Chapter 1979

6:00 PM. Moon God Monastery.

At this time, the Moon God Monastery seemed no different from the past, but in reality, it was under internal lockdown, and teams of Moon Apostles were secretly investigating.

And in front of the prayer room door, a Moon Apostle with one arm missing and a head of short brown hair was looking for something.

"Any discoveries?"

The Flower of the Empire, Sonia, spoke, her expression slightly anxious.

"None for now."

The one-armed Moon Apostle shook his head. He pushed open the prayer room door and began to observe whether there were any residual traces on the door cracks or handles.

The one-armed Moon Apostle was named Tree Wolf. As for his former name, he had already discarded it when he decided to serve the Moon God for life, and along with it, everything from his past.

Tree Wolf was the Moon Apostle who had fought Su Xiao; he was the Moon Goddess's chief guard.

The Moon Goddess had three confidants: the Flower of the Empire, Sonia, who was responsible for foreign affairs; the chief guard, Tree Wolf; and as for the last person, it was the Earth Dragon, Tarmen.

Sonia and Tree Wolf's duties were diplomacy and protection; as for the Earth Dragon, Tarmen, he was only responsible for killing, or rather, he only knew how to kill.

There were three people in the imperial capital known as the strongest. The Earth Dragon, Tarmen, was one of them; the other two were the Ninth Unit Commander, Kukulin White Night, and the King's Sword, Shuster.

Of course, there were also extremely strong transcendents among the civilians, but they rarely appeared.

This time, when the Moon Goddess statue was stolen, the Earth Dragon, Tarmen, did not appear, or rather, he was of little help in this matter. Letting him go kill was fine, but as for letting him find things, the Moon Goddess was worried that he would dismantle the Moon God Monastery.

Therefore, there were two people responsible for this matter: the Flower of the Empire, Sonia, and the chief guard, Tree Wolf.

"Do we have anyone who is good at doing this kind of thing, like a detective?"

Tree Wolf frowned. With his nose and ear piercings, he didn't look like a guard at all, but more like a fanatic.

"There are many, but they aren't professional enough. They are better at finding heretics and the like. If it were in the past, this kind of thing would have been handed over to the Ninth Unit; they could have ferreted out the culprit in two days at most."

Sonia shook her head and smiled bitterly. This was indeed their weakness; most talents proficient in reasoning did not believe in gods.

The two continued to search in the prayer room, and from time to time, Moon Apostles would come in to report something to them.

Until 12:00 AM, Sonia and Tree Wolf hadn't found the culprit. Not to mention the culprit, they hadn't even found a single trace; the Moon Goddess statue had simply evaporated into thin air.

Although the Moon Goddess statue was lost, it only made the Moon Goddess feel heartbroken until she fell asleep in the middle of the night. But she didn't know that this was just an appetizer; there were more big meals waiting for her later.

The next morning at 5:00 AM, the Moon Goddess was awakened by a burst of urgent knocking. She learned a piece of bad news: the goddess statue in the grand auditorium was also lost—the goddess statue carved entirely from immortal crystal.

The immortal crystal goddess statue was four meters tall, and the cathedral was guarded by Moon Apostles all day long, but even so, the immortal crystal goddess statue was still stolen.

If the loss of the small goddess statue in the prayer room made the Moon Goddess feel heartbroken, then the loss of the immortal crystal goddess statue made her feel as if her heart was being cut by a knife.

That was the largest immortal crystal known on the continent. It took 175 years and the painstaking efforts of eight generations of craftsmen to carve it into a soul treasure. In the hearts of the Moon Goddess's believers, it was almost the incarnation of the Moon Goddess herself.

After learning that the immortal crystal goddess statue had been stolen, the Moon Goddess only said two sentences.

The first sentence: Find it. Search the entire imperial capital, and find the goddess statue.

The second sentence was to send someone to notify the Saint King. The significance of the immortal crystal goddess statue was too great; this was the empire's soul treasure, an irreplaceable soul treasure.

This time, not only was the Moon God Monastery under lockdown, but the streets within a 3-kilometer radius were also under lockdown.

The birds in the morning were chirping on the branches. Su Xiao, with a slightly dazed expression, walked out of the bedroom; he had just woken up.

Habitually checking the team channel, besides Amu reporting that he was still at sea, there was only a message from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang: "Master, I stole a treasure."

Seeing this message from Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Su Xiao knew that things had progressed. He had let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang play freely last night, stealing whatever was important.

After Su Xiao washed up, he let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang take photos of the stolen items and then send them to the team channel.

Soon, eight photos were sent to the team channel, which were photos of a crystal statue from various angles.

The more Su Xiao looked, the deeper his frown became. He felt that this thing looked a bit familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Xiang Bubu, where did you steal this thing?"

"Woof."

"..."

Hearing Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's answer, Su Xiao was clearly surprised for a moment.

"The one in the cathedral?"

"Woof."

"This thing..."

Su Xiao checked the items in the team storage space; the four-meter-tall immortal crystal goddess statue was inside.

"Woof?"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang meant, wasn't I supposed to steal whatever was important? He felt this seemed quite important.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang understood correctly, but the immortal crystal goddess statue was simply too damn important. This thing was almost equal to the face of the Moon God Monastery—no, to put it broadly, this was also the face of the Dawn Empire.

Just as Su Xiao was talking to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, the door was opened from the outside with a key, followed by urgent footsteps.

"Sir, something terrible has happened! The immortal crystal goddess statue has been stolen!"

The Little Adjutant ran over, panting. It was Crow Eye who reported this secret intelligence to her, asking her to relay it to Su Xiao.

"There's such a thing?"

Su Xiao was clearly somewhat 'shocked'.

"That's right, it happened last night. This news hasn't been made public yet; only a few people on the inside know. The people at the Moon God Monastery are almost going crazy with anxiety."

The Little Adjutant picked up the teapot and drank a few large gulps. If she knew that the immortal crystal goddess statue was in Su Xiao's hands, she wouldn't know what expression she would have.

Just as the Little Adjutant was narrating the known intelligence of the theft case to Su Xiao, urgent knocking came.

This time, Su Xiao went to open the door himself; it was the same official who came to deliver the order yesterday.

"Lord Kukulin, the Saint King summons you. Please arrive at the Imperial Council Hall before 8:00. I still need to notify other lords; excuse me."

The official left in a hurry. Su Xiao secretly decided in his heart that he must take on the task of investigating this matter; this was his chance.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang stealing the immortal crystal goddess statue was not a bad thing; on the contrary, it created an opportunity. First, even a national treasure like the goddess statue was lost—could the Moon Goddess continue to remain calm? She had a high probability of checking other important items that hadn't been stolen, such as the Will Rune Stone.

Su Xiao took the Little Adjutant and Baha and hurried to the Imperial Council Hall of the Lulunfei Palace.

At this time, the council hall was almost full of imperial officials. The Old Saint King was in the head seat, and beside him was none other than the Moon Goddess.

The Finance Officer, the Chief Justice of the Arbitration Court, and other important officials were all present. A man wearing light metal armor and carrying a long sword at his waist stood behind the Old Saint King; he was one of the three strongest in the imperial capital, the King's Sword, Shuster.

And behind the Moon Goddess stood the Flower of the Empire, Sonia, and the chief guard, Tree Wolf. Her most capable confidants were not present; after all, this was the Lulunfei Palace, the Old Saint King's territory.

It could be said that 26 out of the 29 important officials with status in the imperial capital were already present.

The Eagle Marquis's seat was empty. The Old Saint King in the head seat gave Su Xiao a look. Su Xiao of course knew what it meant, so he sat in the seat to the right of the Old Saint King. Other officials were either closing their eyes to rest or whispering to each other; no one objected to Su Xiao sitting in the Eagle Marquis's seat.