I Can Extract Divine Power-Chapter 86 - 84: Clues, Shen Bai Arrives Sword in Hand

Chapter 86: Chapter 84: Clues, Shen Bai Arrives Sword in Hand

Several commoners slowly regained consciousness. They looked around in a daze, and just as they were about to speak, they suddenly clutched their stomachs, hunched over, and began to vomit on the ground.

Bits of vibrant green vegetable leaves were spewed onto the ground by the commoners. Under the sunlight, a few wisps of cold, eerie Qi dissipated completely.

Seeing this, Shen Bai frowned. He stopped his playful banter with Qin Shuang and asked, "What is this stuff?"

After vomiting up the vegetable leaves, the commoners’ eyes rolled back into their heads and they fainted, but their lives were no longer in danger.

Qin Shuang stared for a moment. Then, as if realizing something, she grabbed Shen Bai’s arm, her expression turning serious.

"These are Yin Vegetables."

"Yin Vegetables? What in the world are those?" Shen Bai asked.

The gravity in Qin Shuang’s eyes deepened. "So-called Yin Vegetables are edible vegetables grown in soil where an aberration is about to manifest. They are vastly different from ordinary produce, as they are nourished by the aberration’s eerie Qi as they grow."

"If a person eats them, it will cost them their life."

"I can see that." Shen Bai looked at the commoners on the ground. "Unless someone transported this stuff here, there’s no way people would have just eaten it."

"Or, an aberration is about to manifest somewhere near Shengyun County, buried underground, and these commoners accidentally planted vegetables on that spot."

Qin Shuang nodded. "Both are possible, but I’m leaning toward the first theory. After all, you know the current situation."

Right now is precisely the time of the Observatory’s inspection, yet something like this suddenly occurs. It’s hard not to see a connection.

Shen Bai grunted in agreement, thinking Qin Shuang’s speculation made sense.

Just as he was about to discuss it further with Qin Shuang, the sound of footsteps suddenly rang out.

Chief Zheng, followed by Zhou Qing and a group of constables, was rapidly approaching them on the street.

When Chief Zheng saw Shen Bai, he froze for a second before walking over.

"Shopkeeper Shen, you’re here too."

"What exactly happened here?"

A short while ago, some commoners came to the Government Office, saying a few people seemed to have been poisoned and had collapsed by the roadside.

That’s why Chief Zheng had immediately rushed over with his men.

He hadn’t expected to run into Shen Bai.

Chief Zheng still remembered the commanding presence Shen Bai had displayed at the Government Office those few days.

To be honest, everyone at the Government Office, with the exception of Zhou Qing, had completely changed their attitude toward Shen Bai—and that included Chief Zheng himself.

The current Shen Bai was inscrutable to them, and they now regarded him with a certain degree of awe.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Shen Bai was destined for greater things.

Therefore, Chief Zheng also treated him with a measure of respect.

Shen Bai pointed to the commoners on the ground and recounted what had happened.

"Yin Vegetables?"

Chief Zheng’s eyes widened when he heard this. "In the past, Yin Vegetables only appeared when commoners accidentally planted them in the soil of an aberration. To think they’ve now appeared in Shengyun County... this is going to be difficult to handle."

Yin Vegetables are nourished by the eerie Qi of an aberration. If consumed, they can be fatal. The deaths are attributed to the aberration, which increases its resentful Qi and makes it stronger.

If the source of the Yin Vegetables isn’t found and the aberration isn’t dealt with, it will nurture the growth of an Unparalleled fiend.

"We will investigate this matter thoroughly." Chief Zheng had a few constables move the commoners to a safe location before turning back to say this.

Shen Bai stroked his chin. "If you find any useful information, please let me know, Chief Zheng. It would help me make a plan."

Recently, the matter of the inspection has caused quite a stir. Magistrate Li is bound to make a move.

Anything unusual that happened, Shen Bai would suspect Magistrate Li was behind it.

’I killed his nephew. It would be strange if a guy like Magistrate Li could just swallow that,’ Shen Bai thought to himself.

"Don’t you worry, Shopkeeper Shen."

Chief Zheng nodded in agreement, then led his men away from the street with the commoners.

Zhou Qing exchanged a few words with Shen Bai. Noticing that Zhou Qing’s emotional state had stabilized, Shen Bai didn’t say much more and let him leave.

After they left, Shen Bai and Qin Shuang also returned to the pawnshop.

Qin Shuang continued to rest in the pawnshop, while Shen Bai began to grind his Shadow Walk.

He activated the Shadow-Dispelling Attribute. A shadow twisted and writhed in his hand like a beast from the darkness, emanating a ferocious, baleful Qi.

...

「Government Office.」

After receiving Chief Zheng’s report, Magistrate Li returned to the rear courtyard with a grave expression and pushed open the door to a room there.

The courtyard was silent. Inside the room, the Dark Venerable Envoy was sipping tea with one leg crossed over the other.

Her long, shapely thighs were firm and taut, exuding a captivating allure.

Magistrate Li, however, acted as if he hadn’t seen a thing. He walked into the room, slammed the door shut, and his grave expression twisted into fury. "This is your method for dealing with Shen Bai? Yin Vegetables? You really want me dead, don’t you?"

The Dark Venerable Envoy placed her teacup down and said unhurriedly, "Rest assured. We know what we’re doing."

"This is what you call ’knowing what you’re doing’?"

Magistrate Li took a few steps forward, his fists clenched. "The more commoners that die, the more danger I’m in! Don’t you people understand that?"

The Dark Venerable Envoy chuckled. "Right now, the true masters of the Upper Evil Sect cannot leave Fenglin State. That’s why they could only send us Venerable Envoys."

"But do you really think we can kill Shen Bai?"

Magistrate Li fell into thought, then shook his head.

The seductive look in the Dark Venerable Envoy’s eyes slowly vanished. "In all of Shengyun County, no person can kill Shen Bai. The only thing that can kill him is an aberration. We use Yin Vegetables to cultivate an aberration. We use the lives of the commoners to cultivate an aberration. Only after an Unparalleled fiend appears can Shen Bai be slain. Do you understand now?"