Versatile Mage: I Awakened Nine Stars

Chapter 325 Close to the truth
Xu Shen did not tell anyone about Lingling's guess.

Because if this is true, it is so unscrupulous and so appalling.

On the other hand, Lingling also booked a high-speed rail ticket.

She could no longer suppress her anger at this heinous case.

The only reason I could stay in the Qingtian Hunting House for a night was because I had to look up some information.

Xu Shen's advice was fruitless, so he could only let the girl do what she wanted.

He sighed and put down his phone, only to see Jiang Shaoxu walking towards him indignantly, holding a stack of newspapers.

"Look at the news. So many cases of missing children were suppressed and not reported before, and now they are all pushed onto Li Jingming. You're bullying a dead person who can't speak, right?"

Xu Shen calmly took the newspaper and flipped through a few pages.

"These stories are so convincing that even false evidence has been prepared. It is obvious that they were prepared long ago, and they are just waiting for Li Jingming to die and take the blame." After a pause, he said, "Jiang Shaoxu, the rest of you should go out to sea."

Jiang Shaoxu was stunned for a moment: "Going out to sea?"

"Yes, we are going to go to Japan. I believe the national team there is waiting for us."

"Are you afraid?" Jiang Shaoxu rolled up his sleeves and said angrily, "If you want to leave, go ahead. I won't leave."

Xu Shen shook his head and said, "Li Jingming is already dead. Now that we have a scapegoat, the biggest flaw left is us. Only when we are gone will they let down their guard."

Jiang Shaoxu suddenly realized: "Then we can strike back? My dear captain, you are worthy of it."

"You can say that," Xu Shen responded vaguely.

Lin Jun had already prepared the cruise ship for sailing.

Xu Shen's reasons convinced everyone.

After lunch, the Kuomintang team said goodbye to Lin Junxian.

Among them, Ai Jiangtu and Jiang Yu were carrying the unconscious Zu Jiming and Mu Tingying respectively.

"What happened to these two?"

Mo Fan was puzzled.

Jiang Fox glanced at Xu Shen, who had a nonchalant expression on his face, and laughed as he addressed the question.

……

At 2:30 in the afternoon, Lingling appeared at the entrance of Donghai City High-speed Railway Station on time.

Fourteen or fifteen years old, Lingling is at an age full of vigor and vitality. She is wearing a classic sailor suit and has thick black straight hair down to her waist. She is very eye-catching standing at the high-speed rail station.

This girl has grown up very fast in recent years, and every time we meet, there are visible changes. Now her height has jumped to nearly 1 meters, and her thin figure is more and more like Senior Sister Leng Qing. No matter how mature she dresses, no one will believe that she is a college student.

Lingling like this made Xu Shen no longer embarrassed to pinch her little face and rub her hair like he used to.

"I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming. Look at the dark circles under your eyes."

Xu Shen felt a little distressed, and his tone unconsciously had a hint of doting reproach.

"Humph, if you don't call me for this kind of important matter, are you still a brother in the trenches?"

Lingling wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction and shoved the suitcase into Xu Shen's hands without any hesitation.

Xu Shen smiled helplessly.

Not long after the two returned to the hotel, Mu Zhuoyun called.

The overwhelming media publicity was clearly intended to confirm Li Jingming's identity as a scapegoat.

But they were too anxious.

If you are anxious, it is easy to make mistakes.

The money spent on hiring so many media outlets is not a small amount. With the power of the 404 Chamber of Commerce, it is easy to find the source by following the funding chain.

"Are you sure it's the Lin family of Donghai?"

"Sure!"

On the other end of the phone, Mu Zhuoyun's voice was very certain.

"I also found something here."

Lingling moved the tablet towards Xu Shen and said, "I hacked into the Lin family's personnel information system and compared the figures of all the Lin family members. I can basically confirm that the person who appeared at Li Jingming's house in the second half of last night was the head of the Lin family, Lin Juncheng."

"Homeowner?"

Xu Shen was a little surprised. It was an unspoken secret that a powerful magic family was involved in both the black and white worlds. However, the head of the family had to walk in the sun and generally speaking should try his best to avoid such dirty things that would damage his reputation.

The Lin family is so abnormal, unless...

"The core secret of the family."

Xu Shen and Lingling said in unison.

Apart from this reason, there was no reason for Lin Juncheng to be involved in concealing such a heinous incident of demon killing infants, and even go to Li Jingming's house in person to confirm the authenticity of his death.

Xu Shen said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that those little gadgets I casually placed in Li Jingming's house would actually pull out such a big fish. You are worthy of being like this, Lingling. Do you have any more of these special cameras? Give me a few more."

"Humph, you think it's cabbage? The core materials needed to make a camera that can ignore magical interference are too rare, and I don't have much."

"It's just money," Xu Shen said with a nouveau riche look, "The last thing I need right now is money."

"Kunlun White Jade Essence, can you buy it?"

"Uh……"

Xu Shen couldn't stand up. This thing was even rarer than the Mind Stone. So far, apart from the Tianjue that Yu Mian brought out from the ancient king's tomb, he had never seen this material anywhere else.

"It's just money, isn't it? Brother Fu, can you speak?"

Lingling repeated Xu Shen's words, with a somewhat sarcastic tone.

Xu Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head.

At the beginning of his rebirth, his passion for making money was almost obsessive.

But now, as he gradually came into contact with the circle of powerful people, he discovered that sometimes money in this world is just a number.

In a top-level black market like the Canaan Trade Fair, the resources that can be purchased with money are only of high quality.

For example, if you have super-class heavenly seeds or other rare resources, no matter how much money you have, it will be of no use.

Because at this level of transaction, it will return to the most primitive barter. The deposit balance that is as long as the ID number, although it has not lost its meaning, is not that important. This is why Xu Shen is not so enthusiastic about investing in 404 Commercial Bank. For him now, the wealth collected by this money-making machine is far less important than the connections and information that flow with the money.

"Okay, let's put aside the matter of Kunlun White Jade Essence for now," Xu Shen said, "What do you think of Lin Juncheng's matter?"

Lingling pondered for a moment and said, "The fact that Lin Juncheng was able to personally go to Li Jingming's house to confirm the authenticity of his death means that there are very few people who know the secret of this matter. It is even possible that Lin Juncheng is the only one in the entire Lin family who knows the truth."

"Now that we have identified the person, it will be easy."

Xu Shen narrowed his eyes slightly and tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingertips.

……

As night fell, the silver formation diagram in Xu Shen's palm flickered, the dimensional rift opened, and Apas jumped out lightly.

"Let me impersonate you and deceive your teammates, and then come here to save the world. Tsk, is this the saintly heart of mankind?"

Apas crossed her arms, a hint of sarcasm on her lips.

"We're going to attack the Lin family later, and it's you who will save the world."

Lingling sat on the other sofa, sucking on a lollipop and shaking her calves gently.

"Where did this washboard she-devil come from!"

"It's better than an old witch who is over 200 years old and still pretends to be young."

"you!"

Apas was somewhat broken.

Xu Shen quietly moved to the side.

These two people seemed to be born to be incompatible. From the time he first introduced the two to each other when he returned to Qingtian Hunting House until now, he could remember that they rarely did not quarrel.

After a while, the two stopped their verbal battle and Xu Shen was finally able to get a word in.

"Apas, later on, change your appearance and go to the Lin family's territory to look for this person."

Xu Shen said as he handed the tablet with Lin Junxian's photo to Apas.

"What happens after you find it?"

"Don't do anything. I have a plan."

"That's it?"

Apas nodded indifferently.

Xu Shen frowned slightly: "Don't take it lightly, this man is called Lin Juncheng, at least he is a super-class magician."

"At least? In other words, there is a possibility of a peak person, or even a forbidden spell?"

"Of course it's possible," Xu Shen nodded and said, "There are many old coins in the aristocratic families. We don't know if this guy has hidden strength. Even if he doesn't hide his strength, the demon killing baby case has caused a lot of noise, he must be alert, maybe the family has already ambushed him from all sides, so, be careful, if you find anything wrong, let me summon you back to the contract space immediately."

"All right, as you command, my dear master."

Apas's slender pink tongue rolled up lightly, and her eyes were full of charm.

"Snake spirit."

Lingling rolled her eyes and muttered something under her breath.

"Hmph, what's the matter?"

Apas twisted her flawless waist, even looking a little proud.

Before Lingling could utter the words "shameless", Xu Shen covered her mouth.

"Okay, it's getting late, Apas, you go."

"Wait for my good news."

Apas twisted and turned and disappeared into the room.

"Why won't you let me speak!"

Lingling glared at Xu Shen angrily.

"You can't use human moral values ​​to demand a snake spirit. It's unfair to her."

"Hmph, don't think I don't know your dirty and obscene thoughts."

"..."

Xu Shen felt that he was very wronged.

In this day and age, is it not okay to even think about it?
The timeline compiled by Tieba, I feel like a year is missed between the training in the deserted city and the national government, so the timeline I set is one year longer than Tieba. Taking the time in the postscript of the original work, Mo Fan was 27 years old when Lingling was 18 years old, which means Mo Fan is 9 years older than Lingling, and Mo Fan is one year older than Xu Shen. Xu Shen was 22 years old when he trained in the national government, so it is more reasonable to take Lingling as 14~15 years old. If there is any wrong description of Lingling's age in the previous article, I would like to correct it!

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