My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 130

Chapter 130: Divine Blood Manipulation

“Thank you…” Zhang Yunqing walked back from outside the hall and thanked him, referring to the moment she was sent flying by Su Chen when Pang Yongliang attacked.

Su Chen didn’t mind and turned to look at Zhou Jun, whom she had escorted. He was trembling like a sieve, his face pale, unable to stand properly.

“Tell us… what exactly happened here?” Wu Yang’s face was grim as he pressed Zhou Jun’s head, forcing him to look at the cave.

Zhou Jun wailed, “I don’t know, I don’t know, I really don’t know anything! I was just a person in charge sent here, and I’ve only been here for half a year.”

“Check my memory, check my memory…”

This method, usually avoided like the plague, now became his lifeline.

Wu Yang waved his hand, and Zhou Jun was led away again. Wu Yang frowned and said, “He probably really doesn’t know anything.”

“But how did they get in and out of such a large place?”

“Let’s wait for the people below,” Su Chen said concisely.

Nearly a hundred judges entered the cave, and within ten minutes, a report came back.

“We found something suspected to be Guiding…” Wu Yang received the report, looked up at Su Chen, and said.

“Let’s go down and see.”

Su Chen immediately jumped down, followed closely by Wu Yang and the others.

The cave was about a hundred meters deep. Although spotlights had been set up, it was still dimly lit because of the grayish-brown metal adhered to the walls, which absorbed light.

“Twilight Dark Gold… it can block mental power and absorb most detection waves…” Zhang Yunqing touched it and explained.

“No wonder… what a grand gesture, this stuff must be worth a lot…” Wu Yang exclaimed in admiration, looking at Su Chen and tentatively asking, “Should we dig it up and share the spoils according to the rules?”

“You decide?” Su Chen looked around. The paths spread in all directions, all cast from dark gold. There were markers every few sections, indicating they had been explored and were safe.

Along the way, they also encountered judges carrying out Heituo Cultists.

These Heituo Cultists were restrained by You Shan, their bodies covered with a glassy substance, rendering them immobile. However, there weren’t many of them, only about a dozen in total.

Within two or three minutes, everyone arrived at the reported area. It was a small, cramped room, and it felt crowded with two or three people standing inside.

On the circular altar in the center were three black metal boxes, similar in material to the small box Su Chen had obtained when he killed Pang Xingwen last time.

“Boxes made with meteorite iron, which can block our equipment from detecting the aura of evil gods.” Wu Yang recognized them at a glance, then caught sight of Su Chen’s actions from the corner of his eye and cried out, “Wait!”

With a click, Su Chen forcefully pried open a box, revealing the Heituo Guiding inside. He reached in and took it out.

“You…” Wu Yang snatched it, sharply scolding, “How could you be so reckless!”

“If your mental fortitude isn’t strong enough, rash contact will lead to corruption!”

“It’s empty…” Su Chen was not angry and pointed at Guiding.

Wu Yang froze, then realized that the Guiding in his hand was indeed empty.

“And, my mental resilience is very strong…” With that, Su Chen pried open another box.

Wu Yang’s cheek twitched, but then he heard Su Chen frown, “Empty again?”

Wu Yang reached out and took the other Guiding that Su Chen offered, then saw him pry open the last box, raising an eyebrow, “It’s empty again.”

“All three are empty?” Wu Yang momentarily forgot to lecture Su Chen on the extreme caution required when dealing with items related to evil gods.

He said, rather surprised, “How could this be? Did that Heituo Priest use all three of his Guiding during the recent attack?”

“Perhaps, since he was discovered in Yingfeng, he certainly couldn’t escape, and perhaps he didn’t want to leave anything for us.” Su Chen’s eyes glazed over as he opened his panel.

In fact, only one of the three Guiding was empty; the other two had been temporarily siphoned by him, and two units of [Low-tier Black Tuluo Power] were already stored on his panel.

Su Chen secretly speculated, “Low-tier Ghoul Power can only affect Tier 3 professionals. I wonder if it can be upgraded, or if it needs to draw power from better Guiding?”

“Even empty ones require caution!” Wu Yang recovered his senses, put the Guiding back into their boxes, and handed them to the nearby judge, “Log them into storage.”

Then he warned Su Chen, “The methods of evil gods are immeasurable, never take them lightly.”

Su Chen naturally understood that he was merely seizing the opportunity to absorb power. Once it was officially cataloged, he wouldn’t be able to access it again.

Knowing Wu Yang’s intentions were good, he feigned an attentive expression and nodded solemnly.

After all, he was a core seed, so Wu Yang didn’t say much more. Just then, a new report came in, and he said, aghast, “The entire underground chamber has been explored, and there are no external exits.”

“No exit?” Su Chen was also surprised. “Could it be that they use some kind of ability to enter and exit, or were these people sealed underground from the moment it was built, merely remote-controlling things from afar?”

“In any case, their intentions must be significant. Fortunately, it was discovered this time,” Wu Yang said with lingering fear.

As the group was walking out, someone rushed forward to report, “A partially damaged scroll of incantations has been discovered.”

“Scroll of incantations?” Su Chen’s heart skipped a beat, and he inquired in confusion.

Yingfeng guarded information about evil gods extremely closely, making it almost impossible for him to access more data through public channels.

Wu Yang quickened his pace, responding, “Priests and high priests are too few in number, so there are spells to assist believers in communicating with evil gods.”

“I see…” Su Chen roughly understood. After a few turns in the cave, they arrived at the designated spot.

In the center of a gathering of several judges was a half-damaged black leather scroll, its edges showing burnt crimson marks, flickering with sparks.

A judge reported, “There was a believer here initially, probably in the process of destroying it, but they were sealed by the Chief Justice midway, leaving half of it.”

Wu Yang, with quick eyesight, picked up the item before Su Chen could bend down. The scroll was covered with mysterious words like tadpoles. Both men leaned in to glance at it, feeling dizzy as they recognized none of them.

“This kind of incantation needs to be translated… take it back to the Tribunal,” Wu Yang cleared his throat.

Su Chen, however, said, “It might contain crucial information. If we don’t figure it out, our achievements this time might be greatly diminished.”

“I can try to translate it…” Someone spoke from behind, it was Zhang Yunqing, who said, “I have studied spellcraft.”

“I’m not a Heituo cultist, so a simple translation shouldn’t be a problem.”

Wu Yang hesitated for a moment, then, meeting the gazes of several judges, he could only hand it over, “Be careful.”

No one wanted their achievements to be greatly diminished.

Zhang Yunqing took it. The upper part of the leather scroll was almost burnt away, only the lower part remained.

“This is dragon lizard demon hide…” She rubbed it in her hands and said, “Even among materials used for recording spells, it’s considered high-grade…”

She walked to the side, took out a piece of paper, and began translating the incantations one by one. This was clearly not something that could be completed in a short time, so Su Chen and Wu Yang went out to patrol again.

Not much was left here; whatever could be destroyed had been destroyed. There were also some materials used for Black Tuluo sorcery, which were simply sickening to look at.

All sealed items were sealed. Numerous judges meticulously searched every nook and cranny, even prying open wall cracks, to ensure nothing was missed before preparing to hand over everything to the Supervisory Guards waiting outside.

“It’s translated…” Zhang Yunqing said with a solemn expression, holding a piece of paper and rushing to find Wu Yang and Su Chen.

After a slight hesitation, she handed it to Su Chen first, rubbing her eyebrows, “Su Chen was right, the information within is extraordinary…”

“…Our Lord from the Rift…”

The first thing that came into view was a chant. Su Chen scanned it, and just as he was about to memorize it, the panel suddenly popped up.

[Heituo Priest (Cultist Disguise) has acquired fragmented knowledge belonging to Heituo and awakened a new ability.]

[Chant — Divine Blood Manipulation: Through complex and devout chanting, the divine blood of Heituo can be activated.]

“It actually got incorporated as an ability?” Su Chen was quite surprised. Wu Yang had already taken the translation, and Su Chen pondered,

“Or, perhaps, this was originally an ability of the Heituo Priest, but I was disguised and had no opportunity to come into contact with Heituo, so I didn’t acquire it.”

He didn’t know how it was manipulated, but that egg could corrupt Wei Yinsuo, so the power of the divine blood must be considerable.

He secretly speculated, while Zhang Yunqing continued:

“…Analysis of the chant suggests it’s likely used to manipulate the divine blood of Heituo…”

“Manipulate divine blood?” Wu Yang, standing beside Su Chen, was greatly alarmed. Enough had happened today, but these words still made him almost lose control.

“Divine blood… Does this mean there’s still divine blood of Heituo within Yingfeng City?”

“Something big is going to happen, something big is going to happen…” Wu Yang’s expression kept changing.

Zhang Yunqing added, “What’s more troublesome is that the upper half has been destroyed, so we don’t know what it recorded. But anything recorded alongside divine blood must be extraordinary.”

“Fortunately, ordinary believers need the help of scripture to manipulate divine blood, and the Black Tuo priest here has been imprisoned by the Chief Justice, so nothing major should happen in the short term.”

Wu Yang then came back to his senses and said in a deep voice, “Su Chen, this matter must be reported immediately.”

“Yes.” Su Chen also nodded solemnly, “The translation and the scroll of incantations will be submitted together.”

With the matter of the divine blood, Wu Yang had the judges re-examine everything from inside out. He even interrupted the handover process and forbade the Supervisory Guards from interfering further.

“Su Chen, I’m looking for Su Chen…”

As soon as the packing was done, someone burst into the hall, wearing the heavy armor of a judge, his voice urgent and anxious.

The moment he entered, he locked onto Su Chen and rushed over.

“Senior Brother?” Su Chen looked over in surprise. The person was none other than Bu Siqi, but his face carried an unprecedented unease. He immediately

threw out a bombshell:

“Teng Liang, he killed Meng Qi!”

Wu Yang and the others standing beside Su Chen were blown away by this bombshell, their movements stiff in place, staring blankly at Bu Siqi.

What did they just hear?

Teng Liang, Chief Justice Xia’s student, one of the honorary directors of the Disciplinary Department, killed Meng Qi, the potential stock who just became a core seed?

Are you kidding me?

Meng Qi was killed?

Su Chen’s heart was startled, but then he couldn’t help but marvel at his senior brother’s decisive actions.

“What happened? How could Director Teng kill Meng Qi?” Wu Yang asked immediately, his voice flustered. He was a loyal subordinate of Teng Liang.

“Now is not the time to talk about this, Su Chen, come with me quickly…” Bu Siqi tugged Su Chen, turning to leave.

“Senior Brother, Senior Brother…” Su Chen called out repeatedly. Bu Siqi’s face was grim, unheeding, until he suddenly felt his hand empty.

He turned around in astonishment, only to find that Su Chen had somehow slipped out of his grasp.

The others nearby were still in shock and hadn’t noticed Su Chen’s seemingly glitchy flicker.

Entering the spatial rift in an instant, and then reappearing, is indeed a good method to avoid attacks and traps… Su Chen couldn’t help but think, looking at Bu Siqi with a serious expression, his voice cold, “Senior Brother, calm down!”

“You’re so flustered now, you can’t help at all.”

His tone was stern, and Bu Siqi’s expression was dazed. For some reason, the anxiety in his heart did indeed subside a little.

“Now, you need to tell me exactly what happened!” Su Chen spoke again.

As if having found a strong backbone, Bu Siqi took a deep breath. Just as he was about to speak, he looked at the pairs of eyes around him and pulled Su Chen towards the second floor.

Finding an empty room, he slowly began to narrate, “It’s like this…”

“…Is that all there is to it?” Su Chen was speechless after hearing the whole story.

He thought Teng Liang had discovered some clue and then decisively acted, but it was purely aesthetic violence.

He also didn’t expect that a slight hint from him would make Teng Liang fixate on Meng Qi.

Of course, the most crucial part was Old Xia’s words before leaving, which made Teng Liang take his words so seriously.

“…What’s the situation now?” Su Chen asked again.

Hearing Su Chen’s question, Bu Siqi was much calmer now. He said in a deep voice, “The judges present all saw it, so there’s no way to cover it up.”

“The body has been taken back to the Tribunal, and the Chief Justice has initiated an ‘internal investigation.’ Those who are at odds with the teacher will definitely add fuel to the fire.”

“If we can’t prove that Meng Qi had problems, then Old Teng is finished.”

This was by no means a small matter, and the Xia Hanshi faction had offended quite a few people in the past.

Su Chen pondered for a moment and said, “Senior Brother, you go back first and find a way to contact the teacher.”

“The teacher himself isn’t here, so sending a message won’t be very useful,” Bu Siqi understood his meaning and said helplessly, “Old Teng’s actions were too ruthless, leaving no room for mediation. Even if the teacher were here and couldn’t prove Meng Qi’s guilt, he wouldn’t be able to protect him.”

“Listen to me, go contact him, and tell the teacher…” Su Chen whispered.

Bu Siqi frowned slightly, but looking at the solemn Su Chen, he could only trust him, “Okay, I’ll go contact him right away.”

Su Chen said, “I’ll finish up here and then head back to the Tribunal.”

Bu Siqi couldn’t help but say, “What more is there to clean up? Come back with me! Only a core seed like you can actually speak up.”

Su Chen patiently explained, “A Heituo Priest and another major incident were discovered here, so there’s a big contribution. I must handle it properly so I can present it and express my opinions, otherwise, should I just go up there and babble?”

“A Heituo Priest?” Bu Siqi was surprised, not expecting such a major event here either.

What Su Chen said made sense, so he said nothing more and hurried away.

(End of this chapter)