From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

If it were the people from the Main God Space, he wouldn't mind helping them.

Each gets what they need; fair trade.

But as a friend, he could only offer one piece of advice:

The hardships of spiritual practice must be endured by oneself!

Others can do it for you, but without the hardship of this cultivation, the growth of your mind and character will be greatly diminished.

"Tch, I don't know how many times you've made me cry this past year."

Duanmu Ying put down the crystal scalpel, munched on the peeled apple, her face gloomy.

Jiang Liu: "...Don't make your words so ambiguous, okay? Besides, I'm just trying to train your willpower, aren't I? Otherwise, with your personality, even if an ordinary person captured you, you wouldn't be able to withstand severe torture."

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Ying blushed instantly, coughed awkwardly, and said in a serious tone, "Let's discuss the relationship between cellular life activities and micro-atmosphere."

"You change the subject when you can't win an argument?"

Jiang Liu looked amused.

Ah!

woman!

"What's with that expression? Want to fight?" Seeing Jiang Liu's ambiguous smile, Duanmu Ying clenched her fists, making a cracking sound.

"You can't beat me anyway."

"You can hit women, can't you?"

"I don't hit women, but I'm willing to discipline girls who deserve a beating."

Let's see who trains whom!

Duanmu Ying dropped the apple core in her hand, stepped on the conference table, and tried to strangle Jiang Liu.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

Jiang Liu casually reached out a hand, like a snake emerging from its hole, and grabbed Duanmu Ying's wrist. He transmitted a burst of Qi, gently shaking her meridians, causing her body to go limp and collapse onto the conference table, her body convulsing uncontrollably.

Throughout the past year, every time Duanmu Ying received Qi training from Jiang Liu, she would launch the first attack, or even a sneak attack.

According to her, although this bizarre exercise was beneficial to her, the pain spread throughout her body, like being gnawed by ants, which was extremely uncomfortable. Even the pain of childbirth was no more than this.

Therefore, she needs to "rebel"!

But to no avail.

Jiang Liu's response to her "resistance" was simply: "You've never given birth, how can you clearly perceive the pain of childbirth?"

Over the past year, it has become a "habit" between the two of them for Duanmu Ying to launch sneak attacks, for Jiang Liu to control her, and for him to use his Qi to help her train her meridians.

Even Jiang Liu suspected that he might have fostered some kind of masochistic tendency in Duanmu Ying...

"Brother Jiang!"

The door to the underground conference room was pushed open, and Lu Jin hurriedly stepped into the room. Before she could even open her mouth to speak, she saw Jiang Liu and Duanmu Ying, who seemed to be enjoying themselves, showing expressions of "instant understanding." They chuckled and said, "Um, did I come at the wrong time?"

Jiang Liu: "..."

Releasing Duanmu Ying's wrist, Lu Jin stopped the Qi energy training of her meridians and bones. Duanmu Ying, drenched in sweat and panting, rolled off the conference table and sat down in a chair, trying to calm the blush on her face and hide the barely perceptible disappointment in her eyes. She said to Lu Jin, "Lu Jin, you didn't see anything, did you?"

"Oh right, right! I didn't see anything!"

Don't offend anyone, especially not the doctor!

Although Lu Jin had learned some medical skills under the subtle influence of the two people in the conference room, compared with the two real doctors in front of him, he could be described as "second-rate".

"Brother Jiang, something's happened! The Death Bracelet from the Cairo Museum has been stolen!"

Then, Lu Jin didn't keep them in suspense any longer and revealed the reason why he had interrupted Jiang Liu and Duanmu Ying's good time.

Jiang Liu gained many benefits from Hamunata and Amshe's group, one of which was the Death Bracelet. However, he had already erased the runes and patterns on it, making it a true ancient Egyptian artifact made of gold. He then gave it to Evelyn to prove the existence of the Scorpion King.

Evelyn also dedicated herself to the study of ancient Egyptian history. During that year, as a history teacher at Cairo University, she wrote and published many papers related to Amshe, Hamnata, the Scorpion King, Imhotep, and Seti I, and became quite well-known in the field of ancient Egyptian history research.

A month ago, she donated the Death Bracelet to the Cairo Museum in exchange for access to all ancient Egyptian artifacts within the museum.

But a month later, the Death Bracelet was stolen!

# Chapter 689 The Death Bracelet is Stolen

"Stolen?"

Jiang Liu still remembered witnessing Evelyn donate the Death Bracelet with a wolf's head and scorpion's body to the Egyptian Museum a month ago. He never expected that the Death Bracelet would be stolen after only one month of exhibition at the museum.

In an instant, relying on his mental scanning skill, Jiang Liu's thoughts covered the entire city of Cairo. After a moment's thought, he said to Lu Jin, "Let's go find Teacher Evelyn."

Lu Jin immediately followed.

Duanmu Ying followed closely behind.

"Aren't you staying to continue your research? By the way, you have classes this afternoon, right?" Duanmu Ying chose the medical major, which is different from the course schedule of the history department chosen by Jiang Liu and Lu Jin.

“I have all the medical data you brought back from another time and space. What the academy teaches is too outdated. I can recite all the relevant content by heart. As long as I hand in my assignments on time and take the final exam, I’ll be fine.”

Duanmu Ying looked unconvinced. "Besides, don't you always say that cultivation requires a balance of work and rest? It's a good opportunity to help Teacher Evelyn find her lost item."

"You've grown quite a bit, not bad, not bad." Jiang Liu said with a look of satisfaction.

"Screw you!"

Duanmu Ying grumbled and cursed.

And so, the three of them chatted and laughed as they left Cairo University, boarded a bus, and got off at the Cairo Museum.

Upon entering the museum, the security personnel at the entrance recognized the three individuals, knowing they were Evelyn's students and assistants who often had afternoon tea together. Therefore, they did not stop them but instead assigned one person to lead them to Evelyn.

The Cairo Museum is spacious and has three floors. The first floor includes a service area with a lobby, a dune recreation area, a botanical garden, and a temple garden, and is filled with rows of display cases and statues of ancient Egyptian gods. The second floor has conference rooms and storage rooms, where historians discuss and study and store some important exhibits. The third floor is an exchange center, mainly used to receive historians, leaders and other personnel from other countries.

The Death Bracelet, a symbol of the existence of the Scorpion King, is an important ancient Egyptian artifact. It is displayed in the center of the first-floor hall during the day for visitors to see, and stored in the second-floor storage room at night.

When they arrived at the second-floor storage room, Evelyn was the only person inside.

Egyptian police officers and their superiors had already inspected the scene that morning, but found nothing, so they left, supposedly intending to issue a lost and found notice.

"Those officials are really useless!"

Over the past year, Duanmu Ying had long been aware of the irresponsibility of the British officers and soldiers and the Egyptian police, but when she heard that the police had only issued lost and found notices, she still couldn't help but complain.

"Egypt was ceded to Britain and France, and Ms. Evelyn was fascinated by Egyptian culture, which was not conducive to British cultural invasion. She even donated the Death Bracelet to a local Egyptian museum instead of the British Museum. It's no wonder the British were unwilling to put in the effort for this."

Jiang Liu pointed out a fact: "The local Arab and Egyptian police officers are still busy making a living, so they don't have time to care about the historical and cultural heritage of ancient Egypt."

The only thing that might tempt them was that the Death Bracelet was made of gold.

However, due to the Imhotep attack on Cairo a year ago—

Although local officials portrayed it as an approaching storm or a terrorist attack, many people still believed it to be something like magic or sorcery.

In terms of superstition, the native Egyptians are not much better than the people of China.

Therefore, local police officers tend to keep their distance from the legendary Scorpion King's Death Bracelet, especially after it disappears without a trace. They become increasingly fearful, believing the Scorpion King's vengeful spirit has taken it back.

After saying that, Jiang Liu walked to the box containing the Death Bracelet, carefully examined the surroundings, and found a silver strand of hair.

"This is definitely hair left behind by a criminal!"

Evelyn took the strand of hair and said with certainty, "None of those patrol officers have white hair, and this strand isn't the dry, white hair of an old person; it has a sheen and is naturally silver!"

At this point, Evelyn affirmed Duanmu Ying's earlier complaint: "You're right, Ying, the British police officers are really useless. They've been investigating all morning and haven't found a single clue! The thought that part of my taxes goes to pay their salaries makes me feel like God is trying to deceive me with the stench of his boots!"

"Ms. Evelyn is really funny."

Jiang Liu joked, took the silver hair, examined the information on it, took out a piece of white paper from his storage ring, folded it into a paper monkey, filled it with a Water-Fire Yin-Yang Qi Pill, and handed it to Evelyn. "Pack your bags, Teacher Evelyn, it's time for us to embark on another adventure!"

"adventure?"

Evelyn paused as she took the paper monkey, recalling her experiences with Hamunaptra and Amshe. A hint of fear flickered in her eyes, yet a surge of excitement at exploring the unknown shone through. "Could this matter involve another legendary historical figure not recorded in the official history of ancient Egypt, but who actually existed?"

Evelyn has endless things to say when it comes to the history of ancient Egypt.

Jiang Liu quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't get excited yet, Teacher Evelyn. It's still unknown whether this involves ancient Egyptian figures who are not recorded in official history."

At this point, I can only confirm one thing: the Death Bracelet has left Cairo, and my paper monkey, using the information from this strand of silver hair, might be able to track down the thief who stole it.

"Okay! Let's meet at the entrance of Cairo University tonight! I'll call a car!"

Evelyn carefully put away the paper monkey and urged Jiang Liu and the others not to waste time at the Cairo Museum, but to hurry back to Cairo University with her to pack their luggage...

···

"Why did you bring Ms. Evelyn along?"

Back at Cairo University, after parting ways with Evelyn, Duanmu Ying looked puzzled.

There are two reasons.

Jiang Liu held up two fingers. "First, you all know Evelyn's personality."

If the Death Bracelet is stolen, he will definitely try to find it himself. If he doesn't take her with him, she might secretly follow him.

Rather than letting her venture out alone, it's better to bring one along in case of an accident.

As her friend, we should at least look after her before we graduate.

The second point—"

At this point, Jiang Liu asked the two, "I've inspected the scene. They weren't ordinary thieves; they deliberately targeted the Death Bracelet."

The storage room also contained other ancient Egyptian artifacts made of gold, but they were not stolen, proving that the thieves were not after money.

The Death Bracelet was originally an alchemical artifact, but I erased the alchemical patterns from it, turning it into an ordinary work of art.

"So the thief was looking for the Amshe Oasis?"

Lu Jin immediately realized that the thieves might be searching for the Scorpion King's treasure. "Then we should contact Ades Bay and Imhotep, and ask them to keep a close eye on any unfamiliar groups that have recently entered the land of Selket..."

# Chapter 690 Preparations for Leaving! A promising talent!