Chapter 3548: His face, he will always have to give.===GLOSSARY===

Li Yalin's sigh did not make Ye Chen think more about this aspect; he only felt an immense pressure in an instant.

In Li Yalin's eyes, the other party already possessed the ability to match his parents, and his first thought was that since the other party was so capable, could he still find Xiao Churan?

Actually, Li Yalin himself did not think much about it.

He just involuntarily sighed, saying such a person, he only knew Ye Chen's father and mother, but he had never thought that either of Ye Chen's parents might still be alive.

Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh: "Inspector Li, the other party has set off so many smoke bombs and left behind so many true and false clues; how should we proceed with the investigation next?"

Li Yalin fell silent for a moment and asked him: "Young Master Ye, do you really have to find Ye Tai Tai?"

Ye Chen blurted out: "That is natural; no matter what, I must find her!"

Li Yalin smiled and said: "Then you don't need to worry too much; I will do my utmost to help you organize the clues a little, until I find Ye Tai Tai!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen felt much relieved in his heart.

Knowing Li Yalin's character and also knowing Li Yalin's ability, when Li Yalin said this, at least I can put my mind at ease halfway.

……

Houston and Melbourne are nearly fifteen thousand kilometers apart.

The An family's plane needs to refuel midway, so the entire journey will take at least seventeen or eighteen hours to arrive.

Ye Chen himself does not know how to investigate cases; Li Yalin hasn't come, so he can only clumsily start by reviewing surveillance footage, wanting to check Tang Sihai's movement trajectory.

But Tang Sihai is far more cautious than Ye Chen imagined; first, the hospital's surveillance footage is completely ineffective, and according to the hospital, the cause is that the computer in the machine room was infected with a virus, damaging all the hard drives of the surveillance footage, making data recovery almost impossible.

Second, the surveillance footage around the hospital was all subjected to targeted destruction before the incident.

Someone used an air gun to shoot lead pellets, shattering the camera lenses, or alternatively, cutting the transmission lines of the cameras.

These lead pellets are propelled by compressed gas, without gunpowder, and the sound when firing is almost negligible.

Although its power is not as great as that of real guns, due to almost no recoil, if paired with a high-precision air gun and sight, hitting a target two or three hundred meters away yields extremely high accuracy.

Such firearms fall within the legal range in many countries, their numbers far exceeding real guns; many ranchers use such firearms to hunt rats and wild wolves, and at one or two hundred meters, one shot can easily pierce a rat's skull, shatter a lens or cable, which is naturally no problem.

Moreover, the coverage range and angle of the cameras themselves are often not large enough, so as long as the destroyer grasps the position and distance, a side strike will hardly be captured.

Melbourne's surveillance coverage is originally much lower than that of major Chinese cities, and many places lack cross-surveillance, so as long as the surveillance at this location is knocked out, this area will become a surveillance blind spot.

Precisely because of this, the police cannot find any eyewitnesses, nor any useful clues.

Just as Ye Chen was at a loss, Tang Sihai had already taken off from Heidilan Port Airport, heading for Osaka, Japan.

Just like when entering Australia, this time he still entered the airport through An Chengxi's arrangement via irregular means, directly boarding a cargo special plane to depart.

Such a departure method allowed Tang Sihai to almost achieve complete concealment of his whereabouts; wanting to purely trace his clues to find him is already impossible, unless one can find a key person and extract clues from them; otherwise, it can only be complete darkness.

At the same time, Kyoto's Golden Pavilion Temple.

This temple, which is very famous in Japan, has now been completely closed off.

The Golden Pavilion Temple normally needs renovation every one or two years, but most of the time the renovation work is not extensive, merely repainting and applying some gold leaf, patching up, which can be completed in a few nights.

However, this time, the Golden Pavilion Temple announced to the outside that several buildings, due to their age, have developed serious safety hazards, so they need to undergo large-scale renovation, requiring closure for at least one and a half months.

An Chengxi is currently staying here.

Jingqing secretly arrived a few days earlier than her, and has already communicated with his disciple, namely the abbot of the Golden Pavilion Temple.

The abbot of the Golden Pavilion Temple is named Kongyin, a Dao-attained monk who is already one hundred and twenty-five years old; although he is already at the end of his life, his pursuit of the Dharma has not diminished in the slightest; his disciple once showed him a video of Jingqing Fashi giving a lecture, and the profundity of his understanding of the Dharma left Kongyin extremely shocked.

Kongyin believed that after one hundred and ten years of monastic life, his understanding of the Dharma was still far less than six or seven tenths of Jingqing's, so he resolutely decided to take Jingqing as his teacher, letting him be his final guide.

Last year, Kongyin personally went to Putuo Mountain, nominally for Buddhist Dharma exchange between Chinese and Japanese monks, but actually used this as an opportunity to meet Jingqing face to face and propose to become his disciple.

Jingqing originally did not want to accept, but Kongyin's extreme obsession with the Dharma as analyzed by him not only made him kneel before Jingqing in supplication, but he even wanted to, in front of the Chinese and Japanese media, solemnly bow to Jingqing as his teacher.

Kongyin did this not to morally blackmail; originally he was a pillar of the Japanese Buddhist world, and if he truly bowed publicly to the young Jingqing, it would be equivalent to lowering the stature of the entire Japanese Buddhist world, but he still did not care, because he deeply believed in a Chinese saying: "Hearing the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening."

He hopes that in the remainder of his life, he will have the opportunity to comprehend the most profound Dharma of this stage.

After all, Buddhist scriptures from thousands of years ago are no longer something everyone can understand; the deeper the research, the deeper the comprehension, and just as with cultivation, the Dharma and the Dao are alike—don't think that merely being one level deeper than others is insignificant; it is actually a heaven-and-earth difference.

Jingqing feared that Kongyin would really do this, causing too much commotion and drawing unnecessary attention, so he reluctantly made a private agreement: to take Kongyin as an unnamed disciple, transmit the Dharma to him, but not reveal the master-disciple relationship.

Kongyin has devoted one hundred and ten years to Buddhist practice, extremely sincere in his faith; since Jingqing agreed to transmit the Dharma to him, his other demands he completely obeyed, so the outside world does not know that two people whose ages differ by several decades actually have a master-disciple relationship.

A few days ago, upon learning that Jingqing hoped to come to the Golden Pavilion Temple for secluded practice, he immediately arranged for the renovation of the Golden Pavilion Temple and furthermore left one of the most secluded courtyards for Jingqing, and not only did he himself not come to disturb, but he also strictly ordered everyone else in the temple not to approach.

An Chengxi and Sun Jie's group are temporarily staying here.

At this moment, Jingqing is exchanging Buddhist Dharma with Kongyin in his meditation place; An Chengxi is alone in the courtyard, gazing dazedly at the ancient pine that has just sprouted new buds.

Sun Jie walked through the corridor in the courtyard, quickly came up, and respectfully said in a low voice: "Madam, Sihai has already taken off; he is expected to arrive in Osaka in eight hours; I have already arranged people to go there to meet him, and will bring him to Kyoto at the first opportunity."

An Chengxi nodded and asked her: "How is Chen'er's side? Any movement?"

Sun Jie said: "We have already arranged many people to investigate in China, and the Ito family has also sent many ninjas to help."

An Chengxi said lightly: "Don't worry, let them investigate; no matter how they investigate, the clues will break off at several key points; with so many fail-safes, it's impossible for all of them to fail."

Sun Jie again said: "However, I just heard that Inspector Li has set off from Houston to fly to Melbourne."

An Chengxi frowned slightly and blurted out: "Inspector Li? Li Yalin?"

"Yes!" Sun Jie nodded: "Young Master saved his life; it seems now is also the time for him to repay the favor."

An Chengxi pursed his lips for a moment, his expression solemn as he said: "Yalin is a troublesome person; for him, as long as there is enough time, any case can ultimately be solved; investigating us, I suppose it's not difficult either; with his ability, one or two years will suffice."

Sun Jie worriedly said: "One or two years? The time window is too short; Young Master wants to surpass and break through the Qinghui Association within one or two years; the possibility is almost negligible..."

An Chengxi smiled and said: "It's fine; Yalin is a smart person; if he truly grasps our actual clues, I will go see him in person; my face, he will always have to give."

Saying this, her expression turned stern, and she said solemnly: "No matter what, not delaying Chen'er's development is the most important; Wu Feiyan's time is short; from now on, she will only become more and more frenzied, more and more hysterical; Chen'er must make full preparations; otherwise, once Wu Feiyan gives her all, the An family and the Ye family will both become her targets to be swept away!"