"This is only my conjecture.
After all, we are merely observing the [past], not personally present.
Thus, we can see its form but cannot hear its force.
Moreover, the [Hearthfire Register] has recovered less than a tenth of its power.
If it were restored to perfection.
No matter what method that person used to conceal the secrets of heaven.
I would be able to drag him out with ease."
"So that's how it is." Lu Chen nodded. "It seems there is another secret behind Zhao Residence? The Netherworld... heh, didn't that walk right into the barrel of my gun?"
"You intend to drag Zhao Residence out as well, young friend?"
Lu Chen shook his head. "Kitchen God, after seeing this, it is already very clear.
Young Master Zhao had intended from the very beginning to treat Qiu Qianluo and Ma Shilong as expendable pawns, which was why he hid himself so deeply.
But after calculating every possibility, he failed to calculate that you, Kitchen God, would be willing to expend the spiritual essence of the [Hearthfire Register] for a junior."
The Kitchen God nodded and did not deny it. "Indeed. If not for the favor you have shown me, young friend, having the [Hearthfire Register] uncover those two pawns, Qiu Qianluo and Ma Shilong, would already have been its limit.
I would never have gone this far at the cost of its spiritual essence.
Of course, part of the reason I did this lies with the [Hearthfire Register] itself.
If it were not so close to you, young friend, it would not have gone to such great lengths to restore the cause and effect."
He paused slightly, his voice deep as a tolling bell. "Therefore, no matter how meticulously one calculates in this world, omissions are ultimately unavoidable. The more