Chapter 738: Intelligence master

Li Qi carefully looked at this forum, but could only see the titles. There were many things he couldn't click into, but just seeing the titles was already shocking enough.

Many things he did outside were dug up, just like Li Qi used to study the Demonic Prince, looking at his battle reports, watching his videos, and analyzing the Demonic Prince's fighting style and abilities.

It was just that now the object of study had become him. Many battles Li Qi participated in during his time as the Slaughter Master were uploaded here and viewed by many people.

If it was just battle videos, Li Qi wouldn't mind it. In fact, it's very normal for strong Cultivators' battles to be seen and recorded. Li Qi himself liked to secretly watch strong Cultivators fight when he passed by.

But, he saw many posts speculating about his private life, how Li Qi lived normally, what books he read, and what recreational activities he liked.

Even more so, some began to speculate about how he and Shen Shuibi got along, writing various articles, starting to draw portraits of the two of them, and even interactive pictures. Some people's drawings were so well done that one could tell they were of no low grade, with a natural charm within them.

Honestly, just the previews and titles were enough to greatly shock Li Qi.

Besides that, there were many titles about debates.

That is, who would win if so-and-so fought so-and-so, what would happen if the Little Heavenly Master fought Li Qi, and what would happen if Li Qi fought so-and-so.

They also did detailed battle simulations, calculating based on existing intelligence, which looked very professional, citing various classics. They even understood Li Qi's fighting style better than Li Qi himself, digging out many small habitual details that Li Qi himself had overlooked.

After briefly looking at the titles, Li Qi spoke, wanting to ask the other party for forum access.

But after he made this request, Chang Qiao flatly refused him.

Chang Qiao's reason was: “The main character cannot see it. Showing you a preview is already breaking a taboo.”

Li Qi was choked, but it didn't seem wrong.

He didn't even dare to imagine what kind of expression someone like the Little Heavenly Master would have if he knew he was being treated this way?

“Is this… very common?” Li Qi looked at Chang Qiao with a bewildered face after reading these, seemingly finding the other party's behavior very difficult to understand.

“Hmm…” Chang Qiao propped her Dragon claw on her Dragon head, thought for a moment, and then said: “It's relatively common, right? Weapon rankings, celebrity lists, aren't those common? And debates about which Dao Orthodoxy is stronger, aren't these everywhere? This is just a small place for me, there are similar things elsewhere too. For example, if you look at the Human Dao Terminal, that's a big site, with many people, but with many people comes many opinions, and the quality is very low, I don't like it.”

After all, Chang Qiao is a Fourth Grade, and her aesthetic standards are still online. She naturally chose to look down on large sites where many people could post.

Li Qi was speechless. He suddenly stood up and walked to the wall of the Crystal Palace, his gaze seemingly wanting to penetrate the transparent Crystal Palace and look at the sky outside.

Li Qi began to doubt life a little.

Could it be that his previous life was too reclusive, so much so that he never involved himself in anything outside of Cultivation?

It's very possible. His life was too simple. He had never even thought about or imagined these entertainments and enjoyments… But in fact, with the power of Cultivators in the world, it is completely reasonable for them to do these things.

Cultivators also have seven emotions and six desires. The extreme ascetic life of Cultivators like Li Qi and Shen Shuibi is after all a minority. They all have their own lives, and naturally, they will also have their own forms of entertainment.

Hmm…

“Young Master?” Behind him, Chang Qiao's Dragon claw gently tapped Li Qi. She curiously leaned over: “What's wrong?”

“Nothing.” Li Qi shook his head, turned around, and sat back down at the table: “Alright, I already understand what's going on with you. Although it's a bit hard to explain, that's how it is. I will help you write a biography. Give me the book Qi, but during this time, I want to ask Miss Chang Qiao to help me find this aura.”

As Li Qi spoke, he simulated Sariputra’s aura.

“Alright, I got it.” Chang Qiao's Dragon claw gently hooked, and the aura Li Qi simulated was taken by her, then quickly merged into a stream of book Qi, imprinted into a Jade Slip, and then flung upwards. With a flick of her tail, the space suddenly twisted, and the Jade Slip directly transformed into a meteor, piercing through the Crystal Palace, shattering walls after walls, and rushing outside.

But soon, the fragments of the Crystal Palace reassembled, returning to their previous translucent but opaque appearance.

After doing this, she pushed the pile of Jade Slips in front of Li Qi.

“Then please, Young Master, correct my work! A biography corrected by the Young Master himself, this is a rare item. Just with this, I can make them all envious~.” Chang Qiao said happily, then looked at Li Qi expectantly.

Li Qi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He really didn't know what kind of situation this was; he could actually get a Fourth Grade True Dragon to do things for him by writing his own biography.

One must know that when he came, he was prepared to conduct an equal transaction with the other party, selling some of his insights or treasures, or even some promises.

But obviously, Chang Qiao was not interested in these; she just wanted Li Qi to help her complete her collection.

What is this called…

A fangirl?

Although she wasn't chasing celebrities, but these Geniuses.

But, she's already a Fourth Grade.

Shouldn't a Fourth Grade pursue something more noble, more grand? Why would she do such meaningless things?

However, Li Qi had, after all, experienced some things. He was actually able to recognize the differences between people. Perhaps this was the other party's hobby.

Thinking this, Li Qi began to read those book Qi, those biographical stories about himself.

Once he started reading, Li Qi became fully immersed.

As he read, he seemed to be able to understand… what Chang Qiao was doing.

Li Qi discovered that although Chang Qiao was writing his biography, she would always insert other strong Cultivators and Geniuses in the annotations.

And Chang Qiao, she could almost be said to 'know them like the back of her hand'!

It must be said that a Fourth Grade writing these things indeed had some skill. Chang Qiao's 'guesses' about his background, found from the subtle clues in his battle videos, were almost identical to the facts.

Li Qi's scalp tingled from reading it!

A fan girl?

Are you kidding? This is a super intelligence dealer!

Her hobbies, her favorite activities like cataloging Prodigies, discerning their levels, debating with others daily, writing about their life preferences, analyzing various subtle clues, their essence was all quite terrifying.

She claimed to be discussing these people out of love, but if this knowledge and accumulation were applied to an ordinary person, if that person's foundation wasn't deep, they would probably be completely exposed by this group of people in an instant!

Their hobbies were extremely terrifying.

Li Qi continued to read, only to find that the other party had almost no omissions. From his arrival in Chang'an, every major event was written in great detail, seeming to have been verified from multiple sources.

The truly vague points were probably Li Qi's experiences during his time in Baiyue, but the Guangyang section was also clearly written, though much of the content was speculative and fabricated.

The most unsettling point for Li Qi was that many of these 'speculative fabrications' turned out to be accurate.

Chang Qiao, who was smiling, pouring wine and serving tea and snacks for Li Qi, politely entertaining him, and wanting him to write a biography, suddenly became unfathomable and terrifying.

But… perhaps it's a good thing?

After all, such a high-level intelligence gathering talent has greater ability to help him find Sariputra.

This was truly good luck.

Li Qi sorted through the entire record, supplementing some things from the Baiyue period, but did not make too many modifications to the combat-related content.

There was no need to correct the details of the battles, and most of what the other party said was very accurate; even their guesses were nearly spot on, and their deduction level was unbelievably high.

However, the revisions concerning the Baiyue era already made Chang Qiao incredibly excited.

Li Qi spent about a day revising, until he finally completed the book Qi and handed the finished product to Chang Qiao, who was so excited she almost jumped up.

But she still suppressed this feeling and said: “Alright, all matters are concluded. Please, Young Master, stay in the palace for a few days, as it takes some time to inquire about news.”

Li Qi nodded: “I understand. Please, Miss, be diligent; this matter is indeed very important.”

“It is indeed important, rest assured!” Chang Qiao promised, patting her chest with considerable force, her Dragon claws and scales scraping out many sparks, creating a large number of vacuum bubbles even beneath the deep water.

Li Qi nodded.

After that, Li Qi temporarily stayed there.

What he did every day was to observe the scenery in this Bottomless Abyss and quietly wait for news from Chang Qiao.

As for Chang Qiao, she would instruct her shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and various sea monsters to transmit information every day. Li Qi could sense that she seemed to be mobilizing a huge force for a carpet search.

Indeed, having a local snake… a local Dragon makes things easier.

This also saved Li Qi the trouble of searching the entire sky himself, after all, Sariputra was different from Great Master Xin Ming.

Great Master Xin Ming had no resistance to Karma, Li Qi could easily find him through the threads of Karma, without Li Qi having to do anything, he could be easily found, which is typical of ‘a quick calculation with the fingers and all is known’.

But Sariputra possessed this ability, and not only this resistance, he was even obscured by Heavenly Demons, so much so that even Buddhas could not deduce his whereabouts. It was only because Li Qi could ignore the Heavenly Demons' obscuration that he was found by the Buddhist Sect, who hoped he would search for Sariputra.

However, the good thing was that once Li Qi found Sariputra, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas would likely descend instantly, and then the matter would have nothing to do with him.

It's just that it's inevitable to get involved with Heavenly Demons.

After all… ultimately, if it weren't for the debt of Karma, Li Qi would not have taken on this matter.

Heavenly Demons indeed cannot obscure him, but this must be intentional on their part… and why would Heavenly Demons 'intend' this?

Only a ghost would know.

Alas, one can only say that he is powerless to control himself.

Besides directing the search, Chang Qiao spent most of her other time by Li Qi's side. She truly had 'long admired' Li Qi. Although it wasn't romantic affection, it was clear that she regarded Li Qi as a kind of idol.

She often asked Li Qi how he Cultivated, paid close attention to his every move, and meticulously recorded these things.

Although these things seemed meaningless, they were probably similar to watching a girl group's celebrity MV, then counting the seconds of the MV, seeing how many seconds each person appeared, how many seconds they differed from others, and then comparing and guessing the entertainment company's recent resource investment in the group and so on.

Li Qi felt completely baffled, but it didn't stop Chang Qiao from enjoying it immensely. She seemed to have a group of like-minded people, and they engaged in virtual Gu fighting and cyber mind-reading every day.

In Li Qi's opinion… they didn't really care what Li Qi was like; they just found pleasure in this kind of deduction.

It's just that, as just mentioned, their success rate and similarity in deductions were too high, which made Li Qi's teeth ache.

In the future, fighting with these people… even his underwear would be seen through.

However, after two months of such days, Li Qi seemed to have discovered Chang Qiao's deeper power.

Chang Qiao, the True Dragon, doing this kind of 'Gu' fighting, although she herself showed signs of being a fan girl, in essence, this was a kind of 'Dao of Heaven’s Evolution'.

That's right, after two months of observation, Li Qi had now come to his senses.

For a True Dragon, exploring the priority of existence itself is valuable.

Isn't this 'Heavenly Evolution' itself?

As a Fourth Grade True Dragon, a strong Cultivator on par with Ao Guangxiao, possessing substantial existence, her behavior, though seemingly absurd, even creating things like a “Heavens Chat Group,” spending all day 'Gu' fighting with other low-grade existences, acting as a fan leader, even directing cyberbullying, spamming, and even real-life offline arguments with rival fans.

They constantly debated with supporters of other Prodigies, for example, with the fan leaders of the Little Overlord, about who was stronger between Li Qi and Shou Yu, and who had a better future.

Everyone competed with each other, comparing whose supported person was more powerful…

If the two main characters really fought, then the supporters of the losing side would be mocked and insulted for many, many years, with people from all walks of life stepping on their heads and laughing scornfully.

For example, those who supported the Demonic Prince are now stepping on the heads of those who supported the Little Heavenly Master, because the Little Heavenly Master has lost twice.

There used to be supporters of the Lord of Pestilence, but unfortunately, with the Lord of Pestilence's death, they have mostly dispersed, switching to support others, or simply leaving the fandom.

In addition, they would also choose some young Geniuses, those youngsters who had just reached Seventh Grade, and these Fourth and Fifth Grade fan girls would pay attention to them in advance as if they were babies.

But these absurd things that Chang Qiao did were all about aligning with Heavenly Evolution itself, and she wasn't forcing herself to compete, but rather doing these things naturally, following her own heart and hobbies.

She genuinely loved doing these things. Although to outsiders it might seem a bit crazy, like a fan girl, at its core—

This is the Dao of Heaven’s Evolution.

Competition, and the survival of the fittest.

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