Heavenly Scroll

Thanks to Old Zheng's reminder, Lin Yu gained a renewed understanding of Nightless Sky Fire Apricot.

If she fully demonstrates her strength and joins the competition for the position of Family Head, then it probably won't be the case that the Nightless Sky Huo Shu is sharpening the knife for Nightless Sky Huo Le.

But...

"If you don't intend to inherit the family business, then why do you want Arter Mercury to die?"

Without a doubt, the death of Arter Mercury was extremely detrimental to the Nightless Sky Family. Neither Nightless Sky Huo Le nor Nightless Sky Huo Shu, these two popular heirs, wanted such a dramatic turn of events to occur. After all, the Nightless Sky Family Head had delegated power to the two of them to compete, and no matter how much they tried to shirk responsibility, they would ultimately have to take responsibility for this incident.

Although the Nightless Sky Family Head knew about this matter in advance and reached an agreement with Lin Yu 'Lin Yu interference... the rest of the Nightless Sky Family were unaware of this.

But conversely... just like Barry, the butler of Saint Orchid Kui, the death of Arter Mercury was almost a boon to all the offspring who had designs on the Family Head, except for Huo Le and Huo Shu.

But Nightless Sky Fire Apricot found Lin Yu's statement very strange. "Does this even need a reason? He's Royal Nobles, the former Family Head of the Mercury Family, and the Chosen of God of the God of Life... It would be very interesting if he died!"

Lin Yu looked at the other party's Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and did not think that this was not the other party's true feeling.

But...

This isn't the whole truth.

"No," Lin Yu said firmly, "If that were the case, you wouldn't have called me over just because I was investigating the C-77 commission... Even with the rumors that I was pursuing you, it wouldn't have warranted you doing this."

"Especially... you came in person, it wasn't just a simple matter of leaving me a recorder and a letter."

Looking at Lin Yu, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot sighed, "Truly worthy of being the man Mother values and Sister Huo Le relies on."

Then, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot picked up the megaphone again and turned the volume up to the maximum. "Why bother being so clever? It's so annoying!"

"So, why is that?"

Lin Yu asked again.

"Because I realized I went too far. Although my mother no longer considers me as her heir, but," Nightless Sky Fire Apricot threw down the megaphone, stood up, and kicked over a chair, "She wants me to go through an arranged marriage! I don't want to get married! I'm not even twenty yet... I don't want to marry some boring Noble I don't know!"

"I also want to explore the places where alchemical raw materials are produced, and find the 'Gate of Boundary' deep in the Great Wilderness... If I get married, I won't be able to do any of these things!"

As she spoke, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot collapsed to the ground, thrashing about like a dead fish, her hands and feet pounding the ground with a pattering sound.

Lin Yu watched as the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot suddenly fell ill. After struggling for more than ten minutes, she suddenly collapsed to the ground as if dead, lifeless.

Half a minute later, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot got up again, hooked her foot onto the stool, sat down again, and tidied her slightly messy hair with her hand.

"In short, Sherlock... I also need to mess up my coming-of-age ceremony, I need a shocking event to throw the Nightless Sky Family into chaos, give me enough time... to slowly change my mother's opinion of me until it reaches the point where 'although she can't be the Family Head and is not very useful, she's not worth sending out for a marriage alliance.'"

"Please, you have to succeed... Even if it fails, it will still cause chaos, but it's better to succeed!"

Lin Yu listened to Nightless Sky Fire Apricot's words and spoke seriously.

"I wasn't directly involved in the C-77 commission, but... I'll do my best to urge the participant I sent to oversee."

"But... didn't the C-77 mission involve a whole squad?"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot sighed, "The composition of that team... apart from your people, only one mercenary was properly recruited. The rest were all here to investigate this case. Perhaps they also wanted Arter Mercury dead, but they are all important figures... Do you really expect them to risk their lives?"

"The fishhooks are all tangled together... What kind of use can a team like this possibly have? It's a miracle!"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot sighed, and Lin Yu nodded slightly.

This was also the intelligence he possessed.

"So I seriously suspect that the employer who issued this commission might not actually want Arter Mercury to die at all; he didn't care at all about choosing the right person," Lin Yu remarked. "So, do you have any guesses about the employer's choice of person?"

"Anything is possible, but the three most likely suspects are Qiu Xinliu and Larry Solence. Neither of them wants to see the Mercury Family and the Nightless Sky Family continue to be on good terms, and both need to prove themselves with achievements. Plus, since they've decided not to inherit the family, they can do some dirty work for the family... Eris Mercury, this person definitely wants to securely inherit the position of the Chosen of Life, at least not continue to 'wander' outside."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot on her hand, said, "I don't know much about Noble matters. I only recently caught up on some things because things were really urgent, so my words might not be accurate... To put it more broadly, even my mother could be a possibility—although for the sake of the Nightless Sky Family, it would be best if Arter Mercury didn't die, but no one can say for sure about these things."

"You are even a suspect."

Lin Yu looked at the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and said.

"Yes, but it's a pity it wasn't me," sighed Nightless Sky Fire Apricot. "Honestly, I can't believe I didn't think of such a brilliant idea right away..."

"But I also want to ask, why would you want Arter Mercury dead?" Nightless Sky Fire Apricot blinked. "That old man's death would be detrimental to Nightless Sky Huo Le."

"There's no other way; it's something I have to do."

Lin Yu said helplessly.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot nodded. "I understand, you're a 'Player'... this is where those things come from, beyond your control!"

"Oh dear, thank goodness our world doesn't have this kind of setting, otherwise I'd be so pathetic if I became Player —although being able to freely travel to other worlds is great, there are just too many restrictions."

"Oh, right, speaking of Nightless Sky Huo Le... I think I've given her the 'Heavenly Scroll' by now, haven't I?" Nightless Sky Fire Apricot sighed.

"Tell your men to be careful, that thing is Divine Artifact," said Nightless Sky Fire Apricot. "Although every 'Royal Nobles' family has a 'Divine Artifact' passed down through generations, ours... needs to be extra ruthless."

"The Heavenly Scroll, the Earth Scroll, the Human Book... Among them, the Heavenly Book can store and access all concepts belonging to nature."

Lin Yu it somewhat strange.

"What does 'naturally occurring' mean?"

"These are things that exist innately... such as natural disasters, the four seasons, celestial bodies—even the passage of time and the Law governing all things."