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Chapter 105: Who would suspect a two-year-old child?

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Since Li Leifeng said so, he didn't stand on ceremony, immediately reached out to take his pulse, infused magic power into Li Leifeng's body, and at the same time, a pair of golden eyes burst with divine light.

Soon, Zhu Xuanji investigated Li Leifeng's physical condition clearly, and was suddenly shocked.

"Senior Li, you..."

Li Leifeng held on for a long time, and finally couldn't help but cough violently.

His aura slipped again, falling to the Qi Refining stage, and at the same time, he coughed with blood at the corner of his mouth, his face pale.

"I am already old, my body is decaying, even maintaining breathing is extremely difficult."

"Divine Catcher Zhu's magic power was gentle, but it still caused unavoidable damage to me."

"However, it's fine."

"If I hadn't had a chance encounter when I was young and taken a longevity-increasing ganoderma, I wouldn't have lived to this age."

"I have to thank Divine Catcher Zhu for helping me get relief."

Zhu Xuanji sighed, his brows furrowed, unable to hide his guilt: "Senior Li, I know your contribution to Charity Garden, why do you have to do this?"

He was a smart man, and after being tricked, he saw through Li Leifeng's trick.

He felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

Li Leifeng smiled: "Divine Catcher Zhu, if you really have guilt, then represent the imperial court and arrange a good director for this Charity Garden. If you don't do this, even if I die, I won't be able to rest in peace, and I won't be able to close my eyes."

Zhu Xuanji looked up and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

His main purpose in coming here was to investigate Li Leifeng clearly.

According to the information he collected from the City Lord's Mansion and the three great families, Li Leifeng was undoubtedly the number one suspect.

Although he was not at the Golden Core stage, he possessed a thunder spirit root, and at his peak, he held the mechanism tower, properly possessing half-step Golden Core combat power!

Moreover, he possessed profound mechanism art attainments and was recognized by the Lava Xian Gong, becoming a candidate among Foundation Establishment cultivators who could enter the Xian Gong.

According to the records of the four great families, Li Leifeng had entered the Xian Gong several times and gained a lot.

This was still in the records.

In fact, before the Lava Xian Gong was bombed out, the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain was not under martial law, the path of the Red Flame Demon Melting Cave was fixed, and many cultivators could easily disguise themselves and enter the cave to explore.

The four great forces could not possibly record all the cultivators who entered the Xian Gong.

In other words, the number of times Li Leifeng entered the Xian Gong to explore was far more than recorded.

Zhu Xuanji checked now and confirmed that Li Leifeng's lifespan was exhausted, and his time was running out.

And he, a dignified Golden Core cultivator, was designed by Li Leifeng.

Zhu Xuanji sighed in his heart.

He had been dealt with by this kind of trick many times.

Once he appeared in public, his past experiences, personality, likes, and dislikes would be investigated clearly by those with ulterior motives.

Li Leifeng's move hit Zhu Xuanji's weakness squarely.

Small characters have their own way of survival!

Zhu Xuanji knew that this investigation confirmation would shorten Li Leifeng's lifespan by at least three months.

He felt guilty and had to promise that he would find an excellent director for the Charity Garden in Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Li Leifeng nodded and smiled: "Divine Catcher Zhu, after I pass away, there will be a legacy meeting, where I will give my belongings to others."

"I know you are from the royal family, and a divine catcher, with a lot of money, and a high position."

"But I still want to give you something to show my respect."

"I naturally can't take out any magic treasure that can catch your eye, but I have a small toy that I accidentally collected in my early years, which is very interesting."

"Divine Catcher Zhu, please look."

Zhu Xuanji received a wooden board.

The wooden board was as big as a chopping board, very heavy, light yellow in color, with many natural wood textures. Moreover, there were various lines crossing on the surface of the wooden board, cutting the wooden board into many small pieces of different sizes.

Zhu Xuanji himself possessed mechanism attainments, and just by looking at it, he was attracted.

He tried to press one of the wooden blocks with his finger, and then successfully dragged it to the side.

Just as he had seen through, these wooden blocks could be moved.

"Interesting." Zhu Xuanji's fingers moved frequently, moving many wooden blocks back and forth, gradually discovering the clues.

"This kind of mechanism wooden board hides some kind of information; as long as the wooden blocks are moved and placed in a correct position, we can obtain a part of the information."

"And when we get all the information, we can piece together everything this wooden board wants to express."

Zhu Xuanji frowned upon hearing this: "These wooden blocks are numerous, how long will it take to move and place them to obtain all the content?"

Li Leifeng laughed dumbly: "This is a mechanism toy, like One-Wheel, Two-Legs-Crossed, and Three-Hairs that I played with when I was young."

"It's just very complicated and can pass the time."

Zhu Xuanji laughed: "What I need most is time, how can I pass it?"

Saying that, he activated his golden eyes to observe.

Cheating like this, he immediately obtained all the information in the mechanism wooden board toy: "This is just an immortal god story? And not the full text?"

Li Leifeng sighed: "Divine Catcher Zhu, this is just a toy."

"In my opinion, perhaps it was made by a mechanism cultivator in his old age for his grandchildren."

Zhu Xuanji nodded and put the mechanism wooden board back: "I think it's more appropriate to leave this wooden board in Charity Garden. Master Li, I'll go first. I will do what I promised you."

Li Leifeng: "Divine Catcher Zhu, go slowly. Please forgive me for not being able to get up to see you off."

Zhu Xuanji hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't, don't, don't, you just lie down, just lie down."

He was afraid that Li Leifeng would see him off and lose another piece of lifespan.

Walking out of Charity Garden, Zhu Xuanji couldn't help but let out a long sigh, looking up at the sky, secretly saying: "Heaven, why don't you give the good people in the world a little more tolerance?"

Zhu Xuanji felt lost, full of regret for Li Leifeng who was about to pass away.

As for the time he would spend reporting to the imperial court, and he would also have to exert effort himself to participate in selecting candidates for the director of Charity Garden, all would consume energy and delay the investigation.

But he was willing to do it!

Unlike Ning Zhuo didn't sleep very well in Ning Xiaoren's mansion.

In fact, it was even worse than at his uncle's house.

What truly gave him a sense of belonging was the small courtyard his mother left him.

Breakfast was rich, with many spiritual foods.

Ning Xiaoren came over specifically to share a breakfast with Unlike Ning Zhuo.

He asked with concern how Unlike Ning Zhuo rested last night and whether the food suited his appetite.

Unlike Ning Zhuo showed awkwardness, embarrassment, and being at a loss in the face of Ning Xiaoren's concern.

Ning Xiaoren observed his words and expressions, and appropriately reduced his enthusiastic concern.

Only then did Unlike Ning Zhuo gradually relax and start eating the spiritual food. These things could increase cultivation!

Ning Xiaoren was surprised to find that Unlike Ning Zhuo ate more and more, faster and faster.

Most of a plate of spiritual food was wiped out by him.

Some spiritual food side dishes, the amount itself was small, and what was eaten was a taste. As a result, Ning Xiaoren just raised his chopsticks—gone!

"Eat, eat well, if you like it, eat more." Ning Xiaoren smiled.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's chewing action paused slightly, revealing embarrassment again.

Ning Xiaoren laughed heartily: "Good child, good child. Eat more to practice fast, and you will have more gains exploring the Xian Gong."

"Tha... thank you Young Family Head." Unlike Ning Zhuo's mouth was stuffed, his voice unclear.

Ning Xiaoren laughed again: "I said it, just call me Uncle Ning."

Unlike Ning Zhuo called him Uncle Ning once.

"Good, from now on, let's call each other uncle and nephew." Ning Xiaoren stood up, "You eat well, eat until you are full. Practice later, don't waste the spirit stones. I heard you like mechanism arts, I will send you some mechanism books to read later."

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately revealed a look of joy, hurriedly stood up, and cupped his hands in thanks.

Ning Xiaoren laughed, waved his hand, and walked out of the room.

Returning to his study, his expression turned cold; he wasn't full, which was the first time in his own mansion. He had to order another breakfast and let the servants prepare it.

Unlike Ning Zhuo flipped through the books.

These books were clearly from the Ning family's secret treasury, and their quality was clearly a grade higher than the books in the open library.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was focused on the surface, but actually absent-minded.

If it were a normal day, he would definitely be thirsty for knowledge and wouldn't be able to put these books down.

But now, he knew his situation very well.

Don't look at how he was treated kindly by Ning Xiaoren at this moment, but maybe the next moment, the other party would turn his face and throw Unlike Ning Zhuo into a private prison.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was taking a risk!

But he had to.

The appearance of Yuan Dasheng forced him to enter the game, dangerously, and eradicate this strong enemy. He was a line away from being exposed.

Zhu Xuanji appeared too early and had been investigating, bringing great pressure, forcing Unlike Ning Zhuo to act as soon as possible.

"When did my situation become more and more difficult?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo looked back to the beginning, which was when he decided to bomb the Xian Gong!

Once this was done, he was like stepping into a lonely boat, having to cross heavy waves, and must reach the other shore to be considered safe.

During this period, if he made a slight mistake, or even was a little slow, he would be destroyed.

He couldn't get off the boat anymore.

As long as the Xian Gong was seized by others, it would inevitably be possible to investigate the scene of bombing the Xian Gong and expose Unlike Ning Zhuo as the real culprit.

He could only move forward, keep moving forward, gritting his teeth, no matter how many difficulties, he had to bite the bullet and go up, moving forward desperately!

"After a long night, Ning Xiaoren still treats me kindly, which shows that their investigation has had results."

"These are all the defenses I have woven since I was two years old. The many pieces of evidence I played and manufactured are naturally distributed in the trajectory of my growth."

"As long as these are investigated, they will get a reasonable explanation and recognize that I have the talent for mechanism arts."

"Even if the underground workshop is searched out, it doesn't matter; I have already cleaned it up. And I left a lot of research, a large number of modification drafts for creating the mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey, unfinished mechanism prototypes, etc."

Although Unlike Ning Zhuo was alone, he had an advantage.

That was that he started preparing more than ten years ago, and during his ten-plus years of growth, he specially arranged many traces and clues.

These clues and information, when collected, could form intelligence.

And such intelligence was actually a personal defense line carefully prepared by Unlike Ning Zhuo—who would think that a two-year-old child started acting since he was a child?

As long as the talent of early wisdom was not discovered, Unlike Ning Zhuo could temporarily hold this defense line.

Of course, Unlike Ning Zhuo's love and obsession with mechanism arts were not a pretense, but a true performance.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo, come out." Before long, Ning Xiaohui's voice suddenly came from outside the house. ===== CHAPTER 106 =====

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