Netherworld Retrograde

Chapter 686: Chapter 322 Strong Luck

By the time Li Yelai arrived, the sky had turned dark.

Inside the safe house’s hall, Jing Lin was conversing with an unfamiliar girl.

The girl had a pleasant face, short, neat hair, and wore a pair of black-framed glasses, exuding a scholarly air, and her demeanor was restrained and steady.

She reminded Li Yelai of a class leader from his school days who took great care of him, clearly intelligent at a glance.

Speaking of which, Cheese also dressed in a similar fashion to the girl, but the vibes they gave off were completely different.

Cheese also had short hair and would occasionally wear large glasses, but she didn’t carry that scholarly air; she seemed gentle and efficient instead.

Occasionally, she’d say something witty that would shatter that filter…

Now, was her hair a bit longer, he wondered?

While Li Yelai pondered this, he sat down on the sofa next to Jing Lin and asked, “Your Excellency is…?”

“Hello, Champion Agent. You’re even more handsome than I had imagined… My name is Zhao Lin. You’ve investigated Ye Han, so you may have incidentally learned about me,” said the girl with a hint of a Szechuan accent.

Sure enough, it was the sister from the Zhao siblings… that coerced girl.

Li Yelai nodded silently, as Jing Lin remained taciturn.

“When you two quiet down, there is actually a bit of resemblance,” Zhao Lin said with an unchanged expression, “Please don’t mind, I’m here for collaboration.”

Li Yelai couldn’t help but look at Jing Lin.

Even though there were some issues between them, the Zhao siblings were still Ye Han’s allies. She sought them out, and why did she drag me into this?

Jing Lin explained, “She located the members of the three veins who sent out the invitations in Giant City and specified by name that she wanted to contact me. She also guessed that you and I set up the banquet as a trap and wanted to explain the situation in person.”

“Guessed?” Li Yelai raised an eyebrow, “So Ye Han didn’t attend the banquet because he knew about our plan?”

That was really annoying.

Li Yelai had prepared everything on his end.

Li Yelai had spent three hundred Merit Points to exchange for fifteen tons of Extraordinary Creature Blood.

He even went to the prison to extract a large amount of spiritual power from criminals, forging one hundred and thirty Spirit Treasures of regular size.

Even the A-graded Spiritual Armor, Flowing Shadow Bright Armor, which he only received today, had been under Little Mad King’s guidance for most of the day.

One could say all his trump cards were ready, just waiting for tomorrow’s banquet to start and give Ye Han a fierce blow.

And he guessed it?

Damn it… the dishes are all served, and you’re not showing up?

“That’s not it, but Ye Han has strong intuition. He simply glanced at the invitation and felt something was amiss. He deduced that if he attended the banquet, an unfortunate end awaited him and surmised it was the work of some families he had offended,” said Zhao Lin, “And I, based on this, made my analysis.”

“The invitation came from the Jing Family, and the Jing Family had reached cooperation with Ye Han before. There’s no reason for the Jing Family to act against Ye Han, but there is infighting within the Jing Family. One of the factions, the three veins, has a good relationship with the Champion Agent.”

“After cooperating with the main branch of the Jing Family, Ye Han also approached the Champion Agent’s sister. That might’ve been one of the conditions of their cooperation.”

“So, my hypothesis is that the Champion Agent might have sensed something or investigated something concerning Ye Han. Starting to suspect him, or rather… intent on killing him!”

“Once we confirm the Champion Agent is antagonistic towards Ye Han, many things begin to fall into place.”

“I suppose it’s the three veins and the Champion planning to use this banquet as an opportunity to attack Ye Han. Whether it’s an ambush, poisoning, or other methods…”

Zhao Lin continued, “From this perspective, we could be partners. I, too, want to kill him!”

Although she herself was reluctant to admit it, she indeed was one of Ye Han’s ‘allies.’

Able to access secrets unknown to outsiders and then make the most correct inferences with the information she had.

“Intuition, eh? Can it really reach that level?” Li Yelai frowned.

It wasn’t just Spiritual Ability Users, most humans had incomplete intuition.

For instance, one might have vague premonitions before certain events occurred.

Such premonitions are an expression of instinct, a hint given by the human brain when processing a massive amount of information in a non-logical, non-rational manner.

Some scholars also speculate that the brain might unconsciously catch some warning signs of impending events and then express it in the form of intuition.

Hence, this kind of premonition isn’t controllable and very hard to trigger.

But after becoming a Spiritual Ability User, a person’s soul well opens wide, gaining the power from the Void Realm.

This makes the premonitory sense clearer and sharper, thus evolving into intuition!

Spiritual Ability Users can perceive supernatural phenomena or information that ordinary people can’t notice through their intuition.

They can also sense the occurrence of certain events in advance or get warnings about impending dangers.

Enabling Spiritual Ability Users to make the right decisions at crucial moments and avoid danger.

That’s why, when faced with assassins or Returning Souls, some Spiritual Ability Users, who clearly can’t observe the other party, still get a surge of dangerous premonitions.

This is one of the ways intuition manifests itself.

For instance, Little Mad King received two blessings and one curse in the Lucky Wheel.

That curse made it so her targets would inevitably discover her during assassination attempts.

Actually, from the point of view of intuition, it’s suddenly strengthening the target’s intuition, allowing them to notice Little Mad King in advance.

But even for Spiritual Ability Users, even those with High Awakening Times, intuition isn’t fully controllable; it remains a kind of instinct and innate ability.