White Tower Infiltration
The temperature and humidity inside the White Pagoda are very low. Strip lights extend forward along the angle between the floor and the wall. Everything is a light grayish-white, which makes people feel calm, yet also a little unconsciously irritated.
Sentinels, guides and occasional ordinary people in standard military uniforms and other types of work clothes hurried back and forth with firm steps, not stopping for any small disturbance somewhere.
"Excuse me, sir, could you please show me your ID?"
The guide wearing a loose mask stood in front of another gate and handed the temporary pass in his hand to the soldier on duty with a cold face.
The soldier looked up indifferently and said, "Take off your mask."
"Okay," the guide said. The face was pretty and shy, matching the one-inch photo on the passport, yet subtly different.
"Spiritual beautician?" The soldier frowned. "What is that?"
"It's my application for voluntary labor approved by my superiors." The guide quickly put on his mask, as if afraid the soldier wouldn't believe him, and added seriously, "I also have a counseling certificate."
"Okay, go in." The soldier waved his hand impatiently.
Xu Youlin thanked him, stepped sideways through the narrow gate, turned a corner, and continued to walk deeper into the intricate internal roads of the White Pagoda.
The bad news about Pei Zhi was like a blow to the head, dealing a heavy blow to the life he had created outside of his mission.
He adapted to the environment so quickly that he didn't realize until this moment that he had gone too far on his original path - Pei Zhi should have been his first and most urgent goal, the end point of his journey.
Perhaps because of the fear of being oppressed by his mental power, or perhaps because of the fear that the target of his mission might one day become a ruthless villain, Xu Youling secretly avoided contact with Pei Zhi and the possibility of completing his mission. But now he can no longer escape, because the story has reached the key point of Pei Zhi's transformation in the original book.
——He was tried, imprisoned, and then escaped, growing and developing his own power in a place beyond the reach of the White Tower's rule.
And eventually made a comeback.
He must be found.
But what to do once you find him?
During this period, Xu Youlin has been trying to learn how to counsel as an ordinary guide, but whether it is because his power as an outsider is too weak, or the original owner himself is not talented, Xu Youlin's "normal" guide path has always been quite bumpy.
Furthermore, ordinary guides who entered the White Tower for counseling would have no chance of entering the prison cell, let alone contacting Pei Zhi. Xu Youling had to settle for the next best thing and entered the White Tower under the guise of a volunteer spiritual and physical beautician.
only……
The orange cat jumped out of the mental image with a pounce and walked leisurely at his feet.
"How do we...find Pei Zhi?"
Xu Youling half-knelt down and picked up Xiao Bangua, and whispered to this spiritual being who was obviously more familiar with the existing rules of the whistle world than himself.
Countless forks in the road opened up before him again, just like the confusion he felt in the White Tower Medical Department the day after he and Pei Zhi first met.
A normal, ordinary guide should be able to keenly perceive the emotional state of others, especially from sensitive and changeable sentinels, like Song Qi, Fang Linshui or others.
A powerful guide can use his mental power to expand his field of perception, encompassing the emotional changes of all living creatures within a radius of several kilometers, and using this as evidence of combat and a source of battle reports.
What's more, it is possible to release mental tentacles against a single object, cross the other party's mental barrier, and read the other party's mental picture. The other party's joys, sorrows, anger, and every moment of thought changes can be easily grasped in the mind by the powerful guide, no matter the other party is a sentinel, a guide or an ordinary person.
However, this ability also has negative effects. If the guide's own mental strength is not strong enough and he is unable to build a solid mental barrier, he will easily be affected by emotions and thoughts from the outside world, falling into chaos or even being completely lost.
Therefore, after a high-intensity work, Song Qi would always stay in his room and not talk to anyone until he returned to normal. Although Xu Youling has been taking good care of his rabbit recently, this symptom has been alleviated to a certain extent.
Xu Youling's lack of guiding ability means that he cannot easily determine the location of nearby powerful sentinels or other sources of spiritual power like other guides. He can only use his eyes and legs to find Pei Zhi's location like ordinary people.
They are also responsible for completing voluntary labor work.
"Thanks, I thought it was a bit dirty."
The guide wearing gold-rimmed glasses grabbed the red fox lying lazily beside his legs by its snow-white neck fur. The fox's spirit body curled up its four legs and made a perfunctory cry of cooperation.
Xu Youling took the fox over, put down his bags, and began to scrub it. The fox enjoyed the limited soap bath, opening its mouth and barking from time to time.
"How did you come up with the idea of doing this?" The guide stared at Xu Youling for a while, then suddenly asked, sounding a little excited. "Is the world outside so developed? Is this business profitable? What are your prices? Have you rented a store?"
Xu Youling was confused by the question and had to serve the fox, so she was a little confused: "I just like washing small animals, so I do it..."
"You're enthusiastic, that's a good thing!" The guide was clearly more interested. He stood up and walked around the cell, stroking his chin thoughtfully. "Leave me your contact information. I'll come find you when I get out to form a partnership."
"No...I guess not." Xu Youling was a little scared.
"Why not? Even though I'm down and out now, I was also..."
The guide paused mid-sentence, a somewhat dejected expression on his face, then immediately began to actively promote himself: "I graduated from a very good university and have plenty of work experience. If you're looking for someone to help with the accounts, I'll definitely be of use to you."
"Sir, were you imprisoned for committing an economic crime?" Xu Youling asked cautiously.
"Tsk, someone's tricked me. I've stumbled." The guide sat back down, staring at him intently. "What do you mean? Do you want to reconsider? I've been involved in and led major projects before, and it's..."
"Okay," Xu Youling lifted the fox up, "it's clean."
The guide was a little amused: "You young man..."
"I really have to go." Xu Youling was anxious to find Pei Zhi, and her words were filled with anxiety. "I'm really sorry. Let's talk about it next time, okay?"
"Are you anxious?" The guide's shrewd eyes flashed behind his gold-rimmed glasses. "You came to the White Tower prison cells not just to do voluntary labor, did you?"
Xu Youling didn't say anything and turned to leave.
He was most afraid of this highly social type, and every time he came into contact with them, he felt that he would be completely deceived.
"Looking for someone." The guide looked at his back and suddenly said, "It's urgent. Mission... German Shepherd?"
Xu Youling turned around suddenly and looked at him in disbelief.
"What? You don't put up a mental barrier yourself, so you're blaming me." The guide spread his hands innocently. "You look so honest... but you have a little secret, too."
"Could you please not tell the soldiers on duty?" Xu Youling asked carefully, "Next time I can bring a special ointment for the fox..."
"Why are you treating it so well?" The guide waved his hand. "Young man, be honest. You have things to do, and I have things to do. What's wrong with exchanging things?"
"...What do you want?"
"I'm still trying to turn things around. Once I get out, I'll be interested in your business. I'm very interested in this area." The guide's eyes were fixed on him. "I can also help you. Finding someone in a cell is probably difficult for a rookie guide like you."
Xu Youling was defeated: "It is indeed difficult."
"You won't lose anything, just agree." The guide said nonchalantly, "German Shepherd... Could it be that serious criminal? Pei Zhi, right?"
"Yes!" Xu Youling's eyes lit up. "If I agree to your terms, will you tell me his location?"
"Why are you acting like a little widow... Never mind. Go out, turn left and walk 300 meters, then turn left again, then right. There's a sign on the door." The guide shrugged. "Hold on, little idiot. Don't lose all your underwear before I get out of jail."
"No...no." Xu Youling's face turned a little red.
He exchanged contact information with the fox's owner and thanked him somewhat awkwardly.
"My name is Lu Heng." The guide raised an eyebrow. "I really hope to show off my skills soon... Good luck!"
Xu Youling left the cell and breathed a sigh of relief. It was best not to get involved with this kind of person.
But he also said that he was tricked... Could such a smart person also be tricked?
Full of doubts, Xu Youling continued to move forward in the direction indicated by Lu Heng.
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In front of the specially designed prison cell, there was a loud clanging lock.
Xu Youling took a half step back and touched his nose uneasily.
He doesn't have any lock-picking skills.
The orange cat meowed in dissatisfaction. The prisoners' spirits were everywhere along the way, making the little cat feel very uncomfortable. Not to mention that the fox seemed to dislike its size and actually laughed at it while its owner was talking to the man with gold-rimmed glasses.
That’s too much, meow!
"What's wrong?" Xu Youling quickly picked it up. "Why don't you try... Aren't you close to that German Shepherd? Can you..."
Before he could finish his words, a series of hurried footsteps were heard from the other end of the corridor, accompanied by the sound of a cart.
"!" Xu Youling quickly hid behind the wall, not daring to make a sound.
Although he had a pass as a spiritual beautician, if he was caught wandering around in front of the special cell like this, he would definitely be in big trouble.
The people who came were several medical staff, some of whom were sentinels serving as protection, and some were guides providing medical guidance. What was the same was that they all had anxious expressions on their faces, as if they were afraid of the people in the cell.
Xu Youling held his breath and listened to them unlock the door and go in. Then a furious "Get out!" made his heart tremble.
It really is Pei Zhi.
Without further hesitation, he reached down and grabbed the ragdoll cat, a spirit form of one of the guides, who had left it outside. The orange cat sniffed at its overly good-tempered counterpart with disdain, then turned away.
"Please... please..." Xu Youling concentrated his limited mental strength, held the Ragdoll cat's face which was completely confused about the situation, and repeated it in a low voice over and over again.
"Let your master forget to close the door!"
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