The stolen magic is a bit magical

A flash of sword light swept past, and the two headless corpses were thrown into the lava pool below, turning into two wisps of blue smoke...

Lin Xiaosu walked to the entrance of the cave ahead, turned around, and the Heavenly Eye reversed time and space...

Neither the Left Envoy nor Qingru appeared.

After entering the bridge area that day, they did not turn back.

You guys are lucky!
Lin Xiaosu entered the cave and hurried along. After walking through the underground maze for half an hour, a bronze ancient door finally appeared in front of her. Lin Xiaosu raised her hand and unleashed five sword strikes from the Five Elements Sword, each striking one of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The Five Elements Gate opens.

He stepped out from inside the door.

By the way, this is another gain he made from entering the underground world.

He completed the Five Elements.

A sword can be used as a battle formation tool.

He just used this method to kill more than a hundred array masters, which cannot be ignored.

As he stepped into the temple's basement, he had a premonition that he would encounter a group of people on the temple's top floor.

However, there was no one there!
The Five Elements Gate slowly closed behind them.

A group of soldiers came running up ahead.

He was dressed in military uniform, with a flying eagle emblem on his armband.

"Who goes there? Get down!" a soldier shouted in Arabic.

Lin Xiaosu turned around and disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, he grabbed a lone soldier in the passage, stripped him of his clothes, threw the soldier into the dark room, and he became a member of the army. He left the secret room, left the passage, and stepped into the sunlight.

He took a deep breath and felt a little sorry for his lungs. For months, what had he been breathing?

Sulfur gas, volcanic ash, deathly energy, gloomy energy—basically, there wasn't a single normal gas in it...

Now I am finally free.

You can walk freely in the sunlight.

He also figured out the current situation...

This army is another armed force of the Dulta Kingdom, called the Flying Eagle Army.

On July 3, they launched an attack and captured the temple.

Things are actually quite interesting.

The temple used its army of earth-slaying beasts to destroy the tiger, and then the eagles launched an attack and captured the temple.

The Middle East is like a revolving lantern.

Alright, my Middle East trip is over. Time to go home!

Lin Xiaosu drove a military vehicle out of the temple's location, bypassing even the most vehicular checks along the way.

Upon arriving in the capital of Durta, he slipped into a street, and in the next moment, he transformed into an ordinary merchant from Great Xia.

Then, he arrived at the airport, went into the restroom, and slapped a middle-aged man who was using the restroom, causing him to fall asleep.

Half an hour later, he boarded a plane bound for Jiangcheng.

As it turns out, someone with his methods, if he loosens his bottom line even slightly, can move around the world as if it were a game.

Upon arriving in Jiangcheng, Lin Xiaosu exited the airport, changed her clothes, and her face returned to normal.

He's finally back.

The phone was brought out from the secret space and turned on...

The date was August 4th.

He entered the Middle East on May 13.

The day I entered the underground world was May 19th.

Two and a half months.

What happened in the outside world?
As soon as I turned on my phone, a message came in…

The topmost item is the latest news.

Yixiang: "Brother, I've completed my mission in Jiangcheng and am going home. Where are you?"

The message was sent three days ago.

Going back further, there are several more, starting with a calm and collected tone, but gradually becoming more and more urgent, with her deep concern evident in every word.

Long Night: "We went to the place you mentioned, but we couldn't find you! Where are you?"

The time was one month ago.

There was only one message, but that didn't mean she wasn't worried; it just meant that because of her status, she couldn't say too much through the message. She didn't even mention the temple, only saying "that place."

Even Ruolan, who never caused him any trouble when he was on a mission, sent him a message: "Xiao Su, you've been gone for too long this time, did something happen?"

It happened about two weeks ago.

Ding Ruoshui called; she called directly, seventeen times!
In addition, my parents also hit me several times.

Even after two and a half months underground, I still received a lot of phone calls.

Lin Xiaosu suddenly felt that he might have gone too far. He could imagine how anxious the people who cared about him must be behind every message and every phone call after he disappeared for two and a half months.

On the other end of the night, Lin Xiaosu replied with a message: "Hi, I'm back, all lively and energetic. All three legs are still there."

He made a phone call to Yixiang...

The call was quickly connected, and Yixiang's voice came through excitedly: "Brother."

"Little baby, you're home?"

"Yes, I've been back for two days, and I've been thinking about where my brother is every day. I can't eat or sleep properly..." Yixiang seemed to be acting coquettishly.

"Then go have a good meal and get a good night's sleep."

“I want to talk to my brother…” Yixiang said, “The case of the Soul-Slaying Gu is over, so I’m leaving. I was thinking of seeing my brother before I left Jiangcheng, but he forgot about his sister…”

A soft voice came from the other end of the phone: "Who is it?"

It was her mother's voice.

They were speaking the Miao language.

Yixiang said, "Xiao Su!"

"Oh? Quickly tell him to come over, Mom has prepared lots of small river fish and shrimp..."

Yixiang chuckled, "Brother, did you hear that?"

"I heard you. Your mother prepared a bunch of small river fish and shrimp. I'll eat them all next time I go."

"Then hurry up and come! Let me tell you, Mom doesn't save any meat. If you're late, the fish and shrimp will definitely go bad..."

The two chatted for a while, with the mother occasionally chiming in with a few words.

This is the change in the Miao village. Now, Yixiang and her brother are very affectionate and can be together without hiding from their mother.

His mother urged him to go quickly, but she also had another purpose, which she couldn't say aloud—to remove the curse from him. She had planted a love curse on Lin Xiaosu.

The Love Poison is a very strange thing. You must take the antidote within a year, otherwise the Love Poison will take effect.

Therefore, she was worried that if her son-in-law was a year late, things would go wrong.

Of course, she didn't know that the time limit she set was meaningless to Lin Xiaosu—the Gu was long gone.

After chatting with Yixiang for an hour, Yixiang reluctantly hung up the phone and went to cook, her face glowing.

Lin Xiaosu made a phone call to Ding Ruoshui.

Ding Ruoshui reacted strongly: "You little rascal, where have you been? Come here right now, my mom is going crazy!"

"Ah? What's going on?"

"Don't get the wrong idea! She's not obsessed with her son-in-law, it's my brother! My brother's really in deep trouble this time. We haven't heard from him since, we even reported him to the police, but nothing's happened. That criminal investigation captain, Shen Yinchuan, is a complete idiot. You'd better come and help me out. I'll give you a hundred million if you want money! If you want him, I'll have him on my lap!"

Lin Xiaosu was dumbfounded...

This price is the absolute limit.

He'll give him a hundred million if he wants money, and he'll let him have his way with women...

There was only one goal: to help the Ding family find that extremely spoiled brat, Ding Dong.

What does this make him do?
Only he knew that Ding Dong's disappearance was not a disappearance in essence, nor was it, as the Ding family had imagined, of him going off to have fun with some woman. He had gone off to take care of important business.

He was taken away by Qianlong.

But can you say this?

All I could do was offer a tentative reply: "Don't worry, let me contact Captain Shen first and find out the situation!"

"Okay!" Ding Ruoshui hung up the phone immediately.

Lin Xiaosu hesitated for a moment, then picked up the phone and called Shen Yinchuan.

On the other end of the phone, Shen Yinchuan didn't waste a moment and answered, "Where are you?"

"Taking a walk on the streets of Jiangcheng..."

"Tell me a place name, find a stool to sit down, and I'll come find you..."

"..."

About ten minutes.

A car stopped in front of Lin Xiaosu.

Shen Yinchuan drove his private car himself, rolled down the window, and tilted his head slightly to signal Lin Xiaosu to get in.

Lin Xiaosu got into the driver's seat. Shen Yinchuan's car window was already closed: "Brother, you really have to help me this time! Your cheap mother-in-law comes to my office every day, more punctual than I am when I go to work. Her son has disappeared! It's been more than two months. I've thought of everything I can think of, but I really have no other choice."

"so what?"

"So, you have to use the detective skills you mentioned that you inherited to help your brother this time!" Shen Yinchuan said.

"What you said that day... I remember you saying that you wouldn't bother me because of my detective skills, and you even swore on your son's marriage."

Shen Yinchuan said that day: "If my detective work keeps you up day and night, and my son never finds a wife in his entire life."

Shen Yinchuan said, "I don't have a son, I only have a daughter. Whether my son can find a wife or not is none of my business."

"Damn it! You're cheating!"

Shen Yinchuan said, "I'll admit to being a liar! You don't know how big this matter is. Mayor He is very anxious. He thinks this is a move by hostile forces against Ding Lizhong!"

Lin Xiaosu rested her head on the seat and gently bumped it.

Shen Yinchuan said, "I brought all the documents with me, and I'll show them to you now..."

"No need!" Lin Xiaosu said, "I know where he is! But I really can't tell Captain Shen..."

Shen Yinchuan was terrified.

"Don't worry! Don't worry about it!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Tell my cheap mother-in-law that I guarantee my cheap brother-in-law will come back to have New Year's Eve dinner with her this year!"

"you promise?"

"I promise!"

"Can I tell her...you promise?"

Lin Xiaosu patted her head: "Alright, tell her I promise! If anything unexpected happens, I, the son-in-law, will take her place. A son-in-law is half a son, isn't he? Even if he's only half a son, he's not as good as a spoiled brat, is he?"

"My God, do you really know this, or are you just pretending?" Shen Yinchuan wanted to slap his forehead.

"Can't you tell the difference between what's real and what's fake, even if you're the head of the criminal investigation team?" Lin Xiaosu glanced at him sideways.

Shen Yinchuan nodded, his gaze slowly rising: "This information of yours really comes from... higher up?"

Lin Xiaosu said, "Don't ask! In this year of great competition, everyone has their place—you, me, him! We're all the same!"

Shen Yinchuan's eyes flickered, and he really didn't ask any more questions.

He really understood...

"Tell me, how's the matter with the Soul-Giving Gu going?"

Shen Yinchuan actually only had a vague understanding of this matter.

One aspect of this knowledge stems from his position as the captain of the Jiangcheng Criminal Investigation Brigade.

The unknown aspect is because he is not a hidden dragon.

The case of the Soul-Slaying Gu was orchestrated by Qianlong.

Jiangcheng Changsheng Group is the most important fulcrum—which is probably why Mayor He Gaosheng is so sensitive about the disappearance of Ding's son.

He said a lot...

The most important solution to break the deadlock with the Soul-Slaying Gu is to establish a Gu-curing center within the Changsheng Group.

A fierce struggle ensued for three months around this center for combating the Gu poison.

The initial results are now available.

Hydra suffered a severe blow.

It can be said that the entire layout of the Great Xia Dynasty was shaken.

The number of people lost is in the tens of thousands!

The Great Xia also suffered heavy losses, with the scientific research sector being the hardest hit.

However, this loss should be viewed from two perspectives.

If we only look at the loss of personnel, it is a loss.

However, these people had already been infiltrated and turned, so their capture was also a great victory in eliminating traitors.
The city of Jiangcheng has experienced turmoil, but has now returned to calm.

Many people have been arrested and are still being interrogated...

That's all he knows.

Shen Yinchuan noticed something puzzling about him from his focus: "Brother, have you been on your honeymoon in Java these past few months? How come you don't know things that even some old men playing chess on the street know?"

Lin Xiaosu said, "If I told you I stayed underground for two and a half months, would you believe me?" (End of Chapter)