Cloud Seal Script!

"This information is useless."

"This information is useless..."

"Brother, most of these are counterfeit artifacts made by black market dealers."

Early in the morning, Qing Chen sat by the lake, sorting through the data that Yingzi had just sent back, while cautiously looking up to observe Yingzi's expression.

He was genuinely worried that this shadow might not be able to withstand the blow.

Last night, Shadow snatched nearly a thousand cultural relics and documents from the black market. However, just as Qing Chen had predicted, the important items would most likely not remain in the hands of the black market dealers.

Even the Qing family doesn't have any valuable information, so how could black market merchants possibly have it?

The shadow asked calmly, "Didn't you find it?"

Qing Chen paused for a moment. "Hmm... but brother, you don't need to overthink it. It's normal that there aren't any. How could there be so many hidden gems..."

"Do I need you to comfort me? Don't worry, I'm fine," the shadow said with a smile.

Qing Chen carefully examined the shadow and found that the other party did not have an unhappy expression.

It seems that the shadow, after its initial eagerness, has calmed down.

That's strange. He was so aggressive yesterday, but he didn't get anything today either. How did he suddenly calm down?

However, Qing Chen was relieved. "Actually, it doesn't matter whether I can find a new cultivation lineage or not. At worst, I can just exchange it for the Zhunti Method. Kunlun is an organization with principles and bottom lines, so I'm not afraid of them abusing it."

Shadow asked with a smile, "Aren't you disappointed? After all, it was something the Shadow of the Qing Clan promised you. One of the most powerful figures in the Federation can't even fulfill such a small request from you."

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "Brother, you've already done your best. As far as I know, you've never done so many trivial things for anyone before."

Shadow's smile deepened, "It's good that you think that way. But don't worry, I'll definitely find you useful information. But not now."

Qing Chen was taken aback; it seemed that Shadow had a new plan.

In City 20, a group of Garrison Troops soldiers finished their shift and slowly walked back to their barracks.

After entering the camp, they returned all the equipment to the armory, including bulletproof helmets, tactical vests, optical glasses, and firearms, which were put back into storage according to their numbers.

Everyone walked arm in arm toward the shower room.

At that moment, a soldier said, "You guys go first, I forgot to bring my towel."

"Go on, go on," his companions waved.

After leaving his unit, the soldier went to his barracks, pulled out an extremely sophisticated satellite phone from the heel of his military boot, and sent a message: "The City 20. Pay close attention to the residence at No. 115 Changning Street in the second district."

Meanwhile, this scene is playing out in many places.

Meanwhile, Shadow, inside Forbidden Zone No. 10, received these messages and smiled at Qing Chen, saying, "The opportunity has come. I'll go to Kamishiro, Kashima, and the Chen family to forge good relations with them."

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized what was happening.

No wonder Shadow didn't seem to care at all when he saw him burn nearly a thousand documents today.

The reason was that Shadow's real intention was not what he was looking for; he wanted to make a big show of the black market, let everyone know what he was looking for, and then find out where the information of the three conglomerates was hidden.

From the very beginning, Shadow's target was not the black market, but the conglomerate.

He knew very well that the information most likely to contain important details was in the hands of the conglomerate.

At this moment, Shadow stood up and smiled at Qing Chen, "I'll be right back, it won't be long."

Qing Chen was taken aback. "Won't there be any danger?"

The shadow laughed, "No, in this world, unless a god awakens, no one can put me in danger, not even your master."

As he spoke, he walked into the woods and opened the Shadow Gate.

On the streets of City 20, Shadow strolled leisurely toward Changning Street.

Arriving at the gate of house number 115, he smiled at the security camera on the gate, "Thank you all for helping me gather my things here."

The next moment, panic broke out in the monitoring room, and all the internal security personnel sprang into action.

The B-Class gene warriors who had just arrived and were stationed in the mansion immediately stood up and prepared to enter battle mode.

But all of this froze when the shadow stepped into the courtyard.

Everyone in the courtyard moved at an extreme slowness, like snails, as if it would take a year to take even a single step.

The entire world came to a standstill, except for the protagonist of this world who could do whatever he wanted.

Shadow walked into the courtyard with a smile. He passed through layers of obstacles and people whose movements were frozen, and arrived at the safe at the deepest part of the house.

At this moment, Shadow went back, picked up a black marker from the desk, and drew a small turtle on the face of a B-Class gene warrior.

Only then did he open the Shadow Gate and drag the safe inside.

The moment the Shadow Gate closed, time returned to normal.

The security guards in the mansion looked at each other in disbelief. To them, it was just a black figure flashing by like a streak of light, and then the safe they used to store data was gone!

It was as if no one had ever been there.

"Who's here?!"

One of them suddenly pointed at the B-Class gene warrior's face. "Someone drew a turtle on your face!"

The B-Class gene warrior was stunned for a moment. "Shadow! It's the Qing Clan's Shadow! Quickly tell the patriarch that the Qing Clan's Shadow came! We've been tricked!"

Only a shadow possesses such terrifying power!

Qing Shiying rarely takes action personally. In people's minds, he is more often seen strategizing behind the scenes, and few people have seen him fight.

Every move is made with extreme caution.

But this time it's different; Shadow himself has taken action!

Someone in the courtyard hurriedly made a phone call to report the matter.

But they couldn't understand why the shadow of the prestigious Qing clan would personally come to the territory of the Divine Era and use the other party's almost domineering power to steal a safe.

A dignified figure like Shadow, resorting to robbery? Has he no shame?

The thing is, it's not even anything particularly valuable, is it really that big of a deal?!

The Shadow visited not only the Kamishiro family, but also the Kashima and Chen families.

There were seven locations in total, with over a thousand documents collected.

Qing Chen and the others sat by the lake, they saw shadows moving back and forth through the Shadow Gate, constantly throwing things out of it.

They kept throwing out safes and neatly bound documents one minute, very busy indeed.

Qing Chen and his group don't have internet access here, so they are unaware of the major events that have occurred outside.

The Shadow personally plundered the Kamishiro, Kashima, and Chen families, causing widespread panic throughout the Federation.

However, they had absolutely no chance of resisting the power of the shadows.

The shadow, a demigod, came to steal the data.

They can't exactly invite a demigod to sit and guard, can they?

Demigods have more important things to do. What demigod is as idle as Qing's shadow?

The shadowy figure who had caused such chaos now sat by the campfire, looking expectantly at Qing Chen: "Take a look. If you can't find what you're looking for here, then you probably really won't find it."

Qing Chen remained silent for a long time before saying, "Thank you."

After he finished speaking, he and Yang Yang began to sift through all the materials.

When Yang Yang picked up the first one, she was stunned for a moment. "This paper, is it lyrics copied? I've seen the song title in the Outer World. Isn't this a song that was just released a few years ago?"

The fact that lyrics of a song, which had been collected by a conglomerate for nearly a thousand years, actually contained the Outer World of a song from just a few years ago is itself very strange.

Moreover, at the end of the lyrics, someone wrote the author's name: Ren He.

Qing Chen pondered, "Isn't that the name of the founder of the Knight Organization?"

Recalling the speculations made in Prison No. 18, Li Shutong said that the founder had left behind several pieces of music, such as Canon and Farewell...

At that time, Qing Chen was speculating whether the founder of Knights was someone who traveled from the Outer World to the Inner World, and then brought the Outer World's music to the Inner World, becoming a plagiarist.

Now... it's confirmed!

Qing Chen was both amused and exasperated. It seemed that the founder of the Knights was indeed a time traveler, and had only just arrived a few years ago.

This is just too shameless! They actually plagiarized a song and put their own name on it.

No wonder the author of the English version of "Jin Ping Mei" is also Ren He.

The conglomerate found this piece of paper, on which they could only understand the two characters "Ren He". Ren He was the founder of the Knight Organization, so the conglomerate thought that the paper contained some great secret, and thus kept it until now.

After all, in the Inner World, anything associated with the name Ren He throughout history has been a momentous event.

Ren He probably never imagined that his actions back then would cause so much confusion for the conglomerate today.

This conglomerate is truly a victim of injustice...

Qing Chen threw the paper into the campfire. "Ahem, this is a secret of our Knight Organization, let it disappear."

Otherwise, it would be quite embarrassing if more people found out...

"It's no use."

"It's no use."

"This won't work either."

As Qing Chen and Yang Yang continued their search, Yingzi grew restless. Had the Chen family, Shendai, and Kashima also failed to find anything useful?

Those three conglomerates are utterly useless...

This is the first time Shadow has done this. Hopefully, the people from Kamishiro, Kashima, and the Chen family will step up and not be useless, failing to find anything of value.

In the past, he would have preferred that the members of these three conglomerates be as useless as possible.

Several hours passed, and the shadow grew increasingly disappointed.

At this moment, Xiao Mengqian picked out a piece of calligraphy from the messy documents beside her. "Boss, the writing on this piece of paper is so strange."

Qing Chen looked over and was immediately stunned. "Cloud Seal Script?"

The term "Cloud Seal Script," also known as "phoenix script," is a general term that includes bird seal script, insect seal script, and gold seal script.

Therefore, a single seal character may have many different ways of being written.

The only thing they have in common is that they were specifically used by Daoists to write down their classic texts.

The paper in front of us is written in... Immortal Seal Script.

Qing Chen had seen records of Cloud Seal Script online, but his understanding of it was not comprehensive.

There are a total of 281 characters on the entire sheet of paper.

Qing Chen could only recognize the ten characters above. "Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable".

These ten characters have been explained online.

"Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable" is a deity revered in Daoism, and is the incarnation of the Antarctic Longevity Empress. As the highest heavenly deity of the Thunder Department, he oversees a complex organization of thunder gods, headquartered in the Divine Firmament Jade Purity Palace, which includes three provinces and nine departments, thirty-six inner courts and departments, the East and West Huatai, the Mysterious Pavilion and Wonderful Hall, the four palaces and six courtyards, and various other departments and bureaus.

Qing Chen felt a chill run down his spine at the thought; could he have actually found some kind of cultivation inheritance?

However, to find out what the full text actually says and how to punctuate it for cultivation, one would probably have to seek out the old Daoist priests in the Outer World.

There will be another chapter before 11 PM.