Jing'er widened her mouth in surprise at Chu Tian's appearance.
"Smart people are indeed smart! Aren't you afraid that my fifth level is rigged with traps and ambushes? You must have known when you tracked me with your divine soul earlier. The entire material of the fifth level can prevent divine soul users. Similarly, this place can also serve as a prison for divine soul users."
She spoke with curiosity in her eyes.
"Stop playing around and let's talk business! Since you let us up, you must know our purpose for coming here! Also, as long as you are not loyal to the Shenhai Hall, I think we can become friends. There's a saying that goes well: the enemy of my enemy is my friend! As for your place... Besides this hall, there's also a bedroom inside! As for the rest of the places!!! You really have a lot of money! Probably billions, right?"
After Chu Tian finished speaking, he sat back on the sofa. The imposing aura on his body had vanished. He appeared like an ordinary person without any cultivation.
"How did you know that's impossible!" Jing'er looked at him in disbelief. Her entire room was made of material that prevented divine souls. Chu Tian, a divine soul user, without his divine sense to probe, how could he know the structure and facilities within her room? That last sentence about her having a lot of money, possibly billions, was precisely because her fifth level, apart from this hall, contained only her bedroom. The rest of the space had been converted into a vault, filled with gold and cash. How could he possibly know?
However, to Jing'er's questions, Chu Tian smiled and did not answer, maintaining an air of mysterious superiority.
As for how Chu Tian knew, it was naturally thanks to Sui Xing. Sui Xing was above his head. When they entered this place, Sui Xing had already scanned his current location and built a map. Although the fifth level prevented his divine soul from probing, it could not defend against the most advanced technology from the First Universe.
When he saw the information fed back by Sui Xing on his watch, he had already confirmed that although Jing'er was from the Shenhai Hall, her heart had long since changed. In fact, her enemy was also the Shenhai Hall! This was because, in the vault Chu Tian had not mentioned, he had also seen two corpses. Two shriveled corpses. These corpses were placed inside crystal coffins, which was why they remained unrotted, merely desiccated! The clothes worn by the corpses were identical to those of the so-called divine envoys he had dealt with.
Furthermore, one of the corpses wore a token. The number on it was surprisingly "three"! He had heard that the Shenhai Hall had a total of 108 divine envoys. This guy's number was three, meaning he was among the top ranks. There were several wounds on his body, each deep enough to reveal bone. The most fatal was in the head, a hole that seemed to have penetrated from the brow to the back of the skull.
The other corpse was that of a woman. The clothes this woman wore were also not ordinary. She was dressed in Qing Dynasty attire, but not that of nobility. She was a common village woman. Her appearance was more tragic, with a huge gaping hole on her left chest. Chu Tian guessed it was from being pierced through the chest, her heart exploding.
In front of this crystal coffin, there was a spirit tablet. The tablet read: "Spirit of the Deceased Father Feng Gong." Another line read: "Spirit of the Deceased Mother Madam Zhou." On the table before the spirit tablet were many offerings, and three unburnt incense sticks, proving that someone had recently offered incense. There was no one else in the room; it could only have been Jing'er who had done it. Therefore, Chu Tian deduced a melodramatic scenario. These two people were likely Jing'er's parents. A high-ranking official from Shenhai Hall and an ordinary rural farmer's wife. The two fell in love and had a daughter, thus being pursued. The woman might have been killed first, while the man fought to his death, possibly killing his enemy in the end. Otherwise, Jing'er would likely not be alive today. However, after suffering severe injuries, he still died prematurely.
What puzzled Chu Tian was that the man's fatal wound was a piercing through the brow. However, if the assailant was a divine soul user, this might not be fatal. He might have survived after his physical body died. And Jing'er, who was clearly aware of her parents' cause of death, how could she be a loyal dog of the Shenhai Hall?
Moreover, Chu Tian had also seen in the information fed back by Sui Xing that the fifth floor of the Qinghua Hotel indeed had massive defensive mechanisms internally. However, those mechanisms were all externally facing; there were none internally. So, he reasoned that since Jing'er had let them in, she must not have any hostile intentions.
Seeing that her questions to Chu Tian were unanswered, Jing'er knew that since he had seen through the place, it meant she had no secrets left. Her greatest secret was in the vault, and Chu Tian must already know. So, she sighed.
"Since you know everything, I can help with what you intend to do, but you must also help me with a favor!"
"You know our intentions?" Chu Tian asked.
"Of course. Such a huge commotion happened over there earlier, and one of my informants went missing. Then you arrived. I assume that person was captured by you? They are probably not alive anymore." As she spoke, she glanced at Zhang Chengcheng, clearly indicating her knowledge of her informant, perhaps even monitoring their conversations. She also mentioned the great commotion, which likely referred to Gao Kai breaking through the window. This was a rare occurrence in the black market, and she believed that even if she didn't monitor the place, she would quickly hear about such an event.
"In that case, tell me what you need first?" Chu Tian smiled, sensing that what Jing'er needed him to do might be a simple task for him.
"I want you to infiltrate the Shenhai Hall and find someone. Help me kill him..."
However, after Jing'er finished speaking, Chu Tian narrowed his eyes.
"For me to infiltrate the Shenhai Hall? Absolutely impossible!" Chu Tian refused outright.
Jing'er fell silent upon hearing this. She knew her request was indeed unreasonable. She then slowly shifted her gaze to Gao Kai, who was still sitting on the ground.
"Don't look at him like that. Even if I go, I won't let him go! However... I will help you find the person you want to kill!"
Chu Tian saw Jing'er's intention to involve Gao Kai and heard Chu Tian's words. She shook her head. He was indeed incapable. Without being a divine soul user, he could not possibly reach the high-ranking officials of the Shenhai Hall. If it were possible, I would have found that person a hundred years ago. She muttered to herself, as if ignoring Chu Tian's latter half of the sentence.
"I won't force you, forget it!" She disregarded Chu Tian's last promise, thinking he was just making an excuse.
"Oh, for goodness sake! I said my boss will help you deal with the person you mentioned. Are you here dithering and not believing my boss?" Xiao Hei became annoyed listening to Jing'er's murmuring.