Chapter 1平淡

Qi Zhi's process of withdrawing spiritual energy seemed very ordinary. He simply placed his hand on Feng Bujue's neck, maintained it for about five minutes, and then it was over.

"Phew... all right." Qi Zhi released his hand after drawing all the spiritual energy from Feng Bujue's body, and exhaled a long breath.

"Eh?" Feng Bujue was immediately stunned. "Being drained of spiritual energy isn't painful at all..." He looked puzzled and said, "In comparison, why was it so intensely stimulating when you were imparting spiritual energy to me?"

"This is one thing... that is another..." Qi Zhi replied. "I won't go into the theoretical details. Let me give you an example..." He thought for a few seconds and continued, "Giving you spiritual energy a few months ago was like adding ice water to a boiling pot of oil; whereas just now when I withdrew the spiritual energy, it was more like unloading luggage from a flatbed cart."

"Oh, I understand." Feng Bujue nodded. "So now that the luggage is unloaded, can the speed of my flatbed cart basically keep up with an F1 car?"

"Hmm..." Qi Zhi was really stumped by the question. He touched his chin, took a few steps back, and carefully examined Feng Bujue up and down several times, then said again, "Hmm..."

"Are you constipated?" Jue-Ge squinted at the other person and retorted.

"I'm just thinking..." Qi Zhi muttered, "Right now, your spiritual consciousness is still there, but you have no spiritual energy at all, and there's no sign of awakened spiritual abilities..." He tilted his head again and walked around Jue-Ge, "I can feel that there's some kind of power existing within your body, but I can't identify its origin... it's neither spiritual energy, nor demonic energy, nor superpower..."

"Oh..." Feng Bujue responded and asked, "Then could it be... some kind of power system that you don't know about?"

"There is no power system in this world that I don't know about," Qi Zhi replied. His tone was calm and steady when he said this, neither arrogant nor humble. Although his tone was a bit strong, he was probably stating a fact.

"Hehehe... then isn't the answer very obvious?" Suddenly, a lewd laugh came, and at the same time, a man in a black suit and glasses suddenly appeared beside Jue-Ge and Qi Zhi and joined their conversation.

"It's you..." Qi Zhi glanced at Woody with a disgusted expression. "Speaking of which... you've been quite active recently."

"Hehehe... I caused you a lot of trouble some time ago, I'm really sorry." Woody seemed to be very familiar with all these immortal super experts of the human world, and didn't even need to exchange names when they met. "In the near future, I'll probably cause you a lot of trouble, so please do your best."

"Sigh... shameless," Qi Zhi shook his head and sighed softly.

"Hehe... I thought people of advanced age would think more maturely and speak more peacefully, but you seem to be an exception..." Woody laughed.

"You old geezer is at least a few hundred years older than me, right? And you still have the nerve to say that I'm old?" Qi Zhi replied.

"Sorry, this old geezer has already been 'deified'..." Woody said, pushing up his glasses with his middle finger. "Age no longer has any direct connection to my mental age."

"Which means..." At this time, Feng Bujue said from the side in a summarizing tone, "As long as you don't die, you'll be a jerk for another day."

"Hehehe... Feng Bujue, your views are as sharp as ever," Woody turned his head and smiled.

"No problem~" Jue-Ge casually replied and immediately brought the topic back. "Let's talk about the 'power' in my body." He paused for half a second and continued, "You said just now that 'the answer is obvious', could you be referring to..."

"Hehe... that's right." Woody replied with a smile, "The power you possess comes from another universe. So... even Qi Zhi can't recognize it."

"Another universe?" Qi Zhi's expression changed when he heard this. "Wait..." He suddenly turned his head to look at Feng Bujue. "Could it be that you came from 'that side'?"

"Hehehe... don't be nervous, Deputy Section Chief Qi." When Woody said this, he changed his address to Qi Zhi, seemingly to remind the other person of something. "I can guarantee you that Feng Bujue was born and raised in this universe, he's not a time-traveler or transmigrator."

"Hey hey... this 'that side' that you two are talking about..." In the next second, Feng Bujue looked at the two people beside him with suspicious eyes. "...what kind of setting is that? Could it be some parallel universe?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Woody and Qi Zhi said in unison, "You'd better not ask about this."

"Hoh~" Feng Bujue immediately showed a rogue-like expression. "This is interesting... Judging from your reactions, could it be that there's some shocking secret hidden within me?"

"There is, but it's not time to reveal it yet... hehehe..." Woody turned to look at Jue-Ge. "In short... you should go back for today, Qi Zhi and I still have things to talk about."

"You're just sending me away like that?" Feng Bujue didn't seem to care much. "Alright~ then I'll go back and test my own abilities... that's okay, right?"

"There's no need to try, your ability is 'The Fallacy of Truth'. At your current stage... you simply can't manifest that ability in a concrete way," Woody replied. "You should focus on practicing your Dunjia Tianshu (Mysterious Gate Heavenly Book), although you no longer have the spiritual energy to activate the spells on it, the Taoist metaphysics on it are all extraordinary principles, and it will be of great benefit to learn them."

Speaking up to this point, Woody seemed to have thought of something again. He smiled lewdly, "Hehehe... I almost forgot... the Dunjia Tianshu is an orthodox Xuanmen (Mysterious Sect) technique, and it conflicts with your natural constitution. It's easier for you to suffer qi deviation if you practice it alone." A white light flashed on his glasses, and he took the opportunity to cast a malicious gaze at Jue-Ge, "How about this... you pull Li Ruoyu to practice with you. The two of you can cultivate together, and you can also use each other as a reference."

"Cultivate together, so be it..." Feng Bujue wasn't smiling at all. On the contrary, he looked at Woody with a pained expression and said, "It's not like we're practicing the Gan Chai Lie Huo Zhang (Dry Wood Raging Fire Palm), why are you smiling like an old procuress?"

As Jue-Ge spoke, he had already turned his body to the side and gave Qi Zhi a wink. "Alright~ then let's leave it at that. Deputy Section Chief Qi, I'll go back first, you guys chat slowly."

Qi Zhi nodded at him. "Before you leave, let me remind you... if you see a red taxi on the road nearby in a while, don't get in... even if it stops in front of you on its own initiative, just ignore it, just pretend you didn't see it."

"Uh..." Feng Bujue hesitated for half a second. "Understood." He probably guessed that the red taxi was probably the "job" that Qi Zhi was responsible for tonight, so he didn't ask any further questions, responded, and turned to leave.

Two minutes later...

After Feng Bujue's figure had disappeared into the night, Qi Zhi spoke again, "Hmph... 'The Fallacy of Truth', is it? No wonder his natural constitution is off... I see."

"Hehehe..." Woody laughed, "That's why I said... I'm going to cause you trouble again..."