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"No," Yan Junze shook his head, "the strangeness that had attached to them has been destroyed by me. They're just two ordinary corpses now, safely buried, and will not resurface, nor will they continue to trouble you."

Confirming that affairs here were settled, Yan Junze and the couple Wan Shouguang returned to their villa, where Wan Shouguang said he could start crafting the umbrella for Yan Junze after resting for a couple of days.

Back at the hotel, Yan Junze requested a leave of absence from Professor Di Zhiwen, telling him he needed to stay in Huaying District for a few more days to handle some personal matters, and wrote a leave request for him to pass on to the school's homeroom teacher.

Di Zhiwen, thinking that he might have encountered some trouble for not returning the entire night, asked with concern, but Yan Junze found an excuse to brush it off.

The next day at noon, Di Zhiwen took a flight out of Huaying District.

Yan Junze switched his hotel room for a single, and after work hours, he visited Zhang Chengjing once again.

The two had met multiple times over the past few days and had become quite familiar with each other, skipping over formalities. After some chatting, Yan Junze took out the turquoise pendant and respectfully placed it on the coffee table in front of Zhang Chengjing.

Zhang Chengjing didn't speak; his gaze shifted slightly as he fixated on the pendant.

After a long moment, he opened his mouth and smiled, "Interesting."

Yan Junze asked, "Uncle Zhang, did you notice anything?"

Zhang Chengjing pointed at the turquoise and said, "Magnetic field seal. How did you come across this item?"

"It was a chance occurrence," Yan Junze said curiously. "Do you know, among exorcists, who might possess the skill to seal strangenesses inside turquoise like this?"

"Five-star exorcists can generally accomplish it," Zhang Chengjing did not withhold information, "However, to seal a strangeness of such strength is rare."

"You can discern the strength of the strangeness inside?" Yan Junze asked, surprised.

"Yes," Zhang Chengjing nodded, "Based on the idea I previously proposed for crafting that weapon for you, this sealed strangeness, if released, might just meet your requirements."

Yan Junze smiled and said, "That is exactly what I have in mind. Once the weapon is completed, I'd like to ask Uncle Zhang to do me the favor of releasing it."

Zhang Chengjing also smiled and asked, "Has Wan Shouguang agreed to help you?"

"Yes."

"When does it begin?"

"He wants to rest for two days and says it will start the day after tomorrow."

Zhang Chengjing nodded, "His weapon forging is fast, and the headquarters are well-equipped, with almost all small parts readily available."

Yan Junze said, "I have given him all the hand-drawn diagrams of the umbrella, and am now waiting for his news."

Zhang Chengjing picked up the turquoise from the coffee table and handed it back to Yan Junze, "Hold on to this for now. While you have it, don't get into any accidents yourself, like getting injured and bleeding, as it greatly increases the chances of backlash from the entity inside. When it's time to release the creature, hand it to me. Moreover, when the weapon is ready, you must have me present for its first use."

Yan Junze nodded, feeling that Zhang Chengjing was very cautious, afraid that he might encounter danger.

"It's lucky that Wan Shouguang is on vacation these days, otherwise he wouldn't have had the time to create this weapon for you," Zhang Chengjing said out of the blue.

"Why?" Yan Junze was somewhat astonished.

Zhang Chengjing sighed lightly, "The headquarters have been in chaos these few days."

"Has a Spirit Bridge erupted again, or has there been a proliferation of strangenesses somewhere?" Yan Junze asked curiously.

"No Spirit Bridge eruptions, nor a proliferation of strangenesses," said Zhang Chengjing. "It's just that we've detected extremely unstable magnetic fields in the Great Capital of USA, causing us concern it might affect Huaying Great Capital."

Yan Junze said nothing, just staring at him.

Zhang Chengjing continued, "The fluctuations of this unstable magnetic field area are so powerful that we can sense them in Huaying Great Capital using large-scale detectors. We suspect that either a massive magnetic field has been created there, or a huge magnetic entity has formed, and we don't know what exactly they're doing. There is a range of speculation, but no consensus, and international security officers have been covertly dispatched to investigate the Great Capital of USA."

Yan Junze's pupils contracted slightly, he pondered for a moment, then asked, "Uncle Zhang, have you ever heard of a ritual that is initiated through offering sacrifices to strangenesses?"

Zhang Chengjing was taken aback, not answering immediately, clearly still processing Yan Junze's out-of-the-blue query.

Yan Junze repeated, "It's a ritual where killing certain strangenesses is a prerequisite to the start of the ceremony."

Zhang Chengjing pondered and gave a slight shake of his head.

In truth, he had once specifically researched such sacrificial rites, not only combining present-day strangeness phenomena but also delving into a large number of ancient practices related to this area.

Although he didn't comprehend the exact ritual Yan Junze was speaking of, Zhang Chengjing still said, "If a ritual's commencement relies on the killing of certain entities, then, in a general sense, it's equivalent to an exchange. Once the ritual is successfully initiated, the outcome gained in exchange is usually much greater in value than the worth of the entities killed."

"Can I interpret it this way?" Yan Junze speculated, "Is it that by killing certain special strangenesses, it leads to the emergence of larger, more formidable strangenesses?"

Zhang Chengjing nodded, but then shook his head again, "This isn't very realistic. If just by killing a few strangenesses, it was possible to exchange for a larger one, then the world would have been in disarray long ago, instead of like now, where we can quell strangeness disturbances to the greatest extent."