Chapter 55: Godlike Maneuvers

Both Little Yellow and Big Yellow spoke very slowly, and Ye Feifan listened with utmost attention, carefully pondering every single detail.

Old Hei, harboring a certain curiosity about gossip, hugged a bottle of vitality liquid and watched the show from the side. Taking sips every now and then, he pricked up his ears, looking thoroughly pleased and relaxed.

The blueprints on the table still displayed the distribution of the Buddha statues. Suddenly, Ye Feifan caught onto something, yet he felt as though he had missed a crucial point.

"You mean there is a cabinet underneath the offering table?"

"Yes, and there's a hidden compartment inside, smeared with a layer of blood." Speaking of that cabinet, Little Yellow still felt a lingering fear; seeing blood in the dead of night was quite terrifying.

Sitting in his chair, Ye Feifan gazed at the blueprints... The study of the Liu family indicated the locations of three Buddha statues, but none of them were inside the cabinet. The hidden niche beneath the offering table was clearly marked above.

The Buddha statue on the offering table had a mechanism; removing it would trigger the trap. In their panic, intruders would first think of escaping, ignoring the surroundings of the offering table, thus the Buddha statue in the hidden niche would be safely preserved...

The schemes of the human heart were truly deep; that old fox Liu Decai was extremely formidable!

No incidents occurred at the Zhang family last night, yet the Liu family suffered heavy casualties. The warehouse of the Zhang family evidently harbored certain secrets. Given the irreconcilable hostility between the Liu and Zhang families, it would be wisest for him to lie low for a while.

Contemplating his plans for the next few days, Ye Feifan carefully scrutinized the side quest [Late-Night Knocking].

From the synopsis, it could be inferred that the vengeful spirit was male. Last night, the person controlled by Little Yellow said that when he saw a woman get into the vehicle, Father Zhang's expression became very grim, suggesting there were still hidden secrets within... What on earth had he overlooked?

Assuming Liu Decai's blueprints were correct, one Buddha statue fell into the hands of the tavern waiter... That cabinet appeared out of thin air... Is it possible that the Zhang family moved the cabinet into the Liu family in broad daylight?

The more he thought about it, the more Ye Feifan felt this was highly likely. Last night, Hua Wenliu went mad at the Liu family, and the cabinet was suppressed to a certain extent...

He might not be the Red-Robed Spirit. Little Yellow carried the aura of Hua Wenliu, so that vengeful spirit did a favor as a matter of convenience, gifting the Buddha statue from the hidden niche to Little Yellow...

Coupled with the tranquility at the Zhang family last night, Ye Feifan felt that the cabinet was the truth hinted at by the quest, and moreover, it was a native vengeful spirit rather than an alien one dropped from the Blue Planet.

Ye Feifan fell into deep thought, his eyes growing brighter and brighter. He felt he had found the truth.

"Hidden side quest [Accumulated Grue]: Childhood sweethearts failed to fulfill their wishes before death, and their obsession remained undiminished after passing away. Their ashes were scattered and suppressed, causing their grievances to grow stronger day by day. Please assist them in finding liberation... Travel to Tianzi City late at night, locate and destroy the Buddha statues, and scatter the collected ashes (from inside the statues) into the Drowning River. Complete the task before dawn within the time limit... With the host completing the quest through remote manipulation, Hua Wenliu's favorability toward the host increases, rewarding one lottery ticket and a confidential letter from a confidante."

"Side quest [Late-Night Knocking]: On a stormy night, terrifying door-opening sounds echoed late at night from the Zhang family estate. Sometimes a person's identity is swapped with another's; you look at him, and he looks at you as well. Who could be outside the door? Please arrive at the Zhang family before midnight, explore the truth, or survive until dawn to complete the quest... Since the ghostly cabinet has been transferred to the Zhang family and the host completed it via remote manipulation, it is deemed successfully completed. Rewarded with two lottery tickets, two newspapers, and an additional one thousand points reward."

"The side quest [Late-Night Knocking] has been upgraded to a permanent support quest [Phantom of the Ghost Cabinet]: On stormy nights, terrifying knocking sounds resonate across the entire realm of cultivation. You look at him, and he also looks at you. Where the ghost cabinet haunts, grievances must surely exist. The host has a probability of receiving assistance when entering areas haunted by the ghost cabinet."

"The host has obtained support and assistance, and the permanent side quest [Fatal Bus] has been upgraded to the permanent support quest [Desperate Bus]: On stormy nights, Route 88 bus shuttles across various regions of the realm of cultivation. Grievances are bound to exist near the bus stops where it halts, and the host has a probability of gaining the assistance of the Red-Robed Driver."

The quest is completed!

Ye Feifan was pleasantly surprised. He had never expected that the system would actually validate his conjecture...

The sole benefit seemed to be that he had successfully bypassed a nightmare-level quest... The Liu family, who blocked the disaster for him, were truly good people.

"Prerequisite quest completed, sub-profession Farmer unlocked, functions [Dream Field] and [Pasture] activated."