Chapter 1552: Chapter 1552: Lost Property (Second Update)
Feng Jun’s mention of invisibility is not actual invisibility, but using a Hidden Formation.
Generally speaking, a Hidden Formation is used for hiding, not very large, but as the saying goes — "Kill and arson for a golden belt."
And right now, Feng Jun does indeed have a considerable Hidden Formation, acquired from Yue Wu of Yinsha.
However, he thinks it’s unnecessary to use it, not to mention cumbersome, it also consumes Spirit Stone.
Sofia now already regards him as a deity, firmly believing in his words. Even if he says now that George Washington was black, she would nod and respond, "I heard he wasn’t very black."
How the house becomes invisible, she wouldn’t consider. Anyway, she just goes in to rest.
The woodland Feng Jun chose has no one around for ten kilometers, so he even leaves the lights on, once the generator is running, not to mention lights, even the heating air conditioner can be turned on.
He glanced at Sofia, "How about... resting for a while?"
"I just slept for five hours in the RV during the day," Sofia expressed she wasn’t sleepy, visibly quite relaxed now, "Can I get my stuff out? There’s coffee in it."
Feng Jun released her belongings, letting her pick and choose in the yard, then asked, "What exactly is going on?"
Sofia was currently very excited, despite averaging only five hours of sleep per day over the past eight days, she boiled water and made coffee while explaining to Feng Jun.
Actually, it’s quite simple, some time ago, during Halloween, Sofia was very cautious. Although rebellious by nature, she wasn’t reckless — strictly speaking, because of her unusual eyes, she understood the need to be cautious from a young age.
So, she put the "Jinwu Sunflower" away, worrying that some kids might come to her little refuge for Halloween candy.
But in reality, following Halloween traditions, there were many activities in the church.
Sofia didn’t plan to go to the church, being quite rebellious in the family and having tense relations with them over her passport issues.
Yet, as luck would have it, when going to the church, the family car wasn’t handy. Importantly, everyone wanted to drag her along, so they had her drive a cousin to the church.
Originally, this was no big deal, but the truly annoying part was that on that very day, a Holy Adjudicator from The Sanctuary unexpectedly arrived at that small church.
The Holy Adjudicator intended to celebrate the festival with everyone, but shortly after arriving, frowned, "I sense the aura of a blasphemer."
What is the aura of a blasphemer? It’s the Black Cross containing the Jinwu Sunflower.
According to the church, the Jinwu Sunflower is full of radiant power, which would be discovered anywhere. The cross, with a blasphemous Technique on it, conceals the aura of light.
This is the theoretical part, and storytelling-wise... the cross was sensed by the Holy Adjudicator.
The specific details, Sofia couldn’t explain clearly. Anyway, on Halloween, the cross she hid in her mini car was discovered.
There were many people present, mostly devout believers, so she couldn’t possibly make any contesting moves.
In fact, when she realized the Holy Adjudicator was walking toward her mini car, she simply walked to the street from the crowd, hailed a car, and left.
On her way home, she received a call from her cousin, who wanted to know where she was.
The Jansen Family wasn’t particularly affectionate, but they did care for each other a bit. Most in the Jansen Family knew Sofia drove that car, but for the time being, none spoke up.
The time difference was enough because there were too many people at the church that day. Though the church had surveillance, identifying who was who wasn’t simple.
Checking the license plate was an option, but that required police resources. Ultimately, there’s a gap between the world of religion and the Secular World, and a license plate only represents the car owner, not the driver, not to mention the possibility of fake plates.
During the time gained, Sofia returned home, learning from her cousin that the Holy Adjudicator found the Jinwu Sunflower in her car and declared her an Apostate.
Sofia was truly frightened at the time. After grabbing a lot of things from home — primarily assets and clothing — she decisively fled.
Though she knew her mobile phone and tablet might be tracked, she held a sliver of hope that the Mai Nation’s government might not heed the church until she learned from her cousin that an hour later, the FBI raided her "secret retreat."
Her secret retreat wasn’t particularly secretive, but finding it in such a short time wasn’t something ordinary people could do — even the FBI required cooperation from some in the community.
Then she realized, none of her friends in the Mai Nation were trustworthy, so she contacted her friends in Britain.
The friend was from her private middle school and later returned to Britain. The two had a very close relationship, and Sofia was regarded by Feng Jun as a troublemaker because she had all kinds of quirky ideas—just like Tom Sawyer in Mark Twain’s works.
Sofia always liked to imagine herself encountering some peril or good fortune that might require a good friend’s rescue or... sharing?
So she and this friend designed many schemes—maybe one day, the two of them could save the entire world.
At their age, having such ideals shouldn’t be laughed at.
Anyway, they were very good friends, there was nothing they couldn’t discuss, and since both were relatively rebellious, they foresaw many possibilities.
Therefore, Sofia wanted her good friend to go to the "Cancer is not as fierce as a tiger" live broadcast and release the news about "building a Daoist Temple."
As for how she knew about this live broadcast or why Huaxia currently had low-key overseas Daoist Temple construction efforts—come on, she now considered herself a "half-disciple of the Daoist Sects" and would definitely collect relevant information.
For others, it was dispensable news, but it was all in her database.
Because time was too rushed, Sofia didn’t even have time to post information on social media—in fact, she could post, but only on platforms like Twitter. However, she knew that Huaxia had a wall, and it wasn’t easy for Feng Jun to see these.
Her calculations were indeed quite hard work and well-executed, but she miscalculated one thing—her friend wasn’t as rich as her. Giving rewards to Lin Heihu meant flowers, flowers, flowers...
Was her friend really short on money? Not really; awarding a hundred or eighty rockets wasn’t a problem—by Sofia’s standards, a trusted friend should have comparable economic strength.
But her friend was puzzled... Why should I give so many rewards to someone I don’t know? Wouldn’t that seem foolish?
So she kept sending flowers, but there were quite a lot of flowers sent over six days, amounting to over ten thousand euros.
Because of this, Lin Heihu noticed this person—probably something wrong with this guy, better not provoke.
Sofia heard that Feng Jun also noticed the anomaly in the live broadcast and came over, feeling a bit smug, "I knew this little alert would catch your attention."
After her glee, she couldn’t help but complain, "What happened to you in your country that you never turned on your phone?"
It turned out that over the past eight days, she also tried to call Feng Jun using a landline or someone else’s mobile phone, but it was never turned on. Even though she knew Feng Jun often kept his mobile phone off, she couldn’t help but complain.
"I had serious matters," Feng Jun replied calmly. "But now you can’t even leave the country, right?"
"The Sanctuary doesn’t have the authority to restrict my travel, but if I stay in one place too long, they’ll find me," Sofia replied glumly. "As for the FBI’s stance, I’m still not sure... Besides, I didn’t bring my passport."
Feng Jun thought for a moment and spoke solemnly, "I have a feeling the people ambushing your courtyard aren’t from the FBI; there’s a church atmosphere."
"I don’t know about that," Sofia shook her head. "I just heard it was searched, and then I quickly ditched my phone and iPad, but when I left, I took this..."
She removed a package from the back seat of the electric scooter, a knitting bag meant for cosmetics, which contained three pieces of Exotic Beast bone and two other formation materials.
Feng Jun was quite surprised, "You didn’t have time to warn me when fleeing, but you did have time to take these things?"
Sofia was very pleased with his surprise, feeling that all her hardship was worth it, and she declared happily, "I knew these three bones were peculiar and couldn’t let them take them... originally, I had time to grab more lipstick and perfume."
Feng Jun was genuinely touched. If these Exotic Beast bones were discovered, it would be tremendously troublesome—no doubt a new species, and it hadn’t been dead for long, possibly identified as an alien species.
At that time, there would be many more than just The Sanctuary pursuing Sofia.
And the chances of him being dragged into it would greatly increase.
He even felt a bit regretful earlier. Knowing it would escalate into this, he should have chosen materials from the Earth Realm back then.
He hadn’t expected Sofia to still consider taking these things in such an emergency. He couldn’t help but admire her. Her heart was indeed brave. Despite looking out for herself, she saved him a lot of trouble.
Feng Jun mused, nodded slightly, "Well done. Lipstick and perfume can be bought with money, but once these things are discovered, we would both be in massive trouble. I didn’t expect you to remain so calm."
Hearing his praise, Sofia was first delighted, then spoke with a hint of annoyance, "It’s a pity, I had wanted to take that iron plate away too, but it was too heavy, so I just shoved it behind the curtain."
"It’s no longer behind the curtain," Feng Jun’s expression was also a bit odd, "But luckily, it’s just wrought iron... you could notice its peculiarity?"