Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune: Starting from the Blind Prince

“Congratulations, Your Highness!”

Zhou Hao Chen had just returned to the Prince's residence when He Lianhai greeted him with a smile.

“What is there to congratulate me about?”

“His Majesty intends to cultivate Your Highness!”

“With a thorny case like the White Lotus Sect, I'd rather not have this cultivation!” Zhou Hao Chen sighed helplessly.

Four divination hexagrams, three of which were ominous, were enough to show how troublesome this matter was.

If he could choose, he would rather lie flat in the Ministry of Works.

Hearing Zhou Hao Chen's complaint, He Lianhai simply shook his head, noncommittal.

“Your Highness, this is the top-tier visualization technique of my Five Thunder Sect, the Thunder Ancestor Visualization.”

“After advancing to the Realm of Controlling Objects, one must cultivate visualization techniques to strengthen one's divine sense until it is full, merging with the mana in the sea of qi to condense jade liquid. This is the third realm of Dao cultivation, the Jade Liquid Realm.”

Zhou Hao Chen accepted the Thunder Ancestor Visualization technique that He Lianhai handed over.

It was, once again, in braille.

Moreover, it felt very new to the touch, with edges and corners that had not been completely polished, suggesting that He Lianhai had rushed to produce it.

Old He, you are truly too “thoughtful”!

Instead of giving a normal visualization diagram, you insist on giving a braille version.

Zhou Hao Chen put away the Thunder Ancestor Visualization Diagram and asked softly, “Old He, have you ever heard of the Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization?”

Hearing the name Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization, He Lianhai raised an eyebrow, revealing surprise.

“Your Highness, have you also heard of this visualization technique?”

“Judging from Old He's tone, is this visualization technique very famous?”

“It is almost unknown among ordinary cultivators,” He Lianhai paused, then continued, “But in the ears of experts, it is like thunder.”

“Legend has it that this visualization technique was created by a Buddha who sits in the Nine Nether Hell, and later, through the hands of many top-tier experts, it has integrated the profound meanings of both Daoism and Confucianism, making its power extraordinary and unpredictable.”

“Compared to the Thunder Ancestor Visualization, which is stronger, the Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization or the Thunder Ancestor Visualization?”

Hearing this question, He Lianhai's expression became slightly unnatural.

“Ahem!”

“The Thunder Ancestor Visualization was obtained by our sect's second-generation founder from comprehending the Thunder God Seal. It is a top-tier visualization technique in the human world.”

“As for the Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization, this old man has never seen it, so it is naturally not good to make a judgment rashly.”

“However, thirty thousand years ago, when the founding ancestor was still young, a fragment of the Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization appeared. The ancestor's strength was insufficient, and he failed to glimpse its contents, which he considered a lifelong regret.”

“Even at the time of his death, this was one of the founding ancestor's three great regrets in life.”

He Lianhai did not answer directly, but spoke of some legends of the Five Thunder Sect's founding ancestor, then changed the subject and asked.

“Your Highness is knowledgeable and has even heard of the Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization, a visualization technique that has been lost for tens of thousands of years.”

“It's not just heard of, it's that I happen to have a fragment in my hand and wanted to hear your opinion, Old He.”

As the words fell, He Lianhai's hand trembled, and the bamboo leaf green wine in the gourd almost spilled all over the ground.

“Your… Highness… You have… Nine Nether…”

“Indeed!”

“Old He, why not help me see if there is anything inappropriate about this fragment?”

The founding ancestor's lifelong regret was thus fulfilled by him?

He Lianhai felt it was all too surreal.

His divine sense swept over the fragment of the visualization technique, and in the visualization diagram, he felt a dead and deep artistic conception, a rough perception that could not help but remind people of the legendary Nine Nether Hell.

“As expected of the legendary visualization technique, just this Nine Nether artistic conception alone is unfathomable.”

“Ahem—Your Highness, would you like this old man to help you convert it into braille…”

“No need!”

“Just have Aunt Lan read it to me, no need to trouble you, Old He.”

Zhou Hao Chen hurriedly stopped him, fearing that He Lianhai would really translate it into braille, which would be terrible.

Putting away the visualization diagram, Zhou Hao Chen prepared to take the time to comprehend the Nine Nether Prison Suppression Visualization in the coming days.

“Today, His Majesty handed the case of the White Lotus Sect to Your Highness, I'm afraid he has the intention of testing you. What are Your Highness's plans?” He Lianhai changed the subject and mentioned the case of the White Lotus Sect.

Plans, of course, he had!

Xia Yuzhi was the entry point.

After pondering for a while, Zhou Hao Chen asked, “Old He, have you ever heard of any secret codes used by the White Lotus Sect's demons to contact each other?”

He Lianhai raised an eyebrow and said slowly, “Your Highness is referring to the White Lotus Divine Script of the White Lotus Sect, right? There are many rumors about this among the people, but no one knows whether they are true or false.”

White Lotus Divine Script!

This is probably what the natives of Great Yu call Morse code!

Zhou Hao Chen continued to ask, “Old He, how much do you know about the White Lotus Divine Script?”

“The White Lotus Divine Script is a secret of the White Lotus Sect, and the outside world knows very little about it. How much can an old man like me know?” He Lianhai shook his head and said.

“It is said that the White Lotus Divine Script was passed down by the Unborn Mother, but… I think it's mostly the people of the White Lotus Sect gilding themselves.”

“The Unborn Mother, who is believed in by the White Lotus Sect, has never bestowed any miracles or decrees… Even the existence of the Unborn Mother is doubtful.”

“In the cultivation world, many people believe that the Unborn Mother was fabricated by the White Lotus Sect. In ancient times, there was no such deity as the Unborn Mother.”

“Otherwise, why is the Unborn Mother only recorded in the scriptures of the White Lotus Sect, while the four characters of the Unborn Mother have never been seen in other unearthed ancient scriptures.”

Zhou Hao Chen pondered He Lianhai's words.

The White Lotus Sect's secrecy work is really well done. After tens of thousands of years of inheritance, the White Lotus Divine Script has not been deciphered.

It is estimated that the people of the White Lotus Sect would never have imagined.

That their White Lotus Divine Script had already been deciphered by him.

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The next day.

The Demon Suppression Division and the Ministry of Justice's helpers came to Prince Wu's residence.

“Yue Chongshan, the Purple-Robed Demon Subduer of the Demon Suppression Division, greets Your Highness.”

“Lu Limin, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, greets Your Highness.”

The administrative structure of the Demon Suppression Division, under the Chief, has four Commanders, each managing four or five Purple-Robed Demon Subduers.

Demon Subduers can be divided into Purple-Robed Demon Subduers, Red-Robed Demon Subduers, Green-Robed Demon Subduers, Black-Robed Demon Subduers, and White-Robed Demon Subduers according to the color of their robes.

The Purple-Robed Demon Subduer is already considered a quasi-high-level member of the Demon Suppression Division.

As for the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, a fifth-rank official, he is the deputy of the Clear Official Department, and can be regarded as the middle level and mainstay of the Ministry of Justice.

Compared to the Demon Suppression Division, the Ministry of Justice was somewhat insincere.

But thinking of the chaotic situation in the Ministry of Justice, Zhou Hao Chen was too lazy to care.

“Sir Yue, Sir Lu, please advise.”

“I am not familiar with criminal matters, so I will have to rely on the two of you for the White Lotus Sect case.”

“Your Highness is too polite, we are terrified.”

Yue Chongshan and Lu Limin said in unison.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Hao Chen began to get down to business.

“What do the two of you think of the White Lotus Sect case? How should we investigate it?” Zhou Hao Chen asked.

Although he already had clues in his mind, for the sake of caution, Zhou Hao Chen still wanted to hear how the experienced veterans of criminal matters analyzed the case.

Yue Chongshan touched the back of his head, his brow furrowed, looking troubled and confused.

After a moment of silence, he made a buzzing sound in his mouth.

“This subordinate has no ideas and will leave it to Your Highness to decide.”

Hearing Yue Chongshan's simple and honest words, Zhou Hao Chen's mouth twitched slightly, thinking in his heart.

Could this Yue Chongshan be a… blockhead?

“Sir Yue, how do you usually investigate cases in the Demon Suppression Division?” Zhou Hao Chen asked curiously.

“How else can I investigate?”

“Whoever the Chief tells me to arrest, I arrest.”

“Using my brain is not my forte!”

Zhou Hao Chen's mouth twitched.

Alright!

So he's just a thug!

After hearing Yue Chongshan's words, Zhou Hao Chen knew that he couldn't rely on this big fool for the investigation.

“Sir Lu, what do you think?” Zhou Hao Chen asked instead.

Lu Limin was not like Yue Chongshan, unable to utter a word for a long time.

At the same time as Zhou Hao Chen's voice fell, Lu Limin began to answer.

“Reporting to Your Highness, according to the Ministry of Justice's case-handling procedures, the first thing to do is to inspect the scene. If the scene of the crime is well preserved, according to Rule Thirteen of the case-handling procedures, it should be…”

Lu Limin spoke eloquently for half an hour, reciting the so-called Ministry of Justice's case-handling procedure rules, but he didn't mention a single word about the actual situation.

Zhou Hao Chen was already feeling sleepy.

One big fool!

One pedant!

Alas—

In the end, I still have to shoulder everything alone.