Chapter 1946: Chapter 1944: Opportunity and Communication

Of course Gu Qiaoqiao saw the look in Old Master Qin’s eyes. Even though she couldn’t treat Dongdong as her own son, Dongdong was as good as family to her. She was anxious too, and if she could help, she would definitely give it her all.

She glanced at the time and suddenly said, "Great Grandfather, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, I’ll take the two kids upstairs to rest first. I’ve already asked Auntie Wang to cook. In a bit you can eat something, and then we’ll all think of a way together."

Hearing Gu Qiaoqiao’s words, Old Master Qin seemed to let out a breath of relief. It wasn’t that he didn’t know the people of the second and third branches had opinions about Gu Qiaoqiao.

Or rather, not exactly that—they actually had opinions about Qin Yize. Although the situation had taken a sharp turn recently, and these two branches were already fully convinced by Qin Yize and no longer dared harbor any other thoughts, that had only been in the past few days. Their relationship before had always been rather distant. So when he heard what Gu Qiaoqiao said, even though he didn’t pin much hope on it, at least there was a sliver of life.

Although he didn’t know all of Qiaoqiao’s abilities, he basically had a general idea.

After all, back at Siluo Manor, he’d seen it with his own eyes.

Just then, Xiao Bao suddenly ran over quickly. The little guy’s brows were tightly furrowed. These past few days, Dongdong hadn’t come over to play with him, and he had really missed him. Just now he’d heard the adults talking; it seemed Dongdong was missing. He looked at Second Uncle Qin. "Second Grandfather, is the little big brother missing?"

This question made Second Uncle Qin’s tears fall again. Choking up, he said, "Mm, your little big brother is gone. Everyone is looking for him now. You have to behave and stay with your mom. Don’t go anywhere, understand?"

The little guy thought seriously for a moment, then said very solemnly, "Little big brother left home. He’s really scared right now, but he’ll be fine."

The others all thought it was just childish talk, but something stirred in Gu Qiaoqiao’s heart. She then pulled Xiao Bao along and took Xiao Bei upstairs. After washing the kids up, she asked seriously, "Xiao Bao, why did you say just now that Dongdong is very scared?"

"Mom, this time I didn’t see anything, but I can feel that Dongdong is crying really hard."

Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t ask further, but she believed this was probably Xiao Bao’s intuition. After coaxing the two children to sleep, she placed the Formation Stone she had obtained in their room, then carefully instructed Xiao Bai, "Xiao Bai, a lot of little boys around two years old have vanished inexplicably. Dongdong is gone too. You two stay here and watch over Xiao Bao and Xiao Bei. I’ll use the Heaven-reaching Talisman to see if I can find Dongdong."

"Qiaoqiao, this time the enemy seems very powerful, and the kind you can’t see or touch. You need to be careful too."

Gu Qiaoqiao nodded. "Got it."

The other party had the ability to become invisible; that was beyond doubt. But to even hide the children along with them—maybe this person could, like her, draw talismans in midair, or had a large number of talismans.

However, in this world where Spiritual Energy was so scarce, talismans were very hard to draw in large quantities.

Unfortunately, at the moment nothing could be confirmed.

And all of this was just speculation in Gu Qiaoqiao’s mind. Xiao Bai pondered for a moment. "Qiaoqiao, when the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation is cultivated to the second level, you can communicate with all things under heaven."

"What do you mean by ’all things under heaven’?"

"Anything that has even a bit of spiritual intelligence—a tree, a stone, the little animals running around nearby, and even Spiritual Bodies. You’ll be able to see them and communicate with them to get the information you want." Xiao Bai explained patiently.

"Spiritual Bodies?"

Gu Qiaoqiao muttered to herself. She had indeed never seen a Spiritual Body before. Although she had Spiritual Energy and a pair of extraordinary eyes, she was unfamiliar with these Spiritual Bodies that condensed after death.

But this second level was also very hard to cultivate.

After saying that, Gu Qiaoqiao quickly went to her own room. Before leaving, she set a Barrier Talisman on the room, though she knew in her heart that if the other party had abilities like hers, even setting a Barrier Talisman wouldn’t be of much use.

Even so, the necessary safeguards still had to be in place.

Once she reached her own bedroom, Gu Qiaoqiao set another Barrier Talisman, then flicked her fingers and began drawing the Heaven-reaching Talisman in the air. Because there was no clear target, she sensed for the place with the densest malevolent energy and opened a slit there.

Even though it only lasted a few seconds, Gu Qiaoqiao still saw that the place with the heaviest malevolent energy was an area in the suburbs—a cemetery, naturally the most saturated with malevolent energy.

She didn’t see any sign of Dongdong there, but there were clumps of aura drifting over the cemetery, floating in the air. Yet Gu Qiaoqiao couldn’t see the shapes of these auras.

A few breaths later, the scene disappeared.

Next, Gu Qiaoqiao drew more than a dozen of them, but the Imperial Capital was just too big. In three hours, it was entirely possible that the child was no longer within Imperial Capital City. Without a target, she couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary; it was like searching for a needle in the ocean.

Suddenly recalling what Xiao Bai had said earlier, her thoughts stirred, and she took out a bottle of Spirit Spring Water from her Portable Space.

Gu Qiaoqiao discovered that the Spiritual Energy in this Spirit Spring Water had become even richer.

She wondered if she could pour mountain spring water into it, but the thought flashed by. If she wanted to experiment, she’d have to wait until they found Dongdong.

Gu Qiaoqiao filled all the teacups with Spirit Spring Water and set them around her. It was almost the same scene as when she had cultivated her Portable Space.

She sat cross-legged in the middle of the teacups, casually set a Barrier Talisman on herself, and when she closed her eyes to calm her mind, the image of the second-layer Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation appeared in her mind. It was even more complex than the first level, with many additional intricate Dharma Seals. Gu Qiaoqiao couldn’t help stretching out her hand to trace it, but she felt she was still missing something. So with a thought, she brought herself, the teacups, and the blanket under her into the space, then closed her eyes again and repeatedly drew in the air.

Sure enough, entering the space was the best choice. She found that the Spiritual Energy around her was much denser than before, and she also remembered that time in the space was frozen. So Gu Qiaoqiao cleared her mind of distractions and focused completely on cultivating. Because right now there was no other way—no target, no scope—it really was like fishing a single needle out of the ocean. She might as well do as Xiao Bai said and take this chance to truly practice the second level of the talisman. Maybe there would be unexpected gains.

In Gu Qiaoqiao’s perception, time in the space was slowly passing, though in reality it was motionless. By the time she finished practicing, her forehead was covered in sweat, and the water in the teacups beside her had long since dried up. Gritting her teeth, she refilled the cups around her again. Like this, there was only one pot of water left in the Spirit Spring, but that was a minor issue. The most important thing now was to refine the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation. She had a faint intuition in her heart that she would succeed today.

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