"Kitchen God, this [Hearthfire Register], how did it..."
As Lu Chen spoke, he did not forget to return Kitchen God's salute.
Kitchen God smiled faintly. With a light tap of His fingertip, the [Hearthfire Register] floated back before Him.
"It seems this little thing has taken a liking to you, young friend. But its spiritual resonance was restored thanks to you in the first place."
"Then the scenes of the entire city I just saw—could they have been...?"
"Precisely. This is an innate divine ability of the [Hearthfire Register]. With your intelligence, young friend, I presume I need not explain further."
"This junior understands!"
As the two spoke, the [Hearthfire Register] suddenly opened on its own again. Its pages fluttered without wind, rustling softly.
"Whoosh—"
One page abruptly detached from the register, drifting down into Lu Chen's hand.
"The [Hearthfire Register] actually shed a page of its own accord and gifted it to young friend?"
Even Kitchen God found this unexpected. "It seems this little thing truly shares a deep affinity with you, young friend."
"Kitchen God, what use does this page... have?" Lu Chen's heartbeat quickened involuntarily.
This was Kitchen God's natal artifact!
It was completely different from the [Plague Emperor Banner] the Plague Emperor had given him before.
The latter had merely been an imitation crafted by the Plague Emperor based on His own artifact.
Kitchen God said with a smile, "With this page, young friend may write the names of up to ten people upon it. So long as the [Hearthfire Register]'s spiritual resonance remains, you may sense the circumstances of those ten people at any time."
"At any time? Does Kitchen God mean twenty-four-hour, three-hundred-and-sixty-degree surveillance without blind spots?"
"Ahem." Kitchen God coughed twice and said solemnly, "This is compassion for the suffering of living beings.