Chapter 199: Five Elements and Four Winds (Part 1)

Chapter 199: Five Elements and Four Winds (Part 1)

Talisman Sect.

Siyuan had just heard this name from Longyuan. He only knew that this sect was very ancient. But even Longyuan herself said that because the cultivation methods of the Talisman Sect were too complex, it had very few disciples. Even during the prosperous era before the Heaven’s Selection Revolution, it had nearly declined. No one expected that one would appear today, and could even severely injure a group of people including Green Clothes and Zhengyang in a nearly humiliating way. And this was done with deliberate restraint on his part.

“What move did he use to injure you?”

Siyuan offered Green Clothes a cigarette, but noticed he couldn’t even move his hands properly. He gave up awkwardly and put the cigarette to his own lips instead. “Didn’t you run away?”

“I did run…”

Green Clothes looked very dejected, and his voice was hoarse. “But it was useless. He easily broke through my techniques. Even Tianli couldn’t do anything to him.”

“Oh? That powerful?”

“Yes! At the end, he turned himself into a metal man. Tianli couldn’t break his defense at all.”

“Metal man?”

“Yes, like… like brass.”

Turning one’s flesh into metal? A term immediately popped into Siyuan’s mind—the Power of Five Elements. It harmonized the powers of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to either strengthen oneself or release spells.

These things were also recorded in the Incantation Art passed down to Siyuan by Fox. But there were some differences. Apart from using the Shaluo Vine Armor, Siyuan definitely couldn’t use his own body to withstand a direct attack from a spiritual weapon of Tianli Wushuang’s level. However, he could use Arcane Arts to create a spell puppet that Tianli couldn’t destroy. But if Siyuan had other options, he definitely wouldn’t do such a thing, because spell puppets were very unstable and stupid. They had no independent thought and required the creator to control them. By the time you managed that, you might have been killed a hundred times over.

But clearly, after that person from the Talisman Sect transformed himself using the power of metal, he didn’t need to worry about control at all. It seemed very natural and skillful.

As for Green Clothes saying that person broke his techniques, Siyuan didn’t know the reason for that. After all, the technique of piercing through the void wasn’t something easily broken.

“I plan to go find him tomorrow.”

“Re… really?” Green Clothes’ eyes showed some fear. “You have to be careful…”

“I will.” Siyuan stretched out his hand in the dark room, and suddenly purple Demonic Fire ignited on his palm. “Actually, I’m quite confident in myself.”

Of course, some things couldn’t be solved just by having confidence. But Siyuan indeed had a method to deal with that person, at least an idea. And even if he couldn’t win, he could still run away. After all, Mengling wasn’t just for show.

After spending the night in the hospital room, Siyuan opened his eyes early. After washing up, he turned and went to the door of the secret underground warehouse of the South China Headquarters. He had already arranged with Chen Ming last night to meet here first thing in the morning. This place stored some black-tech products of the Special Cases Division. Every item here was very powerful but also very dangerous. So this place had always been called a forbidden zone. Whether as part of the Special Cases Division or the Special Affairs Division, not entering or leaving casually was a rule that must be obeyed.

“Did that guy come to cause trouble yesterday?”

When Siyuan arrived, Chen Ming was already squatting by the door waiting for him. Seeing Siyuan, he stood up, tossed a cigarette to Siyuan, and replied with a smile, “He wouldn’t dare! Never mind that I’m still the head of the Special Cases Division for South China; even if the Special Cases Division were gone, he wouldn’t dare fart in front of me.”

“Hey, bragging again.” Siyuan walked to the warehouse door, pushed it open, and turned his head to say to Chen Ming, “Just make sure you keep things steady. Don’t let him trip me up.”

“Alright, you be careful.”

Dealing with people from the Talisman Sect, Chen Ming actually had no experience either. But Little Dragon Maiden told them that there was something in the warehouse that might help. They just needed to find it by its number and take it with them.

“What do you think this thing will be?” Chen Ming walked ahead, glancing at the numbers on the shelves and counting slowly. “Number 8815…”

Of course, after entering here, Siyuan could say he was really opening his eyes. From the outside, it looked like an unremarkable small warehouse built against a mountain. But once inside, he realized it seemed endless. The shelves were full of all kinds of strange things. Some looked stupid, and others looked like they weren’t to be messed with.

“My heavens… Why is it so big here?”

“Of course.” Chen Ming chuckled. “This is one of the nodes connected to the Spirit Illusion Realm. Of course it’s big. Hundreds of times bigger than the Yiwu Small Commodities City.”

Siyuan picked up a small dish casually and looked at it. “Why is it all junk here?”

“Hey… don’t touch it!” Chen Ming quickly snatched the small dish and put it back in its place. “Everything here has a background. The predecessors of the Special Cases Division, and the predecessors before them… basically, the accumulated treasures of the Special Cases Division’s ancestors for eighteen generations are all here. The thing you were holding caused the deaths of over half the female students at a girls’ high school during the Republic of China era.”

“They played with a ouija board, right?”

“You got it.” Chen Ming spread his hands and looked at the introduction under the dish. “Oh… look, there’s an introduction here.”

Siyuan took the manual for the dish. It detailed the dish’s origins. It turned out the reason this dish harmed people wasn’t because of some evil spirit or vengeful ghost. Rather, the bone ash contained in this bone china dish from Jingdezhen happened to be from the skull of Fang Xiaoru from the Ming Dynasty, whose entire clan and twelve other related clans were executed… After his tomb was robbed, his bones were sold to a workshop and made into this dish. He himself died a violent death, and when he died, his resentment soared to the heavens. Although he had long entered the Cycle of Reincarnation and been reborn, this resentment condensed onto the dish after firing. Those female students used this dish to play such a sinister game; it was no wonder something happened.

“Why not destroy it?”

“Can’t bear to. It’s a treasure.” Chen Ming grinned. “These things weren’t meant for ordinary people to play with. This dish is a top-grade item for divination.”

Siyuan followed Chen Ming further inside and found this place was truly amazing. Not only did every item have its origins, but they were all documented. One could imagine how much effort the Special Cases Division had put into compiling all this back in the day.

“Treasures like the Phoenix Feather and the Taiyi Wheel aren’t here. These are all minor trinkets that powerful figures disdained but would cause harm if spread in the world.” Chen Ming walked while checking the numbers. “Found it!”

Seeing the item placed at number 8815, Siyuan was momentarily stunned. He picked it up and said to Chen Ming, “We use this?”

“Let me see…”

“Yeah, that’s the one.” Chen Ming also broke into a smile. “This is the bronze spoon that Daji used to feed King Zhou during the Yin-Shang period. It was unearthed in 1977. The archaeologists who discovered it all developed different Supernatural Abilities within five days of returning. But correspondingly… none of them lived past seven days.”

“This… Was King Zhou that powerful?”

“Who knows? But according to the literature, this spoon can stimulate changes in the magnetic field, altering the distribution of the human body’s magnetic field. That is… changing the fluctuations of spiritual energy. Taking it might be useful for you.”

“Then won’t I also not live past seven days?”

“Bro, are you comparing yourself to ordinary people? This is a positive enhancement. It’s just that ordinary people can’t withstand such an enhancement; dying is normal.”

Although he didn’t know what use this thing really had, trusting Little Dragon Maiden, Siyuan decided to carry this spoon with him. Then he followed Chen Ming out of the huge warehouse.

“Working in a place like this would actually be quite fun.” Siyuan glanced back as he left. “If I retire in the future, I’ll just be the administrator here.”

“That works too. But you’ll have to wait for our Second Master Wang to retire first. He’s the administrator here now. The other part of this warehouse contains various texts and records from ancient times to the present. He usually just sits inside reading, calling himself the number one librarian of the Special Cases Division.”

“Sure enough, librarians are always the most overpowered.” Siyuan shook his head and laughed. “Alright, when he retires, I’ll take over as administrator.”

“Up to you.”

Just as they were about to set off to find Shanyu, Shanyu was currently sitting at a breakfast stall eating wontons. Officer Wei sat beside him, feeling rather apprehensive. After all, yesterday this seemingly rustic young man had fought over a dozen people, and those people definitely didn’t look like pushovers. The way they jumped around was just like in martial arts movies, even seeming to defy the laws of physics. Yet not one of them could get close to this kid… At first, he thought this kid was just some minor charlatan with a bit of skill. But now, in Officer Wei’s eyes, this guy had clearly become the kind of reclusive master from martial arts novels who had just descended into the mortal world.

“Shanyu, you injured so many people yesterday… What if they come for revenge?”

“No problem, no problem.” Shanyu wiped his mouth and smiled. “I just gave them a small punishment as a warning. Those people clearly aren’t good folks. Giving them a lesson will make them do less evil in the future. What are these Special Cases Division and Special Affairs Division they mentioned?”

Officer Wei shook his head. “I don’t know either… I’ve never heard of them.”

“So they’re just frauds then?” Shanyu curled his lip, full of disdain. “They don’t even dare use their real names. Why should I fear them? I’ll fight as many as come.”

“Well then… Shanyu, you’re so powerful, just how old are you really?”

“Me? I’m eighteen.” Shanyu raised his hand and called to the breakfast stall owner, “Another bowl of soy milk, please!”

Eighteen… Officer Wei choked on a mouthful of hot porridge. Looking at the young man in front of him, he really did look like an eighteen-year-old. Combined with his speech and behavior, he did seem like an eighteen-year-old. But an eighteen-year-old boy could be this powerful? Thinking back to when he was eighteen, he was just skating and chasing girls at the police academy, wasting his days. Let alone having any skills, he probably couldn’t even tell the five grains apart.

Comparing people… was it even fair? Life really was damn unfair.

“Truly, heroes emerge from among the young. Where do you plan to go next?”

“Walk around and see the world, experience mortal life, subdue demons and vanquish monsters.” Shanyu seemed in high spirits. “I really like it here too much. It’s way more bustling than my Small Town.”

The dizzying array of the city made Shanyu quite enjoy himself. He suddenly forgot all about his snowy “home.” He just wanted to be a free-swimming flying fish in this metropolis.

“By the way, next… I plan to go see the sea. I’ve never seen the sea.” A look of longing appeared on Shanyu’s face. “If I keep going east, I’ll eventually see the sea, right?”

“Yeah… It’s not far. You’ll get there soon.”

“Good! Then I’ll go right now!”

He drank the soy milk in one gulp, wiped his mouth, stood up, and cupped his hands in salute to Officer Wei. “Brother Wei, the green mountains remain, the blue waters flow on. We part here now, and if fate allows, we’ll meet again!”

“Goodbye… goodbye…”

Watching this little menace leave, Officer Wei couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was an old hand and knew that if this guy stayed with him any longer, it would definitely bring him endless trouble.

Seeing him gone, Officer Wei’s heart finally calmed down. He stretched his body fully and headed home, dragging his tired body. The house was a mess… waiting for him to clean up.

But when he entered the house, he discovered a man in his twenties sitting on the sofa. He was holding Officer Wei’s police manual, reading it. He looked very polite and scholarly.

“You are…”

Officer Wei’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. Years of patrolling experience gave him an instinctive feeling that this young man was very dangerous. The level of danger was absolutely no less than that little menace. So, following the principle of not hitting a smiling person, he still asked with a smile, “May I ask… who are you looking for?”

“Hello. Head of the Special Cases Division for the South China region. Qi Siyuan.” Siyuan stood up and extended his hand. “Please cooperate with my work.”

“You… you’re… looking for Shanyu, right?”

“Shanyu?” Siyuan paused. “That’s a nice name. So you know. Where is he now?”

Officer Wei pointed shakily towards the East. “He… he said he wanted to see the sea. He went east.”

Siyuan nodded. “The nearest place to see the sea from here is the port, right?”

“Ye… yes.”

“Then, please give me a ride.” Siyuan’s tone left no room for discussion. “Thank you for your cooperation.”

With things put this way, did Officer Wei dare refuse? He had witnessed the abilities of these people yesterday. Whether this young man could beat Shanyu, he didn’t know. But killing him would definitely be no harder than squashing a maggot.

“Okay…”

Riding in Officer Wei’s patrol car, Siyuan smoothly arrived at the port at the easternmost part of the city. This place was undergoing renovation and construction, so there weren’t many people, only scattered workers busy at work.

Siyuan looked around at the surroundings and nodded to Officer Wei. “You can go back now.”

“Then… I’ll go first?”

“Go ahead.”

Getting Siyuan’s approval, Officer Wei ran off as if crazy, got in his car, and disappeared around the corner in a cloud of dust. Finally, only Siyuan remained, sitting on a stack of steel bars in front of the port. He lit a cigarette and smoked quietly.

On the way, Officer Wei said Shanyu would take the public bus. So, according to the time, he probably had about twenty minutes before arriving. So Siyuan had plenty of time to prepare.

“Hoo…” Siyuan let out a long breath, threw away the cigarette butt, and muttered to himself, “So it’s Shanyu, is it? Let’s see just how powerful you are today.