Chapter 425

"I more or less escaped from the underground interrogation room in Qionglin in an unconscious state, I cannot recount the details of my escape, if I had to say, I relied on the instinct for survival." Luo Qi solemnly stuck close to the facts while fabricating wildly, "When I was nearly torn to shreds by Qiongqi in the woods outside Qionglin, I encountered Du Zhengyi who was on a mission. He rescued me, and likewise out of vigilance toward Li Xu, he brought me out of Qionglin and handed me over to Doctor Majiang."

He paused, and no one raised an objection at this moment, then he continued speaking. "During the phase when my body recovered health, Venerable Fan Shi of Qionglin contacted Du Zhengyi, requesting Du Zhengyi to participate in an investigation hearing. When they notified us at that time, they deliberately emphasized that Teacher Liu Li would attend the hearing, which proved to be a lie, and the hearing itself was also a scam. As a Venerable, Fan Shi did not hesitate to personally attack Du Zhengyi. After this attack on Du Zhengyi failed, Venerable Fan Shi used a magic array to control feral beasts to besiege our residence."

Luo Qi lifted his head to gaze at the silent mages in the darkness below, "Perhaps among the seated Mind Mages, someone participated in that siege. We were fortunate not to die, we persisted until Pei Shu came to rescue us and brought us to this fortress of the Highland Mages. Pei Shu's intention was to protect us from being silenced by Fan Shi, and if necessary, perhaps he would summon us to testify in Qionglin. Then came a few days ago, when I went out with Second-level Executive Mage Zhou Quan from Qionglin to search for suitable terrain for skiing, we ended up mistakenly entering a valley, and at the bottom of the valley was an ancient mine shaft. There we accidentally triggered a mechanism of an Ancient Mage, causing the mine shaft to restart, which triggered a fluctuation of magic energy. Then you came looking for me over this mine shaft, causing trouble. To be honest, if you want to see that super-large mine shaft, I can take you there, no need for all this trouble."

Someone let out a soft chuckle, Luo Qi did not know exactly who it was, he shrugged his shoulders toward those below.

"Student Luo Qi, have you finished your statement?" Liu Li, as the host of the interrogation, directed the entire interrogation process.

Luo Qi nodded, then quickly added, "Yes."

"Then now is the questioning time, first, several investigation team leaders may ask questions about the entire event to Student Luo Qi, with no time limit. Next, professional mages may freely ask technical questions to Student Luo Qi, with the time controlled by me." Liu Li looked at the paper in her hand, speaking meticulously, as if she cared only about the procedure, showing no interest in Luo Qi's minor matter. "Mage Peng, do you mind being the first to ask?"

The named young mage turned anxiously toward Liu Li, nervously saying, "No, Teacher Liu Li, you go first."

"You are the investigation team leader, you should be the one to ask questions, I am merely here to host the entire project without derailing." Liu Li said calmly, although she is a female mage, her words always carried an unyielding, irrevocable tone. Her words rarely allowed for discussion or probing, almost amounting to commands.

Peng Xiaopeng also received her attitude, turned anxiously, twistedly clenched his fingers several times, finally lifted his head to face Luo Qi.

Luo Qi saw his eyes wide open, his neck very slender, he sat behind the fan-shaped table, Luo Qi stood looking down at him, having no awareness of being on trial, instead feeling somewhat pitiful toward him.

He seemed to similarly sense Luo Qi's feeling, subconsciously licked his lower lip, unintentionally made another fragile gesture. For Luo Qi, the increased telepathic ability allowed him to more intuitively link people's subtle actions with their psychological states, even without using Mind Magic, most people before him gradually became like open books.

"Have you finished speaking?" As if unsure what to say, Peng Xiaopeng redundantly asked again.

"Ah?" Luo Qi responded with a questioning tone, bewildered.

The young mage seated below awkwardly rubbed his own forehead, nervously fiddled with his bangs. However, this process buffered his pressure, he pushed forward the notes he had just made on paper. "Let me summarize your experience, you were commissioned by the school to conduct social research together with Mage Du Zhengyi, discovered a corpse, encountered the mage investigating the corpse Li Xu and his subordinate executive mages. They happened to be Lotus Burners, or regardless of what they actually are, in any case he is a Mind Master, intending to handle your brain, you unconsciously retaliated, breaking through your ability bottleneck. Then, coincidentally, coincidentally you encountered Du Zhengyi, who suddenly returned to Qionglin and just happened to rescue you. Soon after, Venerable Fan Shi used restricted magic to attack you, Pei Shu brought you here. Is that correct, no mistake?"

Luo Qi nodded.

Peng Xiaopeng coughed once, straightened his waist slightly. "May I ask, when you were conducting social research, was the corpse you discovered human or a mage?"

"Human." Luo Qi said.

"Then why was Li Xu investigating a human death case there? As far as I know, human police have strong criminal investigation capabilities, mages almost never participate in human affairs."

"They were not investigating that human's death, few mages care about human deaths." Luo Qi said coldly, "They were investigating the extermination case of Mage Guan Yushan, Guan Xinyue is Guan Yushan's human granddaughter with no blood relation."

"Do you also not care about human deaths?" Peng Xiaopeng seemed to not pay much mind as he added.

"I certainly care about human deaths." Luo Qi said wearily and resentfully, "Anyone's death is a death, after all mages are also human, whoever is killed unjustly should not be!"

He saw Peng Xiaopeng put a checkmark on his torn paper with a pen, not knowing what he was checking.

"Guan... Guan Xinyue is the granddaughter of a mage, in such a close relationship, she actually does not know of the existence of the magic world?" Peng Xiaopeng continued to ask.

"She certainly knows." Luo Qi muttered, beginning to show impatience.

"Guan Xinyue, knowing what mages are, still leaked information about the magic world online, fabricating it as supernatural phenomena—oh this is a polite way of saying it, the report says she originally claimed it was a ghost story." Peng Xiaopeng said, he pulled out a second sheet of paper, reading while speaking.

"Although she should not have leaked the magic world's situation, she has the right to tell ghost stories." Luo Qi said dryly, "Don't all little girls love telling ghost stories?"

Peng Xiaopeng lifted his head, "Calling her grandfather, a venerable and respected Great Mage, a ghost—do you think her mental state has problems? Or that she is untrustworthy? Is she honest with you?"

Luo Qi became displeased, "She has no mental illness, and is very honest and trustworthy."

He saw Peng Xiaopeng not continue questioning him, but again made a checkmark on the paper.

Luo Qi was about to pout.