Talking to Himself

Before his world travel journey, Zhang Xuezhou made a trip to Zuo Denggao's research institute.

Through communication with Zuo Quan, Zhang Xuezhou determined that Zuo Quan might have made backup plans at the tomb of Emperor Luo Li.

This led him to only patrol Dongshan twice recently, instead of sneaking into the Luo Yan Emperor's Mausoleum to steal and refine his energy.

Only after thoroughly understanding Zuo Quan's arrangements in Dongshan could Zhang Xuezhou feel confident enough to enter Luo Yan's imperial tomb.

After Zuo Quan entered the B13 research institute and destroyed the surveillance equipment, Zhang Xuezhou felt that ordinary surveillance equipment might be useless against Zuo Quan and his group, making it difficult to truly uncover relevant information.

This led him to Zuo Denggao's research institute, where he wanted a sufficiently sophisticated eavesdropping device.

"Brother Zhou, don't worry, I'll take care of it!"

Zuo Denggao's guarantee came very quickly, which made Zhang Xuezhou a little uneasy.

"The surveillance camera must be hidden and not detected. My target is extremely vigilant," Zhang Xuezhou instructed.

"Is it the surveillance camera that's monitoring Zuo Quan?" Zuo Denggao asked in a low voice.

"Well?"

Come on, come on!

Zuo Denggao waved to Zhang Xuezhou, then led Zhang Xuezhou into a small, dark room.

When the lights were turned on, Zhang Xuezhou discovered that although the small, dark room was tiny, it was fully equipped with electronic instruments.

"Look at this," Zuo Denggao said smugly, "I have sixty-four surveillance cameras here that I can use to eavesdrop on the Zuo Household. Tell me, aren't I clever enough in installing them?"

"This..."

"The only way to conceal surveillance cameras is to make them smaller and more realistic for hiding. The core technology remains the same; it's just a matter of changing the appearance," Zuo Denggao said. "The Zuo Household still has sixty-four surveillance cameras after the search and electronic detection. That speaks volumes about my capabilities. Just tell me where you want them, and I can make you easily concealed cameras, ensuring there won't be any problems!"

"Are these surveillance cameras still working?"

"It definitely works. One electron is enough for a year, and if you only turn it on occasionally, it can last for several years without any problem!"

"Let's try turning it on. I'll see if your instruments can monitor Zuo Quan!"

"Absolutely! Don't even mention I overheard Zuo Quan beating up Zuo Teng; Zuo Teng's screams of begging for mercy made me shudder!"

Is there a record?

"Zuo Quan, relying on his privilege as a committee member, has inspected my research institute several times these past few days, almost searching every nook and cranny. How could I dare leave any evidence against him? Even these surveillance cameras need to be readjusted before they can be used!"

Zuo Denggao cursed Zuo Quan a few times before showing off in front of Zhang Xuezhou by reconnecting the relevant monitoring equipment lines.

"It seems that this great cultivator of the Mirror Clan has embarked on the path of immortality, which is why his soul is immortal and his flesh is indestructible. Damn it, where is he hiding? And where have his clansmen gone?"

One by one, the surveillance cameras were turned on, and the dark surveillance images were displayed on the screens. Some of the cameras also emitted crackling sounds.

After Zuo Denggao adjusted the sound several times, the voice became clearer.

However, Zuo Denggao's surveillance screen was completely black, and there was no footage of Zuo Quan being monitored.

"I don't know if there's some kind of malfunction, or if there's a problem with the signal reception, but my monitor only has sound and no picture," Zuo Denggao said awkwardly. "But Old Bi Deng's voice is still fine!"

The timing of Zuo Denggao's surveillance was quite opportune.

Of course, it's also possible that Zhang Xuezhou was just lucky, or that Zuo Quan's luck in refining the lucky gem had declined and hadn't recovered.

In short, Zhang Xuezhou happened to overhear Zuo Quan talking about the stone specimen he had provided, and even revealed some related information.

"The immortals rely on the void for protection to prolong their lives. These immortal methods... are nothing more than finding a vacuum to store fresh meat, allowing you to stay fresh for longer. What you have cannot be considered true immortality. True immortality is only achieved through a transcendent life that resides in the world. I cannot possibly envy you and abandon my pursuit of following the Lord!"

"But if Zuo Luo dared to eat Ba'erbo's corpse, he might very well have designs on me too!"

"Transcendental life is too far away for me. To achieve immortality in this lifetime would be considered incredibly lucky!"

"His body died, so the Void Stone must have been returned to the real world to maintain this trace of life. Where exactly is that Void Stone hidden?"

"If I can entrust my soul to the Void Stone, I won't have to worry about life and death!"

Amidst the intermittent sizzling sound, Zuo Quan also muttered to himself.

This could be considered Zuo Quan's flaw, or it could be some kind of drawback of the purple gladiolus, or it could be that the purple gladiolus and humans have an involuntary behavior that causes the other party to say some of their thoughts aloud.

Zhang Xuezhou heard everything clearly, even hearing about the possible internal strife between Zuo Quan and Zuo Luo, as well as some details related to the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

"The Void Stone was returned to the real world; could it have been hidden?"

Those who know about the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon are undoubtedly of the same kind.

Information about Zhang Xuezhou's past unfulfilled desires was revealed through Zuo Quan's loose lips.

He even clearly distinguished between some of the corresponding power levels.

Clearly, immortality is not something commonplace; rather, it represents a true step into a form of pseudo-longevity, second only to the extraordinary life form mentioned by Zuo Quan.

The true immortality mentioned by Zuo Quan may also be what Huang Daoxian is pursuing.

Thinking of the humans in another world who relentlessly pursued twenty years of lifespan, Zhang Xuezhou felt he could somewhat understand the moth-to-a-flame mentality of the creatures on the Fire Meteor.

"I have to look for it, I have to look for it!"

"Zoro must not know about this!"

"I need to delay giving him Balbo's body to prevent him from interfering in this matter!"

"Only by trapping him in Emperor Luo Li's tomb will I have enough time to investigate!"

"It's very difficult for me to do things alone; I need Zhang Xuezhou and the others to cooperate more!"

"We must get things done before Zuo Teng returns from Qinmeng, lest Zuo Luo instructs Zuo Teng to sabotage things!"

The listening device could be heard with the sound of footsteps and Zuo Quan's mutterings coming and going.

Clearly, Zuo Quan's eagerness to obtain the Void Stone was genuine.

The conversation went on and on, and Zhang Xuezhou listened with a solemn expression, while Zuo Denggao felt that Zuo Quan was going crazy again, spouting words that he couldn't understand.

The words were the same, and the sentences were the same, but when put together, they left Zuo Denggao completely baffled.

"Brother Zhou, this old Bi Deng is always yelling and spouting nonsense. Even a dog couldn't understand what he's saying. Should we move him to another place to monitor him and get the truth from him?" Zuo Denggao asked.

"I want to install some listening devices in the tombs in the Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum area. The tombs are pitch black, so I just need to be able to hear things!"

Western Capital City is more than a hundred miles away from North Rehe, so Zuo Denggao's real-time monitoring technology was obviously quite good.

Since they were able to monitor Zuo Quan in North Rehe, Zhang Xuezhou felt that monitoring Zuo Luo wouldn't be too difficult.

Compared to the fortune of the Dongshan Imperial Mausoleum, which Zuo Quan controlled, Zuo Luo was undoubtedly the one who could directly contact Huang Daoxian and was under surveillance.

If they could eavesdrop on even a part of what Zuo Luo was saying, it might at some point reveal Huang Daoxian's true colors.