Techniques and Dao

Chapter 143 Treasure Vault Standoff
When Jane walked out of the Sacred Heart office, she felt almost dizzy. She knew it wasn't from exhaustion, but from a profound emotional shock.

The professors at the Magic Academy were telling the truth, but she hadn't known before that the Magic Academy's management would take such a tough stance against Suixing Silk.

If the threads of Jupiter were to be used to create a so-called time machine, it could not only destroy nations but also plunge the entire world into enslavement.

Even if there's only a one percent chance, Klin Magic Academy would never take the risk.

She knew that the motto of Klind School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was to defend freedom at all costs.

But after all, ordinary people are innocent.

Those people aren't all adults; there are children too. And if there's an earthquake or flood, those children will inevitably...

Jane dared not think any further; she gripped the infinitely magical Star Rainbow Codex tightly in her hand. She thought, perhaps she should go back to the treasury and see if she could find new clues about the stolen Jupiter Silk somewhere there.

The purple-gold thread left in the treasure vault might really have been a misunderstanding.

If the Jupiter Thread is found, or at least its whereabouts are determined, this enormous disaster can be temporarily averted.

The magic academy's treasure trove is located beneath the alchemy campus, which represents "talent."

Just as the Louvre holds the most treasures of Paris, the reverse space on the back of the Louvre is the alchemy campus, representing "talent".

Jane grabbed her magic broom and rushed to the alchemy campus.

On campus, she walked across the grass and through the corridors, several familiar classmates greeting her along the way, but she didn't react. She was extremely anxious; she only had one day. If she could find some useful new clues in the treasure trove, she could avert disaster.

Jian quickly entered the ancient castle located in the center of the alchemy campus and walked down a long spiral stone staircase to the depths of the underground.

Following the usual procedures, she explained her purpose to the guards at the entrance, registered her name, and entered the treasure vault.

The place resembled a vast underground archive, with a dazzling array of treasures neatly arranged on wooden shelves. However, given the importance of the Jupiter Silk, it wouldn't be casually placed on those shelves, but rather kept in a treasure chest deep within the vault.

Jane took out her wand and chanted a spell. A beautiful blue light flashed, and the box opened.

Just like before, the box was empty.

All of this was within her expectations, but Jane braced herself and decided to spend half a day turning the treasure trove upside down.

The little star is too small; perhaps it really has been forgotten in some corner.

"Who knows?" she sighed.

Jane used her wand to emit a white light, illuminating the area around the treasure chest. She bent down and lay prone on the ground, carefully examining the surrounding floor tiles. She didn't even miss the gaps between the tiles.

She then began to look through the shelves and search in inconspicuous corners.

Just as she finished rummaging through the gap between the bottom shelf and the floor tiles of the second shelf, she suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the doorway.

Someone walked in.

No way!
Jane remembered that she had closed the stone door to the vault when she came in. Even if she forgot, the guards at the door would have closed it for her and would never have left the vault door open.

Could it be that someone else has come to the treasure vault?

Just as Jane was about to stand up, she heard a shout in Chinese beside her.

"Come on!"

She quickly lowered her body and crawled onto the floor tiles.

That's right! That's a Chinese sentence!
Jane gasped and quickly hid in a dark corner.

The Chinese-speaking person entered the treasure vault, and his tone suggested he was driving someone away.

The guards would never let outsiders into such an important place.

Unless… Jane realized that the guards had already been dealt with!
She peeked through the crack and saw Abel, the boy with the reddish-brown curly hair. Although his magic grades at school were average, he followed her without hesitation when he heard that she was going to the Magic Academy to ask for the Star Silk.

Abel hung his head, being driven forward. It couldn't have been him who had spoken just now.

Jane carefully controlled her movements, trying her best not to make a sound. She peered through the gap in the shelf at the boy named Abel from behind.

A boy and a girl followed him in!

Although she was wearing a magic robe and had her hat pulled low, it was clearly to deliberately cover her face.

The girl had golden-brown hair, but her face looked like that of an East Asian. The boy also appeared to be East Asian. Both looked to be around seventeen or eighteen years old.

Jane thought it looked familiar, and then suddenly remembered.

Wait a minute! I saw these two people yesterday at the Eastern Taoist Academy! Especially the man, he was holding a rather powerful iron rod at the time.

How did they end up in Paris?
Jane pondered to herself, "The Academy of Arts and Crafts is indeed extraordinary. Could it have been premeditated yesterday, and they followed me here?"
She felt a pang of self-reproach for her carelessness. Only magic students knew the paths to each campus; how could these two students from the magic academy have found the anti-space in Paris if they hadn't been following her?
The boy named Abel had his hands tied, and when the boy behind him pushed him, poor Abel fell to the ground.

"hateful!"

Jane cursed inwardly, "The professors were right to worry; once the Easterners gain power, they will enslave us!"

Abel lay on the ground groaning.

The boy and girl began searching for something in the treasure vault, talking as they searched, completely unaware that someone else was hiding there.

Maybe they're the thieves from the Year Star Silk shop! Jane thought, are they going to steal something again? This time, we'll catch them red-handed!

As the two walked deeper into the treasure vault, Jane used the shelves as cover to slowly move forward. She tiptoed around to Abel's side.

Then he extended his wand and whispered, "Undo!"

With a soft snap, the rope binding Abel's hands broke.

Abel was so surprised and delighted to see Jane suddenly appear out of nowhere that he almost fainted.

"Oh my God! Thank God! Jane, you're here!"

Jane gestured for him to speak softly and asked, "Where's your wand?"

Abel replied, "They knocked him away and he fell into the Seine." Jane shook her head helplessly upon hearing this.

Seeing that Abel's wand was not with him, Jane handed her own wand to Abel, as she could also cast spells with the Star Rainbow Codex.

Jane suggested softly, "Let's ambush him when they're not paying attention..."

He had only spoken half a sentence when, as the clumsy Abel stood up, he knocked over the magic pot beside him. With a loud crash, the metal pot fell to the ground.

"Damn it! Jane, I'm so sorry!" Despite having caused trouble, Abel still looked completely innocent.

"I told you to eat less!" Jane complained, then stood up and stood in front of Abel.

Facing that pair of uninvited guests.

The boy and girl were naturally Hua Sheng and Mie Ying.

They had only hoped to find some clues in the treasure vault. To avoid making a scene, they didn't even dare turn on their phone lights.

Just as they were furtively searching the ground, a loud crash came from the ground, nearly scaring Hua Sheng to death. He and Mie Ying turned around and saw Jian and the curly-haired fat man.

Mieying recognized Jane at a glance and exclaimed, "I remember you!"

She pointed at Jane: "You're the one who likes to flip through dictionaries!"

Jane pointed at the two men and cursed, "You two thieves! You bastards! The Academy of Arts and Sciences came here to steal the Star Silk once, and now you're trying to steal it a second time! You're shameless!"

"Pah!" Mieying was about to retort when he suddenly remembered something and said to Huasheng, "She cursed me in Chinese, so I'll curse her in a foreign language! What's the harshest way to curse a man? What's the harshest way to curse a woman?"

Hanamori thought for a moment and replied, "I don't speak French. But the French should understand English. Women call someone a bitch. Men... well, they probably call someone a son of the bitch."

Mieying yelled at Jane, "Bitch!"

Then, pointing at Abel with curly hair next to Jane, he cursed, "You! Son of the bitch!"

Jane and the curly-haired fat man exchanged a glance, and their faces immediately turned red with anger.

Upon hearing this, Hua Sheng exclaimed, "Mie Ying, your level of cursing is truly top-notch! Not only did you curse each person once, but you also made them curse each other!"

Abel was furious. He grabbed his wand and shouted, "Behold my magic..."

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Wind Control Technique!" Hua Sheng reacted even faster, pointing at the fat man, and Abel was sent flying and crashed into the wall. Before he could finish reciting the incantation, he was knocked unconscious by Hua Sheng.

The newly acquired wand was naturally not yet ready to be used.

Seeing that the other party was no ordinary person, Jian quickly raised the Star Rainbow Codex in her hand.

Mieying shouted at the red codex, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Freeze!"

The Star Rainbow Codex was instantly frozen in mid-air. Jane tried to open it, but the book wouldn't budge. Moreover, the codex seemed to be embedded in the air; Jane couldn't budge it no matter how she pushed or pulled.

In a moment of quick thinking, she reached out and the wand that Abel had dropped on the ground flew rapidly into her hand.

Hua Sheng shouted at the magic wand, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Freeze!"

The wand was also fixed in mid-air some distance away, completely out of Jane's reach.

Jane suddenly gasped for breath and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Sécurité!"

Hua Sheng laughed, "Do you think we're stupid? Not even bothering to make these preparations? A silent immortal array has already been set up outside this treasure vault. Even if you scream your lungs out inside this array, no one will come to save you!"

Jane gritted her teeth and glared at him, spitting out a few words through gritted teeth: "What the hell!"

Hanamori Kenji couldn't use either his magic book or his wand. He grinned wickedly, rubbing his hands together, and was about to step forward: "I came here specifically to find you, but you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep. Without that Kangxi Dictionary and my wand, let's see how I tie you up, hehehehehehehehehe..."

But to his surprise, Jane kicked him hard in the groin with lightning speed!
Bang! That kick was really hard.

"Ouch!!!"

Hua Sheng was completely unprepared. When he was kicked, he saw stars and felt as if 150 bones in his body had been broken at the same time.

He then fell face-first into the mud and convulsed on the ground.

Once the flower bloomed and fell, the immobilization spell lost its effect.

The wand that had been suspended in mid-air was freed and flew into Jane's hand with a whoosh.

Jane was overjoyed to have the wand in her hand. She chanted a spell, and the wand instantly emitted lightning.

He turned and was about to swing his wand at Mieying, but after taking only half a step forward, a gleaming fire-tipped spear was pressed against his throat.

Looking again, the girl who originally had golden-brown hair had somehow turned into someone with long white hair, and was expressionlessly holding a fire-tipped spear against her neck.

If Jane had moved just half an inch forward, her neck would have been pierced.

The white-haired shadow's expression was cold as he glanced at the magic wand that Jane had just received.

Seeing that there was no chance to fight back, Jane had no choice but to let go and throw the wand to the ground.

Seeing this, Hua Sheng covered his groin with both hands, rolling around while praising intermittently, "Fourth...Fourth Sister, you really are...amazing!"

"Stop talking nonsense! You're so weak-willed when you see this barbarian woman, look at you!"

The white-haired shadow didn't even glance at the ground, coldly saying, "Seventh Sister said before that pretty girls love to take baths. Why don't my Seventh Sister just tie this guy up while he's naked? It'll save us all this trouble!"

Hana was still in pain in her lower body and lay on the ground panting heavily.

White Hair Vanishes and Seeing Flowers Bloom, Unable to Get Up, He Could Only Recite a Magic Incantation and Tie Jian Up with Hemp Rope.

"Why did you tie me up!" Jane shouted angrily.

The white-haired shadow said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense! Of course we're going to tie you up! We've come all this way to find someone to help us clear our names of theft of the Year Star Silk! Of all these foreigners, you speak the most fluent Chinese. Who else would we tie up if not you?"

(End of this chapter)