Chapter 482
Chapter 482 - 462: Fortune
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For the small team led by Lu Ping’an, they ventured into the secret tunnel within a brief ten minutes, their journey went smoothly.
No one expected the female Knight leading the squad to have changed so dramatically once they reached the bottom of the stairs.
This "Memory Sealing Technique" was very mature, often utilized for hiding long-term infiltrators. Those "sleepers", because of the technique, couldn’t give up anything under questioning, divination testing, or polygraph testing.
Only when necessary, their memory would be awakened, producing a perfect Infiltrator.
She was a heretic until she was twelve... raised in an intellectual’s family, her abilities were awakened early by Secret Skill, making her mature and astute.
As the daughter of the Great Priest of the Beast God Sect, she was born with responsibility and provided with top-notch education since she was a kid. She was no simple-minded girl.
After reaching twelve, that "farmer’s" birth, there was a blank in her early years, followed by her receiving a devout, simple and chivalrous education, pledging her loyalty to the state and to the lord. After being graced by Divine Grace, her devout personality was molded by an enormous amount of dedication.
The fusion of the two personalities was something the Great Priest, who designed all this, could never predict.
"Is it a dead end again?"
This time, they walked for twenty minutes through the passage; the group no longer showed any anxiety.
The tranquility along their way indicated everything; the torches on the wall and footprints on the road, all indicated it was a safe and frequently used path.
Compared to the "main road" from which no one had ever returned, this place was much safer.
With the experience from the past two times, seeing Catherine lost in thought, others started to rush around searching for special objects or hidden clues.
Lu Ping’an also flipped open his notebook to record the patterns here... He realized that by copying these things, he could not only compile an ’Explorer’s Journal’, but also steadily improve his Scholar Skills.
What seemed like regular patterns and architectural forms were actually some quite profound "supernatural technologies". This world was far deeper than just Sealing Skills.
"...Sealing skills themselves are not that simple. What we could get our hands on now are probably some regraded goods... I wonder, at the end of this task, will we be able to buy some high-end goods from those big shots..."
While Lu Ping’an was doing his work and daydreaming, he was abruptly woken by a voice.
"Lu Ping’an, come take a look."
His presence was called upon because of a footprint...a quite clear footprint on the loose sand.
"This size, it is an ordinary local foot. It looks like a large cotton shoe, a farmer’s shoe?"
Perhaps, this was a trace left by another group of unidentified invaders... The more evident piece of evidence was a torch soaked in grease, which seemed to be a result of just being recharged.
This had instantly given everyone a feeling of urgency, at least someone was already ahead of them.
The group sped up their search, but at this moment, someone had once again reached out to Lu Ping’an.
"Let’s chat." The female Knight’s grin was brimming with a confidence and ease she hadn’t exhibited before.
Lu Ping’an found it quite strange, but since she was willing to talk he of course would not refuse.
𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
She seemed to want to have a private conversation with him, so they retreated to the previous passage and talked in whispers.
"I know who the last group of infiltrators are and they are very troublesome..." As soon as the female Knight uttered these words, it aroused Lu Ping’an’s interest.
He waited for her to continue, but only saw a smiling face, a face waiting for Lu Ping’an to make a bid.
Her lively, confident smile, starkly contrasted with her past simple-mindedness... it made him question if she’d been possessed.
Lu Ping’an touched his chin, looking at this girl, he started to show some interest.
He was already planning to raise his bet, so he chose to change the location of their conversation.
"... Don’t resist." He remarked, extending an invitation her way.
In the next moment, in Catherine’s eyes, the world seemed to twist, and she found herself in an Exotic Realm.
The void is right behind, not a vast space, but it’s filled with houses, people, and the roaring sound of machinery; it’s brimming with the vibes of life.
Lu Ping’an smiles, with time being short, let’s not beat about the bush and simply use "money" to crush people.
"I know you probably don’t understand what this means, but if I can smuggle these people in, I can naturally smuggle you out. The promise I made earlier is valid. The tickets I offer, other guests from the foreign domain can’t compare."
At this time, Catherine’s pupils light up, and then she quickly shakes her head.
"No, I understand."
Lu Ping’an laughed, you understand? Even those real professionals don’t understand, what do you know? Probably think it’s a semi-plane?
"The independent plane that can move across planes is only found in the divine kingdoms.....no, immature types of divine kingdoms. I didn’t expect, you would actually be a Your Highness!"
This time, it was Lu Ping’an’s turn to be surprised.
He laughed with some amusement, the smile holding a bit of ill intent.
"Are you not afraid I would silence you by killing? Since you know what a divine kingdom means, you would also know what this means for a deity."
Now, it was the girl’s turn to be silent. She involuntarily took a step back, shrinking slightly, revealing a frightened expression.
Twelve-year-old her, or twenty-three-year-old her, after the fusion there are naturally some after-effects.
Whether it’s the blunt straightforwardness of a twelve-year-old or the hesitation and timidity of a twenty-three-year-old...but the next moment she raised her head, she was already determined.
"Your Highness..."
"Just call me Lu Ping’an."
"Lord Lu Ping’an, I want to make a deal with you. Initially, I was only hoping for three tickets but now I need a lot more."
"Oh, how interesting....."
Lu Ping’an did not look down upon her greed. He could see that she was much smarter now than before.
Although he didn’t know where she got the top-secret knowledge about deities, but if you dare to ask for a higher price, you must have more valuable "goods".
"I am the daughter of the Great Priest of the Beast God Sect, Maria T. Dora, the future Great Priest. All the secrets about deities come from my family. In a sense, this tomb is the property of me and my family. If I’m not wrong, the unknown party that followed us in should be my parents and the core members of the Beast God Sect...."
It makes sense now, obviously the Great Priest is a high-ranking member of the church. Considering that the deity has already fallen, and the believers are trying to resurrect it, they obviously know some deity-level secrets.
"...I know what they want to do. But they absolutely must not succeed..."
Listening to this extremely "filial" speech, Lu Ping’an nodded satisfactorily.
He likes girls who understand the situation, especially when they have good luck.
"Maybe, we need a new agreement..."
After completing the communication and signing an agreement satisfactory to both parties which took about ten minutes, when Lu Ping’an and Catherine returned to the room where everyone else was, they found something was amiss.
"Someone is missing?"
Lu Ping’an noticed that everyone was knocking on a wooden board.
"Xue En.....he was just walking when suddenly he fell into a pit. That board flipped over and he slid down."
Lu Ping’an opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Maybe, this is a righteous way of archaeology huh, taking an unlucky person to forge a path with luck?
But Lu Ping’an’s gaze falls on Catherine, the female knight who just said "I know all the traps," but her face was filled with confusion and surprise.
"This, I really don’t know...the correct path is on the wall. There shouldn’t be any traps here."
— End of Chapter 482 —