice. Therefore, He Lingchuan wondered if this "gaze" could be transferred to something else.
This way, we can avoid alerting the Heavenly Demon and escape His surveillance.
The demon connects to people with threads, without needing to know their name, birth date, height, or weight. As long as someone has entered its temple, they can be stuck. Therefore, this kind of thread adhesion must be superficial.
If that's the case, why can't we change the rope?
As long as it's a living thing, it should be fine. The so-called "Divine Gaze" sounds impressive, but in reality, it mostly just functions as a locator. The Heavenly Demon uses this connection to determine the approximate location of its target.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the threads of a few demons may have other effects, which He Lingchuan has not yet discovered, but he remains cautious.
Dong Rui gave Ling Jinbao a brief explanation, then asked:
"That's strange, when did we get infected? We haven't been inside the temple."
“I’m afraid it’s when people pass through the city gates,” He Lingchuan said. “I’ve seen it; everyone entering or leaving the city has it, but the residents inside the city don’t.”
"In other words, the Heavenly Demon is monitoring outsiders." Ling Jinbao also became interested. "I've never heard of the Heavenly Demon caring so much about any city, except for Lingxu City. It seems there's something mysterious about this city that the Heavenly Demon doesn't want outsiders to discover."
Dong Rui retorted, "Lingxu City is very free, unlike here."
He Lingchuan recounted what he had seen that afternoon, and then said, "The person who passed by the noodle shop this afternoon was a cultivator. The silk thread on his head had turned red, probably because he was being closely watched. If he does anything unusual, I'm afraid the Heavenly Demon and his subordinates will come out to deal with him."
"It's getting dark." The sunlight in the open space in front of the house gradually shifted. "After nightfall, we'll gather intelligence first."
……
That evening, the noodle shop owner returned home, spent some time with his wife, and then, for some reason, became incredibly sleepy. They slept soundly for a while and then had a dream.
He dreamt that someone was talking to him, and the person seemed somewhat familiar, but after waking up, he couldn't remember a single word.
Strange things.
Meanwhile, He Lingchuan gathered his companions, first setting up a soundproof barrier, and then sharing information:
“I used a little trick to get him to reveal the truth in his dream, which was safer that way.”
Dong Rui yawned and asked, "What did you say?"
Many members of the convoy went to Hongguanfang at night, or went to find brothels and old flames in the city, making the night quite enjoyable. The three of them, on the other hand, stayed obediently at home.
(End of this chapter)