I Don't Believe It

In the bright and clean room, the black two-headed snake woke up and leaped out of its little nest in the flower basket prepared for it.

This is still the lounge that Shencheng arranged for Chu Tianshu. The decoration and furnishings are quite cozy. The curtains are off-white, but the material is also quite good. When drawn, they can basically block out the sunlight completely.

However, the two-headed snake has a habit of not drawing the curtains.

As the sun rises, it senses something, bathes in the morning sun, and breathes in and out.

The slender snake slithered gently across the floor, approached the French windows, and then swam onto the windowpane as if walking on flat ground.

Xiao Zuo and Bubai exchanged a glance, their tacit understanding unspoken, and a faint mist of moisture appeared on their bodies.

In this way, when the snake swam across the glass, it left behind a watermark talisman that was more than seven feet high and about one foot wide.

After finishing the last stroke, the two-headed snake sprang back, landing precisely on the ground, within the shadow range of the watermark talisman.

The sunlight penetrated the talisman, causing the surface of the talisman to glow with a colorful halo. Both snake heads squinted, showing a naive expression of enjoyment.

"Sunbathing in the morning sun feels so good, hehehe----"

Since Chu Tianshu left, the two-headed snake has been staying in this room every night for such a long time.

During the day, however, members of the task force who need to solve cases often come to ask Two-Headed Serpent for help.

Following the exchange of residents between the two realms, many things from the Spirit Realm entered reality. Sorcerers from various countries also took notice. Although the screening was strict and a large number of people were eliminated, it was impossible to stop all the sorcerers who possessed unique skills and had a variety of tricks.

Therefore, the cases that occurred during these days were mostly related to warlock battles and treasure hunting.

In cases like this, sending the two-headed snake, who can see the "precious light," is practically a guaranteed success.

And every time a suspect is apprehended, the snake takes the opportunity to play with the magical artifacts the suspect carries.

This allowed it to further refine its bloodline talent, and learn some methods of using talismans to assist in cultivation.

"I've heard that the Earth is round. If we could orbit the Earth in sync, we could stay basking in the sun until sunrise."

Xiao Zuo muttered to himself.

Bubai replied, "It's not good to be in the sun all the time. This talisman is to help us cultivate our fire escape talent. We have five escape techniques. We rest for two hours a day, and focus on one technique for every two hours of the rest of the time. We can't lose our balance."

Xiao Zuo's head slumped down limply, his chin resting on the floor.

"I miss the boss so much. The water he fed us was so pure! It was a reward from the Special Investigation Bureau; you couldn't find anything that pure."

The door clicked open.

Chu Tianshu walked in, scrolling through his phone as he sat down on the sofa, casually saying, "Don't use such strange descriptions, it makes it sound like I'm feeding you some kind of weird stuff."

Xiao Zuo's head slowly stood up, like an inflating balloon, staring blankly at Chu Tianshu.

Bubai yelled, leaned his head, shrank his neck and sprang forward, dragging his whole body to pounce and entangle Chu Tianshu's right leg.

"Boss! Long time no see! I hope everything goes well for you. You're finally back! When did you get back?"

Chu Tianshu smiled, and with his right hand, he condensed two droplets of water, like sprinkling sweet dew, and flicked them onto the heads of the two snakes.

He returned in the early hours of the morning and appeared directly in the room, but at that time, the little snake was fast asleep.

Chu Tianshu went out to run some errands, grab a drink, and browse his phone.

He only came in to check on the little guy after hearing him wake up in the room.

"Belch!"

Chu Tianshu let out a small burp, thinking to himself, "This newly developed spiritual herb sparkling water is quite fizzy."

The two-headed snake, intoxicated by the nourishing essence of the Sky-Spanning, unconsciously loosened its tail from Chu Tianshu's leg, swaying and dancing as it swam to the window.

The snake's tail stretched and thinned, flicking left and right, arching into various shapes, sometimes like undulating waves, sometimes like geometric patterns, and sometimes like an eagle spreading its wings.

Their dance moves were bizarre and unpredictable, as if they had completely lost sight of the world around them.

Chu Tianshu glanced at it a few more times, then leaned back on the sofa armrest, propped himself up on his elbow, and habitually pinched his earlobe with his left hand to examine it closely.

"A snake-based body-refining technique? But that dance is just too—"

He doesn't have much artistic talent; he can only roughly categorize most of his dances as either good-looking or bad-looking.

This was the first time he had ever seen a dance move that seemed incredibly difficult yet also made him want to criticize it.

The door wasn't closed just now, and someone reached out and knocked.

"Senior Wei, please come in."

"I heard you brought back a lump of dragon meat?"

Wei Qidong walked in, her white hair as white as snow, glossy and lustrous, with deep bone structure and firm skin. She looked full of energy and even had time to gossip.

Both being busy veterans, Helai endured immense hardship, yet he had to feign weakness.

I don't know what kind of experience he had in his youth that led him to have this habit.

In contrast, Wei Qidong seems to have a natural love for work; the more she works, the more energetic she becomes. As long as she doesn't suddenly die, she will probably always look very energetic, even a bit leisurely.

When you found it, was there only one lump? If there were any extras, did you taste them at the time?

Chu Tianshu thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It didn't taste very good. It was like Shitou that had just been scorched by fire, and it had a slightly earthy taste."

He only tasted a tiny bit, since the value of the black dragon wasn't primarily in its edible aspect.

"I see."

Wei Qidong looked a little disappointed. She sat on the armrest of the opposite sofa, raised her right leg and put it on her left knee, took out a slice of dried lemon, and put it in her mouth to chew slowly.

"You were the one who worked the hardest during that huge incident in the Spirit Realm, and then you disappeared not long after, yet you managed to bring back something like dragon meat. I'm afraid you didn't get a proper rest."

"We're considering building a road between the plantations in the Long Continent Kingdom and Fanliang Land, which would be a perfect opportunity to hold a grand opening ceremony and create some excitement."

"Why don't you go over there to rest and recuperate, and have some fun for a while?"

Chu Tianshu knew that the older generation probably had some misunderstanding.

Many of the secret manuals he brought back from this trip had a strong military feel to them, and the fact that he was able to bring them back clearly indicated that they were taken from the flesh and blood of a fresh black dragon.

In the minds of our predecessors, the Great Yuan Dynasty was probably already overrun by strange beasts, and everyone was unable to understand human speech.

In fact, after defeating the Grand Tutor, Chu Tianshu basically spent every day recuperating, healing his injuries, reminiscing about the battle with Yan Temür, and occasionally drawing some diagrams.

As for the demonstrations in various places and the killing of the rabble, those were all handled by Zhang Yining and his team.

"Celebration."

Chu Tianshu pondered, "Could there be Evil Spirit?"

Wei Qidong laughed and said, "No, there won't be any. This road is entirely in the shallow zone. At most, there might be some spirits along the way, and with the Long Continent Kingdom's troops protecting it, you can relax and not worry about Evil Spirit."

"Then I won't go."

Chu Tianshu resolutely refused, put down his phone, counted on his fingers, and a hint of fervor shone in his eyes.

"I need to find some places where Evil Spirit roam."

Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art, Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art!

Originally, Chu Tianshu only intended to optimize and understand the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art after accumulating a batch of Evil Spirit materials.

However, Zhang Yining and Han Baiyu directly gifted him one-tenth of the power of the "Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art".

After pondering this, Chu Tianshu had a new idea.

If he were to first integrate his insights from the "Great Void Sun-Boiling True Exposition" with the original text of the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art," then...

By incorporating the True Intent of the Great Void into the concept of the Heavenly Silkworm Art Technique, and then optimizing this revised manual using a token, wouldn't future cultivation evolution be more perfectly suited to one's current cultivation body?

However, such a modified version of the manual has greater potential, but the threshold for mastery is also bound to be higher. It's likely that even more Evil Spirit materials will be needed.

Wei Qidong was unaware of the reason, but seeing the longing in his eyes, she readily agreed and began to think.

"If you need Evil Spirit, it's best to avoid the Deep Zone. In the real world, the only place where Evil Spirit are most commonly found is— the Americas."

Wei Qidong recalled something, "Recently, a negotiation team from the Americas has arrived, wanting to explore some cooperation with us, and they've asked us to send experts to support them."

"I heard that the people recently chosen are mainly several senior cultivators who have just broken through from the Grotto-Heaven. I can ask them to try their best to capture them alive over there."

Chu Tianshu's eyes lit up, and he said without hesitation, "Senior Wei, even you have to call me 'elder senior,' how old must you be? Such an old senior should rest and recuperate after just breaking through."

"Capturing Evil Spirit spirits alive could easily lead to unknown risks, so I'll go myself!"

Wei Qidong felt a little helpless.

Two of those older men had just emerged from their ice coffins and were itching to fight; they were both eager to volunteer.

However, they were able to break through so quickly thanks to the Grotto-Heaven, and Chu Tianshu made a great contribution to the Grotto-Heaven's ability to return to the country and be preserved.

As long as it's mentioned that Chu Tianshu wanted to go, those people would definitely give in.

Wei Qidong then thought of the large-scale training program for folk martial artists that General Yungu was organizing.

Unbeknownst to many, Chu Tianshu had already received favors from far too many people, even though he had never met many of them.

This kid is getting more and more important.

"Ha!"

Wei Qidong smiled, "Alright, I'll arrange for the negotiation team to meet with you as soon as possible. There's a Taboo within the negotiation team, too."

Chu Tianshu hadn't expected this. "They're coming all the way here for reinforcements, which means their situation is quite urgent, right? Why would a Taboo expert be here negotiating instead of dealing with urgent matters over there?"

Wei Qidong, however, was not surprised at all.

"They probably felt that such a high-level negotiating team would surprise their allies if it didn't have a sufficiently influential and powerful figure in charge."

Half an hour later.

The Americas negotiating team received notification of the adjustment to the aid list.

In the large living room of the hotel suite, Jon suddenly stood up.

This man was not particularly tall, but he was muscular, his blond hair was shaved down to stubble, his face was dignified and square, with sharp eyes and an aquiline nose, and his specially made shirt was stretched taut in every direction.

"What do you mean? We made so many concessions to get the help of four veterans, and now all four have been transferred, only to get one young man in return?"

His voice was low and his speech was slow, but his anger was obvious.

"When did we become so humiliated on the international stage?! This shows absolutely no sincerity in cooperation!"

The team members were all shrewd and knew that their status and position did not allow them to freely display their personalities like Jon, so they remained silent and simply pondered.

One of the young men, upon seeing the changes to the list, did not show anger, but rather a mixture of worry and joy.

"Mr. Jon, if we were to receive Chu Tianshu in return, perhaps it would actually be a sign of greater sincerity from the other side."

This young man is named Alexis Green. He once met with Chu Tianshu as an envoy back in the Golden Triangle.

Later, because of his uncle, Victor Green gave in, Alexis followed orders, even working with the people in the action group for a period of time.

He was one of the more influential figures in the negotiation team.

But Jon is a Taboo powerhouse, Alexis can't control his behavior. He's afraid that this troublemaker will cause some trouble for the team, and he himself will be implicated.

"Oh?"

Jon recalled, "Is this the person who got Congressman Victor to back down?"

"His reputation spread quickly; I heard he's indeed very capable, and his exploits in the Golden Triangle are still being investigated and analyzed by many people."

"But to say that he alone can equal the benefits we've made this time, and that he can replace the strength and experience of those four cunning old hunters to interfere in our affairs—"

Jon opened his eyes wide, his nostrils flared, and he snorted.

"I don't believe it!"