"Is this a bus...?"
It was Qi Zixiao's first time riding a bus. Following Lin Fan's instructions, she put in two yuan and casually found a seat, gazing around with great curiosity.
The vehicle rumbled, while the passengers inside bustled about—some played on their phones, while others slept soundly.
The buildings outside the window kept 'retreating'...
Everything about this left Qi Zixiao feeling both curious and astonished.
"This bus... what exactly is it?"
"There isn't the slightest fluctuation of magic power, yet it can carry so many people forward in its belly. Though it isn't very fast, that in itself is already quite miraculous."
"This world truly isn't as simple as it seems..."
She now knew that the thing she was riding was called a bus, but she had no idea what a bus actually was or what principle it operated on.
After all, there was no way Lin Fan could explain everything in detail in the videos he had left behind. At that moment, Qi Zixiao could be described with one sentence: she "knew what it was, but not why it was so."
In short...
It was novel, and that was all that mattered.
Following the instructions in the video, she got off at the appropriate stop, then walked toward the construction site...
Although Qi Zixiao had barely ever left the sacred land, she had no trouble finding her way. She was also clever and quick-witted, able to draw inferences from one example.
Thus, with Lin Fan's videos in hand, she reached the place in no time.
The videos had also introduced Liu Dezhu, but Qi Zixiao didn't hurry over to find him. Instead, she watched from a distance as the people at the construction site busied themselves.
Then she hesitated.
Moving bricks?!
So this was what "moving bricks" meant?!
"One brick is one yuan, while riding the bus once costs two..."
"If I had True Essence, I could wave my hand and move hundreds or thousands of bricks. But to move them one by one with an ordinary mortal body—isn't that wasting one's limited life?!"
The efficiency was far too low!
In Qi Zixiao's eyes, this was nothing short of wasting her life.
"There should be some other way—some other, more efficient way to make money..."
She didn't disturb anyone. She simply turned and left.
Different people would choose different methods.
Lin Fan had no choice. With no connections or backing, he could only choose jobs that were relatively familiar and dependable.
But Qi Zixiao was different.
She had never worked before and didn't know what kinds of jobs in this world could make money, but she simply felt that moving bricks... was no good!
She ought to be able to find a job that was more efficient and better suited to her.
"I'll go back to where I'm staying first, then learn more about this world."
"That fellow said there was something called QianDu, and that you could search for anything on it?"
She retraced her steps.
Qi Zixiao took out her phone and was just about to search for a way to make money quickly when she suddenly noticed a Feixin notification.
She tapped it open and saw that someone named 'Xiao Wan' wanted to add her as a Feixin friend.
She casually tapped accept. Within seconds, the other party sent her a message.
Xiao Wan: "Wow, is that you in your Moments profile picture, handsome? You're so good-looking!"
"How interesting..."
Qi Zixiao's attention was drawn in. "Is this the method similar to 'Thousand Mile Sound Transmission' that fellow mentioned, one that allows people to converse instantly even when they're extremely far apart?"
Once curiosity arose, she naturally wanted to learn more.
Qi Zixiao directly sent a voice message: "It's me. Who are you, and where are you?"
Don't ask why she didn't use text. The answer was simply that she didn't know how to type.
Xiao Wan quickly replied in writing: "My name is Xiao Wan. I originally meant to add my blind date, but it seems I added the wrong person. But you're so handsome, and I really like you..."
Qi Zixiao's whole body broke out in goosebumps: "..."
Were the people of this world all so direct?
And a woman was telling her that she liked her?!
Ew...
She immediately asked, "I asked where you are."
Xiao Wan: "Ah, I forgot to say. I'm at Mount Wuyi... I'm a kindergarten teacher, and I love children most of all."
"Look, this is a photo of me with the children. What do you think?"
The other party sent a photo. It showed a cute and rather pretty young woman with a group of children in a kindergarten.
Qi Zixiao didn't understand what a kindergarten was, but she could roughly grasp what the other party meant.
Did she want to become Dao companions?
"That fellow probably doesn't have a Dao companion, does he?"
Suddenly, Qi Zixiao had a mischievous idea.
If she really found that fellow a Dao companion, then when they switched back next time, would he be utterly dumbfounded?
"Not bad!"
She replied.
Xiao Wan seemed delighted and sent a smiling emoji. "Thanks, but I have to go teach the children now. We'll talk another time."
"Okay."
Their idle chat ended.
Qi Zixiao grew increasingly interested in the wonders of Feixin and the phone.
In fact, forget someone like her, who had traveled here from the age of cultivation—even modern people had found it extraordinarily wondrous when chatting tools like QQ first appeared.
Quite a few people could even chat for an entire night...
After ending that unexpected conversation, Qi Zixiao began pondering Feixin's other functions.
She didn't randomly look for people to chat with. Instead, she found the Moments function Lin Fan had mentioned and tapped it open.
"That fellow said Moments can help pass the time, so I won't feel too lonely?"
After tapping it open, Qi Zixiao narrowed her eyes at the very first thing she saw.
"If I haven't misunderstood this passage..."
She was more accustomed to traditional characters, but she didn't fail to recognize every simplified character. Yet as she looked at the Moments post shared by a friend named 'Wu Guodong,' she could no longer remain calm.
It was a picture!
The picture contained a portrait, with a passage of text beneath it.
Qi Zixiao could barely make out the general meaning.
"Wanted notice?
"In essence, this vicious and heinous criminal, who has raped and killed several people, has fled to this area. Anyone who can provide information will be rewarded... fifty thousand yuan?"
Fifty thousand yuan?!
This job was far more efficient than moving bricks!
Qi Zixiao immediately committed that 'portrait' to memory.
"If I can find this person... I won't have to worry about lacking money anymore, will I?"
How was she supposed to find him?
Qi Zixiao was currently unable to use the True Essence that originally belonged to her, but her spiritual perception remained. Simply put, once cultivators reached a certain level, they would all develop a sense that allowed them to 'seek fortune and avoid calamity.'
Moreover, this sense had no direct connection to True Essence. It was related to the soul.
Thus, her current self still retained some ability to 'seek fortune and avoid calamity.'
Then, could she use this ability to find that person?
Qi Zixiao wasn't sure whether she could pull it off.
After all, fortune and calamity were not things she could define as she pleased.
Put simply...
Did a reward of fifty thousand yuan count as 'fortune'?
Or did that wanted criminal count as 'calamity'?
If either counted, then so long as one of those conditions was satisfied, finding the wanted criminal shouldn't be too difficult.
Qi Zixiao pondered for a moment, then decided to give it a try!
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