After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 2545 An Unspoken Little Secret
"Oh, oh, my talisman should have been replaced yesterday, but I was on business in Ju County and didn't have time to come back, so it expired." Steward Liu smiled bitterly. "I should have gone directly to Lotus Valley to replace the talisman, but as soon as I returned to Yanxia Bay, I heard about the incident in Jishan, so I rushed back to Baiwan Mountain first. Now I have to go to Lotus Valley to report back, and also ask Supervisor Wang to replace the talisman for me. But, but I can't get into Lotus Valley anymore. And I can't ask the other stewards in Jishan for help."

He was Deng Yanlong's subordinate, but Old Deng had already gone to sea, and Supervisor Wang was on duty in the Liuli Sea and hadn't returned to Lotus Valley yet. Of course, He Lingchuan wouldn't tell Steward Liu this; he simply looked him up and down: "Your talisman expired yesterday? Then how did you get into Million Mountain?"

"Then let's do it the old way..." Manager Liu stammered.

The officer opposite him, Hu, raised an eyebrow and looked at him coldly, clearly not wanting him to get away with it.

What is the old method?
Manager Liu was his subordinate, so he dared not offend him and could only lower his voice and say, "It's just that, it's just to get the stamp of entry into Million Mountain before the talisman expires. Because I have to come here to deliver the goods first. It's all, it's all for official business."

Hu Guandao's lips curled into a smirk, his expression ambiguous: "Is that so? You had it done in Ju County, so it had better be official business!"

"Really, really!" Manager Liu bowed repeatedly. "I've negotiated a price for a new batch of tea oil in Ju County, and I'll report it to you tomorrow."

After saying that, he winked at his superior.

Then, in a rather irritable tone, Commander Hu said, "Give me your hand."

Manager Liu simply reached out and received a stamp to enter and exit Lotus Valley, then left with profuse thanks.

That guy surnamed Hu is still as greedy as ever, tsk.

He Lingchuan watched his retreating figure and said to the people in the Bean Garden:
"Is there such a thing as needing a stamp first? Ask me about it."

Who are you asking? Of course, it's Hu Xin.

Every rule of the Lingyun Palace is important, and the more He Lingchuan understands, the more helpful it will be for his subsequent actions.

His time infiltrating Lingyun Palace was too short, and many details remain unclear.

Since He Lingchuan had asked, Hu Xin from Doukou Garden had no choice but to explain:
The talismans held by the stewards are only valid for twenty days. Before they expire, they must go to Lotus Valley to be "infused with spirit," which means that their superiors must ask Helu Tian to refresh them so that they can be used for another twenty days.

This process is commonly known as printing replacement.

The talisman in Hu Guandai's hand has a longer effective period; it only needs to be replaced every forty days.

Even ordinary demon puppeteers take forty days.

As for the validity period of the talismans of Masters Duan and Xiao, as well as the two chief supervisors, Hu Xin was unaware. Given his rank, he had no need to know.

But Hu Xin also knew one more thing: He Lutian, as the owner and manager of the cloud platform, could make any talisman in anyone's hands invalid at any time!
He Lingchuan understood immediately: "In the end, the talismans in everyone's hands are equivalent to the decentralization and extension of Helu Tian's power. Helu Tian can give them away, and he can also take them back."

The Lingyun Palace established these rules, of course, for security management. However, the managers are often on the go and sometimes they really can't make it back to the Lingyun Palace before the talisman expires.

Logically speaking, if the talisman expires, one cannot enter the palace or pass through the Cloud Terrace. Reapplying for a new talisman involves a very complicated process and would result in punishment within the palace.

So what can be done? Some managers have discovered a small loophole through years of practice:

Even if the talisman fails, the stamp already on the wrist remains valid.

Therefore, if they are unable to arrive in time, they will stamp their wrists in advance to ensure that they can still enter Baiwanshan or Lian Gu Xiaoshijie after returning to Yanxia Bay, so as not to delay the work afterwards.

However, they only stamped the "round trip stamp," meaning they could only enter and exit the small world once, so the stewards usually prioritized Lotus Valley. Steward Liu was unlucky; on his way back, he happened to encounter the escape of the giant starfish from Jishan and had to rush back to Million Mountain to deal with it.

Otherwise, He Lingchuan wouldn't have had the chance to capture such details.

Of course, this was an unspoken secret among the managers, and no one would talk about it openly on Lingyun Island.

Which organization doesn't have these little secrets?

He Lingchuan thought for a moment and then asked, "If it's stamped in advance, how long will the stamp last?"

Hu Xin did not deliberately test his limits, but based on his practical experience, he was certain that there would be no problem within two days. He also heard that the seal of another manager had been glowing for five whole days until he returned to Lingyun Palace.

In other words, a pre-stamped seal can last for at least two to five days.
While pondering, He Lingchuan returned to Eagle Beak Town and personally selected a well-proportioned and gentle little gray rabbit from the livestock pen at the back of the town.

Behind Eagle Beak Town are warehouses and livestock farms, which provide experimental equipment for the puppeteers, including commonly used experimental animals.

Carrying the rabbit, he went back to the garden in Lotus Valley to find Ah Lian.

The guards by the garden hadn't changed shifts yet. They had overheard Duan Heyun's conversation with Commander Hu earlier, so they weren't surprised to see him carrying a rabbit over.

Hu Xin greeted them first.

He also found this barrier interesting; it basically only prohibited Ah Lian from going out, while having no other restrictions.

Ah Lian is looking in the mirror.

As He Lingchuan approached, A-Lian turned around, her gaze fixed intently on the rabbit. He Lingchuan noticed her eyes were red and her eyelids were a little swollen: "What happened to your eyes?"

"It itches." Ah Lian rubbed her eyes again. "Just now, Father put something in my ear. I don't like it."

Why did her eyes itch when Duan Heyun put something in her ear? She didn't explain, and He Lingchuan didn't ask any further questions.

Asking a casual question is only natural; to press further would be suspicious. He couldn't reveal himself to the spies here who had a third eye.

He put the rabbit on the ground and gently pushed it into the garden.

A-Lian immediately picked up the rabbit and pinched its long ears.

The rabbit struggled in pain.

"Be gentle, or you'll crush it to death." A-Lian's strength came from the divine body of Yin Zhenjun, and even a fragment could easily crush the little rabbit. "This little thing is very fragile; you almost crushed its internal organs."

Ah Lian quickly slowed her grip and let the rabbit run around on the ground twice.

"If you squeeze it, it will die. How can it survive?" She understood the key point and touched the rabbit very gently.

“Perhaps it’s because everyone else finds it cute.” He Lingchuan looked at her meaningfully. “Cuteness is also a weapon.”

He suddenly noticed that Ah Lian's pupils moved slightly.

Or rather, something seemed to move in her pupils, and a glimmer of light flashed.

Thanks to Ah Lian's larger pupils and lighter color than the average person, she would not have been easily detected.

A-Lian pursed her lips, then suddenly twisted with one hand and ripped the rabbit's head off!

Splatter! Rabbit blood splattered all over the ground.

"Then I don't like it."

(End of this chapter)