Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The conditions offered by Jiang Lan were so tempting that Jiu Ding almost gave in and nodded.
But when his eyes met Ying Qiao, he became alert again: “You are in cahoots with him, you won’t lie to me, right? He has imprisoned me for hundreds of years for nothing before!”
Was there such a thing?
Jiang Lan looked at Ying Qiao with a questioning look.
Ying Qiao sighed and briefly mentioned the previous robbery of the Nine Cauldrons. He frowned and said, “Who would have known that the Nine Cauldrons had already given birth to a spirit at that time.”
He examined the Nine Cauldrons, thinking that the appearance of the spirit of the artifact might be related to Geng Chen.
At the beginning, Geng Chen had a premonition that his end was approaching and his soul would dissipate, so he merged a strand of dragon soul into the tripod and helped King Yu to forge the Nine Tripods. Objects like the Nine Tripods were originally dead objects without spiritual energy, and it was extremely difficult for them to have spiritual intelligence. Perhaps it was precisely because of Geng Chen’s strand of dragon soul that the spirit of this artifact was born.
If you think about it carefully, the current Nine Cauldrons could be regarded as a disguised continuation of Geng Chen’s life.
No wonder Nüba snatched the Nine Cauldrons back but was unwilling to take it away and instead gave it to him.
Jiu Ding was slightly proud when he heard this and said, “If you knew this, how could I still run away?”
He tried to defend himself earnestly: “The feudal monarchy has been overthrown. Even if you get me, you can’t be the emperor.” Then he became indignant: “Besides, the rumor that ‘getting the Nine Cauldrons will get you the world’ is all a rumor! It’s a rumor! Those who believe it are fools! It’s no use locking me up!”
Before he transformed into a spirit body, he was robbed from place to place and often had to move away after living in one place for a short time, which was really annoying.
Jiang Lan saw his expression changing from alertness to anger, so feeling a little sympathetic and wanting to laugh, he said: “Don’t worry, I won’t lie to you this time. I’ll take you to register for an ID card later. If you get cheated, you can file a complaint.”
Perhaps because Jiang Lan had always been friendly to him, Jiu Ding had a good impression of him. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded: “That’s fine.”
“If you guys lie to me, the worst that can happen is I’ll just run away again.” He was quite proud: “Anyway, I’ll always find a way to escape.”
He looked young, still a teenager. When he was silent, he looked gentle and handsome, but when he spoke, his eyebrows and eyes were lively and full of spirit. In addition, he looked about the same age as Jiao Tu, so Jiang Lan liked him a little more.
Jiang Lan smiled at him and said, “Then go and register first. Do you want to keep the tripod yourself or leave it at the bureau?”
In just a short moment of contact, he had already discovered that Jiu Ding seemed unable to retract its body. He had only vaguely guessed it at Taizi Lake, but now he had confirmed it.
Logically speaking, after a spirit of an artifact transformed, the artifact became the spirit’s true body, and the spirit could put the true body away or release it at will, because the spirit of an artifact and the artifact were originally one and the same.
But Jiu Ding seemed unable to do this.
Jiu Ding looked at the big tripod in front of him with a sad face. After thinking it over, he felt that it would be more reassuring if the original body was with him, so he said, “I’ll take it with me. It won’t be too late to deposit it after I’m done.”
He was also cautious, thinking that if he found out it was a scam, he could just run away with his real body.
Ying Qiao, who was standing by, also noticed the problem and asked with a frown, “Can’t you put your main body away?”
“?”
Jiu Ding looked at him in confusion: “How do I put this away?”
“As far as I know, the spirit and the body of the weapon are of the same origin, and the body can be retracted and released at will.” Ying Qiao said.
Why can’t the Nine Cauldrons do that?
Jiu Ding’s face was full of: ???
He had been in spirit form for so many years and had been carrying his real body around everywhere.
He looked at Ying Qiao warily, suspecting that Ying Qiao wanted to deceive him again: “Our tripod may be different. We are not a demon tribe like you.”
After saying that, he ignored Ying Qiao and turned to Jiang Lan and said, “Didn’t you say we were going to register?”
He obviously didn’t want to talk about this topic. Jiang Lan and Ying Qiao looked at each other and had no choice but to take him to the window to register and apply for an ID card.
After registering the identity information, there was also a basic training, where the staff of the bureau would teach some monsters who had no experience of living in human society some basic rules and regulations as well as small survival skills in human society. For monsters who were entering human society for the first time, it was still very useful.
Jiu Ding had a confused look on his face when he went in, but when he came out his eyes were shining and his whole body was filled with joy.
What Jiang Lan said was actually true!
The Monster Management Bureau was so good!
After the training, Jiu Ding secretly checked with the staff. After receiving a positive answer, he finally believed Jiang Lan’s words and asked proactively, “Where should I store my original body?”
Save the original body so you don’t have to worry about it being stolen or running away in the future!
He took the initiative to mention it, and Jiang Lan and Ying Qiao took him upstairs to deposit the bronze tripod.
Of course, the Monster Management Bureau did not have a storage service, so Jiang Lan took him to the bureau’s valuable magic weapon storage area. The Nine Cauldrons were special, and the main body could be stored there.
While Jiang Lan was doing the paperwork, Jiu Ding was nagging beside him, “It’s best to put it in the innermost part, and check it regularly to prevent it from running away.”
Staff: ???
Why is it still running?
Jiang Lan also looked at him strangely: “What do you mean by preventing it from running away? Can it run away by itself?”
Jiu Ding nodded as a matter of course and said proudly: “I have a twin brother, but he is lazy and doesn’t practice seriously. He has not yet been able to transform into a spirit body.” He pointed to his head and complained: “He is also a little silly and disobedient. If I’m not watching him for a while, he likes to run around everywhere.”
Jiang Lan: …
Two spirits? Unheard of.
He turned his head to look at Ying Qiao, and saw that Ying Qiao’s face gradually became solemn: “Are you saying that there is another spirit in this tripod?”
“Yes.” Jiu Ding nodded.
Ying Qiao took the bronze tripod and placed his palm on it to examine it carefully but found nothing. He looked at the Nine Tripods with a gloomy look: “No spirit was found in the tripod.”
Jiu Ding looked at him innocently: “I’ve already said that his cultivation is very poor. Maybe I’m the only one who can sense him.”
Ying Qiao’s brows were almost knotted: “Can you communicate with him?”
Jiu Ding nodded: “Yes.”
After thinking for a while, he added: “But he usually ignores me, and I don’t know if he can understand what I say.”
Otherwise why would I call him idiot brother?
Ying Qiao: …
The turmoil in his heart gradually subsided, but he still gave the staff a few more instructions, asking him to keep the Nine Cauldrons separately.
These sealed magic weapons were usually stored in the spirit gathering array, nourishing the magic weapons with spiritual energy to ensure the stability of the magic weapons. Ying Qiao transferred money from his account and asked the staff to find a larger spirit gathering array to seal it. If there were any unusual movements, notify him in time.
Ying Qiao suspected that the other spirit in the cauldron was actually Geng Chen’s remaining consciousness, but if even the Nine Cauldrons could not communicate with him, there was no way to confirm the identity of this spirit.
Ying Qiao’s eyes dimmed, and he could only place the tripod in the spirit gathering array to nourish it, hoping that after the spirit body was fully nourished, it would be able to communicate with the Nine Tripods.
When he left, he looked back again. In fact, the staff had already put the tripod away, and he couldn’t see anything at this time, but the corners of his mouth still curled up slightly.
He thought that if he could really confirm that the spirit in the tripod was Geng Chen, he could pack up the tripod and send it to Ji Xian.
With Ji Xian watching over him, it was probably more effective than any spirit gathering formation.
….
The three of them went downstairs. Jiu Ding walked briskly the whole time, as happy as a bird out of a cage.
He was very lively, and his heels bounced when he walked. After following Jiang Lan out of the gate of the Monster Management Bureau, he asked excitedly: “Are we going to eat now? And where do I live?”
He pointed to the office building across from the Monster Management Bureau and said, “I want to live in that kind of house.”
I’m tired of living in a cave and don’t want to live here anymore.
He had long wanted to try this kind of tall house.
“Let’s go to my place. I have plenty of guest rooms.” Ying Qiao took a look at Jiu Ding, who looked rustic and ignorant, and said, “Let Chen Hua take him to dinner and buy him some clothes.”
The green gown on Jiu Ding had been rolling in the river for a few days, and it was not only worn out but also very dirty. If it weren’t for his appearance and body, he might have been beaten as a homeless child when he was walking – the kind that would be reported to the police and sent to a shelter.
“Isn’t Chen Hua at work? That shouldn’t be very convenient, right?”
Jiang Lan scratched his face. He felt a strong sense of disharmony when he heard him ordering Chen Hua around. The positions of boss and subordinate were completely reversed now. It would take some time for her boyfriend to adapt to suddenly changing from a humble office worker to a noble president.
And I have to say, Chen Hua’s job scope is too broad. Why does he even have to take care of buying clothes for children?
His boyfriend suddenly changed from an exploited office worker to a capitalist who exploited office workers, which immediately reminded Jiang Lan of Chen Hua’s previous tearful accusation.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Ying Qiao suddenly became a little subtle.
“He just found an excuse to leave.”
There were indeed a lot of things to do in the company, but the ones that needed to be handled by him and Chen Hua were all relatively important. Moreover, Chen Hua had four ordinary assistants, which were enough to share most of his complicated work. This was one of the reasons why Ying Qiao usually turned a blind eye to his complaints.
Seeing Jiang Lan looking at him like he was a scheming Zhou Bapi[1], Ying Qiao couldn’t help but defend himself, “I assigned him four assistants, and the year-end bonus is this amount.”
He gestured with a number: “And his greatest pleasure in life is making money. He will be happy only if the bonus is big enough and he is asked to work more.”
“Don’t listen to his complaints. He’s just trying to get me to give him a bonus in disguise.”
Jiang Lan was shocked: ???
Fourth sister-in-law is actually this kind of person?
Then doesn’t that mean that Fourth Brother can still be saved?
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[1] Gao Yubao was a Chinese writer, best known for his autobiographical novel Gao Yubao. The novel, based on his childhood under Japanese occupation, became highly influential in the People’s Republic of China. More than six million copies of the book were printed, and it was translated into over 20 languages. A short story from the novel was adapted into a popular animated film, The Rooster Crows at Midnight. The villain of the story, a greedy landowner nicknamed Zhou Bapi (“Zhou the flayer”), became one of the most famous evil landlords in China and a representative of greedy capitalists everywhere.