My blind date failed, so I had to ascend the throne and become emperor.

Chapter 106 Confusing
The formation professors of the Taoist Academy, Lei Jiming, and internal representatives of the two major domestic groups, Zhongxiu Group and Zhongzi Group, all showed irrepressible excitement on their faces when they saw the formation unfold.

The discovery of the first spaceship ushered the world into the era of spiritual practice.

Ordinary people can possess extraordinary powers, extend their lifespans, and hope for immortality.

And now they are excavating ancient artifacts underground again. At the thought of being able to learn more about cultivation knowledge, everyone feels that every cell in their body is cheering with joy.

The same is true for Zhou Ping.

And he knew better than anyone else that opening the formation was of epoch-making significance.

To know.

This is not a spaceship.

They are remnants of ancient times. If one can be opened, then the second, the third, and so on...

"Captain Zhou."

"Great!"

Lei Jiming stepped forward and said with a smile.

Zhou Ping smiled calmly, "You're over-praised. I was just lucky."

"This kind of ancient formation can't be opened by luck alone. I will report the truth to my superiors. Captain Zhou, wait for the reward. However, the exploration of the ancient ruins should be left to the professionals. They know how to preserve and excavate ancient artifacts better."

Lei Jiming expressed his thoughts.

Zhou Ping narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed that the birds were gone and the good bows were hidden. He was about to be kicked out as soon as the formation was opened.

"Director Lei is right. It should be so."

"Although I have opened the formation, it is only the outer formation. There are still many formations inside that have not been opened. Director Lei, if there is nothing else, please leave and guard the outer perimeter first. Don't let those foreign forces and evil organizations such as the sect infiltrate."

Hear what was said before.

Lei Jiming was delighted, but after listening to what he heard, his expression turned grim. He looked at Zhou Ping and snorted, "Our team has always attached great importance to the safety of ancient artifact excavation..."

The words are not finished yet.

The intercom in his hand rang, "Director, Director, this is bad! More than ten of the children we brought here have been abducted!"

"what?!"

Lei Jiming shouted angrily, "What's going on? What do you do for a living? You can't even look after some children!!"

Zhou Ping said coldly, "Director Lei, is this what you call importance?"

Lei Jiming gritted his teeth and said, "Those people must have been perfunctory. I'll go back to the higher-ups right away."

"I'm with you."

Zhou Ping was not at ease with this guy, and the sudden kidnapping of the child was definitely unusual. He was afraid that he was going to dig up the ancient artifacts below.

Soon.

The two came to the children's theater site outside.

Chu Xi, Qin Yu, Jiang Xia, uncle and aunt were all there. They were looking anxious at the moment, but when they saw Zhou Ping coming out, they all breathed a sigh of relief as if they had found a backbone.

"what happened?"

Lei Jiming asked directly in a cold voice.

Qin Yu said hurriedly, "It happened very suddenly. Just now, a group of people rushed into the venue. They were all cultivators and used various spells to entangle us. The guards heard the commotion and came over, but were killed. Fortunately, Jiang Xia helped, and the other party was eager to escape, so we saved our lives."

She and Chu Xi were both injured.

It was obviously a fierce battle.

"Where's the surveillance?"

"The surveillance was not destroyed."

"Let's go to the control room."

Several people hurried to the monitoring room and checked the surveillance footage.

Zhou Ping frowned. These people were wearing masks and had clear goals. They were obviously an organized and disciplined cultivation force. However, judging from the power of the spells they cast, they had just crossed the threshold of Qi training, and their spells were still basic.

Lei Jiming also noticed this. "Since the country announced the full liberalization, many domestic cultivation forces have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. However, most of their members are only quasi-cultivators. The only forces that can organize more than ten cultivators at the Qi training threshold are evil organizations and foreign infiltration organizations throughout the country."

Jiang Xia said, "There are also three major groups and hundreds of cultivation resource companies."

Lei Jiming shifted his gaze over and said calmly, "My antiquities excavation team was jointly established by the two major groups, Zhongzi and Zhongxiu. Other domestic forces dare not attack us."

"This matter must be related to the evil organization."

Zhou Ping waved his hand, "Alright, no matter who they are, their target is not these children. The reason they robbed is just for the ancient artifacts below."

Jiang Xia said, "Captain Zhou, are you saying that they want to use these children as a threat?"

Without waiting for Zhou Ping to speak.

She looked puzzled and said, "If that's the case, then this method is too blatant. Besides, since they've taken action, they should also know that the antiquities excavation team is backed by two major groups and a country. Simply threatening children may not work."

No organization, even a powerful evil organization, dares to openly confront the country, unless the Evil King Tang comes in person.

My uncle said, "They may have a backup plan. Xiaoping, the most urgent thing right now is to recover those children as soon as possible and ensure their safety."

Zhou Ping nodded. "I'll call the director right now and have him arrange for the local government to fully cooperate and assist. The other party isn't avoiding surveillance, so we should be able to find them quickly."

Done.

So I called Director Wang.

Soon.

He contacted the government of the small town and immediately dispatched personnel for protection.

"Jiang Xia, you stay here and prevent them from attacking again. I'm worried they might be trying to lure the enemy away."

"Director Lei, please mobilize the practitioners below to protect the children."

Lei Jiming hesitated and said, "This..."

"Are the children more important, or are the antiques more important?"

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

Finished the order.

Zhou Ping followed his uncle and tracked the route found by the surveillance camera.

Tongtong is fine.

So my uncle was very calm at this moment. "Xiaoping, the other party fled so blatantly and divided into several routes, fleeing to towns and nearby cities. Their purpose is self-evident: to waste our time."

"It seems that they should lure the tiger away from the mountain."

Zhou Ping pondered, "The antiquities excavation team hadn't even opened the formation before, so there was no progress at all. Even if the other party entered, they wouldn't be able to take anything. But as soon as I opened the formation, there was action."

Upon hearing this, my uncle couldn't help but analyze, "Xiaoping, are you saying that there are people who kidnap children within the antiquities excavation team?"

"Correct."

"But I still don't know their true purpose. If they just wanted to enter the underground cave, they could have just sent their own members. They could have waited until the ancient artifacts were unearthed before taking action. But they took action right after the formation was opened."

"So I guess their purpose is not just to enter the underground cave hall."

When Zhou Ping said this, he was still thinking. He had a vague guess in his mind, but he couldn't confirm it now.

The uncle looked at Zhou Ping and said soothingly, "Don't worry, Director Lei and Jiang Xia are over there. Everything should be fine. Let's get the child back first. The special unit members from Rongcheng are on their way and are expected to arrive in the evening."

……

on high speed.

Several cars were driving fast. Inside the car.

More than a dozen core members from Chengdu were talking to each other through the wireless channel.

"head."

"What on earth happened in Qingcheng that required us to mobilize all together?"

The captain of the Rongcheng Special Branch said, "I'm not sure about the details, but it seems like a spiritual organization has kidnapped some children. They asked us to go there and cooperate fully to find these children."

"Children?"

After hearing this, the Special Section members all looked solemn. "It seems like there have been cases of missing children all over the country recently, with the worst cases in Central and North China. Could this child kidnapping in Qingcheng be related to this?"

"It's probably related."

"That's very tricky."

"Yes, it's been over a month since the missing child case began, and there doesn't seem to be much progress in either Central China or Southern China."

The captain of the Rongcheng Special Department listened to the conversation of his teammates on the wireless channel without interrupting, but was thinking about this matter in his mind. He received a call from Director Wang, who specifically explained that Zhou Ping from the Central China Emergency Team was also there.

For Zhou Ping.

He still has some impression.

The last time we took part in the challenge assessment on the space ship, the opponent seemed to have come out very late, and was very much liked by Director Wang and several captains. I heard that he had only been practicing for more than four months from the time his spiritual roots were nurtured to now, but now he has already crossed the threshold of Qi training.

"I'm afraid it's another Lei Jiming!"

He sighed in his heart.

Lei Jiming, who graduated from the Taoist Academy, was valued by the two presidents, Yutu and Yuegong, and was then trained by the state. In just two years, he broke through the foundation-building stage, making many practitioners envious.

Xing Huan, the captain of the special department, was naturally envious.

After all, that is the foundation building.

Once you cross it, there will be a difference between immortals and mortals, and between immortality and immortality.

Ordinary practitioners can prolong their lives by two decades by relying on spiritual nutrient solutions, high-energy nutrient pills and other practice resources. This is the theoretical limit, but if they want to build a foundation, that would be three hundred years!

It is equivalent to the change of a unified dynasty in history.

Who doesn’t want to sit back and watch the vicissitudes of life?

It's approaching evening.

Twelve members of the Rongcheng Special Section arrived at a township under the jurisdiction of Qingcheng and met with Zhou Ping and others.

"Team Zhou."

"Execution squad."

The two sides introduced themselves to each other and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Then Xing Huan asked about the specific matter.

Zhou Ping briefly explained, "Team Xing, the truth behind the missing children's case is that the antiquities excavation team in Qingcheng needs the blood of children with spiritual roots, so they secretly took children away from various places to cover up the news. The antiquities in Qingcheng are very important."

The execution team frowned. "This method is too despicable. Even if it's for the purpose of excavating ancient artifacts, there are other ways to do it."

Zhou Ping sighed, "Yes, these are already facts. There's no point in saying more. The most important thing now is to immediately capture those guys who have escaped. They have split into six directions. Since Qingcheng is short of cultivators, we transferred you here."

"Currently, the Qingcheng Criminal Investigation Team is in charge of tracking them."

After Captain Xing understood the situation, he immediately said, "Okay, I'll arrange for them to track them down."

With the help of members of the Chengdu Special Department.

The arrest operation was much more efficient.

By eight o'clock in the evening, all six teams of suspects were apprehended.

……

Return to Qingcheng Criminal Investigation Detachment.

Jiang Xia and his aunt rushed over from the antique excavation crew.

Zhou Ping asked, "Jiang Xia, is there anything wrong with the crew?"

"No."

Jiang Xia replied skillfully, "I've been keeping an eye on the entrance to the underground passage, and nothing suspicious has gone in."

Zhou Ping nodded, then sat next to the interrogation room and watched them interrogate.

"Why are you robbing those children?"

"We heard there were treasures underground, so we kidnapped the children and threatened them to get the treasures. But we didn't expect there were cultivators up there..."

During the interrogation.

A psychic psychotronic device was also specially deployed.

Turns out none of these guys were lying.

This made Zhou Ping frown.

Xing Huan, the captain of the Rongcheng Special Branch, said, "Change direction and check their origins and cultivation."

A few minutes later.

The identities of all these people have been found out.

Zhou Ping, Xing Huan, the Qingcheng criminal investigation team leader, and his uncle all frowned.

"Something's wrong."

"They are all quasi-cultivators who have just nurtured their spiritual roots in the vicinity. But how could these guys cross the threshold of Qi training in such a short time and even master basic techniques?"

Xing Huan's expression was solemn. "The shortest period of training was half a year, but even half a year is incredible."

Jiang Xia glanced at Zhou Ping.

Zhou Ping shrugged. "Don't look at me. My spiritual roots are quite talented. If these guys were as good as me, they would have been absorbed into the core of the three major groups and hundreds of companies long ago."

Xing Huan nodded, "Yes, judging from their cultivation history, they are all very ordinary, and their cultivation speed is also very ordinary, as if they suddenly increased dramatically in a short period of time."

"Continue the interrogation to find out who helped them."

However, after a whole night of interrogation, nothing was revealed.

Inside the hotel.

Zhou Ping, his uncle, and Jiang Xia sat together to discuss.

"This matter is a little strange."

"It's not that there aren't any elixirs that can increase a prospective cultivator's spiritual energy dramatically in a short period of time, but each one is extremely precious and can only be found on spaceships. Besides that, there are also spells. Even the basic ones require one or two years of practice."

Listen to Zhou Ping's words.

Jiang Xia couldn't help but say, "Some geniuses can still do it."

Zhou Ping knew Jiang Xia was talking about him. "My case is just an isolated case, but they are common. It's obvious that there is some organization behind this. Even evil organizations can't do this."

My uncle pondered, "Xiaoping, I think we should return to our goal. Whoever helped them cultivate so quickly, and what their ultimate purpose was in kidnapping the children, judging from the interrogation tonight, these people don't know."

Zhou Ping nodded. "Their target can only be the ancient artifacts beneath Qingcheng. This action may seem absurd, but it's probably a diversion or a cover-up. I'll keep an eye on the underground to see what these people are up to!"

Jiang Xia warned, "Zhou Ping, you have to be careful."

(End of this chapter)