Chapter 165 Jiang Lai: The Almighty Little Genius

Hua Yu can sense Jiang Lai's strength, especially when he stops pretending to be the little white rabbit spirit and shows his true self.

She was indeed shocked for a moment, but then she calmed down again - as a special-grade cursed spirit, Hua Yu was not someone who could be easily persuaded.

Hua Yu doubts the truth behind Jiang Lai's words.

[If you can't guarantee a new world for us cursed spirits as you say, then aren't you just like that organization, a blank promise?]

"No, this is not a blank check - to be more precise, it's probably an investment." Jiang Lai smiled and said, "Your actions are undoubtedly an investment. Because it is difficult for you to find more like-minded cursed spirits, you place the possibility of executing your goals on humans and cooperate with humans."

"Since it is an investment, of course we have to compare the two and choose the one that is more likely to get a return." Jiang Lai nodded and said, "With my strength as proof, I am naturally much more reliable than them."

Hua Yu's expression didn't reveal anything, but he was filled with turmoil.

According to what the black-haired young man said, it seemed to make sense. But...

Hua Yu still hasn't made up her mind.

Jiang Lai still had a smile on his face and said calmly, "Besides, I didn't ask you for anything extra. So, you didn't lose anything, right?"

These words made Hua Yu slightly stunned, and then he reacted.

It seemed true... The black-haired young man in front of them didn't ask them to do anything, he just asked them to move aside.

Since the regulatory agency cannot meet their conditions and may even harm them, why should they bother guarding this tower for the regulatory agency?

It would be better to hand it over to the current visitor and change the investor. Who knows, maybe a miracle will happen in the new Square Tower in the future.

They don't suffer any loss by doing this.

After all, the tower belongs to the Regulatory Commission, and the visitor in front of him has no further requirements. Giving the Regulatory Commission's tower to the visitor in front of him doesn't seem to require any extra effort on his part.

The only thing that needs to be paid is probably time - because we have to wait for Jiang Lai to try to build a new square tower.

But for a special grade cursed spirit with no lifespan limit, there was plenty of time. It was not impossible for them to wait a little longer.

Thinking of this, Hua Yu's original hesitation was swept away.

She suddenly realized that there was no reason for her to foolishly defend a tower for humans.

In front of him, Jiang Lai still had a perfect smile on his face. He didn't say much. Just by observing Hua Yu's micro-expressions, he knew that he had convinced the other party.

In fact, Jiang Lai knew that his words were not perfect. He was basically secretly guiding Hua Yu to think along the lines he had set.

If we really start to debate, there are many points worth pondering.

But at this moment, these words are definitely enough to bring down the regulator.

——Noose may be good at finding loopholes in words, but he is definitely not as good as me in using details to pry open the camp.

Hua Yu in front of him followed Jiang Lai's words and now understood.

The special cursed spirits were not as roundabout as humans, and their thoughts and actions were relatively direct. After figuring out the formation, they changed their previous attitude and said straightforwardly:

[When are you going to destroy that tower? I can take you there right now.]

Jiang Lai: “…” Although this is the ultimate purpose of coming here, the progress is too fast!

They were just engaged in a verbal battle, but now the door is suddenly wide open, making people very confused.

According to the customs of the human world, even if both parties have reached a consensus in their hearts, they will inevitably have to argue about their interests several times verbally.

From this perspective, in a sense, the special grade curse spirit is actually quite honest...

However, Jiang Lai was not in a hurry to do anything. The closer it got to the critical moment, the calmer he became. So he first asked, "Is there anything I need to pay attention to when destroying the tower?"

Jiang Lai thought that maybe he could get some information from the special curse spirit.

Hua Yu replied: [We just take turns to look after her. We don’t know the details. You can handle the details yourself.]

Jiang Lai: “…” He could tell from what he said that Hua Yu would completely forget about her once she let go.

It seems that I still need to explore it myself, Jiang Lai thought to himself.

It is not convenient to act immediately tonight. We will call Otsutsuki Yuta tomorrow and use the map to test whether the formation that Hanayu showed them is the real four-sided defense tower [reversal], and then consider how to destroy it.

Jiang Lai still had some reservations.

Even though the conversation with Hua Yu went very smoothly tonight, he remained alert at all times. What if the special cursed spirits also learned the false cooperation and misleading of humans?

We still need to use a map to confirm the authenticity of the tower.

Therefore, Jiang Lai said: "I will have my people come here tomorrow. They are human teenagers. You will meet under this cherry tree then."

Jiang Lai waved his hand lightly, attaching a light magical power to the cherry tree.

His cursed power brought with it the breath of nature, nourishing the cherry tree and allowing it to grow visibly.

Faced with this, Hua Yu's expression softened a lot.

Even though she already knew that Jiang Lai was not a true companion, she still had a natural liking for Jiang Lai who had a natural aura.

"Okay, see you tomorrow then." She nodded in agreement.

The next day.

Jiang Lai changed back into the little sheep vest, and jumped back to the foot of Mount Fuji with Okkotsu Yuta.

Otsutsuki Yuta had already prepared a map of revelation and found the cherry tree where Jiang Lai had placed the cursed power mark. And Hana was also waiting under the cherry tree.

Compared to the way he faced Jiang Lai yesterday, Hua Yu's attitude towards humans was much colder. But compared to other cursed spirits, he was still gentle and polite.

She took Yuta Otsukotsuki and the little sheep Jiang Lai through the narrow passage, bypassed several "ghost walls" to a secret cave.

The aura of cursed energy here is not strong, but if you carefully focus your mind, you can sense it - it's not that the cursed energy is thin, but that the aura of cursed energy is masked.

Otkotsu Yuta looked down at the map, and the strange symbol next to [Change Position] had already lit up, indicating that this was one of the four defensive towers.

Jiang Lai used the [Electronic Elf] technique to summon Yelimon, one of the original elves, and controlled this elf-shikigami, which he was very familiar with, to rush into the cave to explore the way.

The Yeli beast has both targeted and large-scale attack moves. The little sheep Jiang Lai controlled the elves and cast attacks with additional spells in the cave.

However, this place is just like an ordinary cave, with no changes except gravel and sand.

Jiang Lai paused for a moment and thought:

This shouldn't be the case. I'm not hiding my strength now. The curse power output by the elf shikigami should be able to cause damage to the formation, or at least provoke some resistance. How come there is no reaction at all?

"I'll go in and take a look." Yuta Otsutsuki put away the map and said bravely. He drew the long sword from the scabbard, and his momentum rose sharply.

The black-haired young man's expression was focused, and his eyes, which used to be gentle and kind, now turned into icy sharpness.

The pressure from the special-grade sorcerer caused Hua Yi beside him to subconsciously mobilize his magical power. The magical power of the two stirred the air here and even rushed into the cave, shaking the hidden formation inside!

The originally thin cursed energy in the air became a little thicker, as if a hole had been punctured, allowing the air inside to leak out.

Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly, then took advantage of the shell at the moment and said in a clear voice: "Brother Otsutsuki, do you want to collect your cursed power first?"

Okkotsu Yuta was startled, a little surprised by Jiang Lai's words, but he still obediently retracted as much of the outer cursed energy as possible.

For a moment, the air was filled only with Hanae's cursed energy - and the cave was still leaking the cursed energy inside.

Jiang Lai had a guess and laughed in his heart:

Well, it is indeed a noose. This Tower of [Transfer] can only be accessed by the special grade cursed spirits originally assigned to guard it.

In other words, if unexpected visitors sneak in, they cannot destroy or provoke this formation because they only react to specific roles.

Unless the newcomer can persuade the guarding special cursed spirits to rebel and help destroy the formation, it will be a hard work.

However, special-grade cursed spirits are definitely not the type to communicate with humans. The conflict between cursed spirits and humans is irreconcilable, and they will definitely fight if they meet - so this setting is very clever.

Jiang Lai: But sorry, I can transform and even persuade special-grade cursed spirits!

Jiang Lai's operation directly uncovered the tower defense plan of Zhusuo.

I roughly guessed how to access this tower, which made things much easier later on.

Special Grade Curse Spirit Flower Trap originally didn't want to sell it, but then he felt that it would be no big deal to consume a little bit of cursed energy as an investment.

For the sake of the natural atmosphere last night and the possible new four-sided defense tower in the future.

Hua Yu thought about it and made a decision.

She called out Louhu and Tuogen, and several special-grade spell spirits exerted some of their power.

——The Tower of [Transfer] was destroyed and disappeared in the hands of the special cursed spirit that originally guarded it.

Otsutsuki Yuta was still somewhat uncomfortable. He had already drawn his sword and gathered his cursed energy, but in the end, he didn't even have to do anything himself.

...But this is a good thing. At least it’s solved.

Okkotsu Yuta silently put the long sword back into the scabbard.

It seems that my senior is much more powerful than I thought. Not only is he strong in physical strength, but he is also powerful in other aspects.

The first tower was solved very smoothly, even too smoothly.

But Jiang Lai sensed something unusual.

The solution to the Tower of [Transfer] was thanks to the loophole in the noose and the rebellion of the Guardian's special cursed spirit.

But by analogy, other towers...may not be that easy.

For example, if the "nobles" who are most likely in the Zenin family want to destroy this tower, does it require the Zenin family's magic power? Or the lives of the Zenin family? Or some other related considerations?

——But no matter what, things become complicated when people are involved.

Yuta Otsutsuki also thought this through. He looked serious and his eyes fell on the little sheep Jiang Lai:

"Senior, I personally think that our next step should be to find out the rules of the Tower of Nobles."

"That's right." Jiang Lai nodded, confirming this. "I can switch back to my original form, sneak into the Chanyuan family, and meet with the Chanyuan family's head or Chanyuan's wife first - I think they know something about the inside story."

Besides, the lady of the Zen temple also promised him a chance to predict the future, Jiang Lai thought.

He did not intend to predict large-scale events, such as final victory - after all, these depended more on human power than on destiny.

He wanted to obtain some information about Gojo Satoru through Mrs. Zenin's technique.

There had been no contact for a long time, and Jiang Lai couldn't help but feel a little worried.

He wanted to know what the tower on Gojo Satoru's side was like, and what it was that could trap him.