Infernal Artist

"What, you said that monster is parasitic on His Highness?" Liu Ping said in surprise.

"When the royal family awarded me a medal, I approached His Highness and completed that parasitism." Qian Zhouwu said.

Liu Ping pondered for a while and said, "Qian Zhouwu."

"I'm here," Qian Zhouwu said.

"When you were alive, did you really die trying to save others?" Liu Ping asked.

"Yes." Qian Zhouwu said.

"...You already did a stupid thing when you were alive, why didn't you accept the lesson after you died?" Liu Ping asked again.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Liu Ping." Qian Zhouwu said.

"Now I am the master of your soul. When you lie to me, your soul will produce a wave similar to a contract violation, and I will feel it." Liu Ping said.

Qian Zhouwu was stunned for a long time, and his eyes became darker.

Liu Ping sighed and said: "Last chance, tell me who the parasitized person is."

"I just don't understand one thing." Qian Zhouwu said.

"explain."

"Obviously I am the one who works the hardest. In order to achieve my goal, I have to pay more than you. Why are you always the lucky one?" Qian Zhouwu said unwillingly.

"Efforts? During that war, the war sequence has been selecting qualified personnel, but you only care about escaping. Of course you will not be selected to protect the blood of the royal family." Liu Ping said calmly.

Having said this, two lines of small words suddenly appeared in front of his eyes:

"This battle to ascend to the gods has ended."

"You will return to the eternal night and arrive at your original location."

The surrounding scene suddenly changed.

Liu Ping found himself back in the deserted alley.

Between the lightning and flint——

Qian Zhouwu suddenly burst out with a scream.

"What's wrong with you!" Liu Ping rushed forward and chanted the Holy Chanting Technique quickly.

But it was too late.

Qian Zhouwu's figure was torn apart by a black light.

At the last moment, he looked at Liu Ping chanting a spell quickly, tried his best to stop his screams, and said quickly: "The object of my soul is not His Highness, but -"

Before he finished speaking, his whole body turned into a bright light, gradually turned dim, and finally turned into nothingness.

A line of small burning characters appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes:

"Qian Zhouwu's soul was hit by a curse and has completely dissipated."

The soul dissipates.

This is the end of everything. From now on, no matter where he is, there will no longer be Qian Zhouwu.

Liu Ping couldn't help but hold his forehead and said: "It was broken at the most critical place. You did it on purpose, Qian Zhouwu."

There was silence.

The three-headed monster turned into a card, submerged into the void, and hid.

Liu Sheng stood quietly in the quiet and dark alley, thinking for a moment before walking out.

When Qian Zhouwu said the following three sentences, there was no fluctuation in his soul.

"...I haven't contacted anyone..."

"As soon as it enters this empire, it will take control of everything..."

"Not Your Highness..."

On top of everything?

Then there is only the royal family.

If it wasn't that His Highness, the remaining targets would be even smaller, and they could definitely be someone from the royal family.

Add this sentence: "I haven't contacted anyone."

So, which member of the royal family did Qian Zhouwu come into contact with?

Liu Ping walked faster and faster, turned back to the main road, found a lighted newsstand, and threw in a few coins.

"The Empire Times of the last few days," he said, pointing towards the newsstand.

"Please take it." A voice came out from the newsstand, and several newspapers were spit out from the paper outlet and Liu Ping caught them.

Liu Ping took the newspaper and read it under the light.

After a while, he had flipped through more than half of the newspaper and put it aside.

"Be careful, you read too quickly." The newsstand said angrily.

"Do you care about this? I'm just looking around to find some current news." Liu Ping said without raising his head.

"Really? What news are you looking for? I can help you search." The newsstand leaned forward slightly and asked enthusiastically.

"——Nothing, good night."

Liu Ping put away all the newspapers, turned and left the newsstand.

He walked a few streets and then unfolded the most important newspaper again.

Only a line of eye-catching titles came into view:

"Today, His Majesty the Emperor personally awarded the Imperial Medal of Valor to the frontline soldiers."

Qian Zhouwu won the Imperial Medal of Valor!

"As soon as it enters this empire, it will take control of everything..."

"Not Your Highness..."

"...I haven't contacted anyone..."

His Majesty the Emperor.

This is the truth.

Liu Ping let out a long sigh and murmured in a low voice: "Fortunately, I have read a lot of books on survival in the wild. It may be useful when I run away... How about leaving tonight?"

His steps slowly slowed down and finally stopped in place.

One thing was almost forgotten.

Huo Ya once followed Qian Zhouwu and was almost exposed when the other party killed the policeman.

At that time, the giant gray shadow and the volcanic eruption-like technique were quite astonishing.

Qian Zhouwu did not have that kind of strength.

In other words, it was not him who took action at that time, but the monster behind him!

Who did the monster kill to attract the attention of the police?

Liu Ping thought for a moment, then pulled out a card from the void and threw it out.

Bang!

The pastoral dog Firefang appears.

"Do you remember the place where Qian Zhouwu killed people?"

"Woof."

"Very good, let's go there immediately."

A man and a dog ran quickly on the street. They walked through the wide road paved with hard stones and walked into the depths of the night.

Tens of minutes later.

Liu Ping stood in front of the ruins of a building that was burned to black ash.

"That building?" Liu Ping asked.

"Woof!" Huoyang yelled.

Liu Ping looked at the road sign beside the road and saw three words written on it:

"Floating Light Road."

The buildings on both sides of the road are still in good condition, and each building has a house number nailed on it, namely No. 17, No. 18, No. 19, No. 20... No. 22.

The building that burned down was No. 21.

Liu Ping stood blankly for a moment, then suddenly turned over his hand and took out a letter from his arms.

The letter was sealed with black seal paint and was heavy inside.

This is a letter of introduction from Teacher Ted.

"A letter of introduction. Just pick a time tomorrow and go to No. 21 Fudeng Road and give this letter to the owner there."

——Teacher Ted asked himself to visit No. 21, Fudeng Road.

However, before he could come, the building was burned down and all the people inside were killed by the monster.

According to Teacher Ted, this is where naturalists gather.

Why did the monster kill the naturalist?

Liu Ping fell into deep thought.

The sound of carriage wheels rolling over the gravel road could be heard in the distance.

A carriage slowly drove onto the road and stopped in front of the burned house.

Two middle-aged men in plain clothes hurriedly stepped out of the carriage and stood in front of the ruins, sighing repeatedly.

"What does the police say?"

"They are also investigating. After all, someone died."

"The gatekeepers are all dead...it's worth our vigilance..."

The two of them were talking, and one of them turned his head, looked at Liu Ping from a distance, and then looked back indifferently.

After a breath.

He turned his head sharply and looked at Liu Ping again, focusing on the letter in Liu Ping's hand.

He patted his companion, pointed at Liu Ping and said something.

Soon, the companion also saw the letter and the seal pattern on the letter.

After a while of discussion.

The two walked to Liu Ping.

"I would like to ask, how did you obtain this letter?" one person asked.

Liu Ping felt that there was nothing he couldn't say. After all, the two people had the same title above their heads:

"Naturalist."

——This is a group of people who like to collect all kinds of knowledge, and they should know Teacher Ted.

Liu Ping simply said directly: "My teacher gave it to me."

"Your teacher is——"

"Ted."

After saying this, I saw a slight smile on the faces of the two people opposite.

"You must be Liu Ping."

"You know me?"

"Of course, the letter in your hand is a necessary form, but Ted has already said hello in advance." One person said.

"Come with us, Liu Ping." Another person said.

Liu Ping looked at the carriage, then at the two of them, and said, "Okay."

The three of them got on the carriage one by one and sat down separately.

"Formal introduction, I am historian Du Lei."

"I'm Jess the biologist."

"Hello you two."

The carriage began to move slowly.

"Liu Ping, while we still have time, why don't we talk about knowledge?" Du Lei asked.

"Okay, but my knowledge is very limited. I hope you two don't mind." Liu Ping said with interest.

"What is your research direction?" Jess asked.

"I have only been in Yongye for half a year, so I can't really talk about my research direction," Liu Ping said.

"Oh, that's right. After all, you are too young and came late. This is a fact." Du Lei said.

Jace nodded aside and said hesitantly: "So, what books have you read?"

"Books from the Royal Academy Library." Liu Ping said.

"Ah, it's really nostalgic. I also graduated from the Royal Academy, which has the most complete collection of books in the entire empire, isn't it?" Du Lei said.

"Yes, any newly compiled book must be kept in the Royal Academy Library. It is the largest treasure trove of knowledge." Jess said.

"So, Liu Ping, what books have you read?" Du Lei asked with a smile.

"Which aspects?" Liu Ping spread his hands and said, "I work as a librarian there, so I have read them all."

"Haha, have you finished reading them all? Well, there are more than one million books there, it's really good to finish them."

"Having said that, being a librarian does have this advantage. He can always stay in the library and read books."

The two laughed and said something to each other.

Suddenly, they seemed to realize something and stared at Liu Ping together.

"Wait..." Du Lei muttered.

"What he said - did he read it all?" Jace said.

"There is no ambiguity in what he said just now. I guess that's what he meant." Du Lei took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat that had just appeared on his forehead.