Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 278 Battle Clothes
"This is……"

Mo Xiaoyu and the others were also a little surprised to see so many green dots.

"This is a rather unique blood-testing method used by my lineage of witch doctors."

Chu Tianshu casually fed the green light to the sword sheath, saying, "Judging from the blood test results, Senior Lin is indeed very healthy!"

"But I remember your report said that when Senior Lin returned to the base, his clothes had some combat marks on them. Could you show me those clothes?"

Mo Xiaoyu nodded and called out to everyone, "Everyone, disperse and go to the cafeteria for lunch."

Many people at the training ground were very curious about Chu Tianshu.

However, Mo Xiaoyu was highly respected, and they also respected people with skills. Seeing that they had important business to attend to, they did not come over to disturb her.

A large group of people whispered and discussed among themselves as they headed towards the cafeteria.

Xiong Zhengsan applied to go to the medical team to get an IV drip of glucose.

Mo Xiaoyu nodded in agreement, and then led the way with Tang Nu.

As Chu Tianshu took a step, he noticed that Lin Chucheng had followed him.

He is now short, but his hair is very fluffy, sticking out in several directions from the scalp, with the ends drooping slightly, making it look dry and soft.

Before seeing the photos, the child's hairstyle looked a bit like a messy banana, but seeing the real thing up close, it looks quite different.

Chu Tianshu touched it casually, and it felt very nice.

Lin Chucheng quickly pushed his hand away: "Don't touch my head, it will stunt my growth."

"You must have seen photos of yourself when you were in your prime."

Chu Tianshu chuckled, "Don't worry, you'll definitely grow taller."

However, the child didn't like it, so he didn't reach out again, but just took another piece of candy.

Lin Chucheng took it and asked in confusion, "That's strange, why do you carry candy with you at your age?"

"Who says older people can't eat candy?"

Chu Tianshu didn't take it seriously and popped a blue and white striped Alpenliebe candy into his mouth.

"Wait a minute, I'm not that old!"

He stared at Lin Chucheng, narrowing his eyes.

Kid, you're the real old man!

Mo Xiaoyu led them into a building.

The main hall on the first floor of this building has a sizable staircase platform from which new staircases branch off to both sides.

The group went up the stairs on the right, and as soon as they turned around, they saw the words "Ninth Evidence Room".

Mo Xiaoyu took a card out of her suit pocket and swiped it on the door.

"Please come in."

Chu Tianshu walked in, and the ceiling lights automatically turned on.

The room has only one door, no windows, and is entirely white, with a tempered glass table whose four legs are nailed to the ground.

There was a set of clothes on the table, which looked like a person lying there.

The entire room seemed to be specifically designed to store this piece of evidence.

The khaki coat, black vest, and beige trousers all had numerous tears.

There was also a pair of badly damaged steel-toed shoes.

Chu Tianshu lifted a corner of his coat and discovered that inside, there were many talisman patterns embroidered with red thread.

Just like ancient thread-bound books, vertical lines are drawn, with talismans scattered at varying heights among these lines.

There are also several horizontal characters that span several lines; those must have been printed on with a large seal dipped in talismanic ink.

With this arrangement, this garment is now a higher-level talisman or command book than a talisman or incantation.

It is a complex protection formed by combining various talismans in a self-consistent manner.

Lin Chucheng used to wear a vest, trousers, and a jacket when he went out.

Outsiders thought that he was immune to heat and cold for a long time and had been wearing the same simple clothes for many years.

In fact, this set of clothes is made of special material, and he also chants mantras to bless it every day when he practices his skills. Over time, the effect is remarkable.

Even a heavy sniper rifle cannot damage this suit unless it is fired at close range and uses armor-piercing rounds such as black-tipped bullets.

"We have already tested the bloodstains on this outfit, and only a small amount belonged to the minister himself."

Mo Xiaoyu was talking about the test results from their base.

Chu Tianshu had already seen all of these things before he came.

He is now mainly observing the suit in person.

With his current eyesight and experience, there are some things that the base can't detect, but he can.

Some of the tears in the shirt looked like they were caused by sharp objects such as knives or swords.

On the right trouser leg, there was a scratch that wasn't torn, as if it had been grazed by a powerful bullet.

Chu Tianshu walked half a circle around the glass table and pinched the left sleeve of his shirt.

The buttons on the left sleeve are gone, leaving only a few strands of thread used to hold them in place.

The report stated that a button was missing from the left sleeve, presumably due to being scraped or torn off.

But when Chu Tianshu examined the fabric fibers near the buttons and turned it over to see the corresponding talisman on the inside, he got a different answer.

“In the talisman here, there are several strokes that are clearly deformed. Combined with the twisted marks of the outer fabric fibers, it actually resembles a palm print.”

Chu Tianshu said, "It was some kind of palm force that destroyed the button on the left sleeve. When it tried to continue penetrating, it encountered the backlash of the talisman and Senior Lin's own power."

"There was probably a brief stalemate between the two, with roughly equal force, so the buttons were destroyed, but the sleeves remained intact." Perhaps the numerous scratches on the clothes were because that momentary stalemate gave other enemies an opportunity.

Mo Xiaoyu also came over to take a look.

With Chu Tianshu's line of thought in mind, the more she looked, the more she felt that this possibility was indeed greater than the probability stated in their previous test report.

"Nothing happened in the city that day; the minister must have been ambushed somewhere outside the city."

Mo Xiaoyu said, "They have experts who can hold their own against the minister, and so many people working together, but after the minister escaped, there was no sign of them pursuing him into the city."

"They probably suffered significant losses in that battle as well."

Chu Tianshu nodded.

Lin Chucheng has been stationed in the Northwest for nearly forty years.

There are all sorts of remnants of his past, and there are definitely many who want revenge against him.

Consider how long Chu Tianshu has been famous, yet due to his formidable strength, he has incurred the wrath of deities such as Longhua and Jingyuan in the real world.

Moreover, just last year, Lin Chucheng attempted to break through the forbidden realm in an overflow zone.

The attention that certain forces are paying to him is certainly far greater than that for Chu Tianshu.

It's not surprising that a group of experts would gather and ambush Lin when he left the city.

On the other hand, the fact that Lin Chucheng's reputation has remained strong for so many years means that even if those people ambushed and ganged up on him, they would hardly have a chance of winning.

For the past two weeks, Lin has been able to return to his youthful state after leaving the city, and reinforcements have been sent from Chang'an. Meanwhile, there have been no new disturbances in the city.

It's possible that those people were monitoring the Special Police Division's movements, or it's possible that they had already concluded the operation had failed and the survivors had fled the country.

Of course, there is also the best possibility.

Those people have all been wiped out.

"So that's how it is..."

Mo Xiaoyu speculated, "The fact that the minister shrunk and lost his memory might be an unexpected result of being attacked by some kind of magic during the siege, in order to fight back?"

Chu Tianshu, however, had a different thought in his mind.

Since this is the homeland of the Queen Mother of the West, countless legends about the elixir of immortality have emerged since ancient times.

Who knows, somewhere might be hiding some treasures that have a connection to the elixir of immortality.

It may not actually be the ancient elixir of immortality from mythology, but the great masters who have sought the elixir of immortality throughout history may have their own research findings, which may have been preserved somewhere.

Within Lin Chucheng's body, there was an intense vitality that could not be detected by conventional methods.

Perhaps it was during his ordeal of being surrounded and beaten that he stumbled upon the benefits by mistake.

As for why I don't think it was someone else who first stole the treasure from this land, and that Lin accidentally wandered out of the city and a conflict ensued, that's quite simple.

Given Lin Chucheng's profound cultivation and exquisite magic, if he were to discover someone searching for or stealing treasure first, he would certainly be able to inform the base in advance.

Even if an overflow area is about to form, he has plenty of time to react.

But the truth is, he did not send any prior notice.

This indicates that, under very sudden circumstances, they were ambushed and surrounded by the enemy with all their might and without regard to the cost.

Chu Tianshu tapped his fingers lightly on the glass tabletop.

Two important points.

First, are the attackers still in the city? How much strength do they have left? Will they strike again?

Second, there seems to be a treasure land near this city, where a way to help Lin regain his memories after leaving the city might be found.

"Are you done talking?"

Lin Chucheng said, "It's time to go eat."

As he spoke, he walked up to Chu Tianshu and tugged at the other's sleeve.

"Come with me, I have lots of meat over there."

Chu Tianshu smiled.

"I'm here for the first time, and I'm already eating special meals with everyone. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Mo Xiaoyu joked, "The amount of meat the minister is eating now can't be contained in the special kitchen."

"Ha, Mr. Chu, don't worry. Our cafeteria also has the same dishes, so I'm sure everyone will have no objections. Since the minister has invited you, I hope Mr. Chu will accept."

Mo Xiaoyu's expression had changed from joking to somewhat serious.

To be honest, everyone in the base originally had too much respect for the minister.

Although we used to bicker a bit when we were together, there was a deep sense of respect and learning between us.

This is originally a good thing; it makes everyone more cohesive and creates a positive atmosphere.

However, the minister's weight was too heavy, which made everyone feel a bit lost when he became smaller.

There are people like Lao Xiong who, faced with a minister who is only ten years old, has only heard about the Purple Blood Technique once, and dare to blindly believe and practice the new tricks derived from it.

There was also a minister who was curious about what was going on every day as he shrank, so he stayed up late at night and went to peek out the second-floor window.

In the first few days, several guys like this were arrested and forced to write self-criticisms.

There's also someone like Mo Xiaoyu, who's been having headaches frequently for the past two weeks and avoids people whenever possible, and doesn't know how to get along with them.

Since this child is willing to get close to Chu Tianshu, let's see what kind of approach this new Mr. Chu can come up with.

"Alright."

Chu Tianshu looked down at the child and smiled, "Then let's eat and chat."

(End of this chapter)