Chapter 1564: 1564

Chapter 1564: The Cautious Four-Faced Individual

In an abandoned building far from the market, the pitch-black color of Lin Huang’s pupils gradually faded .

Noticing that the black in the Gilded Fiend’s eyes was fading as well, he extended his hand and tapped two fingers right in the middle of the Gilded Fiend’s brows .

The next instant, the Gilded Fiend’s body went limp and crumpled to the ground .

Meanwhile, Lin Huang, who had initially been hovering in midair, landed slowly on the ground together with the Gilded Fiend’s massive bulk .

However, once he landed, he did not put the Gilded Fiend into the God Territory within his body right away . Instead, he froze on the spot for a moment .

The reason for this brief stunned instance was because he had retrieved important information he wanted from the Gilded Fiend’s memory .

A moment later, he snapped back to his senses and used telekinetic threads to drag the Gilded Fiend into the God Territory within him . He then bestirred himself and headed toward his third target…

Three days went by in no time; Lin Huang, Virtuoso, and Saber9 gathered once again after that .

“What are the results of your investigations?” Virtuoso asked immediately .

Lin Huang glanced at Saber9 . “You go first . ”

Saber9 nodded . “I investigated the three-tailed snake lady’s subordinates . One is her previous best friend, two are her lovers, and another two are her trusted underlings .

“However, the interrogation didn’t go well . The five of them don’t seem to know about the castellan’s seal .

“With my technique, there’s not a very high chance of these five concealing anything from me . Therefore, I feel there are two possibilities . Either the three-tailed snake lady is hiding things very well and hasn’t told anyone around her about the castellan’s seal, or she doesn’t have it at all . ”

“Were there any anomalies when she rose to prominence?” Virtuoso could not help inquiring .

“She rose to her position primarily by relying on men, her looks, and her ability to entice . Practically no man can resist her . She’s been sitting in the overlord’s position all these years mainly because among the remaining five overlords, two of them are her lovers . Moreover, she’s used her allure to gather a group of high-level Heavenly Gods to serve her . Her subordinates’ overall combat strength is certainly no lower than the rest of the overlords . ”

Virtuoso fell into deep thought for a while after hearing this . “Then let’s rule her out for now . I came across information about her through other channels as well and did some investigation . The conclusion I came to is similar to yours—she most probably doesn’t have the castellan’s seal . ”

After they had ruled out the three-tailed snake lady, Virtuoso and Saber9 turned their heads to look at Lin Huang .

“Let me share my investigation results then…” Lin Huang began speaking only after he saw their attention was focused on him .

“I investigated the four-faced individual’s subordinates, Painted Face and the Gilded Fiend, as well as his current mistress… and I definitely discovered a considerable amount of useful information .

“The information Painted Face provided mentioned that the four-faced individual’s ability came out of nowhere . Painted Face had always suspected that his master had obtained some kind of treasure, but Painted Face never knew what it was .

“The information provided by the Gilded Fiend stated that the four-faced individual is unfathomably powerful . The Gilded Fiend personally witnessed him elevating a low-rank Heavenly God’s combat strength to ninth-rank heavenly god-level,” Lin Huang paused at this point in his narrative . He then looked at Virtuoso and Saber9 . “This person isn’t exactly unfamiliar to the two of you either…”

Saber9 was momentarily stunned, but Virtuoso reacted immediately . “The three-tailed snake lady?!”

Lin Huang nodded slightly .

Saber9 regained his composure at this point . Although he knew that the four-faced individual was the three-tailed snake lady’s lover, he was not aware of this additional facet of their relationship .

“He forcibly elevated a person’s combat strength several ranks, without any side-effects . Not only that, the whole process took less than half an hour . This alone is enough to prove that he has the castellan’s seal . ”

Lin Huang was very certain of this because only individuals who possessed the castellan’s seal could be like a gamemaster, directly modifying a character’s data within Phantom City .

“Apart from that, based on what the Gilded Fiend stated, the four-faced individual seems to have been collecting objects . Previously, he even went out to collect these items personally instead of asking someone to do it for him . It’s only been in recent years that he has let a trusted subordinate aid him in this matter .

“The Gilded Fiend also mentioned that the few collectibles it had seen were all peculiar odds and ends . Some don’t even possess any energy fluctuations at all . They’re just like ordinary objects .

“I suspect the items he’s looking for are the remaining fragments of the castellan’s seal . However, he doesn’t seem to know what forms these seal fragments might take . Every time he instructed the Gilded Fiend to look for objects, his descriptions were always very vague . He would only give a rough outline, then ask the Gilded Fiend to search based on its intuition .

“That’s why I speculate that the castellan’s seal fragments might exist in any random form . ”

From his space storage, Lin Huang retrieved the ancient coin that he had recently purchased from the market . “Before this, at the market, the Gilded Fiend was eyeing this ancient coin I was holding . It even offered a high price so that I would sell it to them . ”

Lin Huang flicked his thumb, and the ancient coin landed squarely in the palm of Virtuoso’s hand .

“Take a look at it . What if this is one of the castellan’s seal fragments?”

Virtuoso ignored Lin Huang’s teasing tone . Instead, they picked up the ancient coin and began scrutinizing it closely .

A while later, they turned their gaze from the ancient coin and shook their head at Lin Huang and Saber9 .

“I can’t be sure whether or not this is a fragment of the castellan’s seal . ”

“Is there no way of verifying this at all?” Lin Huang could not help asking .

“Of course there are ways . The simplest would be to get another fragment of the castellan’s seal . As long as they’re within a certain proximity of each other, both fragments should certainly display a reaction .

“The problem is, however, we don’t have another fragment with us,” Virtuoso commented, spreading their hands out .

“How did the Gilded Fiend decide that this might be the item that the four-faced individual was looking for?” Saber9 asked Lin Huang from where he was standing to one side .

“Based on what it said, it watched me pick up this ancient coin while it was at a distance . It then felt this might be the thing the four-faced individual was looking for, so it asked me to sell the coin to it . It’s just pure intuition, there aren’t any reliable deciding factors…” Even as he spoke, Lin Huang felt somewhat bereft of words . “From what the Gilded Fiend said, the four-faced individual even encouraged such behavior . Furthermore, he even told it to buy anything that it thought might be valuable . ”

“Although this is most probably an ordinary coin, let’s just keep it anyway,” Virtuoso stated and tossed the coin back to Lin Huang . “What if it really is a fragment of the castellan’s seal?”

Lin Huang caught the ancient coin and put it away in his space storage before he resumed speaking .

“As far as the four-faced individual’s mistress goes, she didn’t provide very much useful information . The four-faced individual is more cautious around her and has never mentioned the castellan’s seal fragments at all . Furthermore, based on my previous speculations, the seal could very well exist in whatever form . Trying to obtain the castellan’s seal fragments from the four-faced individual is an incredibly difficult undertaking!”

“Both of you don’t have to worry about that . All you need to be responsible for is gathering information . The rest, you can leave to me, and I’ll think of a solution!” Virtuoso seemed to have some kind of idea already . “Since we’re now sure that the four-faced individual has the fragments of the castellan’s seal, let’s start with him first!”

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