Wen Yan didn’t seek out Old ng this ti; his goal was simply to retrieve the corpse of the Sparrow Cat ancestor. He didn’t need to look at anything else.
Upon arriving at the warehouse entrance, Wen Yan greeted the people there and saw a familiar-looking young man, likely the one who had previously asked him for Minister Cai’s diabolical recording.
Wen Yan figured he had already offended Minister Cai over this matter, so there was no need to let others take the bla. Therefore, he had personally spread all subsequent versions of the diabolical recordings.
This move, of course, earned him so goodwill from the younger crowd.
After greeting them at the entrance of the warehouse, Wen Yan quietly pulled the young man aside.
"Bro, I want to ask you sothing. You guys guard and monitor this place every day. The Sparrow Cat ancestor’s corpse—I an, that demon with a cat’s head and a bird’s body—is it in this warehouse? I heard it was at the Virtue City Funeral House before, but according to procedure, it should have been moved to the large warehouse in Yu State by now, right?"
The young man thought for a mont and shook his head, indicating he didn’t know, but then said, "Wait here, I’ll ask soone."
The young man went to find so of the older staff at the warehouse. After asking a few people, soone had an impression of a "demon with a cat’s head and a bird’s body," possibly shipped from the Virtue City Funeral House. Using these two keywords and after a brief search, the young man found its approximate location.
The young man returned and spoke to Wen Yan in a low voice, "It should be in Zone G, third row. You’ll recognize it at a glance; it’s the only thing that fits your description. We don’t have access to exact information here. If you ever co back and know what you want in advance, we can help you locate it to save ti. You probably don’t have enough ti to search on your own."
"Great, thanks a lot!"
"Don’t ntion it."
Last ti, Wen Yan hadn’t had a specific target in mind, so he had chosen at random.
He entered the warehouse and followed the directions to Zone G. After scanning the area briefly, he spotted his target.
A label on a wooden crate read ’Cat-Headed Bird Demon Fossil.’
He looked around, moved to the two rows behind, and confird his viewpoint. This should be the place where he had previously found an opening through the shelves.
Standing at this viewpoint, two rows ahead, was indeed that wooden crate.
After confirming there were no warnings on the label prohibiting opening it, he lifted the crate lid. Inside, he saw sothing that resembled both a desiccated corpse, as if buried in the desert, and a stone sculpture.
From the size of the skeleton, it was more than twice the height of a Sparrow Cat. It was standing in place, its wings covering its face, one ear held in an ’airplane’ position (flattened sideways), while the other was half-raised.
Even without seeing its face, he knew it was cast from the sa mold as the Sparrow Cat.
After confirming the appearance of its claws, Wen Yan closed the lid and left with the crate.
It was better to get this thing the Sparrow Cat was obsessed with first, to stop the creature from constantly nattering on about it.
...
In Xing State, neighboring Wei State, the weather was pleasant. Jia Jinfeng was pushing a baby stroller—which Wu Tingsheng claid was a hand--down from Xiao Wu’s infancy—and had taken the little one out to get so sun.
While scrolling through videos yesterday, she saw an expert saying that children need a little sun exposure, as it helps with calcium absorption.
She didn’t quite understand all this. However, according to custom, it was indeed good for children past their first month to get a little sun in this kind of mild, sunny weather—neither too hot nor too cold.
She pushed the little one along the park path near their ho. The child tirelessly waved its arms. Between its hands, a clump of glow invisible to others was being squished and molded like cloud-like cotton candy into various shapes. The tiny tot was clearly enjoying the ga and hadn’t tired of it yet.
Not far away, a crowd had gathered. Jia Jinfeng could vaguely see a Taoist priest in a yellow robe sitting on a stone bench, giving palm readings.
As Jia Jinfeng drew closer, she glanced at the Taoist priest. He had a goatee and wore glasses, and was seriously examining a middle-aged woman’s palm.
"Taoist priest, how is my palm reading?" The middle-aged woman getting her palm read was visibly nervous.
"You seem to have so irregular eating habits, or perhaps a lack of trace elents, and a bit of calcium deficiency as well."
"Ah???"
"You don’t look like soone with irregular eating habits. Could it be that you’re afraid of ’getting inflad,’ avoiding certain foods, and then frequently suffering from canker sores?"
"Ah..."
"See, this suggests that you’re lacking in certain trace elents. You need a balanced diet. Look, your nails are starting to show ridges. You should drink so milk every day to supplent your calcium."
The Taoist priest maintained a serious deanor throughout the palm reading, leaving the bystanders dumbfounded. This was their first ti encountering a Taoist priest whose palm reading advice was completely understandable without needing any interpretation.
Jia Jinfeng, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn’t hold back and let out a laugh.
The Taoist priest, catching a glimpse from the corner of his eye, twitched his eyelid and watched as Jia Jinfeng pushed the stroller away. Had he just sensed sothing?
He looked around, but everything seed normal.
The Taoist priest wanted to leave, but the surrounding spectators suddenly grew enthusiastic.
If he talks about mysterious stuff, these onlookers are just here for the show. But he can actually diagnose illnesses! And didn’t he just ntion ’getting inflad’? Then he should take a look at too! If I don’t get a free consultation out of this, I’ll definitely feel ’inflad’ when I get ho today!
The Taoist priest was surrounded and hindered for a while, so he couldn’t read palms individually anymore. He gave so general advice: "Eat fewer inflammatory foods, consu more fruits and vegetables, supplent with protein, and don’t just have rice or porridge for every al."
After finally shaking off the crowd, the Taoist priest ascended the mountain with agile steps. Upon reaching the summit, he took out two Magic Artifacts from his cloth bag. He began to chant a Curse Scripture and touched each eye to activate his Heavenly Eye.
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