There is a god in the sky

Chapter 253 Beauty Bones 13

Qian Tai's eyes flickered, he licked his lips, and asked with difficulty, "You even know this! Do you know the current status of the Tong family?"

"As a government official, how could I not know?"

"Then you...then you dare to investigate him? Xiao Ji, you're still young, don't ruin your future."

Qian Tai sincerely tried to persuade him.

Xiao Ji nodded. "Thank you for the reminder, Brother Qian. I understand. I wonder if I could write to your father and ask about the items used in the original transaction?"

Qian Tai struggled for a moment, then sighed and said, "To be honest, my father may not tell me. He said that the Qian family's current predicament is all because of that deal."

"How to say?"

"Because that person didn't want others to know what he had received."

Xiao Ji couldn't understand why even a priceless treasure would warrant such caution.

Moreover, the fact that the Tong family has not completely wiped out the Qian family over the years shows that they are not afraid of outsiders finding out.

It's simply that I don't want to.

"Actually, I've had some guesses over the years, but I'm not sure if they're right or wrong. Lord Xiao, you can listen to them."

"Brother Qian, please speak."

"Since the item was obtained from a cult and is not treasure, it must be some kind of cultivation technique."

As far as I know, cult leaders and elders practice evil arts; they must have something special to attract so many people to their ranks.

Xiao Ji had never thought of this before, because the Tong family was a family of civil officials and he had never heard of anyone practicing martial arts.

"Lord Xiao, I've said everything I should and shouldn't have said. As for the antidote..."

Xiao Ji called out, "Miss Shen."

Shen Lan came out carrying a teapot, dropped a pill into it in front of Qian Tai, and then poured him a cup of tea.

"Please use."

"This...this is really the antidote?"

"Believe it or not." Shen Lan turned and left, glaring at Xiao Ji before she did.

Next time, could you please discuss this lie beforehand? If she hadn't been carrying the heat-clearing and detoxifying pills that the old doctor gave her earlier, it would have been difficult for her to keep up the lie.

Having no other choice, Qian Tai could only drink the tea.

A refreshing sensation arises spontaneously, with a slightly sweet aftertaste; it certainly doesn't seem like poison.

Xiao Ji smiled and said, "Brother Qian and I hit it off immediately. I'm actually quite hungry, so how about we eat and chat together?"

Qian Tai's stomach was growling with hunger, so he naturally agreed.

After a few drinks, he refused to drink anymore, clearly knowing that drinking too much could lead to trouble.

Xiao Ji didn't make things difficult for him. After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he had someone take him back to his room to rest.

Shen Lan asked curiously, "How did you manage to fool him? And by such coincidence, he had a stomachache?"

Xiao Ji laughed so hard he almost fell over, then coughed and said, "I only heard his stomach growling, so I knew he must not have eaten since he was invited here. There's no difference between being hungry and having a stomachache. I didn't expect him to be so easily fooled."

Shen Lan was speechless; Qian Tai seemed like a simple-minded person.

No wonder he couldn't get promoted after so many years in officialdom; there must be a reason that he wasn't smart enough.

"His guess makes a lot of sense; perhaps this cult's practices have something special about them."

Xiao Ji nodded. "We can only wait until Tu Ying wakes up and ask her."

Shen Lan took a nap for a few hours, and after getting up, she took her toolbox to see Tu Ying.

If the person is still breathing, she will try to save them; if they are no longer breathing, she can perform an autopsy.

When she arrived, Xiao Ji was leading the people from the Criminal Investigation Department down into the cellar, and then there were many sounds of vomiting.

Several government officials crawled out of the cellar, their legs went weak with fear, and they couldn't get up for a long time.

Shen Lan went to see Tu Ying first. He had already woken up and his limbs were tied to the bedpost, just like the girls he had treated.

Upon seeing Shen Lan, he began to wail and cry out.

Shen Lan removed the gag from his mouth and raised an eyebrow: "Elder Tu's vitality is truly remarkable; he can survive such severe injuries."

"Release me now, or I will kill your entire family one day!"

“I’m sorry, but I’m the only one in my family,” Shen Lan said, unfazed by the threat.

She unwrapped the gauze from his chest and took a look. The bleeding had stopped, and there was no sign of inflammation.

It's true, martial arts masters are physically stronger than ordinary people.

"Drinking human blood has no health benefits whatsoever. In fact, human blood may contain some infectious viruses. The fact that you are still alive and well today only proves that the women you killed were all healthy."

Shen Lan gave him some medical knowledge.

But the other party didn't appreciate it.

"Heh heh, what do you know? My Heavenly God Sect has divine skills, cultivated using the blood of virgins, absorbing yin energy, combining yin and yang, and achieving immortality, hahaha..."

Shen Lan forcefully plucked a tuft of his white beard and threw it in his face.

"Don't even dream about it. Look at your white beard that's practically falling off, and your face full of wrinkles. If you call this immortality, then I can only say you're blind."

Elder Tu's expression twisted, and he roared ferociously, "If the imperial court hadn't wiped out the Heavenly God Sect and taken away my sect's cultivation techniques, how could I have given up halfway?"

"You have no idea how powerful that technique is. I've only mastered the first half. If I could finish the second half, you little fry wouldn't think you could capture me!"

Shen Lan calmly shook her head. "I don't believe it. You've probably been deceived. There's no such thing as a martial arts technique in the world."

She used medical terminology to explain what birth, aging, illness, and death are, as well as human bodily functions and metabolism.

Even in the 21st century, there is no such thing as immortality.

"ignorance!"

"What's the name of that technique? Have you ever seen a truly immortal person? Who has mastered it?" Shen Lan mocked.

"Our leader is a martial arts genius who appears only once in a century. If he hadn't died, he would definitely have mastered his divine skills within ten years!"

"Oh, so even such a brilliant genius is dead. Tsk tsk, what kind of divine skill is that? It's just a deceptive trick."

"You..." Elder Tu twisted his body angrily, wanting to slap Shen Lan.

Seeing that his wound had reopened, Shen Lan quickly comforted him, "Don't be angry. I'm ignorant and inexperienced. I've never seen anyone like the person you described, and I've never even heard of any divine skills or techniques. If they really existed, they would have spread by now."

Her eyes darted around, and she said with a smile, "Actually, I've been hailed as a genius since I was a child, with exceptional talent. Why don't you teach me the first half of the manual? You'll know the truth once you practice it."

"You can not!"

"Why?"

"This exercise is only suitable for men to practice; women, being of the yin nature, should not practice it."

"Isn't it just the union of yin and yang? Can't we even replace the woman's blood with the man's blood?"

"This..." Elder Tu did not immediately refute, but instead began to think about it seriously.

The fact that he could live underground for more than ten years shows that he was a martial arts fanatic who cared about nothing but practicing his skills.

Since Shen Lan couldn't get the whereabouts of the cultivation technique from him, there was no need to keep asking.

As long as he doesn't die, that's fine.

An hour later, Xiao Ji walked in with a grim expression.

"There are fifteen skeletons in total. Most of them were hastily buried in the cellar, and the most recent one was found. The time of death was no more than five days ago."