Chapter 2388: Great Detective Puri?

Star Iron was a material Su Xiao was determined to obtain, and there was another thing he needed Puri to do. Treating the old councilor was very important right now.

Walking up to the second floor, Su Xiao returned to the bedroom where the old councilor was. The old councilor's situation was indeed tricky, but not completely without a way.

First, the micro-extraordinary creatures in the old councilor's body weren't immortal. Their metabolic speed was extremely fast, which also caused the quilt covered by the old councilor to be soaked quickly.

Under normal circumstances, to solve the old councilor's problem, one had to weaken the old councilor's vitality to the lowest point. The micro-extraordinary creatures grew by absorbing vitality. This meant that when the old councilor's vitality was almost gone, these micro-extraordinary creatures would stop splitting and enter a controllable stage.

If Su Xiao did this, it would likely lead to the old councilor's death. The enemy also had an alchemist. This was a trap. Once the old councilor's vitality was weak to a certain extent, the micro-extraordinary creatures would immediately change their form.

Su Xiao's response was to create a 'filter' to gradually ingest the water in the old councilor's body. During this process, the 'filter' would dissociate the micro-extraordinary creatures in the water and finally clear them thoroughly.

With the conception completed, Su Xiao took out several alchemy instruments and began to formulate potions and manufacture the 'filter'. The 'filter' prioritized biological structure.

Two hours later, Su Xiao fixed a metal frame on the old councilor's chest, and a transparent pseudo-heart was beating. This heart was cultivated by extracting the old councilor's cell samples.

The micro-extraordinary creatures and the old councilor's body were 'almost' 100% integrated. Note, it was almost, not thoroughly integrated. That alchemist didn't consider one point: the old councilor's body wasn't extraordinary; he was just an ordinary person who had lived for a long time using special methods.

Extraordinary characteristics could sometimes be utilized. As long as 'extraordinary' and 'ordinary' were separated, the micro-extraordinary creatures could be safely stripped from the old councilor's body.

The micro-extraordinary creatures had no consciousness and couldn't be controlled now, otherwise the old councilor would have died long ago, or more serious consequences would have occurred. These little things liked to reside in the heart. Su Xiao created an extraordinary heart that had extraordinary characteristics and was compatible with the old councilor's body.

Su Xiao activated the formation diagram on the transparent heart, and several conduits connected to the old councilor's body turned red, connecting to the old councilor's body through blood.

Sure enough, the pseudo-heart began to beat, its color changing from transparent to light black, the color getting deeper and deeper.

Putting away the alchemy instruments, Su Xiao came to the door of the room. Just as he pushed the door, Puri poked his head out to look.

"How is my father?"

"Recovered in half an hour."

"You didn't already cure him."

"The influence of alchemy on him, I have indeed cleared it. That he hasn't died yet has verified this point. As for other aspects."

"I will find a way for Star Iron."

"..."

Su Xiao glanced at Puri and said: "It's not a problem of Star Iron. Your father's body is decaying, decaying by some kind of power that can't find the root. What I can do now is to ensure he won't die for a few years."

Su Xiao certainly wasn't taking advantage of the situation. Receiving Star Iron and treating the old councilor was a transaction already reached. The old councilor's second coma was no longer as simple as being affected by alchemy. That was a more troublesome problem. The old councilor was being decayed by some kind of power. Su Xiao had tried to intervene and almost had an accident.

Only 72 grams of Star Iron were obtained. At least 100 grams were needed to improve Zhan Long

"I heard you were going to die, so I came back to take a look. If I had known you wouldn't die, I would have stayed in the Storm Kingdom. Beaches, beauties, life is just like that, isn't it?"

"When I sent people to execute those wild mandarin ducks back then, I should have executed you too."

The old councilor on the bed closed his eyes and felt a sense of relief in his heart. His son was not dead yet, and the Hyena Wolf tribe had not dared to make a move. In his hazy state of consciousness, this was what he had been most worried about.

"It really... was you who did it!"

Puri's body was trembling. Judging by his appearance, he was so angry he wanted to bang his head against the wall, but after a while, his anger vanished into thin air.

"Father, what did you say? Speak louder, I can't hear you. Kuku Lin, my father is very wrong, he's about to pass out again. Father, don't roll your eyes, I forgive you, wake up, I swear, in the future when I look for women, I will definitely find ones with clean backgrounds, wake up, Father."

Puri called out softly. In this situation, shouting was meaningless. Unfortunately, the old councilor's face turned pale rapidly, and he eventually fell into a coma. Half the reason for the coma was being angered by Puri.

"If you don't want to lie in the room next door, don't touch him."

Su Xiao stood outside the door, not surprised by the old councilor's situation.

"Kuku Lin, you just took the Starlight Iron, we..."

"Yes, that's why I'll cure your father."

This sentence from Su Xiao choked Puri for several seconds without him saying a word.

"Only cure him for 2 minutes, this... one must have integrity."

Puri kept hinting to himself that he couldn't lose his composure; offending this alchemy master would be the end of him. He had to hold back and not make a move.

In reality, even if he did make a move, Puri would be beaten up by Su Xiao with one hand. An alchemy master isn't scary; what's scary is an alchemy master who is very good at fighting.

"A permanent cure is of course no problem."

"I knew it, shall we start now?"

"Of course not."

Su Xiao's voice grew lower and lower. A moment later, Puri's eyes were filled with disbelief, and he even doubted life a little.

Twenty minutes later, in the restaurant on the first floor, Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, Puri, and Azaz sat around the dining table.

"Azaz, there is one thing I must clarify before the meal."

Puri crossed his fingers, his eyes becoming deep, as if he had everything under control. Seeing Puri's expression, Azaz quietly picked up his cane; he felt that Puri was very wrong.

"First of all, my father's condition has deteriorated to this extent, no, this is not a disease, this is the means of an alchemist."

"?"

Azaz was even more confused. This was not the Puri he knew. Having watched him grow up since he was a child, how could he not understand Puri?

"This alchemist is hiding very deeply. It's hard to determine exactly who he is, but there is one thing I can be sure of: at this very moment, among us... there is an eye sent by the enemy."

"Puri, you've worked hard these days."

There was some sadness in Azaz's eyes. In his view, Puri's description was incoherent. If the other party had already sent someone to infiltrate here, why not just assassinate them directly? Using alchemy to deal with a Saint Realm councilor, wasn't that just taking off one's pants to fart?

Azaz was sad because he thought that Puri, this child, had become a bit "silly" under immense pressure.

"According to my deduction, one of us is the traitor."

"Yes, Puri is right."

Azaz hurriedly echoed, pressing one hand on Puri's shoulder while turning his gaze toward Su Xiao, the meaning being: 'This child has started to fantasize that he is a detective, is there any saving him? Bai Ye, please.'

"Riss, pour the tea."

"Yes, Lord Bai Ye."

The expressionless maid, Riss, stepped forward carrying a teapot.

Clang!

A blue slash appeared, and the head of the maid, Riss, was severed.

"Bai Ye, what are you doing? Wasn't it Azaz who was being used?"

Puri started to doubt life. Facts proved that he had the qualities of a ruler, but he had experienced too few twists and turns. As for what he said just now, it was Su Xiao who told him to say it, in order to confuse the maid, Riss.

Azaz stared fixedly at Su Xiao. The blood aura that appeared in that instant almost made him activate his secret patterns directly. This lame old man was far from as simple as he looked.

"Puri, run, don't look back, shout for help after you run out."

Azaz slowly stood up, gripping his cane tightly. In just an instant, he judged that in a life-and-death battle, he had a 50% chance of winning, and protecting Puri was completely impossible.

Su Xiao held his long blade horizontally, and the teapot falling from mid-air landed perfectly on the blade. He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea.

【Prompt: You have killed Bone Spider, Ka Luo.】

【Detected that Bone Spider, Ka Luo was an alchemist, treasure chest quality has been improved.】

【You have obtained 3.8% of the World's Source.】

【You have obtained a Holy Spirit-grade treasure chest.】

"It took several years to let that kind of micro-organism invade the Saint Realm councilor's body, too slow."

Su Xiao picked up the black tea cup and took a light sip.

"Azaz, it seems... I don't need to run anymore."

"Bai Ye, what is going on? Riss has followed the master for more than ten years, I really can't figure out the connection to all this."

Puri and Azaz both sat back in their seats. Now they were certain that the maid, Riss, was the traitor. What was baffling was why the maid, Riss, didn't just kill the Saint Realm councilor directly.

Su Xiao beheaded the maid, Riss, because the micro-organisms in the Saint Realm councilor's body were not fatal. It would take a long time to reach lethality. Its greater function was to generate a core in the Saint Realm councilor's heart, a core that could be remotely controlled.

Starting from the train hijacking incident, Su Xiao tested them one by one based on the process of elimination. After studying the micro-supernatural organisms in the old councilor's body, the most critical clue emerged: this thing did not invade the old councilor's body in a short time; it had been at least several years, which is why it was so deeply rooted.

As for people who could have been by the old councilor's side for years, Puri was directly ruled out; this guy had been traveling the world. The only ones left were the maid, Riss, and Azaz.

Su Xiao had Puri test Azaz, which killed two birds with one stone: it could test Azaz and also paralyze the maid, Riss. Both of them could have contact with the old councilor year-round.

Finally, it was concluded that the maid, Riss, was the enemy. Having reached this conclusion, Su Xiao did not state his reasoning, but instead struck directly, giving the maid, Riss, no chance at all, beheading her with one slash.

Capturing her alive was useless; the maid, Riss, could not be dealt with using the Endless Darkness Collar. This woman's willpower was exaggeratedly strong, a point Su Xiao was certain of.

The whole thing was one thread. The person behind the scenes had been preparing this plan for a long time. More than twenty years ago, Bone Spider, Ka Luo, had infiltrated the side of the Saint Realm councilor. She even sealed her own memories and hypnotized herself, becoming the maid, Riss, loyal to the Saint Realm councilor.

Bone Spider, Ka Luo was the main consciousness and the true owner of the body. The maid, Riss, was a temporary consciousness. Both were in the same body, and Riss could not detect the existence of Bone Spider, Ka Luo.

It took ten years for Riss to become one of the Saint Realm councilor's maids. After that, Riss had been loyal and devoted by the old councilor's side for twelve years, only then achieving her current status.

A few years ago, the consciousness of Bone Spider, Ka Luo awakened. At that moment, the loyal and devoted Riss was already dead. She was a created consciousness entity, and facing the suddenly appearing main consciousness, she had no qualifications to resist at all.

Starting a few years ago, Bone Spider, Ka Luo had been tampering with the old councilor's food, clothing, and other items, letting the micro-supernatural organisms invade the old councilor's body, all for the sake of completely controlling the old councilor. At that time, the old councilor only needed to make one decision, and it would lead to extremely serious and malicious results.

And now, the most important part of the plan orchestrated by the person behind the scenes had been cut off by Su Xiao. If the person behind the scenes knew, he might jump out from the shadows and fight Su Xiao to the death. This was a plan the person behind the scenes had been preparing for decades, and in just a few hours, the most critical part had been cut off.

Su Xiao was no longer in a hurry. As long as the old councilor did not wake up, the person behind the scenes would soon show his flaws. Su Xiao had dealt with too many old schemers; this was not the most cunning one, but it was the one who could endure the most.

Since that was the case, Su Xiao chose to disrupt the other party's plan. He didn't believe the other party could continue to endure.