Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 907 - 369: Incense of the Trickster (Part 4)
This inexplicable rain touched the consciousness of the Engineer even more.
"Is it too strong?"
The Engineer’s mutterings did not close her mouth, causing her voice to sound a bit muffled.
Zhou Xuan finally opened his eyes, walked to the Engineer’s side, and gently supported her chin to help her close her mouth.
"Don’t open your mouth so wide, be careful not to drink the rain."
The Engineer, as if awakening from a dream, suddenly turned her head and asked Zhou Xuan, "How is your spiritual power this strong?"
"Is it really that strong?"
"Ah Xuan, you’re the best." This time, Miss Qiang’s compliment was heartfelt as she jogged towards Zhou Xuan and jumped, being caught in the waist by him.
"You’re quite a handful."
Zhou Xuan tossed Miss Qiang into the air, catching her when she fell back, over and over, making her giggle uncontrollably.
"Ah Xuan, do you know why the Blood Woman is called Blood Woman?" the Engineer said solemnly.
"Why?"
"Strictly speaking, she is the daughter of the main brain of the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty. The Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty calls upon flesh and blood through consciousness, the main brain is the supreme entity, and his daughter naturally takes the country’s name as her title."
The Engineer said, "The Blood Woman possesses the strongest spiritual power in the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty, so even though she hasn’t reached adulthood, she can still summon and dismiss flesh and blood at will.
Your ability to resonate spiritually with her is not surprising, as spiritual power has this characteristic—the stronger the spiritual power, the easier it is to be resonated with.
But after resonating spiritually with the Blood Woman, you are actually able to control her."
"That means..." Zhou Xuan frowned.
The Engineer said seriously, "It means your spiritual power surpasses that of the Blood Woman."
"..." Zhou Xuan.
"Where does your spiritual power come from?"
The Engineer asked.
"Well... it should be thanks to that drop of blood." Zhou Xuan thought of that drop of blood, the one that brought him to Laijing Country.
"That drop of blood contains the residual dreams of some great figure from Laijing Country, with the characteristics of the Heavenly Ghost, ’Chaos.’ Who exactly is that great figure?" The Engineer fell into contemplation.
"If you can’t trace the source, why dwell on it."
Zhou Xuan then said, "You mentioned joining the Colorful Play Hall; I need to learn spiritual control first. Now I’ve learned it, so how does the Colorful Play Master light incense? How do they accumulate incense?"
"When you use your first incense-burning method of the Colorful Play Master, you can light the incense."
The Engineer explained, "The first incense of the Colorful Play is called ’Cater to Their Interests.’
This incense-burning technique is the foundational basis of deception, and it’s crucial."
The Engineer transformed into a love expert, saying, "If you were to deceive a wealthy young lady, what would you do?"
"If the wealthy young lady enjoys the story of talents and beauties in movies, I’d pose as a charming young master, compose a couple of romantic poems, and find a chance to give them to her. As for the poems—wait for you, in the rain, amidst the rainbow creation, as the cicada’s song fades, and the frog’s chorus rises..."
As Zhou Xuan spoke, he became engrossed in his role, and his every move exuded a bit of a young master’s demeanor, his eyes dreamy, reciting famous poetry of love from past lives.
"..." The Engineer.
"You’re... really... good at this!" The Engineer was somewhat dumbfounded, for a moment, she almost felt like a wealthy young lady being courted by Zhou Xuan, nearly falling into a love-at-first-sight trap.
Fortunately, she quickly realized, and Zhou Xuan had already started another set of role-playing.
"If the wealthy young lady has experienced several romantic entanglements and emotional setbacks, I’d take her to an amusement park, ride the kiddie carousel, and reminisce about the innocent fun of childhood, like catching cicadas, capturing frogs..."
Zhou Xuan once again delivered an answer.
"You can even deduce from one instance to another?"
The Engineer didn’t know what to say. Being a con artist isn’t easy; it requires adaptability and a nimble mind. From this perspective, Zhou Xuan was an exceptionally outstanding student.
"Just a little trick."
Zhou Xuan smiled, unconcerned. He wasn’t being modest; in his previous life, how skilled were the con artists? They conned so well that they ran out of fools.
Receiving unknown calls too much led to being trapped in phishing scams, websites where he’d input banking information,
Engaging in too many online chats led to buying expensive tea leaves, as con artists innovated endlessly, emerging with new tricks...
As for the art of deception, had he not eaten pork, he had at least seen pigs run?
"Seems like I’ve really had quite a bit of pork." Zhou Xuan recalled the things he did when he arrived in Laijing Country; perhaps he was quite the seasoned con artist himself.
The Engineer nodded and said, "You’ve already understood the true essence of ’Cater to Their Interests.’ In any deception, the first thing a con artist and the deceived person must do is close the distance. The best way is to grasp the other’s interests."
"Before I came to Laijing Country, Colorful Play Masters relied on Perception to gather the other person’s preferences. Some people love tea, some love wine, some love fame."
"Using Perception to investigate takes quite a bit of time, but if you have Spiritual Control Power..."
"Then I can simply use Spiritual Resonance to sense the person’s interests." Zhou Xuan began to answer quickly.
"That’s right."
The Engineer said, "The spiritual power of Jing Country people is weak, and because it’s so weak, it’s difficult for you to control them effectively. Therefore, you need to..." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
"Close the distance and best if spiritual control is exhibited in front of them."
Zhou Xuan’s quick answer was incredibly precise, and the Engineer spread her hands as if to say—do I still need to teach you this? You can figure it out on your own.
"So for my first incense, to accumulate incense, I must continuously use ’Cater to Their Interests,’ then fulfill the preferences of the deceived, right."
"..." The Engineer.
"I feel like there’s no point anymore..."
The Engineer felt no sense of accomplishment; the greatest sense of achievement for a teacher is when a student, faced with a problem and scratching their head, finally sees the light after some insightful guidance from the teacher, says, ’Teacher, I get it.’
"I haven’t even guided you, and you’ve already got it?"
"Teacher Gong, I’m going to gather my first incense’s incense, see you later."
Zhou Xuan said goodbye to the Engineer and walked a few steps before turning back to the Engineer, saying,
"Oh by the way, Teacher Gong, you like reading love stories, right? Especially tragic romances where the male protagonist torments the female protagonist to tears. I’ll visit Mingjiang Prefecture and if I find similar novels or magazines, I’ll bring some over for you..."
"And how did you know what I like?"
"What you just said, ’Cater to Their Interests.’"
"Did you just control me?"
"Just a little."
Zhou Xuan left with a smile, while the Engineer felt a sense of shame as if she had been seen undressed, tightened her clothing and said to Miss Qiang, "Blood Woman, living here feels terrifyingly unsafe, should we consider moving out early?"
The people of the Blood Flesh Divine Dynasty, being spiritually controlled by someone from Jing Country without showing it—this was an extremely frightening matter for the Engineer.
"Ah Xuan is pretty good, he even buys magazines for you..." Miss Qiang said nonchalantly.
...
Zhou Xuan exited the Secret Realm, now thinking of accumulating some incense for himself—finding out what the deceived person likes and then fulfilling it.
This task wasn’t complicated for Zhou Xuan: whatever you like, I’ll give it to you—be it food, drink, fun, if nothing else, then big gold chains and golden watches, things money can buy,
But when he found his first "con target," he discovered it wasn’t that easy to manage.
Zhou Xuan watched as Lv Mingkun was sharpening a Bamboo Leaf Blade in the courtyard, the sound sharp and unending.
"The first con target, Fifth Senior Brother."
Zhou Xuan walked up to Lv Mingkun, closed his eyes and began to meditate.
With a spiritual resonance, Fifth Senior Brother’s body trembled inexplicably,
The next moment, in the depths of Zhou Xuan’s mind appeared a duplicated figure of Fifth Senior Brother.
"Fifth Senior Brother, what do you like most now?"
Zhou Xuan asked quietly in his mind.
Fifth Senior Brother raised the Bamboo Leaf Blade in his hand and said slowly, "I most hope to beautifully... comfortably... without any mental burden... dissect a corpse... every inch the Bamboo Leaf Blade glides across their skin, I get so excited... goosebumps all over."
"Fifth Senior Brother, you’re a real pervert... daily thinking about dissecting dead bodies..."
Zhou Xuan was in a bind, where on earth could he find a body for Fifth Senior Brother to dissect...
