Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 257 - 221: Not Allowed to Bring Anything_1

Chapter 257: Chapter 221: Not Allowed to Bring Anything_1

Li Xuan had never been a leader in his past life, but he understood a simple truth. As long as the boss can pay his employees enough to keep them happy, managing subordinates won’t be a problem. Even if they are paid a small amount, people aren’t going to complain in the short term.

So, when Li Xuan arranged jobs for the three squads of over sixty men and adjusted their schedules, he encountered no problems at all.

Li Xuan’s arrangement was very reasonable. He considered every aspect and made certain it was fair and open. Even the few troublemakers in the group found nothing to criticize.

Once he had taken care of all the official business, Li Xuan quietly asked Luo Yan, "Where is Zidie? She went out this time, didn’t she? Do you know where she is?"

His idea was straightforward. If Zidie was with Shenhui and Xue Wuya, this case would be much simpler. They could follow the trail and capture all of them at once.

"Why are you asking me about Zidie?"

Luo Yan glanced at Li Xuan and said, "Zidie is enjoying herself inside the Demon Tower; our deputy master even arranged a fine room for her. Why would she want to run away? As far as I know, she was captured by them and is unconscious now, unable to communicate. They have used some method that prevents me from sensing her location."

While feeling disappointed, Li Xuan also worried for her, "Will something happening to Zidie have an impact on you?"

He knew many methods of cultivating separate bodies, which looked very magical but were closely connected to the soul. If one was lost, it could affect the main body.

"It won’t have much effect on me. But it would be a pity if it was destroyed. It’s a puppet made using an ancient secret method. It’s very similar to ordinary people and has taken a lot of precious materials to make. With my current wealth, I could only afford to make one more."

Knowing that she couldn’t hide her identity from Li Xuan, Luo Yan frankly said, "I am also curious, where did they go and what exactly do they want to do?"

"If you can get in touch with them, inform me as soon as possible."

Next, Li Xuan led Luo Yan, Peng Fulai, Zhang Yue, and Yue Qianqian to the Demon Tower.

Only Xue Yunrou lingered behind, gazefully watching them leave.

It couldn’t be helped, someone was needed to guard the quinn Huai River area.

In reality, Luo Yan could have been the one to stay, but because this involved illusion techniques and explosions, they couldn’t do without this pyrotechnics expert.

Just as Li Xuan was entering the tower, they were all stopped by a Six Paths Bureau Colonel who was guarding the entrance, "All space artifacts and personal items, excluding clothing, need to be deposited here and can be retrieved when you leave the tower."

Li Xuan’s eyes slightly narrowed, "Is it always like this?"

This was his first "official" visit to the Demon Tower, so he was unfamiliar with the rules here.

"It has been this way every day for a thousand years. There were a few cases in the early years where someone smuggled in items to help the demons escape from prison, hence the tight control on such matters by the bureau. Especially regarding space artifacts, which are of utmost importance."

As the Six Paths Bureau Colonel spoke, he formed a seal with his hands. The two stone lions at the entrance suddenly came to life, taking on the form of monsters, and started sniffing around them.

Finally, they snarled at the four people behind Li Xuan. Zhang Yue was dumbfounded for a moment, then came to a realization and bashfully took out a ’Sumi Ring’ from his sleeve.

"I forgot I even bought this thing!"

Yet the two beasts continued to fixate on Zhang Yue. He convulsively frowned and hesitated before taking a woman’s bellyband out of his bosom, "Could it be this? This is too much! This is just a piece of clothing."

Li Xuan also felt this was going too far. He suspected that it was due to the smell on the bellyband, different from Zhang Yue’s own, and the runes on it that were meant to cleanse the body.

To these two beasts, this was considered a type of magical tool.

Peng Fulai, meanwhile, silently took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve and placed it on the table beside him.

"Xuan Yuan deer blood pill?" Zhang Yue looked at Peng Fulai in surprise, "Peng, do you have kidney deficiency? You need this aphrodisiac? I remember now! I’m wondering why, when the courtesan Yue visited you last night, you were able to keep up with her the entire night even though you were so exhausted. You were bragging to me the next day."

"Shut up!"

Peng Fulai grunted, a nearly imperceptible flush rising on his fat face, "What do you know? I’ve been practicing the hidden weapon technique ’parent-child god slaying knife’ recently. This stuff can help activate my blood and improve my feel. Why else would I carry it on me? Can’t I put it in the Qiankun bag?"

Li Xuan thought to himself, my god, these two buddies of mine are really walking sex machines.

No wonder they seemed to have reformed, staying far away from the pleasure quarters. Turns out they have left Huai River, but brought the pleasures directly home.

——Li Xuan was aware that these two had recently rented a small residence near Zhuque Hall for the convenience of going to the office. Sometimes when they were tired from training, they would stay overnight there.

He had been wondering why they didn’t just live in the office quarters of Zhuque Hall. Wouldn’t that be more convenient? The living conditions there weren’t bad either.

Luo Yan, on the other hand, was utterly puzzled. After thinking for a moment, she took out a small cucumber from her sleeve and took a bite, "So we’re not even allowed to bring food? I’ve been having some internal heat lately."

Yue Qianqian blushed and took out a rolled-up painting from her sleeve, casually placing it on the table.

Peng Fulai was puzzled, "Such a big thing, why didn’t you put it in the Qiankun bag? It’s inconvenient to carry it on your person——"

But in the next instant, a gust of wind blew through, causing the painting to unfurl slightly. The runes inside the painting activated, casting light and shadow. An image of Li Xuan’s unparalleled love interest was projected into the void, appearing before their eyes.

Immediately, Peng Fulai understood and quickly looked forward without glancing sideways. Yue Qianqian’s face turned crimson as she hastily stuffed the painting back into her Qiankun bag.

Li Xuan was not spared either. He subsequently took out three thin strips of sheep intestine from his sleeve without changing his expression.

Luo Yan took a glance, and then chuckled.

——This thing is made from a sheep’s intestine, used specifically for contraception.

It was only after all five of them were cleaned up that the two stone lions were satisfied to return to their pedestals and squat down again.

The Six Paths Bureau Colonel pointed to them and laughed: "To prevent smuggling, the Hall has raised a total of twelve Fire-Eyed Lions with _unnamed bloodline, rotating on duty. Each one of them can eat quite a lot, similar to a gold-devouring beast."

Li Xuan seemed thoughtful: "So, is there a possibility for these Fire-Eyed Lions to be exploited by people?"

"No chance," the Six Paths Bureau Colonel shook his head: "They only act on their contract. Even our Chief Administrator cannot influence them. The reason is that they would have to forfeit their lives if they were negligent or leaned towards favoritism."

Li Xuan nodded his head and then looked up at the Zhenyao Tower.

——Before the opening was broken, this tower, which is a hundred and seventy feet tall, did not even have a vent, let alone a window.

After stepping into the gate, Peng Fulai stroked his chin: "So the question is, how did they bring the Fire God Symbol and explosives into the Zhenyao Tower? It was said that a large quantity was used, right?"

"Indeed, this matter needs to be investigated thoroughly."

Li Xuan nodded slightly: "But the top priority is to check out the site of the explosion first."

The first thing they saw was the bottommost level of the Zhenyao Tower, which was the third basement.

Actually, Li Xuan had seen the scene when he participated in the discussion before. But to avoid suspicion, he did not take a detailed look at the time.

The base of the Zhenyao Tower is structured like a Yin-Yang fish in black and white, with a thick wall and stairs separating the middle.

In the Yin and Yang fish, there are some oddly-shaped rectangular buildings arranged in an eight-diagram formation. The hall where they held the meeting was among these buildings. The floors and walls inside were filled with mysterious runes.

At the positions representing the eyes of the Yin and Yang fishes, there was an altar measuring about a foot tall. That was the core of the ’Zhenwu Fengmo Array’.

At the time of the incident, the General Commander of Huoya City, Lei Yun, and the General Commander of Qingyi City, Yin Ruolan, were stationed on these altars.

Another thing worth mentioning is that everything in the Yin and Yang fishes are symmetrical with each other.

The location of the explosion is in the southwestern corner of the Yang fish, at the position of the Kun Character.

There were quite a few intentional pits in this place, symbolizing the "Kun as the Mother".

When Li Xuan and the others arrived, the scene had already been damaged.

Zhang Yingyuan and those Spellcasters repaired the Array and Shi Xin and the people from the inner hall were the second wave.

However, the rubbles produced by the explosion were all preserved, and Zhang Yingyuan also took rubbings of the scene. Comparing the two sides, it didn’t affect the investigation.

"The smell of sulfur and saltpeter."

Luo Yan took a sniff: "It’s just ordinary explosives. Judging from the traces at the scene, the amount used should be about three stones. It’s not a very intense explosion, but the location was chosen very well. It could precisely destroy that critical rune, causing the ’Zhenwu Fengmo Array’ to fail."

"Three stones?" Zhang Yue puzzled, "That’s quite a lot. How did they bring it in?"

Peng Fulai laughed: "I think they must be very poor. Instead of using explosives, they should have used more medium-grade ’Explosive Flame Character’. Just three or five of them could produce the effect of three stones of explosives, and are even more covert."

"Makes sense!"

At this moment, a cold smile appeared on Luo Yan’s face.

She already knew the reason why Xue Wuya, Shenhui and others took the ’Demoness Zidie’ away.

Li Xuan, however, seemed to turn a deaf ear and painstakingly examined the scene.

Although he is not very good at crime scene investigation, he knows that patience and meticulousness are the key in crime scene investigation and autopsy just alike.

About half an hour later, Li Xuan turned over a piece of white talisman paper from under the rubble. Then he frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

"What’s wrong?" Luo Yan came over for a look, a look of surprise in her eyes: "Is this a fragment of a talisman paper? Interesting, it was not completely burnt?"

Theoretically, talismans usually ignite and burn completely after they are triggered.

"This is not a special talisman paper, but ordinary rice paper."

Li Xuan narrowed his eyes: "The fact that someone can draw symbols on rice paper is commendable. In addition, the symbols drawn on this paper are not made with cinnabar or the like, but with human blood."

This also means that these symbols were most likely not made more than three days ago. Because after three days, the symbols drawn on rice paper naturally lose their effect.

It’s highly likely that these were made on the spot with whatever materials were at hand, rather than smuggled in as he had previously thought—