The Pei Jing Incident Draws to a Close
"This incident has nothing to do with Zuo Quan; there have been no abnormalities in any areas under his jurisdiction."
"Are you sure it has no connection to the Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum?"
What is the connection between Zuo Quan and the imperial tombs?
Ren Yisheng rarely went to the Sequence Committee's meeting center. Li Yingbo and others either conducted many-to-many calls through private live broadcasts, communicated with each other, or went to the Jishi Medical Center in the Academy District.
For Ren Yisheng, who is recuperating, this place is essential for his health, and the 100% ownership of the property has made it Ren Yisheng home.
Li Yingbo, Qin Wenhan, and others were injured and received treatment at Jishi Medical Center. After their recovery, they held several meetings there to finalize the initial draft of the Pei Jingmu incident, before going to the committee for a perfunctory vote.
The final step involves those connected to the incident, with everyone investigating whether Ron, Zuo Quan, Huang Daoxian, and others are involved.
"Zuo Quan was briefly out of contact at Luo Yan's mausoleum, then Zuo Jin something amiss, and after we were summoned, nothing else happened," Zhou Rihui said. "Later, Zuo Jin died, and nothing unusual was found in that mausoleum."
"I heard you went back into the tomb to conduct further checks?" Ren Yisheng asked.
"Don't even mention it! I just happened to be passing by and rummaged through it a bit, and then I got struck by lightning, which destroyed all my fur... My abilities have drastically decreased!"
Zhou Rihui waved.
Everyone saw him as incredibly brave and capable of flying and fighting, but this was not Zhou Rihui's original ability.
When his feathers were thick, he could fly extremely far. But after being burned to a crisp by lightning, Zhou Rihui's flying ability dropped drastically, and he could not match Zhang Xuezhou's flying power.
This is a bad thing. The good thing is that this special genetic ability seems to have been imprinted in Zhou Rihui's bones. It did not dissipate as he used the ability. Instead, he could maintain the ability to dive at low altitudes as long as he recovered his physical strength.
He was using an extremely high amount of medication, and Zhang Xuezhou could no longer provide him with any more, a situation that left Zhou Rihui very frustrated.
Zhou Rihui ultimately had to abandon his plan to travel a thousand miles a day and passively accept his physical condition.
When he recalls these painful memories, he inevitably feels a pang of sorrow.
On Zhou Rihui touched his less-than-perfect ear and the still-stinging wounds on his body, and sighed.
"Rihui, you fought incredibly well this time!" Li Yingbo laughed. "If you had been wearing heavy armor, Pei Jing would have been helpless against you!"
"Then you're wrong," Zhou Rihui shook his head and said, "Putting on armor will inevitably slow down my reaction speed, and Pei Jing's specialty is exploiting weaknesses. As long as the armor isn't a single piece, he can quickly break through the outer armor's chainmail, or find a weak point and continuously attack it, rendering the armor useless."
"So violent?"
"I reckon he could kill you with one sword strike!"
Zhou Rihui gestured.
If it weren't for proper coordination, his stubborn resistance at the forefront, and the smoke bombs that bought Ren Yisheng time to strike, few of these counter-insurgency fighters would have survived.
Pei Jing's rebellion was indeed skillful; while his physical attacks were less forceful than Zhang Qiaoen's, his ability to repeatedly strike and exploit weaknesses was superior.
This also prevented Zhou Rihui, who had entered the Sixth Sequence, from feeling arrogant or complacent.
These top-tier Sixth Sequence Holder masters, fearing injury in normal sparring, would show him a certain degree of tolerance and choose to back down, but the outcome of a life-or-death struggle is uncertain.
This mirrored his position in the Fifth Sequence at the time, which also inspired Zhou Rihui to aspire to something higher.
"Pei Jing's evil deeds have been punished. He actually fell due to his fear of heights while chasing after Ms. Song. This can be considered his fate," Li Yingbo murmured.
"Ms. Song is very capable," Qin Wenhan nodded.
"You said you were struck by lightning after entering the tomb? Zuo Quan also seemed to have been struck by lightning?"
With the matter nearing its end and Zuo Quan removed, the final procedure completed. Li Yingbo and the others relaxed and could even joke with each other, but Ren Yisheng did not let his guard down.
He checked the records and then asked Zhou Rihui about the relevant time.
"They were all struck by lightning on the same day!"
Looking at the corresponding times, Ren Yisheng felt that the timing of Zhou Rihui and Zuo Quan being struck by lightning was too coincidental; they were both struck by lightning on the same day.
Ren Yisheng felt there was something wrong with it, but he didn't know what it was.
In short, lightning strikes are a normal occurrence, but the probability of two members of the Western Capital City Sequence Committee being struck by lightning simultaneously in different locations is extremely low, so low that Ren Yisheng wondered if some special factor was involved.
But the power of Heaven and Earth is hard to fathom, and Ren Yisheng felt that his doubts seemed unreasonable.
"If you are struck by lightning outdoors, what is the best way to protect yourself?" Ren Yisheng asked. "I mean, without a body as strong as Rihui's, how can you safely escape after being struck by lightning?"
"Old Ren, this topic is really worth discussing!"
Even the most serious Ren Yisheng chose a casual topic to liven things up, which made everyone more relaxed, and they all joined in the discussion about how the human body can resist lightning.
The simplest way is to keep your feet together so that the current entering your body forms a circuit to reduce the damage. The next best way is to use an insulating board to isolate yourself from the ground if possible. Some also mention using a lightning rod to attract lightning to ensure your safety.
Everyone chimed in, and Ren Yisheng casually joined the discussion.
"Xuezhou also seems to have lightning strike patterns on his body!"
When Zhou Rihui, Ren Yisheng suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen similar patterns on Zhang Xuezhou's body.
Unlike the traces that Zhou Rihui still left, Zhang Xuezhou's pattern disappeared later.
"The lightning strike markings on his body seem to be a recent development. Could it be that three people were struck by lightning that day?"
It's a coincidence that one person is struck by lightning, but if two people are struck by lightning at the same time, it will make Ren Yisheng think about and doubt the probability of such a thing. However, if three people experience the same thing, it will make Ren Yisheng think about it strongly.
The Fire Meteor Ferocious Beast of the Thousand Islands Alliance can control thousands of moths, so it seems not impossible that the Zodiac Immortal of the Scarlet Alliance State could invoke the power of nature.
In particular, the fact that Luo En, who was involved in Pei Jing's rebellion, seemed to have appeared out of nowhere is a situation that Ren Yisheng still cannot understand.
This was something Ren Yisheng's mental control could not achieve. Ren Yisheng also did not think that he could deceive Pei Jing after his mental abilities were further improved. For Ren Yisheng, who was well-versed in mental intimidation, he vaguely sensed a special possibility.
He drew a circle with his finger, and the water glass in front of him seemed to float up gently as if being lifted by a hand, before turning over.
The remaining half-cup of water in the glass did not spill out, but remained still in the glass as if it had solidified.
"I truly yearn to see someone with such unique cultivation. If I were to fight someone like that, I would surely be able to take that step into Chapter Eight of the Mental Strengthening Chapter!"
Ren Yisheng has qualitatively defined Mental Strengthening and also has a direction for future Mental Strengthening.
But it was as if a wall was blocking his way, making it difficult to get through.
The only way to break down this wall is to learn from those who are more outstanding.
Luo Zhong at his peak was one of them, but the dead cannot be brought back to life, and Ning Que's growth period will be quite long, so he may not be able to reach the heights that Luo Zhong once reached.
Ren Yisheng set his sights on these special experts, such as Luo En, who could influence Pei Jing, or Huang Daoxian, who had lived for a hundred years, or Zuo Quan, who might have triggered heavenly lightning.
Once someone has truly experienced something, they may be able to find the key to success and forge their own path.