CHAPTER 78: CHAPTER 63: THE NEW WORLD [PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH] (4.7K)_3

"There’s Black Dust Incense in the air. It originates from tropical rainforests, odorless and non-toxic.

But if it’s beside a corpse, the visual psychological impact combined with the medicinal properties of the Black Dust Incense can induce nausea and vomiting, making it hard to concentrate.

The solution is to crush white apricots, soak them in water, and apply it to your nose and mouth; this remedy can counteract it."

Zhang Feng said this, unable to resist the feeling of psychological upheaval himself, and used the ring and index fingers of his left hand to press a spot an inch below his left shoulder.

This is also a solution, akin to ’pain awakening the mind,’ but Zhang Feng couldn’t do this for everyone.

Upon hearing ’ordinary detective’ Zhang Feng suddenly speak such professional terms, those present first doubted, then turned to look at a middle-aged man beside the corpse.

He was the police captain.

"Captain Wang? Us?" someone among the officers inquired.

’How does he know so much? He’s usually silent and just collects evidence.’ Captain Wang looked curiously at Zhang Feng before saying to the others:

"Go, send two people out to see which pharmacy is still open, or go to the nearest hospital, buy that... white... white apricots. Truly, my mind is foggy; I almost forgot what you just said."

"Normal." Zhang Feng replied casually, then began examining the corpse.

"You..." Captain Wang saw Zhang Feng approaching, and though he wanted to stop him, recalling Zhang Feng’s previous ’professional display’ made him reconsider.

After some thought, he let it go.

"Can you figure out anything else?" Captain Wang, his mind muddled without a clear idea, asked Zhang Feng a question.

Zhang Feng did not reply right away, instead scrutinizing the body, noting that a wooden sword had pierced the heart, and the chest was opened, a piece of the heart missing.

Zhang Feng glanced around, noticing some unburned talisman papers nearby.

They were arranged in a star shape, and the talisman papers were filled with cultivation terminology.

’This is? The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor, and Xiaozhuan?’ Zhang Feng, having studied meridians and herbs, had read many books about Chinese medicine and Daoism across multiple worlds.

Hence, he could understand these terms and the Qin Dynasty’s seal script, knowing this belonged to a Daoist Secret Technique.

Generally, it’s about ’borrowing’ the aura of others, ’borrowing’ life, and ’borrowing’ another’s life for cultivation.

But in fact, this ’killer’ has borrowed nothing.

Because the enhanced choice had already informed Zhang Feng of the final answer, this world is spiritless.

If cultivation were possible, the initial development attribute must have options like a Spirit Root.

With impossibilities eliminated.

This person likely uses these bizarre methods to pretend to be an envoy of the Daoist Sect, clearing the world of evildoers.

Or, they have cultivated to the point of madness.

In just a few minutes, combined with detective memory.

Using the convenience of ’enhanced choice,’ Zhang Feng quickly clarified all his thoughts.

When Zhang Feng shifted his gaze from the body.

Captain Wang suppressed his nausea again and asked Zhang Feng, "Brother Zhang... what’s the status?"

"Did Old Zhang find anything?" The driver also walked over.

"Zhang, tell us." Because Zhang Feng had pin-pointed the ’nausea’ matter, the others also looked on from a distance.

"I can roughly discern the motive of the murderer." Zhang Feng organized his thoughts and told them:

"But it’s a bit complex, requiring an explanation of the five elements and Daoist Qi."

"What’s the connection here?" They found it odd, but looking at the talisman papers strewn around, it didn’t seem so strange.

Thus, they were even more curious and looked at Zhang Feng, wanting to know how it related to the mutual nourishment of the five elements.

Zhang Feng pointed at the heart of the corpse before speaking: "The wooden sword belongs to wood, and the heart to fire.

According to the mutual nourishment of the five elements.

Wood generates fire, the sword piercing here and taking the heart means acquiring a ’Fire Attribute Qi.’

Within the chest, the five viscera are guarded by the five emperors of blue, red, yellow, white, and black.

The Red Emperor, with the two energies of Bing Ding’s fire virtue, relates to fire for the heart.

The Green Emperor, with the three energies of Jia Yi’s wood virtue, relates to wood for the liver.

The White Emperor, with the four energies of Geng Xin’s metal virtue, relates to metal for the lungs.

The Black Emperor, with the sole energy of Ren Gui’s water virtue, relates to water for the kidneys.

The Yellow Emperor, with the five energies of Wu Ji’s earth virtue, relates to soil for the spleen.

Among them, the four energies of metal and the one energy of water make five, the three energies of wood and the two energies of fire make five, while the Yellow Emperor possesses five energies of his own."

Zhang Feng finished speaking and looked at the somewhat dazed gathering. "The murderer aimed to seize the five energies of the five viscera, unite them in one place, gathering into the five Daoist energies returning to Chao Yuan Dao.

Five energies returning to Chao Yuan means, as the old cultivators say, gathering Chao Yuan Dao, you escape reincarnation, and another step leads you out of the Three Realms."

"Truly bizarre." Captain Wang felt chills down his spine as he shook his head, "The more you talk, the more mysterious it becomes, and I’m getting less and less of it."

"Not understanding is as it should be." Zhang Feng nodded, "Because this person wants to borrow Qi to become ’immortal,’ escaping the five elements."