Chapter 9: Heavenly Book Obtained! Big Boss from Ten Years Ago
Bai Yu’s side.
The stall owner was a white-haired old man wearing reading glasses, who looked quite cultured.
Bai Yu picked up a copy of the Tao Te Ching and asked, “Boss, how much is this?”
“This book has quite a history! Do you know who wrote the Tao Te Ching?”
“Lao Tzu.”
“Exactly! This one in my hand was personally written by Lao Tzu for Confucius back then. This book has witnessed their decades of friendship and holds immense spiritual value.”
“.”
Bai Yu didn’t even want to ask the price and directly flipped through a book that was blank on both the cover and inside, asking, “Does this one have a history?”
“This one also has quite a history. Do you know that Guiguzi’s master left behind a heavenly book before his death?”
“Mhm, but they used bamboo slips back then, right?”
The old man adjusted his glasses with some surprise and looked at Bai Yu.
He thought to himself: This kid has read a bit. Why didn’t you mention bamboo slips for the Tao Te Ching just now?
“Don’t rush, I haven’t finished yet. Have you seen Journey to the West?”
“Yes, I have.”
“Back in the day, when Zhen Yuanzi taught Sun Wukong the seventy-two transformations, he also gave him a wordless heavenly book. The origin of this book is that my master, after placing two books in front of me, told me the two stories above and asked me to choose one. I don’t even know which one I chose.”
“Sun Wukong’s master was Patriarch Bodhi, and Zhen Yuanzi is the Ginseng Fruit Tree.”
The old man stroked his beard and fell silent.
Bai Yu directly said, “How much for one, give me a price.”
“One… 50 Federal Currency.”
Bai Yu flipped through it briefly and said, “There are hardly any strokes in this book, it’s all blank.”
“Just tell me if the story is worth the money?”
“Uh, it’s okay. Tell me a few more stories, I want to hear them for fun and collect some material.”
The old man was so angry he puffed out his beard and glared. Is this person here to have fun?
But Bai Yu immediately waved his hand and said, “There are 36 books here, right? I’ll take them all.”
The old man’s hand, which was adjusting his glasses, trembled.
“How much?”
“Just count them at 50 each.”
Hearing this, the old man felt a bit guilty instead. He said, “How about… I give you a 50% discount, or even 30%. Otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep at night.”
“30%?”
“Uh, 50% is fine too.”
“Then it’s 900. I’ll scan the code.”
This action immediately attracted the attention of nearby people, who quickly started shouting, clearly targeting Bai Yu.
As soon as the payment was made, Bai Yu received a call.
【Adopted Son 】
“Hello~ I’m downstairs.”
“Uh… I’m not in the apartment right now.”
“Damn! Where did you go? And it sounds quite noisy where you are.”
“I’m at Yunhai Antique Street.”
“??? Why did you go there? It’s over ten kilometers away. And you’re not really into antiques, are you just giving money to street vendors?”
“Hey, it’s a long story. I’m taking a taxi back now.”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you downstairs.”
Red Moon Antique Shop.
Second floor.
The shop owner, Zheng Guoyi, a middle-aged man with eyes as sharp as knives, quietly observed Li Yunbin and the young man in front of him.
This young man was the blood slave caught this morning, a seventeen-year-old social youth.
His original recklessness and arrogance vanished under Zheng Guoyi’s gaze.
He instinctively felt a fear from the depths of his soul, as if he were being stared at by a ferocious beast.
“You want me to deal with such a low-grade, inferior vampire clan?” Zheng Guoyi chuckled lightly, with a hint of disdain in his tone.
Li Yunbin, a steady young man from a prominent family, replied respectfully, “It’s the vampire clan behind him. This vampire clan has recently created quite a few low-level blood slaves, causing quite a stir.”
Zheng Guoyi let out a casual ‘hmm’, sat back in his wooden chair, narrowed his eyes, and fanned himself, as if contemplating something.
“But what does that have to do with me?”
Li Yunbin knew that the owner of this antique shop was no ordinary person. He had obtained a lot of information from his family and understood how to communicate with this Big Boss.
The art of conversation would naturally follow.
After some preamble, Zheng Guoyi spoke, “I can help, but Li family kid, what price can you afford?”
At this, Li Yunbin took out a wooden box.
Inside the wooden box was something that looked like a blood-red lychee.
“This item was cultivated by my Li family and is a Blood Spiritual Fruit that is very beneficial even to cultivators in the Third Realm.”
Sensing the unusual aura from the wooden box, Zheng Guoyi narrowed his eyes. “Doesn’t the Federation care about such blood essence items?”
“It uses the blood of five birds, not human blood.”
Hearing this, Zheng Guoyi stroked his beard and mused to himself: Five bird blood can cultivate this quality?
This is indeed a good item, worth trading for.
After considering for a moment, he said, “Besides this item, I want ten blood slaves.”
“May I ask, Old Zheng, what do you need ten blood slaves for?”
Zheng Guoyi knew that he had to explain such matters clearly, otherwise the Investigation Bureau would not allow it.
He stated directly, “It’s difficult to maintain my strength relying solely on poultry and frozen blood from hospitals. And I haven’t found a suitable Ancient God’s Item yet, so I’m really struggling to hold on.”
“I’ve come up with a new method recently, wanting to cultivate vampires using different tonics to see their effects. Then I’ll choose the tonic that suits me best.”
“It’s just a simple experiment, there won’t be any major problems.”
Li Yunbin guessed it wasn’t just a simple experiment. After thinking for a moment, he said, “I need to report this to Director Yang. There shouldn’t be any major issues.”
“Mhm.”
After the terms were agreed upon, Zheng Guoyi wasted no more words and turned his gaze to the young man.
The young socialite instantly became terrified.
“What are you doing!? I’m calling the police! I’m reporting you! I want to see my parents!”
Seeing this, Zheng Guoyi glanced at Li Yunbin.
Li Yunbin said indifferently, “He harmed a sixteen-year-old girl. A death row inmate.”
Hearing this, the young man exclaimed in anger, “I killed her by accident! And I’m a minor, I should go to court! How can you take matters into your own hands…”
But the next moment, he felt his neck being grabbed, and he couldn’t speak.
Li Yunbin and the other five found a place to sit nearby.
It’s the era of Spiritual Qi Awakening now, and the law regarding Transcendent Beings is that anyone who has killed someone can be sentenced to death!
After all, their power originates from Alien Gods. If they aren’t sentenced to death, should we pray for them to reform, only to be collectively betrayed when the Alien Gods arrive?
Of course, for powerful Transcendent Beings, there are exceptionally flexible judgment standards. This is the rule of the new era: the strong prey on the weak!
After about fifteen minutes, Zheng Guoyi extracted the young man’s blood and introduced it into a piece of white jade, forming a blood jade.
The young man fainted.
Probably due to anemia.
“I’ve extracted his vampire origin. With this jade, when you come into contact with a vampire of the same origin, it will flash, and the light will brighten, indicating the target is approaching, or it might mean the vampire you’ve contacted is very strong.”
“Thank you!”
“I’ll keep this young man here for now.”
“Mhm.” Li Yunbin nodded, turned, and left the antique shop with the others.
In the car.
Zhao Bin, as the team’s brain and information gatherer, couldn’t help but ask, “What’s this middle-aged man’s background?”
Li Yunbin, in the driver’s seat, glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled, “Want to know?”
“Of course.”
“Tell us~”
Qin Wanqing, sitting next to him, couldn’t help but grab Li Yunbin’s hand and shake it, with a hint of coquettishness.
Li Yunbin immediately surrendered and dropped a bombshell: “More than ten years ago, at the beginning of the Spiritual Qi Awakening, he was the Bureau Chief of the Jiangnan District Investigation Bureau in Tianhai City.”
“A Bureau Chief from that early on!?”
Everyone was shocked.
Such a person would definitely have high cultivation talent and be strong.
If they had grown normally, they would absolutely be a powerful figure now.
Now, their identity as a vampire made them imagine a long plot.
Li Yunbin said with some emotion, “Don’t let his reluctance to cooperate and his greed for rewards fool you. In reality, he has secretly dealt with many Transcendent Beings in this jurisdiction, greatly reducing the Investigation Bureau’s pressure.”
Hearing this, Zhao Bin involuntarily used a respectful title, “What is Old Zheng’s strength?”
“Old Zheng’s vampire origin comes from an Earl Vampire. It’s said that in a battle back then, he unleashed the strength of the Third Realm peak.”
“Third Realm peak from ten years ago???” Zhao Feifei’s voice held a hint of shock.
“Mhm.”
Zhao Feifei in the back seat couldn’t help but ask, “With such strength, why doesn’t he operate openly?”
Zhao Bin pushed up his glasses and said, “Old Zheng’s power is clearly restricted, and he probably can’t act easily.”
“Yes, if Old Zheng engages in intense combat, he is prone to losing control.”
Hearing this, everyone felt a bit regretful.
In recent years, Supernatural Events have been increasing, and the entire Federation is under immense pressure.
And it’s foreseeable that future invasions will become more intense, and humanity’s prospects are not bright.
If there were more powerful individuals, it would naturally be a good thing!
