Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 991: 622, Cloud Seal!

“This information is useless.”

“This information is useless too…”

“Bro, most of the items here are artifacts forged by black market merchants.”

In the morning, Qing Chen sat by the lake, sorting the information Shadow had just brought back, while cautiously glancing up to examine Shadow’s expression.

He was really a bit worried that this Shadow might not be able to withstand the blow.

Last night, Shadow snatched nearly a thousand cultural relics and documents from the black market, but as Qing Chen had expected, the important things were likely not left in the hands of black market merchants.

Even the Qing’s Family doesn’t have valuable information; how could the black market merchants possibly have it?

Shadow asked calmly, “Didn’t find it?”

Qing Chen paused, “Uh… but you don’t have to worry, it’s normal not to find anything, where can you find that many hidden gems…”

“Do I need you to comfort me? Rest assured, I’m fine,” Shadow said with a smile.

Qing Chen carefully observed Shadow, and indeed, the latter showed no signs of displeasure.

It seemed that after the initial urgency, Shadow’s mood had calmed.

Strange, wasn’t he murderous yesterday, yet today, even with nothing gained, he suddenly calmed down?

However, Qing Chen felt relieved, “Actually, it doesn’t matter if we can’t find a new cultivation inheritance, at worst I can use the Quasi-Ti Method to exchange it. Kunlun as an organization has principles and a bottom line, so we’re not afraid of them abusing power.”

Shadow asked with a smile, “Won’t you be disappointed? After all, it’s the Qing’s shadow who promised you this, one of the most powerful figures in the Federation, and couldn’t even fulfill a small request of yours.”

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, “Bro, you’ve already tried your best. As far as I know, you haven’t done so many trivial things for anyone before, have you?”

Shadow’s smile deepened, “It’s good that you think this way. But don’t worry, I will definitely help you find useful information. But, not now.”

Qing Chen paused, Shadow seemed to have a new plan.

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In City 20, a team of garrison troops finished their shift and slowly walked towards the camp.

After entering the camp, they returned all equipment to the armory, helmets, tactical vests, optical glasses, firearms—all registered and stored by number.

Everyone walked arm in arm towards the shower room.

At that moment, a soldier said, “You guys go ahead, I forgot my towel.”

“Go, go,” his companions waved.

After leaving the team, the soldier returned to the dormitory, removed an extremely delicate satellite phone from the heel of his boot, and sent a message: “City 20 defense has changed, focus on No. 115 Changning Street in District 2.”

At the same time, this scene was unfolding in many places.

And in Taboo Land No. 10, upon receiving these messages, Shadow smiled at Qing Chen, “The opportunity has come; I’ll take a trip to Jindai, Deer Island, and Chen Clan to establish good relationships.”

Qing Chen paused but quickly realized.

No wonder Shadow wasn’t phased even after seeing him burn nearly a thousand documents today.

Simply because Shadow’s intentions were never about the black market, he wanted to make a grand move to let everyone know what he was looking for, then figure out where the information is hidden within the three family consortia.

From the start, Shadow’s target wasn’t the black market but the consortiums.

He knows very well that the materials most likely containing important information must be in the hands of the consortia.

At this moment, Shadow stood up and smiled at Qing Chen, “I’ll be back soon, it won’t be long.”

Qing Chen paused, “Will it be dangerous?”

Shadow laughed, “No, unless a God awakens, there’s no one in the world who can put me in danger—not even your master.”

With that, he entered the woods and opened the Door of Shadow.

On the street of City 20, Shadow leisurely walked towards Changning Street.

Arriving at No. 115 courtyard gate, he smiled at the surveillance camera on the gate, “Thank you for gathering everything here for me.”

The next moment, someone in the monitoring room panicked, and all internal security personnel were mobilized.

The few B-Class Genetic Warriors who had just arrived and were stationed in this courtyard immediately stood ready to enter battle mode.

But as Shadow stepped towards the yard, everything froze.

All actions in the yard slowed to the extreme, like a snail, as if it took a year to make a step forward.

The entire world paused, and only the protagonist of this world could do as they pleased.

Shadow walked with a smile into the yard, passing layer upon layer of obstacles, passing through people with frozen actions, reaching the safe at the deepest part of the courtyard.

At this point, Shadow went back, picked up a black marker from the desk, and drew a small turtle on the face of a B-Class Genetic Warrior.

Only then did he open the Door of Shadow and dragged the safe inside.

As the Door of Shadow closed, time resumed its normal state.

The security personnel in the courtyard exchanged glances; for them, it was as if a black shadow had flashed like a stream of light, and the safe used for storing information was gone!

As if no one had ever been there.

“Who came?!”

Someone suddenly pointed at the face of the B-Class Genetic Warrior, “You’ve got a turtle drawn on your face!”

The B-Class Genetic Warrior paused, “Shadow! It’s the Qing’s shadow, quickly inform the Family Head, Qing’s shadow has been here! We’ve been deceived!”

Only Shadow can possess such terrifying ability!

The Qing’s shadow rarely acts personally; more often, he is remembered as strategizing behind the scenes, rarely seen in combat.

Every shot is extremely cautious.

But this time, it’s different; Shadow acted personally!

Someone in the courtyard hurriedly went to make a call, reporting this incident.

But they couldn’t understand why, as the dignified Qing’s shadow, he would personally come to the Jindai territory to steal a safe with the kind of ability that borders on divine control?

An eminent Shadow, resorting to theft? Does he have no shame?

The thing is, it wasn’t even anything particularly valuable, was it really necessary?!

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The Shadow didn’t just visit Jindai; he also took a spin around Deer Island and the Chen Clan.

In total, he hit seven places, gathering over a thousand documents.

Qing Chen and the others sat by the lake, watching the Shadow shuttle back and forth through the Door of Shadow, constantly throwing things out of it.

At one moment, he’d toss out a safe, the next moment, neatly wrapped documents, very busy indeed.

Qing Chen and the others had no internet access here, so they were unaware of the major commotion outside.

Jindai, Deer Island, and the Chen Clan were all ransacked by the Shadow himself, causing widespread panic across the entire Federation.

However, in the face of the Shadow’s abilities, they had no room for resistance.

The Shadow, a Demigod, was robbing them of their information.

They couldn’t exactly ask another Demigod to guard them, could they?

Demigods have more important things to do; which Demigod would be as idle as Qing’s Shadow!

And this Shadow, who had caused such chaos, was now sitting by the campfire expectantly looking at Qing Chen: “Take a look, if what you need isn’t here, then it might truly be lost.”

Qing Chen was silent for a long time: “Thank you.”

With that, he and Yang Yang began to sift through all the materials.

As he picked up the first piece, Yang Yang paused: “Is this a copied song lyric? I’ve seen this song title in the Outer World, didn’t this just get released a few years ago?”

A song lyric that a conglomerate has preserved for nearly a thousand years, but the content is from a song released in the Outer World just a few years ago – this is bizarre in itself.

Moreover, at the end of the lyrics, someone wrote the author’s name, Ren He.

Qing Chen pondered, isn’t this the name of the Knight Organization’s founder?

Recalling the speculations back in Prison 18, Uncle Li Dong had mentioned that the founder left behind a few pieces of music, like Canon, Farewell…

At that time, Qing Chen was wondering if the Knight founder had transmigrated from the Outer World to the Inner World, bringing Outer World music to the Inner World, acting as a literary plagiarist.

Now…it’s confirmed!

Qing Chen was somewhat amused and helpless, it seems the Knight founder is indeed a transmigrator, and it happened just a few years ago.

But this is just shameless, even signing the plagiarized song with his own name.

No wonder Ren He is listed as the author of the English version of “The Golden Lotus”.

And when the conglomerate found this piece of paper, they could understand only the two words ‘Ren He’, as Ren He is the founder of the Knight Organization, making them think this paper held some big secret, preserving it until now.

After all, in the Inner World, anything related to the name Ren He has always been monumental.

Ren He probably never anticipated how much confusion his past actions would cause the current conglomerates.

This conglomerate is quite the ill-fated fool…

Qing Chen tossed the piece of paper into the campfire: “Ahem, this is a secret of our Knight Organization, let it disappear.”

If more people found out, it would be quite embarrassing…

“Useless.”

“Useless.”

“This one is useless too.”

As Qing Chen and Yang Yang continued to filter through the documents, the Shadow grew increasingly restless, could it be that within the Chen Clan, Jindai, and Deer Island, nothing useful was found?

These three conglomerates are just too incompetent…

This is the first time the Shadow has hoped that people from Jindai, Deer Island, and the Chen Clan could be more competent, and not uselessly fail to find anything valuable.

In the past, he wished the members of these conglomerates would be as useless as possible.

After a few hours, the Shadow was growing more disappointed.

At this point, Xiao Mengqiu pulled out a peculiar-looking piece of paper from the messy pile: “Boss, the writing on this paper is quite strange.”

Qing Chen looked over and was stunned: “Cloud Seal?”

The so-called Cloud Seal, also known as Phoenix Script, is a general term that includes Bird Seal, Insect Seal, and Gold Seal.

Thus, a single seal character may have many different forms.

The only commonality is that they are used exclusively by Daoism for inscribing Daoist canonical texts.

And on the paper before him, the script used was… Immortal Seal.

Qing Chen had seen online records about Cloud Seal, though his understanding was limited.

The entire paper contained a total of 281 characters.

Qing Chen could only recognize ten characters on it: “Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun.”

These ten characters had been explained by someone in an online education post.

‘Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun’, is a Daoist deity, an incarnation of the Emperor of Antarctica. As the supreme deity of the Thunder Department, he presides over the complex Thor organization, headquartered at Shenxiao Yujing Mansion, overseeing three provinces and nine ministries, thirty-six inner provinces, eastern and western Hua platforms, Xuanguan and magical pavilions, four prefectures, and six provinces with various bureaus.

Thinking about this made Qing Chen’s scalp tingle; perhaps he really had found some legacy of cultivation.

However, to truly understand what the entire text said and how to practice from it, he would likely need to seek out the Daoist elders in the Outer World.

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