Chapter 697: Chapter 537: Is the Astrology Old Lady a Fraud? Empire’s Monkey-version Technology? (Part 2)

The old lady’s eyebrows twitched: "However, if you really want to thank me, I do need your help with something."

Sela was stunned: "What?"

Sariel laughed heartily: "See, she’s still a fraud after all, even resorting to asking you for help, Sela! You shouldn’t help her and see how she continues with her tricks."

Michael sighed: "Let’s hear her out."

At this moment, Amy was very enthusiastic: "Please go ahead, Grandma."

The old lady solemnly said: "I’ve received a commission from an important client who lost an advanced divine artifact. I need someone with great luck to help me ascertain the direction of the clues, and little Amy, you’re that lucky person!"

Thus, the old lady took out something that looked like a compass: "All you need to do is give the needle a spin."

Amy was surprised: "Just give it a spin?"

"Yes!"

So, Amy lightly flicked her finger, and the needle spun a dozen times before stopping in the southern direction.

Amy was dumbfounded: "Like this?"

"Yes!"

The old lady immediately moved the crystal ball, and a blurry image of the Southern Canyon Village appeared inside.

Sela was shocked: "This is? Is the lost artifact there?"

The old lady said: "I’m not sure, but the clue is there! I must go there immediately, so thank you, little Amy, you’ve been a great help."

Sariel was shocked: "The Shadow Demon appeared there last night, indeed a clue!"

Michael also got interested: "Is this a trick?"

Sela was shocked: "Seems like real skills?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Amy exclaimed: "Grandma, I studied in that village, it’s a bit far, are you going alone at midnight?"

The old lady solemnly said: "This is a very important client commission, I have to go, otherwise, if we delay any longer, the clue will be lost."

Sela asked: "The blurrier the scene, the easier it is to lose the clue?"

The old lady said: "Yes. Conversely, the clearer the scene, the more certain it is, much like little Amy’s future, extremely clear, which is a destined great fortune."

Little Amy said: "I’m familiar with the road there, I’ll ask the guards to prepare a carriage, we can escort you there."

The guards nearby were anxious: "Lady Amy, this is out of town! Although you have great privileges, there’s no mention of going out of town, especially at midnight!"

Amy snorted: "But there’s no rule saying I’m not allowed to go out of town at midnight! Grandma helped me foresee great fortune, if I can’t even handle this small matter, then what prospects do I have?"

All the guards were stunned: "What..."

Michael urgently said: "Sela, lend a hand!"

Silva immediately said: "Don’t worry, I’m here, I will also accompany Lady Amy and escort the old lady. If anyone still thinks it’s an issue, I can mobilize some guild members to accompany us. Although they’re not strong, with numbers, we can get things done."

All the guards exchanged looks and then assigned someone: "Prepare the carriage immediately!"

The old lady smiled: "Thank you so much, Lady Amy!"

"No need to be polite, Grandma."

Vivian smiled: "Then let me also help a bit, I’ll prepare some hot drinks for everyone to enjoy on the road..."

—— Broken Bottle Commerce Association Channel [Elder Silva]: Attention all members who received the notice, halt all current tasks, and gather immediately at the southern city gate...

The guild was instantly abuzz with excitement: "The beautiful elder finally found a use for us deadweights..."

Sariel laughed heartily: "Sela, are you going to have all these deadweights chase after the carriage on foot?"

Sela smiled: "The carriage won’t be speeding through the night, right?"

...

Bronze Flower Estate.

Right now Tifa was continuously dismantling, while Chun was rebuilding non-stop.

Chun immediately realized that the final lesson might be Tifa dismantling everything in one go, making him rebuild it all at once to truly understand and breakthrough.

If that’s the case, start recording the screen quickly, and also start recording with the phone.

When he picked up the phone, Chun thought lunchtime was soon, maybe wait slowly, digest, and eat at night.

So he quickly texted Zhou Qing: "President Zhou, I’ll skip lunch for now."

Zhou Qing quickly replied: "Alright, Brother Chun, let me know if you’re hungry once you’re done. By the way, the guild members on the first floor received instructions from the NPC elder to escort the astrology old lady and little Amy’s carriage out of the city."

What? How are those two sitting together? If Amy is behind, Barbara is guiding, this clearly looks like a sister collaboration to get things done?

Chun couldn’t think much of it: "Hmm, let everyone do their best."

"Got it, I’ll relay it immediately..."

So, Chun fully committed to rebuilding after that.

When Chun finally completed the last part of the rebuild:

—— System Prompt: Congratulations! With your extraordinary wisdom, grandmaster module combination incorporating grandmaster construction technique and master mechanician, you have fully simulated the building of an ancient artificial combined crystal core and obtained the "Ancient Crystal Core Building Plan."

Chun was stunned, got the blueprint!? Didn’t the recording just become unnecessary... Oh well, this counts as foresight.

Tifa asked: "Didn’t you advance to Divine Artisan?"

Uh, haven’t even completed the process, how can it be that easy?

Chun said: "Shall we dismantle it all and I’ll rebuild from scratch?"

Tifa thought for a bit: "Then, let’s try."

Saying that, she waved her hand, and the whole building space crumbled.

Tifa then lit another cigarette, lost in thought.

Chun was indeed mesmerized by how she looked while smoking, really exuding a mature and composed aura!

After all, with the blueprints in hand, it was much simpler, Chun waved his hand, and crystal stones flew, back in place in less than twenty minutes!

—— System Prompt: ... Construction Technique proficiency increased!

Chun was shocked: "My construction technique still hasn’t advanced, did I build it wrong?"

Tifa waved her hand, energy flowed once again among the crystal stones, and the entire building space emitted dazzling light.

Tifa let out a long sigh, exhaled a stream of smoke: "You didn’t build it wrong, the energy runs according to the crystal core principle. Perhaps, what you said was right, the Empire really won’t open the true ancient technology, even though I studied at the highest academy, all I learned was the monkey version. If it was true ancient technology, you’d surely advance to Divine Artisan!"

Holy shit, a monkey version! Such a military industrial term!

Chun was stunned: "Does it mean we still have to study that crystal core given to me by Bafengte?"

Tifa lamented: "Now, whatever you say is right. Since you think that’s something Bafengte deliberately used to harm me, then by no means should we open it."

Chun sweated: "No, no, no, I’m not that correct either."

Tifa sighed: "But, there was a gain, and that is, I confirmed that what I firmly believed was actually a fake, so I can modify it according to my own ideas."

Modify it? Without my enlightenment, how are you going to modify it? But without modification, I can’t advance, no enlightenment, a deadlock!

Indeed, Tifa asked again: "Do you have any ideas for modification?"

You really ask me! At best, I can make a windmill or a grinder, I can’t handle chips? But I can’t answer no...

Chun’s mind raced, and suddenly he noticed that the game had unknowingly reached almost two in the morning, the time to save seven dancing girls was approaching! Missing this would delay until tomorrow night, and once I trigger the event, it changes every day, who knows what the situation will be tomorrow night?

Chun simply gave it a shot: "Miss Tifa, would you like to go out with me to save some people, understand the people’s conditions, adjust your mood, maybe you’ll get inspiration?"

Mina also said: "With my current strength, I can bring Lady Tifa into the Mortal Dream Realm."

Tifa was stunned: "Oh? Adjusting your mood is your secret?"

Chun laughed: "What is away from home can teach you!"

Tifa laughed: "Truly ancient wisdom, alright, since studying the crystal core isn’t urgent. Comparatively, I am indeed curious about your progress in the past few days, let’s go then."