Chapter 146

The incident involved the Black Church and implicated the blue-robed deacon. Leng Qing, the eldest sister of Qingtian Hunting House and deputy chief judge of Lingyin, hurried back to the Magic City from Hangzhou after learning about it.

At night, in the Qingtian Hunting House——

"Everything you said is true. Is there really a branch of the Black Church in the CM District?" Leng Qing questioned while making a cocktail for Xu Mu.

"It's absolutely true. There must be a branch of the Black Church in the CM area." Xu Mu nodded and responded seriously.

There is still a year before the disaster in the ancient capital. I can't sit idle now. I must find something to do.

So he went to find a blue-robed butler whose name he had forgotten, who was one of Saran's followers.

"How did you get this news?" Leng Qing stared at Xu Mu and couldn't help asking.

"This is a secret." Xu Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, and then added: "Whether there is any problem in the CM area, the trial will send personnel to check and find out."

"We have started the investigation, but it will take some time before we can get initial feedback," Leng Qing said.

"Okay, I'll go to the CM area after you have the investigation results." Xu Mu said indifferently.

If you want to accomplish such an important task as clearing out a Black Vatican branch, it is obviously not possible to rely on the strength of one person alone. After all, the enemy is numerous and we are few. No matter how strong you are, it is impossible to capture everyone.

This requires the assistance of the Inquisition, otherwise it would be a serious problem if any member of the Black Church escaped.

Xu Mu didn't care, but Lingling next to him looked embarrassed when she learned that it would take some time to investigate.

Her originally childish and lovely little face immediately drooped, showing obvious reluctance, for the simple reason that she had to go back to school to continue her studies.

Who understands the pain of a mature little girl being forced to go back to school and study with a bunch of childish kids?
Xu Mu was unaware of Lingling's pain, but the next few days seemed a bit monotonous and boring to Xu Mu, as he was immersed in training and magic practice day after day.

Since his strength has reached an unfathomable level, a ray of death from the thunder he unleashed is enough to completely destroy the training grounds commonly used by students.

As a result, many teachers reported the situation to Dean Xiao. In desperation, Dean Xiao decided to allocate the training venue that was only used by the deans of each department to Xu Mu to avoid further trouble.

In the blink of an eye, the challenge week at the end of the month is here again.

After easily defeating those students who came to challenge him without knowing their own limitations, Xu Mu immediately went to the Fire Academy to watch a good show.

Main campus competition venue——

On the competition field, a rose-colored flame suddenly exploded, and then the scorching fire wave quickly engulfed the opponent and knocked him far away.

"Fuck, level 4 fire burst, which wizard has a mine at home?"

"Thirty-five million. Even if you have a mine at home, you can't squander it like this. Zhao Manyan from Guangyuan has never used level 4 magic."

"Okay, stop arguing. I've been in the main campus for so long, and apart from Dongfang Lie, I've never seen anyone else use the Level 4 Fire Spray."

In the audience, everyone stared at Mo Fan in the competition arena with their mouths wide open. Level 4 Fire Burst, this guy must have a gold mine at home, right?

……

“Why has Mo Fan angered so many people again?” Xu Mu looked at Zhao Manyan with a puzzled look on his face.

"Alas, when Mo Fan came back a few days ago, he had already transferred from the Summoning Academy to the Fire Academy. He chose to transfer at the end of the semester, which made the teachers of the Fire Academy feel that he was not focused enough on magic practice."

“It’s okay that he transferred to another hospital at the end of the semester, but the problem is that this guy disappeared for a whole week after the transfer. He only came to class yesterday. The head of the Fire Department was dissatisfied with Mo Fan and said a few rude words to him. Mo Fan didn’t tolerate him and started to curse at him, which led to today’s challenge.” Zhao Manyan couldn’t help but complain.

Transferring hospitals at the end of the semester is already unusual, and disappearing for a week after transferring. What kind of magical operation is this?

Those who don’t know would think that you are Mr. Huo’s enemy sent by him to tease him and ruin his performance.

"It's indeed excessive." Xu Mu nodded in agreement, and then thought about how Mo Fan had disappeared for a whole week?
He vaguely remembered that Mo Fan's cultivation had reached intermediate perfection a long time ago.

"Could he have made a breakthrough to a higher level?" Xu Mu asked curiously.

“It shouldn’t be that fast, right? But his disappearance for a week without any reason is indeed suspicious.” Zhao Manyan said uncertainly.

“If you ask me, the director of the Fire Department is not a good person. The student transfer has nothing to do with him, but he insisted on saying some unpleasant things. He will be in trouble soon.” Zhao Manyan continued.

During their conversation, Mo Fan on the field had successfully defeated one hundred opponents and achieved the achievement of killing a hundred people.

"Is this guy's fire magic energy inexhaustible? He has already released the Fiery Fist more than ten times, how come he still has magic energy to continue to use it?" A student from the Wind Academy said in surprise.

Hearing this, Xu Mu and Zhao Manyan looked at each other and realized something was wrong. They then turned their gazes to Mo Fan who was fighting hard on the training ground.

Although Mo Fan looked a little tired, judging from the fact that he was still able to release the Fiery Fist, his magic energy reserves were clearly still sufficient.

"This guy actually broke through to the high level!"

Zhao Manyan howled, a look of disbelief on his face. He looked at Mo Fan on the field, his heart churning.

When they first started college, their cultivation levels were similar, but in just over two years, Mo Fan had far surpassed him, which was simply unacceptable to him.

“Your water element cultivation shouldn’t reach a high level so quickly, right?” Zhao Manyan looked at Xu Mu and asked in a gloomy tone.

"It will take some time. Currently, I am only at the intermediate level one." Xu Mu replied.

"That's good."

Zhao Manyan breathed a sigh of relief, but it was really embarrassing that others' third system had broken through to the advanced level, while he, who majored in light magic, was still at the intermediate level.

In fact, the reason why Xu Mu was still at the intermediate level of the water system was because he had just been promoted to the advanced level of the space system and had been busy using the three-step tower to control the stars, which enabled him to quickly master the technique of teleportation.

The whole afternoon was spent watching Mo Fan’s duel. For the first hundred or so students, Mo Fan was able to easily deal with them using only the Fire and Lightning Element, but he had to resort to the Summoning Element for the latter.

“If Mo Fan possessed the elemental soul fire, he wouldn’t even need to use summoning magic and could easily defeat all the opponents in the Fire Academy.” Zhao Manyan said with some regret.

The final result of this fierce battle in the Fire Academy was that Mo Fan, with his high-level fire magic reserves, mid-level perfect lightning magic, and the support of the summoning magic, killed all 200 challengers. However, this had nothing to do with Xu Mu. He only watched half of it and left because he received a message from Leng Qing in the hunting house.

After waiting for so many days, we can finally set off for Chongming Sandbar.

Qingtian Hunting House——

[The investigation results show that there is a suspected black beast in the CM area, but no relevant reports have been received from local officials. ]

After browsing the content on the phone, Leng Qing frowned deeply and was silent for a long time before turning to Xu Mu, who looked very happy, and said in a faint voice: "Your source of information is really reliable."

"Of course, my information is accurate." Xu Mu patted his chest confidently, and then asked: "What about the reward amount?"

"If it is really a branch of the Black Church... the reward for a black priest is 500,000, the reward for a gray priest is 9 million, and the reward for a blue deacon is 150 million."

"No matter life or death, the authenticity of the identity must be ensured, or there must be solid evidence." Leng Qing said seriously.

"If you can successfully capture a blue-robed deacon alive, we can offer a reward of more than 200 million. The specific amount will be determined based on his position in the Black Church."

Xu Mu nodded in agreement, then touched his chin and said seriously: "The Tribunal can prepare funds to buy people."

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CM Area——

The local police officer bowed to them politely, with a smile on his face, and asked: "Excuse me, what is the relationship between the two of you, and why did you come to Chongming Shazhou together?"

The entry management of Chongming Shazhou is extremely strict, giving people the feeling of entering a foreign land. They have their own explanation for this: as an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, in order to maintain the security of the entire area, it is natural to conduct detailed inspections of those entering and leaving.

Xu Mu, wearing a white casual outfit, calmly replied, "This is my sister. I brought her here to play. We are tired of playing in the urban area of ​​Shanghai, so we want to change the environment. I heard that there are many places here that have maintained their original ecology, which is very suitable for tourists to visit."

"Then you two brothers and sisters have come to the right place. Chongming Shazhou is famous for its excellent ecological environment. Compared with the industrial pollution in big cities, the natural environment here is better protected." The police officer on duty responded with a smile.

“The environment here is well protected. Are there any horses here?”

Lingling's eyes sparkled with excitement. She pulled Xu Mu's arm and said coquettishly, "Brother, I want to ride a horse! I want to ride a horse!"

Lingling's innocent and childish appearance made the police officer on duty smile dotingly.

"If you want to ride horses, you can go to Evening Wind Town. There is a fairly large ranch there." The police officer on duty told them with a smile.

"Can we really ride horses? Isn't it only possible in Inner Mongolia?" Lingling asked curiously.

"Of course, we have one here, and sometimes I go there for a ride," the police officer explained patiently.

As he spoke, he handed both men's IDs back to them at the same time, apparently not harboring any doubts about their true identities.

They passed the inspection area smoothly and boarded a bus. Lingling quickly turned on her mini computer and quickly tapped on the keyboard. The electronic diagram on the screen kept flashing and changing rapidly. Xu Mu couldn't see clearly what she was looking for.

"Those ranches were mentioned by the police before and seem to be related to government development, but most of them are privately owned. Whether it's production or sales, there doesn't seem to be any big problems on the surface. But this is the easiest place to falsify information, and it's also the easiest to conceal it. Let's start the investigation from here." Lingling said.

Lingling had made sufficient preparations before setting off. There are many small towns, companies and family forces on Chongming Sandbar.

In order to prevent its identity from being exposed and attracting members of the Inquisition, the Black Church would definitely choose a force that has little communication with the official authorities as a cover.

The first stop for the two was Wanfeng Town, and Xu Mu had no objection to this.

He didn't remember much about the plot of Chongming Shazhou. He only knew that the person in blue behind the scenes was a woman who knew how to mix cocktails. He had forgotten everything else.

To find the Black Vatican, we still have to rely on Lingling.

The bus was not traveling very fast, and it was already noon when it arrived at Wanfeng Town.

Wanfeng Town is a model town. Whether it is roads, green areas or houses, they have all been carefully planned. Once you step into it, you feel like you are in a resort town. Transportation is also very convenient.

After arriving in Wanfeng Town, the two learned that the most well-known company here is a trading company specializing in tuna processing.

Xu Mu thought that since he was here, he must taste the authentic food.

So, he took Lingling off the bus and went directly to a local restaurant with an excellent reputation. The two of them enjoyed a sumptuous tuna lunch before starting to look for traces of the Black Vatican.

Although their purpose was to search for traces of the Black Church, judging from the fact that they were each holding a cup of milk tea and a string of candied haws, they were simply here for tourism.

They have completely integrated into the identity of playing brother and sister.

"This candied haws is not very good, not sour enough." Lingling took a bite of the candied haws, and the yellow icy sugar residue immediately stuck to her lips. She chewed it carefully and commented.

Xu Mu also took a bite. Although the sugar coating of the candied haws was very sweet, he could hardly taste the sour taste of hawthorn. It was so light that even people with excessive stomach acid could easily accept it.

"Remember that vendor and don't patronize him again when we go back." Xu Mu said seriously.

The hawthorn in this candied haws is not sour at all. How can you sell such a thing? Even the hawthorn slices sold for one dollar a bag in the supermarket are much more sour than this.

After arriving at the tuna company, they used the excuse of having entered by mistake to carefully patrol the factory premises. They found that the company was just an ordinary tuna processing plant and there was nothing suspicious about it.

They wandered around Evening Breeze, checking not only the tuna companies but also several other locations that might have problems, yet the entire town seemed unusually calm, with no signs of anything out of the ordinary.

"Let's not rush to the next town. Let's play here for a day first," Lingling suggested.

Since we are here pretending to have fun, we naturally have to act more realistically.

If you arrive at a town and rush to the next place before spending half a day there, it will easily arouse suspicion.

Although they are not afraid of danger, others may not be. If they alert the Black Church and let them escape, the consequences will be disastrous.

(End of this chapter)