Chapter 948: Chapter 816: Whose Fault Is It
After Qu Jianlei left, Little Lake volunteered, wanting to invade Sheriff’s watch to listen to what they were saying.
But he stopped him, looking serious, "The other party is a Spiritual Attribute Supreme, they could probably perceive you!"
Big Head Butterfly sulkily remarked, "This is the first time I’ve been bullied using Spiritual Power..."
Qu Jianlei could only smile wryly; in the past, he was always the one bullying others with Spiritual Power, now finally someone was dealing with him the same way.
"The Empire is so big, with a Poison Attribute Supreme appearing, a Spiritual Attribute Supreme showing up was only a matter of time."
"You’re not scared, are you?" Rarely, Little Lake actually provoked him, "Is your mind clear?"
Qu Jianlei was unmoved, "Special Attribute Supremes will also appear one by one... No hurry, take it slow."
After returning to the Star Port, because the Paranoid was overseeing, he found Granny Jia to inquire about the situation.
"Balrog?" Hearing the name, Granny’s expression slightly changed, "This guy is really not someone to mess with..."
"It’s quite difficult to advance to Spiritual Attribute Supreme, he did so in his early hundreds and reportedly killed his own wife, children, and family."
"Killing to reach enlightenment?" Qu Jianlei’s expression also turned at these words, "Is there truly such a ruthless person?"
"It seems that way," the old lady nodded, "The Empire was going to hunt him down, but then he advanced!"
Qu Jianlei was left speechless, "The Empire really does excel at adaptability..."
A person who killed their own family and received no punishment, really is quite terrifying.
"But that’s a Spiritual Attribute Supreme," the old lady shook her head, "Incredibly rare."
In her words, Balrog wasn’t much younger than her, and advanced to Supreme not long ago.
But even so, Balrog showed no respect towards her as a prodigy, sometimes even spoke arrogantly.
Granny Jia wouldn’t bicker with him, but after all, as a prodigy, she couldn’t swallow her pride and went to challenge him.
The result of the challenge, needless to say, if there was no top-tier Spiritual Armor, admitting defeat was the only option.
Balrog never went easy on challengers, some Supremes even had reduced Combat Power due to damage to their spirit.
The Empire thought this couldn’t continue, so they offered him several projects for hefty rewards, preventing him from accepting any more challenges.
What surprised Qu Jianlei the most was: these projects were nominally under the Divine Text Association.
So Balrog also has the identity of a half member of the Divine Text Association.
After recounting things briefly, Granny Jia curiously asked, "Why did he come looking for you?"
"I don’t know either," Qu Jianlei spread his hands, answering helplessly, "The moment we met, he wanted to hypnotize me!"
"Who tried to hypnotize you?" The Paranoid appeared, brimming with curiosity, "Quite the courage, they have."
"A guy named Balrog," Qu Jianlei answered casually, "A Spiritual Attribute Supreme."
"Him?" Rarely, the Paranoid also knew about this person, his face stunned, "This guy... finally became a Supreme?"
There’s really not many insignificant people who could make him remember them, in fact, Balrog was quite formidable even at A-level.
However, upon learning this person killed for enlightenment, even the Paranoid couldn’t help but sigh.
"This really... I recall their marital relationship was quite good, even more Paranoid than mine!"
But he still didn’t take the opponent seriously, "This guy can’t be too much trouble for you, right?"
What does it matter if he’s a Spiritual Attribute Supreme? This one here is Attributeless!
"I’m just curious," Qu Jianlei frowned slightly, "What’s this guy bothering me for?"
"Why so many whys," the Paranoid dismissively said, "If he doesn’t know his place, just get rid of him."
Granny rolled her eyes at these words, "Elder, don’t you think he already has enough enemies?"
"Ah, forget it," the Paranoid shook his head, "Once the repairs are done, we’ll just leave, no need to bother with such people, it’s degrading!"
However, Balrog wasn’t so easy to shake off, after realizing Rhodiola Rosea wasn’t cooperating, he arranged for someone to monitor the 8384 ship.
Those following knew Rhodiola Rosea’s team isn’t easy to mess with, but if Rhodiola Rosea isn’t, why would Balrog be?
In any case, living in the cracks, just keep a low profile.
Qu Jianlei also kept a low profile, due to Balrog’s appearance, he didn’t even allow Little Lake to browse the internet casually.
After a day and a night, the 8384 ship was repaired and maintained, took off into space, disappearing into the void.
Qu Jianlei also considered that the opponent might block him on the way, so he temporarily decided not to go to Celestial Handle Star as originally planned.
He went straight to Celestial Blade Star, starting to procure various materials needed for setting up arrays.
Luckily, although Celestial Blade is not a Central Star, it’s in the same Star System as the Transfer Star, ensuring plenty of materials for transportation.
Even if the materials weren’t currently available, if you place an order, someone would naturally get them for you.
And the name Rhodiola Rosea was very useful on Celestial Blade; just showing the name made it not difficult to buy contraband materials.
This profit-driven style is indeed a characteristic of the Asteroid Belt — as long as you have money, I’ll dare to sell!
Of course, the premise is that the buyer can afford to pay and is able to handle things.
Without a doubt, Rhodiola rosea’s team possesses both qualities, so naturally, no one fears adventure.
In fact, with the shelter of a strong reputation, it didn’t take Qu Jianlei long to rent an estate on Celestial Blade Star.
The rented estate was quite large and the buildings were suitable, with the only downside being a minimum of five years’ lease, which would cost a considerable sum.
However, Qu Jianlei didn’t mind; he even welcomed it—within the next five years, this place would be mine.
Even if leaving midway, the usage rights of this place would still belong to him, and he could return anytime—where else could one find such a good deal?
After renting the estate, he set up a Qi Gathering Array and a Spirit Gathering Array, just barely enough for everyone to use.
This operation was indeed quite bold; if someone came to check and discovered these forbidden items, it would be troublesome.
But Qu Jianlei really didn’t care; he even arranged patrols—with orders to kill any intruders.
In fact, he was entirely correct, as the City Guard never came due to Rhodiola rosea’s renowned name.
While the others were cultivating, Qu Jianlei was adjusting the calculated ordinary version of the Qi Gathering Array.
Such things are impossible to achieve overnight; theory is theory, and transforming it into reality requires a process.
However, the start wasn’t bad; Energy Blocks could be massively converted into Spiritual Qi, yet the problem remained the old one... too much loss!
Amid his little-by-little improvements, time slowly passed.
In the blink of an eye, half a month had already passed at Celestial Blade Star, watching the array being perfected little by little, Qu Jianlei felt quite good.
Once the ordinary Qi Gathering Array is complete, he could proceed to calculate the Spirit Gathering Array—this process would not take long.
However, he ultimately wasn’t living in a vacuum; one day, a visitor came to find him.
What surprised him was that the visitor turned out to be an acquaintance: Qinghu Supreme!
Qu Jianlei dared not underestimate this woman at all—as before he came in contact with Balrog Supreme, she was the strongest Supreme he had seen.
He was a bit worried that his disguise would be seen through by this woman—the gap between Supremes could be described as a chasm.
So he had the Paranoid go out to receive her: just say I am in seclusion.
The Paranoid was fearless by nature, even placing Balrog beneath notice, let alone being afraid of Qinghu?
Upon seeing her, he straightforwardly remarked: Rhodiola rosea has no time to see you, speak to me if you have matters.
Qinghu’s temper wasn’t actually too bad; she just had a cool disposition.
Finding the other’s attitude not very good, she didn’t lose temper immediately; she instead had a feeling: this person could pose a threat to her!
For Qinghu, this feeling was really... too rare!
Nonetheless, she didn’t indulge the other; she merely stated flatly: I’m here under Rhine’s commission.
Someone recently found Rhine, expressing interest in Niaoming Stream, hoping to live there for a period.
This request was a bit rude, but Rhine grasped the key point: what happened between Balrog and Rhodiola rosea?
Indeed, the person who made the request was Balrog; he didn’t appear personally, but it didn’t affect others using his name to act.
The Haiyin Clan’s reach covered everywhere on Celestial Hook, and they didn’t even need to try to know Rhodiola rosea had rented a house on Celestial Blade.
Even though when renting the house, the identity used wasn’t Rhodiola rosea, it didn’t matter; as long as people at Celestial Blade knew he was here, it was enough.
"That person has a screw loose," the Paranoid very bluntly remarked, "trying to hypnotize Rhodiola rosea upon their first meeting."
"Is that so," Qinghu nodded thoughtfully, "Balrog certainly could do such a thing."
She was no stranger to Balrog, even though they’d only met twice, but that guy was truly wild.
The Paranoid seized the chance to ask, "He’s still trying to hire us, what does that guy want to do?"
Qinghu frowned slightly, "It’s said he has a pretty favored student, whose family was wiped out... by people from Celestial Hook."
"Wiped out?" The Paranoid raised an eyebrow, finding this reason utterly absurd.
A family massacre is certainly a major case, but the higher one stands, the more information one knows—how many family massacres occur annually in the Empire?
To those lofty Supremes, ordinary family massacres are impossible to disturb them.
And Balrog is also among the lofty few in the Supremes—acting for a mere student’s family massacre, who would believe it?
"Is this student of his also a Supreme?"
"No," Qinghu shook her head and solemnly said, "this student of his, the bloodline is quite noteworthy."
Upon hearing this, for some reason, a peculiar feeling arose in the Paranoid’s heart.
He nodded slightly, "Hmm, continue please."
Qinghu didn’t find anything inappropriate and continued, "The Awakened proportion in that family is quite high."
She hadn’t noticed that the other’s expression turned somewhat ugly and continued her exposition.
"This kind of bloodline is worth researching, and that student... resembles one of his deceased children."
Murdering wife, slaughtering children to attain enlightenment, seeking psychological solace later in life—this sentiment isn’t hard to grasp.
"Cough," the Paranoid coughed dryly, "You’re not referring to the Laval Clan, are you?"
