Chapter 87: Let Me Take a Look?

Just now, the mirror image actually said her feelings for her master were fake?

And that her master was beyond saving?

Li Qingran felt angry just thinking about the mirror image.

What was there to say?

If it tried to stop her from saving her master, she would just pierce it all with a single sword strike!

The scripture selected by Elder Jiong was already glowing faintly, and even though the fifth floor was filled with countless scriptures, she could spot it at a glance.

Li Qingran picked up the scripture and began to carefully examine it.

It was a pill scripture, divided into two volumes.

The first volume recorded pill-refining techniques, while the second volume recorded formulas.

There were only three formulas in total.

They were: "Golden Scale Skin Refining Powder," "Hundred Herbs Detoxification Pill," and "Dragon Tendon Bone-Tempering Liquid."

Among them, the Hundred Herbs Detoxification Pill claimed to be able to cure all kinds of strange poisons in the world, even surpassing the formulas of the Spirit Rhino Valley. However, it was extremely difficult to refine, especially since the materials were hard to gather, requiring over a hundred rare spiritual herbs.

But Li Qingran was very happy, the heavy stone in her heart finally lifted, and she couldn't help but smile:

"Luckily, I didn't go to the Spirit Rhino Valley. If I had gone, I wouldn't have found a way to cure the senior's demon poison."

"You can come out after you've finished reading the scripture."

Elder Jiong called out from outside.

Li Qingran placed the scripture back in its original position and returned to the entrance.

"This is a copy of the 'Annotations on the Pill Heart.'" Jiong Yuanmo handed a jade slip to Li Qingran and instructed, "This jade slip will automatically destroy itself after 12 hours. You need to memorize the contents within 12 hours. That shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No problem." Li Qingran took the copy, thanked Elder Jiong, and left the Scripture Pavilion.

Standing at the peak of the Sword Pavilion's northern mountain, watching the clouds roll by in the distance.

Li Qingran stretched lazily, finally feeling a bit more relaxed.

"Next is to collect the required spiritual herbs, and I should also tell my master about this to make him happy." Li Qingran chuckled to herself. She thought that the Sect Master would definitely help with gathering the herbs. As long as everyone worked together, they could surely help her master cure the demon poison, and then her master could safely return to the Sword Pavilion.

That way, she could see her master every day...

As she thought about it, her ears unconsciously turned red.

Li Qingran shook the bell, and the crane by the cliff flew over.

She mounted the crane, planning to first visit Ten Thousand Swords Peak to see the stele her master had left behind, and then return to the Sunset Peak.

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"Officer, please listen to my explanation. I really don't know that girl well."

"If you don't know her well, why was she in your room? And she's not even an adult yet."

"I saw she was injured, so I stopped the bleeding."

"And that's your reason for taking off her clothes?"

"If I didn't take off her school uniform, how could I bandage her? How could I apply the needles? Do you think I would have any inappropriate thoughts about a kid?"

"Oh, you can apply needles? Are you a doctor?"

"No..."

"Keep going, I'm listening." The officer waved the notepad in his hand, signaling Chen Huaian to continue making up his story.

Chen Huaian was speechless.

Shortly after Lin Lingling was taken away by the ambulance, the police arrived.

Probably the hotel staff had called them.

The officer saw blood everywhere at the entrance and inside the room, and it involved an underage middle school girl, so naturally, he handcuffed Chen Huaian and took him away.

"Everything I said is true. You can ask the girl when she wakes up."

"We'll wait, but until then, you'll have to stay here quietly." The officer still had the expression of 'I'll eat shit if I believe a single word.'

Just then, the door to the interrogation room opened.

A middle-aged man with a full beard walked in.

He showed his work ID to the officer, and the officer's expression changed, immediately becoming respectful.

"Leave this matter to us. You don't need to handle it anymore."

The bearded man whispered something in the officer's ear.

The officer nodded, saluted the bearded man, and left.

"Chen Huaian?" The bearded man looked at the identity information on the notepad, his gaze falling on Chen Huaian, carrying a hint of scrutiny and wariness.

Damn, why is this guy so handsome?

Handsome to an abnormal degree. Something strange must be going on!

He was now completely convinced of the various unbelievable descriptions Lin Lingling had given about Chen Huaian.

Such a person was indeed strange.

He had already visited the hotel, and even through the door, he could feel the overwhelming demonic aura! Luckily, the doors and windows were still closed, and the officer hadn't let anyone in, preventing the demon from escaping.

The talismans on the door and windows were genuine.

They were important barriers to prevent the demon from leaving and must not be touched.

"I'm innocent." Chen Huaian looked helpless. He thought the bearded man was the officer's superior and complained, "When I woke up this morning, I saw the girl covered in blood lying at my door. As a good citizen, I couldn't just let her die, right?"

"Haha, Mr. Chen Huaian, I completely believe you're innocent." The bearded man smiled sincerely.

"Really? Then can I have my phone back?" Chen Huaian looked at the bearded man with hopeful eyes.

He hadn't seen Qingran for half a day, and he felt like ants were crawling all over him.

Although surprised, the bearded man returned the phone to Chen Huaian.

He watched as Chen Huaian opened the phone with a delighted expression, tapping on the screen that remained pitch black no matter the angle. The confusion and suspicion in his eyes grew heavier.

This phone was not normal!

It might be a demonic artifact or a spiritual object.

Since the spiritual energy resurgence, besides the constant emergence of demons and awakened individuals, there had also been the appearance of demonic artifacts and spiritual objects with special functions. The former were related to demons and could even turn normal people into demons, being one of the sources of demonic chaos. Some powerful demonic artifacts even had their own intelligence and were very cunning.

Spiritual objects, on the other hand, were the opposite. Some spiritual objects were born with awakened individuals, possessing various incomprehensible functions.

Others were naturally formed, with a wide variety, mainly consisting of spiritual herbs and weapons.

Spiritual objects and demonic artifacts were what awakened individuals pursued.

As long as these could be used by people, they would possess immense power.

So, could Chen Huaian's phone be a spiritual object?

This possibility was very high.

It completely aligned with the current observations.

The bearded man silently observed Chen Huaian. From Chen Huaian's various words and actions, it was clear he was an ordinary person who knew nothing. Therefore, the talismans on the door and windows, as well as the ones shown to Lin Lingling, might have come from a spiritual object.

To verify whether this phone was a companion spiritual object was simple.

Companion spiritual objects could only be used by their corresponding awakened individuals.

Wild spiritual objects did not have such restrictions.

After pondering for a while, he stood up and walked over to Chen Huaian, speaking in as gentle a tone as possible:

"Chen Huaian, your phone seems similar to mine. It's an old model, right? Can I take a look?"

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