Worried About Your Bird

Could this "phone" be a tool used for cultivation in the old era? What exactly happened in the old era? If it was so amazing, why did a historical gap occur? Having witnessed the "phone's" self-defense mechanism before, Ji Qinglin guessed that its functions were equally impressive.

He thought about opening the Thousand Mile Network first; the icon was a group of small stick figures linked together.

However, because the phone had been reset, there were no contacts in it.

The second item, Cloud Qi Sea, had an icon of a small person with both hands raised to the sky, just like Sun Wukong gathering a Spirit Bomb in the Dragon Ball he watched as a child. But this required registration, so Ji Qinglin exited and opened the Divine Sense Observation next to it.

The icon was a pair of seemingly gentle yet sharp bright eyes. It didn't seem wrong; weren't those his own eyes? After opening it, his guess was confirmed. Divine Sense Observation seemed to be a camera, with his own eyes as the viewpoint.

Below the Divine Sense Observation in his eyes were not the "Professional, Portrait, Plant, Video" categories found in cameras.

Instead, there were unfamiliar categories like "Discern Dao, Face Reading, Soul Hooking, Star Gazing." Furthermore, he couldn't open the Face Reading, Soul Hooking, and Star Gazing permissions. Currently, only Discern Dao was available.

After trying to photograph the surroundings several times, a small prompt appeared on the interface:

"Sorry, no learnable content has been scanned."

Discern Dao was for learning? Since it was written as Eternal Dao Heart, the learning content likely referred to cultivation-related techniques. He had to scan someone using a technique to try it out.

Finally, Ji Qinglin opened the Big Dipper Map, which had an icon of the Big Dipper, but it was blank.

"Please record the map through scanning."

Good heavens, he had to record the map himself?

Curiously, he scanned the room, and the local terrain map of the room appeared on the Big Dipper Map.

The map recorded quickly, but he didn't know what it was for.

Ji Qinglin tried to mark the location of the courtyard entrance he had just recorded. As soon as the thought of "Depart" formed in his mind, a route guidance appeared on the map.

Before Ji Qinglin could take a closer look, his feet moved on their own. He took three steps as two, came to the door, kicked off the step with his back foot, flipped over, and landed quickly and accurately in the courtyard at the marked location.

"Hiss, this thing is a bit interesting."

Just now, his body moved as he willed, and he didn't feel like he had lost control of his body. However, these clean and neat movements were not entirely his own. It was like driving a car with an auxiliary system. Although he was driving, it was exceptionally smooth, as if there was no resistance.

Four words appeared in Ji Qinglin's mind: Riding the Wind.

But recalling his previous actions, they were still too simple and ordinary. It shouldn't be that. The Big Dipper Map had a classification of action methods: the current type was Intelligent Selection, followed by Body, Technique, and Consciousness.

Consciousness was also possible? Wouldn't that be like an immortal, where his body arrives where his mind goes? Or was it just that his soul flew away and his body fell to the ground?

He hadn't learned any techniques yet, so the following items were grayed out. He could only rely on his body's functions to move.

What would happen if the map changed? Thinking this, Ji Qinglin moved a chair to the courtyard and placed some mechanical garbage in front of the door.

This time, Ji Qinglin did not update the map. He set off on the same route again, but his movements changed. He stepped over the chair on the road, his feet quickly moved through the gaps in the mechanical garbage, and finally, he leaped up and landed in the house.

Although the movements were simple, he definitely did not touch any obstacles. It was clear that the Big Dipper Map had an automatic obstacle avoidance function.

It worked for objects, so it must work for people too. If he added some movement techniques, it would be a good way to escape.

But his body was different from ordinary Qi Practitioners, so he might need to use the Divine Sense Observation from before to learn techniques.

After a simple attempt, he gained a lot. Ji Qinglin felt relieved and was glad that he hadn't separated the strange "phone" he had.

After cleaning up for an afternoon and running back and forth, hunger gradually struck. Ji Qinglin carefully inserted the booklet into the book, stored it separately, and went to fill his stomach first.

Although the old city of Xin Dong Street was a semi-slum, it had a strong atmosphere of life. The aroma of dinner and ordinary lights made the old neighborhood seem vibrant. Many streetlights were broken, but there were many children playing and running on the road.

In addition to food, Ji Qinglin also bought some daily necessities from nearby stores, because he would probably live here for the next few days to continue searching and researching.

Not to mention whether there were other valuable things in those materials, just these four functions were worth pondering for a while.

It wasn't until after he finished eating and cleaned up the bedroom that Ji Qinglin noticed that Yu Ye had called him five times.

He had only been gone for a day, right?

It was a good thing he wasn't really in seclusion, or he would have suffered a Qi deviation sooner or later.

Helplessly, he dialed a holographic video call. Yu Ye on the other side was in good condition, her face was rosier than when he left, but her willow eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she was gently biting her red lips, seeming a little anxious.

"What's wrong, Yu Ye?"

"Master, the Coal Boss is gone!"

"Huh?"

The Coal Boss, who was eating takeout fried rice on the table, turned his head and raised his wings when he heard this, as if to say, 'I'm here, Your Majesty.'

"You took the Coal Boss away?"

"It hasn't been out for a few days, so I brought it out for some fresh air."

"Phew, you should have said something. I thought it had been captured."

Breaking into the well-guarded Ji's General Store just to catch a crow? Wouldn't it be better to just buy a chicken? "Shouldn't you be at Bixin Hall?"

"This disciple's body is already able to move freely. I was a little worried, so I came back to take a look."

"A little worried? You think your master would pack up and run away?"

"How could that be? This disciple is just worried that Master will be in seclusion at home and no one will take care of you."

"It's enough that you have this filial piety. Remember to cultivate the basic skills properly. This master will stay for a while longer, so don't disturb me easily if there's nothing important."

Seeing that Master was indeed in the room and not outside dealing with corpses, Yu Ye's hanging heart was relieved.

"This disciple understands. Also, Chairman Lei Qiong said that he will send a Skill Transfer Disciple in a couple of days to teach me the basic skills."

"It's a good thing to have someone to guide you, but you must be wary of others. Your information has already been entered into the general store's security system. As long as it's not some Sect Leader Grandmaster, the store's security system can protect you without worry as long as you don't leave the general store."

"Yes, Master."

So, this heartless master who left her alone without even leaving a bird behind does care about her safety after all.

After hanging up the phone, Yu Ye sat behind the counter of the general store in a daze for a while. They had been together for four days, but this unconventional master was really hard to see through.

He had said before that he didn't trust her enough, but now he had directly given her the entire general store after installing the supreme meridians for her.

No, he must still be angry about what happened that day, so in a fit of pique, he simply left everything for her to decide. But looking at his attitude just now, it didn't seem like it.

Crazy Night: Are you thinking about him?

Yu Ye: Huh? No, I'm just curious where he went.

Crazy Night: I know.

Yu Ye: Huh? Crazy Night: In your heart.

Yu Ye: Ugh, how are you even more greasy than that Sang Feng.

Crazy Night: If he really came in, and the three of us were together, wouldn't that be a double whammy... Yu Ye: Shut up.