Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 563 - 103_5

"What date is uncle’s birthday next month?"

"End of next month, still a while away."

"Alright, got it."

"Don’t bother preparing a gift; just showing up is enough."

"Okay."

Li Zhiyuan hung up the phone.

Carrying the ink, Li Zhiyuan returned to his dormitory.

Lin Shuyou was trying to follow him in, but Tan Wenbin made a kicking gesture, making Lin retreat back to his own room.

After closing the door, Tan Wenbin heaved a sigh of resignation and said, "This guy, always sticking around us lately. Maybe I should deal with him and let him peacefully serve as a door god?"

A door god is meant to stay outside, not come in.

"Right, let’s give him another two sets of talisman needles."

"Heh heh, first give him one set. If he behaves, we’ll give him another."

"Brother Binbin, it’s up to you."

"Mission: guaranteed to complete."

Tan Wenbin took a set of talisman needles and went out.

Li Zhiyuan sat down at his desk and opened the book in front of him.

This was the new sample of the "Chasing the Distance Secret Scroll" sent by his old school, no longer in the test paper format, but rather a hardbound book including syllabus content, formula breakdowns, and solution analyses.

There were three sets, each in a different color, partitioned into top, middle, and bottom volumes.

The main purpose was for Li Zhiyuan to review the cover design, and considering the practicality, it was blank inside, a hard copy memento from his old school.

Now, Li Zhiyuan opened the "Chasing the Distance Secret Scroll" top volume and with a fountain pen, wrote down "Volume One" with the title "Granny Yu".

It thoroughly recorded the entire course of the "Granny Yu" event, including the subsequent analysis and speculations.

Tan Wenbin had already read this volume, and on his desk lay a small booklet titled "Zoujiang Code of Conduct".

Li Zhiyuan picked up the fountain pen and wrote on a new page: Volume Two.

Then, he pushed the book aside and wrote "Min’an Town" on another notebook.

When two seeds germinate in the same place, it might not be a coincidence anymore.

But if you start digging in reverse this early, doesn’t it feel a bit suffocating for the corpse at the other end?

Li Zhiyuan’s mouth curled into a smile:

"Why should I empathize with you?"

...

"Here, take this."

Tan Wenbin handed the talisman needle to Lin Shuyou.

"Thanks, bro!"

Overwhelmed with excitement, Lin Shuyou received it. Previously, according to the agreement at the bedside, Tan Wenbin had already given him one set.

A set included two Evil-breaking Talisman Needles and two Sealing Talisman Needles, enough for one official to use once, and would be discarded after use unless one could get a life extension from the temple, like Lin Shuyou did last time.

Lin Shuyou took out the original set from under his bed, holding one set in each hand.

"I’ll keep this set for myself; this set, I’ll send back to my grandpa."

"Aren’t you silly? You didn’t even think about sending the first set you got back to your home folks to see if they could replicate it."

"My grandpa can’t replicate it." Saying this, he pointed to his stomach, "Here, even if my grandpa wants to fix it, it has to be wiped and redrawn."

"Why not try to see if it works?"

Lin Shuyou scratched his head: "But even if they replicate it, who dares to try? Any slight mistake, and trying means passing away."

"True, suddenly I think you’re quite smart."

This talisman’s original design was inspired by Wei Zhengdao’s "Righteous Demon Extermination Records".

Drawing a talisman requires capturing its essence and texture; it is not something that can be done by simply copying. These details are only recorded in books.

Moreover, the person who personally drew these talismans was Alii.

Therefore, Li Zhiyuan here fundamentally monopolizes the production of these talisman needles, and even when given away, once used up, that’s it.

Tan Wenbin pointed to the other set of talisman needles in Lin Shuyou’s hands and said, "Since your grandpa has one, what about your master? Send this set back too, for your master."

"Then I won’t have any to use for myself."

"When you need to use them, I’ll give you some."

"Oh, right, elder brother, you’re so smart!"

"Also, I have something to tell you, you can follow me to and from school, but if I am with Brother Xiao Yuan, don’t come along, be observant.

Just go to class calmly during the day and return to the dormitory to sleep at night. I’ll call you when needed; the rest of the time, provide peripheral protection for Brother Xiao Yuan."

"Got it."

"I have another set of talisman needles here. If you do well, I’ll give them to you in the future."

"Good!"

Tan Wenbin patted Lin Shuyou on the arm: "When Run Sheng is back, go have a good fight with him."

"Ah? How can I do that?"

"Are you stupid? If you start fighting with him and can’t beat him, to help him improve his strength, won’t my Yuanzi add something extra for you?"

"So I should deliberately lose to him?"

Tan Wenbin frowned.

Lin Shuyou said excitedly: "Right, if I deliberately lose, then Brother Xiao Yuan will keep giving me more, right?"

Tan Wenbin had an image of the horrifying special training Run Sheng had undergone recently.

"Kid, if you play it like that..."

"It’s okay, can’t I?"

"You’ll get beaten to death by Run Sheng."

...

Back in the dormitory, Tan Wenbin saw Brother Xiao Yuan reading. There were many books in the room now; they were basic reading materials sent by Grandma Liu.

During this time, he and Brother Xiao Yuan had been reading these books, which made Tan Wenbin feel like he was at the same stage as Brother Xiao Yuan, laying the groundwork together.

"Brother Liangliang’s father has his birthday next month, his hometown is also Min’an Town."

"Min’an Town?" Tan Wenbin just sat down but immediately bounced back up, "Brother Xiao Yuan, could it really be this?"

"Not sure, but the probability is increasing."

"Do we start investigating now?"

Li Zhiyuan shook his head: