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Chapter 954 - 348: Cold Cases, Leaks (5k)
The small black bead flew away, disappearing into the black smoke. As the smoke gradually dissipated, the small shrine returned to normal, still appearing somewhat cramped, with a stiff clay statue of mediocre workmanship still standing on the altar.
No one knows what happened here, and probably no one cares.
The only ones who care about that ghost are a few other ghosts, the debt collectors.
Just a few hours later, the debt collectors appeared in the small town, found a ghost who had worshipped at the shrine together, and confirmed that the gambling ghost was indeed in this small town.
The debt collectors went to the shrine but didn’t find anything, then searched around the small town, asked other ghosts, but still found no trace.
In the end, they could only conclude that the gambling ghost had run away.
A gambling ghost on the run, with no news, everyone would find this normal.
...
The Scorching Sun Department people are still investigating, and the Wudang people are also tracking in their own way.
Unfortunately, there have been no results, the follow-up to the dry well case has no leads, and the paper money factory case also has no new developments.
After returning, the Wudang Sect Leader personally inspected various ancient texts and started to think Wen Yan’s approach was worth investing more resources to try.
Previously, he hadn’t considered this because he felt the two cases were connected; perhaps the newly appeared demons were released from the seal.
And the paper money factory case indeed looks like something done by a newly awakened old relic.
Therefore, it was always considered that the demon in the factory case was at least two or three thousand years old.
But if we consider it as a demon that appeared after the Demon-Sweeping Jiazi, the previous considerations indeed no longer apply.
For demons, the period before and after is completely two different eras.
The demons from before and after are completely different types altogether.
Investigating with things related to money, even if wrong, won’t waste much time.
In human society, everything requires money, but among different races, there aren’t that many things related to money.
The Wudang Sect Leader contacted the Scorching Sun Department people to start eliminating possibilities and is expected to have results within a week.
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Wen Yan is still cultivating. He wants to know what the power of the Five Constants is, but in daily cultivation, he doesn’t feel anything.
Logically, he should have already started, at least he should feel something.
It’s very strange, he keeps feeling no difference at all.
He can only continue daily cultivation, keep living his little life.
He actually really wants to go to work, but unfortunately, the director has used the excuse that he needs to recover well and has given him leave until after the New Year.
And his idling around has unusually earned the unanimous approval of all colleagues at work.
Knowing he wants to go to work, he received three or four calls within a day advising him.
Big Sister Ye, even while still recovering, personally came on a wheelchair to his home to visit him, the "wounded," advising him to rest well at home, not to think about work.
The break was originally quite enjoyable, but after ten days of leave, he feels like ants are crawling all over him, always wanting to find something to do.
He now cultivates for fifteen hours a day. The gray cloth no longer stays on his arm, playing hide-and-seek daily, forcibly lowering his daily cultivation time to 12 hours.
Although his body’s cultivation doesn’t really require the gray cloth for assistance, using the gray cloth is merely to block, to prevent his Yang energy from exploding at the start of cultivation, which is not good.
Now some are guessing that Tuoba Martial God lives in Virtue City.
The director of Virtue City Funeral Home made a call to Feng Yao.
"Feng Yao, hurry and find something for Wen Yan to do."
"What happened?"
"He’s used to being busy, now he actually wants to come to work!"
"..." Feng Yao moved the phone away, looked, indeed talking to the director.
"You know, I’m getting old, about to retire, just want to have some peace.
During Wen Yan’s leave, you don’t know, the funeral home was quite peaceful.
Every time he comes, something happens, I’m not making it up, it’s all statistically proven.
You should know the best.
Quickly find him something to do, don’t let him have any ideas of coming to work.
Young people like him shouldn’t be so eager to work, it’s too abnormal."
"..." Feng Yao held the phone, listening to the director’s ramblings, then it turned into selling woes, touched upon Cai Heizi, Feng Yao couldn’t help but sigh.
"Alright, rest assured, I guarantee to find him something to do immediately, definitely won’t let him have any wicked thoughts of wanting to work again!"
After hanging up the call, Feng Yao recalled, he hadn’t heard such an absurd thing in his life.
He searched on the computer, finding something for Wen Yan to do is simple.
Giving Wen Yan a case is also simple.
The Scorching Sun Department doesn’t lack anything but has numerous cases, and many are tricky.
Randomly picking out current cases is eight hundred, and unresolved cases are a thousand.
Feng Yao flipped through, suitable cases for Wen Yan are either already being handled by someone or have low difficulty, sending Wen Yan would be a waste of resources.
Lastly, he thought of the case from the neighboring commandery a few days ago, no one invited Wen Yan, he went on his own.
He flipped through the unresolved cases and found an arson case.
The case was said to have a strange fire at the time, which is why it was brought to the Scorching Sun Department.
The Scorching Sun Department’s investigation results were indeed abnormal, but the things they need to find are very difficult to preserve in a big fire.