I Can Extract Divine Power

The room was silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Only Amber and Shen Bai were inside; there was no one else.

After Amber spoke, Shen Bai stroked his chin. He pondered for a moment before admitting he only half-understood.

"So what you’re saying is, Red Makeup isn’t a Deceitful Beast, but she’s evolving into one? Isn’t she a person?" Shen Bai asked, raising an eyebrow.

The term "Deceitful Beast" contains the word "Beast."

If that’s the case, she should be a beast.

But Red Makeup was clearly a person, not a beast.

A paper person was still a type of person.

At the very least, she had nothing to do with beasts. Not even the slightest connection.

Now, to suddenly be told she was about to evolve into a Deceitful Beast, Shen Bai found it a little unbelievable.

Amber scratched her head hard, her emerald-like eyes filled with confusion.

She was still trying to recall memories related to this, which was why she had such an expression.

After all, the inherited part of a Deceitful Beast’s memory was only awakened when encountering something related.

Seeing this, Shen Bai watched Amber think and didn’t interrupt her.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Amber’s emerald-like eyes gradually brightened.

"Master, I remember now."

Amber clenched her small fists, saying excitedly, "Something that’s neither human nor a ’deceit,’ and is unidentifiable, can be classified as a beast."

"Red Makeup isn’t human, nor is she a ’deceit’ yet. But she was born with a deceitful aura and has Spirituality, so she can indeed be counted as one."

At this point, Amber couldn’t help but give herself a mental thumbs-up for her own cleverness.

’Even though this is all from my inherited memories and has nothing to do with me, at least they’re *my* memories.’

’I’ve solved another mystery for Master now.’

’As expected, I’m the most useful Deceitful Beast.’

Shen Bai pondered for a moment, then said, "You said before that Red Makeup needs a catalyst to transform into a Deceitful Beast. What is this catalyst?"

Shen Bai didn’t want to dig any deeper into the matter of whether Red Makeup was a beast or not.

What he needed to know now was what exactly Red Makeup’s catalyst was.

Amber scratched her little head again and began to think carefully.

After a moment, Amber finally looked up and spoke.

"Master, I guess it has something to do with the Mysterious City."

’The Mysterious City?’

Shen Bai said, "Tell me your guess in detail."

Amber nodded emphatically. "Red Makeup was born in the Mysterious City. I can feel that the city is actually a kind of restraint on her. If she wants to fully transform into a Deceitful Beast, she must break free from the Mysterious City’s shackles, but I don’t know how."

"Master, the reason Red Makeup is getting so close to you might also be to break free from the Mysterious City’s shackles and become a Deceitful Beast."

Shen Bai mused, "Now that you mention it, that does seem to make sense."

Red Makeup went to such great lengths to get close to him. It couldn’t possibly be just to talk to him; there had to be a deeper reason.

Now, combining Amber’s explanation with his earlier speculations, Shen Bai felt that what Amber said might actually be true.

Red Makeup was approaching him to escape the Mysterious City and gain her complete freedom.

’No matter what, I’ll enter the Mysterious City first when the time comes and assess the situation,’ Shen Bai thought.

Shen Bai was definitely going to enter the Mysterious City.

Just from entering twice, he had obtained twenty wisps of Evil Qi. Where else could he find such a good deal?

He was in dire need of Evil Qi, and he had no intention of giving up this opportunity.

Besides, Shen Bai was practically drooling over the great opportunity his Divination Divine Power had indicated.

If he wasn’t greedy for it, he wouldn’t be Shen Bai.

’In any case, I’ll decide what to do after I enter the Mysterious City,’ Shen Bai made up his mind.

He had Amber return to his body, while he himself seized the time to start grinding his Divination Divine Power.

Although his Skill Level was still far from where it needed to be, every little bit he could grind now counted.

Time gradually passed.

...

「The next day.」

As the first rays of morning sunlight shone down, Shen Bai had already stepped outside the five-story building.

In the open space, at least a hundred members of the Observatory were gathered. Every single one of them possessed the strength of the Void Realm.

When Shen Bai emerged from the five-story building, all eyes focused on him. They were merely waiting for his command to set out for the Mysterious City.

At this moment, although the Mysterious City had not yet descended, a trace of its aura had already begun to leak out.

Zheng Xing stepped forward and said, "Lord Shen, after a full night of non-stop calculations, we combined the resentment Qi with information from the Mysterious City’s past appearances. We’ve roughly determined the location where it will descend. It’s right here."

As he spoke, Zheng Xing took out a map and slowly unfurled it before Shen Bai.

The map was large, encompassing the entire Nanxing Prefecture—a scaled-down version of the prefecture itself.

And on the map, a large circle had been drawn.

The circle was marked in red ink, clearly indicating its importance.

Because its aura had leaked slightly, they were able to calculate the approximate location of the Mysterious City.

Shen Bai glanced at the specific location and said, "This area isn’t close to Nanxing Prefecture’s main city."

On the map, the location marked by the red circle was some distance from Nanxing Prefecture. This meant that if the Mysterious City were to descend there, Nanxing Prefecture wouldn’t be heavily affected, at least not initially.

Zheng Xing nodded. "In the past, the Mysterious City has mostly descended in bustling, prosperous city centers. The slightest misstep would result in massive casualties."

"But this time is different. It might have something to do with Red Makeup. Perhaps she is consciously avoiding populated areas."