Chapter 29 The Heart of a Thief Never Dies
The result of the person who refining the zombies was a member of the Demon Cultivation. Li Yao had already inferred it, and the inference was exactly the same as Li An. He just didn't know that the ghost cultivation technique was related to Yuan Meng's manuscript, and that low-level zombie actually involved the Yuan family's destruction.
The father and son returned to the headquarters, and Li An did not rush to do anything too big, but called his confidant and asked him to check the access and exit of everyone in the church in the past two months.
From the body, Li An judged that the person who stole Yuan Meng's manuscript had been practicing ghost art for no more than ten days. He was able to make such a judgment because it was impossible for the person to be a genius.
Even Yuan Meng's ban can be lifted, and he can hide so well under Li An's nose. That person is not simple.
Another point is that the sudden appearance of the zombie was at the same time as the Yuan family's extermination, and the man's death was no more than one day.
If that man had already obtained Yuan Meng's manuscript, the zombies he refined after careful research would never be so weak. He must have practiced according to the content above while studying the manuscript. It was considered to be a learning and selling, and then it was made into a semi-finished product.
Therefore, Li An believes that the loss of the manuscript should not exceed ten days.
While the confidant went to investigate the situation of people in the church, Li An did not wait and took Li Yao to the altar on the back mountain.
This altar is where Li An set up a protective magic array at the Magic Cult's headquarters. When entering and leaving the altar, he has to pass through the magic array. As long as he passes through the magic array, he can see his influence here.
At that time, Li An set up this magic array specifically to resist the sky thunder for Miao Miaomiao, so the eye of the array was a golden Thunder God cone.
Li Yao looked at the Thunder God Cone flowing with golden light and couldn't help but ask Li An in confusion: "Dad, have you asked Uncle Lian to investigate the situation of the personnel? Why are you still here to do?"
Li An looked at Li Yao, raised her lips and stretched out her hand to bounce Li Yao's brain and said, "Baby, what if the person did not register when he entered and exited, and no one saw it?"
Li Yao then suddenly realized what Daddy meant. He smiled foolishly and said, "Dad is still thoughtful, baby has learned it."
Li An raised his hand and waved it in front of the Thunder God Cone. A layer of golden light curtain slowly faded away, which was the barrier protecting the Thunder God Cone. After the barrier was taken away, Li An then held the Thunder God Cone in his left hand.
Li Yao looked at the Thunder God Cone and found that it was more of a pestle than a cone! The ornate cloud pattern was carved on the Thunder God Cone, with the carvings of the thunder birds, the eyes and tail feathers were all inlaid with red gems, making it look like an exquisite and gorgeous hammer.
Li An placed the Thunder God Cone flat in front of him, condensed his spiritual power with his right hand and gently activated it. In just a moment, the Thunder God Cone was shrouded by a layer of dark red light, which was Li An's spiritual power.
After a while, the thunderbird's eyes on the Thunderbird's cone emitted a slight light. The spiritual power covering the Thunderbird's cone was absorbed by the pair of gem eyes of the Thunderbird, until the last trace of spiritual power was absorbed, and the Thunderbird's cone suspended in the air stood up on its own.
Li Yao clearly saw that the gold-carved thunderbird's mouth actually opened! A white light shot out from the thunderbird's mouth and cast various figures in the air. Li Yao also saw the influence of his and his mother going out, and the influence of Li An's anxious outing with a large number of people.
Although the remarks just now were very complicated, it took only ten seconds from Li An opening the barrier to Li Yao seeing this scene.
The father and son looked at these scenes carefully, and the scene flashed very quickly, more like two or three scenes overlapping each other at the same time, but Li An and Li Yao saw each other's appearance in a real way.
In the picture, everyone's entry and exit were very normal, no doubt, but when the picture flashed at the night before, one of them left directly on the sword and did not leave the main gate of the Demon Cult.
This happened to be the night the Yuan family was destroyed!
Li An immediately stopped the picture and turned it up separately. Before he could see the man's face clearly, Li Yao only felt that the man looked familiar in purple clothes.
When the picture became bigger and could see the man's face clearly, Li Yao suddenly remembered, who else could Che Yu beside him if this person was not Che Yu?
All the scenes in recent months have been checked, but Che Yu's whereabouts are the most suspicious. Li An did not say anything, but put the Thunder God Cone back to the position of the array eye, set up the barrier, and took Li Yao away.
"Is it really the eldest brother?" Li Yao murmured in his heart. He looked at his father quietly, and saw that his father's face was extremely gloomy. He understood that his father's anger at this moment had nothing to do with Li Linggu. That Che Yu was a person around Li Linggu, and his actions had nothing to do with Li Linggu.
So Li Yao did not want to make any confusion, so as not to leave any suspicion of fanning the flames in the eyes of others.
The confidant who Li An had sent out earlier also took over the records of the entry and exit of the Demon Cult in the past two months. Some of them were urgent and did not register and filled it later.
However, after passing all the registrations one by one, Che Yu did not register.
Li An sneered, closed the list heavily, and said coldly: "It turns out that the thief is not dead!"
After saying that, he looked back at Li Yao and said softly: "Baby, go back and rest, Daddy, go do something."
Li Yao understood why Li An didn't want him to follow him, so he nodded obediently, said goodbye to Lian Kaguya and went back to his room.
Lian Kaguya put away the list and looked at Li An. Qiu Shui said without hesitation: "Master, do you have any instructions?"
Li An did not go to see Lian Kaguya, but said with a cold face: "You go down and do your own thing, no one is allowed to follow you!"
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the wind is sparse and the night is cool. Even the birds and insects no longer seem to chew. They seem to deliberately avoid the Wannian Fox Monster who was burning in anger, but they are afraid that if they say one more word, they will be destroyed by the fox Monster.
The candlelight tonight seemed not so bright, shining hazy on Li An, making Li An's originally gloomy face even more gloomy.
Although Li An looked at the surface without the extremely gloomy aura, there was nothing unusual. However, the shadows shining through the candlelight revealed Li An's extremely angry heart at this moment.
In Li An's shadow, the nine fox tails were like nine poisonous snakes that were about to snoop on their prey, waving violently and restrainedly, as if they were struggling with difficulty.
The hands were clenched tightly into a fist-shaped shape, and the blood vessels were prominent, clearly visible, all of which showed Li An's anger.
Walking through the dark and quiet corridor, there were fewer guards here than before. Since Li Linggu was deposed by Li An, Li Linggu drove away all the guards here, leaving only Che Yu to take care of him. Li An knew that Li Linggu's proud nature and did not interfere much, so he could let everything go.
He gently knocked on Li Linggu's door, and Che Yu opened the door.
Li Linggu, who was drinking medicine, saw that it was his father at the door, quickly put down the medicine bowl, stood up, and said happily, "Dad, come and see..." But before he finished speaking, he felt a strong force hit his throat. The next second, Li Linggu couldn't breathe.
He grabbed the invisible hand on his neck helplessly and stared at his father in horror! He wanted to call him father, but his mouth could only make a roar of fragmented syllables.
Che Yu was not much better, and he also grabbed his neck and struggled helplessly, looking at the fierce leader in front of him in horror.
When both of them were about to breathe, Li An kept the two of them on the ground and said coldly: "Li Linggu, are you willing to give up completely by forcing me to kill you in person?"
Li Linggu gasped for difficulty, his eyes were filled with extreme sadness, and he looked at Li An and said weakly: "Dad, I don't know what you mean."
"What do I mean? Don't you know better than me?" Li An's voice became even colder. At this moment, even the temperature around him dropped several degrees. This was not Li Linggu's illusion, because the bowl of unfinished medicine on the table had already started to freeze.
Hearing Li An's words, Li Linggu actually laughed in despair and said, "Dad, look at your angry look, I'm afraid that your precious son Li Yao is seriously injured again."
Li An's expression was still gloomy and she didn't say anything, but just looked at Li Linggu coldly.
Li Linggu finally recovered from his breath, wiped the blood stains on the corner of his mouth, and sat up. Although he smiled, he looked so miserable and pitiful.
"Yes, in this Demon Sect, besides me, the ruthless elder brother, who else wants the life of that young master? So, as long as he is injured, I will do it. Is that dad?"
Li An said nothing.
Li Linggu stood up directly from the ground and walked staggeringly to Li An. His pair of dark blue pupils looked straight at Li An's dark red pupils. The tears were in his eyes, but he forced them to stop them and did not let the tears flow out.
"Dad, but now you look at it. I am a waste, a waste! How can I have the ability to hurt your precious son? What does it mean to be sealed with the spirit root? It means that I can no longer practice any magic. Dad, you understand better than me!" When he said this, Li Linggu could no longer hold back, tears flowed out of his eyes, and a few drops of water fell on the ground.
When Li Linggu said these words, although he did not have much strength, every word he said hit Li An's heart.
Indeed, Li Linggu's spiritual root has been sealed by himself, and no one except himself can untie the seal. However...
Li An looked at Che Yu and said, "Last night, why did you leave the main hall without authorization? Without going through the main gate to the sword?"
Che Yu's eyes sank, but he knelt on the ground and lowered his head and said, "My Sect Master, the young master suddenly had palpitations yesterday. Unfortunately, the herbs for treating palpitations in the sect have been used up. In desperation, he had to go out to collect herbs for the young master in person. If the leader does not believe it, he can go to the ghost doctor to ask clearly."
Li An's eyes softened a little, but his brows frowned. He looked at Li Linggu and asked, "Palpitations? When did you suffer from this disease?"
Li Linggu lowered his head and remained silent. Che Yu, who was on the side, replied:
"Muslim Master, since the Young Master Lingji was sealed, he has been anxious every day, without thinking about food and food, and will not sleep. He has suffered from palpitations, which is really a cause of heart disease."
Li An couldn't believe it, so he pulled Li Linggu's arm up and took his pulse personally. Sure enough, the formal outfit presented by the pulse was exactly the palpitations. Li An picked up the bowl of medicine Li Linggu had just drunk and smelled it carefully. This medicine was also a medicine to treat palpitations.
At this moment, he felt indescribable. He put down the medicine bowl and looked at Li Linggu and said:
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" The voice was already much gentler at this moment.
Li Linggu looked at Li An, lowered his head again, and said quietly: "I know my dad doesn't like me, and I'm afraid that my dad will be upset, so I don't let Che Yu tell you."
"What nonsense? You are my son, why would I bother you?" At this point, Li An sighed heavily, pulled Li Linggu's hand and lost some of his spiritual power to Li Linggu, and said, "I have used spiritual power to protect your heart veins. Don't think too much in the future, cultivate well, this palpitations will be cured."
"Although Dad has sealed your spiritual roots, you are always Dad's child. How can Dad bear to hurt you? Silly child, don't think of him anymore and take good care of him."
Li Linggu looked at Li An, and tears unvoluntarily emerged. He shouted and showed a happy smile, saying, "Thank you, dad."
Li An touched Li Linggu's head and nodded, then turned to Che Yu and said, "This medicinal material is not the best, and the effect is not very good. I ask the ghost doctor to prepare some top-quality medicinal materials. You can go to his place tomorrow."
"Yes, leader." Che Yu nodded.
Chapter completed!