However, as she had stayed in the cultivation world before, she rarely used this secret method and naturally hadn't learned it properly.
Now, with focused effort, she found it remarkably easy to pick up.
She often practiced it when she had nothing else to do, which could be considered diligent practice.
Upon hearing Xiao Yun Sheng and Chen Jing Sheng's request, Jian Sheng immediately thought of the divination secret technique.
Looking at the list of missing persons in the capital city handed to her by Chen Jing Sheng, these were individuals identified by the Heavenly Eye system as having disappeared near Lou Ju Sheng and matching Lou Ju Sheng's age requirements.
Jian Sheng began her deductions. Divining for ordinary people was naturally easier than for cultivators.
Soon, Jian Sheng announced several locations.
Chen Jing Sheng watched as the young girl either swiped her fingers in the air or fiddled with her fingers, counting them, and then, every few seconds or tens of seconds, she would utter a location.
His own memory couldn't keep pace with the speed at which the young girl spoke.
Chen Jing Sheng cast a doubtful glance at Xiao Yun Sheng.
The meaning was self-evident: was this really reliable?
Xiao Yun Sheng also felt it was unreliable, but knowing the young girl's capabilities, he didn't voice his doubts. Instead, he immediately made calls, directing people to investigate the locations the young girl had mentioned.
Some of these locations were extremely far apart, even extending to different provinces. Xiao Yun Sheng had largely dismissed these as coincidences.
After all, who would commit murder and then dispose of the bodies several provinces away?
However, unexpectedly, the young girl couldn't pinpoint the whereabouts of these missing individuals, which came as a pleasant surprise.
As for those within or near the capital city, Xiao Yun Sheng directly dispatched people to investigate.
Soon, Xiao Yun Sheng heard the young girl mention several overlapping locations.
Recalling the piled-up corpses dug out from Xiao Que Mountain in Ling Cheng, Lou Ju Sheng and Chen Jing Sheng's spirits lifted, and they quickly sent people to check the situation there.
If the young girl's provided locations were correct, then the other missing persons might have been coincidences, but this place could essentially be confirmed as Lou Ju Sheng's disposal site in the capital.
It was surprising that Lou Ju Sheng dared to commit such brazen acts right in the capital.
However, upon reviewing the profiles of the missing persons, they understood.
These were mostly outsiders, many of them having come to the capital for work ("Bei Piao"). If they disappeared, no one would know immediately.
By the time someone realized something was wrong, a considerable amount of time had passed, making investigations very difficult.
The program's tour bus had already started, and Xiao Yun Sheng quickly drove his SUV to follow.
On the way, both received reports from their subordinates.
At the suspected disposal site, corpses were indeed found, but not the three mentioned by the young girl based on the data.
There were seven in total!
The cause of death was the same as the bodies discovered at Xiao Que Mountain in Ling Cheng: their bodily fluids had completely dehydrated, leaving them shriveled.
Meanwhile, news from other locations also began to trickle in.
However, these reports only transformed the missing person cases into investigations of a different nature.
Chen Jing Sheng rubbed his forehead, feeling that he genuinely had a lot of work to do now.
He didn't know whether to regret taking on so much or to feel fortunate, fortunate for the young girl's existence, which at least brought closure to so many people, whether alive or dead.
As the results kept coming in, their awe of the young girl grew.
Especially Yu Guan Zi and Chen Dao Ling, who were cultivators themselves, understood the true value of the young girl's ability.
After all, the young girl was less than five years old!
If she were to grow up, she would undoubtedly be another peerless prodigy!
It was fortunate that Jian Sheng was unaware of their thoughts, otherwise, she would have felt truly embarrassed.
After all, she had been exposed to these things for over a hundred years, yet she had never seriously studied them. Now, she had only picked them up temporarily to show off. How could that be considered genius?
After a bumpy journey, the program's vehicle, following the highway nearest to Dong Le Village, proceeded to the next location.
En route, Xiao Yun Sheng contacted the program crew and arranged for the young girl to ride in the director's car.
Hu Guang Xu, feeling relieved, naturally cooperated fully.
With the young girl's assistance, the subsequent progress of the cases reached an incredible level.
While this might lead to more work for them, at least so many cold cases now had leads.
Therefore, the two left contentedly.
The young girl had helped them to this extent; if they still couldn't resolve the cases afterward, they would truly have no face to continue.
However, Li Sheng was still left with the young girl by Xiao Yun Sheng, facilitating future communication.
As for whether there was any deeper meaning, Jian Sheng didn't dwell on it.
Yu Guan Zi and Chen Dao Ling also obtained the information they sought.
After exchanging contact details with the young girl and repeatedly inviting her to visit them when she had time, they also left by hitching a ride with Xiao Yun Sheng and the others.
Upon reaching their destination, the program's guests disembarked from the tour bus, all appearing somewhat weary.
Jian Sheng also got out of the director's car and rejoined them.
Seeing that the two SUVs had left at some point and the young girl seemed perfectly fine, everyone who had seen Jian Sheng get into a strange vehicle put their worries to rest.
Meanwhile, the audience, unaware of the details, continued to treat the live broadcast like a chatroom, either making jokes, offering commentary, or simply laughing.
At this point, everyone was surprised to discover that they had arrived in a moderately sized city, not the increasingly remote locations they had expected.
The hotel had already been booked by the program crew, and everyone proceeded directly to rest.
Although they hadn't done any heavy work that day, they hadn't been idle either, having had an incredibly fulfilling day.
The sudden halt in activity immediately brought out a sense of sluggishness in their bodies.
One by one, they returned to their rooms, ate something, quickly washed up, and went to sleep.
On the other hand, for Jian Sheng, the homework brought by Jian Xiu Huan finally came in handy.
The photographer, who was about to leave, instinctively felt there might be good program material when he saw the young girl answer a phone call and remained in place.
What followed was the photographer witnessing a performance of "face-changing" in Sichuan opera.
Seeing the young girl humming and ah-ing for a long time, and then reporting her safety, only to have her face fall, the photographer couldn't help but ask, "Sheng Sheng, why are you unhappy after receiving a phone call?"
The young girl puffed out her cheeks, her lips pursed high.
"If you were about to go to sleep, and then the teacher urged you to hurry up and catch up on your homework, would you be happy?"
Not only the photographer, but even the viewers waiting for the broadcast to end were taken aback.
It was then that they finally remembered that when the young girl arrived at the program's gathering plaza, Jian Xiu Huan had brought her a large backpack filled with various drawing papers and brushes.
Even the young girl's travel expenses yesterday had been earned by selling these art supplies.