purgatory artist

Chapter 161 Connectors
"What, you said that monster was parasitic on His Highness?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"When the royal family awarded me the medal, I was close to His Highness and completed that parasite." Qian Zhouwu said.

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

"I'm here." Qian Zhouwu said.

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

"Yes." Qian Zhouwu said.

"...you did a stupid thing when you were alive, why didn't you accept your lesson when you were dead?" 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 fluctuation similar to a breach of contract, and I will perceive it." Liu Ping said.

Qian Zhouwu was stunned for a while, his eyes became deeper.

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

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

"Say."

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

"Work hard? In that war, the war order has been selecting capable men, but you only care about running for your life. Of course, you will not be selected to protect the blood of the royal family." Liu Ping said flatly.

Having said that, two lines of small characters suddenly appeared in front of his eyes:
"This battle of ascension to the gods is over."

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

The surrounding scene suddenly changed.

Liu Ping found himself back in that deserted alley.

Between lightning and flint——

Qian Zhouwu suddenly let out a scream.

"What's the matter with you!" Liu Ping rushed forward and quickly chanted the holy chant technique.

But it was too late.

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

At the last moment, he saw Liu Ping chanting the incantation quickly, tried his best to stop his screams, and quickly said: "The object of sending the soul is not His Highness, but—"

Before he finished speaking, his whole body turned into a bright light, which 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 has been hit by a curse and has completely dissipated."

The soul dissipates.

This was the end of everything. From then on, no matter where he was, there was no such person as Qian Zhouwu anymore.

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

There was no sound.

The three monsters turned into cards, submerged into the void, and hid.

Liu Ping stood quietly in the quiet and dark alley, thought for a while, and then walked out.

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

"...no contact with anyone..."

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

"Not Your Highness..."

Master everything?
Then there is only the royal family.

If it wasn't that Highness, the remaining target range would be even smaller, and it could be confirmed that it was someone from the royal family.

Add this sentence: "No contact with anyone".

So, which one of the royal family did Qian Zhouwu have 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 Imperial Times for the last few days," he said to the kiosk.

"Please take it well." There was a sound from the newsstand, and several newspapers were spit out from the paper outlet, and Liu Ping caught them.

Liu Ping took the newspaper and flipped through it under the light.

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

"Attention, you are reading too fast." Newsstand said in a low voice.

"You don't care about that? I'm just looking around, looking for some current events and news." Liu Ping said without raising his head.

"Really? What are you looking for? I can help you retrieve it." 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 blocks before re-folding the most important newspaper.

I saw a line of eye-catching headlines:

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

Qian Zhouwu won the Imperial Medal of Bravery!

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

"Not Your Highness..."

"...no contact with anyone..."

His Majesty the Emperor.

This is the truth.

Liu Ping sighed a long time, and murmured in a low voice: "Fortunately, I have read a lot of books on wilderness survival, which may be useful when I'm running...how about leaving tonight?"

His footsteps slowly slowed down, and finally stopped in place.

One thing is almost forgotten.

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

At that time, the huge gray shadow and the volcanic eruption technique were quite astonishing.

Qian Zhouwu didn't have that kind of strength.

In other words, it wasn't him who shot 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 Huofang appeared.

"Do you still remember the place where Qian Zhouwu killed someone?"

"Wang."

"Very well, let's go right away."

One person and one dog ran quickly on the street, they crossed the spacious road paved with hard stones, and walked into the depths of the night.

After a few 10 minutes.

Liu Ping stood in front of the ruins of a building that had been burned to ashes.

"That building?" Liu Ping asked.

"Wow!" Huo Ya called out.

Liu Ping looked at the road sign beside the road, and saw three words written on it:
"Floating Lantern Road."

The buildings on both sides of the road are still in good condition, and each building is nailed with a house number in turn, which are 20th, 22th, [-]th, NO.[-]...[-].

The building that burned was number 21.

Liu Ping stood in a daze for a moment, then suddenly flipped his hands over and took out a letter from his bosom.

The letter was sealed with black seal seal, and it was heavy inside.

This is a letter of introduction from Mr. Ted.

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

——Teacher Ted asked himself to come to No. 21 Fudeng Road.

However, before he had time to come, the building was burned down, and the people inside were all killed by that monster.

According to Teacher Ted, this is where naturalists gather.

Why did that monster kill the naturalist?
Liu Ping fell into deep thought.

In the distance came the sound of carriage wheels rolling over the gravel road.

A carriage slowly entered the road and stopped in front of the burnt house.

Two plainly dressed middle-aged men hurried off the carriage and stood in front of the ruins, sighing repeatedly.

"What did the police say?"

"They are also investigating, after all, they also died."

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

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

After a breath.

He turned his head abruptly 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, that companion also saw the letter and the seal seal on the letter.

After a while of discussion.

The two walked up to Liu Ping.

"May I ask, how did you get this letter?" one person asked.

Liu Ping felt that there was nothing he couldn't say, after all, the same titles appeared above the heads of these two people:
"Naturalist."

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

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

"Your teacher is—"

"Ted."

After saying this, I saw a little 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 got into the carriage one by one and sat down respectively.

"Let me introduce formally, I am historian Du Lei."

"I'm Jess the biologist."

"Hello you two."

The carriage began to move slowly.

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

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

"What's your research direction?" Jess asked.

"It's only been half a year since I came to Yongye, so it's not really a matter of my research direction," Liu Ping said.

"Oh, yes, after all, you are too young and you came late, this is a fact." Du Lei said.

Jess nodded aside, hesitantly said: "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.

"That's right, any newly compiled book must be kept in the library of the Royal Academy. It is the largest treasure house of knowledge." Jess said.

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

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

"Haha, have you read them all? Well, there are more than 100 million books there, so it's really good to read them all."

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

The two laughed and said something to each other.

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

"Wait..." Du Lei murmured.

"What he said—could he have read all of it?" Jess said.

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

(End of this chapter)