Soul Master Manual

Chapter 23 The Disappearing Peach

"Squeak!!"

Pull away the sticky mud.

Little Douding didn't care that his body was stained with mud and dust, and holding a khaki-colored stone about the size of his head, he ran to Li Changan and yelled like offering a treasure.

"This is."

Li Changan knelt down and took the things Xiao Douding handed over.

It looks like a stone on the outside, but it feels warm when held in the hand.

He rubbed vigorously on the surface of the stone, trying to wipe off the remaining dirt on it.

The surface of the stone is pitted and uneven.

After wiping off most of the soil, a faint sulfur smell penetrated into Li Changan's breath.

He frowned slightly.

"Copper Fire Mine."

"Copper Fire Mine?"

Gu Li moved his head closer.

Xiao Huan also ran over in twos, stood on Li Changan's shoulder, and squeezed his head together.

"Meow~~" (Is it worth money?)

"It's worth the money." Li Changan said casually.

"Is it worth it?"

Gu Li glanced at Xiao Huan, then at Li Changan, and finally landed on the Copper Fire Mine.

She couldn't understand the communication between Li Changan and Xiao Huan, but she roughly guessed it.

The corner of Li Changan's mouth twitched, he gave her a sideways glance, and stood up.

"To you, it must be similar to a stone on the side of the road."

Compared with the fruit she took out before, it was far worse.

"Oh." Gu Li nodded thoughtfully.

Li Changan narrowed his eyes, feeling the warmth from the Copper Fire Mine, and said in a slightly heavy tone:
"But Copper Fire Mine has a characteristic."

Under the gaze of the two spirit beasts and Gu Li, he continued:
"The ignition point of copper fire ore is extremely low, but the temperature it can generate is extremely high. It is one of the indispensable auxiliary materials for many preparations that require sudden high temperature."

"Low ignition point?"

Li Changan nodded.

Just as he understands the reason for Fangtu crab.

As one of the branches of the history of spirit beasts, there are courses on copper fire mines in the archeology major.

Because it is inevitable to deal with some ores in archaeology, if the copper fire ore cannot be identified, if you shovel it down, it will not only be as simple as high temperature, but an explosion!

"This mine actually produces copper ore with an extremely low ignition point?"

Although Gu Li is simple, she is not stupid. On the contrary, she is very smart.

From Li Changan's expression and the copper fire mine, he vaguely understood what he meant.

Tentatively asked:

"You mean to say that Yang Jiande's death may have something to do with the Copper Fire Mine?"

Before Li Changan could answer, she continued to analyze following this point.

"The dust content in the mine is extremely high, and there may be copper fire mine dust in it. It may not matter if you ingest a little, but once you ingest a large amount.
People like Yang Jiande who have been working in the mine for a long time may have exceeded the intake limit, and once the ignition point of the copper fire mine is touched, it is possible."

"Spontaneous combustion."

Li Changan finally added her guess and gave an answer.

Gu Li was stunned.

"That is to say, Yang Jiande's death was really just an accident?"

Having said that, her eyes flickered towards Li Changan.

"Have the case been solved?"

Gu Li was even a little excited.

It was the first time she participated in the investigation of a case, having never been exposed to such a thing, which gave her the illusion of reading a detective novel.

However, this time she was personally involved in the investigation.

Gu Li's heart was greatly satisfied.

But Li Changan didn't respond, just frowning and silently rubbing the ore in his hand.

In fact, it is not impossible to speculate like this.

But there are still a few doubts that make him hesitate.

One is that in document B32, there are traces of spirit beast activities. If we follow the guess of the carp, where did the traces of spirit beasts come from?
Second, Yang Jiande was not the only one who worked in the mine, so why was he the only one who died in the end?
Thirdly, what exactly was the incident that the guard said slipped his tongue?
It is precisely because of these points that he dare not assert that Yang Jiande's death was completely accidental.

"Hard to say."

Li Changan carefully put away the copper fire mine, and then ordered Xiao Douding to dig out the clay slime's spiritual core from the mud left by the clay slime.

It is a pure white crystal the size of a thumb.

It's just that the halo is a little dim, not crystal clear enough.

Spiritual cores are one of the unique products of spirit beasts, and almost every spirit beast must have a spiritual core.

This thing also has certain value, especially for some pharmacists.

After tidying up, Li Changan got up and looked around, and after making sure that there was nothing missing, he lifted his feet and walked outside.

This trip to the mine can be regarded as a small gain.

"Hard to say?"

Seeing Li Changan who was about to leave after finishing everything, Gu Li hurriedly chased after him, and asked, "Why is it hard to say?"

Li Changan shook his head.

"It's just a feeling."

He didn't elaborate, lest Gu Li keep asking.

The main reason is that there are some problems that he himself has not figured out.

"Ow"

Gu Li muffled in response.

It's just that the interest in being a "detective" that was finally raised was swept away at once.

The two had little communication along the way, and they were both thinking about problems.

until you get out of the mine.

The brilliance of the sun on the side of the "Tianhe" is dim, and the blue moon gradually reveals a light blue halo.

Li Changan saw the luxury car parked at the gate of the mine.

Suddenly he said:
"I want to visit Yang Jiande's wife tomorrow."

"Oh."

Gu Li was a little dejected and pulled the delicate small satchel.

Suddenly reacting, he raised his head suddenly, and looked at Li Changan with some surprise.

I saw him turn his head and look to the other side.

sound came.

"Cough. I don't want to use the identity of the Public Security Bureau, so... can I use the identity of the Helong Mine to condolences?"

Gu Li's head jerked a little.

"Of course!"

The "detective" fire that had just been extinguished was ignited again.

"I'll send a car to pick you up tomorrow morning!" Gu Li took the initiative.

"No need. Meet at the door of Yang Jiande's house at ten o'clock in the morning." Li Changan said.

"it is good!"

Gu Li didn't force it either.

Having got a satisfactory result, the excited Gu Li waved at Li Changan, and said with a bit of innocence and playfulness: "Then see you tomorrow!"

As she said that, she blinked at Xiao Huan, who had a cat out of his head.

"And you, little one."

"Meow~~"

Xiao Huan also waved his paw cooperatively.

Seeing this, Gu Li smiled even more happily, and his eyes were bent into crescent shapes.

When she got to the side of the car, Gu Li put away her appearance of an innocent little girl, and resumed her original quiet and elegant posture.

The car drove for a while.

Only then did she gently pinch her cheeks, her eyes fluttered, and the corners of her mouth turned up a little bit.

Spiritual masters, spirit beasts, battles, investigations. So this is the magnificent and colorful world of spiritual masters?

She can't wait to become a spirit master more and more.

Immediately, he thought of Xiao Huan's cute appearance again, and couldn't help showing a bright smile.

What gift should I bring tomorrow?
"No more swords now?"

Seeing the car Gu Li was riding in disappeared into the distance, Li Changan couldn't help but tease Xiao Huan who had just lowered his claws.

Hearing this, Xiao Huan's expression turned serious, as if he was illuminated by the light of righteousness.

"Meow~~" (She is a nice person.)
How can you kill a good person?
Li Changan chuckled lightly.

The conditions for the little things to distinguish good guys from bad guys are really simple.

Never mixed with any moisture.

He glanced at the sky again.

"It's time to go home."

"Meow?"

Li Changan stepped out of the mine with strides, and walked towards home.

Others have luxury cars, he is not bad, he has his luxurious No. [-] bus.

At the same time, he explained:
"The fruit you ate whole is a good thing. Why don't you have a passionate training session before it's fully digested?"

Xiao Huan's expression was dumbfounded.

"Meow, meow?" (Are you serious?)
"Isn't this originally planned, it's just a little earlier."

He had already planned morning and night training, so that he could improve faster without delaying the progress of tasks and investigations.

A little early?
Xiao Huan also looked up at the sky.

How early is 01:30?

But seeing Li Changan's serious face, he said seriously:
"Xiao Huan, in order to become stronger!"

In Xiao Huan's mind, the words Li Changan told him on the bus back to Ningyuan County immediately appeared.

Its expression also gradually became serious.

"Meow!" (Yes, for Xiaoyugan!)
Say it.

whoosh-

Jumped out directly.

Why wait until you get home from training?
Just on the road!
Before night fell, Li Changan took the two little ones back to the familiar bungalow.

just.

At this moment, he was standing in the courtyard dumbfounded, just like Lu Chan beside him, staring blankly at the peach tree in the courtyard.

"Brother, what did you do?" Lu Chan said blankly, moving her mouth.

Li Changan squinted at his sister beside him, and said angrily, "Am I the one who does this kind of thing?"

Lu Chan didn't seem to see it, she still looked at the peach tree in front of her, and whispered:
"You took me to do it when you were a child."

Li Changan: "."

I saw that the peach tree in front of them was originally full of fruit, but at this moment
still there.

But the pulp is gone, only the bare ones are left.
Peach pit!

and.

The peach pit remains intact, with not a trace of pulp remaining on it.

I don't know, I thought the locusts were passing through the border.

Li Changan laughed angrily.

"I just said that when I went out in the morning, the two little things acted as if they had done something bad."

He remembered the appearance of Xiao Huan and Xiao Douding in the morning.

At first I thought they had done something bad again, but then I thought that there was nothing in the house that could be mowed down by them.

I didn't expect to see this messy scene as soon as I came back.

call--

A gust of wind blows.

The leaves on the peach trees rustled.

But the more this happened, the more abrupt those few bare peach pits became.

"Small! Huan!!" Li Changan gritted his teeth and spit out two words from between his teeth.

Whoosh! ! !
The little black cat, already feeling bad, jumped out of his clothes.

What can I do.

Li Changan, who had been prepared for a long time, firmly held down his clothes before it was about to jump out.

finally.

He firmly grasped Xiao Huan's tail.

"Meow! Meow!"

No matter how Xiaohuan struggles, as long as it doesn't dare to attack Li Changan, it will not be able to break free.

The weak and helpless Xiao Huan squatted on the ground, surrounded by Li Changan and Lu Chan.

It showed a pitiful expression.

Holding up one paw, the other tapped clockwise three times on his chest and head.

At last he smiled.

"Meow." (I said I just had a taste, do you believe it?)
"Trust you, big head!"

Li Changan took the lead in launching the attack, followed by Lu Chan.

Greet the dogtail grass that has been prepared in advance.

"Meow! Meow!"

Xiao Huan, who was "tortured" so badly, trembled all over, but it finally made a decision.

"Meow!" (I have wings!)

pat-

Xiao Douding, who was watching the excitement with pine nuts on the side, had a dull expression, and the pine nuts slipped from his hands.

It seems. Betrayed?

(End of this chapter)