"What's this, a Qi-Seeking Compass?"
You An took a look and recognized it too. He had seen plenty of rare treasures back in Sky City, and his years of wandering far and wide, braving the martial world, had broadened his knowledge and experience.
"Looks like the Zuo Household has noticed us. We need to deal with the trouble here quickly, then change our faces and clothes again and fly far away!"
With that, You An drew his Hunting Knife and finished off Master Long, who was twitching in agony.
Li Chen said, "These people kept searching without ever noticing us, then suddenly acquired a magical artifact that could pinpoint their targets. They definitely didn't make it themselves."
The two searched Jin Hongbo's and Long Xi's Storage Bags and, sure enough, found an urgent dispatch from the Zuo Household to the Earthly Sha Sect's Mistywood Town branch.
After reading it, Li Chen shook his head helplessly. "So it was divination? You can guard against trouble day and night, but mystical arts still slip through!"
You An did not understand what he meant. "What mystical arts? Divination and predictive calculation are hardly unusual. The Heavenly Derivation Restriction that Puppet Master Grand Artisans often use to give Mechanism Puppets intelligence can be used for this too."
As a Puppet Master Craftsmen, Li Chen naturally knew that the Heavenly Derivation Restriction he spoke of was something like the electronic chips of Earth in his previous life.
Its fundamental principle and mode of operation were calculation.
Calculating heaven, calculating earth, calculating all things-divine abilities, Daoist arts, and the infinite universe could all be simulated and explained. It achieved much the same wonders as computers and mathematics on Earth in his previous life.
This was not something illusory, mysterious, and beyond reach, but a genuine means