Chapter 56 (1/2)
Although the paper was too soaked for her to read anything, the visible traces were still familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere before.
“Bring it back and dry it. See if you can restore the handwriting. There should be useful clues…”
Pondering for a moment, she covered the paper with a handkerchief and gave the guard instructions.
“Find him whatever it takes!”
The whole royal palace was busy all night long.
The king had ordered to search for a man in a black cloak who was about 1.85 meters tall.
His look was unclear, but it was easy to determine his height if they considered the height of the wall, its distance from the tree, and the angle.
Countless soldiers searched everywhere in the heavy storm.
However, the man in black seemed to have been vaporized and was nowhere to be found.
In the royal palace…
“Are you sure that lightning can illuminate the stars in your body?”
Xiao Jin looked at his vulnerable daughter anxiously.
She was his most beloved child. He wouldn’t hesitate to give away ten years from his life if that would help her recover.
“The chances are more than fifty percent!”
Xiao Yurou nodded and said, “Father, you know my condition. My body is congenitally blocked, and I will die if the stars aren’t illuminated by the time I’m eighteen. The man in black has shed new light for us when he illuminated his stars by using lightning. Spiritual energy cannot circulate in my body, but electricity can! I did the calculations three years ago!”
Xiao Jin nodded.
His daughter was curious about everything. Three years before, a house in the royal palace was hit by lightning and caught fire. She ran calculations and placed an iron rod above the building. No accidents of that nature happened again in the following three years.
Back then, she had calculated that humans were conductive.
However, it never occurred to her that electricity could illuminate the stars!
“So, I might be able to change the current situation as long as I know how he did it…” Xiao Yurou clenched her fists.
She hadn’t swum in the ocean of knowledge nearly enough, and she didn’t intend to die.
She was only a seventeen-year-old girl after all.
“However, this art is too innovative… Even if we can find him, there will be nothing we can do if he doesn’t confess!”
Xiao Jin frowned.
Stars had been illuminated with spiritual energy for tens of thousands of years. Illuminating stars with lightning was a revolution. Why would the person reveal the secret?
Xiao Yurou didn’t reply.
She understood the logic well.
She had informed the guard that the incident was not to be leaked. The soldiers deployed were searching for him without knowing why.
“I think we should be prepared for the worst!” Pondering for a moment, Xiao Jin said, “Since there’s a thunderstorm today, why don’t we try and see if we can figure out the method by ourselves?”
“Alright!” Xiao Yurou nodded and said, “Please find some geniuses who haven’t illuminated the Seven Stars yet!”
It was always best to prepare a backup plan!
Xiao Jin nodded and gave instructions.
Soon, seventeen young men were summoned to the royal palace. They were all geniuses of the major families.
“Let’s begin!”
Xiao Yurou had calculated the amount of electricity in the lightning, the possible damage, and how to self-rescue at the critical moment while they were on their way.
She gave them the results of her calculations and allowed them to study for a while. Then, she asked the guard to fetch a pole and a dozen hangers.
“There had to be a reason why the man in black used those!”
“Who wants to try first?”
“Allow me!”
A pretty boy walked out.
He was Fu Chuanji, a famous young genius in Green Abyss.
He had shown astonishing talent by illuminating five stars when he was only fifteen.
He picked up the pole and strode into the storm.
Crack!
Blackened by the strike, Fu Chuanji fell and his body jittered.
A guard rushed close and pulled him back into the room. Xiao Yurou frowned and asked him, “What did you feel?”
Feeling dizzy, Fu Chuanji said, “I felt… I was hit by lightning…”
“…”
Xiao Yurou said gloomily, “I’m asking if you could control the power of the lightning to illuminate the stars!”
“There was no time for me to react…” Fu Chuanji was rather embarrassed.
He passed out when the lightning hit him. How could he have controlled its power.
“Next…”
“That’s unnecessary. I think I can still hold on…” Fu Chuanji gritted his teeth.
Every young man adored the princess.
How could he disappoint her?
Crack!
He fell and had muscle spasms again. This time, not only had he been charred black but he was also foaming.
He had only illuminated five stars anyway, and his resistance was far weaker than Cui Xiao’s.
“What about it?” asked Xiao Yurou.
“I think… I can try again…” Fu Chuanji struggled to say, with foam flowing out of his mouth.
“Next…” said Xiao Yurou while waving her hand, knowing that he couldn’t figure it out.
Another genius walked into the thunderstorm.
Crack!
Crack!
All the seventeen young men were lying on the floor half an hour later, their hair standing on end, their faces blackened, and their clothes ripped apart.
Their experience was the same. They passed out so quickly that they couldn’t even tell where they were, much less the location of the stars.