Wandering Gods of Day and Night
Chapter 110 - 103: The Missing Diary_4

Chapter 110: Chapter 103: The Missing Diary_4

The Secret Realm returned to silence.

...

Business was booming, and the Zhou Family’s Troupe, which was already busy in the morning, became even more so. Calling it a bustling scene was no exaggeration.

Zhou Xuan got up early. Following the routine of the past few days, he went to the gatehouse to see if there were any secret gathering phrases from the Blood Well Society.

Finding nothing new, he returned to his room, picked up the diary, and continued reading.

He didn’t uncover anything significant but managed to think of two things,

"If the diary writes itself, then what is its purpose? *Surely it isn’t just to show me the romantic tales of its original owner?*"

Zhou Xuan quickly thought of an answer—the Blood Well!

His real gain from the diary was only one thing: through the diary’s content, he found the Blood Well Society and learned how to harness the power of the Blood Well during their gatherings.

"I still remember, this diary used to be visible to my sister-in-law... but now, not even my elder sister can see it."

A strange idea suddenly occurred to Zhou Xuan—the diary was disguised. Even to him, its owner, it used the romantic tales of its original owner, making him believe it was just an ordinary diary and even obscured the guidance towards the Blood Well Society.

The diary seemed to be waiting,

"It’s waiting for me to truly possess the Blood Well Secret Realm before revealing its true nature."

Zhou Xuan recalled the scene of the struggle between the Divine Revelation and the Blood Well within the Secret Realm when he ascended to the second incense. In the end, the Divine Revelation and the Blood Well reached a certain degree of agreement and ceased hostilities.

"Perhaps this diary was obtained by the Human Turtle from the Blood Well. He was an Alien Ghost, not a Blood Well Spirit Communicator. How did he open the Blood Well?"

Zhou Xuan calculated in his mind.

When the time came for the Blood Well Divination in a couple of days, he would try to bring the diary into the Blood Well Secret Realm. Maybe he wouldn’t even need to waste a Divination opportunity to learn how to use the diary.

Besides figuring out the diary’s origins, Zhou Xuan also remembered that when he first found this diary, he also discovered a key.

"Right, the key."

Zhou Xuan opened the drawer and took out the key.

The key was entirely made of ancient bronze, with a very straight stem, not many teeth, and slightly longer than his finger.

Once, Zhou Xuan fancied that this key belonged to the original owner’s cash box, but later, after Yu Zhengyuan’s confirmation, the original owner didn’t even have a cash box.

Now, with the diary confirmed to be the object the Human Turtle sought to escape hiding, this key instead seemed like a clue.

"I’m a bit curious about how the Human Turtle opened the Blood Well and if things from the Blood Well could actually be taken out?"

"Where does this key belong?"

Zhou Xuan took the key to find Zhou Lingyi.

...

"The Zhou Family’s Troupe doesn’t have such a key."

Zhou Lingyi sat in the inner courtyard pavilion, eating pastries and looking over the account books of recent days.

Zhou Xuan asked her to help identify the key’s origin.

After examining it carefully for a while, Zhou Lingyi denied that the key belonged to the Zhou Family’s Troupe.

"Then I’ll go ask a locksmith."

Locksmiths had seen many keys and might know where the key came from.

"You’re not familiar with the roads of Ping Shui Prefecture. Have Fifth Brother take you," Zhou Lingyi said, handing the key back to Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan had just reached out to take it when Song Jie walked over.

"Good morning, Class Leader and Little Brother."

"Good morning, Second Sister-in-law." Zhou Xuan nodded to Song Jie, exchanged greetings, and pocketed the key, preparing to find a locksmith.

However, Song Jie said, "Class Leader, did you get Little Brother a big house?"

"Hmm?"

Zhou Lingyi raised an eyebrow and asked Song Jie, "Why do you say that, Second Sister-in-law?"

"Oh, Class Leader, are you hiding this from us? It’s only right to get a big house for Little Brother since the troupe’s business improved because of him. As brothers and sisters-in-law, we wouldn’t think you’re showing favoritism."

Zhou Lingyi’s eyebrows raised again, and she asked, "Second Sister-in-law, why are you so sure I bought a big house for him?"

"The key, I recognize the key you gave to Little Brother."

Zhou Xuan was about to leave, but hearing Song Jie’s words, he sat back down and handed the key to her: "Second Sister-in-law, are you sure you recognize this key?"

"Of course, I do."

Song Jie pointed to the key and said, "This is the key to the West Leaf Mansion. You know the West Leaf Mansion, right? It’s a top-notch villa area in Ping Shui Prefecture where many wealthy people live. Our company has four actresses who have houses there,

and every time they have a gathering, they casually flaunt their keys to us lesser actors. I’ve seen them several times and remember them well."

ps: There are still quite a few things to handle today, so I can only update over six thousand words.