After connecting it to the deeply intertwined relationship between spirit wielders and deities,
Lu Chen faintly sensed something unusual.
Yet the clues were tangled like a mess of hemp, never taking shape, and he could not grasp the key to them for the moment.
"General, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Chen came back to himself and shook his head. "Nothing. It's just my first time hearing this piece of history, so I'm a little curious."
After a pause, he added, "When the True Lord saw my surprise earlier, he looked surprised as well. I was wondering about it then—the True Lord's fame is so great, who wouldn't know of him? Thinking about it now, I was the one who jumped into the 'trap of knowledge' first."
"The trap of knowledge? What does that mean?" The two women, Xie and Fan, looked at each other.
Lu Chen froze, realizing he had said too much. He hurriedly waved it off with a smile. "It's nothing, just something I said casually. Forget it. I won't think about that for now. Let me mull it over some more and see if there's another way to crack the case."
He sat back down on the sofa and sank into thought.
Since the path through the Four Duty Merit Officials was no longer viable, there seemed to be only three paths left:
First, hope that Li City God made a breakthrough and uncovered clues as soon as possible;
Second, sort through the information he already knew and hand it to Yu Feng, letting him screen suspects from the vast sea of people;
Third, see whether there were other deities with similar duties, ones who could oversee the mortal world and perceive the affairs of the world, whom he could worship.
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