How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 247: Ancient Remnant

Lin Xiaosu said, "Miss Catherine, you might have misunderstood my principles. My principle is that the cases I take on must have some weight. Trivial matters harm my reputation. The case you’re talking about, so far, only sounds like a common offense. I don’t see the real reason you need an investigation."

"The real reason..." Catherine’s gaze fell on his eyes. "Detective Lin, do you want me to say it here, or should we take a walk and talk along the way?"

"The sun is pretty good today!" Lin Xiaosu stood up. "Going out for a walk sounds nice too."

The two went out of the Detective Agency side by side.

Inside the Detective Agency, Miao Ruolan sighed softly, "Xi’er, do we need to learn some foreign languages? They’ve been talking for a while now, and I haven’t understood a word..."

Zhou Xi looked a bit puzzled, "I seem to have understood a little, but what I heard makes me doubt if I heard it correctly..."

"What?"

"That beauty named Lin, she wants Brother Lin to help her find out who touched her butt..."

"No way! Is touching someone’s butt such a big deal for Westerners? Worth all this... Oh my god, those 50,000 Luo Yuan are still here!" Miao Ruolan exclaimed.

"50,000 Luo Yuan, equivalent to 400,000 Da Xia Currency, money an average person can’t earn in ten years, just to find out who touched her butt..." Zhou Xi said, "Is this playing high-end or playing low-brow? Or should I call it playing fancy?"

By the Yishui River.

The two walked together.

Cold wind blew, bringing a chill.

Lin Xiaosu was already resilient to both cold and heat, accustomed to treating this cold wind as spring breeze.

But as for Catherine, her mink fur rustled in the wind, while her slender figure seemed as delicate as the spring breeze.

"Go ahead!" Lin Xiaosu said.

Catherine said, "Then I’ll get straight to the point!"

"Alright!"

"Fourteen days ago, at Criss Manor, the person who touched my butt was you!"

"Why?"

"For two reasons!" Catherine said, "First, a message came through. On the day someone entered Criss Manor to carry out the Hidden Dragon Task, it was Blood Trace King and you, Lin Xiaosu."

Lin Xiaosu’s gaze shifted to Yishui River beside him, his face expressionless.

Catherine added, "Second, when you entered just now, you refused to shake hands with me, fearing that the True Qi in your hand would awaken my memories. Unfortunately, you overlooked one thing. When you returned, I was already sitting on the sofa drinking tea, and had already shaken hands with the two girls. Their special aura is the same as the True Qi that stimulated me that day."

Lin Xiaosu stopped, standing next to a willow tree. "If, just hypothetically... if the person you suspect really is me, wouldn’t traveling thousands of miles be somewhat foolish?"

"Blindly entering Daxia, appearing before you, in your Daxia language, it’s called ’delivering meat to the chopping block,’ right?"

The phrase ’delivering meat to the chopping block’ was said in Chinese.

Lin Xiaosu said, "It seems you know Daxia culture well enough to understand ’delivering meat to the chopping block.’"

"Meat that has no resistance is what is delivered to the chopping block!" Catherine smiled slightly, raising her hand and snapping off a dry willow branch. "Are you so sure I’m the kind of ’meat’ you’ve defined? Maybe I’m a celestial flower instead?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the dry branch in her palm suddenly sprouted green.

In a moment, seven willow leaves appeared out of nowhere.

She stretched her hand out and handed them to Lin Xiaosu.

In a blink, the seven leaves turned into seven elves, shooting towards Lin Xiaosu.

Lin Xiaosu neither avoided nor dodged.

Letting the seven leaves touch his body.

There was a soft sound.

The seven leaves slid down his clothes and were carried away by the wind.

Catherine’s smile froze.

Though Lin Xiaosu’s face still held a smile, it was rather forced.

When the opponent raised her hand, the dry branch turned green.

The seven leaves seemed light and casual, but their attacking positions were extremely intricate.

The leaves fell off as soon as they touched him, seemingly harmless, but Lin Xiaosu knew that the lethality was terrifying. His Blood Tower trembled because of these seven leaves.

Relying only on seven leaves to shake his Blood Tower.

Her power was almost on par with the White clothed King!

The intensity of her attack might not be as fierce, but its intricacy was beyond comparison.

That was her answer to Lin Xiaosu: You say I’m meat on the chopping block, but with my skills, hardly anyone could see me as meat!

"What a delicate technique, what is this power?"

"Elf Race, the Wood Power within our bloodlines." Catherine said.

Elf Race?

Wood Power?

Lin Xiaosu’s heart moved slightly, "The Elf Race, does it really exist in this world?"

"The Elf Clan is an ancient Strange Clan. Their life’s essence is incredibly resilient and has always left remnants in the world. However, the current environment no longer suits the growth of the Elf Clan. Most clansmen cannot awaken and live and die like ordinary humans, without ever knowing their true lineage." Catherine said, "But, at certain special nodes, due to some unique fate, some can awaken. I am the Awakener of the current Narans Family."

One sentence seemed to open a new door before Lin Xiaosu.

The Mountain and River Scripture and the Sea Abyss Scripture both have similar teachings...

In ancient times, myriad clans coexisted on this planet.

But, a great God and Demon war led to their mutual decline.

No one mentioned the final fate of the myriad clans.

Now it seems, perhaps the myriad clans didn’t entirely vanish with the end of that era, but some individuals emerged from history and integrated their bloodlines into this current civilization...

However, the current civilization’s sky is not their original survival sky.

This generation’s Spiritual Energy is gone.

Without Spiritual Energy, their unique racial traits cannot revive.

They become truly indistinguishable from ordinary people, living and dying like them, generation after generation, for thousands of years on end...

Perhaps they themselves forget their origins.

But as the Taoist Scripture says: Heavenly Dao cycles, the Great Dao rises and falls...

Heavenly Dao is cyclical!

At some point, Spiritual Energy will revive, and so will the myriad clans.

The current Awakening individuals are probably premonitions. For various clans, it’s a good sign, but to Lin Xiaosu, it’s a dangerous omen...

Because this means the return of the Heavenly Dao cycle.

And the ancient era will reappear!

He seemed to have wandered far away for a moment...

Catherine smiled gently, "I revealed my unique bloodline to show you that the Elf Race reveres nature. Elf bloodlines represent nobility. I disdain being with serpents, no matter how many heads they have."

Lin Xiaosu’s gaze seemed to return from distant time and space, focusing on her, without replying.

Catherine said, "You saw us at Criss Manor, but that doesn’t mean we are Nine Headed Snake. We merely made a transaction with them. We’ve never respected that venomous snake lurking in the shadows."

"What kind of transaction?"

"We paid a huge price to collect Lu Xiushu’s relics!" Catherine said, "Nine Headed Snake thought we were targeting Lu Xiushu’s commercial network, intending to take over the Xiluo Investment Company he left behind. Considering the company’s actual value is not significant, they agreed to our term. But they didn’t know our real goal wasn’t the company itself, it has always been the ’Blood Coffin Key.’"

"Blood Coffin Key, what is it?" Lin Xiaosu said.

"It’s the Bone Artifact you stole from my hand when you touched my butt." Catherine said.

"Ahem..." Lin Xiaosu coughed lightly twice, "What I’m asking is... what exactly does this Bone Artifact do?"

"Blood Coffin Key is related to a unique group called ’remnants,’ not sure if you’ve heard this term before."

Lin Xiaosu shook his head...

This term, he truly hadn’t heard of...

Catherine then revealed everything...

During the ancient God and Demon war, all sides exposed their cards.

Various masters and Divine Skills displayed themselves, but truly ending that war wasn’t easy. Both sides had formidable cards and deep foundations; no matter who, it was impossible to finally settle the battle.

Therefore, a mysterious plan emerged...

What plan?

"Remnant Plan."

The core of the Remnant Plan was to seal certain masters in special Blood Coffins, skipping this era to rise again in the future.

This plan was born out of necessity, having many benefits and no drawbacks.

During the God and Demon war, these sealed masters were at most second-rate; with or without them, the war wouldn’t be affected much.

But after the God and Demon war, when all top powers perished, these "remnants," upon breaking free from their coffins, would become unrivaled masters, controlling heaven and earth.

The top factions executing this plan were optimistic: Even if we fail now, in the next era, we’ll hold the advantage, destroy your territories, sever your heritage, and with extended time, we’ll still win.

Two unforeseen things happened.

First, this plan was leaked!

Forming the "theater effect," what is the theater effect? When someone stands up during a play, everyone behind them must stand up too.

If one faction executed the Remnant Plan, others had to follow—if not, thousands of years later, they feared their ancestral graves might be dug up.

Thus, all informed factions started executing the Remnant Plan reluctantly.

This has a modern term: internal competition!

As a result, special Blood Coffins were buried everywhere.

Marvelous troops became commonplace, making people speechless...

The second, an even more unexpected occurrence, was the appearance of a super-powerful Emperor Kun, who cut off the Juedi Passage.

Emperor Kun severed the Juedi Passage, leading to the demise of Spiritual Energy.

Without external Spiritual Energy, Blood Coffins shrank to Blood Cocoons, and the entities inside couldn’t self-release, becoming sealed larvae.

The plan itself was promising.

The reality, however, was harsh.

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