A quarter of an hour has arrived.
Nezha was the first to rush in, but Wind-Fire Wheels confiscated it. Two balls of fire landed in the middle of the Great Hall, leaving two charred circular marks on the floor.
Yang Jian is two steps slower than him. The bandage on his right arm has been replaced with a new one. The range of movement of his fingers is much larger than that in the morning. It seems that he has moved secretly behind his back.
Tongtian came in last, with a roll of prescriptions in his hand that he had just taken back from the alchemy room.
"Chaos Marrow-Washing Pill has all the materials ready and the furnace can be started tonight."
Yang Jian glanced at the roll of prescriptions but didn't answer.
Gu Changqing was still sitting on the Taishi chair, in the same posture as a quarter of an hour ago, with his fingers resting on the armrests, and the tea in the bowl was replaced by a bowl of hot tea.
"System, the results are out?"
"Ding, the enhanced extraction of spiritual residue is completed."
"Chip and Runes on Formation Core Fragment were written by the same person."
"The comparison result of the characteristics of this mental residue: did not match any known individual in the database."
"But the residue carries an extremely rare spiritual frequency fluctuation, which is highly similar to the Origin imprint on the Great Thousand Origin Realm Star Map carrier."
Gu Changqing Put the tea bowl on the armrest.
"In other words, the person who wrote these Runes is directly related to the Great Thousand Origin Realm."
"Ding, the probability is more than 95%."
Nezha listened next to him and hissed.
"Great Thousand Origin Realm people came to our door?"
"It's not necessarily a human being." Tongtian added next to him, "The mental residue can only mean that the writer has come into contact with the Great Thousand Origin Realm's Origin Power, but it does not mean where he is from."
"It doesn't matter where he comes from." Nezha pointed his gun at the ground, "Just find him and kill him."
Gu Changqing ignored Nezha's remarks, leaned back, raised his right hand, fingers half-opened, and palm facing up.
Golden light spots emerged from the fingertips. It was not the light mist like the previous Soul Searching technique, but an extremely thin line.
The thread floated three inches upward from the palm of Gu Changqing, trembling gently in the air, like a Spider Silk blown by the wind, but the color was not fixed, sometimes golden and white, and occasionally there was an inexplicable touch of gray.
Tongtian's face changed when he saw that line.
"True-Name Karma Thread?"
Yang Jian's eyes also moved.
Nezha doesn't know this thing, but looking at Tongtian's reaction, you know it's not simple.
"Master, what is this?"
"Karma Law level tracking." Tongtian explained for Gu Changqing, his voice was two minutes lower than usual, "Do not track spatial coordinates, do not track Magic Power fluctuations track the Karma relationship itself. As long as there is a Karma connection between two things, this thread can follow the Karma chain to find the source."
Nezha's mouth opened slightly.
"Isn't that invincible? No matter how you run or hide, it won't work. The Karma relationship cannot be erased."
"That's the theory." Tongtian looked at Gu Changqing, "But True-Name Karma Thread consumes a lot of money, and the caster needs an anchor point, which is a definite Karma chain with the target."
Gu Changqing moved his fingers, and the thread floated out from his palm and fell towards Chip and the fragments placed side by side on the table.
The moment the thread touched Chip, it swung in as if it came alive.
The unknown Runes on the surface of Chip all lights up, the black material becomes translucent, and the structure inside is clearly visible.
The line turned twice inside Chip and was pulled out, bringing with it a mass of gray information flow visible to the naked eye.
The information flow climbed up the line and merged into the palm of Gu Changqing.
The system beep sounded.
"Ding, True-Name Karma Thread anchored successfully."
"Karma chain has been established: Chip manufacturer → Chip → Origin Temple Field Outpost → Vow Power interception network → Cangwu Star transfer station → headquarters."
"The extension direction of the Karma chain is: west-northwest, spanning fourteen Star Domain, and the terminal distance is about 72 million miles from the Firmament Realm Main Star."
Nezha and Fire-Tipped Spear almost missed it.
"Seventy-two million miles away? Still on the Firmament Realm's territory?"
"Ding, the terminal is located at the most External Ties, Sixty-First Star Domain of the Firmament Realm's sphere of influence. It is a wild area with no permanent population."
Gu Changqing took the thread back into his palm, and the golden light disappeared.
"Not Cangwu Star."
Tongtian picked up.
"Cangwu Star is indeed just a transit station. The real nest is further away. Savage Star Domain has no common people and no Covert Sentinels coverage. It is a blind spot."
Yang Jian asked from the side.
"How long can Karma Thread be locked?"
"As long as I don't take the initiative to break it, this thread will always be hanging on them." Gu Changqing picked up the tea bowl and put the rim of the bowl against his lips without drinking. "No matter where they go, the Karma chain will follow them, unless they have a way to cut off Karma."
"Cut off Karma?" Nezha thought this was ridiculous, "Who can cut off Karma?"
Tongtian glanced at him.
"If the existence of the Great Thousand Origin Realm really masters Origin Law, it is not impossible to cut off Karma."
Great Hall was quiet for two breaths.
Gu Changqing took a sip of tea and put down the bowl.
"So we can't drag it. If the line is hung up, we have to do something quickly before they notice."
He looked at Yang Jian.
"Can you move your arms?"
Yang Jian moved the fingers of his right hand twice, and the bending range reached 70%, which was still short of Thirty Percent.
"It's okay to fight, but fine work is a bit difficult."
"You don't need to fight." Gu Changqing's eyes turned to Tongtian, "Tongtian, you take Yang Jian to Savage Star Domain, Karma Thread and I will hang on Yang Jian. He can sense the terminal direction when we get there."
"What happens after you go?"
"Look first, don't alert the enemy." Gu Changqing tapped his fingers on the armrest twice, "I want to know how many people are in their den, what Cultivation, what equipment, especially whether that Veiled Woman is there."
Tongtian nodded.
"Where is Master himself?"
"I'm going to another place."
Nezha come over.
"Where?"
Gu Changqing stood up from the chair, took out the picture of the tin dog from his sleeve, and spread it on the table.
The fake Xiaotian Dog with a welded iron mouth and a plastic sign in the portrait looked particularly dazzling under the candlelight.
"When the system was tracking the Karma chain, it scanned the Karma association of this portrait."
Tongtian's brows moved.
"There are also clues in the portrait?"
"This painting was not drawn by the Firmament Realm." Gu Changqing tapped on the plastic sign with his fingertips. "The material analysis results of this sign came out. It is not plastic, but some kind of organic compound. The molecular structure is the same as the unknown metal on the Chip and Formation fragments."
"It's all Great Thousand Origin Realm's stuff." Yang Jian finished the conversation.
"Yes." Gu Changqing put away the portrait, "But the Karma chain in this painting is different from Chip. Its source is not in Savage Star Domain, but in a farther place."
Nezha's mouth is open.
"How far?"
"The Firmament Realm is out."
The candlelight in the Great Hall jumped a little.
Xiaotian Dog stood up from the foot of the chair, sniffed in the direction of the portrait in Gu Changqing's hand, and started growling again in his throat.
Gu Changqing touched its head.
"Nezha."
"Here."
"You come with me."
"Where to go?"
"Didn't you just say that maggots were out in your free time?" Gu Changqing walked towards the palace door, and the voice floated from the front, "Origin Temple was still moving outside, and the system intercepted one of their Internal Communication. Three days later, there was a big event at Heavenly Net Star Domain next door to us."
Nezha Follow me.
"What activity?"
"God-Making Dharma Assembly."
Gu Changqing turned around when he walked out of the Great Hall. The candlelight illuminated half of his face, while the other half was hidden in the shadows.
"I'm going to ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor in front of hundreds of millions of people. Do you want me to go?"