A faint fishy smell unique to fresh shellfish meat was coming out of the shell. Even the unique sweetness of lychee was not lost at all. It was like a real fresh oyster.
Jin Tuyi could even feel the sea breeze from the Red Fire Bay.
However, he knew that the oyster had been tampered with.
On the back of the shell that had been pried open, three overlapping preservation rune arrays had been drawn with tiny strokes.
Jin Tuyi had never seen anyone who could carve the most common preservation rune arrays so delicately and perfectly.
It was the preservation rune arrays inside the shell and the cell activation liquids in the meat that kept the oyster alive for a short time after it was pried open.
Then, the culprit injected a tiny amount of muscle contraction drugs into the veins that controlled the shell, making the veins constrict and close involuntarily. Before they were completely closed, the culprit also smeared a tiny bit of natural glue on the two sides of the shell, making the oyster look as if it had never been opened before.
Jin Tuyi narrowed his eyes and reconstructed the whole process. He found, to his surprise, that he could not do it.
"The time when the oyster is forcibly expanded can't be too long. It can't be more than three seconds. Otherwise, the shellfish meat inside will definitely die and emit a faint rotten smell. The experienced fishermen and chefs will definitely discover it and pick out the 'dead oyster' and throw it away."
In three seconds, the culprit has to expand the shell, carve three mini preservation rune arrays, inject the cell activation liquids, and smear the natural glue. During the whole process, the meat cannot be touched. Otherwise, the meat may be dead, too.
"The person who modified the oyster must have a pair of steady hands. What an unbelievable level of control over the hand speed and the muscles of the hands!"
An expert. A real expert!
Jin Tuyi manipulated the knife calmly and cut open the meat carefully. As he expected, below the meat. Between the two veins, he found a 'Red Ball'! “
Compared to the Red Ball the size of a grain of rice, it was much bigger. This Red Pearl was a few times bigger, about the size of a thumb. The floating light patterns on its surface looked like a painting of mountains and rivers. It was one of the best of the Red Pearls.
Jin Tuyi remained unmoved. He put down the knife and carefully touched the Red Pearl with both hands.
It took a full minute for it to become as fine as silk. On the surface of the Red Ball, which was as smooth as jade, he found a gap that was a hundred times thinner than a hair.
Jin Tuyi's pupils suddenly contracted.
"This is not a Red Ball, but a piece of magical equipment refined from a Red Ball. A complete Red Ball has been dissected and pieced together!"
"The combination is so perfect that I can barely feel the joints. Perhaps only the senses of a demon emperor can discover its existence!"
"The person who refined it is definitely a top-notch master refiner!"
Jin Tuyi condensed a wisp of Demon Aura to the limit, like the sharpest wire saw. He gently cut the gap in the middle of the Red Ball.
He was patient enough to not leave a single speck of Red Pearl powder on the table.
A minute later, the gap was finally widened slightly. He grabbed the two sides of the Scarlet Pearl with both hands. With a twist and a suction force, the Scarlet Pearl immediately split into two halves.
The thing hidden in the Scarlet Pearl fell down.
It was a small and delicate Cosmos Ring.
Inside the Cosmos Ring, there was a small capsule.
The capsule was divided into two areas. One of them contained a long hair. The other side … But it contained a drop of blood.
"What an ingenious method to ship the goods with the Red Ball. His control of the center of gravity and the weight was just right. If he didn't cut it open, If the Red Ball is cut open, nobody will notice anything wrong with it! "
"What's the meaning of the hair and the blood?"
Jin Tuyi broke one side of the capsule and took out the long hair. He tied it to his fingertip and sensed it with his soul.
The hair seemed to belong to a certain woman, a woman who was very close to him.
As for the drop of blood …
Jin Tuyi pondered for a long time and picked up the Cosmos Ring.
The Cosmos Ring was not installed with any retrieval barriers. Anyone could open it and retrieve the items inside as long as they sank their soul into it.
There were only two items inside the Cosmos Ring.
One was a shabby, shabby light beam projector, and the other was a piece of weird magical equipment that was a hundred times uglier, like a piece of scrap metal that was randomly put together.
Jin Tuyi managed to recognize that the magical equipment should be a point-to-point communicator that was commonly used in mining operations in the Tian Yuan Realm.
Through this kind of mining communicator, one could have a video conversation with the owner of another communicator within a range of a hundred kilometers.
On the shell of the light beam projector, there were three large, crooked words.
"Dad, look at me first!"
The familiar handwriting made Jin Tuyi's eyebrows twitch. He enveloped the light beam projector with a stream of demonic energy. The demonic energy permeated into the light beam projector and thoroughly examined every component.
Nothing unusual was found. After confirming that it was not a crystal bomb modified from a light beam projector, he finally activated it gently.
"Shua!"
A blue mystic ray shot out from the top of the light beam projector and formed a 3D image of Li Yao and Jin Xinyue in midair.
Of course, it was Jin Xinyue, who had washed away all her disguises and regained her original appearance.
The girl who looked exactly like his daughter except that she was missing a pair of wings made Jin Tuyi's eyelids twitch violently.
But he did not say anything. It was useless even if he did. Such a light beam projector did not have any communication functions. It could only be used to play prerecorded videos.
"Father!"
Jin Xinyue shouted in the 3D image. "I know that you have countless questions in your heart. Trust me. Give us half an hour, and we will definitely be able to explain everything!
"First of all, in order to make you believe that it is really me, your daughter Jin Xinyue, in the image, we have put a hair of mine and a drop of my blood in the Red Ball. I believe that you must have a way to verify the authenticity of those things!
"Secondly, please allow me to introduce to you Vulture Li Yao, a Cultivator from the Tian Yuan Realm. Senior Li, he is also my master right now. The only master of my life!
"No matter how doubtful you are about the authenticity of the video, give us at least half an hour. This is very important for everyone in the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Blood Demon Sector, and the Flying Star Sector!"
Jin Tuyi took a deep, deep breath. Holding the saber in his hand, he listened calmly.
Li Yao coughed and said, "Senior Jin, I am Vulture Li Yao, a Cultivator who left the Tian Yuan Realm from Boneyard ten years ago. I believe that you must've heard my name before. Yes, I am also one of the people who raised great chaos in the Blood Demon Sector recently.
"Now, I will briefly introduce everything that has happened in the past ten years, including the existence of the Imperium of True Human Beings and the schemes that are happening in the Blood Demon Sector, to you in half an hour.
"I believe that with your wisdom, you will certainly make the right judgment after you listen to everything!
"If you have the slightest interest, or at least suspicion, in the matter after you listen to everything, you are welcome to contact us through the point-to-point communicator.
"Yes. Right now, we are at a certain point in the hundred square kilometers nearby. Maybe you can summon the forces of Heavenly Path City to capture us right now, but I suggest that you don't do that just yet.
"We went through all the trouble to arrive in Heavenly Path City. We will not run away just like that. Even if you want to capture us, you should at least wait until we finish everything that we have to say!
"However, we cannot talk directly because the point-to-point communicator for mining will release feeble spiritual waves when it is activated, which can be captured easily. Then, we can trace the clues and locate the two parties.
"We are not sure whether or not the people around you are trustworthy. If the mastermind behind all the schemes learns that we have already contacted him, there is no telling what his reaction will be.
"Therefore, this is what we are going to do.
"Over the past few days, we have searched the streets and alleys of the lower district of Heavenly Path City and found almost a hundred suitable locations where we have planted tremendous crystal bombs.
"At midnight, the crystal bombs will explode one after another. The spiritual energy that looks like fireworks will be blown into the sky and transformed into enormous characters.
"On the surface, it is impossible for us to sneak into the Pantheon of Demons. Having no other choice, we can only deliver some simple information to you in such a crude way.
"But our real purpose is to create an area of intense spiritual waves in the sky of Heavenly Path City with the 'fireworks bombs' that can last for a very long time. The sky will be completely messed up!
"At midnight, when the fireworks bombs are set off, you will be able to contact us through the point-to-point communicator. At that time, the feeble spiritual waves released by the point-to-point communicator will be drowned in the intense spiritual waves of the fireworks bombs. It will be like a small flame hidden in a fire that is spreading everywhere. Only in such a way will it not be discovered!
"Now, please listen to what I have to say, and make sure that after midnight, you can talk to us in an absolutely safe place without any interference."
"This is very important. The future of the Heaven's Origin Sector, the Blood Demon Sector, and the Flying Star Sector may depend on your decision!"
Jin Tuyi put his hands on his nose that looked like a saber and listened to Li Yao calmly for half an hour. Even when Li Yao reached the most soul-stirring turning point, his face did not change at all. Even Elder Nether Spring's' Spore Stratagem 'did not cause any ripples in his eyes.
Half an hour later, Jin Tuyi stored everything into his Cosmos Ring and hid the Cosmos Ring close to his chest. Then, he unleashed intense demonic energy and dispelled, swallowed, and obliterated the feeble spiritual waves released by the light beam projector.
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