I Can Extract Divine Power

Chapter 464: Chapter 172: Spirit Recovery Level 6

This was Shen Bai’s line of thinking.

Since the other party was so concerned with a Surveyor, it had to be related to the mine.

As long as Fan Kai was still useful, his life wouldn’t be in danger, and the mine had to be the final destination.

Since there were no clues, he might as well go check the mine.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Li clapped his hands forcefully. "A brilliant insight, Lord Shen! Why didn’t I think of that? How foolish of me."

Shen Bai smiled. "It’s just a case of being too close to the problem to see clearly."

Often, even very smart people can miss the solution to a seemingly simple problem.

It all came down to the old saying: ’The person involved is confused, but a bystander sees clearly.’

Dongfang Li was the Prefect and plenty intelligent, but being in the thick of it, he couldn’t necessarily see things more clearly than an outsider like Shen Bai.

That was precisely why Shen Bai had thought of it so easily.

"I’ll head there with you now, Lord Shen," Dongfang Li said with a wave of his hand. "Men, arrange for twenty constables to accompany me to the mine."

The Chief Constable immediately went to carry out Dongfang Li’s orders.

Before long, the men had assembled.

Without further delay, Shen Bai set off toward the mine with Dongfang Li.

「...」

The mine was located east of Nanxing Prefecture.

It hadn’t originally been a mine, just an ordinary mountain, but Dongfang Li had discovered it by a stroke of luck.

However, for some unknown reason, the mine was Hidden. This was why Dongfang Li had asked an old friend from Xuanjing City to come.

He just hadn’t expected the person to disappear before they even arrived.

「At the foot of the mountain.」

Shen Bai looked up, sizing up the towering mountain. "The scenery here is truly beautiful," he remarked. "If I were just passing through, I’d probably never guess there was a mine here."

Dongfang Li sighed. "Indeed. If this mine could be excavated, I can’t say it would make every citizen of Nanxing Prefecture wealthy, but at least everyone would have enough to eat."

Shen Bai said, "Lord Dongfang, you consider the common people in everything you do. You are truly worthy of being the Prefect."

Dongfang Li shook his head. "One must do the duties of one’s station. I am simply doing what I ought to do. You praise me too highly, Lord Shen."

"The dynasty of the Great Zhou Country may be in turmoil, but there are still many people like me. They are all doing their utmost to secure a future for Great Zhou and a chance at life for the people."

"It’s just that, limited by the times, the efforts of many have had little effect."

Shen Bai nodded and said no more. He circulated the Qi in his body and activated his Divination Divine Power.

He had come with two objectives.

If he couldn’t figure it out with his Divination Skill, then he would lie in wait for the mastermind to appear.

For now, he decided to try his Divination Skill first.

As Shen Bai used his Divination Skill, a cloud of mist immediately appeared before his eyes.

The mist was thick, with no end in sight, as if something was deliberately obscuring his vision.

’It’s only a Level 4 Divine Power, after all,’ Shen Bai thought. ’If it were upgraded to Level 5, it might have been useful right now.’

As things stood, it seemed his Divination Skill wasn’t revealing anything useful.

Shen Bai was about to cancel the Divination Skill and inform Dongfang Li of the result.

But just then, something unusual happened.

An invisible thread emerged from the mist, pointing directly into the depths of the mine.

Shen Bai was slightly taken aback, then he furrowed his brow. ’This doesn’t seem to be pointing to Fan Kai. It’s pointing to something in the mine... something beneficial to me?’

Although the thread was invisible, Shen Bai could feel that some of the Information within it pointed to his location, even telling him that a great opportunity lay inside.

’What kind of great opportunity could it be?’ Shen Bai wondered, and he began to perform his calculations again.

As Shen Bai performed his calculations, everything before his eyes began to change.

The mist thinned slightly, and the thread became more distinct.

Beyond that, there was only pitch-black darkness.

It was a blackness like ink, so dark that just looking at it made one’s heart palpitate.

"Great misfortune!" A look of surprise crossed Shen Bai’s face.

The blackness represented great misfortune, meaning that if Shen Bai were to venture forth, he would face a disastrous outcome.

This was the first time he had divined a vision of great misfortune since obtaining the Divination Divine Power.

’Even with my strength, the danger is immeasurable. What on earth is in there?’ Shen Bai wondered.

His Divination Skill, having reached Level 4, possessed the Detailed Calculation Attribute.

Shen Bai tried using Detailed Calculation, wanting to see if he could turn the great misfortune into great fortune.

Before his eyes, countless threads spread out, piercing into the mist.

Each thread represented a different method, a different possibility.

In just a moment, the scene before Shen Bai’s eyes changed.

From bottom to top, the blackness gradually faded.

When the topmost thread appeared, it had become half gold and half black.

This meant that if he proceeded according to this possibility, the outcome would be a mix of good and bad fortune.

Shen Bai pondered for a moment, then with a thought, he latched onto that possibility.

Then, before his eyes, the thread transformed into lines of Information that bored into his mind.

"Poison Avoidance and Spirit Recovery Skill?"

Shen Bai frowned after absorbing all the Information.

According to the prompt from his Divination Skill, if his Poison Avoidance and Spirit Recovery Skill reached Level 6, the danger of this trip would be drastically reduced.

’I’m about to reach Level 6 now, with only 1,000 Skill Level points left. This is feasible,’ Shen Bai thought, an idea forming in his mind.

Just then, a voice spoke up.

"Lord Shen, did you see anything?"

Shen Bai snapped back to reality, cancelled his Divination Skill, and saw Dongfang Li looking at him with an anxious expression.

Ever since they had arrived at the mine, Shen Bai had been performing his calculations.

Dongfang Li knew Shen Bai was occupied with important business, but he was so anxious that he couldn’t help but ask.

Shen Bai said, "There are no clues regarding Feige Building, but this mine seems unusual. There is something of great misfortune inside."