Chapter 1 The Deception

Sensing Ye Chuxiao's penetrating gaze, Wei Zhou's expression immediately changed.

The sight of Ye Chuxiao's once-agreeable features now instantly felt disgusting.

Not wanting to waste words, Wei Zhou snorted coldly and abruptly stood up.

The two rabbits nestled in her arms also jumped around restlessly, causing the white hoodie to shift several times.

Ye Chuxiao's eyes seemed to be sinking into the fabric.

He might as well stick two X-ray talismans on his eyelids.

Wei Zhou glared fiercely at Ye Chuxiao, seemingly contemplating violence, but she restrained her anger, quickly turned, and left.

Ye Chuxiao continued to stare intently at her swaying figure, prompting Wei Zhou to quicken her pace. After leaving the teahouse, she immediately summoned a magical artifact somewhat resembling a motorcycle, straddled it, and roared away.

Once Wei Zhou had left, Ye Chuxiao tossed down a spirit pearl as payment for the tea and quickly slipped out the back door of the teahouse.

He changed his appearance again when he reached a deserted place.

Then, he boarded a runic train heading to another nearby island.

This world had a runic network, runic trains, airships, and a large number of civilian and military tools created using runes and the art of refining.

Therefore, in addition to forging spirit roots, Ye Chuxiao needed to collect runic texts from this world to further his accumulation after crossing the bitter sea of rune cultivation.

However, there was no rush for these things.

They could be implemented alongside the unfolding of the shared spirit root plan.

With the Wang family's energy, they should be able to collect a large number of common talisman books available on the market.

Now, Ye Chuxiao just had to wait.

He had to wait for the incident to thoroughly ferment, for many cultivators who had learned the 'virtual spirit root' method to realize the problems, to know the direction to solve the problems, but be utterly helpless.

Before implementing the plan, Ye Chuxiao had to ensure that he did not fall into a passive situation.

Otherwise, everything would be over.

On the other side, Wei Zhou rode the Runic Steed, speeding across the vast sea.

Light flashed, and she had already changed into a black leather suit, which clung tightly to her hourglass figure. Combined with the silver-black steel Runic Steed, it was a beautiful sight, cutting through the sea like an arrow.

Suddenly, the Runic Steed stopped abruptly, and Wei Zhou took off her goggles, revealing a pensive expression.

"No, I was tricked by him."

"He deliberately provoked me to leave."

"He is Wang Shirui."

Wei Zhou made a quick judgment but did not rush back.

At this moment, she had abandoned the pride of a chuunibyou young lady, no longer feeling that a mortal dog's eyes were unworthy of defiling her beauty. Her intelligence had finally returned and occupied the high ground of her brain.

Opening the magic mirror, Wei Zhou notified the family members left on that island to quickly screen which airships, runic trains, and seagoing vessels had left the island not long ago.

"Wang Shirui should also have private transportation artifacts, but he is being watched now and may not dare to use them. He must have taken public transportation."

"That's right! That's right! When the time limit is up, I will use the Lingji Gu again to track his whereabouts, but since he is on guard, he may buy Gu-repelling water. Deploy people in advance to monitor the major pharmacies on the nearby islands. Once someone buys Gu-repelling water, control them first."

"Also, I will hand-draw his altered appearance and forward it to you. Although he has most likely changed his appearance again, even the changed appearance should be something he has a deep impression of."

"Based on the hand-drawing I sent you, investigate and see if there really is a Li Xiaoyao. If you can find Li Xiaoyao, you can cross-reference and pinpoint his range of activity from another angle."

Hanging up the magic mirror in her hand, a mad smile appeared on Wei Zhou's beautiful face.

Then, she stroked the bangs on her forehead and said to herself, "Li Xiaoyao... Wang Shirui! You won't escape from my, Wei Zhou's, grasp."

Fortunately, this chuunibyou behavior was not witnessed by anyone.

Otherwise, recording it and playing it in her face would be enough to make her explode with shame.

Ye Chuxiao took the runic train to the nearest Dongwen Island, ate a special meal at the transportation center in Dongwen City, and then took the returning train back to Dinghai City.

Dinghai City was, after all, one of the few medium-sized cities in this world.

Compared to those small cities with populations often less than 100,000, it was obviously easier to hide.

As for using the old trick of a feint and returning to the place you started, it was Ye Chuxiao's old tactic.

The routine was old, but it worked.

All forces were looking for 'Wang Shirui', but no one had the ability or energy to cover the sky with one hand and directly turn Dinghai City upside down.

As long as Ye Chuxiao stayed steady and didn't get cocky, the probability of failure was not high.

After returning to Dinghai City, Ye Chuxiao did not act according to Wang Shirui's past habits. https:/

Bars, nightclubs, and hotels, places that seemed to have a mixed crowd of people but were actually easy to control and sort through, were places Ye Chuxiao would not touch.

However, he still needed a place to stay.

Although Dinghai City did not have such a thing as a curfew, wandering aimlessly on the streets for a long time would easily lead to trouble.

Coincidentally, Ye Chuxiao needed to learn the talisman knowledge of this world, and there was a runic training school not far away that was recruiting students.

After paying a tuition fee, Ye Chuxiao successfully blended in.

At this time, Ye Chuxiao had transformed into a handsome middle-aged man, mixing among a group of students who were only teenagers or in their twenties, which seemed quite out of place.

However, this small 'oddity' was actually a disguised form of camouflage.

Being too ordinary could sometimes become a flaw.

From registration to applying for a dormitory and being assigned to a class, with spirit pearls paving the way, everything was resolved within half a day.

By the evening, Ye Chuxiao was already able to attend class with his classmates.

"Uncle! You're so old, why are you still learning runes?" Ye Chuxiao, who had just sat down, heard the little girl sitting next to him say.

The little girl was wearing clothes similar to a JK uniform, with a delicate and childish face. If you only looked at her face, you would think she was only eleven or twelve years old. She was chewing on rainbow pills, and the color of her hair was constantly changing among various colors due to the effect of the pills.

"Having ambition is not about age. I used to fight and kill outside in my early years, but now I'm tired and want to learn some skills to support myself," Ye Chuxiao said.

The little girl's eyes lit up: "So, uncle, you've been to many places?"

"Have you been to the Bottomless Abyss? And the Jueling Sea? The Black Death Sea?"

"Have you been to all these places?"

Ye Chuxiao searched his mind for where these places were, but casually perfunctorily said, "I haven't been there. If I had been there, I wouldn't be here chatting with you. Okay... the teacher is coming, pay attention in class, learn rune knowledge well, it will be useful wherever you go."

The little girl was a little dissatisfied when she heard this, pouting her mouth: "Okay!"

"Oh, right, uncle! What's your name?"

"My name is Wei Yangyang!"

"My name is Yang Erlang!"

Ye Chuxiao answered casually, while glancing at the little girl.

He didn't think so before, but now, looking again, there was indeed some resemblance between this girl's eyebrows and Wei Zhou's.

It was just that her dress was too childish, and her face and figure had not fully developed. If you didn't deliberately associate them, you wouldn't be able to tell.