Chapter 64: That's not surprising.
Chapter 64: That's not surprising.
"What's wrong?" Seeing their expressions, Chen Qi had a bad feeling. "Have I run into some kind of great demon?"
Qin Bo replied, "I don't know if it's a head, but it's definitely quite big."
Shen Nianxu nodded, then looked Chen Qi up and down, "You're not missing any arms or legs, are you?"
"Isn't it a little late for you to ask me this question now?" Chen Qi was a bit speechless. "Who is this guy? He looks like a monk to me."
Shen Nianxu gestured for Qin Bo to explain, as it was clearly the most appropriate person to do so, given that he was an information broker.
"More than ten years ago, a world-renowned genius emerged in Buddhism. His name is no longer important, but everyone calls him Monk Jiexin."
Qin Bo took out his notebook and seemed to start reading from the text inside. "Just how talented is this person? In less than two years, he went from a newcomer to the world of cultivation to the strength of a fifth-level cultivator."
Chen Qi thought the name sounded familiar. "Are you sure you're not talking about Boss Qin?"
"My brother took two years, while this monk Jiexin took less than two years. Please make sure you understand this clearly," Qin Bo corrected. "Two years is a dividing line. The speed at which a renowned cultivator in the cultivation world can reach the fifth level generally does not exceed two years."
Shen Nianxu added, "Besides Monk Jiexin, there's only one other recent example, and that's Senior Chen, your father."
Wow, he's really that awesome.
Chen Qi now has a very clear feeling.
"In short, this monk Jiexin was extremely talented and strong, to the point that even after his death, the entire Buddhist community still remembered him fondly."
"Therefore, in order to commemorate this monk Jiexin, the Buddhist community will give new Dharma names to five of the most talented and capable disciples: Jietan, Jiechen, Jiechi, Jiekang, and Jiedou."
As Chen Qi listened to Qin Bo's words, he felt that these words sounded so familiar: "Greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt? It sounds like I've heard them somewhere before..."
"You don't even know about the Five Poisons?" Shen Nianxu sighed, rubbing her forehead. "You've seen 'Armor Hero Xingtian,' right? You know about the Three Sins of Greed, Anger, and Ignorance, right?"
"Oh!" Chen Qi nodded. "Now that you mention it, I remember."
This group of people's ability to explain concepts is too abstract, far inferior to the white copper residing in their own sea of consciousness.
"In short," Qin Bo steered the conversation back, "this Jie Man was once one of the five great geniuses of Buddhism, but for some unknown reason, he was expelled from Buddhism and even wanted nationwide."
"According to rumors, during the time he was wanted by the Buddhist community, Jie Man had taken the lives of hundreds of people; he was a bloodthirsty madman!"
He has taken at least several hundred lives.
Holy crap, isn't this a serial killer?
Chen Qi couldn't help but shudder. He had actually brushed past this guy, and even chatted with him for a few minutes and introduced himself!
"But why didn't he kill me?" After calming down, Chen Qi felt something was strange. "He recognized me as the new owner of the bookstore. Logically speaking, the bookstore should be on the side of the authorities, right?"
"Besides, there are no other cultivators around to provide support, so it would be normal for him to kill me."
Shen Nianxu pulled an orange from some unknown corner of the bar, peeled off the skin, put a small piece into her mouth, and stuffed the other piece into Hu Yao's mouth while she was turning on her new phone.
After swallowing the orange segment, she replied unhurriedly, "Who knows? Who can understand the thought process of a psychopathic serial killer? If you could think like him, wouldn't you become a psychopathic serial killer too?"
Shen Nianxu's answer was not without reason; you can't expect to understand the brain circuits of a mentally ill person.
But Chen Qi felt that something was off.
"It would be best to inform Senior Wang about this," Qin Bo said coldly, as if it were no big deal to him. "As a wanted criminal, shouldn't we receive a reward for providing clues about Jie Man?"
Shen Nianxu picked up her phone and showed the two of them her chat interface. "It's okay, I already sent it."
Chen Qi and Qin Bo glanced at her chat history, but at first glance they couldn't make out the text at all; they could only see the chat background on her phone.
These photos of the bookstore were taken directly from the outside.
In the chat history, Shen Nianxu's words were even more abstract.
Shen Nianxu: "Uncle Wang, I have something to tell you, but don't drink any water yet."
Wang Shande: "You usually message me to borrow money. I'm already being very accommodating by not blocking you."
Shen Nianxu: "After hearing about this, you definitely won't be able to sleep tonight."
Wang Shande: "I'm so angry that I can't sleep because you borrowed money from me and haven't paid it back. Hurry up and tell me, I'm in the toilet right now."
Shen Nianxu: "Jie Man has appeared in Qingcheng. Our boss just ran into him."
After sending the message, Wang Shande did not reply, but the message "The other party is typing" was always displayed in the notes section.
"What is he typing?" Chen Qi asked. "Why is it taking him so long?"
Shen Nianxu shrugged. "I don't know, CEO. Do you know?"
Qin Bo said in a deep voice, "Based on my subjective judgment, analysis of your conversation, and the information I just learned, it seems that Senior Wang saw your message, was so frightened that his body trembled, and then his phone slipped from his hand and fell into the latrine pit."
Chen Qi: "..."
Shen Nianxu: "..."
No, how could you make such detailed deductions?
They even knew it was a dry toilet, as if they had witnessed the scene firsthand.
And what exactly did you learn about this information?
"That's not surprising, that's not surprising..." Shen Nianxu repeated the sentence twice for no apparent reason, stuffing the remaining orange segment into Chen Qi's mouth. "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, let the big shots worry about it."
"Our bookstore is just a small player right now. Remember that. We can't compare to the likes of the He family, the Wan Yao Club, the Qin family firm, or the Shangqing Palace."
Chen Qi nodded as he chewed on an orange.
Qin Bo responded and watched Shen Nianxu peel the orange.
But Shen Nianxu stuffed all the remaining oranges into Chen Qi's mouth, showing no intention of feeding herself.
Okay, okay, so you're going to discriminate, huh?
They really are a pair of scoundrels.
"Aha!" Hu Yao suddenly shouted from behind the bar, holding up her new phone. "Turn it on!"
She ran up to Chen Qi with her phone in hand and said, "Boss! Is there any essential software you can install for me? I don't know how!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Qi patted her head and said softly, "Sweetie, there's no such thing as software that only idiots can use. Don't belittle yourself like that."
Hu Yao: "?"
Qin Bo: "..."
Shen Nianxu: "Hahahaha!"
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